by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 15, 2018 | DailyFT
A small step was taken by a sovereign court the day before yesterday. It was a giant leap for the supremacy of the Constitution over all three arms of government in a recently benighted Sri Lanka. As well as being the tangible proof of intra-governmental checks and...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 12, 2018 | DailyFT
DR. NO: despite the then de facto Foreign Minister’s denials last week, the coup machinery pulled the plug on Parliament – perhaps unseating more than two premiers, but rather the prospect of saving face in the international arena A college professor of mine...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 9, 2018 | DailyFT
STATE: riven – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara As we struggle to put it down in black and white today, the writing on the wall is still visible if fading. It suggests that Sri Lanka as an emerging democratic republic has been weighed in the scales and found wanting in...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 8, 2018 | DailyFT
A scientist is someone who changes his beliefs when confronted by fresh evidence. But a politician is merely someone who believes in the art of the possible. And is prone to be pliant – a mere reed in the wind… so it is heartening to mind the conversion...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 7, 2018 | DailyFT
CROWDSOURCING A COUP: In an ironic turn of events, the leaders of the constitutional coup conducted a rally to draw support for their cause – a stone’s throw away from the very place that could have demonstrated their Parliamentary majority and silenced...
