In the wake of the uproar that this outrageous claim has led to, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has murmured reassuringly that the Presidential elections will be held on schedule. For the offending suggestion in question was not thrown casually by the General Secretary by way of political rhetoric at a party meeting. Weeping, wailing andgnashing of teethThus, though his fellow UNP party mates conveniently attempted to categorise this as his ‘personal views,’ that is a nonsensical explanation. For the ‘stability’ that the UNP General Secretary sees fit to talk of is very much a characteristic of the class to which his party belongs. That said, our political history teaches us that lessons are seldom learnt, least of all by the Sri Lankan political establishment.

Source: Sunday Times June 02, 2024 08:46 UTC