Monday, April 27, 2015

Presidential powers and the craving to be slaves

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka


Sunday, April 26, 2015

It appears that the President of Sri Lanka likes vivid imagery. Not so long ago, he compared the members of his party to crabs dancing in a boiling pot of water. This prediction came uncannily true this week when some of these members discarded even the stipulated parliamentary dress and slept in running shorts on the floor of the House.