Furthermore, the degree of rigidity in inter-ethnic negotiations since the rise to power of the Bandaranaike family (of which the current President is a member) was accompanied by a series of ideological struggles among Sinhalese politicians, not least those led by various socialist and communist parties. This ongoing disunity among the Sinhalese contributed to making Sri Lanka's governments much more fragile than those that succeeded the British in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
另外，自班达拉奈克家族（现任总统也是其中一员）掌权以来，部族间的谈判就裹足不前，随之而来的还有一系列僧迦罗政治家之间，特别是那些接受不同社会主义和共产主义党派领导的政治家之间的意识形态斗争。僧迦罗人之间这种一盘散沙的状况使得斯里兰卡政府比那些接替英国统治的吉隆坡和新加坡的政府更为脆弱。