Constitutional crisis: A claymore for Sirisena to avoid

The correctness or incorrectness of the political line decides everything 
– Mao (1971)

Maithripala Sirisena will need to rethink his strategy heading into these presidential elections

 November 26, 2014 

As a former student of Mao Ze Dong thought, the genial Maithripala Sirisena may recall Mao’s point that ‘the correctness or incorrectness of the political line decides everything’. He must also hope that Mao was wrong, because the Sirisena campaign has so far, not got its political line correct, to put it mildly. This may sound like the quibble of a political scientist from the Marxian tradition, but it isn’t. The incorrectness of Mr. Sirisena’s political line or rather, the political line drawn up for Mr. Sirisena which he has adopted, can provide a dangerous opening for the Establishment – ‘The Brotherhood’ – to launch a counterreformation which can choke off the valuable political space which has opened up with Maithripala’s courageous rebellion, and roll-back its potential.
Constitutional Crisis a Claymore for Sirisena to Avoid by Thavam