Sri Lanka in 2018: Seeking a way forward

Date: 2019-02-01

Creator: Sree Padma

Access: Open access

The highlight of Maithripala Sirisena's presidency came in its very beginning when he ended a decade of autocracy by restoring democracy. And when rivalry with his own prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, devolved into a constitutional crisis, Sirisena was forced to abide by the democratic norms he had restored.