by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 4, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Feb 2015
Consolidating Power After A Presidential Election In the early weeks of November 2014, it seemed somewhat clear that Mahinda Rajapaksa was set to rule the country for at least another six years. But on 8th January 2015, when he finally went to cast his vote, even...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jan 10, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Jan 2015
For a fresh beginning in Sri Lanka A peaceful transfer of power without post-election violence, after a relatively peaceful campaign, is testimony to the resilience of Sri Lanka’s democracy after experiencing civil war and semi-authoritarianism Other than among the...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jan 4, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Jan 2015
State and Governance Reforms after Elections Reforming the state as well as the practices of governance is a major political theme in Sri Lanka’s current Presidential election campaign. The arguments for state reform are framed in the language of constitutional...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Dec 30, 2014 | 2014, Analysis
Manifestos and the Political Pulse President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who just lost the support of the Muslim political parties this week, is facing political isolation of an unprecedented character. Unfortunately for the President, he has neither a political manifesto to...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Dec 28, 2014 | 2014, Analysis
Presidential Election, Desire for Change and the Hope for Democracy’s Survival Less than two weeks more to the Presidential election, scheduled for January 08, 2015, the political temperature of the country is rising amidst incessant rain and unusually cold December...
