Image: Rajapaksa
On September 8, Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed an amendment to remove term limits from the constitution, allowing President Mahinda Rajapaksa to run for a third term. Photo by Karl Grobl.
On June 17, The Asia Foundation will honor His Excellency U Thura Shwe Mann, speaker of the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament, at Foundation headquarters for a special breakfast hosted by President David Arnold and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Read about the recent MOU marking the Foundation’s expansion of programs to support Myanmar’s democratic transition and plans to reestablish a resident office in the country.
On September 8, Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed an amendment to remove term limits from the constitution, allowing President Mahinda Rajapaksa to run for a third term. Photo by Karl Grobl.