It’s Superman!.” These are the famous words uttered by awed onlookers when the most iconic superhero of all time, Superman, flies above them. An observer of Sri Lanka’s political landscape and its election trends could very well apply this quote to the average Sri Lankan citizen and voter. The sad reality is that this attitude, which is akin to putting all eggs in one basket, rarely pays off. Fantastical proclamations about the capabilities of the next saviour of the people are being bandied about by political cheerleaders. Any person who has the slightest understanding of Sri Lanka’s status quo would agree that Sri Lanka’s future is hanging by a thread, and that it needs more than a miracle, or a Superman, to save it from the worsening economic and social collapse.

Source: The Nation July 08, 2021 18:00 UTC