by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, June 1, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe suggested that it is appropriate for the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the United National Party (UNP) to implement their political programmes separately but in a mutually non-harmful manner, and the two parties need to consult the Party leadership and its membership prior to responding to issues of similar nature, The Daily Morning learnt. The President had suggested this during the meeting…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 15, 2023The ruling and the opposition parties on Sunday agreed to stick to their last month’s deal on sharing the leadership in the parliamentary committees and endorsing various bills. The top leaders of the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had on April 23 agreed to give leadership of three House committees to the main opposition in return for its support in endorsing the…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 25, 2023As the counting of votes of Sunday’s by-elections continued with candidates of new parties leading those from more established ones, a meeting of three major parties on Monday agreed to share among them the leaderships of various thematic committees of Parliament. They also agreed to work together to pass major bills including on transitional justice. The main opposition CPN-UML agreed to discuss the long-awaited bill…
By Maneshka Borham in Daily FT, Apr 22, 2023The Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says he along with the victims of the Easter Sunday attack cannot place their trust in the current leadership to deliver justice. He said while President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Minister of Public Security have expressed their willingness to hold an honest dialogue on the matter, it is questionable if they intend to continue their duplicitous policies during the discussions.…
by Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror online, April 15, 2023Whilst stating that he together with MP Rauff Hakeem initiated an effort to bring UNP and SJB under one umbrella, MP Mano Ganesan said they had to abandon the idea since the SJB leadership did not respond. “It is true that Rauff Hakeem and I had initiated a path to bring UNP and SJB under one umbrella. Later we had to abandon the initiative as SJB…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 16, 2023Frequent changes in the power equation are not new to Nepali politics where political instability remains a persistent problem. Following last month’s change in the composition of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu, provincial governments are set to yet another change in leadership in just five months since the general elections. Until a few weeks ago, the federal government was led by CPN (Maoist Centre), with the…
report in The Express Tribune, Feb 5, 2023COLOMBO: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday held a series of meetings with the top leadership of Sri Lanka and discussed a whole range of issues with them. According to a Foreign Office statement, the state minister was in Colombo on a two-day official visit to attend the 75th Independence Day of Sri Lanka as a guest of honour. She called on President…
report on Nepalnews.com Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and demanded that the leadership of the Home Ministry be given to his party. According to sources, Chairman Lamichhane had warned that if the party did not get the seat at the Home Ministry, the country’s government would dissolve . UML, Maoist Center RSP, RPP, Janata Samajwadi Party, Janmat Party and Nepal Communist Party agreed to form the government. The…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 26, 2023Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli, who had unexpectedly joined hands to form a governing coalition on December 25, has so far succeeded in forming the government under Dahal’s leadership, expand the Cabinet, and elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The two leaders, who were arch-rivals until a few months ago, however, still harbour suspicion of…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 9, 2023.With the Nepali Congress, the largest party in Parliament, unable to form a new government, a question is being raised: Can the Congress revive itself under the leadership of its current chief Sher Bahadur Deuba? Congress President Deuba, who is considered a canny politician who can cobble together even unwieldy coalitions, however, this time failed to turn the situation in his favour. Though the Congress-led electoral…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 30, 2022Three days after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal assumed office, a mechanism to support the government has been formed under the leadership of CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli. The mechanism is expected to support the Dahal-led government. As its first task, the panel will prepare the government’s common minimum programme within the next five days. A meeting of the coalition partners on Thursday agreed to…