Tagged: Sri Lanka

Farida Adamu

Sri Lanka Votes in Parliamentary Elections

Parliamentary elections are set to hold in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020. The elections were originally scheduled to hold in April but were postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues to Consider for Sri Lanka The postponement of the elections and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s extension of his hold on power is triggering a […]
Sri Lanka
Conrad Omodiagbe

Sri Lanka holds Mock Elections

Following the postponement of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka early this year, authorities have staged a mock election in an effort to test new anti-coronavirus voting measures to be set in place ahead of a parliamentary vote set to hold in August. The mock election exercise which took place on Sunday place in four of […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Sri Lanka sets June 20 for Parliamentary Elections

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced that the country’s parliamentary election has been set for June 20, in a bid to prevent the country from going into its second constitutional crisis in less than a year. The country was initially set to hold its election on the 25th of April but this was […]
Farida Adamu

Sri Lanka to Delay Parliamentary Elections

Sri Lanka has announced its decision to delay its scheduled parliamentary elections this year. In the past few weeks, we have seen a number of countries and states in the US move their elections, Serbia, Iran, Poland, Ohio amongst others, due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus. As COVID-19 has now become a global […]
Farida Adamu

Presidential Campaigns Begin in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s main opposition party, the Sri Lanka People’s Front, has named former Defense Chief Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa as its presidential candidate. Gotabaya assured Sri Lankans that, if elected, he would prioritise Sri Lanka’s national security and economy, which suffered a blow after the terrorist attacks in April. “My top priority will be ensuring security […]
Mahinda Rajapaksa
The Election Network

Rajapaksa’s “Shock Defeat” Elections

The Sri Lanka presidential elections were held on January 8, 2015, two years ahead of schedule. The incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the candidate for the United People’s Freedom Alliance Party (UPFA) seeking a third term in office. Minister of Health in Rajapaksa’s administration and former ally, Maithripala Sirisena defected to the United National Party […]