Who is Anura Dissanayake, the firebrand Marxist poised to be Sri Lanka’s new President?
The 2022 protests that toppled the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime catapulted the JVP, and by extension Dissanayake, to the ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...