Ranil’s dilemma: Party or himself
The government avoided defeat on the budget without finding out who was adding to the four members of Thondaman’s group who had agreed to vote it down, and without uniting its own ranks against a repeat. The instability that produced is the setting for a question about the opposition leader.
An attempt to define electorial malpractice
The UNP has withdrawn its Supreme Court petition against the presidential election. What the deputy leader’s statement shows is how deep the dissatisfaction in the main opposition party has become about the way things happen in that court.