Judcial vacancies: The public sees a backlog; critics see control.
Judicial vacancies: increasing capacity, not independence, wins the argument
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Macro Media Political Analysis
Fuel pricing fuels skepticism of government
Fuel pricing: Reduction in fuel pricing didn’t increase confidence
El Niño warning: premature assurances meet pre-emptive panic
El Niño warning: Government tries to weather the panic
Dengue outbreak exposes morbidities of governance
Dengue outbreak: The mosquitoes bite, the system bleeds
Economy: The government waxes, but confidence wanes
Economy: The recovery story meets the 2022 memory
Tying up Sallay with the PTA elicits traction and caution
Detention of Suresh Sallay: Sallay supporters cry foul on PTA
Senior monk allegations: One case, two conversations
Senior monk allegations: When accountability shifts to institutional defence
PC elections: New government makes old excuses
PC elections: The delay looks like a political tactic of the old system
Losing currency: The government also loses its “credit”
Losing currency: The government faces not only a currency challenge but also a credibility one
Remembrance Day: AKD steadies the stage, but not the story
Remembrance Day: AKD tried to hold war victory and Tamil grief together — Sinhala media showed why that remains difficult