by polity.lk | Feb 19, 2025 | Politics
Words to Kill a Man, and Free a Man Kanya D’Almeida In the early months of 2012, I inherited two troves of literature. I had been hunting for one of them for years; the other arrived unsolicited. The first was an archive of the journalistic work of my uncle, Richard...
by polity.lk | Jan 15, 2025 | Politics
The NPP Government and Its Democratic Promise: A Review Jayadeva Uyangoda How democratic will the National People’s Power (NPP) government be? How faithful will the NPP leaders – whose political careers began in the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) with a background of...
by polity.lk | Nov 30, 2024 | Politics
Sri Lanka General Election 2024: How We See It; What We Want Collective In one or two words, describe your reaction to the overall picture from the general election; then go on to explain why. Saturation. Sri Lanka’s electoral system struggles to produce balanced...
by polity.lk | Nov 21, 2024 | Politics
Reading the General Election 2024 Pasan Jayasinghe and Amali Wedagedara The National People’s Power (NPP) has made history. With its unprecedented, record-breaking electoral victory at the general election of 2024, the NPP has succeeded in engineering popular dissent...
by polity.lk | Nov 12, 2024 | Politics
Can the National People’s Power Consolidate its Presidential Victory in the Parliamentary Election? Pradeep Peiris The forthcoming parliamentary election on November 14 has attracted significant attention and raised several pertinent questions: Can the National...
by polity.lk | Oct 29, 2024 | Politics
Settler Tourism and the Threat of Terror Praveen Tilakaratne and Tamara Fernando Terror at the CoastlineOn 23 October 2024, the American Embassy in Sri Lanka issued a statement restricting all embassy personnel from travelling to Arugam Bay, a popular beach town in...
