By Vishwamithra – in The Colombo Telegraph online, June 23, 2023The current frail sociopolitical culture cannot withstand a near or total collapse of our national economic life. It is increasingly becoming clear that a system change is not possible, at least in the immediate future. Decades of rot caused by sheer mismanagement of state affairs supplemented by errant corruption running through the entire civil society have shown us that a society that is being held…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 7, 2023The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government Party has not made a decision yet as to whether they would support the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe to run for a second Presidential term, The Daily Morning learned. When contacted by The Daily Morning, SLPP General Secretary and Parliamentarian Attorney Sagara Kariyawasam said that such a decision has not been made yet and that the Party will make…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Mar 31, 2023The Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, President’s Counsel (PC) Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday (30) that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proposed by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Reconciliation, Chaired by President and Minister of National Policies Ranil Wickremesinghe, would be a practical institution which can address issues related to the ethnic minorities. Speaking at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Justice,…