Apr 18, 2026
This week’s issues shed light on significant constitutional questions relating to economic governance of essential services, national security law reform, anti-corruption and institutional accountability, social justice regulation, and the exercise of sovereignty in a complex external environment. These issues reflect the need for strengthened constitutional safeguards, transparency, and rule-of-law principles within Sri Lanka’s governance framework.
By One Text Initiative
Apr 18, 2026
The 11th week of the year highlights incidents which raise significant constitutional questions relating to economic reform in essential public services, national security legislation, financial regulation and social protection, public-sector accountability, and foreign policy and sovereignty. They reflect the (importance of strengthening institutional safeguards, transparency, and rule-of-law principles within Sri Lanka’s evolving constitutional framework.
By One Text Initiative
Apr 18, 2026
This week’s media coverage reflects developments which raise significant constitutional questions which suggest the importance of strengthening constitutional oversight, rule-of-law safeguards, and democratic accountability in the exercise of public power within Sri Lanka’s constitutional framework.
By One Text Initiative
Mar 11, 2026
This week’s developments raise significant constitutional questions concerning national security investigations, public procurement transparency, economic regulation, and legislative rights review. From the arrest of a former intelligence chief to controversies over coal procurement, export inspections, and energy sector restructuring, the events highlight ongoing tensions between executive authority, public accountability, and the protection of fundamental rights within a rule-of-law framework.
By One Text Initiative
Mar 11, 2026
This week’s media coverage highlights several constitutional questions shaping Sri Lanka’s public debate. From the Natasha Edirisooriya freedom of expression case to concerns about public procurement, tenant protections, financial regulation, foreign affairs, and parliamentary ethics, these developments reveal ongoing tensions between governance, accountability, and constitutional safeguards.
By One Text Initiative
Feb 20, 2026
This week’s media analysis highlights developments that raise significant constitutional questions relating to economic governance, security legislation, property rights, parliamentary standards, digital regulation, and institutional accountability. These developments raise broader concerns about the adequacy of Sri Lanka’s constitutional framework in addressing such challenges.
By One Text Initiative
Feb 20, 2026
Media coverage during the fourth week of January foregrounded several structural and constitutional concerns within Sri Lanka’s governance framework. Reporting across multiple sectors, including constitutional reform, security legislation, prosecutorial independence, economic regulation, and education policy, revealed recurring tensions relating to executive power, judicial oversight, institutional independence, and the enforceability of fundamental and socio-economic rights.
By One Text Initiative
Feb 20, 2026
The Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill (2026) introduces some new procedural and medical safeguards, but it ultimately repackages the structural core of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (1979) by expanding the state's executive detention powers, militarizing arrest protocols, and bypassing standard criminal justice protections.
By Shiral Lakthilaka, AAL
Feb 16, 2026
නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවක් සම්පාදනය කිරීමේ ක්රියාවලිය පිළිබඳ සංවාදය කොළඹ BMICH හිදී ඇරඹිණි. මෙහිදී ප්රධාන දේශනය පැවැත්වූ ආචාර්ය දීපිකා උඩගම පෙන්වා දුන්නේ 2022 අරගලයේ අපේක්ෂාවන් වූ වගවීම සහ පද්ධතිමය වෙනස මෙයට පදනම් විය යුතු බවයි. 1948 සිට රටට උචිත ව්යවස්ථාවක් නිර්මාණය කර ගැනීමට අපොහොසත් වීම සහ ඓතිහාසික ජන අරගලවල සැබෑ අරමුණු ව්යවස්ථාව තුළ පිළිබිඹු නොවීම යන ගැටලු මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා විය.
By Chandra Bhanu
