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Presidential Election 2019

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Media and Communications, Photos, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Television President: Visuals and Symbols of Two Years of Gotabaya Rajapaksa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa marked the completion of his second year in office much like how he started his term in November 2019, playing one of his greatest hits for the Sinhala Buddhist…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/02/202112/09/2021
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
Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Presidential Election 2019, Reconciliation

Shaping a Single Narrative, Courtesy the Clergy and Task Forces

The recent appointment of a task force mandated with law reform headed by a controversial Buddhist monk has raised concerns from multiple fronts. Yet, considering recent trends in Sri Lanka, this should…

Bhavani Fonseka Bhavani Fonseka on 11/07/202108/17/2022
Corruption, Diplomacy, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Two Year Crash Course

“We can only shake our heads at how all of us followed this lunatic…” A German general (quoted in Volker Ullrich’s Hitler – Downfall – 1939-45) The first seeds of America’s Afghan…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 10/24/202110/26/2021
Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Terrorism

Creating National (In)security: Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Death Penalty

Today is the World Day Against the Death Penalty  Today, when globally the call for the abolition of the death penalty is renewed and its inhumane and cruel nature is highlighted, we…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 10/10/202110/10/2021
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The work begins

Photo by AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena via Yahoo! News “If we lift the hideous rags of History, we find this: hierarchy versus equality and order versus liberty.” – Éric Vuillard (The Order Of…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 01/12/202001/12/2020
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Return

Photo courtesy the President’s Twitter account “As if our democracy was nothing but a short-lived dream,” says Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa in her new documentary dealing with the slow unravelling of democracy…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 12/15/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

A place for each within a space for all: A post-presidential election reflection

Before and after the election Concerns for physical security secured a foremost place in people’s expectations and influenced the way many voted. An ‘enemy’, among us but not us, had to be…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 12/03/2019
Colombo, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

Of a Disciplined Society

Photo courtesy Lesley Barnes On the day that marks a week since a new era of Sri Lankan politics dawned, the country that voted for a hinted at during the Mahinda Rajapaksa…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/27/201911/28/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Presidential Election 2019

Implications of the populist frenzy of the Presidential Election

Photo courtesy  In the aftermath of the 2019 Presidential Elections which concluded another era of the Sri Lankan political journey, it is necessary to delve into the fragility of the Sri Lankan…

Piyumani Ranasinghe Piyumani Ranasinghe on 11/21/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

6 points for a first-time voter after 2019’s Presidential Election

Photo courtesy Editors note: The following was sent to by a regular contributor, who wished to remain anonymous. It was written by the contributor for a young, first-time voter who had been…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/19/201911/21/2019
Colombo, Elections, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019, Reconciliation

Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election: Healing the Wounds is the New Task

Photo courtesy Star Online Sri Lanka’s eighth presidential election held last Sunday has produced an outcome that has surprised the winners, the losers as well as the observers. The most obvious, and…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 11/19/201911/19/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

8 January 2015: Memories from a Future-Past

By the evening of January 08th 2015, I had a slight headache. It was a headache of excitement and uncertainty fueled by an inability to eat or sleep. It was also a…

Deborah Philip Deborah Philip on 11/17/201911/17/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

The Aftermath

AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena via Yahoo News Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Interview with the ITN – 24.2.2010) If Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins the presidency, he and his family will have two priorities: secure the premiership for…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 11/13/201911/13/2019
Colombo, Elections, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2019

Bearing Responsibility for Evil: A Note on Electoral Choices and Burdens

AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena via Yahoo News As the presidential election heads into its final stretch, handwringing over the lesser of the two evils is reaching its tortured apex. The most terrible strain…

Pasan Jayasinghe Pasan Jayasinghe on 11/13/2019

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