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President's Executive Powers: Demystifying the 19A Bill Ruling
(Verite Research, 2015-04)
The Supreme Court ruling of April 2015 with regard to the 19th Amendment Bill1 has generated much interest and commentary. What exactly are the implications of the ruling and does it or does it not allow the curtailment ...
Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor - Statistical and Analytical Review No.1
(Verité Research, 2012-11)
The foregoing analysis has resulted in several key findings that could contribute to ongoing efforts to implement the recommendations of the LLRC. These findings also reflect on how comprehensive and effective the NPA is, ...
19th Amendment: The Wins, the Losses and the In-betweens
(Verité Research, 2015-06)
This research brief seeks to provide an insight into how the final
outcome of 19A fulfils the key expectations of democratising and depoliticising governance.
The enactment of 19A is certainly a watershed event in Sri ...
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)
Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ...
Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lanka Civil Society
(Verité Research, 2015-10)
Civil society in Sri Lanka has maintained a complex relationship with political society. Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the ...
Any president can contest a third term – if 18A is valid
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-11)
This INSIGHT discusses the eligibility of twice-elected Sri Lankan presidents to contest a third term. It demonstrates that the textual arguments claiming to disqualify such presidents are mistaken: first, because an ...