by polity.lk | Sep 10, 2024 | Politics
Political Parties in the Mirror of the 2024 Presidential Election in Sri Lanka Jayadeva Uyangoda and Pradeep Peiris “Democracy is unthinkable without political parties”, a US political scientist once said (Schattschneider: 1942). He was, of course, referring to...
by polity.lk | Aug 27, 2024 | Politics
Decoding the Indian Elections: Class, Caste, and Social Exclusion Roshni Kapur IntroductionA variety of opinions and commentaries explaining the Indian ruling party’s average performance in the general election between April 19 and June 1, 2024 have been articulated...
by polity.lk | Aug 19, 2024 | Politics
2024 Presidential Election: Two-Cornered, Three-Way Fight Pradeep Peiris After weeks of hullabaloo, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has nominated Namal Rajapaksa as their candidate for the upcoming presidential election. Since 2005, the Rajapaksas have...
by polity.lk | Jul 15, 2024 | Politics
Sri Lanka’s Pre-Presidential Election Politics: Uncertainty or Turmoil? Jayadeva Uyangoda The coming few months have the potential to produce major political changes in Sri Lanka. The presidential election is constitutionally due to be held on a date decided by the...
by polity.lk | Jul 9, 2024 | Politics
Anatomy of a Protest and Aragalaya Cinema Hiranyada Dewasiri The 2022 people’s uprising and occupation movement in Sri Lanka, widely known as the Aragalaya, was heavily documented through film. This material has begun returning to the public in the form of documentary...
by polity.lk | Jul 1, 2024 | Politics
The conjuncture in the crisis B. Skanthakumar “Aaranchiya Subhai!” (‘Await Good News’) read posters plastered across the country recently. It was the build-up to Ranil Wickremesinghe’s televised speech on June 26, passing off a bad deal with official creditors on debt...
