Prison violence: Government shielded, justice minister wounded
Prison violence: Government blows back the blowback
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Macro Media Political Analysis
Judges’ retirement age: Plan to strengthen the courts weakens government’s credibility
Judges’ retirement age: Judicial age extension seems injudicious
Power on parade: Government keeps kavadi on the road
Kavadi: Devotion, local prestige and organised crime collide
Deaths by “suicide”: Suspicion shapes perception
High-profile cases: Two framings floated; only one has traction
The joint opposition platform on judges’ retirement age puts spotlight on the subject, not the substance
Opposition to judges’ retirement age: United front, weakened standing
Paddy price: The government reaps a credibility problem
Paddy price: The fertiliser subsidy rose, but confidence failed to grow
Polls apart: PC elections divide the democratic consensus
Polls apart: Call for elections caught between competing nationalisms
Upper-middle-income status: A milestone without momentum
Upper-middle-income status: Economic upgrade greeted with grievance
Negombo Prison violence: The government escapes the political dock
Negombo Prison violence: How stigma shifted scrutiny away from the state
Judicial vacancies: increasing capacity, not independence, wins the argument
Judcial vacancies: The public sees a backlog; critics see control.