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No More Street Cred

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Protestors in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, demand the reinstatement of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his United National Party government, in October 2018.

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A Step Back towards Democracy

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The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, shot from the 230m-high Lotus Tower. Colombo, Sri Lanka. March 2018.
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Give Me What I Voted For

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Pro-democracy protests in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. October 2018.
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Still No Relief on the Horizon

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Unlike the fresh pineapple being sold to pro-democracy protestors marching on Temple Trees, the residence of Sri Lanka’s sacked prime minister, there appears to be no relief to the constitutional crisis in the country. Almost a month after President Maithripala Sirisena triggered a coup by firing his prime minister and cabinet, and appointing a new government, the parties remain deadlocked with the coup government refusing to step down in spite of not having a parliamentary majority, and Sirisena refusing to reinstate Ranil Wickremesinghe, the legitimate PM. For four consecutive days, last week, members of the coup government attempted to physically attack the speaker of parliament and prevent him passing a no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapakse, the coup PM.

The Demand for Democracy

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Protestors outside Temple Trees, the official residence of sacked Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, demand the reconvening of Parliament. October 2018.
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Liberty Knows No Generation Gap

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Pro-democracy protestors in Colombo demand the reconvening of Parliament. On 26th October, President Maithripala Sirisena disbanded the cabinet and sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, before appointing former president Mahinda Rajapakse to the PM post. He then prorogued Parliament, and proceeded to pick a new cabinet, plunging the country into a constitutional crisis that remains unresolved almost two weeks later.

#Couplk

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A pro-democracy protestor at the Liberty Junction rally in Colombo, on October 30th, 2018. Many placards carried the hashtag #couplk, suggesting that the political crisis in Sri Lanka is in fact an unconstitutional coup.
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The Soft Arm of the Law

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Heavy but seemingly benign police presence at the Pro-Democracy Rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka. October 2018.
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Nothing Unconquerable

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Sri Lanka’s Everest-conquering heroine, Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, (second from right) with other pro-democracy protestors in Colombo, on 30th October 2018, demanding that Parliament be reconvened. Over the weekend, President Maithripala Sirisena disbanded the cabinet and sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, before appointing former president Mahinda Rajapakse prime minister. He then prorogued Parliament for three weeks, and proceeded to appoint a new cabinet, plunging the country into a constitutional crisis.

Democracy vs the Party

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Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 30th, 2018.
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