Category: Politics
UNP declares Sajith Premadasa as their Presidential candidate
Sep 26, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party at the working committee meeting unanimously decided to field Minister Sajith Premadasa as the candidate for the upcoming presidential election. UNP leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe recommended Premadasa’s name at the working committee meeting. After the event, Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa said he is […]
Dilrukshi Dias debacle – PM releases a special statement
September 24. 2019 (LBO) – The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe has released a special statement on the controversy surrounding Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremesinghe. The Solicitor General is the second highest ranking official in the Attorney General’s department. Before being appointed as Solicitor General by President Maithripala Sirisena, she served as a […]
Ranil rubbishes criticism of Cabinet move to abolish Executive Presidency
September 22, 2019 (LBO) – Unofficial English Translation of the Statement of the Prime Minister today: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing party activists today (22) at Temple Trees in Colombo: A group of civil society representatives met with me last week to talk about what our government has done and failed to do. I informed […]
” to do a good thing – Sumanthiran on Executive Presidency
September 21, 2019 (LBO) – TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran commenting on the potential abolition of Sri Lanka’s Executive Presidency has stated that there is “No ‘bad time’ to do a good thing… even at the 11th hour do what was promised for 25 years.” Sumanthiran’s comments come after a widely reported contentious emergency Cabinet […]
Executive Presidency abolition blocked, MPs who campaigned on abolition platform responsible
September 20, 2019 (LBO) – Last minute moves to advance proposals to abolish Sri Lanka’s Executive Presidency were blocked yesterday, ironically by Members of Parliament who campaigned on an abolition platform. In a sudden twist of Sri Lanka’s ongoing Presidential election drama, President Maithripala Sirisena summoned an emergency cabinet meeting in order to discuss proposals […]
‘s Presidential Election on Nov 16: Election Commission
Sep 18, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election will be held on November 16, Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said. Nominations will be called on October 07 and the relevant Gazette notification will be issued tonight.
Chinese government nominated CEIEC & ALIT but Rs2bn never paid to ALIT: Mahinda
Sep 18, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the China National Electronics Corporation and ALIT were nominated by the Chinese government since contractors for projects financed by the Exim Bank of China are usually nominated by the Chinese government. Issuing a media release, the Opposition Leader says that the TRC had […]
Karu Jayasuriya emerging as the UNF Presidential candidate
September 18, 2019 (LBO) – Speaker of Parliament, and one of Sri Lanka’s most distinguished statesman, Karu Jayasuriya has emerged as the frontrunner to be nominated as the UNF candidate for the Presidency. The largest party in the UNF alliance, the UNP, is likely to soon endorse Jayasuriya’s candidacy through its apex decision making body, […]
Opinion: Rupavahini to Defense Min – What are the limits of Presidential powers?
September 15, 2019 (LBO) – The Presidential election in Sri Lanka is about to be called, and in approximately just two months, the nation will know who it’s next President will be. In the backdrop of this impending election, there are preliminary battles being fought all over the political playing field. There is a battle […]
Ruwan sets the record straight on Rupavahini
September 11, 2019 (LBO) – Minister of Mass Media and State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene has released a statement on the President’s decision to gazette the Rupavahini Corporation under the Defence Ministry. In his letter the to President Maithripala Sirisena he states that the President’s decision is problematic and “It will be impossible to […]
Barbarians at the Gate
September 11, 2019 (LBO) – The most influential businessmen in Sri Lanka packed the front rows of the Viyathmaga Annual Convention to hear the economic vision of Sri Lanka’s first officially declared major presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka’s most powerful businessmen regularly embrace candidates from both sides of the aisle, aiming for their businesses […]
UNP internal crisis shows real democracy exists within party: Sajith
Sep 10, 2019 (LBO) – United National Party Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa says that although some internal crisis are seen inside the party to those who are not well-versed in democracy, it is really the party exercising true democracy. “Certain factions are attempting to emphasize that there is a division within the UNP with […]