by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 22, 2019 | DailyFT
NEW GAME IN TOWN – ‘My rally is larger than yours’ is the fishy new one-upmanship in the political pond. If only appearances matter, other contenders might do well to be a tad anxious at this sea of red. And even if the JVP challenge turns out to be...
by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 15, 2019 | DailyFT
GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA – grim reaper, gremlin reinvented or grossly represented? NO OFFENCE, BUT THE QUESTION BEGS ITSELF. In a piece titled ‘Who is afraid of Gotabaya (sic) Rajapaksa?’ Daily FT contributor Sarath de Alwis made a cogent argument as to why he was not...
by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 7, 2019 | DailyFT
ERASE THE VILE THING – Not a bad thing in and of itself, this constitutional presidency; as minorities fighting shy of majoritarian politics may think or feel? But hideous in the hands of hypocrites and charlatans hung up on its corrupting power or influence...
by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 1, 2019 | DailyFT
THE USUAL SUSPECTS – or is Sri Lanka on the cusp of a sea-change into something rich and strange, politically-speaking? SOME THINGS ARE HARD TO GET RID OF. Bad habits – like Bruce Willis in the eponymous movies – ‘die hard’. Even...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 26, 2019 | DailyFT
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – in the coming faceoff, it may well be a time for a sea-change into something rich and strange? IN THE LEAD UP TO THE PRESIDENTIAL POLL… several trends persuade me that, this time, “something’s gotta...
