2014: Year of elections in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, but no major changes in sight
Rajan Philips-January 4, 2014, 6:27 pm
2013 has quietly faded away and 2014 is upon us without much of a bang. It always happens that way despite the hype that most of us go through during the heady week between Christmas and New Year. There is much speculation and hype about 2014 being yet another Sri Lankan election year – with potentially three, four or five elections packed in one year. No one will know for sure until the President lets it be known what election plans he has for his country for this year. The President has reportedly asked the Working Committee of his Party to be election-ready for 2014, without saying whether it will be provincial, parliamentary or presidential election, or all of them. In no country in the world can the head of state, or head of government, decide the way the Sri Lankan President decides as to when and where and what election will be held in any given year. I am not exaggerating.