📜 AKD Administration Overtakes Sirisena in Legislative Output at 18-Month Mark, Verité Finds

An analysis by Verité Research comparing the first 18 months of radical reform-led presidencies reveals that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) administration has outpaced former President Maithripala Sirisena’s (MS) administration in passing laws, despite a slower initial start. Key Legislative Findings: • Overall Output: By the 18-month mark, the AKD administration enacted 32 laws, overtaking the MS administration, which enacted 20 laws during its parallel period. • The Six-Month Switch: The MS presidency initially led at the 6-month mark, gazetting three times more bills and passing twice as many as AKD. However, the AKD presidency accelerated and overtook MS in passed bills by the 9-month mark. • Efficiency & Conversion: While the MS presidency gazetted 4 more bills in total by month 18, the AKD presidency converted a significantly larger share of its gazetted bills into actual law. • Parliamentary Context: During the 18-month timelines, parliament met for 136 days under AKD compared to 126 days under MS. Both administrations successfully passed an interim budget and a full-year budget. _Note: Data evaluates the MS presidency (Jan 2015 – Jul 2016) against the AKD presidency (Nov 2024 – Mar 2026), excluding incorporation bills, based on official parliamentary and government tracking._