Dynastic Politics In Sri Lanka

| by Laksiri Fernando 

"The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law." - Article II, Section 26, Constitution of the Philippines (1987)

( July 3, 2014, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) DA Rajapaksa became prominent as a key founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), along with SWRD Bandaranaike, largely because after their breakaway from the UNP in 1951, with five other MPs, they were the only two who could retain their seats at the 1952 parliamentary elections. SWRD was assassinated in 1959 and DA died in 1967. I had occasion to deliver memorial orations for both of them, for SWRD Bandaranaike in 2004 and DA Rajapaksa in 2010.

Dynastic Politics in Sri Lanka by Maria Anderson