28 March, 2024

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Court Cancels Maithree Guneratne’s Anti-Ranil March From Matara

The Matara Additional Magistrate has ruled against the anti-Ranil protest march from Dondra to Colombo saying it was illegal based on a complaint made by the police.

Violence erupted on the streets in the southern city last afternoon when the Sajith and Ranil factions clashed as the Maithree Guneratne led march took off from Dondra. At least seven people including a UNP Provincial Councillor was injured in gunfire when the protests turned unruly. Guneratne’s father Herman Guneratne,a close associate of President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested in connection with the shooting by Matara police.

The Matara Magistrate ordered that the police use force if necessary to disband any attempt to restart the march.

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    will they ban an anti Vigneswaran march

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      Spot on RajasH,
      Sinhala Buddhist thugs going to start soon in Tamil areas, Rajapakse thugs never going to stop. Rt Hon Wigneswaran must prepare for this eventualities. Any how we brave Tamils must expose this to whole world…hope we are ready for this Sinhala Buddhist barbarism….

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      …if there were to be one

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    Will Ranil go down in history as the first Opposition leader to
    meet with his death at the hands of his own Party men? This is the
    worst crisis for the GoP. Sajith or Karu, by no means, are suitable
    to lead the major political party in the country destroyed by Ranil
    by his chicanery. Full marks to Mahind R. The UNP will come back after
    a few years.

    F.N. Stein

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    RajasH
    what are you talking about banning an anti Vignesawaran march…
    they will be the very organisers of it

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    the freedom of speech and march is diminishing very fast. the law is being made an ass and justice is blinded. A sorry state of affairs.

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    This anti-Ranil guy has fired shots!

    This is why we need Ranil the gentleman to lead the country.

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      Hail gal Ranil!

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        Unable to dislodge Ranil from UNP Leadership, the Buggers are going Hysterical.

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    Maithri Gunaratne is carrying the Brief for MR and MR pretending to defend RW gets the Court to disallow the March. See how Herman Gunaratne father of Maithri being arrested for the shooting by the Matara Police who will now be released without being indicted. To begin with how can Maithri Gunaratne organize a UNP March when he has been suspended from the UNP? If this crowd that has gathered is screened by someone who knows them from the area, half of them will be identified as MR supporters.

    Now again the Ranil ouster is hyped as MR will have to devolve power to the North very soon after the CHOGM. Then MR will look a Donkey as the same would have resulted from the Peace Accord without all this mayhem and so many Tamil lives would have been saved. RW will have the last laugh anyway.

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      gaminiya,
      It is not your torso but the head you should get covered up in the coming up winter for otherwise your intelligence could dissipate in the cold.

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        Bandaiya, I do not think your amudey can cover your testicles as your brain seem to be embedded there. No wonder you have a amuda mindset.

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    I’m a strong left oriented person. But I had noticed Ranil as a gentleman, good administrator and un corrupted. I would have voted him in next election. I cannot think of a UNP having Sajith as the leeader. Even I do not mind a leadership of Shral or Mitree Why they promote this “halparuwa”.

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