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  Lanka: political posturing with joint problem solving

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on September 04, 2020

  THE past 10 months during which time presidential elections were held in November and general elections in August witnessed enemy images being manufactured by competing...

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  Need for inclusive Lanka nationalism plus

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on August 26, 2020

  DURING the election campaign the ruling party and its allies legitimised their call for a two-thirds majority in parliament on the basis that a change...

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  Opening door to Lanka reconciliation

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on August 20, 2020

  MUCH is hoped for from the new government which triumphed with an unprecedented two-thirds majority. The fate of the country at this critical juncture depends...

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  New results-based Lanka governance needs to be inclusive

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on August 13, 2020

  THE early indications from the newly elected government elected by an astounding majority is that they are serious about making a difference and in making...

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  Devolution with development after Lanka elections

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on August 07, 2020

  MANY years ago, a former government agent of Jaffna, Dr Devanesan Nesiah, explained northern sentiment when elections were taking place. He said that there had...

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  A Lanka election without grand policy themes

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on July 30, 2020

  EVEN as the election campaign comes to its penultimate phase, there is a dearth of hopeful and inspiring campaign themes. The nearest that any political...

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  Siren call of postponing Lanka elections yet again

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:01am on July 15, 2020

  THE containment of COVID-19 spread in Sri Lanka relative to other countries, including its immediate neighbours, put the government on a strong footing to face...

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  Delays that erode confidence in Lanka reconciliation

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on July 08, 2020

  THE government last week responded to the concerns of those countries in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva which have been taking a special...

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  More representative decision-making bodies required

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on July 01, 2020

  THERE has been a trend of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa making senior appointments in which those who are outside the established administrative systems are being brought...

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  Reliance on security forces for failure of civil governance

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on June 18, 2020

  THE signs of elections and the short term changes that they bring are upon us today. Posters of candidates are coming up with their party...