Sri Lanka 2003

Perera, S.W.

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“…If the candidate does not fulfill the basic requirements, he/she would be disqualified from the list (Commonwealth Observer Group, 2015); nevertheless, the electoral system to the parliament of Sri Lanka is highly competitive and the system itself puts an undesirable strain on the candidates to spend extensive amounts of money and to use carefully planned religious-ethnic symbols during the election campaign (Ali, 2013; Perera, 2001). Political candidates often behave inconsistently and change the minds of the voters unethically by providing benefits to them for their day to day activities as strategy (Bastian et al , 2010; Perera, 2004). Violence and corruption have long been associated with the present system of elections in Sri Lanka.…”

Section: Political Recruitment In Sri Lankamentioning

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Develop the recruitment criteria for professionalisation of politicians: a focus to group study

Ukwatta

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the fundamental elements necessary for formulating criteria to be used when recruiting politicians into the Sri Lankan political system with a view to professionalization. By means of a thorough examination of political practice issues, the paper focuses on the possibility of introducing the concept of political professionalization and endeavors to determine the prerequisite conditions needed to resolve or minimize those issues. Design/methodology/approach A total of 27 respondents: academics, clergy and journalists were purposively selected for this study and they were divided into three groups to enable data collection through focus group discussions. A thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. Findings The main political practice problems were bribery and corruption, the misuse of state resources by politicians, the involvement of family in politics, and unscrupulous and unethical political campaigning. The majority of respondents cited greed for political power, low levels of education and an inadequate understanding of the parliamentary process as the leading factors which cause problems to arise in politics as practiced in Sri Lanka. The analysis revealed three main themes: “knowledge”, “skills” and “values”. Respondents recommended policy initiatives for political recruitment. Originality/value The findings suggested that the professionalization of political practice should be promoted by introducing knowledge C skills and values as criteria for political recruitment. And it also suggested that the introduction of professional political practice methods is vitally necessary to reduce political practice issues in the current political scenario of Sri Lanka.

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Section: Political Recruitment In Sri Lankamentioning

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Develop the recruitment criteria for professionalisation of politicians: a focus to group study

Ukwatta

2017

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Sri Lanka 2003

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