Sri Lanka, March 6 -- It has been observed that divisive politics is one of the inborn deficiencies in party politics although political parties are considered as vital components of Parliamentary Democracy. It is not possible to activate representative democracy or parliamentary democracy without political parties.

Professor Von Beyme, Head of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg, in his book titled "Political Parties in Western Democracies" has pointed out that "political parties are often defined as power oriented organizations aiming at governmental responsibilities without accepting a share in the burden of running a government which pursue the goal of placing their avowed representatives in governmenta...