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Parliamentary Elections 2020

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20th Amendment, Economy, Environment, Human Rights, International Relations, Pandemic, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Peace and Conflict, Presidential Election 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa: A Two Year Timeline

To coincide with the end of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s second year in office, the Centre for Policy Alternatives produced a video timeline detailing some of the defining moments of the President’s past…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/22/202111/23/2021
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

The Rajapaksa Tidal-wave and the Anti-Rajapaksa Tsunami-wall

The Rajapaksas are in a hurry. They have a constitution to make and a country to remake. Currently, the road to both destination seems as wide and as clear as a super-highway.…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 08/23/202008/24/2020
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

How Much is Too Much Power?

Sri Lanka’s August 5 parliamentary elections saw the Sri Lanka People’s Front (SLPP) sweep into power with 145 seats by winning 6.8 million (59%) of the valid votes cast. A two-thirds majority,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 08/18/202009/03/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

Misleading the Opposition, Misreading the SJB-UNP-JVP

Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Mirror It’s a simple question. Why, in the face of utter electoral destruction, doesn’t the UNP choose a new leader through a secret ballot? That question alone,…

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka on 08/13/202008/13/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

The Best and The Worst – 2020 General Elections

Photo courtesy of The Diplomat The general elections on 5 August turned out to be an outstanding victory for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Rajapaksa Family and the Sinhala Buddhist nationalists…

Lionel Bopage Lionel Bopage on 08/09/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

A Major Shift in Sri Lanka’s Politics

The results of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election held on Wednesday show a seismic shift in the country’s electoral map as well as the balance of political power in the new legislature. The…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 08/08/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

Election 2020 – An Analysis and Trends

The general election to parliament is concluded and the official results are out. The anticipated landslide victory to the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has materialised with the SLPP winning a…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 08/07/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

Violence and Abuse Deter Women From Entering Politics

The Daily Mirror In a country that produced the world’s first female head of state 60 years ago and has since seen the election of a female as its executive president, women…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 08/04/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

What’s in the 19th Amendment For Me?

The true value and effectiveness of the 19th Amendment for improving governance in Sri Lanka has been a matter of debate for some time now. Political representatives and political parties have expressed…

Dinesha Samararatne Dinesha Samararatne on 08/03/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Elections, Pandemic, Parliamentary Elections 2020

Has COVID-19 Changed the Election Landscape?

This week, Sri Lanka will have a new, or perhaps not-so-new, Parliament. Given the unusual circumstances in which the elections will be held this time, it is useful to look at the…

Ayudhya Gajanayake Ayudhya Gajanayake on 08/03/202008/21/2020
Colombo, Corruption, Features, Human Rights, Human Security, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Stopping the Landslide

Basil Rajapaksa (Daily FT – 29.7.2020) Basil Rajapaksa is the Rajapaksa family’s thinking man. Unlike his brothers and nephews, he doesn’t shoot his mouth off. His remarks should be taken seriously, because,…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 08/02/202008/12/2020
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance, Right to Information

The Last Days of the Nineteenth Amendment?

These could be the last days of the Nineteenth Amendment. If not of its entirety, at least of a part of it, even a substantial part of it. The message that the…

Dr. Kalana Senaratne Dr. Kalana Senaratne on 07/30/2020
Colombo, Elections, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Politics and Governance

An Agenda to Centralise Power

The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) handsomely won November’s presidential election with 52% of the popular vote and is accordingly the clear favourite and front runner to secure victory at the…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 07/15/202007/16/2020

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