A patient look at Ranil is needed to know the direction of politics in present-day Sri Lanka. It is pointless to look at Anura, Sajith or even the Rajapaksas. That is because the focal factor in our politics today is Ranil. All the others are at differing levels of strength.
Top human rights groups in South Africa have strongly criticized their government for inviting two Sri Lankan ministers accused of links with alleged war criminals for a study tour to Pretoria.
Restructuring has become a much talked-about topic once again. There is talk on restructuring our debt.
Political parties in our country will have to face a severe leadership crisis in the future. For an example, who will be the UNP’s leader after Ranil? Who will it be for SLFP after Maithri? In the JVP, no leader is apparent after Anura. SJB too, is the same. Sajith is the one and only leader.
In actual fact, what was defeated in parliament recently was not a proposal only to conduct teaching at Law College in the English medium.
“A mob lawyer is a lawyer who seeks to protect the leadership of a criminal organisation and its ongoing enterprise” (The New York Times, 1985).
While we congratulate President Ranil Wickremasinghe and the government on securing the newest IMF loan, let us not forget that it was the GR government that started the IMF process exactly one year ago.
Nowadays, the entire country is busy speaking about the Fitch Solutions 2023 report. I am writing this after trying in vain for four days to buy or locate this report. I haven’t read it. Have you?
Compassion and mother’s love have begun to overflow in social media following the news about a newborn wrapped lovingly being left abandoned in a train.
