Daily Mirror Ranil seems to have begun to lose hopes in undermining his deputy Best face-saving option Prez and PM might have thought is creating a situation where no presidential poll is going to be held MS tried to enter into an agreement with SLPP under which he would be the latter’s presidential hopeful Promises to … Continue reading
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Cabinet crash
Island Editorial The Cabinet has apparently crashed owing to a clash between the executive and the legislature. President Maithripala Sirisena refuses to chair Cabinet meetings in protest against the ongoing Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probe into the Easter Sunday bombings. He says the PSC has put national security in jeopardy by interrogating high ranking intelligence … Continue reading
A melancholy week of many wrongs and no rights
Sunday Times This was a week of many wrongs and virtually no rights. The optics of the image released to the public when the Bodu Bala Sena’s Galagoda atte Gnanasara and his mother met President Maithripala Sirisena following his pardoning while serving a prison sentence for contempt of court said it best, smiles and merry … Continue reading
Are we paying for treachery?
Daily Mirror PM’s interviews with foreign correspondents cringeworthy Yahapalana grandees have done so much to discredit armed forces Mangala the only Foreign Minister to have co-sponsored a resolution against own country Admittedly, there is a huge amount of work to be done, but the … Continue reading
President’s Laments on Monks
A timely observation President Maithripala Sirisena has bemoaned the conduct of certain members of the Bhikku community, whom he says has brought dishonour to the Sangha and the country at large. Speaking at a temple event, the President said, while the majority of the country’s 33,000 strong Bhikku community conducted themselves with honour and dignity, … Continue reading
