Textbook autocrat who is shifting goalpost

The 1960 general elections gave J.R. Jayewardene reason to believe that the British parliamentary system will not work in Sri Lanka. A poll took place in March that year after the governing Mahajana Eksath Peramuna coalition imploded spectacularly. But neither of the major parties—the United National Party (UNP) or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)–gained [...]

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