By Asoka S. Seneviratne –
Prof. Asoka.S. Seneviratne
‘The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved’ ~ Richard Rogers
The “Clean Sri Lanka” program was launched on the 1st of January 2025 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD). According to the policy statement of AKD/NPP, there are priorities to focus on, and some cancers that need urgent elimination if “A Thriving Nation A Beautiful Life” is to be achieved. Given the above, there are four (4) primary goals of the Clean Sri Lanka program (i) eradication of rural poverty, (ii) environmental cleanup, (iii) building a digital economy and (iv) ensuring good governance to be achieved. These four (4) goals alone are not sufficient for transformative change for a new political culture, unless elimination of cancerous elements, namely (i) frauds (ii) corruption (iii) rackets (iv) bribery (v) waste (vi) misuse and mismanagement of resources and finally ensuring national security. In short, all of the above is meant to implement some aspects of the policy statement of the AKD/NPP government. This paper aims to present an analysis of the above to make the program part and parcel of today’s lives of the people and the country.
An Array of Degradations in the Context of Clean Sri Lanka
At the time of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was only second to Japan in economic development and ahead of South Korea in per capita income in 1960. However, later on, Sri Lanka slipped behind most Asian countries and became a poor country. It is not intended to write about the nature and extent of the poorness in Sri Lanka, as I provided analytical information about the poorness in my previous articles with Colombo Telegraph. In short, all can remember how Sri Lanka became bankrupt in 2022 due to gradual degradation on various fronts, and how people and country suffered accordingly. First, it was political degradation, followed by economic degradation. Green (UNP) and Blue (SLFP/SLPP), or elite or Wallawa politicians ruled the country from time to time since 1948. When they came to power with the help of the people, political parties and elite politicians treated Sri Lanka as their property, not as only caretakers for 5 years or so. The above low-quality mentality of politicians and political parties paved the way for the exploitation of the country’s power and resources for asset accumulation as far as possible for themselves, their families, and cronies. As a result, the gap between the rich and the poor widened (this led to political violence), marking a rural and urban divide; some were marginalized, many became destitute, while the debt burden of the country skyrocketed, and hence bankruptcy in 2022. Behind all of the above was perpetuating the above mentioned 6 (six) cancerous elements that ruined the country. Along with the political and economic degradation, it was the degradation of the law and order. It is simply when some powerful individuals and groups are not obeying the laws of a country, and hence, crime is not being controlled and punished in a transparent and accountable manner. Accordingly, justice is not fair for all. Politicians and the elite can buy the law, or they always hide behind laws; hence, many people feel uncomfortable with laws. There is mounting evidence in Sri Lanka that law enforcement authorities are corrupt and involved with bribes and rackets. In short, along with degradation on political and economic fronts, law and order are neglected, as the authorities are always focused on and treated based on status, positions, and richness of individuals, the norm in Sri Lanka.
Social degradation, or social problems, is the process of destroying a society, state, and individuals. Accordingly, some elements of social degradation include inequality and instability, absence or lack of access to basic needs (I.e., food, shelter, medicine e and education), uncontrolled urbanization, and loss of ecological balance such as destroying natural habitat of wife life, farming policies and methods negatively impact the social and environmental life support systems. Top of the above is the absence of respect and honor for the lives of others, perpetuating selfishness and greediness. Closely related to the above is environmental degradation, which is the process of the environment deteriorating through the depletion of resources, destruction of ecosystems, and pollution. Some examples of environmental degradation include deforestation, which can disrupt the water cycle, contribute to climate change, and lead to soil erosion; climate change can cause rising temperatures, sea level rise, drought, flooding, and more. Climate change can also cause soil erosion, which can lead to desertification. Air pollution can lead to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions, while Water pollution can include sacrificing stability, social relationships, health, and sometimes survival. In short, political, economic, social, and environmental degradations affect each other, causing source and effect results, leading to degraded county and people at the end of 76 years since independence. Finally, it is degradation of good governance. Good governance ensures public institutions and organizations are run in a way that is accountable, transparent, and free of corruption. Degradation of the above ruined the public life in numerous ways, but none was responsible, a tragedy. AKD/NPP government is in power and control to stop the four (4) degradations and other related elements under the banner of Clean Sri Lanka program.
Prerequisites for Clean Sri Lanka to be successful endevour
A broader sense, “Clean Sri Lanka”, is a huge undertaking, from head to feet. It is a national undertaking from North to South and East to West, embracing all communities and societies, and united effort of both public and private sectors. Given the above, it has the political will and commitment at the top, the greatest asset. Having 159 parliamentary seats out of 225, parliament is clear and supportive for the purpose, which is profound. During the inaugural meeting of Clean Sri Lanka program, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) emphasized on the fact that the Clean Sri Lanka program will cover every sector of the country so that it is aimed at rebuilding a fractured nation in numerous ways, the purpose is crystal clear.
Next, given the massiveness of the program, namely, (i) eradication of rural poverty, (ii) environmental clean up, and )iii) building a digital economy and (iv) good governance need other elements such as a clear project implementation plan, a resource plan (finance & material etc.), monitoring and evaluation /review plan with indicators, and finally reporting plan about the success/failure or outcomes. Among the program activities, there is a need for a program buy-in mechanism from government officials from Grama Niladarti, permanent secretaries, and public and private sector support, participation and contribution. This program is not about politics at all; it is the lifeblood
of the people and the nation, having a clear understanding of the country’s current predicament, the 76-year curse since 1948. In other words, as the wrong politics was played since 1948, the AKD/NPP government is in power to drive the country for a beautiful life for all that was deprived since 1948. Given the above, education and advocacy need to be conducted in a systematic and orderly manner for all stakeholders, including children from kindergarten to schools, and higher education instructions, on the basis of the numerous degradations indicated above.
Among the four (4) goals mentioned above, care for the environment and its protection are an unknown subject of many that can be seen in all public places in the country, unbelievable filthiness. It says cleanliness is next to godliness, but it is absent everywhere. It must be a habit to develop from birth, the foundation of quality life. It needs understanding, knowledge and education, starting from home, going to schools, going to all public places, and involved response, behavior, and conduct of individuals and organizations. The concept of sustainable use of resources or resume sustainability must be taught to all, as resource exploitation is the norm. Also, there is a great need for change in perception and attitude in many economic, social and cultural spheres. In Sri Lanka, politics is a source of employment, earning money, and accumulating assets, which is a wrong perception. However, NPP political leadership and its associates have already set examples in numerous ways concerning privileges, status, and conducting a simple life on par with the rest of the people in the country. Petiole’s attitude regarding law enforcement authorities has changed, as the authoririties are free to working independently without political influence, almost a new experience towards in changing attitude. Law breakers are not protested by politicians or any other influences, which is the right direction. The public can complain to authorities without being feared and becoming victims. Finally, Clean Sri Lanka needs systematic organization and skillful management, without properly organized, it cannot be managed to generate the expected outcome. All of the above are essential for the program’s success in the right direction.
Six (6) cancerous elements in the context of Clean Sri Lanka Program
Clean Sri Lanka is the beginning of a transformative change towards a new political culture. Given the above, the program seeks to go beyond the stated 4 goals and essentially includes elimination of 6 (six) cancerous elements mentioned above, (i) frauds, (ii) corruption, (iii) rackets, (iv) bribery, (v) waste, (vi) and misuse and mismanagement of resources. Along with my numerous articles (e.g. The Meaning of Rata Anurata) with the Colombo Telegraph, I vividly analyzed the above with examples. Accordingly, I concluded that in the absence of six cancerous elements, Sri Lanka possesses plenty of resources to provide a better life for all on par with developed countries, which is still valid, and hence, Clean Sri Lanka program can make it a reality. Except for a few, political leaders and their associates of the previous governments since 1948 were brutally corrupt; impunity has been the norm for them, a tragedy. Eradication of six cancerous elements is a huge challenge for the AKD/NPP government, because they are deeply rooted everywhere, is a plague. Some notorious politicians who are famous for six cancers are still in the country, together bureaucrats who supported and benefited from six cancerous elements are still in the public service. AKD/NPP government has been in power only for 3 months, so it cannot eliminate or uproot six cancerous elements overnight. However, I categorically argue to the extent that six cancerous elements are dealt with head-on, the successes of the Clean Sri Lanka program, or any other development initiative of the government can be assured.
In order to deal with six cancerous elements, the required legal framework (i.e. all law informant authorities, attorney general and judiciary) is in place. However, (i) effective and efficient use or implementation of the current legal framework should be a top priority of the government and (ii) if needed, enactment of additional legal frameworks should also be a top priority. It is a well-known fact that the current system or procedure for dealing with six cancerous elements is very slow or lethargic, complaints are mounting, and no action is being taken as required. It is a tragedy that needs serious remedial actions, and good intention alone is not sufficient to generate the expected results. Establishing new or specific courts nationwide to work with all complaints related to six cancerous elements will minimize the current long delays in prosecution and punishment for the culprits. In my recent article with Colombo Telegraph, “AKD/NPP Government: COPA, COPE, and MAFIA(s)”, I explained that under the AKD/NPP government, meetings of COPA and COPE should not be conducted based on questions and answers sessions anymore, emphasizing on prosecution by Auditor General. Furthermore, I explained a framework for how to follow up with wrongdoings related to government institutions and public enterprises. Under the regime of the AKD/NPP government, if COPA and COPE conduct business as usual, it is very doubtful that the goals of Clean Sri Lanka program could be achieved. I suggest that that COPA and COPE must use the Clean Sri Lanka program as a case study, not confined to question and answer session, only to generate the expected outcome without entertaining pretty excuses and explanations from government officials, the accountability is profound. Furthermore, as I clearly explained in my article, any form of Mafia or Mafias or underground activities cannot be existed under the regime of AKD/NPP government, a crucial element of success of Clean Sri Lanka Program.
Good Governance, the showcase of the success of Clean Sri Lanka Program
Finally, good governance ensures public institutions and organizations are run in a way that is accountable, transparent, and free of corruption. This is the showcase of the Clean Sri Lanka program. Governments are selected by people in order to improve and sustain all aspects of quality of life. Given the above, governments are required to fulfill their responsibities and obligations which have not been the reality in Sri Lanka since 1948. Instead, all political leaders and parties exploited people and resources of the country to maximize their benefits. The four goals of the Clean Sri Lanka program are the responsibilities of the AKD/NPP government, and hence, the government is accountable for the people and the country, with no excuses whatsoever. I mentioned that program activities should have indicators, so that the extent of the success of the program can be measured. For example, the number of people in rural areas without getting access to clean water is about 60% in 2025, and if the above problem is addressed and resolved, all people in the rural areas will have access to clean water in 2030, part and parcel of elimination of rural poverty. In short, Clean Sri Lanka program needs to be an strategic plan, (i) where we are in 2025, (ii) where we want to go by 2030 (iii) how to reach our goal in 2030 and finally (iv) how do we prove or know we reached our goals.
For the above, all including each rupee or public fund spent is accountable and hence transparent. Currently, billions of public funds are unaccountable, but none is responsible, utter waste of resource; it is not public finance at all, degradation. This practice and culture must be stopped with the Clean Sri Lanka program, as per my articles “AKD/NPP Government: COPA, COPE & MFIA (s).” In short, all the above provides solid and supportive atmosphere of transformative change in the right direction based on the Clean Sri Lanka program. Given the above, the Clean Sri Lanka pledge administered by all attendees at the ceremony on 1st January 2025 is an excellent move in the right direction for elevating people and the country to a more advanced status through a social, environmental, and ethical awakening. In short, the Clean Sri Lanka program is the lifeblood of the people and the nation as it will clean all comprehensively and inclusively for A Thriving Nation A Beautiful Life.
*Among many, the writer worked as the Special Advisor to the Office of the President of Namibia and was a Senior Consultant with UNDP for 20 years. He worked as a Senior Economist with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (1972-1993) before he migrated to New Zealand. The writer can contact via asoka.seneviratne@gmail.com
Ajith / January 3, 2025
“At the time of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was only second to Japan in economic development and ahead of South Korea in per capita income in 1960. However, later on, Sri Lanka slipped behind most Asian countries and became a poor country.””
In 1948, This land was not called as Sri Lanka. It was called Ceylon. It was under the Governor General of Ceylon (William Goapallawa until 1972. Then he was the non executive President until 1978. Until 1948, Sinhala racism and Buddhist Fundamentalism was not active role played in the governance which became the political power day by day in the power struggle between ruling Sinhalese Political field.
Unfortunately, even now after this country brought to bankrupt none of the Sinhalese experts are prepared to accept that country should be cleaned from Sinhala racism and Buddhist Fundamentalism. Even though the people who were brutally targeted by previous rulers since 1948 gave their support to this NPP government, NPP government is not prepared to clean up racism and religious fundamentalism or to accept that racism and fundamentalism that destroyed not only the economy but also political culture such as family rule, corruption, lawlessness etc.
Unless NPP clean up his own party, ministers, and members from racism and fundamentalism, the clean of Sri Lanka become pure Buddhist Sinhala Sri Lanka.
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SJ / January 3, 2025
Buddhist fundamentalism was a late arrival.
Pandering to superficial Buddhist ‘values’ started with Dudley Senanayake in 1965.
Caution against non-Buddhist officers of the police and army was a result of the coup attempt of 1962.
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There was Tamil racism with its racist prejudices that is conveniently overlooked.
Tamil and Sinhala racism have been inseparable twins. They worked together against Muslims in 1915.
Portraying all Sinhalese and Buddhits are racist bigots suits the purpose of some Tamil bigots. They do not want people to unite as that will send them out of business.
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Lester / January 4, 2025
“Buddhist fundamentalism was a late arrival.”
Is there such a thing as “Buddhist fundamentalism?” Fundamentalism involves forced conversion of others. We see that with Christianity and Islam. Or there is caste. There is no caste in Buddhism. In Hinduism, you don’t have the conversion, but you have caste at the very core. Anyway, you are confusing “Buddhist fundamentalism” with “Sinhalese nationalism.” The second exists.
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SJ / January 4, 2025
I used it mainly to avoid the term SB racism, which has much in common with the Burmese Ma Ba Tha.
If you insist I will make the substitution. But it is not the same as Sinhala nationalism, which has some positive features.
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Ajith / January 5, 2025
“There was Tamil racism with its racist prejudices that is conveniently overlooked.”
Who runs the Government of Sri Lanka? Is it Tamils or Sinhalese? It is vey sad that you were protecting racism and Buddhist Fundamentalism as part of Sinhalese government for the past 76 years. Yes not all Sinhalese or Buddhists are racists. But by elected racists and Fundamentalists governments they become racists and fundamentalists.
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a14455 / January 4, 2025
if you want a real comparison of countries from 1950 to now look at this tool .
Sri Lanka certainly was not only second to Japan as our learned friend with made up numbers says. I doubt any of this had that much to do with Tamil issues. It is true that Sri Lanka did not have a massive rise like the countries in east asia over the years but it has been a mid performing country in Asia while it fought war for 30 odd years. but if you look at the world in the 50s to now the economy has not changed as much as it did in countries in East West or South East asia
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/maddison-data-gdp-per-capita-in-2011us-slopechart?country=LKA~SGP~TWN~THA~VNM~PHL~MMR~JPN~IND~KOR~IDN~CHN~BGD~BHR~East+Asia+%28MPD%29~QAT~SAU~MYS
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a14455 / January 4, 2025
well here are the real figures
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/maddison-data-gdp-per-capita-in-2011us-slopechart?country=LKA~SGP~TWN~THA~VNM~PHL~MMR~JPN~IND~KOR~IDN~CHN~BGD~BHR~East+Asia+%28MPD%29~QAT~SAU~MYS
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a14455 / January 4, 2025
Most of what is written here is untrue. Sri Lanka was NOT the second country to only Japan in GDP per capita in 1948 and Japan was not even the leader in GDP in 1950. There are many websites but I cannot post them here as the comment is rejected. What is true is that while the GDP per capita has grown in SL it has not grown like the east Asian of middle eastern countries countries.
I suppose if you repeat a lie often enough it may end up being considered the truth.
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old codger / January 4, 2025
A14455,
That particular urban legend is a false comparison, like the other one about Singapore. In 1948, Japanese industry had been destroyed by the war. If its GDP was higher than Ceylon, that was something creditable.
“I suppose if you repeat a lie often enough it may end up being considered the truth.”
Like saying “Singapore was a fishing village in 1956”.
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deepthi silva / January 4, 2025
OC, is your assertion that nothing dishonest happened between Mahendran ( Governor Central Bank) and his son-in-law Aloysius the Bond dealer also an urban legend ?
Those auctions were completely dominated by Aloysius ( Perpetual) , even other primary dealers like government banks kept away or put in bids on behalf of Perpetual !
Ranil/Mahendran had the whole thing in their greedy hands
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old codger / January 4, 2025
Deepthi
“OC, is your assertion that nothing dishonest happened between Mahendran ( Governor Central Bank) and his son-in-law Aloysius the Bond dealer “
Of course it was dishonest. But if you can’t figure out that the government can’t lose money by borrowing it, I can’t help you…..
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deepthi silva / January 4, 2025
Codger it is an auction ! The government tries to borrow at the best possible rate ., the dealer tries to buy at the best possible rate for maximum profit in the secondary market.
When the father in law sells bonds to his crooked son in law….
Mahendran/Charlie/Aloysius are Ranil’s best friends( if the rascal was properly cross examined on his friendship with this low grade Mahendran family we would have learnt a lot ) .
Ranil appointed Mahendran chairman BOI before ( This so called international banker shows many skills whenever Ranil is in power and he gives up whatever he is doing overseas and flies to 5th lane Colombo)
Ranil appointed Mahendran to the Central bank overruling all objections. When Sirisena wanted to sack him Ranil went all out to defend the crooked banker. ,Ranil led the foot note gang.Ranil even recommended him for a second term and finally facilitated his escape to Singapore.
How many times has Ranil met Mahendran in Singapore since ?
Assisting criminals is a crime
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deepthi silva / January 4, 2025
OC on a simple note when you borrow from a bank don’t you ever compare the interest rates of various banks ?
Your dishonesty shows in the way you try to side track.
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Lester / January 5, 2025
Deepthi Silva,
The “Gang of Three” may not have traded a stock or any other asset in their life. Their denials are amusing! With that aside, what is interesting here: the CB committing insider trading. I have never seen that in over 30 years of trading. Usually it’s some hedge fund or politician. If the CB is doing it, it tells you the financial system as a whole must be rotten. That is what we see here; the Governer of the CB taking a cut and Ranil facilitating it. Obviously Ranil got a cut as well. Is it a coincidence that a Sri Lankan, Raj Rajaratnam, was involved in the largest insider trading case in the USA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Rajaratnam. He was trading on tips received from high-level Indian execs at Intel & other places.
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LankaScot / January 5, 2025
Hello Lester,
“Obviously Ranil got a cut as well”.
Evidence?
Best regards
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Lester / January 6, 2025
Hello Scot,
Do you understand the scenario here? The government raises capital by selling bonds. A bond is an IOU. The Central Bank buys the bonds from the government and sells them in the secondary market (auction). The main point is that the government sold the bonds at a discounted rate, which incurs future losses, because it has to issue bonds at a higher rate later on. Bond price is inversely correlated with yield. In this case, Arjuna Mahendran manipulated the yields, allowing Perpetual Treasuries (chairman = son-in-law) to buy the bonds at a lower than normal price. Simple arbitrage: Perpetual sells the bonds at a higher price (lower yield) and profits off the difference.
This is insider trading because Arjuna Mahendran (CB governer) has the power to adjust the interest rate, which affects the bond yields. Perpetual Treasures should not have been allowed to purchase the coupon –> a clear conflict of interest. It also invalidates the purpose of the auction, since one bidder has an unfair advantage over all other bidders.
As for Ranil, he interfered with the investigation into Mahendran. A lot of evidence in this direction. Ranil did not do this for free, why would he?
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
Lester the clown,
“As for Ranil, he interfered with the investigation into Mahendran. A lot of evidence in this direction. Ranil did not do this for free, why would he?”
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RW never obstructed the investigations. The truth is that he himself went to them and gave his opinion on what he knew about it. This is what forced me to read about this. If anyone has other ideas, it is better to give us links so that we can clear our doubts.
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Who do you think you are to continue behave like this?
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The independent commission appointed by MS as the then president has revealed the commission recommendations rejected by President Sirisena with the direct intervention of Mahinda Rajapaksa. It continued to keep away from public under GOTA’s presidency and RW did not even touch it because he thought he was appointed only to revive the economy.
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old codger / January 6, 2025
Would some economic genius explain what exactly the loss was? Was it more than the loss from Srilankan, which was an annual average of 18 billion? It is amusing that all the fuss about fake bond scams and Easter bombings led to the election of Gota, the worst ruler in the country’s history.
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Lester / January 7, 2025
Babalawathie/Leela,
Ranil prevented the extradition of Arjuna Mahendran from Singapore to SL.I don’t care if you believe it or not, I have no interest in persuading lunatics of anything, other than a peaceful surrender to the psychiatric ward.
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old codger / January 6, 2025
“The “Gang of Three” may not have traded a stock or any other asset in their life”
-says the high-IQ reverend who says Sinhalese are 89% of the population,
That Manmohan Singh was an Italian;
That Turks speak Arabic
And many more gems of wisdom…..
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
OC,
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we should better nominate him for the 2025 Nobel Prize.
He’s breaking all the stupid records.
Oh my, what school did IQ-Genius behind the scenes go to?
Even Moroccans who never went to school aren’t this stupid. However, his Siamese twin, Deepti, is here to praise the eunuch.
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Lester / January 7, 2025
Sonia Gandhi is 100% Italian (as I claimed). No one claimed Turks speak Arabic. Those who can’t read properly also live in poverty and hide their ethnicity, there’s your gem of wisdom.
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old codger / January 7, 2025
Full quotes from Lester:
“Lester / December 1, 2024
“Even when you take “Jews” out of the picture, there is no such thing as an Arab “democracy.” Turkey might be the closest thing,
“Indians don’t see themselves as one cohesive unit, they identify much more with their ancestral region. That’s why they elected a full-blooded Italian to be PM. No other Asian country would dream of doing that.”
(It wasn’t Manmohan Singh who was PM. Therefore Lester claims Manmohan Singh was an Italian)
BTW, aren’t your gods the Rajapaksas US citizens mostly?
“The cuisine of Sri Lanka is entirely different from India”
Go home Lester, you’re senile.Your brain can’t remember what you write. But I can.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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old codger / January 7, 2025
“It wasn’t Manmohan Singh who was PM. “
It was Manmohan Singh who was PM.
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old codger / January 7, 2025
LM,
There is something called the Ignobel Prize. Just the thing for Lester:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/sep/12/ig-nobel-prize-goes-to-team-who-found-mammals-can-breathe-through-anuses
You think Lester can do that?
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
“Those who can’t read properly also live in poverty and hide their ethnicity, there’s your gem of wisdom”.
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Are u real?.
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Get back to ur own archives and clear the doubts 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
“Ranil prevented the extradition of Arjuna Mahendran from Singapore to SL”.
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As always please 🙏 the name of all invisible forces, provide us with reliable source of ur info.
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Jvprs acted like u and today AKD ,HARINI AND ALL THEIR MEN HAVE BECOME WEDABARI TARZONS before the nation. PEOPLE ARE SMAHING POL/COCONUT AGAINST THEM.
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U can fool 🤣 the kind of mad cows 🐄 [ NOT INSULTING REAL COWS]of Deepthi nature, but not everyone is like that.
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Lester / January 7, 2025
An old senile clown, living in poverty, who can’t read. .Turkey is Muslim, Arabs are Muslims. Turkey has two Arab neighbors which failed. Turkey claims to be a democracy. It is the closest Muslim country to the Arabs.
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Lester / January 7, 2025
After Congress won the election, Sonia Gandhi was nominated PM, which she declined. Indians voted for Congress, knowing Sonia would be the PM.
Those with low IQ’s, such as “Old Codger”, who claim to be supporters of India, don’t even know the history.
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old codger / January 7, 2025
“That’s why they elected a full-blooded Italian to be PM. “
-Lester
“Sonia Gandhi was nominated PM, which she declined.”
– Lester the infallible.
“Turkey is Muslim, Arabs are Muslims. Turkey has two Arab neighbors which failed. “
By Lester logic, “Iran is Muslim. It has an Arab neighbour. Therefore it is an Arab country.
Furthermore, Lester has nice legs, so she must be attractive to Punjabis.
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old codger / January 8, 2025
“Sinhalese are 89% of the population,”
-Lester
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old codger / January 5, 2025
Deepthi,
” borrow from a bank don’t you ever compare the interest rates of various banks ?”
If you think borrowing at 12% is a “loss”, then what would you call borrowing at 25%, which your hero Gota did? Everything is relative.
So tell me how the government lost 11 billion rupees in a year, since you seem to know so much?
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
OC your dishonest arguments reveal your kind !
These things are done in half-percent or even quarter- percent ( borrowing billions)
The true people of this country will have to pay 8% whereas they could have paid 7.5% at the prevailing rates then.
Mahendran raised the coupon rate ( for these specific Bonds) to make it easier for the son in law in the secondary market
Later of course the rates went up.During when Ranil was his Excellency it went up to 20-30%.
I am talking about Ranil/Mahendran era and the scam. Don’t try to confuse the reader with other events in your typical Thosai style.
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old codger / January 5, 2025
Deepthi,
“The true people of this country will have to pay 8% whereas they could have paid 7.5% at the prevailing rates then.”
No, they didn’t. The prevailing rate was 9% and Aloysius got 11%.. You can check it out. If you don’t know these details, you shouldn’t be making accusations on hearsay. So, you haven’t answered the question. Wasn’t it a greater loss to borrow at 25% a few years later? Or during Chandrika’s time when the rate was 25%?
Now , shall we talk about something you know about?
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
Dear OC,
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Please watch the video below.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrii3RAJOk
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Saman Vidyarathna is fooling the audience about improving credit ratings. How shameless do these sons of bitches have to be? I think the opposition should file a case against the lies and public lies of NPP politicians.
How can these culprits face the same audience like this?
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Mahila / January 7, 2025
Idiosyncrasy Maximus by Rotten head on the way to Rubbish Bin – Knows “Bl___y Hell of LOT” about Bond Auctions and HOW BEST to MAKE BEST OUTCOME!!!?? Borrowed from a BOOK written obviously by a ‘PERAMBULATOR’ in Hyde Park searching for scraps from Rubbish bins and accidentally come across collection of food infested with white Powder and due extreme huger consumed it!!?? Best remedy is let the DOGS sleep it out for effect to vanish!!! No other remedy!!?? Or a very good Bang, to exhort the signified malefic effects, thoughts emanating profusely and continuously, ever since!!??
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Mahila / January 7, 2025
If whatever Interest, the Bond auction DIDN’T materialise in 03/2015, became NON-EVENT, then it would have been Kaput (BANKRUPTCY) for SL in 03/2015 instead of 03/2022 when it happened??? Non-payment of Loans to China for HPP (Hambantota Port Project) and Lakvijaya Power Project I, II and III borrowings would have triggered it!!?? That’s why, then Secretary to Treasury (2014) PBJ, suggested, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR MARA TO LOSE the 2014/15 elections and Blame RW who would become, to take the RAP with DUMB Gamarala Maithri at the helm, resulting non-payment to Chinese Loan and Bankruptcy!!?? R Bros., & Co., Blood suckers the ruination of the country!!!??? Or Chinese demanding regime change to overlook the default in repayment!!? They looted and stockpiled stolen money next 5 generations going forward, to earn larger commission during their reign!!???
RW didn’t let that happen, for MaRa to take advantage!!?? That was the underlying angst and consequent political coup by the EP, Mattaya’s in October 2018 – who isn’t erudite to read Sinhala version of SL constitution and comprehend, the necessary remedial action, instead he sacked RW and got the robber baron back to position he was booted out by the public at the PE!!??
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Ajith / January 5, 2025
Not only Arjuna Mahendran but also Rajapaksa Family also protected by Ranil. Even he gave protection for Arjuna Mahendran to run away from Sri Lanka he protected Gotabaya to run away from Sri Lanka and safely to come back again to Sri Lanka and to give all benefits as ex President.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
As always, Ajith Dasaya has no evidence, but without any reasonable cause, former President R.W.
Time will tell how it ends soon. AKD led rule is already stuck somewhere.
I feel sorry for N/E Sri Lankans, however, if Ajith or such slaves/extremists do not respect the norms, things will never work out for the common good. Basta.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
OC and all other rational thinkers,
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Even economic experts around the world are still unclear on whether the so-called CBSL “bond scam” is acceptable in 2020. In Sri Lanka, without proper knowledge of the facts, character assassination can easily be committed against any individual.
-If AM (a singapore national) was totally the accused, why on earth, powerful SINGAPORE authorities stay silent on this, not having done the due long ago ?
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There may have been insider trading, if RW was the architect of the scam and the speculation should be closely examined.
Despite the recommendations of an independent commission accusing former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his henchman and “then Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal” as its main architects, this has somehow been blocked by the Rajapaksas and Sirisena on the contract of his Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party, Mara. The theft dates back to its inception in 2008.
AKD and similar L-board politicians criticized anything and everything without proper investigation into it. And AKD foolishly interpreted the Sigiriya murals as a foolish teenager, saying that “even such murals depict cosmetics used by women.” The truth was that it was just a phantom image. The phantom image is clearly visible to the senses but remains transparent and intangible. Nevertheless, the phantom image is a future-oriented object.
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LankaScot / January 4, 2025
Hello Deepthi,
I did some digging into what happened during the “Bond Scam”. I made some comments at the time, but what I couldn’t find was a connection to Ranil. Now if you have found concrete evidence then your Detective skills are much better than mine.
Best regards
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leelagemalli / January 4, 2025
LS,
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“I did some digging into what happened during the “Bond Scam”. I made some comments at the time, but what I couldn’t find was a connection to Ranil.”
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Even economic experts around the world are still unclear on whether the so-called CBSL “bond scam” is acceptable in 2020. In Sri Lanka, without proper knowledge of the facts, character assassination can easily be committed against any individual.
-If AM (a singapore national) was totally the accused, why on earth, powerful SINGAPORE authorities stay silent on this, not having done the due long ago ?
.
There may have been insider trading, if RW was the architect of the scam and the speculation should be closely examined.
Despite the recommendations of an independent commission accusing former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his henchman and “then Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal” as its main architects, this has somehow been blocked by the Rajapaksas and Sirisena on the contract of his Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party, Mara. The theft dates back to its inception in 2008.
AKD and similar L-board politicians criticized anything and everything without proper investigation into it. And AKD foolishly interpreted the Sigiriya murals as a foolish teenager, saying that “even such murals depict cosmetics used by women.” The truth was that it was just a phantom image.
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
Leela you are priceless ! So unique ! So hilarious !
Leela,there are so many complexities in this world, unfortunately for your simple simon soul !
There are many Indian crooks from India living in UK. Why doesn’t UK the mother of most our laws just hand them over to India which has repeatedly requested their extradition ? Even in Canada it is the same .
Mahendran has not been convicted in a criminal court in SL so far .At the commission inquiry when RW was going to be cross examined by the prosecuting State Counsel Dappula Livera , the Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya who had nothing to do with the case thus far turned up and took over the cross examination. He soft peddled the case.Later RW made Jayasuriya the CJ !
The laws presume that the President, Prime Minister, CJ ,AG,Governor Central Bank are good men who will not subvert the system.
When they do that , everything becomes difficult.That is what happened with Ranil/Mahendran, even MR/Gota/Cabrall. These are not men who should ever have held high office.
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Lester / January 6, 2025
“These are not men who should ever have held high office.”
On some level, you are correct. However, in the case of MaRa, there was some necessity. Prabhakaran/LTTE were playing cat and mouse with CBK. She was ready to sell the country off, starting with so-called “federalism.”
https://bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com/cdn.dailymirror.lk/assets/uploads/image_ecbce378ce.jpg
It’s baffling why the LTTE tried to kill CBK. Though there were also attempts to kill MaRa, GoTa, and SF. Maybe the plan was to put Ranil into power? Is Ranil an LTTE agent? Millennium City points in that direction. And he never needed any security detail.
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old codger / January 7, 2025
Deepthi,
Lester says you are wrong, and the Rajapaksas aren’t crooks.
🤣🤣
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LankaScot / January 7, 2025
Hello OC,
If you have ever seen the film “Split” by M. Night Shyamalan, you will understand Lester’s condition. His answer will depend on whether he is wearing his ” Kippah”, Vicar’s Cassock or his Bishop’s Mitre. Maybe Deepthi, DTG and Lester are all aspects of the same Consciousness?
Best regards
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old codger / January 7, 2025
LS,
I visualize Lester as Norman Bates’s mother in”Psycho”……….
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Lester / January 7, 2025
Scot,
My condition is quite good. I don’t know about you, hanging out in a third-world village in the “golden years.” You frequently complain about power cuts. For an intellectual giant of your stature, who has knowledge of everything under the Sun, you should be retired in the Riviera. Meanwhile, enjoy the Dunning Kreuger, that’s what you excel at. Look at your “supporters” here, two clowns who don’t know the meaning of insider trading.
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old codger / January 8, 2025
LS,
A slight modification.: I visualize Lester as Norman Bates’s mother in a rocking chair, muttering ” Dunning Kreuger…..Turkish Arabs…..Dunning Krueger….Brahmin IQ…..Dunning Krueger…..crabs have many legs…crabs are insects…Dunning Krueger…..
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deepthi silva / January 4, 2025
Scott you are blind when it suits you. Why dont you employ super spy Leela to investigate Ranil/Mahendran happenings in 5th Lane/Flower Road precincts ?
It will have to be adults only !
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LankaScot / January 5, 2025
Hello Deepthi,
So do you have evidence?
Best regards
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
I say Scott since you landed here the average IQ in Scotland must have improved. They are definitely less pompous now in Scotland ! The man confused by his little knowledge has gone back to his roots !
This forum is not a court of law and I am not proving any case here to satisfy you.
Even in a criminal case the jury decides on the evidence and their impressions of the witnesses/accused . Cases are not proved mathematically.
Where this rascal Ranil W is concerned, our jury has 24 million souls.
Ranil lost his seat even in Colombo West ! The UNP did not win a single seat.
Don’t you think the jury decision is clear.?
He also must now run away to Singapore and start writing his famous book- ‘the most disgraceful politician of Sri Lanka’ !
Hope he won’t forget to donate his house to Royal College !
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
Deperate DS,
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If you call RW a rascal, you must not have the words to find Rajapaksas in your weak vocabulary. Rajapaksa robbed the nation of its last coin by manipulating Deepthis’ false religious thinking until the country was declared a divided state.
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The criminals did this by giving priority to the Sanga Balakaya (actually hypocrites in disguise. The best example is the rise of Mangalamaya Hamuduruwan and Galabodaaththe Ghanasara) in their parades.
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I wonder why the AKD-led groups continue the bold steps of the rascal since July 2022. The country was hanging by the last thread, however, thanks to Mr. Wickremesinghe, the people were saved from falling further. Now it is being realized more than before September 21, 2024.
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A few days ago, the same AKD had shamelessly appreciated the excellent work done by the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardena and the CBSL Governor, Dr. N Weerasinghe.
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The aforementioned duo was also appreciated during the influential 2.5 years of the RW#S presidency. However, the mlechcha media suffers from DS-SYNDROME and never allows the truth to be spoken.
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Please answer to LS, you shouldn’t entertain us with your stupid ignorance to our crucial questions.
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LankaScot / January 5, 2025
Hello Deepthi,
You don’t have to prove your case, just point all of us to some evidence.
I am no fan of Ranil, he supported the Rajapakses for a long time. He may have turned a blind eye to much of their Criminal Activities over the years. He probably knows exactly why Sirisena b*ggered off just before the Easter Bombings, however to accuse someone you need Evidence.
I worked for many months at the Royal Courts of Justice and spent 3 years Teaching at the Crown and County Courts, For Criminal Cases they need to be proved “Beyond all reasonable Doubt”; for Civil Cases it can be on “the Balance of Probabilities”.
There is much more to a Trial than meets the eye. I have seen Trials fail for many reasons. I was teaching Court Service Staff and the Judiciary how to use their Software and Hardware so I became familiar with much of their Practices and Legal Terminology.
I would emphasise that I am not qualified to determine the Guilt or Otherwise of Sri Lanka’s Politicians, however this Forum is not a Court and we can judge for ourselves the likelihood that Crimes were committed.
Best regards
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
Scotty you ask for evidence to prove Ranil’s complicity in the Bond Scam .
There is a lot of circumstantial evidence before and after the bond scam some which I have outlined.
In the same breath you suggest that Sirisena was behind the Easter bombing, Rajapakas’ are criminals, they killed Thajudeen , they robbed this and that .
Please give us at least some of this evidence.
It is obvious your main anger against the Rajapaksa guys is that they defeated your lord and master and gave him an inglorious end. The Rajapaksa dishonesty cannot be as issue for you guys because your genes are all dishonest.
Please be honest enough to admit this.
We can see through your lot.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
Ls,
“You don’t have to prove your case, just point all of us to some evidence”.
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What if she is used to waste our precious 😔 time by adding “koheda yanne malle pol” answers?
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LankaScot / January 6, 2025
Hello Deepthi,
Circumstantial Evidence is not enough.
“Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media. Hours after that, violent protesters were clashing with police outside a nearby mosque — the first of several violent protests in across England”. https://apnews.com/article/uk-southport-stabbing-online-misinformation-1dcd23b803401416ac94ae458e5c9c06
This was used by Right Wing Groups led by Tommy Robinson to foment Anti-Muslim violence.
The actual killer of the Girls was a Christian, Axel Rudakubana, born in the U.K. to Rwandan parents.
As for Sirisena, I never implied that he was behind bombings, however Ranil knew of the Indian Warnings, as did Harin Fernando’s Father and possibly many others. Harin a Roman Catholic did not go to the Easter Celebrations neither did his Nephew. Read this https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/05/04/why-didnt-harinf-tell-the-cardinal-about-easter-sunday-attacks/
The Indian Letter dated 11th April is Concrete Evidence. “In fact HarinF had visited Temple Trees before the attacks & had shown PM Ranil a letter that had been sent to police officials warning of an attack”.
Best regards
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old codger / January 5, 2025
Deepthi,
Stop making an ass of yourself. You know NOTHING of the subject, you have no evidence. If Mahendran was convicted, he is innocent.
The people aren’t a court. They elected Gota with 6.9 m votes. Are you saying they were correct? Yes or no please,.
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
Wow logician old codger. you are very smart ( dishonest) in arguing Vaddais when we are talking Thosais !
Stop being a western oriented guy, you simply cannot be one. You are just a dishonest thambi !
Where ever you go Sri Lanka, USA, Canada you guys will rob the country
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
“Stop making an ass of yourself”.
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From her comments, I already assumed her to be an ass [no insult 😒 to the innocient animal]
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This woman/ man knows nothing other than insulting any other commenter. Wow to her 40 year stay in London!
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old codger / January 6, 2025
Deepthi,
“You are just a dishonest thambi !” What a brilliant argument.
“Where ever you go Sri Lanka, USA, Canada you guys will rob the country”
Aren’t you the one sitting in the cold in London? If you want me to come over and warm things up for you, just send a ticket. But the Rev. Bishop of Birmingham is much closer.
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Lester / January 6, 2025
Deepthi Silva,
“Where ever you go Sri Lanka, USA, Canada you guys will rob the country”
Like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPLjoM90ao&ab_channel=TheCrimePiece. I don’t know how they get the visa to go to the USA. Working in cheap motels while running these scams on the side. They threaten the old people (who are not so good with technology) and claim to be from the government. Immediate payment is due! Yes sir! The guy in the video demanded payment in the form of gold bars from an elderly man. Yankee police should hire Scot to educate the elderly people on hardware & software.
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deepthi silva / January 6, 2025
OC you repeat this question as if it is ‘the question!”
People have to vote between the choices they are given.
In any election for the people of Sri Lanka anyone else is preferable to Ranil, whatever some hateful self-important old man says.
That particular election when Gota won your god Ranil as usual did not come forward but Premadasa forward to face the fire.Had Premadasa won Ranil would have become PM and done a Sirisena on him !
We can see your three guys ( Leela,OC and Scott) hate Premadasa.
Who do you hate more, Premadasa or Gota ?
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deepthi silva / January 6, 2025
OC, tell us your interpretation of the Bond scam ? Act of charity ? Raising money for the UNP ? Why hasn’t Mahendran got a job anywhere in the world since the scam ? why hasn’t Ranil won an election since ?
Since you KNOW everything show us how big your Every thing is !
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
LS,
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Evidences and DS’s sarcastic or stupid comments ? Pigs might fly- as my granny would say it.
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From what I know from her inconsistent comments, she is nothing but a disgusting woman who cannot get out of her isolationist mindset.
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The biggest failure is the nature of her thinking, which is not unique to her but is typical of the “boomers” type who cannot see beyond it.
My dear LS, you will come to know the kind of people in your vicinity through your dearest wife, some people would not let others to feed them with facts. My sister who turns 70 is no different. I can talk a lot but they would never change – reminding us the granny’s saying “dog s tail would not be straightened even if it would be put in a bamboo sheath”.
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She has an inborn grudge against Mr. Wickremesinghe, whose fearless steps taken since July 2022 have now become the basis for – Liar-AKD led groups to pretend their first 100 days (today it is an accepted scale to measure the capabilities of new emerging leaders). Looking at the manner AKD’s moves forward in a snail move, I believe, his will not last long as much as Gota’s presidency destined it.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
Deepthi the self-proclaimed pundit,
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“You are asking for evidence to prove Ranil’s involvement in the bond scam – there is a lot of circumstantial evidence before and after the bond scam. I have shown some of it.”
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TO my own study, You, Deepthi is similar to the slaves who voted for NPP for a ” system change” and now being dissappointed by a poltical campaign headed by ” clean srialnka”. Clean srilanka is to win the hearts and minds of the slaves for their upcoming PC elections, however it will backfire sooner than later.
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May be due to coldness in europe, you are not being able to provide us with good answers, instead ” koheda yanna malle pol” being added by you, puzzle us by day.
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A controversial minister-Kottachchi (rumoured to jump on to bed for 80euros a night) in the current government aka Uganda Kumari, has loudly stated in her preelection rallies that the Rajapaksas hid their stolen FUNDs in Uganda, but it has been confessed by her after grabbing power, as it was not stolen funds but printed MONEY notes on a contract offered by Uganda for their own money printing.
In the same manner, another foul mouth by name Wasantha Samanarasinghe (another Burampi as Trade minister) admitted that former Energie minister was not accussed by them of having pickpocketed of 160 rps /liter of Petrol during his tenure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZXE5l4lf8
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Tbd
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
cont.
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Also, the BOND scam fabricated by the SLPP and JVP was no different and it went viral, however, there was no clear evidence among the experts to accuse RW directly.
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In the same way, the news that entire76 years (all leaders upto 2024) destroyed the nation, but those who shouted in the pre- election were not able to do even a solution to even little issues, and why ?
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Just because you have hatred for RW, you cannot blame RW without presenting credible evidence that he was unarguably behind the bond scam. It will be the same in a future court investigation. When AM was appointed as CBSL, there was no independent legal entity for CBSL, which is true. If you have forgotten, please go back to the details and clear your doubts. Long before AM entered the bank, Cabral’s sister was in the administration of CBSL. Although there is enough evidence to prove that some irregularities took place as far back as 2008, the Rajapakshe biased Sri Lankan journalists and the JVP had no balls to reveal the truths but blamed the UNP because their intention was to marginalize the UNP and overthrow the then government. They succeeded it
Tbd
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old codger / January 5, 2025
Deepthi,
You seem to know a lot about what happens in 5th Lane bedrooms. In what capacity were you involved?
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deepthi silva / January 5, 2025
OC the kind of debating point you pick on !
Yes I like to insult this pansy for the harm he does to Sri Lanka and the destruction of the respect the UNP had until he became leader. Today it has become a joke.
You know I respect no one, I have no heroes unlike you.
By the way Scotty and OC, this Mahendran guy was the chief fund raiser for Ranil. They shared most of the money.
All of Ranil’s main fund raisers are from your community.
Wonder why ?
That is where all the white collar crime happens, sleaze thrives and the fellows don’t talk unlike the Sinhala businessmen who give bribes and talk about it all over Colombo !
This Ranil rascal knows this .racial trait.
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old codger / January 5, 2025
“They shared most of the money.”
So, exactly how much money? Calculations please.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
OC,
Why is that DDS never utters a single word against Rajapakses? Even Teenagers hate the Rajapakses today.
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Besides, Now it is becoming clear, not RW but SP destroyed UNP.
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Elephant 🐘 in the room, why on earth are they silent 🤫 on the facts?.
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old codger / January 5, 2025
“All of Ranil’s main fund raisers are from your community.”
Which community is that? What is your community then? Portuguese? Or a Tamil, since Deepthi is a Hindu feminine name. Or is it really Shenali, another Hindu name?
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deepthi silva / January 6, 2025
OC ,if I use your own logic, am I to assume you are English, because your name “old Codger” is English ?
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old codger / January 6, 2025
DS,
“because your name “old Codger” is English ?”
I know you’re not very bright. That’s OK. One doesn’t have to be bright to get refugee status in UK.
But most dumb refugees would know that “old codger” is a description. “Deepthi Silva” is a name.
Here are a few more descriptions for your appraisal:
1.Silly cow
2.Dumb f**k
3.Welfare freeloader
4.Flatulent Barmaid
5. Pretentious Coconut.
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old codger / January 6, 2025
DS,
“Ranil’s main fund raisers are from your community.”
“the fellows don’t talk unlike the Sinhala businessmen “
“You know I respect no one, I have no heroes unlike you.”
“I have no bias unlike you”
Have you heard of consistency?
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LankaScot / January 6, 2025
Hello Deepthi,
Old Codger is a Noun not a name and is slang for eccentric or humorous “old man”. You can choose whatever you like as a “Pen Name” as long as it is not offensive.
By the way Premadasa hasn’t killed anyone (or had them killed) as far as I know. He lacks Empathy, Charisma and badly needs Coaching in these skills
Social astuteness
Interpersonal influence
Networking ability
Thinking before speaking
Managing up
Apparent sincerity
He doesn’t leave a good impression and doesn’t seem to have any power of persuasion.
Gotaba Rajapakse on the other hand should be tried for War Crimes at the Hague.
Best regards
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
Hello LS,
thanks for your comment below on Rajapakshes and everything.
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I was very surprised when I read them. Even though our people have lived there all their lives, they did not realize how much damage the Rajapakshes have deliberately caused to the island nation. Our good commentator SM for example had no idea at all how much damage the Rajapakshes have caused to the people by pretending to be fake patriots.
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My German colleagues would say that LS or similar are well integrated and have a broader view of the country’s politics. You, the kind of people, have been lucky to get along with different nationalities and that might be the reason why you want to improve your understanding of Sri Lankan politics. Your knowledge is really above average.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
OC,
Some of her comments hinted to me that she might be an expert at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeperbahn in Hamburg. According to some sources, that is where Dolly Buster (srilanken counter part is Desperate DS) started her carrier.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
Ls,
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“Why dont you employ super spy Leela to investigate Ranil/Mahendran happenings in 5th Lane/Flower Road precincts ?”.
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Time will clear the doubts 😌.
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Current govt has assured the nation that they will punish AM [ Singapore national] as soon as they come to power.
We ll be watching out.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
DS,
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“It will have to be adults only”.
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.THIS IS WHY I COMPARE U WITH DOLLY BUSTER 😏 IN GERMANY 🇩🇪.
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Nothing but what come from u is similar to garbage,please check ur own archives in CT , thank u.
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LankaScot / January 8, 2025
Hello Lester,
It really puzzles you doesn’t it. Now have a look at how many people are leaving the UK. Maybe you won’t be far behind them?
By the way excelling at something is a Negation of me suffering from the Dunning Kruger effect. Who gave you the spelling, ChatGPT?
You don’t like my questions and evade them when you can or give some Malle Pol answer. Keep going and we will continue to feed you the rope😎.
Best regards
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Lester / January 8, 2025
Scot,
Evading your loaded questions? You’re good at asking those. Speaking of “malle pol”, you’ve written your entire family history on CT.
Pardon me if I misspell silly German words. Learning foreign languages is a waste of time anyway. Your hero explained this very clearly: “The man who is not able to speak the language of the people he is living with, is a waste of time.” Are you not wasting your time in the third-world, educating us on all 75 years of acquired wisdom from BBC, in-between power cuts?
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Lester / January 8, 2025
Hello Scot,
Remember I gave you an AI stock that ran from $400 to $1100 in 6 months? You’re welcome. Unlike Arjuna Mahendran, I can make money in the markets without cheating. I beat the Yankee market indexes in 2024.
Rate of Return (Annualized)
Individual 86.64%
S&P 500® 25.02%
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) 14.99%
NASDAQ 28.64%
This was a bit of an anomaly, since most of it was just one stock (the one I recommended to you).
If I was a hedge fund, I would have returned $866400 to my multi-millionaire clients who invested $1M. And spreading the Jewish luv, taken a good 30% commission. For 2025, I recommend short selling Anavex Life Sciences. This is not financial advice, though Laird Lester is correct 9/10 times. Ask the Yahoo bagholders of Holo, which I shorted to purgatory. In my opinion, Anavex will trade at $3 by the end of this year, a 77% or so decline from the current price. AZ is unsolvable. It’s like the “Reimann” of disease. I’m also bearish on quantum stocks.
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leelagemalli / January 8, 2025
LS and all other rational thinkers,
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It is ridiculous to call a retired intellectual suffering from the DK effect. The accuser himself is a lifelong single who seems not know the value of “togetherness”. Perhaps the accuser himself suffers from NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) and the DK effect and many other mental imbalances.
Besides, it is up to each individual where he and his family spend their golden years. For my colleagues (wealthy Europeans in Biomedical engineering), Sri Lanka is a paradise. I believe that our humble LS thinks the same about Sri Lanka. There were times in the past when I thought of living in a beautiful village in Africa. I have met really nice friends among the africans living in europe.
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With these freezing temperatures in Europe, many of my colleagues in Europe dream of the tropical weather of a country with Sri Lankan nature. They ask me to come back to the beautiful island as much as I can.
Insider trading is now known even to AL commerce students and even to my knowledge..
Not knowing the basics of many things and pointing fingers at others is a mental disease. Lester or his kind may find more friends with a toxic nature but not a single person with some knowledge will make him a friend.
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Mahila / January 4, 2025
a14455,
“……..I suppose if you repeat a lie often enough it may end up being considered the truth.”
VERY TRUE, AND IT’S HISTORICALLY PROVED!!??
What you say is called Hitler’s’, “The Hermann Goring (HG) doctrine”!!?? It was well known, that celebrated Field Marshall Hermann Goring of Luftwaffe, claiming ‘Victory over Battle of Britain’ repeatedly, in 1940’s, even though the Luftwaffe wasn’t any closer than it was at the start of the WWII!!??
“Hermann Göring was promoted to the newly created rank of ‘Reich-Marshall’ to placate his thirst for prestige” by Adolf Hitler on 19th July 1940!! HG was forced to vacate on the day before the war ended in the German Theatre, with surrender of Germany to allied forces and suicide by AH!!??
On 23 April 1945, when Göring suggested to Hitler that, “He (HG) assume Leadership of the crumbling remains of Nazi Germany, Hitler RELIEVED, Göring of his duties and named nominated a new successor in his last will and testament, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Chancellor and Head of State, prior to committing Suicide!!!???
Repeated Claim, Sri Lanka “IS A SINHALA DEEPAYA” SINCE 1956 HAS ALSO TO ACCEPT MONOLITHIC CULTURE!!?? Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Religious, Multi-Culturalism –DROWNED and Pushed-Out of Perspective!!??
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old codger / January 4, 2025
“At the time of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was only second to Japan in economic development and ahead of South Korea in per capita income in 1960. However, later on, Sri Lanka slipped behind most Asian countries and became a poor country.”
What sort of “economist” is this author?
Doesn’t he know that Japan was an industrial giant by the end of the 19th century, and was strong enough to take on the US by 1941? Sri Lanka was a plantation economy. It was never ahead of even Singapore.
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Jit / January 4, 2025
OC, you are right about Japan – Datsun even ran the first EV of the world using led acid batteries in 1911, probably Henry Ford was not even born at that time – sarc ;) ! But you are not right about Singapore because they did not have a formally structured governance system as we did under the British colonial rule. Also, Ceylon had a better trade balance than what Singapore had even as at late 50s. Singapore didn’t have the free education or the quality of university level education as we did and of course our universal free health care system was way better than Singapore’s in those good old days!
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old codger / January 4, 2025
Jit,
Singapore was a colony, true. But it didn’t depend on agriculture, and had a Ford car factory in 1939.
In education, it wasn’t that much different, having had a a Medical College since 1905..
Corruption was rampant until LKY came along and made sure politicians were paid well more than company executives, so they didn’t (in theory) need to take bribes. And of course Singapore still isn’t a “model democracy ” like us.
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Jit / January 5, 2025
OC, what’s wrong with agriculture based economy? We all need rice, cow-pea, mung, beans, cabbage, pathola, wattakka, bananas, papol, pineapples etc to eat, right? We never achieved rice self sufficiency for sure but by and large we got all other fruits and veges didnt we? I am not sure what boost that Ford factory gave Singaporean economy but it was definitely a city overcrowded, with many people living in slums, and the economy largely trade-based and volatile with the wars that were going on by the 50s. Singapore also faced significant unemployment and deteriorating infrastructure in the 50s whereas Ceylon didnt have such issues until the 70s. Of course Singapore galloped since then, under LKY and that is another discussion for another day!
Also, if Singapore had a medical college in 1905, then I can enlighten you that Ceylon Medical College was established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School. Then the college was merged with Ceylon University College in 1942 to form the Colombo Medical College. In other words we had our own doctors since 1870!
Ref: ‘Ceylon Under British Rule’ 1795-1932 By Lennox A. Mills published by Oxford university press in 1933 and also by Routledge in 1964.
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old codger / January 5, 2025
Jit,
No, there is nothing wrong with an “agricultural” economy if it is sustainable . But ours was a plantation economy growing export crops, which were growm mainly by migrant labour, not locals, and it collapsed after they left.The othe agriculture has never kept up with demand.
Singapore definitely had slums, etc, but that was because people flocked there to work, including from Ceylon. Bombay too has slums, but it was the most prosperous city in India.
According to AI, “In 1939, the GDP per capita of Singapore was approximately $2,040 (in current US dollars). This figure reflects Singapore’s economic status at that time, which was significantly higher than that of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), which had a GDP per capita of about $57.”
I don’t know whether to take the above seriously, because our GDP is much lower than I expected.
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Jit / January 6, 2025
“….But ours was a plantation economy growing export crops, which were growm mainly by migrant labour, not locals, and it collapsed after they left….”
If you’re thinking of Sirima-Shasthri pact of the 60s, yes about a quarter of the immigrant workforce left but by early 80s JRJ made a pact with senior Thonda and made all the remaining workers citizens of SL. Since then, more Sinhalese people got into low country tea plantation work as well as becoming small holders, therefore I dont think the sector ‘collapsed’ but still contributing 24% to export earnings employing about 16% of the laborforce. It also shows that SL is not agriculture dependent anymore, has diverted to industrial, semi industrial and service sectors such as fashion, garments, rubber based industries, tourism, IT services etc. Whether we like it or not still the majority of our foreign remittances are coming from low skilled expats in West Asia.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
Dear Readers,
In 1959, Singapore achieved self-governance after years of struggle. The People’s Action Party (PAP) was voted into power in the Legislative Assembly general election, becoming the first full elected government of the self-governing state of Singapore on 5 June 1959. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was appointed the first Prime Minister.
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The new government faced huge problems almost immediately. While Singapore had recovered from the devastation of World War II, the country was derelict: the city centre was overcrowded, buildings were deteriorating, and nearly 70% of the population lived in slums. Moreover, the economy was largely trade-based. As there was hardly any local industry to create meaningful jobs for a growing population, unemployment rate was in the double digits.
The economy thus became a key priority. The founding leaders of Singapore had in place two key economic strategies: rapid industrialisation and merger with the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, and Sarawak.
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Following video is worth watching to compare its rise from the scratch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYEFeHUGPw
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
LKY’s speeches:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlewPrqoYK0
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Pseudo western society
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDqLeRuyCA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYL1Xf6Tctg
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LankaScot / January 5, 2025
Hello Jit,
Sri Lanka doesn’t have a System of Medical Practitioners like the UK Doctors called General Practitioners (GPs). There is no continuity in Treatment for Patients between one Doctor and another. My Doctor in the UK had my Records from since I was a Child despite having moved Cities and Registering with quite a few Doctors. This is one of the Benefits of the UK NHS and I think that all Records are now nearly all Digitised. There is even a Mobile App that you can access your records with if you are Registered with a GP.
Best regards
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
LS,
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Unfortunately, even though Sri Lankans always overate about their healthcare, it remains a poor system even in private hospitals (Nawaloka, Asiri, Lanka Hospital and Hemas).so what more talks about general hospitals run by the state ?
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I wonder when they will realize that world standards are far from the standards practiced in Sri Lanka. To my surprise, all those Sri Lankan specialists have completed their PG in the UK.
Currently, my MIL is being treated in private hospitals, many of which charge a lot of money but the service is still far below what we experience in German general hospitals. Even though some of our family members are doctors in Europe, the doctors do not allow us to share our views on the health status of elderly patients. I get very upset every time my family members, who have Sri Lankan graduate doctors in my home country, deal with these issues. There were times when my late mother was taken to a private hospital (Lanka Hospital I guess) and the specialists ignored my arrival. I feel jealous of those outside the country. Their thoughts are with our malicious woman, D.S., who is harassing me/us 24/7 in CT.
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Jit / January 6, 2025
LS, not only in the UK, that is the modus operand in the health sector of so many western countries. I believe Asian countries like Japan, Singapore and South Korea too run the same system but probably there may be more such as the affluent middle eastern countries. When I was working in Colombo as a post-grad in socioeconomic research , then the MoH Ms Herath was given a proposal by the senior health officers of the ministry to implement the western ‘referral’ system in SL but she never pushed it through. Because most of the medical consultants in hospital work and thriving in private practices did not like such a system because they’d rather let the patient to ‘choose’ the consultancy! ;) Of course there had always been many popular surgeons etc in SL and they never had any problems getting patients!
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old codger / January 6, 2025
Jit,
“Because most of the medical consultants in hospital work and thriving in private practices did not like such a system because they’d rather let the patient to ‘choose’ the consultancy!
That’s a sacred cow that even the NPP will never dare touch, going by what’s happened over the last 100 days.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
OC,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKGQUeM3F4
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worth watching this video. He is making it clear that the incumbent govt ” Kathawa Dolawen, Gamana Payin”.
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The JVP should have thought before coming to power. Instead, all they did was provoke successive governments.
Now, even if they are given a chance,- 2/3 mandate in parliament, but they are stuck somewhere not being able to what they promised.
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Jit / January 7, 2025
OC, Day-to-day GP patient management and post GP consultancy referral systems are very advanced health management procedures in western countries. Every patient record in those systems are securely linked to a national database, accessible to any authorized health personnel to make decisions quite fast. It would be really complex to implement such an advanced health management systems in a country like SL. Not only because of the resistance from senior health practitioners who run businesses, but also from affiliated facilitators such as private hospitals could also be a major roadblock. And there are nurses, para medics and their unions! Knowing the culture of our health sector as well as our ‘educated’ professionals very well, I seriously doubt the willingness of any government to change the current status quo due to political sensitivity. Simply put, it just is a humongous apple cart to upset!!
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
“Then MoH Herath was given a proposal by senior health officials in the ministry to implement the Western ‘referral’ system in Sri Lanka, but she never pushed it.”
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See, the authority in Sri Lanka lies with the doctors, not the people/patients.
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Ironically, those medical professionals obtained their degrees thanks to taxpayers’ funds. Contrary to Europe, German universities offer free education, but it is not 100% free like in SRILANKA. In the UK, it is the most expensive education.
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However, in Germany, the UK or other Western countries, it is the people who have the power to evaluate their health system. Why is almost everything upside down in our country?
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Jit / January 7, 2025
“…Why is almost everything upside down in our country?…”
Because Germany + the west and Sri Lanka are poles apart cultures!
If you really want me to be blunt, well, I would clearly say that the health profession in Sri Lanka is also another set of mafia, just like many other. Fact!
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Ajith / January 3, 2025
The clean Sri Lanka project focus on People and Officers but not the President or Parliament or Institutions like Military or Police Forces. It should be focused from Top to Bottom.
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SJ / January 3, 2025
Already falling out of love?
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old codger / January 4, 2025
SJ,
That was faster than expected.
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Ajith / January 4, 2025
“That was faster than expected.”
Of Course this love is 100% better than the other two you fell love in deep. The criticism is not to discourage not all the right things but to encourage not to fall into the trap of you two who indirectly go behind Ranil Rajapaksa.
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SJ / January 5, 2025
We are talking of a love that seems to be going sour.
Your guesses on anyone else’s love cannot conceal your heartburn.
So it seems that you are falling out of love for sure.
Do not get bitter though.
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SJ / January 4, 2025
That was why we see thee five red faces (or thumbs) I guess.
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leelagemalli / January 5, 2025
AKD is not strong enough to do the job.
He does not accept anything he preached in the previous election rallies today. AKD and his team do not have the capabilities they claimed to have. Rice importation and irregularities proved it well.
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Besides, AKD still lies in front of that audience. People are stupid than appeared to be. So does Prime Minister Harini. But they do not seem to be following the talk. Pompous talks droped down before the gullible are boomeranging on them today….
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So how can we expect AKD to do the job?
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Of course, some cleaning will work.
I have been observing how some good police officers are deliberately stopping bus drivers who are breaking the law. Rascal bus drivers should be jailed according to the laws of Europe, however, in a country where everything is upside down, we cannot expect European laws to be strictly enforced any time soon. If AKD really wants to do the job it promised the nation, it should be done systematically.
First of all, former SPeakers credentials sohuld be placed before the nation, proving that he did not lie.
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davidthegood / January 3, 2025
Prof. A S S, If you really want to Clean Sri Lanka, it is necessary to lock up the cancer of corruption and greedy robbery sometimes leading to murder. Vicious Cancer spreads.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
DTG,
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I think they mean by “Clean Sri Lanka”.
1) Cleaning the environment
2) Cleaning the mind in general
3) Cleaning parents, teachers and all professionals
4) Cleaning healthcare, transport, schools and everything
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However, some caught on amateur videos revealed complete ignorance about the preparedness of their TUK-TUK vehicles to reduce road accidents.They deny to remove decorations and stickers on their vehicles.
Although the police officers are doing a great job, some private bus drivers reacted explosively saying that they will start a strike against the police rule next. I think that until the AKD-led groups achieve their CLEAN srialnka program “a change of thinking for a complete change”, their contribution to the progress of the country can be counted.
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old codger / January 6, 2025
LM,
“private bus drivers reacted explosively saying that they will start a strike against the police rule “
For sure even AKD won’t try to fight the bus mafia. He wasn’t very successful with the rice mafia.
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leelagemalli / January 6, 2025
My dear OC,
btw, what a great thing, our lecture assistant is back to appear.
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I am happy to see him again, although his comments are not different from DS. I thought he must have some health problems. I do not hate anyone, even if I do not respect his political views. He should finally realize that the AKD-led NPP will end way before Gota’s SAUBAGAYA. Almost a large portion of the voters is criticising AKD and Harini today.
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old codger / January 6, 2025
LM,
I don’t think our friend is intentionally vicious. Like DTG, he takes his beliefs very seriously.
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
OC,
“I don’t think our friend is intentionally vicious”.
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I think so anyway. Had he been like Deepthi, I would never have sent him a “package” back then. DTG is a bibilical parrot – I have come to know a dozen of them in my neighbourhood. Even if you eat a toffee, you see them start praying ” for being created by God”….
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Overall a good summary. Worth watching.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZaHmuTemE
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I think SM is now like my pet (my cat); when she makes a mistake, She doesn’t come out of her cozy corner for days. But I’m trying my best to bring her back to normal using all the tricks.
Btw, I didn’t go to wish SM a Happy New Year because he called me the most despicable person just because I predicted the downfall of “AKDISM”… As of today… I think the sign at the end of the tunnel is visible in the form of the creation of “Aragalaya II”.
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old codger / January 7, 2025
LM
Some others here enjoy being vicious. These people are pathetic.
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leelagemalli / January 7, 2025
“Some others here enjoy being vicious. “.
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These men and women are enjoying 😉 their pastime activities while being a burden to UK welfare funds. Unfortunately they can’t return to home country and feel it the way people suffer.
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Deepth and her siamese bro are busy fighting green 👍, 24/7.
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Fake IQ genius, so foul to read between the lines, but being locked up in his own asylum.
How pathetic 🙄
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Naman / January 3, 2025
As Ajith points out NONE of the Singhalese writers DO NOT WANT to accept the fact that WINNING elections on the basis of advancing the Sinhala Buddhists Supremacy that had led the country in to the current pathetic state. Talk about 1]how the hard working Up-country Tamils being disenfranchised
2] Sinhala only 3] Standardisation 4] State Sponsored Terrorism against the SL Tamil Speaking citizens
UNTIL SL TSC are treated equally in every manner the country is not going to be a civilised peace loving country. SL is only in name sake a Buddhist country which does not follow HIS TEACHINGS.
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SJ / January 3, 2025
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The term TSC is a facade designed to serve the interests of the Northern Tamil elite.
The need is to recognise the four distinct nationalities on equal terms.
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Agnos / January 6, 2025
SJ,
Back when the FP/TULF was advocating the interests of the ‘Tamil speaking people’ and included the Muslim community, they might have been motivated by how the Muslims in Tamil Nadu considered themselves Tamils first and Muslims second, and that while they may have a separate religion, a majority of the SL Muslims identified with the Tamils, often with the same grievances.
The FP was able to field Muslim reps in the East and areas like Puttalam, and I believe M.H.M. Ashraff was initially happy with the FP/TULF before he found reasons to set out to form the Muslim Congress. It all changed later, and you may be right about the four distinct nationalities in the current context, but going back to blame the “interests of the Northern Tamil elite” for the TSC description is not warranted.
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Ajith / January 4, 2025
“The term TSC is a facade designed to serve the interests of the Northern Tamil elite.”
The brutality of 1970 against by “Srimavo” by JVP man massacre and dumping of Sinhalese and JVP was a facade designed by SJ (is he from North?) for “Srimavo” and special status to Srimavo Buddhism.
“The need is to recognise the four distinct nationalities on equal terms.”
Did you consider to recognise when you were with “Srimavo”?
Srimavo_Sasthiri agreement to chase away Indian Origin Tamils?
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SJ / January 4, 2025
The Tamil nationalist humbug is independent of whatever happened with Sirimavo or JVP.
It is nice to see even crocodile tears shedding from narrow Tamil nationalist eyes for the killing of JVP youth five decades late.
BTW
Do you know what a facade is? If you know what a dictionary is you may consult it.
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
Ajith comparing then Ceylon with Japan is ridiculous. Japan was never a colony and was highly industrialized country producing many things including aircrafts, ships, destroyers and many other armaments and it was highly disciplined militarised nation with a god emperor. It had an empire and captures all Asia east of India until it was defeated. What was Ceylon a British colony, feudal hardly industrialized only producing tea rubber and coconut, largely on the labour of imported Indian Tamil labour, or poor Sinhalese whose ancestors again were largely descended from imported from South Indian Tamil low service castes , who were imported into the island by the Portuguese and Dutch to do mean service tasks just like the way the British later imported further South Indian Tamil labour to work in the huge tea and rubber estates. The only difference is one who arrived earlier under the Portugues and Dutch took on a Sinhalese identity and now make up around 30-50% of the present-day Sinhalese and the other lot largely retained their Tamil identity, so were marginalized and discriminated and were made stateless for this reason, by Sinhalese led governments post 1948.
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
Now coming to Sinhalese and Tamil racism. They are two different things. Unlike some self-hating Tamil herewith a selfish agenda who is trying to equate them as the same and affected the country the same way. Deliberately to mislead and minimize and trivialize what the Island’s Tamils suffered at the hands of the Sinhalese state, racists and Islamic extremists. Sinhalese are in the majority and since independence have been ruling and have everything in their hands, gradually marginalizing the island’s Tamils/Tamil speakers. First the Indian origin Tamils, then the native Tamils and now the Muslim or Muslim Tamils, who until very recently, ironically were their allies in their anti-Tamil dance, for little crumbs that fell from the Sinhalese table, all in the name of their religion and a fake Arab origin, that they have been brainwashed by their selfish power-hungry elite and politicians to think that they originate from. Just like the way the Sinhalese have been brainwashed by their elite and politicians to think they descended from Aryans, when both these Tamil hating people ironically are more than 90% descended from Tamil Dravidians and not from any Aryan or Arab and all DNA studies now prove this.
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
Like I stated earlier Sinhalese racism and Buddhist fundamentalism, because of their numbers and power, affects everyone and has the power to discriminate, marginalize and create havoc and even affect the lives of non-Sinhalese non-Buddhist minorities and the country’s economy and wellbeing. Just like the way German racism against non-Germans and Jews affected them and created havoc during the Nazi era. It was Sinhalese racism and not Tamil racism that caused the economic decline, the war the pogroms and even the Sinhalese JVP uprising by poor largely rural, largely low caste Sinhalese, as again they were oppressed by the Sinhalese ruling classes, the elite and upper castes in the name of Sinhalese Buddhism and brainwashing them to hate all Tamils irrespective of class caste or origin, as the cause of all their troubles, when in reality it was them.
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
Tamil racism only came as reaction and backlash against state sponsored Sinhalese racism and was never there before this. After independence they were made powerless, by the Sinhalese rulers and with the help of the Muslims and some Tamil quislings, just like the one who is on this forum, worshipping a ruling Sinhalese so called aristocratic family, with a very recent South Indian Tamil immigrant origin, on both sides, who did great damage to the island’s Tamils., One half were made stateless and the other half were increasingly marginalized and denied everything and their lands colonized and the third lot were deliberately encouraged to radicalized and made to hate their own Tamil origin, in the name of Islam and a fame Arab origin, that only very small minority partially have. Trying to equate Tamil racism with the Sinhalese state racism and wide scale racism is a joke. As Tamil racism did not have any teeth or never affected anyone, until the LTTE with India’s help decided enough is enough and to fight back.
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
There is always a pecking order amongst all people in the world in the name of region class/caste, tribe, religion etc. So only trying to state Tamils only have this and blame everything on this is a big joke. Yes, there is a pecking order amongst the island’s Tamils and the northern Vellalars are on the top of this pecking order and similarly there is a pecking order amongst the Sinhalese, the Kandyan Radala are on the top of this pecking order, followed by the low country Sinhalese Govigamma aristocrats. This man is very quiet about this. At least the Tamils do not have Buddhist orders and temple based on caste, with people from lower casted still refused to being ordained within certain orders. Low castes and untouchables are now allowed to enter any Hindu temple. Even the Europeans and Arabs have a pecking order based on region, ancestry and class. Constantly and deliberately coming here and highlighting caste and regional differences amongst Tamils, that is now virtually non-existent to justify state sponsored Singhalese racism against them, when the Sinhalese themselves have them. All least the Tamils do not demand that only upper castes and Hindus only lead them, which the Sinhalese do and the Mahanayakes wanted for the Central province.
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davidthegood / January 8, 2025
Rohan25, If Kandyan Radala are at the top, how can you talk of equality. Then how can you clean Sri Lanka or Ceylon
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Rohan25 / January 5, 2025
Lastly falsely and misleadingly stating Sinhalese Tamil racism only caused the 1915 ant Muslims riots. There were no Tamil mobs attacking or harming Muslims, it was only Sinhalese mobs and rioters, and many Sinhalese politicians involved in these anti-Muslim riots. Please do not lie and deliberately twist history for yourself hating diabolic anti Tamil agenda. One Tamil politician and lawyer Sri Ponnambalam Ramanathan, who was a personal friend of many of these Sinhalese elite and politicians, going to London and representing them and getting them acquitted, has nothing to do with other Tamil people or Tamil racism, It was the individual act of one Tamil person done on a personal basis for his Sinhalese friends and not some collective act of all Tamils or Tamils mobs and rioters attacking Muslims, like the Sinhalese did. Get your facts correct. It is because of these elite Colombo upper class Tamils, who were the personal friends and relatives of these Sinhalese elite/politicians that the Tamils now find themselves in this pathetic position, as they did not care and never really fought for federalism or safeguards for the island’s Tamils/Tamil speakers.
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