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 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 southeastern Sri Lanka. One piece of...
by polity.lk | Oct 22, 2024 | Politics
Aragalaya: Struggle for Space and the Spaces of the Struggle Nihal Perera The Aragalaya was the largest gathering of people to protest a national government in Sri Lanka. February 2022 saw the emergence of small, spontaneous, and non-partisan candlelight vigils in and...
by polity.lk | Oct 15, 2024 | Politics
The Election That Was B. Skanthakumar Sri Lanka has a new president. That the incumbent would lose was not in doubt. Who might replace him though was in question. Would it be opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, or the leader of a fringe party Anura Kumara Dissanayake?...
by polity.lk | Oct 1, 2024 | Politics
Sri Lanka presidential election: From citizens’ protests to regime change Jayadeva Uyangoda The election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s president on September 21 is an event of historic significance for the country.[1] When he was sworn in...
