Dassanayake, Harindra B. and Gamage, Rajni
Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential elections: Elite circulation and renegotiating the social contract - Economic & Political Weekly - 59(36), 7 Sep, 2024: p.31-37
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 fringe parties. – Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/36/perspectives/sri-lankas-2024-presidential-elections.html
Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential elections: Elite circulation and renegotiating the social contract - Economic & Political Weekly - 59(36), 7 Sep, 2024: p.31-37
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 fringe parties. – Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/36/perspectives/sri-lankas-2024-presidential-elections.html