Chasing Mahinda’s ghost

As President Maithripala Sirisena grows more assertive in the presidency and focuses predominantly on consolidating power within the SLFP, will he continue to allow Mahinda Rajapaksa to dictate the political agenda?

  

President Maithripala Sirisena and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa signed as witnesses at the wedding of the daughter of prominent gem merchant W. Vinil at the Cinnamon Grand last Thursday

 Thursday, 25 June 2015

After a disastrous meeting at the Parliamentary Complex in early May, President Maithripala Sirisena and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa had a chance encounter last week, under less official, slightly pleasanter circumstances.

Chasing Mahinda’s Ghost by Thavam Ratna