Election Losses Test Sri Lanka’s Leader, and the Country’s Direction
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Election Losses Test Sri Lanka’s Leader, and the Country’s Direction
that This election has shown that despite everything, the January 8, 2015, coalition, which changed the political culture in this country
and ousted the Rajapaksa regime, has remained intact.
Mr. Sirisena came to power in 2015 with the help of an unlikely coalition of minority groups and as the face of Sri Lankans’ hope
that power would be decentralized power, the military and corruption would be reined in, and some of the country’s wounds from the long war would be healed.
Analysts warned that a resounding victory by Mr. Rajapaksa’s party — the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (the Sri Lanka People’s Front, or S.L.P.P.)
For the first time in the country’s history, Sri Lanka required parties to field at least 25 percent female candidates in the
elections, hoping the quota would increase the number of women on local councils, where they hold just 2 percent of seats.
11, 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Local elections across Sri Lanka on Saturday were supposed to be about small issues,
like installing street lighting for some neighborhoods and improving garbage sweeping in others.
" Mr. Rajapaksa said on his Facebook page. that The victory is a clear indication
that Sri Lankans are fed up of inaction and want to rebuild Sri Lanka,
"But that is difficult to imagine." Both governing parties were in soul-searching mode, struggling to figure out their next moves
and make changes in time to make sure Mr. Rajapaksa’s party does not ride discontent with the government to victory in the presidential election in 2019.
that This election has shown that despite everything, the January 8, 2015, coalition, which changed the political culture in this country
and ousted the Rajapaksa regime, has remained intact.
Mr. Sirisena came to power in 2015 with the help of an unlikely coalition of minority groups and as the face of Sri Lankans’ hope
that power would be decentralized power, the military and corruption would be reined in, and some of the country’s wounds from the long war would be healed.
Analysts warned that a resounding victory by Mr. Rajapaksa’s party — the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (the Sri Lanka People’s Front, or S.L.P.P.)
For the first time in the country’s history, Sri Lanka required parties to field at least 25 percent female candidates in the
elections, hoping the quota would increase the number of women on local councils, where they hold just 2 percent of seats.
11, 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Local elections across Sri Lanka on Saturday were supposed to be about small issues,
like installing street lighting for some neighborhoods and improving garbage sweeping in others.
" Mr. Rajapaksa said on his Facebook page. that The victory is a clear indication
that Sri Lankans are fed up of inaction and want to rebuild Sri Lanka,
"But that is difficult to imagine." Both governing parties were in soul-searching mode, struggling to figure out their next moves
and make changes in time to make sure Mr. Rajapaksa’s party does not ride discontent with the government to victory in the presidential election in 2019.