From soft autocracy to cartel democracy
The consensual alliance of national unity is now in place. How will it proceed? Will its leaders search for consensus or mould a consensus? Conceived initially as an experiment that would last for two years, President Maithripala Sirisena has now given it a fresh lease of five years. Its composition has transformed the ‘land like no other’ from Mahinda’s soft autocracy to Maithri’s ‘cartel democracy’.
''Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage – Devil’s Dictionary''
Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers
Saturday, 12 September 2015
The consensual alliance of national unity is now in place. How will it proceed? Will its leaders search for consensus or mould a consensus? Conceived initially as an experiment that would last for two years, President Maithripala Sirisena has now given it a fresh lease of five years. Its composition has transformed the ‘land like no other’ from Mahinda’s soft autocracy to Maithri’s ‘cartel democracy’.