report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, in an interview with Sirasa TV on Wednesday night, said that she would have gone for a general election if she had been in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s shoes. She said that Wickremesinghe did not go for an election because he feared defeat.Wickremesinghe had been able to halt the rapid decline of the country but he was unable to move forth because he worked with…
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report in The Morning, Apr 18, 2023Despite possessing enviable social indicators at the time of its’ Independence in 1948, Sri Lanka, at 75, is a “failed state”, former two-time President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga claimed on 16 April. “Seventy-five years is a long time for a nation to achieve considerable progress. Even after 450 years of destruction by colonial rulers, at Independence, Sri Lanka possessed some of the best socio economic indicators. Today, at 75, Sri…