GET REAL with Mahieash Johnney | Episode 62 | Sri Lanka’s Political Future

As the country has taken a new path of governance with a legislature that poses a sound majority in parliament, focus is now on how will development be panned out towards the next 5 years. The Colombo district has been flagged as a key area to develop into a regional hub for enterprise. Contentions have also risen pertaining to how the 20A will work out in the future, and whether or not the country would see the provincial councils be removed from its administration format.

To give an insight into how Sri Lanka’s political landscape would change towards the future, Member of the Colombo Municipal Council from the SLPP Sharmila Gonawela joins Mahieash Johnney.

Original on air date – 7th of September 2020