DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA In one dimension, Sri Lankan politics is a tale of cross-party political collaboration that should have taken place but didn’t, and those that...
by Prof.Tissa Vitarana The massive crisis that has affected the lives of nearly all classes in our society, specially the poor and middle, in Sri Lanka...
By Uditha Devapriya Most analyses approach the crisis in Sri Lanka through the lens of human rights, democratic governance, and accountability. Many of them pin the...
By Uditha Devapriya Insofar as they were directed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the protests at Galle Face cut through political parties and other differences, and unified people....
M. Sornarajah Emeritus Professor of Law National University of Singapore. What took place on July 9, 2022 was an immense event in the political history of...
By Uditha Devapriya Colombo was noticeably subdued when news of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation letter reaching the Speaker of the Parliament broke. Perhaps because people were unable...
By Keith Noyahr The 1972 Socialist Republic Constitution that was ushered in 50 years ago was replaced by a presidential constitution in 1978 after United National...
Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka, with the...
by Dr. Dayanath Jayasuriya, President’s Counsel It cannot be gainsaid that corruption, gross mismanagement of funds and weak control systems are the root causes of most...
DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Democide is defined in as “the of members of a country’s as a result of its government’s policy, including by direct action, ,...