By Izeth Hussain-January 23, 2015, 8:04 pm
Say not the struggle naught availeth.
– Arthur Hugh Clough
Nothing straight can ever be made out of the crooked timber of humanity.
– Immanuel Kant
After the Presidential elections which are widely regarded as having been "stunning", most Sri Lankans are now engaged in trying to appraise their significance. We have to begin by trying to establish why exactly Mahinda Rajapakse lost. In my article "After the elections", published on January 10 but sent to the Editor well before the election results were announced, I wrote, "If Maithripala Sirisena squeaks through, or wins with a substantial majority as I have been confidently expecting, the prospects will be much brighter for a restoration of a fully functioning democracy".
