Sibboleth
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Post by Sibboleth on Jan 9, 2015 17:59:03 GMT
Mahinda Rajapaksa called snap Presidential elections recently. How did it work out for him?  Maithripala Sirisena 51.3% Mahinda Rajapaksa* 47.6% Minor candidates included Ratnayake Arachchige Sirisena and Namal Ajith Rajapaksa. Like Rajapaksa, Sirisena is (or rather was) a lifelong SLFP man. He was actually a member of Rajapaksa's government right up until he declared he was running against him. A provisional map of results, as per wiki:  |
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Post by wallington on Jan 10, 2015 19:16:37 GMT
My girlfriend's family are all rather happy with the result. Although, her mum, who is rather cynical about politics in Sri Lanka in general, tells me that many in her family supported Rajapaksa once upon a time, as they felt he would unite Sri Lanka and work to bring Sinhalese and Tamils together, although they ended up disliking him pretty shortly after. She feels that they will probably feel the same about Sirisena in no time at all. I must note that I have no real knowledge about politics in Sri Lanka, everything I know comes from her. She pretty much hates all sides, be they Tamil or Sinhalese.
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Post by neilm on Jan 11, 2015 1:46:57 GMT
Sarath Fonseka has been very quiet indeed. A possible role for him now?
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 13, 2015 13:50:04 GMT
A late colleague of mine at work would have been very happy. He was old enough to remember when Sinhalese, Tamils, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Buddists were educated together rather than being segregated by Rajapaksa's like minded predecessors which he only made worse. The actions he orchestrated at the end of the Tamil war were shocking, good riddance.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 13, 2015 15:27:40 GMT
Really noticeable that the Christian areas in the north west and along the coast voted very strongly for the challenger
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 13, 2015 15:42:30 GMT
Really noticeable that the Christian areas in the north west and along the coast voted very strongly for the challenger Someone once told me that the subcontinent might one day be the biggest Christian population centre on earth. I'd be interested to know if anyone knows anything about that- I certainly didn't know Sri Lanka had a Christian belt until I read your post,very interesting. |
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Post by Tony Otim on Jan 13, 2015 16:06:48 GMT
Really noticeable that the Christian areas in the north west and along the coast voted very strongly for the challenger Someone once told me that the subcontinent might one day be the biggest Christian population centre on earth. I'd be interested to know if anyone knows anything about that- I certainly didn't know Sri Lanka had a Christian belt until I read your post,very interesting. I thought growth was quicker in both China and South Korea, but my knowledge is probably a decade or so out of date. It certainly used to be true that the largest individual congregations for a number of different denominations were all in Seoul. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 26, 2018 18:19:33 GMT
...and his resurrection in the LocalElections 2018: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna1: 4,941,952 44.65% 3,369 councillors 231 councils controlled United National Party: 3,612,259 32.63% 2,385 34 United People's Freedom Alliance: 989,821 8.94% 674 2 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna: 693,875 6.27% 431 0 Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 491,835 4.44% 358 7 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi: 339,675 3.07% 407 41  |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 27, 2018 11:53:35 GMT
...and his resurrection in the LocalElections 2018: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna1: 4,941,952 44.65% 3,369 councillors 231 councils controlled United National Party: 3,612,259 32.63% 2,385 34 United People's Freedom Alliance: 989,821 8.94% 674 2 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna: 693,875 6.27% 431 0 Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 491,835 4.44% 358 7 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi: 339,675 3.07% 407 41 please can we have a colour key for this? Red is obvious but the minor parties less so |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 27, 2018 13:19:32 GMT
...and his resurrection in the LocalElections 2018: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna1: 4,941,952 44.65% 3,369 councillors 231 councils controlled United National Party: 3,612,259 32.63% 2,385 34 United People's Freedom Alliance: 989,821 8.94% 674 2 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna: 693,875 6.27% 431 0 Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 491,835 4.44% 358 7 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi: 339,675 3.07% 407 41 please can we have a colour key for this? Red is obvious but the minor parties less so red = SLPP 231 yellow = ITAK (obviously Tamils) 41 green = UNP 34 darkblue = SLFP 7 purple = Ceylon Workers' Congress/CWC 5 darkgreen = SLMC (Muslims) 4 grey = independent 4 |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 27, 2018 14:04:44 GMT
please can we have a colour key for this? Red is obvious but the minor parties less so red = SLPP 231 yellow = ITAK (obviously Tamils) 41 green = UNP 34 darkblue = SLFP 7 purple = Ceylon Workers' Congress/CWC 5 darkgreen = SLMC (Muslims) 4 grey = independent 4 thank you! yes I could also see the yellow was obviously the Tamils, but the others were less predictable- to me anyway, having been away from Sri Lankan politics since the end of the war,but having spent some time there at the time of the final stages of that. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 27, 2018 15:24:47 GMT
having been away from Sri Lankan politics since the end of the war,but having spent some time there at the time of the final stages of that. Interesting! Have You been an ObServer at elections?
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 27, 2018 16:09:14 GMT
having been away from Sri Lankan politics since the end of the war,but having spent some time there at the time of the final stages of that. Interesting! Have You been an ObServer at elections?
Nothing as peaceful, or as organised, as that- I just happened to be in Sri Lanka in the final stages of the war - close to the final front line in the north, and also in the midst of big demonstrations in Colombo, and a few yards from the big suicide car bomb when it went off by the Galle Face Green (Jan 2, 2009) . I have usually managed to be in the right place (or the wrong place depending on your point of view) when there is something exciting(!) going on anywhere in the world, but not elections, no. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 27, 2018 16:37:04 GMT
Looking further at the map I am intrigued by the fact that ITAK seems to only get 3% of the vote even they look very dominant in the Tamil areas - high abstention rates there? The numbers on the key are presumably number of councils controlled and differs slightly from your original list, I assume because some small parties again have highly localised dominance - the Moslems in their little patch in the north-west,and the Congress (the latter I presume very much in the tea plantation areas)being the obvious examples of parties with presumably a small overall vote but strong localised dominance. Have I got that right?
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 27, 2018 17:51:11 GMT
Looking further at the map I am intrigued by the fact that ITAK seems to only get 3% of the vote even they look very dominant in the Tamil areas - high abstention rates there? The numbers on the key are presumably number of councils controlled and differs slightly from your original list, I assume because some small parties again have highly localised dominance - the Moslems in their little patch in the north-west,and the Congress (the latter I presume very much in the tea plantation areas)being the obvious examples of parties with presumably a small overall vote but strong localised dominance. Have I got that right? 231 - 41 - 34 councils controlled remained the same; few small parties (1-2 councils each ) were omitted by me. Yes, ITAK is striking - low TurnOut and high DePopulation?
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 27, 2018 17:55:41 GMT
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 27, 2018 17:57:07 GMT
Interesting! Have You been an ObServer at elections?
Nothing as peaceful, or as organised, as that- I just happened to be in Sri Lanka in the final stages of the war - close to the final front line in the north, and also in the midst of big demonstrations in Colombo, and a few yards from the big suicide car bomb when it went off by the Galle Face Green (Jan 2, 2009) . I have usually managed to be in the right place (or the wrong place depending on your point of view) when there is something exciting(!) going on anywhere in the world, but not elections, no. But You aren't a WarCorrespondent, are You? |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 28, 2018 8:32:53 GMT
Nothing as peaceful, or as organised, as that- I just happened to be in Sri Lanka in the final stages of the war - close to the final front line in the north, and also in the midst of big demonstrations in Colombo, and a few yards from the big suicide car bomb when it went off by the Galle Face Green (Jan 2, 2009) . I have usually managed to be in the right place (or the wrong place depending on your point of view) when there is something exciting(!) going on anywhere in the world, but not elections, no. But You aren't a WarCorrespondent, are You? No, not that either, in any official sense- just like taking my "holidays" in dangerous places! |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Feb 28, 2018 16:11:23 GMT
But You aren't a WarCorrespondent, are You? No, not that either, in any official sense- just like taking my "holidays" in dangerous places! Ah, i see! So, what a French (VALERY?) called ~"vie intense"? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 30, 2018 12:34:07 GMT
Seems to be a bit of a constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka. The United People’s Freedom Alliance has decided to withdraw from the national unity government, although that still leaves the government with a majority in Parliament. President Maithripala Sirisena of the UPFA has purported to dismiss Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of the United National Party. It is not certain whether this action is constitutional. The PM is refusing to go and is demanding that Parliament be resummoned, which the Speaker seems likely to do. |
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