Crisis of legitimacy - Sri Lanka needs elections. But when? And how?

This week Nadim and Yudhanjaya discuss the crisis of legitimacy facing the Sri Lankan government. What happens when a parliament that has seemingly lost its mandate from the people, elects from among themselves a President who has no mandate? Sri Lanka needs elections for democracy to prevail, but there are a number of hurdles we need to jump. We're discussing the legal/constitutional obstacles, the IMF question, and of course the cost of running an election in a bankrupt country short on food, electricity, and fuel among other essentials.  Listen on to find out how this house of cards is stacked. Download the Watchdog App for Android! Music - Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Soundbites - TRT World Now *We erroneously refer to the 1978 constitution as having been passed in 1982 in the first instance.