A balance restored: Meeting Mahinda and Maithripala
December 9, 2014
It wasn’t just another Sunday. On the eve of the day that nominations closed and the presidential race began in earnest, I had a one-on-one luncheon conversation with President Rajapaksa and a late teatime discussion with Maithripala Sirisena, at the invitations of the incumbent and a key personality of the challenger’s camp, respectively. While I shall not divulge the contents of either conversation, I can however, share my impressions.