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Post by yellowperil on Nov 10, 2018 8:28:30 GMT
Does anybody know how this is panning out? Maybe not increasing Sri Lankan confidence when it comes to the cricket!
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Post by beastofbedfordshire on Nov 13, 2018 21:56:09 GMT
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Post by yellowperil on Nov 14, 2018 9:41:39 GMT
Actually a fascinating display of testing constitutional separation of powers to the point of destruction. Note that the SC has not reversed the president's action, merely suspended it pending a final decision, so everything hangs on a fine thread. Can this be resolved constitutionally or will it end in tears, and maybe a coup? I desperately hope this will not end in violence, but given the actors involved I would not hold my breath. Glad not to be in Colombo this time round, having get caught up in riots and a car bomb last time I was there, but of course there are are a lot of British tourists, and an England cricket team in Sri Lanka at the moment. |
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Post by ibfc on Nov 16, 2019 10:59:27 GMT
Elections today in Sri Lanka with Gothabaya Rajapaksa (Mahinda’s brother) and Sajith Premadasa, the Housing Minister and the son of the former President, Ranasinghe Premadasa being the main candidates. Gotha was widely expected to win on account of a nationalist upsurge post the Easter bombings but Sajith has supposedly closed the gap banking on strong minority support (both Tamil and Muslim).
Possible that RAW (Indian intelligence agency) which massively pumped in money to defeat Mahinda last time is backing Sajith. Know for a fact that RAW wanted him to run and helped him get the nomination over the Primr Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe who is a pro Western liberal. Both Gotha and Sajith I expect are going to be more hardline towards minorities than the current government.
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Post by ibfc on Nov 17, 2019 13:00:00 GMT
Rajapaksa has won the elections by around 1.3 million votes (52.25% to 41.99%). The map seems broadly similar to the previous election with the minorities supporting the non Rajapaksa election except for a few pockets. Where the Indian Tamils have influence . In addition. President Sirisena’s district also backed Rajapaksa.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Nov 17, 2019 17:28:51 GMT
Rajapaksa has won the elections by around 1.3 million votes (52.25% to 41.99%). The map seems broadly similar to the previous election with the minorities supporting the non Rajapaksa election except for a few pockets. Where the Indian Tamils have influence . In addition. President Sirisena’s district also backed Rajapaksa. Yes, that happens with maps showing the winner without the margins: Important was this time, that the Rajapaksa-clan won almost no Tamil&Muslim-votes, making the election more a census on DemoGraphy. |
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Post by ibfc on Nov 17, 2019 18:23:10 GMT
Rajapaksa has won the elections by around 1.3 million votes (52.25% to 41.99%). The map seems broadly similar to the previous election with the minorities supporting the non Rajapaksa election except for a few pockets. Where the Indian Tamils have influence . In addition. President Sirisena’s district also backed Rajapaksa. Yes, that happens with maps showing the winner without the margins: Important was this time, that the Rajapaksa-clan won almost no Tamil&Muslim-votes, making the election more a census on DemoGraphy. Minority consolidation against Rajapaksa was a feature of 2015 also. The big difference this time has been full scale Sinhala consolidation behind the clan. The three Sinhalese dominated districts won by Sirisena ( greater Colombo’s two districts and Sirisena’s own Polonnaruwa district) as well as more mixed districts such as Puttalam and Badulla all swung to Rajapaksa on account of heavy Sinhalese consolidation. There’s a minimum threshold of Sinhala vote needed in addition to minority vote and the atmosphere this time was too frenzied for that to happen. |
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Post by middyman on Feb 18, 2020 11:07:15 GMT
One aspect of Sri Lanka which really holds it back would appear to be corruption, endemic and widespread. A notable victim is its airline. This was profitable when run by Emirates on behalf of Sri Lanka but they withdrew when the then President demanded that Business Class be cleared of all passengers on a flight so that he could travel and Emirates refused. Since then, the losses have mounted with various added scandals, expensive cancellation of orders which could no longer be afforded and so on. It will take a long time for the country to recover, if ever. www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Strangled-and-pulverised-Dandu-Monara-on-the-Brink-of-Death/172-183197 |
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