By Rathindra Kuruwita The newly-established Community Advisory Committees (CAC), on a directive of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to monitor development projects and programmes implemented in rural areas,...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA The Cabinet-of-Ministers is used by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as a cat’s paw to postpone elections, says Executive Director of the Institute for...
By Rathindra Kuruwita President Ranil Wickremesinghe is exploiting calls for progressive electoral reforms from society to delay elections, Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ranil Wickremesinghe administration is introducing oppressive laws one after the other because it is afraid of elections, Manjula Gajanayake, Executive Director, Institute...
Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies Manjula Gajanayake says that with the postponement of the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita It is doubtful whether the local government elections can be held as scheduled because President Ranil Wickremesinghe is interfering in the electoral process,...
Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA The Coalition for Democratic and Inclusive Elections (CODI) held a meeting between heads of Election Monitoring missions and leading...
Text by PRIYAN DE SILVA Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies, Manjula Gajanayake, condemned the threatening of two members of the...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA The Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies Manjula Gajanayake said that the Secretary to the Ministry of...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake has said President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s undertaking to reduce...