Democracy Or Dynasty?
| by Laksiri Fernando
( December 29, 2014, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka at the cross roads. People may see different dimensions depending on different vantage points from which they look at the cross roads. However, at the presidential elections, it is a key choice between democracy and dynastic-authoritarianism.
Minister Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi worshiping the PresidentThe emergence of authoritarianism subordinating traditional parliamentary democratic institutions was linked to the executive presidential system.
