Cultural factor in elections
How come that so many artistes worked dedicatedly
for the President in his campaign when there were virtually no
artistes to bolster the campaign of the UNP led Opposition? It is
indeed strange that the UNP,
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‘Minoritarianizing’ voter-mind and other academic slippages
Elections are passionate affairs in Sri Lanka.
Given that the ordinary citizen gets a few weeks to feel like
king/queen-maker this is not surprising. Sometimes, however, people
go overboard and there is nothing as grotesque and ugly as when
those who are supposed to be informed,
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Conspiracies to overthrow Government - I:
Flashback 1966:
Army Commander arrested
The Army Commander Maj Gen Richard Udugama was
arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake on
his return from UK on July 7, 1966. He was on a tour of England to
inspect military hardware for the Sri Lanka Army when the Defence
Ministry summoned him home by a special coded message.
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