Past abuse and current insolence of power
“The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right” – G.K. Chesterton-Tuesday, 9 June 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena miscalculated when he conjectured that he could coax the SLFP to accept Ranil Wickremesinghe the captain of the opposing team as not only coach but as match referee as well.
Patrimonial politics has occupied centre stage in the 140 days of the UNP-dominated interim Government. The question most asked in the makeshift corridors of momentary power is ‘who gets what and how fast?’
