Balancing change with continuity to ensure public support 

By Jehan Perera-February 2, 2015

The Independence Day celebrations this year will be significantly different from those of the recent past.  The government has said that the ceremony will be simple.  There is an emphasis on cost cutting.  The previous government spared no cost to make its celebrations grand affairs. One of the main issues on which the presidential election was fought over was corruption and waste, and the misdirection of economic resources away from the poor to those at the helm of the government.  The opposition parties leveled charges against the former United People’s Freedom Alliance government that it led the country into massive debt due to its white elephant projects, waste and corruption.

Balancing Change With Continuity to Ensure Public Support by Thavam Ratna