Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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by W. A. De Silva
The current crisis is a complicated issue consisting of an economic and political crisis. The dollar shortage, forex crisis, depreciation of the currency, high cost of living, crisis in the health sector could be considered as integral parts of the economic crisis. Conflicts that emerged within the ruling party and in the Opposition in Parliament have paved way for the...
It is not possible to attribute one precise definition to the concept democracy due to the fact that it is being used in multiple contexts. The well known definition of democracy is that “democracy is governed by the people, for the people and of the people”. In that context it is presumed that democracy is a people centric mechanism for governance. Parliamentary...
Some critics say that the Executive Presidency is an alien mechanism added to the Westminster System of Parliamentary Democracy this country had been following since Independence up to 1978 and it has paved the way to drift Parliamentary Democracy to an Authoritarian Democracy or Dictatorship. They said the Executive Presidency has become a threat to the Supremacy of...