Monday, July 3, 2017

Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis: Not losing an opportunity to lose another opportunity

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PROF. JAYADEVA UYANGODA on 07/02/2017
Is the Yahapalanaya (‘good governance’) regime jointly led President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremasinghe slowly abandoning its political reform commitments made during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections of 2015? Are the government leaders working towards their own political downfall, leaving the space for the return to illiberal and authoritarian politics?  Are our President and the Prime Minister proving the point often being made by the cynics that Sri Lankan leaders will hardly lose an opportunity to lose an opportunity for peace building and political reforms? These are questions any vigilant observer of Sri Lanka’s current politics will not hesitate to ask.  Many may even provide answers in the affirmative.