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  Finding areas of mutual agreement in Lanka

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on December 05, 2019

  ALONG with the change of government that took place after the November 16 presidential election there is a sense of strong government and an uncertainty...

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  Popularity is not a sufficient condition for reforms

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on November 28, 2019

  SRI Lanka has a new government that has come to power with heightened popular expectation of reform that would take it in the direction of...

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  The president of all who voted for and against

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on November 20, 2019

  PRESIDENT Gotabaya Rajapaksa scored an impressive victory at the hotly contested presidential election winning 52.5 per cent of the vote when the general expectation was...

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  No election promises about ethnic reconciliation

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on October 30, 2019

  THIS has been among the most promising elections if the number of election promises that have been made are counted. The presidential candidates seem to...

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  Wake-up call of Lanka’s Elpitiya local elections

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on October 16, 2019

  THE victory of the SLPP at the long-postponed pradeshiya sabha election in Elpitiya did not come as a surprise. This had been an area that...

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  Bridge-building by Lanka civil society

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on October 08, 2019

  IT WAS past 11:00pm when the conference at a community hall in Kattankudy ended. The last three speakers were restricted to two minutes each, much...

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  Civil society can play decisive role in forthcoming election

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on October 01, 2019

  JUST as in the presidential election of 2015 which led to the unexpected defeat of incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa, this presidential election of 2019 is...

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  Easy transition through change with continuity

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on September 25, 2019

  THE presidential election fixed by the Election Commission for November 16 has the potential to bring about far reaching change to the country both in...

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  Abolishing executive presidency not a viable strategy

  Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on September 18, 2019

  FOR the past month the issue of who will be the presidential candidate of the ruling UNP has been dividing the party and diverting attention...

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  Making best use of Lanka’s strategic location

  by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on September 12, 2019

  THERE is increased competition between the global big powers in the Indian Ocean. The four main protagonists are India, the United States, China and Japan....