The results of August 18 can be described simply as a victory of lies, slander, and dirty tricks: evil won over the forces of good. A full, detailed analysis will be made shortly. Until then, let’s see how the dust settles.
The path ahead for Sirisena and Ranil reveals no good options for them. Here are my projections. Continue with the pre-February 10th arrangement: the UPFA MPs currently on the government benches could carry on, ignoring the fact that the party they represent no longer exists. With the general election campaign starting just 1 year from now, and the certainty of ...
A new page has been added to the blog: Democracy for Dummies. The aim is to be a reference guide about the Sri Lankan system of government, and democracy in general. It is a work in progress, but please do check it out and feel free to suggest any additions! Click here to see it, or use the link in the menu at the top of the page.
Mahinda Rajapaksa has many positive characteristics which helped him rise to power. However, as I have written before, he succumbed to his negative characteristics while he was in power. His pride, stubbornness and misplaced faith in his ability to judge other people were what brought about his downfall. Most importantly, he became unable to distinguish between friends and enemies. In ...
The recent silence from Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Joint Opposition grouping regarding present disasters going on in the country is very disturbing. Dengue, garbage, economic collapse, and student strikes are doing untold damage. Uprisings and haarthals in the north and east are weakening the state. And more importantly the emergency of the upcoming fake “war crimes” witch-hunt that the Sirisena-Ranil ...
Sri Lanka’s judges and the Colombo 7 low-caste are chief among the forces who are pulling us backwards. The post October 26 events unmasked many of the actors who are interfering in Sri Lanka’s national development. Mahinda Rajapaksa and the patriotic forces he leads must understand the extent to which they have infiltrated the Sri Lankan state. These traitors ...
I’ve created a page to discuss the talk of “Hate Speech” in Sri Lanka after recent events. Please go to https://lankafuture.wordpress.com/hatespeech to see it, and please read and share. Thank you.
The coup plotters who mobilized in 2014 to remove Mahinda Rajapaksa from power through the spread of baseless allegations, stirring up of communalism and racism throughout the country, and a well-orchestrated campaign of #FakeNews, are in a complete state of denial about the earthquake that happened on February 10th 2018. They are coming up with all kinds of contrived mathematics, ...