The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe regime’s policy of helping friends and family appears to have spread to the Foreign Ministry with career diplomats being overlooked in favour of loyalists and their kin.
Swarna Pushpa Kanthi Gunaratne, sister of Hirunika Premachandra‘s late father Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra is to be appointed as Sri Lanka’s consul in Los Angeles, USA.
Colombo Telegraph emailed the Foreign Ministry requesting confirmation of the report regarding the appointment, but the Ministry has not responded yet.
When Colombo Telegraph contacted Swarna Gunaratne yesterday, she said she is waiting for the confirmation. “I haven’t got the appointment letter yet” she said.
It is confirmed that Guarante has never held a diplomatic post before or has any career training or experience in the diplomatic service.
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Amarasiri / January 10, 2016
RE: Hirunika’s Aunt To Get Diplomatic Posting
So, they kill her brother, Arrest her niece, sand now give her a diplomatic post. Hope she is qualified, and they will not kill her as well.
Is this Sinhala “Buddhism” under Yahapalanaya?
Just Curious.
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Samuel Jayaweera / January 11, 2016
We must not make an elephant out of an insect. Consul is not a big position that would need more QUALIFICATIONs than the candidate to have a broader knowledge about the country for which he or she is going to be appointed.
I know a guy who became known as a millionaer – in germany, he is also appointed as a srilanken consul. Having spoken with him on small issues such as duality applications, I felt myself, my gosh, man di dnot know even the basics about the issue.
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Samuel Jayaweera / January 11, 2016
This Jane akka will be another housemaid type candidate if she has not credentials to do the job.
Ane ane apita giya kala ?: God bless to island nation. Where is a the principle the due to be gotten the jobs ?
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Jim softy / January 11, 2016
Amarasiri:
It is Sinhala buddhists behaving like Jihadists, your kind.
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Amarasiri / January 11, 2016
Jim softy
“It is Sinhala buddhists behaving like Jihadists, your kind.”
So, looks like they are merging their ideologies. Merger of Mara and Satan.
One question: Who will ger the 72 Virgins (or raisins/) and who will get the 72 boys?
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kumaran / January 10, 2016
At some point in time, people of this country must intervene and do so seriously. If a person is not qualified, he/she is not suitable. These are responsible positions that reflect on the nation as a whole and can make or break a nation. Such appointments can also utterly break the spirit of more qualified permanent staff who just give-up on their efforts. I remember many years ago, when I was working for the GOSL, I had to visit Washington where I met along with others a group of investors. Our “man in Washington” was such a dummy he hardly knew the subject and left me “red faced” in the presence of many Washington people in the business. It is time that the Civil Society raised serious objections with regard to diplomatic appointments as well as all other issues.
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IVORY / January 10, 2016
At some of them do not have any basic qualifications at all. … If politicians appoint civil servants at their will why do we need to have examinations? … political thugs have given diplomatic posts and statues without any basic qualifications.
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Uthungan / January 13, 2016
Who elects the political thugs to rob, rampage and rape ?
When the elected mirrors the elector what is the point in howling Ouch?
Electors must reform themselves first to deserve honest elected representatives.
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MC / January 10, 2016
This is bad. We in the Foreign service have worked so hard during the last year. Now such useless people are filling our positions.At least some of us had much recognition when the previous government was in power for the hard work we did.
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Hawk / January 11, 2016
Yes the “some of us” were actually only a “few of us” who were doing the dirty work for Sajin Vass the pervert and rouge.[Edited out]
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arjuna / January 10, 2016
she is better off running the sri Lankan grocery shop at home in Calgary, Canada than this post what a shame
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arjuna / January 12, 2016
see what I mean , most number of people given thumbs up for her been a shop keeper..
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Plato. / January 10, 2016
Do you all want to know the reasons for all this?
A Lumpen element has been replaced by a Bumpkin!
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Mallaiyuran / January 10, 2016
Is this why Hirunika was arrested and released?
Who is that guy, the AG who advised to camouflage a crime with an arrest to another crime?
Comedies in Wild Life Sanctuary Land Lankawe is unlimited.
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Karaiyuran / January 11, 2016
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Mallaiyuran / January 11, 2016
You welcome Jihadi.
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Kumar Sandirasegaram / January 10, 2016
How wrong you chaps are to suggest that the job offered is a highly paid diplomatic position. It’s an unpaid job as a consul is appointed to bat for Sri Lanka in Losangelese. This award is a voluntary position that is offered to people who generally have a good standerds in society and acts as a advocate for Sri Lanka in the absence of the Ambassador. How twisted you guys are to think that it is a political favour to appoint her to a non job.
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Mallaiyuran / January 11, 2016
“It’s an unpaid job as a consul is appointed to bat for Sri Lanka in Losangelese. This award is a voluntary position that is offered to people who generally have a good standerds in society and acts as a advocate for Sri Lanka in the absence of the Ambassador. “
Thank you Sir!. So is that your position that this government job properly selected and no better candidate was ignored? Are you telling there is no one other she, is in good standard in your society? Is that your position that no consul appointed by the Old Royals were not recalled by the New Roayls when recalled about 40 of in one batch?
You are telling to others that this angel woman, an aunt of an MP and a sister of an MP going to closed down her Calgary, Canada shop and rent a house in LA, CA and out her pocket will be doing propaganda for the Wild life Sanctuary Lankawe?
You still have get a grasp of what is nepotism is.
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Janz / January 11, 2016
Autonomous lunatic Mallaiyuran is talking about an angel woman!
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Kamal / January 11, 2016
Swarna got a BSc & MSc degrees from top Universities in Canada and she did top jobs in Calgary. Lady ended up at Shell until she decided to quit her job and fight for justice for her brother. Swarna is not corrupt at all. They are financially well off. As usual Colombo Telegraph readers post things they don’t know.
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Mallaiyuran / January 11, 2016
She gave up the fight for her bother when her sister-in-law was offered a job as SLFP organizer. Is that right. Her niece stopped the fight after she was offered a candidacy in Western Province. She restated after Chandrika got her a candidacy in UNP. Is that right too?
Is that MSc or the BSc is providing her foreign relations qualification?
“She is well off” means that she is spending for the wellness of the The Wildlife Sanctuary, Lankawe or the on Wellness of the Foreign Ministry officials who allot the jobs?
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Emil / January 12, 2016
As a long term Calgary resident myself, I can say that “Swarna” did not hold “top jobs” over there, ending at Shell.
That is irrelevant anyway because that does not prepare anyone for a diplomatic job of a two-bob, Third World country like Sri Lanka.
How did she try to get justice for her brother? We have never heard of any attempts. Premachandra’s murder was the result of two drug dealing underworld characters, both equally corrupt and thuggish. After his death, he is being made a saint at the expence of the other. His daughter with the same mentality won a UNP seat and now she is showing her colours.
A symptom of ‘unuth ekai, munuth ekai’ syndrome I have been witing to CT about.
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Saman / January 13, 2016
Didn’t you know as a long time Calgary resident that she also did some work for UN ?
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thondamanny / January 10, 2016
MC – after a very very long time I heard a Government servant speakout saying he/she has worked very hard during the last year after all these years.
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Lanka Watch / January 10, 2016
Ranil/Sirisena came to power on the promise to the people that they will eradicate nepotism, corruption and political thuggery, which
were practised by the former regime openly with many billions of Dollars plundered from the treasury and political murders, intimi-
dation and rounding up of political opponents in white vans were rampant. So the people elected a new govt. who promised to keep their promises but within a matter of months,they started doing the identical
things,the past govt. did and did not care a damp about the promises they gave the people and got elected. The President started the rot by appointing his own brother as the chief of SLT and Ranil, the PM appointed his buddy Mr. Mahendran as Gov.of CB. Even though Mahendran
was not directly involved in the scam, the fact is that the govt. lost
over 500 million rupees by his mishandling and money does not grow on trees in SL. On a matter of principle ,PM Ranil should have removed him from the position and sent him home with a golden handshake, as Prez. himself requested him to do so, as it was an embarrassment to the govt. and banking industry as the financial institutions all over the world were watching the situation and the rot spread to the other ministries, unabated. Having a foreign ministry with qualified staff, why should the govt. go for outsiders to fill the vacancies for ambassadors,some of them are not even familiar with world geography. Take India as an example where not one outsider represents the Indian Govt.,overseas.Sure, some of the seniors in the govt. are aware of the actual situation in the country, today but they are helpless as power is vested in only few hands, like the previous regime. every action is identical and people see no change between the two govts, the past and the present.
It is obvious here that the present Govt.is well aware that the people
are now politically educated and able to reason out things and it looks
like they will be satisfied with one term (5 years)governing and PM Ranil will only be happy to be a parliamentarian,through out his political life ,either with the govt or with the opposition and this is his pass time. With such a situation in the country, it is anybody’s
guess as to who will form the next Govt. and one should not forget that there are 5 million voters solidly behind MR. It is a pity that the Prez & the PM did not set a good example from the beginning, by being clean in administration and put behind bars the people who were up to corruption ,nepotism and thuggery and if this happened (There is still time left to correct the situation), the people will have only two choices, to elect a future Govt.
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Leelawathie / January 11, 2016
What matters is, what kind of qualifications brings the candidate ?
If she does not have qualifications to meet the expectations for the representation of the country, people have to protest… since ballige puthas govt during the last few years, appointed every simple simons like tea tasters as diplomats and personnel to represent the nation to outside world.
Most joke was the man appointed to US embassay washington had not the least qualifications to be an Ambassador. Main qualification was him to be one of an another close relative of Mr Megalomanic Rajapakshe.
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Lanka watch / January 11, 2016
Leelawathie – what matters is why deviate from the normal practice of
selecting the diplomats from the foreign ministry. They are given
adequate training as to how to deal with intrigue problems like
Trade, bilateral agreements and so on. Why should our diplomats
look fools, not knowing the subjects well, in the presence of other countries diplomats,while having diplomatic conferences and meetings.
Take India as an example as no outsiders are sent as diplomats to
represent their country and they are all selected from the foreign
ministry. They are all career diplomats.
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Leelawathie / January 11, 2016
This I see as gewohnheit – habbit of lankens in general. They should be taught basic things first before making plans to turn the country as a information hub/wonder in asia.
Most having just exchanged with them, I find even the graduates would say nothing but stay as if clay fed up crocodile once they notice any wrong doings are being practised. THis has gone for a long run. TOday, that has added ot their day today life.
As you know Germany s new eve ended up with problems in Colonge city – where women were brutally attacked by some criminal gangs- they were touched and even rape incidents were reported. Today, the news senders say, that the government will impose even more rigorous punishments that would go against the rights of the nation.
Can this be the case in SRILNAKA even if women or men would have been tortured ? NO, they have to fight years long to get passed a tiny amendments in the parliament. That is the reality. Uncilized folks filled srilanka will never raise it head until they the rulers will impose rigorous laws against wrong doers.
Right at the moment, nationlistic bitches sons spread nation deviding statments such as ” sinhale or balule” – this would never be accepted in any civlized world, – in a country left by 30 year civil war, this is beyond all ehtics and moral.
Gommanpila should be executed or brought behind bars for rest of his life to have created the kind of new problems to the nation that is trying to rise head after being lagged by a long driven civli war.
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gamini / January 11, 2016
She resembles a lot like Kshenuka Seneviratne and possibly is of same character to receive this post. Otherwise how can they get such posts?
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Rarityminds / January 11, 2016
Consul is not a big post – it is just honorary position.
Your leader will not allow any one with low esteem to get elected right ? U always cough for RW politics, why cant you add inside thoughts about the post ?
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Jim softy / January 11, 2016
Every Sri lankan Politician in Sri lanka is for himself and to make him live.
In that sense, Mahinda Rajapakse is better because we can live at least in imaginary world thinking he is working for us.
I think, people should change their mind.
Get rid of these Ba$tards.
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Point of View / January 11, 2016
Are you missing your pay master Gota ? No, Softy we don’t need those Ba$tards again !!
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Maya Silva / January 11, 2016
She is a Canadian Citizen who lives in Calgary, Alberta
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Amarasiri / January 11, 2016
Maya Silva
“She is a Canadian Citizen who lives in Calgary, Alberta”
Is she going to do actual productive work?
Is she going to be a Ghost Employee?
Can’t find a different job at Calgary, Canada?
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Lal Kandy / January 11, 2016
There was a man who was was HE Rajapakse’s first cousin was a shady tea trader. He was first made consul in LA where he lived because Consul position is usually honorary and given to someone with money and connections . Then made ambassador to USA! O levels. Tea taster became businessman. Moved to LA during the same time as Gota probably on lottery. Started a very successful tea export firm. Duped and cheated on many sri lankan Americans. Lived it up. Used limos at state expense. Borrowed money never returned. Totally unethical Matara sinhala buddhist. That’s reality.
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Pinthuappu / January 11, 2016
You guys to have stayed mum at the time tea tasters was disgracing the nation is not pardonable.
There are lot s of srilanken americans in the STATES. They could go on protests asking that illiterate Jaliya Wikramasooriya to resign. If you guys did it, things could have ended up good for lanken diplomacy.
pLACE should be gotten to the due. Srilanka is not Pakistan – a country that produced exemplary diplomats in the days of Ms B. Today it to have turned to a banana republic is a great work of Rajapakshes
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Amarasiri / January 12, 2016
Lal Kandy
“Totally unethical Matara sinhala buddhist. That’s reality.”
Have heard about the adage “Matara Suttara”?
Are only the Matara Sinhala Buddhists Unethical? What about Hambantota Sinhala Buddhists, especially the Medamulana Sinhala Buddhists.
What other kinds of Sinhala Buddhists, besides Matara Sinhala Buddhists one should be very careful? Just trying to be safe.
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Russian grad / January 11, 2016
Swarna is a graduate in Economics from a small town in USSR but has not diplomatic experience nor relevant skills other than possibly business skills. She is not a bad person but her being the SL envoy to the US is a joke. She has been tagging along after her niece Hirunika during her political career lately and this is Hirunika’s thank you gift to her. Any self respecting Sri Lankan should deplore such nepotism and hypocrisy. STOP IT SIRISENA if you want to maintain a shred of your supposed Yahapalanaya!!!!
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Samuel Jayaweera / January 11, 2016
If she is a graduate – then, hers is not comparable to that of Jaliya Burusooriya – former president cousin – who was earlier a tea taster or the like. Many known me added that the guy did not have even OLVEVELs.
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Lalkantha / January 11, 2016
Seem like someone is jealous.
Swarna’s profile on linked in..
Oil & Gas Acounting
Lightstream Resources Ltd
April 2008 – Present (7 years 10 months)
• 25 years of experience in Canadian Oil and Gas Accounting
• Accruals, JVB Queries, Sproule Reports and other Management Queries
• Provides day today user support for Northern Western Alberta Production Accounting team by setting up master data and solving Prism issues
• Performs financial interface and month end procedures gaining vast experience in JD Edwards software and Qbyte FM
• Responsible for training of new employees, summer students and co-op students
• Land record research and contract reviews for freehold and overriding royalties using Landman and CS Explorer
• Master file setup and updates relating to production accounting systems, Prism, Qbyte Macro
• Review and submission Volumetric, OAF/SAF to the Petroleum Registry
• Alberta and Saskatchewan monthly production/revenue reporting functions from raw field data to month end closing
• Accounts receivable research and reconciliation
• Complicated gas allocations along with complex pipeline splits
• Member of Qbyte Macro, Prism and Matrix production accounting implementation teams
• Supervised operated and non-operated production Accountants and trained them on properties
• Marketing Accounting ( Monthly Marketing statements)
• Sound knowledge of Alberta/Saskatchewan /BC/Manitoba and Alberta
Heavy Oil Production Accounting
Oil & Gas Accounting
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)
March 1992 – April 2008 (16 years 2 months)
United Nations :
Fundraising Director
United Nations
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Samarawickrama / January 12, 2016
If srilanken diplomacy up there is related to OIL and Gas Accounting, the qualifications accordingy to my grand child ( who is just 10 years old) will be meeting with the requirements. But i really dont think that Srilankens up there – that are going to work in the canada will focus on oil related issues rather just diplomatic relationship between poor srilanka and canada.
Anyway, if an appointed medical doctor cant do the job properly without having the experience in the medical fieled, just any candidates even if they are graduates in other fields will not be suitable for diplomatic positions. Basta.
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Amarasiri / January 12, 2016
Russian grad
“Swarna is a graduate in Economics from a small town in USSR but has not diplomatic experience nor relevant skills other than possibly business skills.”
Isn’t she more qualified than the Brother in Law of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the brother of his wife, who was heading Air Lanka, who did not even pass the GCE OL.
On that scale, this Aunt is “qualified”.
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Burt / January 11, 2016
“It is confirmed that Guarante has never held a diplomatic post before or has any career training or experience in the diplomatic service.”
Colombo telegraph can do better at least say what her expertise are on.
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Upul / January 11, 2016
No pun intended…looks like Gamarala wants our missions staffed by Palas and wathies instead of MSc’s and BSc’s so his shortcomings will not be too obvious.
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Upul / January 11, 2016
To the idiots who think the Consul General in Los Angeles is just a jaunt…It is a salaried position with an office, staff and housing.
In addition California is the world’s 7th largest economy and home to major corporations like Google, Facebook and the like.
So our ‘menike’ be better prepared, beyond just a smiley face.
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gajaman / January 11, 2016
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El Chapo / January 11, 2016
No amount of invective against this hypocritical liar who took us all for the ride of our lives, will make him change his ‘spots’. His actions are going from bad to worse, and impunity (the Rajapakses’ gift to the nation) is rapidly emerging as ‘business as usual’ in the Yahapalanaya fiasco!
The man is drowning in the ‘Godayata magic’ syndrome to the detriment of us all and poor Ranil must be too stunned to do anything about it.
Time for the JVP’s promised mass demonstrations???
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Justice & Fairplay / January 11, 2016
THe fact that this lady is Hirunika’s aunt is neither here nor there. The important thing is, will this lady do her job well? If she can perform better than the career diplomats, that would be a terrific bonus.
There are some who have been hand-picked outside the career diplomatic circle, who are rather better than the diplomats themselves. This is a fact.
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Jabberwock / January 11, 2016
J&P, please stop talking nonsense!
“IF, she can…”???? And what “IF” she can’t????
Who are these “hand-picked diplomats” you know who have been better than professional, qualified “diplomats”?
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Rohan / January 11, 2016
Like S. Skandakumar….
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Kalu Lal / January 11, 2016
Qualifications of an Ambassador: Wonder what Swarna has?
Oh My God what has happened to Yahapalane in 1 year…?
She will be worse than Jaliya fellow. Looks like Sirisena is worse than Mahinda.
Sira has no clue how to run the affairs of the country. He wants to stuff the diplomatics post with his friends and yea sayers. Wonder what CBK & Ranil has to say about this appointment.
Francis de Laboulaye, French Ambassador to Brazil, Japan, and the United States
The first reaction of most professional diplomats, when they are asked about the criteria to be used in choosing ambassadors, is to describe their own qualifications. This is a very natural reaction, but if anything useful is to come from such an inquiry it is necessary to step back and look at the essential elements of the position of chief of mission, i.e., of ambassador. One simple definition of diplomacy is that it is the oral aspect of international relations. There is an essential difference between what is written and what is spoken, not only because spoken words are essentially more ephemeral (verba volant), but because the spoken language has infinitely more nuances, being both richer and more subtle than written texts.
More here: http://www.ediplomat.com/nd/essays/delaboulaye.htm
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Amarapala / January 11, 2016
What if she more qualified than you ? Retired early with a large payout from a oil company where she worked as accountant and lived in a mansion with her hard earned money?
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Bagalawathie Wickramaratne / January 12, 2016
This is third world jealousy stuff..
She is reported to be a graduate with years long Experience in Canada. What is wrong her being given the chance to represent the country.
If any one would compare hers with that of Jaliya Buuruwsooriya, it is like sky earth differences.
Get a life people, jealousy, hatred, enviousness cant bring us nowhere. Jayawewa TO YOU Swarna. If many are against, just dont reject the position. That can help these malicious people for their inner peace.
Budusarnai Apita
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Adrian / January 11, 2016
This is another yardstick to take into consideration at the drafting of the new constitution. The powers vested in the President,PM or any MP’s to make such appointments should be removed and vested in a properly constituted body which does not include any politician.
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KA Sumanasekera / January 11, 2016
Batalanada Ranil hand picked this beauty Hiru, to give Colombo Elite a good time, in Yahapalanaya of course..
But Hirunickers over did it, I guess by calling our local Mobile mini Papparazzi to cover the event.
When the shit hit the fan, the Elite and Batalanda himself disowned her and vanished to the thin air.
There were only Dalits at the High Court ( or is it Magistrate’s) to welcome Hiru after she got bail, and escort her to the White Van, because the Black Defender is still under lock up.
UNP ‘s real beauty with an impeccable breeding who lost the gig to Hiru will have the last laugh.
And may even get the old gig,if Batalanda pulls a few strings with our FM and get Hirunickers to join the aunt as an assistant to Consul .
Ny thing higher wouldn’t be feasible, because the FM wouldn’t want Hirunickers to front up to the Western Media scrums.
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LankanfromLanka / January 13, 2016
Who is the Dalit Sumane ? The Dalit is you. By ones actions , one becomes a Dalit. All you do is spew hateful bile and racism. Why do you care about the Western Media ? You live in Australia. Hypocrite.
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sanath / January 11, 2016
we should get Arosha , Her niece instead she is better qualified and has a large mouth.
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Bunjiappu / January 11, 2016
If the criteria should mainly be based on the size of the mouth of the candidate – why not appoint an crocodile for the job ? Southern srilanka ‘s crocodiles are on a rapid growth – as I lately read somewhere.
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Samarawickrama / January 12, 2016
This is simply cool :)
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Alavettiyan / January 11, 2016
A bank clerk who failed A Levels moved to Uganda as an accounts clerk. He was appointed Sri Lankan consul in Uganda. Later G.L.Pieris and Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed him High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Uganda at USD 5000 per month. This happens whatever the regime is
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Sirimal / January 11, 2016
GL peris is a model SRILANKEN professor even if he earned higher degrees at the Oxford. In Germany or Uk if prof would react that way – could easily end up a social revolution. Since, professors in generla have a higher acceptable status in the entire world.
GL should have eaten lots of extrements during the high days of Meeharaka Rajapakshe.
No other explanations would fit here.
Stinky educated men willnever leave an example.
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Pirisappu / January 11, 2016
GL is an another GOOD example – for ugath modayas- LEARNT idiots.
What has he achieved in his political carrier ? Nothing actually. To this date, he has become a laughing stock to local and IC folks.
For sure, his relatives would be happy the way he has been sitting with dogs – the days the tick attack would be is counted.
Had he been doing it as a Learnt professor, how many of the students could benefit their doctoral theses or as a whole the future. These learnt professors just waste their golden time and knowledge being lagged by parasitial politicians. Good luck GL.
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CITIZEN / January 11, 2016
Who is she? What was she before? Is she also in Wimal’s grade – not even passed the 8th Standard? The Foreign Service that went to the dogs only they promise to correct. But, is it now going to the female of the species????
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Sama / January 11, 2016
Dont you think that Wimals grade is the accepted qualification for any good job of the lanken kind of stupidity folks ? No matter credentials are in ass – they just want to appoint someone, that is the cuitlure the majoirty of srilankens respect.
If you disagree, why do the many over 49% among the vote eligible stay on licking Rajapakshe et al. Rajaakshes did all harm to the nation as no other leader happened to do. Even today, their cesspits are not sealed off. They are the buggers behind all these blood statements – they have to be executed to the very same manner the Irakis did it. Not giving any excuses.
Why do the many stay as if their orifices are seald off – while nationalistc minorities spread THOSE blood statements ? Is that not becaues most of them are far stupid than ever accepted ?
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MsKitchibitchi / January 11, 2016
No what matters is the lady should be well conversant in English having lived in that part of the world regardless of anything she had been doing during the last few years.
But this is far better acceptable than the criteria picked up by Meeharaka Rajapakshe. Did you guys listen to any forums former Srilanken Ambassador to the US was invited as the chief /cheap guest ? I had the feeling the guy could not even comphrehend what was being discussed… many of the questions were responnded by KOHEDA YANNE MALLE POLLE – not even nearly meeting with the contents – why was this allowed for a period of 5 years ? It was just Kirimati gilapu Rajaapkshes had no knowledge in any fields. Here I may be wrong… they are expert in killing tactics and being life long rascal minded. No matter qualified ones could go unemployed, our man principle was above all- on the top of the agenda. More backlickers were appointed rather than the qualified. This is how they worked. Rememeber ? Surely not, srilankens in general are memory losers… ha ha . good luck to us so long these idiots take over the handling of srilanken future.
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Wasitha / January 11, 2016
She is an accountant with two degrees. Done some work for UN. Over 30 years experience as a senior professional accountant in the Canadian oil industry.
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Ms. Bumwhite / January 12, 2016
Yes, but these men who add their 2 cts against her are no better than those gullible stupid masses in the country.
I thought the lady has no qualifications at all – if she is a graduate, why not her to become a consul.
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chimpa / January 11, 2016
It looks everyone is same, who comes to power. In srilanka we cannot find any one to be genuine rulers. Pathetic situation is that 65% of the poor sector will have to continue their existence, the same way.
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Sama / January 12, 2016
Not going through facts, please dont attack the current regime.
They have done a lot sofar. See, people thought Hirunika would not be arrested, what happened. they did it THOUGHT bit late.
Meeharaka led previous govt did not arrest anyone – even if Tangalle their familiy confidiante went on raping visiting tourists, Mahinda did not move an inch. Today, the man still dares to add his thoughts. Can you imagine ?
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Naga Ramalingam / January 12, 2016
Sometimes knowledge about people & matters and quality experience is more important than degrees. We had ambassadors and consul generals who were not acquainted with current world affairs. Neither they were vocal enough to drive a point. We should appoint persons with a combination of education and soft skills who can project our country’s image in the foreign countries.
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