Sunday, January 8, 2017

The Curse of the Obstinate Patriarch

SASANKA PERERA on 01/08/2017
Today marks the second anniversary of the victory of Maithripala Sirisena as the President of Sri Lanka at the 8th January 2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election.  And the second anniversary of the 17th August 2015 Parliamentary Election is merely seven months away.  In the shadow of these two anniversaries, I thought of reflecting on what they mean to me in the context of what has happened, and more importantly what has not happened in the interceding two years.  This is not a political analysis.  I leave that to friends and colleagues more attuned to Sri Lankan politics on a routine basis.