ContextPolicy outcome2025Very high attention
Postal workers' strike and Central Mail Exchange confrontation
Postal workers struck over overtime, attendance and other demands.
Accountability Tracker
The Incident Record
Records
70
Confirmed
17
Allegations
11
Positive
8
Edition 2026-08-24Rec.
What Happened.
On The Record.
Major incidents, controversies and delivered outcomes under the current government, each labelled by evidence strength: a confirmed failure is not an allegation, an allegation is not guilt, and positive outcomes sit in the same record as failures. Records without a citable source are among those held out of publication. How the labels work · How the records connect
70 published records
by evidence class- Confirmed
- 17
- Policy shortfall
- 8
- Disputed
- 19
- Allegation
- 11
- Positive
- 8
- Context
- 7
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Policy shortfallPromise / policy shortfall2025-26Very high attention
Provincial Council election timetable missed
The promised timetable for Provincial Council elections was not met.
ConfirmedCommunications failure2025Very high attention
Watagala urges emergency action against online critics
Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala told police to use emergency regulations against people he said were spreading malicious statements; AKD later publicly distanced himself from the remarks.
DisputedControversy2026Very high attention
22nd Amendment — judges' retirement ages
Government proposals to extend appellate judges' retirement ages drew BASL and opposition challenges and petitions to the Supreme Court.
DisputedControversy2026Very high attention
BASL island-wide court boycott over 'culture of killings'
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka called an island-wide withdrawal from court work after the Akuregoda double murder and urged the government to curb what it described as a culture of killings.
DisputedControversy2025Very high attention
India defence MoU secrecy controversy
Sri Lanka and India signed a defence-cooperation MoU; the inability or unwillingness to disclose its contents generated sustained transparency criticism.
Disputed2025Very high attention
Trincomalee Buddha-statue dispute
Removal/reinstallation and security handling of a Buddha statue in Trincomalee became a national ethnic and political controversy; ITAK accused the government of majoritarian retreat.
Disputed2025-26Very high attention
Cyclone Ditwah preparedness / response criticism
Cyclone Ditwah struck in late November 2025, causing catastrophic floods and landslides.
PositivePositive outcome2025Very high attention
Batalanda Commission Report tabled and referred for action
The government tabled the long-unimplemented Batalanda Commission Report in Parliament in March 2025 and said it would seek Attorney-General advice and further review.
PositivePositive outcome2025Very high attention
Deshabandu Tennakoon removed as IGP
After a parliamentary inquiry into misconduct and abuse-of-power allegations, Parliament passed a resolution to remove IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon from office.
ContextOutcome / indicator2025Very high attention
NPP vote share falls sharply at 2025 local elections
The NPP remained the largest force in the May 2025 local elections but won about 43.26% of the vote, down from about 61.56% at the November 2024 parliamentary election.
Disputed2025Very high attention
Ranil Wickremesinghe arrest controversy
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested over alleged misuse of public funds connected to overseas travel, producing an intense debate over accountability versus selective prosecution.
PositivePositive outcome2025-26Very high attention
Anti-corruption prosecutions / convictions advance
Investigations and prosecutions of former political figures advanced; some former politicians were convicted in cases relating to past conduct.
PositivePositive outcome2025Very high attention
Former-president privileges removed
Parliament voted overwhelmingly to remove state-funded privileges for former presidents and widows.
PositivePositive outcome2025Very high attention
Long-delayed local-government elections held
The NPP government held the long-delayed local-government elections, fulfilling an early democratic commitment.
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