Mahinda’s Election And Rajapaksa Future
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara
“Heil myself
Raise your hand
There’s no greater
Dictator in the land!
Everything I do, I do for you!”
Mel Brooks (Springtime for Hitler)
( October 19, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) No one wants an early presidential election, except the Rajapaksas.
There is no national need or a popular clamour for an early election. The opposition is not demanding one. The SLFP and the UPFA are reportedly extremely unhappy about the prospect.
But the Rajapaksas seem determined to hold a presidential election at the earliest possible constitutional time.
