The stakes in Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election
Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more ...
Sri Lanka’s victor of circumstances seeks another term
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s right-wing President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who seeks re-election this week, describes himself as the ...
Daily News5d
Sajith and Anura call for change, but I seek people’s mandate for a revolutionary shift – President in Nuwara Eliya
At that time, leaders like Gamini Dissanayake, J.R. Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and Lalith Athulathmudali, alongside myself, worked to reorganise the United National Party (UNP) and secure a ...
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Presidents may come and go but JR’s Executive Presidency goes on forever
Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election will be held on Saturday 21 September. More than 17 million (17,140,354) Sri Lankans ...
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Sri Lanka's victor of circumstances seeks another term
Months later, UNP head Gamini Dissanayake was assassinated during his presidential campaign, and Wickremesinghe returned as party leader. Wickremesinghe has clung on as UNP leader ever since ...
Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake Become Sri Lanka's Next President?
In April 2022, the Sri Lankan government announced that it was defaulting on its debt for the first time since independence.
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Presidents May Come and Presidents May Go but JR Jayewardene’s Executive Presidency Goes on Forever.
The much maligned executive presidency was established by the United National Party (UNP) Govt of Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1978. JR’s nephew and incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was ...