Sri Lanka elections : stronger powers, at what cost?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Kapur, Roshni
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2020
• الموضوعات: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143965
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The overwhelming victory of the incumbent government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the recent elections will strengthen its position. Returning to a path of centralisation of powers, however, could limit its opportunity to get re-elected in five years’ time.