Aluthgama has exposed our multiple complications, and there is no easy remedy to any of them
Mahinda Rajapaksa-July 5, 2014
By Rajan Philips
The crisis of Sri Lanka has gone beyond being the crisis of its government. Aluthgama has exposed multiple complications in our politics, society, culture and governance, and there is no easy remedy to any of them. The Rajapaksa government excels in misgovernment and makes misgoverning look not only easy but also normal. If it is only the government that is the problem, then it can be solved at least partially by changing the government. But when the problem goes beyond the government, and when the social presuppositions and cultural prerequisites of good governance go missing, then we get stuck in a vicious spiral. And we are.
