Politics
Mission accomplished in 60 days: The NPP’s Pyrrhic victory
By Vox Civis It was, as everyone always knew it would be, a foregone conclusion. Late on Friday (25) evening, Parliament passed the...
Government and the State: A distinction Sri Lanka cannot afford to blur
By Vox Civis On Monday (21), the National People’s Power (NPP) government marks two years in office. That anniversary alone would not normally...
Almost two years on: NPP’s selective urgency
By Vox Civis In a few days, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power (NPP) will mark two years in office....
NPP’s 22nd Amendment juggernaut: Winning the battle, losing the war
By Vox Civis The dust has settled, for the moment, over the legal battle surrounding the National People’s Power (NPP) government’s 22nd Amendment...
When the guardian is asked to guard the hand that holds the key
By Vox Civis “Judges should behave within the judiciary as well as outside it in such a manner as to consolidate the confidence...
Constitutional tinkering: A distraction from the real war
By Vox Civis There is a growing unease in Sri Lanka that something larger may be taking shape beneath the surface of the...
First the State, now the Judiciary: The slow-motion capture of Sri Lanka
By Vox Civis There comes a time every now and then in the life of a democracy when the danger is not that...
The 22nd Amendment Test: Whither transparency?
By Vox Civis The National People’s Power (NPP) campaigned and was elected to office on a single, repeated word: transparency. It was not...
