Politics Of Sri Lanka’s IMF Bailout: An Initial Assessment – OpEd
Sri Lanka’s long-awaited International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout finally came through. On March 20, 2023, the IMF approved three billion
Read moreSri Lanka’s long-awaited International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout finally came through. On March 20, 2023, the IMF approved three billion
Read moreSri Lanka has an election problem. In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a political novice with no elected office experience, contested to
Read moreFinally, Sri Lanka’s eighth executive president Gotabaya Nandasena Rajapaksa resigned on July 14, 2022. It would not be fallacious to
Read moreOn May 9, Mahinda Rajapaksa met his supporters at the Temple Trees, the prime minister’s official residence, before stepping down.
Read moreSri Lanka’s economic crisis instigated a people’s protest against the government. The stated objective was a system change. The protest
Read moreSri Lanka slipped into an economic crisis with socio-political implications in March 2022. I have explained the crux of the
Read moreSri Lanka is in an unprecedented crisis. People are literally on the street for two reasons. One, they are queuing
Read moreSri Lanka’s Tamil political parties, namely the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the Tamil Makkal
Read moreThe Sri Lankan government headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is in the process of enacting a new constitution. The idea
Read moreAs expected, the government is gearing up to enact a new constitution. In his first policy-statement delivered on August 20,
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