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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.
Sri Lanka in 2017: Sluggish on many fronts
Date: 2018-01-01
Creator: Sree Padma
Access: Open access
- Sri Lanka's 69-year-old parliamentary democracy continues with power concentrated at the center, and consequently, the country's non-Sinhala-Buddhist minorities on the periphery continue to press for equal rights, while ethnic strife hinders prospects for unified progress. Maithripala Sirisena, president since 2015, promises reconciliation but has received little cooperation from the majority Sinhala Buddhists.