Politics
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...
Retirement extension controversy: Turning judicial tenure into a political instrument
By Vox Civis There is a curious argument gaining currency in Sri Lanka that opposition to the proposed extension of the retirement age...
NPP’s day of reckoning: The battle to save judicial independence
By Vox Civis The Government’s proposal to increase the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal has evolved...
