Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By our political correspondent
Is a dual citizen as loyal to a country as a citizen with undivided loyalties? Is a dual citizen qualified to be bestowed the nation’s executive leadership?
As the next presidential election looms on the political horizon, citizens may have to watch a legal drama first, before they actually vote, if the issue of foreign citizenship is brought to the fore by certain...
In one of the most awaited judgments in recent times, and the first judgment delivered based on an investigation by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) of the Sri Lanka Police, former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunge and former Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) Director General Anusha Palpita were last week found guilty of...
There was palpable tension at the Unity government´s cabinet meeting last week as Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera and Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga clashed over the continuing woes of Sri Lanka Cricket. President Sirisena moved in to put the intense argument between the two to rest.
Continuing from weeks of bickering within the cabinet and...
Responsibility and irresponsibility - Last week´s events in our resplendent island can be used as a perfect example of the dichotomy between responsibility and irresponsibility.
As former Finance and Foreign Minister, Ravi Karunanayake strode in the parliament chamber to make his resignation speech; the nation was already appraised of the decision. The former minister´s...
It seems, the Joint Opposition (JO) is holding out hopes for a vote of no-confidence, to oust Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake following the allegations against him over his penthouse at Monarch residencies, which was once allegedly leased by Arjun Aloysius, the man in the centre of the Treasury Bond issue.
JO members say they have handed over a no-confidence motion...