However, petty personal and political calculations took precedence over the countryThis political grandstanding is nothing more than benefitting from the country’s misery. When even a remotely cohesive nation is faced with an existential crisis, its disparate stakeholders momentarily set aside their differences. Two years back, it was an existential crisis that threatened the state’s very existence as a cohesive and functioning unit. Sri Lankan politics suffer from a strong sense of self-seeking opportunism that prevents the country from forging a common goal. This also raises concern about the country’s uncertain political future, where political parties thrive in harnessing public anger rather than offering solutions.

Source: The Nation March 13, 2024 18:35 UTC