To many of us in Sri Lanka, born and bred in the Westminster tradition of ‘One Man One Vote’, the Electoral College system of electing the...
Saturday 7th November, 2020 Unusual delays in vote counting have a corrosive effect on the credibility of the outcome of an election. The US was still...
Friday 6th November 2020 The US presidential election full of suspense is like a Hollywood thriller; it has kept everyone on the edge of his or...
Thursday 5th November 2020 The US presidential election has gone right down to the wire. However, speaking from the White House, President Donald J. Trump declared...
Wednesday 4th November 2020 Yesterday’s parliamentary sitting was limited to about three hours. Serious thought should be given to shortening the House proceedings even after the...
Tuesday 3rd November 2020 The whole world is watching the US. The outcome of today’s presidential election will have repercussions across the globe; they are diplomatic,...
Monday 2nd November 2020 The government has been compelled to extend quarantine curfews as COVID-19 is ripping through the country in what looks like an unceasing...
The Diana Gamage defection from the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) becomes “curiouser and curiouser” by the day if we may borrow from Alice in Wonderland. Apart...
Saturday 31st October, 2020 The 20th Amendment (20A) has become law. Yesterday, we carried a picture of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signing it into law....
Friday 30th October, 2020 Smaller states located in strategic locations in the world are in the same predicament as poor damsels in rough neighbourhoods; they suffer...
