20 April, 2024

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sworn In As President

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the seventh President before Chief Justice Jyantha Jayasooriya at Ruwanwelisaya Stupa premises this morning. According to the election commission’s final count, Rajapaksa took 6,924,255 (52.25%) of the vote.

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    Heil the new President. I will salute the new President every morning and every night if does the needful the protect this country from all evil.

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      Please check your spellings ….Hail

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        Actually he spelt it right. Heil indeed! As in Sieg Heil!

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        No, Diyani,
        He hasnt mispelt it.
        He means “Sieg Heil”…. as in Nazi Germany….

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          Manel,
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          It should be “
          English: heil
          Definition of ’heil’
          heil
          in British English
          (haɪl)
          EXCLAMATION
          1. a German greeting of respect
          VERB
          2. (transitive)
          to greet (a person) by saying “heil!”
          Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

          I have been living in Germany for decades, they dont even use this ” term ” today, except for ” heilen”: It has several meanings as listed below. Many would not use the word that often.

          Some examples:
          Heilen: to heal
          Heilpraktika – healing practices ( like that of your AYURWEDA clinics).
          Heil und Gesund – safe and sound
          Heil angekommen – safe arrived
          Wunde heilen – healing the wounds
          Heil Hitler – several times that chanted slogans like “Heil Hitler” or “Sieg Heil” and also the gesture of the socalled Hitler salute, are characteristic symbols of National-Socialism.

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        Are you kidding me young lady? With my English, I could have given Shakespere a run for his money.

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          I challenge you to an English competition, Lt. Reg.
          For starters: How much Shakespeare can you quote.?
          Or compose a sonnet to match one of his.
          Let’s see you give him a run for his money

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          Retarded. Late. Reginald Shemale Perehera: Are you kidding me young lady? With my English, I could have given Shakespere a run for his money.

          Tamil from the north: You could have given William Shakespeare a lesson in the English language? hahahaha firstly idiot get the spelling of the man’s name right. Donkey yet you were only qualified to join a 3rd world army and even there you amounted to nothing. At retirement, you only rose up to a lieutenant? Sheesh shame on you, which kitchen department or toilet cleaning duties did the army put you in. Did a Tamil officer beat you up or did the LTTE buggers slap you silly?

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            “Did a Tamil officer beat you up or did the LTTE buggers slap you silly?”

            HAHA you mean the same ltte who were running for there lives in 2009 and hiding under women’s skirt when the army came hunting for these rats claiming to be tigers? Buddy, you are standing up for a terrorist organization who’s best weapon was to hide behind civilians, beg for a ceasefire with the government and cry for big daddy white masters from the west who’s toilets you tamils clean to interfere in the politics of Sri Lanka. Try harder, lol.

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        Dayani
        You are correct.
        In English, it is hail.
        In German, it is heil.
        He should have said either;
        Heil der neue präsident OR
        Hail the new President.
        Heil Siege – Hail victory or For the win!
        Heil Hitler – Hail Hitler

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          No Chapmpawathi.
          Dayani is mixed it up the term.
          Heil Hitler – is not translated ” word to word” but it was a slogan in Nazi Germany.
          Today many would not even use the term in that word combination. please read my post above.

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        Diyanii
        I don’t remember whether I typed “Sieg Heil” or “Heil Sieg.”
        This is the correct one.
        Sieg Heil – Hail the victory, For the win or Say hail!

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        Shows the calibre of contemporary military leaders of the country!

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        Asking to check his spellings is almost like asking Rajaakshes to be human !.

        Or not ?
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        This was not an election, but a conspiracy to escape from their court allegations. People are misled to all ends. If asked, they would talk high about Rajakashe palhoru, but they dont have proper arguments as to why they should be elected. All is like that DHATHU karanduwa saga in Kelaniya temple.
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        These criminals would never allow their records to be revealed in next days.

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        In a country RACISM and EXTREMISM succeeded above any other civilized life styles, what more to be expressed ?:
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        Barabarians of Rajaakshes will never succeed as leaders.
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        Twisting the innocient mindset for their political survival has been their long term programs. Derana TV and Hir TV should be banned in SL. People should wake up from long slumber and stand against injustice of MEDIA mafia. See, that superstious fairy tales came from Kelaniya Viharaya misled masses in this country. So are the news headlines of Derana TV.
        But the journalists and news presenters are well established and earn that much of respect, so that people dont care even if they would have been subjected to chain rapes on broad day light.

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          Which leader was succeeded in Sri lanka!?
          All of them did something good which is they made Sinhala Buddhists a Modaya nation. Second, they divided them and made them lazy and jealousy

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            Another thing they made them depends on foreign countries. For example, Israel to fight. It is ok until you learn, but not for ever. Today Sinhalese don’t know how to count er Tamil or anybody on their own .
            Last , sinhalase spies are major problem. They control many news sites since colonial time

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        Diyani, it’s heil. Like heil Hitler!!

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      Reggie,
      Will Gotler save us from racist, rabid dogs in SL?
      Cheers!
      PS: Salute the new Chief everynight before you go to bed. You will sleep much better.

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        Hell Burning,

        Rabies is a huge problem in Sri Lanka with feral dogs in the North, East, South and West.

        Govt. of MR tried to gas all those dogs during the CHOGM summit way back in 2013 but animal rights activists and Buddhist clergy were up in their arms.

        Now now I am referring to the real Canine type. You are not hinting at Tamils and Muslims are you?

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          Rtd. Lt. Reginald Shamal Perera,
          .
          Why all this bluster without accepting the challenge to an English competition by young Manel Fonseka?
          .
          The moment there is a challenge, even from a stripling of a girl like Manel, Reggie displays his canine proclivities and retreats like the cur he is, his tail between his legs.
          .
          Is there any reader who knows the Rules for an English Competition?

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            Sinhala Man,
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            I think it is favorable to comment on the topics not to try to teach anyone anything.
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            This is a platform where we are given the chance to exchange on the political issues of our beloved country.
            :
            If Perera or other abuse the rules and regulations on this platform, it is CT to react against them.
            The terms such as ” Heil Hitler” would not use in Europe any more. Uneducated Sinhalayas obviously dont care of anything but abuse their mouth.

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            Panini Edirisinghe,

            Saw your Picture that day. Makes a female Chupacabra look like a beauty queen.

            You don’t look like you are a Sinhalese in the first place. Looks like a by product of some Kaapiri hanky panky in Ceylon.

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              If you are a real general behind there, thank you very much for your service and we Sinhalese are eternally at your debt. I just have a few questions, I always wondered what the 1st regimental special forces (combat ryder squadron) did. Do they fight in the jungles or just the city? Isn’t it very risky to travel in bikes since you don’t have much cover from gun fire? have you ever seen them in combat?

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              Are u teenager ? Leaving as aside first try to learn the basics of human dignity. That ll for sure show u way forward. Refugees living in camps may have been going through all the untold stories but we as adults should not look down upon any humabeings by skin colour, race, religion or any other parameters. That simply shows your background. Your nature racists should be rehabilitated for everyone’s future. Please also learn to negroes because we are in 21st century. Get well soon!

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            Rules and competitions aside……I’d imagine the adjectival phrase “stripling of a girl” fascinating from Manel’s point of view!!!!!!!

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        Ben,
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        I thought our people would have learnt it even after fighting a 30 long year war.
        :
        But the racism today in the country is exponentially growing. They dont care about minoritiy people. Paradoxially, they love to wear PIRITH noole around their wrists and penises.
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        And when leaving the other, they are used to say ” Budusarnayi”; my gosh, what they practise in SL is not true buddhism as LORD BUDDHA preached it.
        It has now become a life style. If negibour murderous men would harm someone, you too have to join them, but at the end of the day, as is the case with BALLIGE PUTHA MAHINDA Rajafukshe, …. they are used to go to temple and lick the roots of the bo tree.

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          every Tamil Tigers supporters will say Sri lanka have “good Buddhism” once Sri lanka accepted to Tigers a Tamil state or foundation for a Tamil State.

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      Was this man meaning to say Heil and then was too fearful to add the name Hitler?

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        Mister,

        I am not fearful of anything. I am a Veteran of the Armed forces of Sri Lanka. One of our brethren is now the President of Sri Lanka.

        I have fought at the frontlines and seen it all. Fear does not even come to my mind when it comes to combat.

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          This is just selfproclamations.
          But this guy is a political asylum seeker in Canada.
          We have no doubt, these men should have committed war crimes and later sought greener pastures.
          But the truth is as is the case with GOTLER being camped in the US, these men are not allowed to free move b ack to home country.

          Gotler too, said that, he is the key person to win the war, but ballige putha left the country and nation at the time, the nation needed him.
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          As is fairy tales being spread to the grass eating majority people, this man Perera too makes effort to fool us on this CT platform.
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          Perera, you should better return to the country be a CONDOM of Rajapakshe family.
          Thank you.
          Bunji appu from UK

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      keep dreaming.. a low life ex Militaryman who ran away from the war to be a gas station attendant in USA is going to protect our country?

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        seargent Nullatamby,
        keep dreaming.. a low life ex Militaryman who ran away from the war to be a gas station attendant in USA is going to protect our country?
        ————
        Why not? Gota ran from Sri Lanka and worked as a cashier in the USA for many years. He went on to become the defense secretary and is now the president of Sri Lanka. As long as you display racism against minorities and come from the govigama caste, there should be no problems getting into top office in SL for a sinhalese

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      Yes.. Hail Gotler!
      Prepare his bunker!

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      Gota s wife an another abusive woman looks as if she is a devil. Why is that ? i thought she has been living in the us for longer period. None of these women are educated so as MR s wife – the ID bearer 222222222222V.
      If anyone would live on the funds of the tax payers funds, would never look like a healthy person.
      See how MR looks like ? His shortness in breath predict the bugger would die tomorrow.

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        Babalathappu

        You seems to have in-depth knowledge about devil women. Is this come from deep association with devil women possibly your own mother . Is this why you hate and despise women due to you horrific up bringing by your own mother a devil women. Predicting death is it another one of the gifts that given to you by your mother succubus.

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          We simply know that Rajaakshe supporters would not see it beyond.
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          There are true stories to prove how MR’s wife abused statefunds for her shopping in colombo shopping malls.
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          I dont belong to the category that our mothers ever abused the tax payers funds for our education.
          :
          You guys are the reason, even low educated poor people to fall from frying pan to fire. No doubt, we will see results within next 3 months.

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      Not a single European leader has come forward to greet Gotler yet today.: WHY ?
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      Does not that say enough about the welcome of his election.
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      Swaziland men may have greeted him, incl. Belarus Dictator.

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        Could it be they are waiting for you to clear things up with your own satanic women?
        Ah! now I get it you waiting for approval from your white masters from Europe.

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    Shit hole land continued loved destroyed by sinhala modayas…hope international community rescue my land from this evil bastards….

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      Shit hole muthu —washing dishes at ramasamys restaurent and fag bar. Calls himself a ‘Chef’.

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      People who love Sri Lanka must have voted for this great leader. Colombo and Gampaha results suggests that the GR’s manifesto was instrumental in getting the support of the young voters.

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      J Muthu > If it is a shit hole, what the hell do you care? and if it became a shithole later & was in better condition before, even then it was ruled by the Sinhalese… your racist logic doesn’t make sense Mr. Typical Tamil Racist guy who is living abroad :D

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      muthu
      Sounds so much like Antony the great pseudo intellectual. Yes he is working in the soup kitchen.

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        Now I’m sure one and the same thanks for clearing my suspicion.

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      Chances to save our land by IC became even lesser with the election of Gotler. So let the very same majority people be rotten in hell.
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      I think there will be no chance for our people to improve their lives. A rascal family that stands on the way should be punished by Karma.
      Now they will surely change the law in favour of them. We know how they once ruled the very same punnakku eaters dominated srilanka.
      :
      There is a saying, even if dog’s tail would put in a bamboo sheath, it wont be straightened. Likewise, WAITING Rajapakhes to take us to right directions is almost like waiting pigs might fly.
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      My prediction is – RAJAKSHE SIBLINGS will go down to the very same manner as go tto see in Lybia with Gadafi Family.
      This can occur within a year or so. Truths will succeed in the end for the betterment of all fair thinkers.

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    S. C. Pasqual or pucha squeal, you need to kneel down or bend forward to have a better lick of Gotler’s gotta! Sorry to say that you can’t beat that infamous A J Ranasinghe sereppu soopuwa! Now get lost squealer!

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      “CondemnedLizaPriceless”

      Man you must have done lot of kneeling & bending down to part with so clear instructions how to go about it. Did the squealing came naturally or is this part of been on bended knee. Never mind if you enjoying that’s what counts.

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    Ranil appears to be interested again in unity government. But the small parties blackmailed him to give way to Vaalaiththodam is forcing him to go for election. Mano Ganesan got fear when Vaalaiththodam, Mangala, Harin like the ones were resigning. He said “Tomorrow Cabinet will be dissolved, why these ministers are resigning”. The leaders of these small parties like Hakeem, Rishard Mano Ganesan would be already entitled to pension. But there are still about 70 MPs have to hang around until the end of the term. They would go with Ranil for Unity government. Few of they may even get minister posts, if Hakeem, Rishard, Mano gone out of cabinet. If Ranil can drag with even weaker unity government for some more time, he may become the president. That is what creating the fear with the smaller parties. They worked hard to make him give way to Vaalaiththodam. But it seems they fear if he is working around them by the back door. If the election comes they can renegotiate with King. Then they can block even the new constitution, proposed with devolution for North East. None of the crooks in the Parliaments are gentlemen but now they are preaching Ranil how to be gentleman by trying to make him give up his position.

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    May Dutta Gamenu after defeating Tamil speaking masses on the island. There is an end for every dynasty Communalism is a dangerous weapon that will destroy the country. The Map of EELAM is shown clearly in Green after the final results Soon the green will grow in upcountry

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      TamilEelam Losing Company. Est 1948 still going strong. You want to lose everything?Contact us.

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      Bring em on Kulendiren. We’d love to allow them mind their own business. But if they want to trample the Lions tail and take their chances so be it.

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        wait and see, how Rajaakshes will manage to heal the wound of all folks in the days to come.
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        The key features of his GOVT will be
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        1) Stand against free media
        2) Stand against court cases
        3) Stand against any human rights violations
        4) Stand against any injustic activities
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        We are patient and let s let the VERY same people to grasp it before 6 months.

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    More and More Good news after Nandaseana’s Inauguration..

    Kamal Goonrathna the Defense Sec.
    Cabral the Head of Economic Development and the Treasury.

    These are the real deal dudes who cut their teeth in the real world in their own fields..

    Not a Pen Pusher who spent all his life under under a Singer Ceiling Fan who was put in to coordinate the Intelligence Services of a Country which had the worst Terrorist Band in the World .

    And a Tailor Boy who was given the controls to a 90 Billion USD Economy..

    I think we are on to bloody good start as these are the two areas which Dr Ranil and his Royal Rouges decimated over 4 and a half years..

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      Sumanasekera,
      Kamal G is case study for PTSD.
      Cabba is corrupt. Don’t even mention Jayasundara.
      Cheers!
      PS: So far, Gotler recruitment Service is killing it. Congrats!

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        You are right Ben. Cabraal is a snake. So far the appointments are not good. I hope he does not throw away his victory the way his brother did.

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    A great leader for a great country. A carefully crafted manifesto won over all sorts of mud slinging.

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    GR carried a lot of baggage his own AND MORE FOR THE BILLIONAIRE FAMILY. still the south voted him while the North and East rejected.
    Now GR is wise if he keeps family and the crooks and extremists away and forge to heal wounds and win over all communities.
    We will never advance divided on racial and religious line
    So lets wish him well to get started with TRANSPARENCY and ensure media freedom prevail not only to crooks who supported him but to all. The whole country knows that DILITH JAYAWEERA is a crook who played out the EPF using the stockmarket.
    All these buggers will die and as AIYO SIRA said they will be born as CROWS. Now we must move on and hope Ranil will step down as Sajith did and get the party to elect a new leader.
    Sajith’s conduct is admirable with maturity and honesty

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    For Gotha’s victory by ballot he deserves the applause. However,when u analyse the story behind his victory it would appear that his victory was not on party lines but rather on a caste issue where the 2 major parties merged to ensure that a Goigama Buddhist won the election.Both Ranil W & the Buddhist Clergy were complicit in this plan. Whilst this is not unusual for SL, the fact that both UNP & SLFP joined hands for the benefit of SLPP is what takes the cake !!Now that Gotha has won, he has this wonderful opportunity to redeem himself and UNITE the Country as Marshall Tito did with Hungary, uniting a then fractured Hungary under one Flag though, unfortunately, this lasted only until Tito lived. The Sinhalese & Tamils have been in
    SL from time immemorial & there is so much in common between the two communities, as well the Muslims, Gotha will go down in history if he takes this opportunity to bring about peace between ALL communities & establish himself as
    the great REDEEMER and bring peace to the nation & to himself as well. May God be
    with him.
    Arul S

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      Arul Sivapalan,
      Sinhala_Man,
      Indeed, Sri Lanka/Ceylon must not become a country which misses opportunities constantly. The ideal scenario would have been someone like Nagananda and a brand new team of people to come in right now. The mandate now at this election is to President Gota and NOT to Mahinda, Ranil, or anyone else. The people do not want the same old wine.
      The new President should now fulfil the people’s mandate (all people irrespective of ethnicity) and establish a country with ONE law for all.
      1. Scrap the wasteful 13th amendment and Provincial Councils
      2. Scrap the shameful Indo Lanka Accord
      3. Scrap all unnecessary bureaucracy – a burden to the nation’s taxpayers
      4. Adopt Singapore’s “Ethnic Integration Policy” (which DS used) to settle ALL ethnicities islandwide to ensure zero ethnic ghettos
      5. Ban all ethnic parties
      6. Ensure one medium of instruction in English for all students in one school system and gear it toward the future skills of IT, engineering, economics and science (the STEM education model)
      7. At any election, run with NEW people. Young people who have a vision, not the fat buffoons from before.
      8. Stop pandering or focusing on India. Open to the WHOLE WORLD and become like Singapore. This country needs massive investment which China, South East Asia etc can provide. Furthermore, scrap all Indian rubbish trains and invest in high speed electric air conditioned transport for all (both trains and buses from China, Japan and home made ones here)
      9. Build at least ONE proper international airport modelled on Changi.
      10. Build proper electric air conditioned trains and scrap all these Indian atrocious things that are not fit for living beings to travel in.
      If these BASIC things are done, we will become a harmonious, integrated and meritocratic country which economically booms and socially blossoms into another Singapore within no more than a decade.

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    Gota was sworn in by myself too.
    Sworn as in i swore (used alot of bad language) when i found out he won the election

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      john a pity you only believe in democracy when your side wins.

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    Gotabaya is a very capable man and I hope he will deliver on his promises. Some say he will be the Mahathir Mohamed of Sri Lanka. May be Sri Lanka needs a strong man like him because democracy has failed us for 71 years. Unfortunately his family consists of rogues and even though Gotabaya may have good intentions, his brothers, nephews and family clan will plunder the country all over again. Controlling the excesses of his own family will be the new president’s biggest problem. Then there is the issue of his citizenship that’s not going to go away. Renouncing US citizenship is a lengthy process which can take upto 18 months. He can be ruled ineligible by the Supreme Court if he is still a US citizen.

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    President for one day and they are already attacking his future performance. I think you will all be surprised by the new year. You will be giving him grudging respect, that is all of you apart from the diehard Ranilists.

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    So called king makers ,Tamil Muslims & Up country Indian Tamils gone to dog. Sinhalese Buddhists shown the world that They can make their own kings without support of minorities. That is the high lights of this perticular presidential election. New presidents acknowledged it with his first address delivered in ancient city of Anuradhapura. Cheer Cheer & Cheer Sinhalese Buddhists. You have shown the world that you all are the real owners of this blessed Land !!!

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    Rajiva Wijesighe on Al Jazeera TVs “Inside Story” clearly stated to Hashem Alshebra that Lasantha’s murder was committed in cold blood by the bloody “kalawedda Sarath Fonseka”. More and more things will unravel in the near future like Batalanda Ranil organizing & meticulously carrying out (without any Nondi) the sophisticated poisoning of Ven. Sobhitha Hamuduruwo. This bugger Ranil’s Sansara Gamana will be a Roller Coaster Ride, we understand Ranasinghe Premadasa’s Sansara Gamana hit a bullet railway crossing in the Okinawa Prefecture and thereafter still no trace….even JR Jayawardena same fate because he said in 1983, this is end of Tamils, in San Francisco he spoke for the Japanese people but idiot what evil he uttered for his subjects….these are buggers on whom Karma will never let lose its grip

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      Rajiva Wijesinghe is an abusive person. He cant just get on with a team, but saying that he is a right, he moves nowhere. So that was the case with his procative politics of GG government. Man could stay back in UK and give his services to them rather returning to the shit hole where the uneducated men dominate and ruin the life of the destitute and all.
      :
      Give me one single example, anyone with Prof. Title did good politics in favour of the masses in our country ?
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      GLP – is the worst, lying with dogs – HE IS AN EMBARACMENT TO OXFORD
      Rajiva – self pompous character- always know-all nature., but did nothing within their chances
      All other professors in LANKEN politics could do lot more good work in the line of UNI education in SL
      Only idiots and their cronies are in lanken POLITICs. They dont their kadava to removed by intelligent people.

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