Voting behaviour at Presidential election

My good hearted companion, the driver of an official vehicle telephoned me in the afternoon of January 27 to say that he was over jubilant as regards the bliss of the Presidential Election. He went on to say that he was engaged in a Kiribath feast in his village, celebrating the victory. His sound reverberated in my ears, as he went on reiterating the excessive ecstasy, which for me was a voice of an honest spell overjoy on the part of a member of his humble down to earth community.

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Sri Lankan denouement

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s victory in Sri Lanka’s Presidential election has exceeded all expectations, including the most optimistic projections made within the President’s camp on the basis of hard-nosed pre-election opinion polls. The 17.73 percentage point margin of win is a reaffirmation of the maturity and good sense of ordinary voters who, given a choice between an experienced political leader in the saddle and an unpredictable adventurer sponsored by an unnatural combination of political irreconcilables, made it a virtual no-contest at the national level.

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Recovering the ‘national hero’ tag: Options for Sarath Fonseka

The Morning Inspection - Malinda

‘If Mahinda Rajapaksa had been asked about Sarath Fonseka, when the retired Army Commander decided to contest the Presidential election, what would he have said?’ I wondered recently. I thought that he would or rather he should respond in the following manner.

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