19 March, 2024

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Are We Stupid Or Doomed Or Both

By Suranimala Umagiliya

Nominations have been filed and Sri Lanka will go to the polls on 16th November to elect a President. The Constitution demands so and this will be a crucial election to all Sri Lankans and especially so to the young first time voter. Though over 30 nominations have been presented only two serious contenders have emerged. This has been the pattern and not much has changed in our history since Independence.

Lasntha with Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa

We Sinhalese have governed since Independence and therefore must take responsibility for the economic, social and other indicators of our country.

A new catch phrase has crept into our way of life. Sinhala/ Buddhist. So be it then. If that is so, we Sinhala/ Buddhists have ruled this country since Independence and must in the same breath take responsibility for the state of the nation. This Sinhala/ Buddhist phenomena will definitely rule Sri Lanka for the next hundred years. No Muslim, Tamil or for that matter a Sinhala/ Catholic President will emerge even if such groups have twin children each year. Do not forget that it requires a man and a woman to bring forth a child and these groups are actually half of their number ( a man/ woman) and the Sinhalese far outnumber them. Given our peoples proclivities to vote upon ethnic and now religious lines, this maybe a fair comment.

Are we happy with the way our Sinhala / Buddhist rulers have governed us? Obviously we are not. Every party in Opposition says so. We are in serious debt. Our people are ever with the hand outstretched. Debt restricts us from spending for education and state of the art health. Our government service is overburdened to such an extent that pension payments will be another serious debt burden the future generations will have to pay for. We are proud of our history. Proud of our ancient irrigation systems. Proud of our engineering skills of the ancient kings. That is the sum all of our pride. We are not civic conscious. The manner in which we drive, walk on our roads is but one indication. We do not have social graces. We assault a driver if he meets with an accident but yet have total indifference to speeding maniacal bus drivers speeding totally out of control till he meets with an accident.We ignore loud horns of buses driven by moronic drivers who use them indiscriminately even if there is no room for him to overtake. Overtake he does by pushing others but stop thirty yards away to pick up his next passenger. This is but one example to show who we are.Yes that is our thinking. So then what yardstick will we use to elect our next President?

He has to be Sinhala / Buddhist. He must be able to speak loud. He must be concerned of our national security. He must give handouts and have plenty of money to spend at election time. Then it must be Sajith and Gotabaya. The rest will matter for extraneous reasons. They will whittle away important votes from the top contenders.

Gotabaya, seriously? No one was hunting him down when he left the Sinhala / Buddhist country. Quite unlike many journalists who did in fact run away from him. He decides to return only when his brother became President. He never gave up his US citizenship till he was to be nominated to run for President. That too we are uncertain if he indeed has done so. No one has the guts to ask him to show such certificate simply out of fear. If Gotabaya wins they know that their fear would be justified. His wife is a US citizen at this time as is his family. The Sangha does not mind that. Hisbullah fronting for him at this stage does not matter to them either. But, if Hisbullah does so much as smile at Sajith it would certainly matter. Does that mean Gotabaya’s support base and that is a considerable number, ( Mahinda’s legacy ) is racist?

His personal file in the Army is missing. His evidence led in the MiG Court Case where he said under oath that it was a Government to Government deal and now proved otherwise, yes you guessed correct. Missing.

His application for dual citizenship…… Missing.

His application for a fresh National Identity Card……..Missing

His application for a Sri Lankan Passport…….Missing

Lasantha’s Note Book, where he recorded numbers of motorcycles that followed him and eventually killed him, given via IGP to Gotabaya……Missing,

These cannot be coincidental nor negligence of government officials. There is a definite pattern. Eerie is it not?

Do we need such a candidate or is it the reality that we need such a candidate?

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    You are right we must not vote for anyone who is in parliament already or a member of major parties

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      Rajapaksas voters have had enough of them and are opting for Mahesh Senanayake and Sajith over the Rajapaksas monopoly that will only permit a Rajapaksa to be in control for eternity… as usual only the biggest criminals and unethical politicians are flocking to the a Rajapaksas…

      Stage is set for the biggest Rajapaksa Electoral failure…

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        I don’t think so. I think some politicians are flocking around him because they sense victory. Still many more days to go.

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      Suranimala,

      Are we stupid ? Yes., mean Measured IQ is 79.

      Para-Sinhala Para-“Buddhists “, prostrate to trees, statues, saffron clad monks, recruited as child monks, abused in the rear by the senior monks. This the politicians do too.

      Para-Muslims listen to what the Idiotic Ulama and Mullahs of the ACJU/ACJM say, claiming that that is Islam., abuse wonen and girls, and follow the Wahhabis, who follow Satan, per prescient Hadith of Najd, blindly.

      Then there are Christians who follow the Catholic Cardinal, a bird?, who support dictators, because his wife is a subject of the “Infallible “, Pope.

      Then there are Hindu Priests who will not allow low caste Hindus to get “favors” from their high caste Gods.

      Are we doomed? Yes.

      How to get out of this debacle?

      Flush out the Monks, Mullahs, Ulama, Cardinals, Priests. Until they are flushed out Or contained, we are doomed, as we cannot get the age of reason and enlightenment.

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        Then get AKD to be the Prez.

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        Amarasiri

        My friend, most of the time you write sense. In my estimate, you are a liberal who makes a sensible contribution in these pages. Do please continued.

        But where in earth did you pick up the piffle “Then there are Hindu Priests who will not allow low caste Hindus to get “favors” from their high caste Gods” Cor Blimey!!! There were many flaws, viewed from post-20th century liberalism, in ancient Hindu customs, outlook and rituals. But due to modern thinking Hindus like Gandhi, EVR in Tamil Nadu et al the old barriers are coming down gradually and fast. What then were described as social injustices are no more – or at worst, on the wane.

        Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism have and are giving into change. It is only Islam – the Sunni variety, in particular that refuses to change from its medieval ways. The Wahabis in Saudi are believed to be the main cause. The world knows if they relax, the fabulously rich Kingdom, built on the blood of billions of poor oil users in the 3rd world- will be no more. Yet, they too are forced to relent – as MBS clearly shows – albeit very slowly and perhaps reluctantly The Saudis are allowing their women to drive and the Iranian Mullahs are allowing their women to see live soccer matches. These are cosmetic concessions in a modern world where even captive societies demand change. There will be many more Arab Springs in these slavish societies as the years pass by.

        So, please leave Hinduism to the Hindus – arguably the oldest religion in the world and, which, by the way, does not refuse to change with modern times.

        Kettikaran

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          Kettikaran,

          Low caste Hindus cannot get inside the temples, and ask for favors from the Hindu Gods statues, and therefore their requests for “favors” will be less effective. Never mind none of the favors will be granted, to anybody, other than the donations to the priests.

          The rate of evolution of the different religions is different. The rate is based on the hold the so-called religious leaders hold on the populace, that has become part religion, part culture. Hinduism is no exception.

          On Hinduism, Dr. Ambedkar’s book on Hinduism, and why he selected Buddhism, not Para-Sinhala Para-“Buddhism”. Also, there is a small 50-page book as to why, Ambedkar refused to be in the same stage as Ghandi, as he refused to condemn the prevailing Hindu caste practices.

          There was this guy Sunderalingam in Jaffna, who was busting the so-called low-caste Tamils.

          So, Hinduism is not much different, and will keep Hinduism in Amarasiri’s cross hairs, until fully reformed and humanized. How long will it take? Buddha tried 2,500 years ago..

    • 13
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      This comment by SDS sums up the prevailing cynicism among voters about politics. Even though Yahapalana Gvt has change the country towards right direction in many ways (unlike before, police now at least record your complain and follow up irrespective of politics) I think that the constant bombardment of negativity by the media as well as by the president & SLFP cabinet members Gvt has helped to subdue mountains of ills of the SLPP while promoting unfair bad image of the UNP Gvt. This very ironic considering fact that media got its freedom and MY 3 got his top job from this Gvt.

      I don’t believe that all the criticism against UNP has to do with Bond Scam alone b’cos, compared to corruption culture MaRa regime introduced to all aspect of SL society, the allegation of Bond Scam is almost nothing. Rather, it is the result of the same corruption culture that spread into the media ownership itself. MaRa/GoRa harassed media but only those who criticized them; those who were supportive of them – journalists as well as the owners – were allowed to prosper enormously.

      I believe that the majority of rural voters (the group in my third category, if you still remember them) didn’t understand this reality. This is the group of voters that don’t care much about gains in democracy; all they want is solutions to their immediate issues. Ironically, the more gains in democracy, the more the hope for such favoritism shatters. I believe that this is the main reason UNP lost some of its rural base. Even though it is a step in the right direction in theory, in practice SL voters are long way from accepting it.

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      I wonder why Wijedasa aka bp didn’t fate the same as Lasantha did if there is a real god.

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        Sam,
        Wijedasa knew how to eat from plates of both sides. Via Nissanka Senadhipathi of Avant Guarde, he got hold of GoRa while at the same time, he went into UNP via Ranil & Ravi. He was smart enough to keep the GoRa connection secret even from NaRa that when his home was attacked, he manage to get out safely with the help of GoRa’s own security. The question is, knowing all these secret connections, why Ranil failed to follow up on Wijedasa close enough? From Ranil’s part, was it intentional or was Wijedasa clever enough to dupe Ranil into convince otherwise even when evidences for Wijedasa’s betrayal became increasingly clear?

        May be Ranil paid too much attention to economic issues that he was somewhat reluctant go after corruption which was strongly rebuffed by the SLFP group in his own cabinet. May be he thought that it is too risky to face constant no confident motions without SLFP. Even though Ranil still had majority due to TNA support but too much dependency on minority parties could also create political backlash of giving into their demands in return for support. The lack of clear majority for UNP in the parliament may have created a fertile ground for Wijedasa to carry out his conspiracy.

  • 32
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    Agree “in toto” with what you’ve written! When they seek refuge,.they run to the bad Christian west?? Then the west is good for them??!!. As for the “Saffron Rasputins”- the less said the better!! Did I hear someone say “2500 years of glorious SB culture”- tell that to the Marines!!

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      Koheda yanne Malle Pol – Brainless Rajapaksa hater – traitors of the country

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        Rabok

        “Brainless Rajapaksa hater – traitors of the country”

        How do you describe the brainy haters of Rajapaksas, patriots of the country?

      • 7
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        Rabok what you really need is a kick with a Reebok.

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          Justice and Fairplay

          “Rabok what you really need is a kick with a Reebok.”

          What if he ask for more?

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      Hear hear!

  • 1
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    In reply to the letter. “Are we stupid, or doomed or both?”

    The short answer is —-Both.

  • 33
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    No we do not need such a candidate for Presidency.
    This man will eventually turn out to be a tyrannical despot.

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      No qualifications. A usa citizen. A coward who left the army and ran away to the usa in fear of the ltte. A corrupt scoundrel who stole tax payer funds to build a monument for his father. A gutless scumbag who pays crooked lawyers to defer court cases agianst him. A murderer responsible for killing lasantha and torturing journalists. A thug who used white vans to abduct and murder dissenters. A war criminal evading arrest. God help sl if this guy becomes president. You can say good bye to your civil rights and freedom.

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        Dear Mr. Mokeda Badu.
        Do not make lies for the sake of commenting.
        Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa – RWP, RSP.
        Academic, Education & work experience.
        1. Ananda College, Colombo 10. – Primary and Secondary Education.
        2. Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi – Signal Young Officers Course.
        3. School of Infantry and Tactics, Queta – Infantry Company Commanders Course.
        4. Attended the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Assam.
        5. Defense Services Staff College in Wellington – Command and Staff Course.
        6. University of Madras – Masters in Defense Studies.
        7. United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning – Advanced Infantry Officers Course.
        8. University of Colombo – Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology.
        9. University of Colombo – Awarded an Honors Doctor of Letters.
        As a reward of gallantry and excellence in combat awarded…
        Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP)
        Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP)
        From three Presidents.
        J.R. Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa and D.B. Wijetunga.
        1. Coordinating Officer of the Matale District.
        2. Coordinating Officer for the Weli Oya area.
        3. Commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Gajaba Regiment.
        4. Deputy Commandant of the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy
        5. Marketing Manager of IT firm – Informatics.
        6. Systems Administrator at Loyola Law School, California.
        7. Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defense.
        8. Oversaw the military involvement in demining, reconstruction and resettlement in the North and East, and in the rehabilitation and reintegration to society of 12,000 former LTTE cadres.
        9. Capacity building within state agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defense such as the Department of Immigration & Emigration, the Registration of Persons Department, and the Coast Guard.
        GR is the most academically qualified presidential candidate ever….

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          Pasqual – None of the above (listed) can be deemed academic qualifications. This bugger is an uneducated, uncultured rascal not fit to hold high office.

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            The country got a taste of this “educated” Presidential aspirant when, sometime ago, Stephen Sachur of the BBC interviewed him. This is where
            GR committed that major faux pas when he lost his mental equilibrium and screamed “We will hang him” (referring to Sarath Fonseka) and “Who is Lasantha”. This tape will be held against him by BBC – in eternity.

            We got a taste of the |”education” and English learning of this so called Officer and Gentleman – blabbering like a former Galle Face Waiter talking English in this programme. What poor material for President – even for a Banana Republic like ours.

            Backlash

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          Dear S. C. Pasqual,
          .
          What a lot of bull this is, making out that Gota is “qualified”!
          .
          I’m a guy who is averse to all things military, so it’s a bit difficult for me to expose some of the rubbish that you’ve spewed out – this just illustrates the extent to which our society has got militarised, and so all sorts of parvenu strut around giving themselves superior airs.
          .
          Such, I’m sure, are many of these military “qualifications”. However, let me home in on “Academic” No. 9. That is the one which Prof. Laksiri Fernando finds so difficult to live down for having conferred on this fellow. You call it “an Honors Doctor of Letters”. In fact, it was an “Honorary Doctorate”. “Honoris Causa” – it is pompously referred to at University Convocations.
          .
          It is such politicised actions that have caused our universities to slip down the rankings to such an extent that the hapless “ordinary graduates” are unable to secure any sort of employment.

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            Sinhala Man,

            Love the word “Parvenu” :)

            Definitely wasted on Pasqual, though :)

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          Pasqual,

          You have been corrected already but I still feel compelled to weigh in because it is the ultimate insult to the educated when the ignorant claim that they too are educated.

          To be fair to you, 1, 6 and 8 are academic qualifications. The rest is just military training and experience, or politically motivated fawning.

          Among these, almost everyone has a school education. Diplomas are so easy to get especially if you have some work experience in the field. I am not sure about the Masters from Madras University, but I don’t think he ever lived in Chennai, so probably an external one.

          Ultimately your master does not even have an internal bachelors degree from a university. To call him the most academically qualified, even among presidential candidates where the standards are admittedly not very high, is beyond stupid. Many people who comment and write here are Professors, Ph.D holders etc. Don’t you even dare to come here and speak about academic qualifications, something you obviously know nothing about.

  • 31
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    I agree that our recent governments have been big failures. The reason is the high level of corruption and nepotism. It is stipulated that all MP’s should submit their declarations of wealth, but only a few have done that. What has the EC done about the others? Absolutely nothing, except complaining.

    .
    As long as enforcement does not exist, violations will continue. It is human nature to be corrupt. The fault lies with the enforcers.
    ,

    I strongly suggest that the wealth declaration be made compulsory for all politicians and public servants. If they lie and are found to excluding any property, it should be taken over by the government.

    ,

    Tamils are suffering the effects of bad governance just as the Sinhalese do. There is no reason why they should. The Tamils should be given a Separate state to live in, so that would manage their own affairs without being victims of the actions of the Sinhalese.

  • 16
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    All these things may be true — but what, exactly, do you suggest we should DO!

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      Apply tax and wealth declarations compulsory. If not submitted, person loses his position as President, PM, Minister, MP or Public Servant and faces fines and jail sentences. Anything not included in these should be confiscated by the Govt.
      .
      Divide the country and let Tamils manage the North and East. Allow free migration. You would probably find many Sinhalese leaving to live in the North.

    • 16
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      Dear Manel Fonseka,

      “All these things may be true — but what, exactly, do you suggest we should DO!”

      Simple, cast your vote for AKD, just as an experiment. No harm is’t it, if the experiment produces at least a progressive result, then we have hope to extend the experiment.

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        Ahmad Nadvi

        Lest you forget – that fire breathing Booruwansa – now Super Capitalist land and business-owning Mudalali – was a “dedicated” JVP leftist not long ago. How about Vasi-deva??? There are bagful of these opportunists in the country – Left, Right and Centre.

        ADJP

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      Manel Fonseka

      ” but what, exactly, do you suggest we should DO!”

      Along with others try your best to restore the democratic rights of all people and preserve it. If we failed now we will not even have Museums to display our democratic heritage/antiques to educate our future generations.

      Everything will be looted and sold to foreigners whom these fascists despise.

    • 7
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      Just stand in line every five years and vote any arsehole into power. That’s all you should.
      Even if the Devil himself came up to your front door it is common knowledge that you sri lankans will vote the curse of Hell into power.
      The main problem with you people is that life through the years has been too easy.
      Any wanker is voted into power through his false promises.
      He will give you ten rupees and rob you of a thousand and that makes you happy.
      Example ; Gay Ranil and his cohorts.
      Life needs to be made hard very hard for you to understand the value of your freedom and the wonderful bit of turf you live on called Sri Lanka.

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      Dear Manel Fonseka,
      .
      We cannot check every bit of information that we present to the public, but this author has said that “over 30 nominations” have been received. We all know that there are 35 nominations. Why can’t he report a simple fact like that accurately?
      .
      I suggest that you get back to the civilised discussion which is to be found in relation to this slightly earlier article:
      .
      https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/presidential-election-the-truth-about-the-ulfs-stand/
      .
      Like the author of this article, Suranimala Umagiliya, I certainly don’t want Gota for President, although right now he must be considered the favourite. However, Umagiliya conveys his message in such disgusting terms that I will not dignify it with any more comment.
      .
      I think that what we must do is to get out of this article as fast as possible.

  • 20
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    We are stupidly doomed!

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    We can respect MR as he was the (reluctance) president, when the security forces won the war. But GR was only an official who was just the connecting link between the commanders and the commander-in-chief, while collecting some dough and harassing/killing people

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    If Gotabaya Rajapaksa is elected President of Sri Lanka in this election, that will provide incontrovertible evidence that the Sinhalayas are indeed Modayas! I sincerely hope that will not be the case.

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      This is where the S.B intelligentsia should step in, and the last chance
      for them to do so. Readers will recall the Statement placed in public by
      University Teachers Forum at the tail end of the previous PE. It went a
      long way to enlighten what Voters should be aware re a Candidate. The
      future lies in the hearts of these SB Voters, who are maturing at the
      end of 70 years of Voting, I guess?

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      Then the blame lies with the Sinhalese isn’t it? Give credit where credit is due. There is no point in blaming the tip of the iceberg. No point blaming the candidates, but no one has the courage to blame the voters.

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    Were SWRDB and JRJ really Sinhala Buddhists?

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      SJ: Even a person who merely pretends to be a Sinhala Buddhist can wreak havoc on a monumental scale!

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      No, they were ‘born again’ Buddhists, just as CBK. Bloody hypocrites.

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      SWRD was the first person to initiate an anti minority drive, even though he is known to be a Tamil descendant.
      Come to think of it a large population of present day Buddhist were people who came from india not too long ago.
      The likes of Karava, Durava, and many others had migrated only as recently as 400 to 500 years ago.

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    The villager (Sinhalese Buddhist) is deaf dump and stupid. He/She cannot read this well written article and get the point of it. They have been brain washed by the local kept media. Not a single case brought against the man who is the topic of this article has been proven. He remains scot free after being involved in murder after murder after murder. The villager sees this and has made up his mind that these are all false charges. His biased mind cannot comprehend the reality. Some of them actually voted for Sirisena the serpant. Now they have gone back to the old ways. This is what happens when back boneless Hamu Mahatayas who cannot and will not confront the brutes called the Rajapakshe family and carry on regardless. This infiltration of the Rajapakshes goes right down to the village headman, the school principle, the priest in the temple and any other government appointee they come into contact with. None of that was disturbed by the idiot UNP Ministers. In fact the PM made it a point not to touch these people and directed his MPs to leave these appointments intact. When there was any chance to sling mud at the government it was also capitalized futhur cementing the pro Rajapakshe status quo in the rural sinhala buddhist hart land. The Rajhapakshes infiltrated every single government institution when they were in power with a ruthless ferocity and virtually crippled the functioning of these government bodies due to unqualified imbeciles running and staffing them. Ranil let them all go on working. His stubborn stupidity is now manifesting itself in ways that bode very badly for the future of the nation.

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      If Rajapaksa’s were not there these keyboard heroes are still worrying day in day out about the possibility of death on road

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        Pull yourself together buddy! ……. No need to lose your mind for a fallacy.

        The Rajapakses did as much fighting as Yositha did in the navy. :)) ……….. Prince Andrew was flying helicopter gunships in the Falkland’s war.

        It’s the poor village lads who did the fighting and lost life and limb.

        How ungrateful of you to forget them?

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        haha like the typical sinhala meeharaka they have all forgotten. At the rate UNP gov is going soon LTTE and ISIS will return again, and maybe they need to so they can remind our gong harak sinhala people about what life was like before 2009 .

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          “Go screw yourself” have you tried it?

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      This reflect the true scenario in Sri Lanka.

      The writers of unbiased opinion on issues of important like the one under discussion whether in English or in other languages …..and the readers of such writings ….represents a small fragment of the whole. And in fact the readers of such opinions are also of the same view as of the writers already.

      This fragment from Sinhala Buddhists or the rest from this nation forming this small fragment cannot bring any change in our political system because ………… that is democracy…the majority make the final decisions!

      In fact, the Globe was ‘flat for donkeys’ years’ and the very first guy who said ‘No… it is Global ’ was killed by poisoning by the ‘judicial proceedings’ of those days.

      Notwithstanding these inherent drawbacks, there were guys who did some manipulations under the umbrella of ‘democracy’ to crush all the ‘black legs’…Lee Kuan Jew of Singapore, Helmut Kohl of Germany …… during their days their nations made remarkable achievements. Marcos of Philippine was keeping his nation’s head- up, his successors by going toward democracy brought the nation to its knees! And as at day, we can see the turnaround of this very nation under an ‘elected’ President Duterte …justifying ‘shoot to kill on sight of drug guys’!
      China is a very good example to demonstrate this point…Mao was the worst of any dictators and if not for Mao of ‘those days’ China would have never reached to level to shake the status of the US.
      Our system itself is an outdated model……We got to have A Man to turn around the nation to place ‘on its right path as it was’ ……but Gota is definitely not that man!

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    I just saw a funny picture of Senathipathi, who is wearing a sling around his left hand (may be he is Gothas left hand) and waving with the other , smiling like a politician while escorted to prison, upon his arrival at BIA. Politicians always find a health reason before going to prison and this rogue is no exception. (came ready wearing it) The right hand of Gotha ,
    Duminda Aiya, had selective amnesia for months until he was hauled into courts ,by the change in governance.I wonder , what kind of health issues, Gotha will have when his time is due in USA.

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    18 MILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE SEVERAL MILLIONS OF RS GOING TO BE SPENT TO ELECT A TOOTHLESS PRESIDENT A LA SL. IAM I CORRECT/ OVER TO LEGAL LUMINARIES.
    DAYAL

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    Gotabaya is a MAFIOSO. He is also a TRAITOR to the people , masquerading as a patriotic leader. He has committed manslaughter and several types of fraud.

    And a sizeable proprotion of the Sri Lankan population is warped enough to back him…what a country!

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      Were you sleeping from 2015 up till now – your darling government ignored until Jihadist kill 300 on Easter Sunday – they ruined economy – they make the country unsafe again – If Rajapaksa’s did not end the thirty year war – by this time we could have seen a separate country in north and east – that is also after killing many thousands of innocent civilians by LTTE – How can he be a traitor ?? –

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        Easter sunday bombing’s master mind is Gota. He only funded extremists group so can get help when he contest election. By the way Ranil will anyway protect Rajapaksa’s as they are relations..

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          what drugs are you taking cos its turning you into a absolute retard

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        Rabok

        You are living in denial. Accept facts & instead of hero worshipping, get a life.

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        Rabok, so LTTE killed thousands of innocent Tamils. Then what did your Rajas do?? Gave them safe havens???? What happened to the people who surrendered. Your Gota says “let’s forget the past and go forward”.

        Master mind of Easter bombing is Gota, he funded the operations and the suicide bombers.

        When will you slaves wake up to facts. Why is is so difficult for your slaves go accept facts. Why is it that the Ranil fool protect the Rajas.

        Look then you can see but observe then you can understand

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        Your god should have prevented that.

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        Well Rabok. Some people have short memories. But some leaders are joining Gota’s campaign. Wijedasa Rajapakse has started to release some information on RW’s involvement with A Mahendran.

        Gota’s campaign has just started “weaponising” Easter bombing, Mehendran etc. More will come in due course…

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    99% of the new young voters love the western technology, music, food, life styles and education. Therefore choose somebody who respect western technology. 99% of the Sri Lankan’s who migrated to the west are doing well. No one want to go to China, North Korea,Russia, Cuba

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    Hard copies of all data relating to Gota has and had gone MISSING!

    If elected a substantial number of persons will also go MISSING.
    After all its a knee jerk reaction.

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      When those files were being transported from one office to the other for safe-keeping, was the vehicle bombed by the LTTE or by the Saharan gang?
      Isn’t this government (supported by keyboard heroes) responsible for some of the missing files? I’m just curious!

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    Rajapaksa’s comeback to politics was due to politically idiotic and foolish Ranil. If JR was in power, rajapaksha’s would have been completely eradicated from political field.
    Once Ranil dies someday, SL politics would be on proper track as it will stop the dealman completely ..

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    ” Indifference to speeding maniacal bus drivers……” is because we are blind !
    ” We ignore loud horns of buses…….” because we are now deaf ! When we are
    deaf and blind , what is there to talk ? So we are dumb ! This is an ideal
    situation for people like Sajith and Gota to learn driving ! To learn driving
    recklessly ! That is what they promise ! File disappearing is not a new syndrome ,
    it is age-old . The file named Lasantha went missing for ever in broad day light
    while the public was watching .Is it not a piece of cake to find the criminal if
    we rounded up a bunch of Islamist extremists in just two weeks after Easter
    bombing ? Are we not deaf blind and dumb to allow and listen to future possible
    criminals telling us that they can protect us ?

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    I believe we as a nation have acted irresponsibly for many decades. The main reason for this is we don’t understand what unity means.
    ..
    Without diversity the word unity has no meaning. In order to achieve unity, we need to find our common ground and build up from there. Otherwise we are looking at uniformity.
    ..
    When you choose your leaders, only cast your vote to inclusive leaders.
    ..
    Inclusive leaders are not afraid to empower people. They know how unique you are and what contributions you can make. They have compassion and willing to work with you, instead of against you for personal gains.
    ..
    Be divided and find disaster or collaborate and conquer the world.

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    What a joke! GR gives up his SL citizenship to migrate to the US. There’s nothing wrong with that – many people do likewise. Then, when brother MR is elected President, GR is afflicted with a bout of patriotism and returns to the island, regains his SL citizenship –in some controversial circumstances – and is now running for President! SU, the writer of this article, has enumerated the various allegations made against GR and the mysterious disappearance of documents that might affect him adversely.
    The position of President is the highest civil office in SL that anyone can aspire to. Given its importance, persons seeking that position should be persons who are deserving of being entrusted with that high office. They should be of obvious good character, respectable and respected, without any criminal record and not tainted with accusations and charges of complicity in crimes and improper conduct. Would you consider electing, even to a village council, someone who has various court cases pending against him, who has been accused of complicity in crimes and other wrongdoing and has not been cleared of those charges? How come, then, you are asked to elect him President? If we vote for someone with this sort of ‘baggage’ while being aware of it, we would, in effect, be saying that we really don’t care about good character and good name, the rule of law, justice or what’s right and wrong. In truth, we would also be saying that we don’t have respect for ourselves. It is a sobering thought.

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    SO MANY files are missing but rural uneducated budist pepole are very happy that HE MADE V.PRABAKARAN MISSING.suffering under singalease governments is nothing new to TAMILS.let singalease to elect GOTHAPAYA and taste the authority rule.state coffin is almost empty and if SLPP comes to power they have to bring lot of hardships to ordinary people to balance the BUDGET.WITH OUT SUPPORT FROM WORD BANK AND DONNER COUNTRIES they will not be able to manage as they are against WESTERN POWERS AND UNHCR.MAHINDA AND COMPANY WILL GET OUT OF ALL COURT CASES FILED AGAINST THEM.BUT their golayaas such as BOORUWNSE,GONPULLE,ROSE PAN JOHONSTON,NEWGAMAGE, AND FEW OTHERS will have to await for their turn as MAHINDA GROUP will spend most of their time TAKING REVENGE OF UNP-UNF LEADERS.POOR RURAL SUPPORTERS WILL HAVE TO GET USED TO EAT MANJOKA AND ROSE PAN AND POLSAMPOL.-JAYAWEEWA.

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    Suranimala, you know the answer well. We are stupid and doomed for good.We are now the “Venezuela of South East Asia”. The difference is our people are surviving on foreign loans which Venezuela could not afford because of sanctions. Our voters are stupid (not politicians ) and for that reason I have always addressed them as retarded. There is no other way to explain the family rule we had for more than 70 years. Our voters are not just stupid but are selfish and immoral . They keep creating, enabling and keep bringing them back to power again and again. (like giving life to a dead poisonous snake so that in return, it will kill you one day). Are we doomed ??? Neville says we are 14 Trillion Rs in debt (I am not even sure how many zeroes are there to quote in numerical value).Currently the country spends 80% of income in paying government debt. That is our daily state income is 5 Billion and expense is more than 7 Billion. A short fall of 2 Billion a day ???which is expected to get worse. This dosent even count other losses , as in Srilankan Airlines which is bleeding in billions daily. . But still we see our politicians flashing, taking weekly foreign trips, MS going on a world tour, to maintain the clown after retirement will alone cost millions monthly (reward for his disservice), politicians getting medical check ups and Botox in foreign countries, feeding our already morbidly obese politicians during sessions, pension (for what???).perks , luxury cars to travel ( even US politicians are not so fortunate, Biden was taking the train daily before moving to Capital as VP) the list dosent end. Then you have enough retards here in CT , who are happy to give excuses to justify these crooks. We are not just doomed , we are Royally F – – – – D .

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    We are doomed. The way both idiots Sajith and GOTA are promising Tax cuts and Free stuff, within few years we will be Asia’s Venezuela.

    Dumbness is oozing.

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    Simple answer is both and feel free to add other qualifiers to the title.

    I am sure, in this election, Medamulana “wahallu” will vote as Gota haamu and Mahinda haamu order. UNP wahallu will vote as Ranil Sir and Sajith Sir order. SLFP wahallu have no where to hide and no one to give orders so they have become “nannaththaara una wahallu”:-)

    Those few who really love the country and hate the 71+ years of corruption that brought SL from second best economy in Asia in 50s to the level of a failed state now, knowingly that they lose, will vote for either JVP and/or an alternate genuine candidate (not to any one of those loonies who has put his/her name for own personal gains).

    So…. this is the plight of LUR, aka SL/wonder of Asia, until slaves are liberated one day which no one has any idea when it would be. Until then….. God or whoever can bless SL bless. We all know Buddha has quit blessing SL slaves as they insult Buddhism broad day light.

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    Be a good Sinhala Buddhist and feed the sharks Gothabhaya keeps in his back garden. They are hungry and it is not good. Let us have more journalists and Tamils killed so that they could be fed for we Sinhala Buddhists cannot see any living thing go hungry.

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    Tailless monkey Deal Dasa and other similar ones keep on jumping from party to party as they do not have any loyalty to any party manifesto. They look at individuals from whom they can get personal benefit and jump. Documents vanishing Gotabaya Rajapakse (all his legal docs vanish from every case file) has a group of murderers, rapists, paga kings, tailless monkies, dual citizens, human rights violators, dual passport/id holders, stock forgers etc in his team.

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    It certainly not a coincidence that all the files have gone missing. During the 2015 election campaign Mahinda mentioned that he had files of the corrupt politicians . May be Gotler’s files are among them.

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    I constantly highlighted Rajapaksa family is an opportunistic cheat and do whatever to get into power. All the criminals are on their side.

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    A very good article It should be translated to Singhalese for the SINGHALA BUHIST voters. Even after reading it coming to know the missing activities by the so-called Rajapakse dynasty Who knows that he has his Visa ready to fly to uS if he loses. His wife is a citizen she can sponsor him and he can become US citizen. If Singhala Buddhist voters vote for him thaey are responsible for digging the grave for the country. Look at the people such as Weerawansa the CROOK, Sarath, Prof Peiris Disanakke. Dinesh I think Gotha has the support of Judiciary. Without any documentation how did he get Sri Lankan citizenship? This commonsense How can the Judges overlook the absence of documents Gotahs; brother anused the authority. The clause in the constituion cannot be treated as the BIBLE. Gota was cornered by the questions b Meer the Hindu reporter and others. It was supposed to be Gotha;s media meeting but the big photo of Rajapakse appeared. was it Rajapakse media meeting or Gotha’s meeting. That proves that he could not answer questions and was lying

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    Stupid and doomed yes!
    The hatred and fear of tamil speaking minorities is going to bring more bad karma (in various ways) to the island.
    It is the opposite of Singapore which honours its tamil minority. And as a result they rewarded the nation with their hard work and brains. Helping to raise Singapore to another level.

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      Tamil minority in Singapore know they are a minority and their homeland Tamil Nadu is far away. Therefore they are treated with respect by the Chinese. In the adjoining Malaysia they are constitutionally second class citizens. Those Tamils in Singapore and Malaysia never asked for 50-50.

      Soma

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        You are insinuating that if tamils didnt make politcal demands back in the 1950s, then they would not have been attacked. This is not true. We can see what has happened to muslims for proof of this. Muslims spent decades sucking up to Sinhalese, but they are now being targetted for genocide like tamils because of their success in recent years. So it clearly proves that Sinhalese are extremely jealous and fearful of minorities who are more intelligent/productive/disciplined/hardworking than they are. So this kind of dirty game of attacking minorities repeatedly until they retaliate, so that you can then justify whole scale mass murder and displacement in the name of ‘fighting terrorism’, seems to be the only way Sinhalese know to operate. But this is not benefitting anyone on the island at the end of the day. You are digging your own grave while trying to destroy others.

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        somass

        “Tamil minority in Singapore know they are a minority and their homeland Tamil Nadu is far away.”

        How do you know what they know?

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