Macro Media Political Analysis

Arugam Bay alert: Acrimony, antipathy and suspicion

October 21, 2024 -- October 27, 2024 | Vol. 14, #42 | ISSN -- 2386-1827 Photo credits: Newsi.lk Analysis On October 23, the U.S. Embassy issued a travel advisory warning of a potential threat of an attack in the Arugam Bay area. This was soon followed by similar...

read more

2024 Election Update: Gammanpila’s fanfare falls flat

Issue: On October 14, Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Udaya Gammanpila announced that he was in possession of two unpublicised reports concerning the Easter Sunday attacks and gave the NPP government a seven-day deadline to publicly release these...

read more

A clash of contexts: Pre- and post-election crosscurrents

October 14 – October 20, 2024 | Vol.14, #41 | ISSN – 2386-1827 Photo credits: Groundviews Issue: On October 11, 2024, the acceptance of nominations for the 2024 General Election (GE) concluded, with 690 nominations being accepted from political parties and...

read more

‘Soft revolution’ marches softly forward

October 7 – October 13, 2024 | Vol.14, #40 | ISSN – 2386-1827 Photo credits: Ada Derana website Issue: On October 11 the acceptance of nominations for the 2024 General Election (GE) concluded, with 690 nominations accepted from political parties and independent groups...

read more

AKD victory: Three dimensions of a ‘soft revolution’

September 23 – September 29, 2024 | Vol.14, #38 | ISSN – 2386-1827 Photo credits: Lanka Truth Event: On September 22, the Election Commission (EC) formally announced NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as the winner of the 2024 Presidential Election...

read more

2024 Election Update: Two horses pulling ahead

Issue: On July 26, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the presidential election will be held on September 21, 2024.[1][2] On August 15, the EC accepted the nominations of 39 presidential candidates.[3][4] Analysis This week’s TMA is the final issue...

read more