by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th October 2018 · Last modified 10th January 2019
Suddenly a bevy of ‘constitutional experts’ have come into the scene. Where were they in 2015 one wonders. The situation is this. We have the same President but 2 different Prime Ministers. The...
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th September 2018 · Last modified 27th January 2019
There is a big question mark as to the eligibility of the government that was appointed in 2015 immediately after the election of a President by a Presidential election. At the Presidential Election held...
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th August 2018 · Last modified 27th January 2019
Western Province comprises 3 districts (Colombo, Gampaha & Kalutara) Kalutara comprises 8 electoral polling divisions. The analysis covers 3 main elections – Presidential, General & Provincial Councils. Keeping to the official census statistics of...
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections: Western Province/Kalutara District – Voters & Demographic Influence
Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th August 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
Maithripala Sirisena left the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to contest under the SWAN symbol from the party National Democratic Front. His election manifesto was released at the Viharamahadevi Open Air Threatre in December 2014....
Constitution Related / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th August 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
Western Province comprises 3 districts (Colombo, Gampaha & Kalutara) Gampaha comprises 13 electoral polling divisions. The analysis covers 3 main elections – Presidential, General & Provincial Councils. Keeping to the official census statistics of...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th July 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
Only about 15% of the world’s countries are federal. The notion that the UN or the International Community have fixed templates for conflicts has proved an absolute sham. All of the countries the UN...
Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th July 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
Federal constitutions exist in 26 countries including US, Canada, Russia, Australia, India, Brazil & federal features also prevail in China. What do these countries all have in common? Their size. It is because of...
Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th July 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
We have had 2 Chief Justices removed in the recent past. There was much fanfare over the removal of the first on the premise of unfair removal while the removal...
Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th July 2018 · Last modified 1st March 2019
This government loves to keep the people busy by regularly throwing issues to keep them busy. These are excellent methods to divert people’s attention from the real issues that questions the governments inefficiency. We’ve...
