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Crisis of legitimacy - Sri Lanka needs elections. But when? And how?
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This week Nadim and Yudhanjaya discuss the crisis of legitimacy facing the Sri Lankan government. What happens when a parliament that has seemingly lost its mandate from the people, elects from among themselves a President who has no mandate?
Sri Lanka needs elections for democracy to prevail, but there are a number of hurdles we need to jump. We're discussing the legal/constitutional obstacles, the IMF question, and of course the cost of running an election in a bankrupt country short on food, electricity, and fuel among other essentials.
Listen on to find out how this house of cards is stacked.
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*We erroneously refer to the 1978 constitution as having been passed in 1982 in the first instance.
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