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- [Artivism](https://muragala.lk/creative/artivism/): Art as Pedagogy. Art as Resistance. Art as Negotiation. Art as Repair.  Digital spaces are increasingly shaping human interactions and changing how real world political spaces are reproduced. In a digital age, creative art in digital spaces can be disruptive, pedagogical and dialectical. Using art in digital spaces for civic and political purposes as an informal engagement has received widespread attention. Accessible digital spaces that accommodate such art, as a social commentary, are increasingly positioning themselves as catalysts for social and political change. This creative corner presented by Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) will function as…
- [Muragala l CPPP X SPICE Dialogue - The cost of cuts: USAID, politics, and human rights in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/events/muragala-l-cppp-x-spice-dialogue/): Join us on Zoom on Sunday, 21st September, for a dialogue on the impact of the recent aid cuts on politics, grassroots movements, and minority rights in Sri Lanka co-hosted by Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) and SPICE! Sunday, 21st Sept 5 PM SLT | 7:30 PM SGT Zoom (RSVP with the following link tinyurl.com/spice2025) SPICE (South Asian Political Inquiry and Community Engagement) is a collective for the South Asian diaspora to critically engage with political and social issues across the region. By creating spaces for dialogue, research, and community-building, SPICE seeks to cultivate an informed…
- [Bengal Delta Conference 2025 "Bangladesh at the Crossroads", Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2025](https://muragala.lk/events/bengal-delta-conference-2025-bangladesh-at-the-crossroads-august-2025/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy’s (CPPP) Executive Director Harindra B. Dassanayake, Board Member Professor Prabha Manuratne and Research Adviser Dr Rajni Gamage were speakers at the Bengal Delta Conference 2025 “Bangladesh at the Crossroads”, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during 29-31 August 2025. The conference was organized by a youth-led research organization in Dhaka, called the Dacca Institute of Research and Analytics (daira). The dialogue brought together a wide spectrum of academics, policy specialists, and political actors. Mr Harindra B. Dassanayake spoke on the challenges of political finance and political parties during a panel titled “New Political Dialogue:…
- [Presidential immunity on trial: Ranil Wickremesinghe's arrest](https://muragala.lk/articles/presidential-immunity-on-trial-the-arrest-of-ranil-wickremesinghe/): The arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe illustrates the structural tension in Sri Lanka’s constitutional design. In September 2023, while serving as president, Wickremesinghe traveled to Havana for the G77 Summit and to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. On his return journey, he stopped in the United Kingdom to attend a ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton, where his wife was awarded an honorary professorship. Investigators allege that state funds were improperly used to finance the UK leg of the trip. Wickremesinghe has denied wrongdoing, insisting that his wife personally covered her travel expenses. On 22 August…
- [April 2025 Dalada exposition: Politics of faith and legitimacy in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/april-2025-dalada-exposition-politics-of-faith-and-legitimacy-in-sri-lanka/): This year’s ‘Siri Dalada Vandana’– which was considered a special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Dalada Maligawa – took place for over 10 days, after a gap of 16 years, the last such exposition having been in 2009. It attracted large crowds, with over one million pilgrims and devotees coming to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic.  The relic is normally kept hidden inside the Temple of the Tooth and its public exposition is a rare event, traditionally held every five years. One of the primary reasons for its infrequent occurrence is the importance placed on…
- [Aid Interrupted: Reverberations in Sri Lanka of USAID’s Dismantling](https://muragala.lk/articles/aid-interrupted-reverberations-in-sri-lanka-of-usaids-dismantling/): Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine In a shocking move, President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ right-wing populism and economic nativism has led to defunding the United States (US) Agency for International Development (USAID). Growing negative sentiment towards USAID had been fuelled by Trump during the 2024 election campaign, with the rhetoric that funding did not have a direct return for the US people and was wasteful. What began on 20 January 2025 as a 90-day pause on all foreign aid, eventually escalated into hundreds of USAID officials being placed on leave before being laid off, the USAID website being taken down, and…
- [Undergraduate Stipend Scheme 2025](https://muragala.lk/donation-programmes/undergraduate-stipend-scheme-2025/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) invites applications for its Undergraduate Stipend Scheme 2025. This initiative aims to support one potential or first-year undergraduate student annually for the full duration of their university degree. Applicants must be accepted to an Arts stream degree programme at a state university in Sri Lanka and facing financial hardship. Eligibility Criteria: Required Documents: Please submit your complete application to contact@muragala.lk by the deadline on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Only applications received by this date will be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
- [Distribution of Financial Support to LGBT+ Community Group in Anuradhapura](https://muragala.lk/donation-programmes/distribution-of-financial-support-to-lgbt-community-group-in-anuradhapura/): Muragala l CPPP’s donation initiative of contributing Rs. 200,000 to an LGBT+ community group to support their efforts to rent a location in Anuradhapura District was conducted in June 2025.
- [Electoral, Platform, and Information Integrity Summit of the Global South (EPIGS), Colombo, June 2025](https://muragala.lk/events/electoral-platform-and-information-integrity-summit-of-the-global-south-epigs/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy’s (CPPP) Executive Director Harindra B. Dassanayake presented Sri Lankan and Global South perspectives at a panel on “Electoral Narratives and Platform Integrity in Asia”. The panel was part of a two-day conference, the “Electoral, Platform, and Information Integrity Summit of the Global South (EPIGS),” held on June 11-12, 2025, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, organized by Factum and Democracy Reporting International (DRI).
- [හොරු සහ බොරු: පළාත් පාලන ඡන්දයෙන් පසු ‌දේශපාලනයේ නව බෙදුම් රේඛාව](https://muragala.lk/articles/%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%9c%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%84-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%9c%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%85%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%a1%e0%b6%b1/): 2025 මැයි පළාත් පාලන ඡන්දයේදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගය (ජාජබ) පළාත් පාලන ආයතන 339 න් 265 ක නාමික බහුතරයක් ලබා ගත් අතර, සාමාජිකයින් 3926 ක් තෝරා පත් කර ගත්තේය. සන්ධාන ගොඩනඟා නොගෙන ම පළාත් පාලන ආයතන 150 කට වැඩි ගණනක තම පක්ෂයේ නායකත්වය යටතේ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන පිහිටුවීමටත් අනෙක් බොහෝ සංඛ්‍යාවක බලය තහවුරු කර ගැනීමටත් මෙයින් ජජාබයට හැකි වෙයි. ඔවුන් ජාතික මට්ටමින් ලැබූ 43% ක ඡන්ද ප්‍රතිශතය 2024 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී පක්ෂය ලබාගත් ඡන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයට වඩා 20% ක අඩුවීමක් වන නමුත් ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී ලබා ගත් ඡන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයට ඉතා කිට්ටු අගයකි. ප්‍රධාන විපක්ෂය වන සමගි ජන බලවේගය (සජබ) ඡන්දවලින් 21% ක් ලබා ගත් අතර,…
- ['Evolving Developmental Landscapes in Asia,' Association of Asian Studies in Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, June 2025](https://muragala.lk/events/evolving-developmental-landscapes-in-asia-association-of-asian-studies-in-asia-kathmandu-nepal-june-2025/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy’s (CPPP) Executive Director Harindra B. Dassanayake presented on “Politics of ‘Crisis’: Reforms in Shadow of Economic Collapse in Sri Lanka” at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia Conference held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 31 May-04 June 2025.
- [Training for Digital Election Observation: Monitoring WhatsApp for Electoral Violations, Hate Speech, and Disinformation](https://muragala.lk/events/training-for-digital-election-observation-monitoring-whatsapp-for-electoral-violations-hate-speech-and-disinformation/): On Saturday, 24 May 2025, Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) conducted a training workshop `in Colombo, bringing together 30 grassroots-level activists from across Sri Lanka. The training is part of the ongoing ‘Strengthening Resilience against Disinformation in Sri Lanka’ project, implemented by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Factum. This full-day workshop aimed to build the capacity of community-based monitors to track and respond to online hate speech and disinformation, particularly in the context of Sri Lanka’s electoral landscape. The workshop featured a range of interactive sessions covering Sri Lanka’s election laws, definitions and boundaries of online disinformation,…
- [Horu versus Boru: The politics of the 2025 local government elections in Sri Lanka  ](https://muragala.lk/articles/horu-versus-boru-the-politics-of-the-2025-local-government-elections-in-sri-lanka/): In the 2025 May local government (LG) election, the National People’s Power (NPP) secured a nominal majority in 265 out of 339 LG bodies, electing 3926 members. This would translate into the NPP establishing local bodies under its leadership in more than 150 LGs without having to build coalitions with members from other parties or independent groups. The NPP’s 43% vote is an almost 20-point decrease on the percentage vote the party obtained at the November general election (Ada Derana 2025a). The main opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) secured 21% of the vote, followed by the Sri Lanka Podujana…
- [Opposition Strategies to Counter Democratic Erosion Workshop, Democracy Institute, Central European University, Hungary](https://muragala.lk/events/gfdd-cross-hub-collaboration-workshop-democracy-institute-central-european-university/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy’s (CPPP) Executive Director Harindra B. Dassanayake presented on “Democratic Erosion, Opposition Strategies and Political Polarization in Sri Lanka” at the Opposition Strategies to Counter Democratic Erosion: Learning through Comparative Case Studies, GFDD Cross-hub Collaboration Workshop, Democracy Institute, Central European University, Budapest, May 15-16, 2025. The workshop’s aim was to deliberate systematic and comparative knowledge on (1) opposition strategies in different countries experiencing democratic backsliding and (2) which factors explain why opposition actors use different strategies, based on a shared theoretical-conceptual framework, with panelists from Mexico, Ecuador, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Hungary, Sri Lanka and…
- [Facing the Far Right: Rethinking Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy](https://muragala.lk/articles/facing-the-far-right-rethinking-sri-lankas-foreign-policy/): The recently imposed United States (U.S.) tariffs on Sri Lanka are not merely an economic challenge – they are a signal of a transformation in the contemporary global political landscape. These tariffs should not be understood merely as trade measures, but also as political symbols that reflect the Trump administration’s broader diplomatic style, characterised by transactional politics and the pursuit of symbolic victories. For Sri Lanka, recognising this context is not an option; it is essential. It is not a choice; it is an imperative. In a world where diplomacy is increasingly shaped by optics and domestic theater, interpreting these…
- [Campaign Watch: May 2025 Local Government Elections in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/campaign-watch-may-2025-local-government-elections-in-sri-lanka/): To view and download past Campaign Watch trackers, go to https://muragala.lk/campaign-watch/.
- [Multinational Development Policy Dialogue of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) “The EU partnership on sustainability with South Asia", Belgium](https://muragala.lk/events/multinational-development-policy-dialogue-of-konrad-adenauer-stiftung-kas-the-eu-partnership-on-sustainability-with-south-asia/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy’s (CPPP) Executive Director Harindra B. Dassanayake joined the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) “The EU partnership on sustainability with South Asia” from 17-21 March 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. During the programme, Sri Lankan positions and perspectives on the EU and politics, development, and climate and sustainability were presented. The dialogue included exchanges with members of the European Parliament, NATO, and the European Commission, the European Union Institute for Security Studies, European Policy Centre, European External Action Service, and European Center for Development Policy Management.
- [Buses as social microcosms: Narratives from its subculture](https://muragala.lk/articles/buses-as-social-microcosm-narratives-from-its-subculture/): The private bus sector is a crucial part of Sri Lanka’s public transportation network, providing essential connections between different areas and communities. According to the Ministry of Transport and Highways in Sri Lanka, 9,807 private buses were operating on all-island in 2022 (See Table 1).  Recently, the government’s decision to remove certain modifications in buses as part of its ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ project has sparked widespread discussion. Some viewed the increased regulation of public transport, such as the request to remove these modifications as a positive step, as private buses are often criticized for their lack of discipline and poor…
- [Summary Paper - Webinar | NPP Politics and Policy](https://muragala.lk/articles/summary-paper-webinar-npp-politics-and-policy/): On 16 September 2024, Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy (CPPP) hosted a webinar titled “NPP Politics and Policy” in the lead up to Sri Lanka’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The National People’s Power (NPP), also known as Jathika Jana Balawegaya, is a political alliance formed in 2019, primarily consisting of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) along with various trade unions and civil society groups. The NPP emerged as a coalition seeking to provide an alternative to Sri Lanka’s traditional political establishment, driven by widespread dissatisfaction with previous governments—especially following the mass protests (Aragalaya) in 2022. The purpose…
- [ක්ලීන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා: ක්‍රම වෙනස සහ අභිලාශීය මධ්‍යම පන්තිය](https://muragala.lk/articles/clean-sri-lanka-middle-class-mandate-of-system-change-2/): ජාතික ජනබලවේග ආණ්ඩුවේ ක්‍රියා පිළිවෙතේ ප්‍රධාන මුහුණතක් ලෙස ක්ලීන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ව්‍යාපෘතිය පසුගිය ජනාවාරි පළමුවැනිදා දියත් කෙරිණි. මැතිවරණයේදී ලද අති විශාල ජනවරමේ ගැම්ම වියැකී යාමට නොදී පවත්වා ගැනීමේදී මෙවැනි ව්‍යාපෘති ඉතා වැදගත් වේ. ව්‍යාපෘතියේ සමාරම්භක උලෙළ අමතමින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක පැවසුවේ මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතියේ අරමුණ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ආසියාවේ පිරිසිදුම රට බවට පත් කිරීම බවයි. පසුගිය මැතිවරණය ම පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සහ දූෂිත දේශපාලන ක්‍රමය පවිත්‍ර කිරීමේ ශ්‍රමදානයක් බව ජජාබ වේදිකාවේ නිතර ප්‍රකාශ කෙරිණි. පැවති දේශපාලන තන්ත්‍රය කෙරෙහි සාමූහික සාමාජ වෛරය කැටි කොට ගැනීමට සහ තීව්‍ර කිරීමට එය මනා රූපකයක් සැපයීය. ක්ලීන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ව්‍යාපෘතිය කලාපීය වශයෙන් සාර්ථකව දියත් කෙරුණු වෙනත් වැඩසටහන් සිහියට…
- [Clean Sri Lanka: Middle-class mandate of system change](https://muragala.lk/articles/clean-sri-lanka-middle-class-mandate-of-system-change/): In an effort to rally the momentum gathered during the election campaigns, the National People’s Power (NPP) Government launched Clean Sri Lanka as its flagship project on 1 January.  At its opening ceremony, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that the aim of the project was to make Sri Lanka the cleanest country in Asia. Clean Sri Lanka echoes the idea of collective labour or ‘shramadana’ that the NPP likened the election to during its campaign, which captured and amplified the collective anger against the political establishment. The project resonates with other similar initiatives in the region. Among those regularly cited in commentary over…
- [Negotiating left politics in Sri Lanka: NPP in government      ](https://muragala.lk/articles/negotiating-left-politics-in-sri-lanka-npp-in-government/): Sri Lanka’s left-wing National People’s Power (NPP) coalition secured historic electoral victories in 2024, winning both the presidency and a two-thirds parliamentary majority. But as the National People’s Power coalition settles into government, their anti-corruption platform and middle-class appeal have led to increasing compromises with the neoliberal order they once fought against. In 2024, the National People’s Power (NPP) secured two electoral victories, marking a remarkable turning point in Sri Lanka’s political history. The NPP’s presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured 42% of the vote in the September elections and was elected as President. Immediately after coming to office, the…
- [Briefing Paper - NPP Policy Stances: Mapping the Discourse](https://muragala.lk/articles/briefing-paper-npp-policy-stances-mapping-the-discourse/): The National People’s Power (NPP), also known as Jathika Jana Balawegaya, is a political alliance comprising the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and some trade unions and civil groups. Founded in 2019, the NPP emerged as a coalition aiming to offer an alternative to the traditional political establishment. The party’s rise to prominence was fueled by widespread dissatisfaction with the country’s previous governments, especially after the 2022 mass street (Aragalaya) protests. The NPP, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, achieved electoral victory in the 2024 presidential elections, securing 42% of the vote, and in parliamentary elections, securing 61% of the vote…
- [Distribution of Dried Goods to Community in Tellippalai, Jaffna](https://muragala.lk/donation-programmes/distribution-of-dried-goods-to-communities/): Muragala l CPPP’s first donation initiative of distributing dried goods worth Rs. 10,000 each to 15 families in Tellippalai, Jaffna, was conducted on 13 December 2024.
- [Summary Paper - Webinar l Student Politics in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/summary-paper-webinar-l-student-politics-in-sri-lanka/): A webinar on student politics in Sri Lanka, hosted by Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy (CPPP) on 27 June 2024, focused on Sachinda Dulanjana’s chapter titled “Finding a Way Forward amidst the Contemporary Challenges to Sri Lankan Student Politics.” This chapter is featured in the Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education. In the chapter, the author explores the historical background of student activism in Sri Lankan stateuniversities and its impact on the higher education sector. The chapter also examines the challenges faced by Sri Lankan student activists in their political engagement and mobilisation.…
- [Can Sri Lanka’s newly empowered NPP deliver a new dawn for women in politics?](https://muragala.lk/articles/can-sri-lankas-newly-empowered-npp-deliver-a-new-dawn-for-women-in-politics/): In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became Sri Lanka’s first woman prime minister – and the first female prime minister in the world – after entering politics and taking over leadership of her husband’s party after his assassination. Once in high office, Bandaranaike proved highly adept in navigating the complex and male-dominated political landscape – something equally true of other women leaders, including her daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who became the president of Sri Lanka in later years. However, their political journeys were often enabled by male family members who were career politicians. These women leaders’ mode of entry into politics, based…
- [How digital spaces are redefining democracy in the 2024 election](https://muragala.lk/articles/how-digital-spaces-are-redefining-democracy-in-the-2024-election/): 2024 is a significant year for global elections, with many countries across different continents holding elections this year. It is said that the 2024 election year was the busiest on record, with nearly half of the global population heading to the polls.[1] There was significant political activity anticipated this year, particularly with major elections in the United States, where the presidential election was held on November 5, and in India, where general elections unfolded from April 19 to June 1. These elections represent not only a substantial number of voters but also a major shift in how electoral processes are…
- [Post-election Debrief on Digital Platforms & 2024 Presidential Election](https://muragala.lk/events/post-election-debrief-on-digital-platforms-2024-presidential-election/): Muragala | CPPP’s senior analyst Harindra B. Dassanayake spoke on trends relating to political parties, media guidelines and regulation of content on digital platforms, and political campaign regulation frameworks, at a post-election debrief organised by Factum. The Factum debrief session assessed the conduct of digital platforms during the 2024 presidential elections in Sri Lanka. Panel discussions focused on the challenges of tackling dis/mis/mal-information and regulating online content during the elections, and included representatives from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, tech companies, other civil society organisations such as Hashtag Generation and Media Law Forum, and digital media outlet Hari TV.…
- [Diplomatic Briefing l "The NPP Government: Politics, Policy Options, and Challenges"](https://muragala.lk/events/diplomatic-briefing-l-the-npp-government-politics-policy-options-and-challenges/): Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) conducted a Diplomatic Briefing with Factum and Arutha on “The NPP Government: Politics, Policy Options, and Challenges”. The event took place on 8 October 2024 at the Colombo Courtyard by Marriott. The briefing updated the diplomatic community in Sri Lanka on a post-election analysis and the NPP government’s progress over the past few weeks, focusing on key areas such as the economy, politics, policy decisions, international relations, and geopolitics. It also discussed future challenges and policy options in the lead up to the upcoming general elections and beyond. The Briefing was moderated by…
- [Daily Tracker: Timeline of NPP Government](https://muragala.lk/articles/npp-government-policy-timeline/): This page is a daily tracker of political developments related to and policy decisions by the NPP government in power, since the election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) as the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024, and the subsequent formation of a three-person NPP cabinet, until the general election to be held on 14 November 2024. 14 November 2024 Claiming that the two-thirds majority was used by political forces to enact laws detrimental to the people, President AKD said the government was expecting only a strong parliament. 13 November 2024 The Attorney General has informed the…
- [Economic & Political Weekly's Livestream: Sri Lanka's 2024 Presidential Election](https://muragala.lk/events/economic-political-weeklys-engage-livestream/): On Friday, 04 October 2024, EPW’s Livestream discussed “Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections: Changes and continuities,” with Muragala l CPPP senior analyst Harindra B Dassanayake as one of the speakers. The livestream can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCD9dvfMA0
- [Party Manifestos l Sri Lanka Presidential Elections 2024](https://muragala.lk/articles/party-manifestos-l-sri-lanka-presidential-elections-2024/): The manifestos of key candidates in the Sri Lanka presidential elections 2024 can be downloaded below, in Sinhala, Tamil, and English (where available). National People’s Power (NPP) Manifesto “A Thriving Life, A Beautiful Nation” Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Manifesto “A Win for All” Independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe Manifesto “Sri Lanka Can” Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Manifesto “For You: A Developed Country” Tamil common candidate Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanenthiran Manifesto Sarvajana Balaya Manifesto “National Strategic Plan” People’s Struggle Alliance (PSA) Manifesto “People’s Policies”
- [A New Era in Sri Lanka?: Implications of Dissanayake’s Presidency](https://muragala.lk/articles/a-new-era-in-sri-lanka-implications-of-dissanayakes-presidency/): Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the leftist National People’s Power (NPP), rode a popular anti-establishment vote to power in last weekend’s Sri Lankan presidential election. The election, the first to be held at any level in the country since 2020, became an outlet for popular frustration with the political system and establishment political elite after the polycrises of the past few years. The misguided tax cuts under the 2019 Gotabaya Rajapaksa government, alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, had resulted in a debt repayment crisis and severe depletion of foreign reserves, culminating in the country’s bankruptcy for the first time in its history in 2022.…
- [The Political Costs of Austerity Measures and Relevance of Ethno-electoral Blocs](https://muragala.lk/articles/the-political-costs-of-austerity-measures-and-relevance-of-ethno-electoral-blocs/): On Saturday, that is tomorrow, Sri Lanka will vote to elect a president amid its first ever sovereign debt default as an independent nation. This election ends the four-year absence of any form of national or subnational election since 2020. During this period, the country experienced many extreme events such as the covid-19 pandemic-led lockdowns, rise of a popular and insular leader and his ousting following mass protests, strict fiscal consolidation policies resulting in significant reductions in public spending, and an unprecedented spike of poverty and inequality. All of these are likely to influence the electoral decisions of 17 million voters,…
- [Sri Lanka’s 2024 Presidential Elections: Elite Circulation and Renegotiating the Social Contract](https://muragala.lk/articles/sri-lankas-2024-presidential-elections-elite-circulation-and-renegotiating-the-social-contract/): On 21 September 2024, Sri Lanka is scheduled to hold its presidential elections. This is the first election after the 2022 debt crisis and the mass street protests which ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This election is largely fought on a platform of economic stability in the context of an ongoing IMF-led reforms programme. This is challenged by the main two opposition contenders, the SJB and the NPP, in the face of growing inequality. Despite this, there is a growing consensus among the three main candidates on the liberal economy and liberal peace, leaving space for influence by smaller minority and…
- [Sri Lanka elects leftist President Dissanayake: Shift in India-China relations?](https://muragala.lk/articles/sri-lanka-elects-leftist-president-dissanayake-shift-in-india-china-relations/): On September 21, 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the leftist National People’s Power (NPP), was elected President of Sri Lanka. Dissanayake’s victory marks a significant shift in Sri Lanka’s political landscape, as he was seen as a relative outsider to the country’s mainstream political camps. He also heads the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the main political party within the NPP, which led two armed insurgencies in 1971 and 1988-1989, and was known for its strong anti-India stance in the past. Like other small states in the region, Sri Lanka has had to navigate the competing political interests of India and China.…
- [Webinar l Discussion on NPP Politics and Policy](https://muragala.lk/articles/webinar-l-discussion-on-npp-politics-and-policy/): Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy held a Webinar on “NPP politics and policy” on Monday, 16 September 2024, from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm (Sri Lankan time). The National People’s Power or NPP was formed in 2019. The main political party within this alliance is the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP. Since its inception, the NPP secured around 3% of the vote in the 2019 presidential election and 2020 general election. Since the 2022 economic crisis and Aragalaya, the NPP’s popularity has accelerated. Today, the NPP has emerged as a frontrunner in the lead-up to the September…
- [Operation Yukthiya, trade union action, and the stability state in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/operation-yukthiya-trade-union-action-and-the-stability-state-in-sri-lanka/): On Monday, 8 July, a local businessman, Surendra Wasantha Perera alias Club Wasantha, was murdered by two gunmen. The incident brought the issue of law and order to the forefront of the public discourse and news cycle. These developments have imparted more purchase for the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, a war on drugs spearheaded by Minister of Public Affairs Tiran Alles.  Minister Alles had promised a few days before, at the Uva Provincial Community Police Committee members’ empowerment workshop “A Law-Abiding Country” at Wellawaya, that he would ensure Sri Lanka is free of drugs and the underworld by December 2025, under the…
- [Summary Paper - Webinar l Sri Lankan perspectives & responses: South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Palestine at ICJ](https://muragala.lk/articles/summary-paper-webinar-l-sri-lankan-perspectives-responses-south-africa-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-palestine-at-icj/): Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy’s (CPPP) inaugural webinar, on Sri Lanka’s perspectives on South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December 2023, was held on 31 January 2024. This development marks a significant development in international legal action over Israel’s military intervention in the Gaza Strip, with South Africa seeking judicial intervention to address Israel’s alleged violations of humanitarian law and of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The lawsuit is grounded in the 1948 Genocide Convention, notably its ninth sentence, which empowers the ICJ to arbitrate disputes among…
- [Emerging Presidential election campaigns in Sri Lanka: Liberal consensus and fringe politics](https://muragala.lk/articles/emerging-presidential-election-campaigns-in-sri-lanka-liberal-consensus-and-fringe-politics/): In the lead up to Presidential elections, the three leading political camps—the President Ranil Wickremesinghe-led Government, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), and the National People’s Power (NPP)—appear to converge on two key issues, namely, an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-led path to economic recovery, and the continuity of the Provincial Councils (PC) system. On the economic front, the current IMF program is now backed, to varying degrees, by all three camps. The SJB and the NPP, from the Opposition, argue that they would negotiate the Government’s IMF deal to more favourable terms that especially benefit the more vulnerable, poorer sections of…
- [Webinar l Discussion on Student Politics in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/webinar-l-student-politics-in-sri-lanka/): Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy held a Webinar on “Student Politics in Sri Lanka”, on Thursday 27 June, 2024, from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm (Sri Lankan time). This webinar focused on the contemporary issues pertaining to student politics and their future trajectories. In the 2024 Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education, Sachinda Dulanjana’s chapter “Finding a Way Forward amidst the Contemporary Challenges to Sri Lankan Student Politics” discusses the historical background of student activism in Sri Lankan state universities, while examining its impact on the higher education sector in Sri Lanka. The…
- [Briefing Paper - Political Party Positions on SOE Privatisation in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/briefing-paper-political-party-positions-on-soe-privatisation-in-sri-lanka/): With impending elections in 2024, various political parties have been declaring their different interests in the handling of SOEs through their own respective party economic policies and positions on the management of public assets. This report is a documentation and comparative analysis of key political party positions on State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) privatisation in Sri Lanka, in the backdrop of the 2022 economic crisis and the economic reforms programme that the Wickremesinghe-led government embarked upon. This report documents the positions of four mainstream political parties in Sri Lanka. These include the two main coalition partners of the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government (United National…
- [Growing disconnect of political elite and the President’s shrinking political options](https://muragala.lk/articles/growing-disconnect-of-political-elite-and-the-presidents-shrinking-political-options/): The present moment in Sri Lankan politics is one where the campaign strategies of the major political parties appear to be shifting to a new phase. As the possibility of elections gets higher, encounters among different political factions are entering a more intensified phase of confrontation. With the gears shifting, there appears to be little political movement and considerable ambiguity, which translates into voter confusion.   However, a deeper scrutiny of recent political events is indicative of three main tectonic shifts in the political landscape: excessive exercise of power by the establishment elite, the President’s increasingly shrinking political options with the…
- [Countering NPP’s rise: Emerging political alliances and election strategies](https://muragala.lk/articles/countering-npps-rise-emerging-political-alliances-and-election-strategies/): The National People’s Power’s (NPP) current election campaign aiming for the presidential election has a strong momentum. The confident body language of its leadership is one indicator of this. Their rallies are well-attended and there appears to be a strong bottom-up support. The NPP’s seemingly growing electoral prospects have propelled it to being in the centre of political discourse, and this has led other political parties/factions to be on the defensive.  The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the main party within the NPP) is known for launching its election campaigns prematurely. This is why, despite their rallies being well-attended and their…
- [Report on Women’s Political Representation through 25 percent LG Quota in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/report-on-womens-political-representation-through-25-percent-lg-quota-in-sri-lanka/): Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy published a study In January 2024, together with the International Foundation of Electoral Systems (IFES). The study examines the 25 percent quota for women mandated through the Local Authorities (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 2016 and electorally implemented through the Local Authorities Elections Act No. 16 of 2017. The quota increased women’s representation in local authorities from two percent to nearly 23 percent. After a term of being in operation, there is a pressing need to assess the outcomes of the quota, and this study does so by examining them against the…
- [Report on "Media Safety in Sri Lanka: Reporting on the 2022 People’s Aragalaya"](https://muragala.lk/articles/report-on-media-safety-in-sri-lanka-reporting-on-the-2022-peoples-aragalaya/): Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) commissioned this research study to document the challenges to the safety of journalists in reporting during the people’s protests in Sri Lanka, comparing these to international standards and practices on the safety of journalists, and to make policy recommendations pertaining to all stakeholders, including the policymakers, law enforcement and security forces, media institutions, journalists, and unions. The research team had consultations with assaulted and affected journalists and media persons (from Colombo, and other regions of the country), relevant government officials, media establishments, media experts, and a police spokesperson. The report looks at the media…
- [Discussing Palestine in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/discussing-palestine-in-sri-lanka/): Last week, on 31 January, the Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy held its inaugural webinar on Sri Lanka’s response to South Africa’s case against Israel. Moderated by Saroj Pathirana, it featured two women’s rights activists, Shreen Saroor and Piyumi Wattuhewa, alongside Kalana Senaratne, Hejaaz Hizbullah and Dayan Jayatilleka. The latter’s inclusion was particularly refreshing; he should be one of the main voices in discussions like this, even if for some reason he never seems to get featured in them. The participants brought out some interesting perspectives on the ruling. While Senaratne reflected on how the Global South has taken…
- [Report Launch l "An assessment of women's political representation through the 25 percent quota in Sri Lanka: Impact and Lessons Learnt"](https://muragala.lk/events/report-launch-l-an-assessment-of-womens-political-representation-through-the-25-percent-quota-in-sri-lanka-impact-and-lessons-learnt/): Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy is pleased to announce the upcoming report launch “An assessment of women’s political representation through the 25 percent quota in Sri Lanka: Impact and Lessons Learnt”, in partnership with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Australian Aid. The event will be held on Tuesday 30 January 2024, 10 am-12 pm at Water’s Edge, Battaramulla. INVITATION ONLY – For those interested to attend the event, please contact 076 771 3471 / 077 732 0398 or email contact@muragala.lk for more details.
- [Webinar l Sri Lankan perspectives & responses: South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Palestine at ICJ](https://muragala.lk/events/webinar-sri-lankan-perspectives-and-responses-south-africa-charges-israel-on-breaches-of-genocide-convention-in-gaza-palestine-at-international-court-of-justice/): The rapid escalation of violence in Gaza by Israel, claiming right to self-defence and retaliation to Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, and South Africa charging Israel with genocide in Palestine at the ICJ in January 2024 have major implications for the state of human rights and right to sovereignty by Indigenous peoples, the role of international law, and politics of solidarity in the Global South. Over 24,000 Palestinians (including over 10,000 children and 7,000 women, and over 7,000 people missing) and 1400 Israels have been killed since October 7, 2023. This includes around 80 journalist fatalities and…
- [Reforms in Sri Lanka: Emerging Trends in Elite Politics](https://muragala.lk/articles/reforms-in-sri-lanka-emerging-trends-in-elite-politics/): Sri Lanka is on the verge of becoming a poster child of IMF reforms. The country’s inflation has dipped to a single digit after two years, being one of the highest in the world a year ago (Ondaatje 2023). At a time when many Asian, African, and Latin American (peripheral market) countries are facing severe economic and balance of payment stress and likely to seek IMF bailouts sooner or later, such narratives of success or failure are important to these countries (Reuters 2023). They are also important to international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the IMF, who are champions of…
- [Post-Aragalaya Shifts in the Politics of the Buddhist Sangha](https://muragala.lk/articles/post-aragalaya-shifts-in-the-politics-of-the-buddhist-sangha/): Economic concerns are adding new layers to the political role of the Buddhist sangha in the post-Aragalaya period. At the height of the economic crisis, some groups of protestors saw Sinhala Buddhist nationalism as waning. However, developments in 2023, such as the contestations surrounding Kurundi archaeological site and reports of illegal Sinhalese cultivator encroachments in Mylathamadu, have shown that such a fundamental shift has not occurred. Instead, after a short period of relative silence, the Buddhist nationalist discourse is re-emerging in a more diversified manner. Meanwhile, another group of Sangha, who had been working towards peace and reconciliation, came together…
- [Crisis, resistance, and the lure of liberal nation-building](https://muragala.lk/articles/crisis-resistance-and-the-lure-of-liberal-nation-building/): GotaGoGama and the 2022 People’s Protests in Sri Lanka As we write, Palestinians are struggling against the inconceivable brutality of a colonising Israeli government with explicitly genocidal ambitions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across so-called australia are fighting against police violence, the destruction of their homelands, and an energised white supremacist movement that is taking full advantage of what Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar Dr Amy McQuire has termed a resoundingly racist referendum result. Climate crises are causing death and destruction globally, particularly in regions that have already borne the brunt of global imperialism and racial capitalist exploitation. In…
- [Crisis and Reform in Sri Lanka - Radio Reversal 4ZZZ 102.1 FM](https://muragala.lk/events/crisis-and-reform-in-sri-lanka-radio-reversal-4zzz-102-1-fm/): On 03 August 2023, Muragala l CPPP senior analyst Harindra B. Dassanayake spoke on the 4ZZZ radio programme on Radio Reversal, a Brisbane-based politics and philosophy radio show that airs on Thursday mornings. The episode included Rajni Gamage, Anna Carlson, and Jonathan Sriranganathan. The conversation was on “Crisis and Reform in Sri Lanka” and touched on themes of crisis, state fragility, reforms in context of the debt crisis and the IMF bailout package, elite politics and struggles, trends in political ideology, and the search for political alternatives in Sri Lanka.
- [කුරුන්දිය පිළිබඳ සංස්කෘතියේ (සහඅවස්ථාවාදයේ) දේශපාලනය](https://muragala.lk/articles/mapping-the-kurundi-discourse-and-politics-of-culture-and-expediency-sinhala/): ඕනෑම ඓතිහාසික උරුමයක් ලෙසම, කුරුන්දිය පිළිබදව ද ඇත්තේ සංකීර්ණ සහ ඒකමානීය නොවන ඉතිහාසයකි. වර්තමාන කුරුන්දි පුරා විද්‍යා භූමිය පිහිටා ඇති භූමිය සහ ආශ්‍රිත ප්‍රදේශ හැඳින්වීමට විවිධ කාලවලදී සහ විවිධ ජන කණ්ඩාම් විසින් භාවිත කර ඇති විවිධ නම් දෙස බැලීමෙන්ම මෙය පැහැදිලි වෙයි. කුරුන්දි විහාරය, කුරුන්තූර්, කුරුන්තුර්මලෙයි, කුරුන්දවාශෝක-විහාර, පියන්කල්ලු සහ පියංගල සහ තවත් සිංහල සහ දෙමළ නම් බොහෝමයක් මගින් ම මේ සංකීරණ්ත්වය නිරූපනය කෙරෙයි. වංශකතාවල එන කුරුන්දිය සහ සිංහල අනන්‍යතාවේ ද්‍රවශීලීබව කුරුන්දවාශෝක විහාරය ආරම්භ කිරීමේ ගෞරවය හිමිවන ඛල්ලාටනාග (ක්‍රි.පූ. 109-104) රජුගේ කාලය ගැන සඳහන් වන විට කුරුන්ඩි පිළිබඳ පළමු වාර්තාගත ඉතිහාසය මහාවංශයෙහි සඳහන් වේ. මෙයින් පසුව, චූලවංශය ජාවා වාර්ගික චන්ද්‍රභානු විසින්…
- [Mapping the Kurundi Discourse and Politics of Culture (and Expediency)](https://muragala.lk/articles/mapping-the-kurundi-discourse-and-politics-of-culture-and-expediency/): Recent developments surrounding the Kurundi archaeological site in the Mullaitivu District brings us to a diverse set of interlinked issues related to statebuilding, public manifestation of faith, and ethno-religious relations in Sri Lanka. The different names of the archaeological site are indicative of this complexity; among more popular references to the contested site are Kurundi vihara, Kurunthoor, Kurunthumalai, Kurundavásoka-vihára, Piyankallu, and Piyangala. The various names of Sinhala and Tamil origin with which the monastery and the surrounding area are referred to indicate the ambiguity and lack of a clear, uncomplicated historical narrative on the site. Kurundi in the chronicles: Fluid…
- [Nathasha Edirisooriya, Prophet Jerome, and Abuse of ICCPR: Avoiding Another Ayodhya](https://muragala.lk/articles/nathasha-edirisooriya-prophet-jerome-and-abuse-of-iccpr-avoiding-another-ayodhya/): Several incidents that happened this year indicate a resurgence of identity politics in the national political discourse. In the context of poverty and dispossession, hate politics may find a fertile breeding ground and may lead to an Ayodhya-like catastrophe which took place in 1990s India. There was relative silence in the Sinhala and English mainstream media on issues concerning identity politics, due to the immediacy of the economic crisis. The Aragalaya also ran a counter-narrative downplaying ethnic divisions. The Rajapaksa regime, which had successfully cultivated the loyalty of a large Sinhala-Buddhist electorate in the post-war context, has lost its popularity…
- [The Sepal Amarasinghe case, Sinhala Buddhist nationalisms, and party politics in Sri Lanka](https://muragala.lk/articles/the-sepal-amarasinghe-case-sinhala-buddhist-nationalisms-and-party-politics-in-sri-lanka/): The parliament proceedings over the Sepal Amarasinghe issue indicate the different nationalist stances that political parties are likely to pursue, which they hope would appeal to a post-Aragalaya electorate that is expected to re-evaluate the place of nationalism in politics and governance. In the first parliament sitting for 2023, the discussion on the parliament floor touched on the issue of hate speech versus freedom of speech. The televised proceedings on 5 January concerned a controversial video shared on social media, where a popular YouTuber, Sepal Amarasinghe, made disrespectful remarks about the sacred Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha. Amarasinghe identifies…

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