Addressing a group of Tamil media journalists at the Presidential Secretariat today President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not mince his words about his opinion on the TNA’s choice of Chief Minister for the North and slammed the party’s manifesto as echoing LTTE demands from four years ago.
TNA Chief Minister nominee was a man who did not even have a vote in Jaffna
The President told Tamil journalists that for professionals of the Northern Province including lawyers and doctors and even the ordinary people the choice for Chief Minister was Mavai Senathirajah. “Even they would select Mavai – but the TNA has picked a person from Colombo” the President said.
He said that the TNA Chief Minister nominee was a man who did not even have a vote in Jaffna.
Retired Supreme Court Justice C.V. Wigneswaran is a Colombo resident. Before his nomination was made there was a massive tussle inside the TNA between the Tamil hardliners in the Senathirajah faction and the Sampanthan faction which was pushing for the retired Justice. Justice Wigneswaran has also come in for stringent criticism from the pro-LTTE Diaspora and ultra-nationalist sections of Tamil Nadu, where he is viewed as a moderate seeking to work with Colombo. These elements also preferred that the TNA choose Senathirajah and view Wigneswaran as a non-Northerner.
President Rajapaksa said Senathirajah or Suresh Premachandran would have been better choices because they were Jaffna natives.
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Maithripala / September 12, 2013
divide and rule policy in action!
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gamini / September 13, 2013
Does MR not resemble the Mahasona in the above photo? Otherwise he looks the Bus Conductor without the ticket machine.
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LeelaDOUBLE / September 14, 2013
This man is a RODIEK, born to destroy the nation.
I beg all CW nations to boycott srilanken state.
Enough is enough. Winning the war is not everything when looking at the manner that they have worked on crime investigations in the post war sessions, also ignoring poor man. Why the govt has failed to give some price reductions at least for the daily needs of the people is more than questionable while long term loans have been used for the on going development projects.
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Rohan / September 13, 2013
Certainly… For the same divide and rule, but on a differ slant, Basis sais they are happy to have Wigneswaran as the Chief Minister, because he is directly related to a government minister, and they could work with him through this Minister!
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Pandaranayagam / September 12, 2013
How kind of President Rajapakse to shed tears for the Tamil people of the Northern Province after the attempt at near total genocide in 2009.
There is a manner of behaviour, respect to others and language expected from Heads of State. This is missing here. Mavai and Suresh seem to have a new found friend here.
Sir, Please leave the choice of candidate for the Tamils in the NP to the Tamils themselves. All you can help is keep your indisciplined army
under leash. Hurting, physically injuring and killing Tamil people is not only against the law, against all norms of civilised behaviour but also against Buddhism – a religion the Sinhalese have borrowed from India but practise it badly. What you can do is to ensure the people of the NP are enabled to exercise their right of voting – freely, without fear or favour and away from your proxy and other violent forms of oppression and terror.
Pandaranayagam
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Percy Jilmart / September 12, 2013
Aney yakko Mahinda…what about your 2 brothers Goat and 10% Basil who are shittysons of the USA??? How come two US shittysons are offense secretary and minister of economic affairs in Sri RajaPakistan??? :-D
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Piranha / September 12, 2013
Excellent response.
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Rohan / September 13, 2013
… and what does Medamulana Basil do in Gampaha?
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mike / September 12, 2013
The photograph of His Hexalunacy Percy Jilmart Rajapassa without any make-up??
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shankar / September 13, 2013
He looks pretty worn out all right.Like the Bata slippers he is wearing.
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Lapatiya / September 12, 2013
Actually in my Opinion TNA should have consulted the views of Saddrmadveepa Chakrawarthi before they choose Hon.Vigneshwaran as Chief Minister candidate if they really wants to win the election. Now TNA is too late and SLFP definitely will win the election. Then they will cry saying that election is not fair and election malpractices bla. bla..
Our Sri Rohana Manaranjana, Saddrmadveepa Chakrawarthi is such a “Nihathamani” leader as no other presidents give that kind of advises to other Political parties. nice thing is such advises are free of charge.
I am sure we can earn lot of foreign exchange if he open consultant agency to advise Political Parties in other countries about fielding suitable candidates to win elections.
If the UNP wants to win the next Presidential election Ranil should not forget to get the views of Saddarmadveepa Chakrawarthi about suitable Presidential candidate.
We are very lucky to have such a Sanwedee, Nihathamani and Palapurudu Nayaka thuma as our President.
After all I don’t think “Mathata Thitha” has anything do with that advise.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / September 13, 2013
Mathata thitha????.
No they already started,
still some containers from Pakistan with the fair trade facts waiting to open.
receiving end [politikkas] missing.
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Buvanes / September 12, 2013
Does Basil has his vote in Gampaha????
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Anagarika Somapala / September 12, 2013
If Basil Rajapakshe from down South Hambantota, an American citizen can win election in Gampaha then why not Wigneswaran a Sri Lankan Tamil from Colombo contest and win in Jaffna???
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / September 13, 2013
but Ex Justice Wigneswaran is Citizen of Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka.
Not a Passport Holder of U S A. Or a Kalla thonier Malabari Rapist from South India.
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RajasH / September 12, 2013
well the Jaffna people can excercise the democartic rights and not vote for him.
Not sure why Mahinda is scared of him?
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Kumar R. / September 13, 2013
The fact that the Regime is willing to reveal how scared/nervous they are about Wigneswaran is possibly the best Advertisement Wigneswaran could haope hoped for!
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justice / September 12, 2013
MR has not condemned the participation of the NP Governor in election campaign for the UPFA.
This does not happen in the other two provincial councils where too elections are pending.
Any registered voter can contest any elective post according to the law and MR knows this.
Wigneswaran’s candidature has been uniformly endorsed by all constituent parties of TNA including that of Senathirajah.
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Aela / September 12, 2013
Why does MR says Mavai S & Suresh P would have been better choices. Better choices from his viewpoint.He knows dealing with Justice Wigneswaran is not going to be easy and so he is very worried!
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M.Sivananthan / September 13, 2013
Beacause CVW has no idea of any politics or military. He asks to vote for him to remove the army. How is that?
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Pandaranayagam / September 12, 2013
Lapatiya states “Now TNA is too late and SLFP definitely will win the election”. Well! Sir, that is your reading of the NPC elections and we have ours. Now think of this. The pressure for PC elections was only for the NP, which was denied for long. Why did the Rajapakses bring in the other 2 PCs(Central and NWP) Both the latter were functioning well and the people in those Provinces did not clamour for a change. Let me tell you why. The Rajapakses try to fool the whole world the entire nation, including the Tamils, are behind them. Once the NPC debacle is known to the world, their reputation will be seriously dented. It is for that they imposed this costly PC on both the Central and NWP Provinces so that Rajapakse can again try to fool the world “Now look. I held elections in 3 PCs and I have won in 2 of 3” Well! Well! You now know who is trying to fool whom.
Pandaranayagam
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Ronny / September 13, 2013
Mr. or Ms. Pandaranayagam, please read through the lines of Lapatiya’s comments very carefully. You will definitely agree with me that his comments are very interesting and very true if you read and understand them. Here, and in so many other comments he has only been very sarcastic. Lapatiya, please continue with your very interesting comments and we enjoy reading those.
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Rooster / September 13, 2013
Sir, Didnt you understand the sarcasm and the insult hidden in Lapatiyas comment.
MR is the only man who could win an election even without holding an election. He has such talents. When he comes to a stage with his Broom like moustache and his Stake everyone would applaud him and believe in his lies.
He could fool Kamalesh Sharma and the CW, my hunch is he could even fool the UN. I stronglyt believe that India and USA too support this regime indirectly.
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Iro / September 12, 2013
I think he was afraid of TNA CM candidate & they want to divide TNA like he did for UNP.
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M.Sivananthan / September 13, 2013
TNA is already divided. Mahinda knows it well. TNA is still an unregistered political party!
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R. Varathan / September 13, 2013
Iro – Have you read the Ceylon Daily News in the past month. The front page is used to slander the TNA, Sampanthan and Vigneswaren. What a comedown from a once respected newspaper we used to await from dawn – now lead by mice who occasionally have their bones broken by their own circle of friends. It is (CDN) of no further use than to read Obituary Notices, Ads and as toilet paper.
Varathan
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Taraki / September 13, 2013
Actually, even the Obituary notices are suspect!
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gamini / September 12, 2013
This is the same card played by the Sinhala Nationalist in shutting the door for Ranil an Urbanite, Educated, Honest from the Elite. In preference to him the false cry was for a a Village idiot as MR and now all can see what has happened to the country. Similarly among the Tamils if they want to be led by an Honest, Intelligent Educated person of standing then the obvious choice is Justice Vigneswaran representing the TNA. Otherwise if the Tamils also want to be represented by an uneducated, dishonest Village Idiot from the North, like Douglass Devananda type, God forbid the Tamils also to be dumped with the Moda Sinhalese of this country.
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Unhappy_SL / September 12, 2013
This [Edited out] is just trying to prevent the judge getting elected.
His IQ is comparable Tangalle killer of that British tourist. We should be shamed of this man, to tell someone that he is our country^s president. [Edited out]
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M.Sivananthan / September 13, 2013
hahaah.. Ranil is honest.. How? His party thugs burnt down the Jaffna Public Library while he was a minister in his uncle JRJ’s cabinet.
So, his honesty is a questionable.
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Native Vedda / September 13, 2013
M.Sivananthan
“His party thugs burnt down the Jaffna Public Library while he was a minister in his uncle JRJ’s cabinet.”
Are you sure?
According to Carlo’s friend the policeman it was LTTE’s handy work.
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gamini / September 13, 2013
You dumb cluck, Ranil had no hand in burning the Jaffna Library and is no thug like your MR and the Chinthanites. For you to say he is not Honest, what has he robbed? Tsunami Funds? You bloody Imbecile these forums are for people with intelligence and not for idiots like you just to bark.
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Jayantha / September 14, 2013
Justice Wigneswaran is a jewel of a man. He has all the qualities of a true Gentleman. He is honest, well educated, has a very good family background and very modest, humble and trustworthy.
years and years of experience as a Chief Justice has brought him immence knowledge of citizens and their grieveences.
Both Justice Wigneswaran and CJ Shirani Bandaranayake are in the same category. They have their true class and Policies.
That’s why the uneducated and uncultured hate them. They are feared, jealours and scared to face the scholars and straight foreward gentlemen.
That’s why the knowledegable Tamil people selected Justice Wigneswaran. While Tamil People are nominating the true Educated Gentlemen, our Sinhala people are nominating all the Kasippu Mudalalis who throw millions upon millions of ill gotton money on elections.
We are crying every day as to what happened to our Beautiful country. Where is Justice…..where is peace….where is happiness….Where are our dreams…All gone. Gone because of one selfish family who does not listen to people and to their own conscious and norms and now it’s worse than during the 30 year war.
Hope and pray there will be a solace upon people who will live happily with each other one day.
Hope and pray that day will come soon.
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percy / September 17, 2013
Gamini , why don’t you crawl back into your cess pit with your fould language , you scum bag ?
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gamini / September 17, 2013
Ado Percy, Scum Bag? Foul Language? Yours or mine?
Aney palayang pako yanda!
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punchinilame / September 12, 2013
MR is trying cheap political propaganda using Colombo based Tamil jornalist at a late stage. He knows that negotiating with Mavi or
Premachandran is quite different with CVW and who may argue with MR in
Colombo Sinhala!
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Lankan / September 12, 2013
First of all Mr. President, the way TNA unanimously chose Justice Wigneswaran, despite initial opposition shows that there is no Dictator Ship in the party. Secondly you say Sri Lanka is one country, so why cannot a Colombo resident contest in the North? How many of your MPs have been nominated and hold cabinet portfolio from a region which is not theirs. Further you are the President of the country and not the president of the electorate where you have voting. So if the President can be so why not some one else. Unless you believe that Northern Province is not part of Sri Lanka there is no way you can argue that a person from Colombo cannot contest in the NOrth. A challenge to you Mr. President show another provincial council Chief Minister or for that matter a minister in your cabinet who can match to Justice Wigneswarn.
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Rifkha Roshanaara / September 12, 2013
Well said !!
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mike / September 13, 2013
I agree. What have you got to say Mr. Hitlerpaksha alias Idi Mahin??
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Mahela / September 14, 2013
Lankan,
Yes, I truly agree with you. Show us one minister who could match with Justice Wigneswaran.
Sri Lanka could have been a heaven if we had few Ministers and Presidents like Justice Wigneswaran.
Citizens should be truly blessed to have true Patriots like Justice Wigneswaran ruling our country.
But sad to see now Sri Lanka’s politics have been hijacked by Fraudulently ill gotton commission money making Kasippu Mudalalis who throw millions upon millions to win elections of their selected candidates. It is estimated that some candidates spend as much as 70 to 100 Million Rupees per election. Who has this much of money to throw other than these Political mudalalis.
Sri Lanka’s dream of Asia’s Miracle will commence from Jaffna under justice Wigneswaran.
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pasel / September 12, 2013
Ok now you are telling North is separated from south !!!
is any where constitution say if you don’t have vote on the district you can’t run in election?
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pasel / September 12, 2013
The entire family is cheating the country MR family did not want federalism or even confederation. we want Lion sri lanka, a state wholly owned by and totally subservient to me. my maximum program was mine only program (Gota MR corporation)
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Sivathasan / September 12, 2013
As the world knows there was a rare unanimity in the choice of a candidate of rare worth for the most demanding time. There was never a division. A great Tamil poet of modern times said about Tamils:
“Even if they have differences, are they not brethren,
Do they become Chinese, or will they ever engage in acts of harm.?”
Another great Tamil poet said;
“Even if the Tamils appear as myriad in numbers, they are one in mind.”
He went on to say, that was 70 years back:
“Our enemies have melted into a void at the very sight of Tamil unity”
It is such solidarity that is seen between indigenous and Diaspora Tamils solidly buttressed by 72 million strong in Tamil Nadu. The phenomenon is certainly cause for discomfiture.
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Thrishantha / September 12, 2013
The one who wants to keep the south in paranoia and hatred would naturally want a hardliner in the North than a moderate.
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Navin / September 12, 2013
Is that why you supported General Sarath Fonseka against Mahinda at the last presidential election?
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Unhappy_SL / September 13, 2013
I dont think that Tamils would not vote him. There is no reason many to go against him. Tamils would love to elect an educated candidate. But only problem would then be – MR as uneducated fellow would not be that easy to neck and neck.
This is the also the reason current uneducated rulers appoint under educated candidates for their external affairs. Even if GLP is a law educated prof, but his behaviours are trained fitting with the Rajapakshe bunch. Have not you noticed it from lately on, GLP is only on PLEASE mission trying his all means to go on explain only about palatable sides of the all issues.
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kris / September 13, 2013
Are you talking from your mouth or some where else, check your historay
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LeelaDOUBLE / September 13, 2013
whose history you are refering to ?
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hannah.rajaratnam / September 12, 2013
Good Lord- what happened to the great President.He surely looks scared and mad.
Has he got any right to chose who should stand for election for chief Minister in the north.Dictating terms again to the Tamils.It is not going to work.
If you unleash any army thuggery on the northern citizens you will have hell to pay there is a HR watch on you and your brothers and stooges.Even the chinese will drop you.
Why Mavai and Premachandran.?What are you insinuating?.Forget it sir,there is no split in TNA.That hurts you doesn’t it.The final word will be from Sambandan the majority voice of TNA.
Sambandan does not get it by kicks,punches,threats,gold,laundered money,prostitutes,ambassodorship,trips abroad etc.
The Tamils are a united force.
Happy that your pup Namal is on a leash.
What is Basil doing in the north and where is Gota/ Hiding?
Have the singhala colonists you planted got votes in the Vanni and Jaffna.?
Take care of all your dirty tricks done by your stooges.
Lets get to the BBS threat to CJ Wigneswaran.
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RajasH / September 12, 2013
Vigneswaran is Sri Lankan citizen and does not have a green card.
The Defencse Secretary of the country has not given up his Green Card yet. He loves his country so much.
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Ajith / September 12, 2013
Dear President & Co,
It is up to the TNA and Tamil people to decide on who is the Chief ministerial candidate for NCP. Justice Wigneswaran is a citizen of Sri Lanka and he has the right to be a candidate. I know you don’t understand what is in your constitution. You always deal with crimes and criminals. Say your Chief ministerial candidate is a criminal and he is an accused in an attempted murder last week. Another criminal Douglas Devananda who is a wanted person for murder. Resettlement minister Karuna amman was a murderer who was responsible for killing of 600 Sinhala and Muslim policeman. Another criminal Pillaiyan was the chief minister for Eastern Province. The secretary for Defence Gotapaya Rajapakse was a green card holder of United States and the Economic Minister Basil Rajapakse is a Australian citizen. Gotapaya was responsible for illegal migration of Karuna Amman to UK. He was rsponsible for the abduction and murder of a number of journalists, politicians and human right activists. Basil Rajapakse is a corrupted millionaire who was responsible for illegal migration of large number of LTTE members after seeking millions. Most of your cabinet ministers are purchased by you after paying billions of state fund.
You have such a background and what else can expect from you sir!
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Ranjan / September 12, 2013
I met both Mavai and the Judge. The Judge is better candidate to do the job at present. Interesting why fear him MR. Work with him so that you may find he is much better man than you think.
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MrRetort / September 15, 2013
Perhaps may be the inferiority complex. Sorry MR we have no answer for your mental status. You jolly well know that he is a jewel of a person a lot better than your siblings for whom you have entrusted the government machinery for enhance corruption. You think goat, basil kakka, NAMAL et al are anywhere close to Wigneshvarn. Knowing very well your taste of selecting people for the jobs. Don’t make unfare remarks about colorful selection of personalities for the leading jobs. You go on with your band wagon of Gon Doctors.
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Leon / September 12, 2013
Sir,How did your brother become the Defence Secretary. He was living in the States?
Whom are you trying to fool?
Let the people in the North decide.
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Piranha / September 12, 2013
Looks like Rajapaksa is scared of Justice Wigneswaran.
The reasons may be the following because Justice Wigneswaran:
1. Is better educated
2. Behaved beyond reproach while in office
3. Has the ability to speak in English, tamil and Sinhala
4. Has a much bigger stature
5. Has a clean record as a non-corrupt government servant
6. Well respected by all communities in the country
7. A moderate
8. A non-racist who believes in an undivided Sri Lanka
9. Has the ability to unite not only the tamils but all the races
10.Has the ability to win over the tamils and become the CM
etc., etc., ….
Justice Wigneswaran is a formidable opponent and Rajapaksa is no match to him. So, insults, lies and other dirty tricks will be employed by Rajapaksa and his minions.
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Ronny / September 13, 2013
I am a Sinhalese and I am sure Hon. Wigneswaran is more suited for all the communities living in Sri Lanka to be the President of our Motherland than the present criminal who became the President through Computer Jilmart and many other fraudulent ways including the abduction of the Election Commissioner and promising him heaven and earth.
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Piranha / September 14, 2013
I am sure many Sinhalese people like you see Justice Wigneswaran as a true Sri Lankan, a gentleman and a defender of the people.
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Mahela / September 14, 2013
I am sure many Sinhala people will vote for Justice Wigneswaran to be the next President than current President Rajapakse.
People are fed up of crooks destroying our country and want some one with integrity, honest, educated and equal to everybody.
Justice Wigneswaran matches all of the above.
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Rifkha Roshanaara / September 12, 2013
Never thought the Prez was this stupid and idiotic. How cheap can he get!
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Percy Jilmart / September 13, 2013
@ Rifkha Roshanara
Its good that you realised, even at this late stage what a stupid racist crook MR is. Those Tamils, Muslims and Christians who voted for this crook deserve everything that the BBS and other extremist groups are doing to them. At least next time vote for the UNP. Even with all its faults the UNP since independence has represented all groups in the country and not just the majority race like the SLFP/UPFA.
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Rifkha Roshanaara / September 13, 2013
I know what I should do. I dont take advice from cowards who hide behind fake handles !
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Percy Jilmart / September 13, 2013
@ Rifkha Roshanara
Its easy for you to use your real name since you live in Pakistan and have been working in Afghanistan etc. In a democratic first world country a person would have no worries in using his/her real name instead of a pen name…well I dont need to tell you about Sri Lanka do I…if not some of your friends and relatives will enlighten you as to what a wonderful country this has turned out to be. :)
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Rifkha Roshanaara / September 13, 2013
Shows what an ignorant you are !
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R.Dias / September 12, 2013
hik..hik..hik…not because this statement is a joke…but by realizing the frightening mess of the Executive President of Sri Lanka is in …what is this against a Chief Ministerial candidate of a Province…?
ARE WE HEADING ON THE ROAD TO THE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY…OR…ARE WE ALREADY DEVIDED AND IT IS ONLY FEW WEEKS TO ENDORSE IT…?
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Rifkha Roshanaara / September 12, 2013
Mr Prez should understand that whether he or his clan like it or not it is the people of North who must ultimately decide whom they want to elect. President should behave like a President not like a 3rd grade street junkie !
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M.Sivananthan / September 13, 2013
I hope many Tamils believe CVW is a COLOMBO Tamil and he can influence Mahinda or other Sinhalese easily. Colombo based M.A.Sumanthiran is an example.
How can he bring the former LTTE members to the criminal court because his manifesto ask to do so?
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S.Siva / September 13, 2013
u r nutty [Edited out]….shut up….u pottu ammans slave..
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Chanakyan / September 13, 2013
What was once known to some and now to a multitude is that even as Justice W’s name was mentioned, President’s instant reaction was his expression of diffidence. Once nomination was confirmed, it became fear of sure defeat. Now with jitters creeping up from the grass roots and seeping through the stem and the branches,a state of near paralysis is reached with the real picture being revealed. Next week is the stage of desperation when a state of impotence will pervade.
It is far better to fold up now than to engage in flippant talk.
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Chanakyan / September 13, 2013
Gotabhaya lashes out at R.Sampanthan saying he has drastically reduced the army presence in the Peninsula which RS is not talking about. To RS Northern Province is one and he never wanted garbage from the Peninsula thrown into the garden of Wanni. He wanted all the people of the North breathe freely and equally.
Why can’t DS reveal the numbers? Those adept at the NUMBERS GAME can commandeer specialists of international standing to interpret satellite images to give us a count. Tamils who are good in arithmetic know how to process the figures. Earlier they multiplied 7,000 by a factor of 10. This time around they will divide DS’s figure by the same factor.
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