UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa today severely criticized a government decision to release a group of Tamil political prisoners, who recently engaged in a five day fast.
Calling the prisoners as former LTTE cadres detained on Terrorism charges, Weerawansa today said he had reliable information that President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had come to an agreement with the TNA and several other Tamil politicians to grant a general amnesty to the prisoners.
Weerawansa said that this agreement included some ex-LTTE cadres becoming witnesses for the state in trials which will be carried out against the military officers at the proposed Hybrid Court.
“This is a slur on our security forces who sacrificed their life and limb to save the country from the clutches of terrorism” he said
Weerawansa challenged the President and the Prime Minister to reveal how the government was going to release prisoners with serious criminal charges against them, without any judicial process.
The UPFA MP questioned whether the government was prepared to release other prisoners as well if they engage in a hunger strike.
Meanwhile the hunger strike commenced by the prisoners on Monday was called off on Saturday following an assurance by President Sirisena that the prisoners grievances will be met before November 07.
During a recent Cabinet meeting the President had tasked Minister Mano Ganesan, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and Law and Order Minister Tilak Marapana to meet the Attorney General and discuss the issue and submit a report to him.
Meanwhile the TNA today warned that the party will stage a fast along with the prisoners if President Sirisena makes a u-turn on his assurance to the Tamil political prisoners.
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Leelawathie / October 18, 2015
This man is trying to draw the attention while his is not being focused by the media thse days. Why to have secret pact – things seems ot be open today more than had been before 8th Januaray.
This buruwanse will create new forms of ethinc clashes between all folks, this man belong to prisons or therapy centres (rehabs). ALWAYS his theories have manipualted the masses. With MR s high profile finanicial grabs are being revealed thease days, This man Wimal may be thinking it is his resop to turn it to the side of such pacts.. that are not the realities but stammered stories akin to the google bans.. and amrican product bans the bugger had been protesting then… paranoic theories will have no ground in today s environements.
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AVB / October 18, 2015
Don’t we have terminally ill or mentally retarded person who would volunteer to shoot this ModaWanhanse???
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Analyst / October 18, 2015
MODAYA MODAYA MODAYA BOORUWANSA When do you follow the right path? You’re on the right path of self destruction.
You and your Masters are dead , dead Meat today in Our SRILANKA.
You and your likes have made way for the good future of our Land with your Racists Ideologies.
The people have had enough of you .where as you and your idiotic bootlickers still hoping that there is HOPE FOR YOU ,YOUR MASTERS AND RACISM IN OUR LAND.
YOURE dreaming still of the good times you have enjoyed , it’s time for you and your Racists idiots to bugger off from our Land.
There are followers of you who burnt the Mosques and continue to stir Racism do not realise that their ideologies are DEAD,….
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Dog Catcher / October 18, 2015
They shoot rabid dogs, don’t they????
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The Messenger / October 19, 2015
If the JVP fellows like Wimal Weerawansa who should have been in jail for the ’87-’89 insurgency is pardoned and allowed to engage in politics, then what is wrong in releasing those LTTE suspects (political prisoners), most of them actually do not have any case against them, only suspects.
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Samuel Jayaweera / October 19, 2015
The kind of politics should be banned in srilanka. This man s views have no basis but twisting the mind sets of the vulnerable folks. His has no basis at all, just evasively he adds things. He cant grasp any kind of external affairs. This man should be subjected to questions to determine his knowledge about emperialism and external issues. Just becasue the bugger was abused by former president for his abusive politics, this man should not be given high grounds in lanken media. Please media men, just ignore this man so as former mervin de Silve. Who only seeks media displays fo rtheir publicity. Media men should see it right before being published the kind of issues.
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2015
Wimal Weerawansa
You may be right and you should take this issue bit more seriously than other fellow smart patriots as we have witnessed your courage over a long period of time.
Hope you will commence your protest in earnest, perhaps a fast onto death. Unlike other jester politicians, we are confident that you can do it, and we rely on your immense sacrifices towards keeping this country and your “family” safe.
WI take take this opportunity assure you our fellow CT forum sharers are right behind you.
Thank you Wimal.
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Pot Shot / October 18, 2015
……and I promise to bring the lemon puffs you might need. Go for it Wimal
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2015
Pot Shot
Thanks for your immense support. Please make sure his supporters don’t indulge in singing Tamil National Anthem while he is on fast.
Happy Days are Here Again.
We know a song about it, don’t we?
Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again
let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again,
Altogether shout it now
There’s no one who can doubt it now
so let’s tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again,
Your cares and troubles are gone
They’re be no more from now on
Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again
let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again,
So long sad time, so long bad time
we are rid of you at last
Howdy gay times, cloudy gray times
you are now a thing of the past
Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again
let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again,
Altogether shout it now
There’s no one who can doubt it now
so let’s tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again,
Your cares and troubles are gone
They’re be no more from now on
Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again
let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again,
Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again
let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
– Annette Hanshaw
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Burt / October 19, 2015
Yeah this time the fast should be without lemon puff.
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Lapatiya / October 19, 2015
N/V
“Hope you will commence your protest in earnest, perhaps a fast onto death”
I fully agree with your suggestion and like to add few things. The other 1st class patriots such as Mussammil, Weera Kumara Disanayaka, Gunadasa Amarasekara, Nalin De Silva, Gembanpila, Wasi Deva, Boralugoda Patriot also should join this “fast on to death” until Govt. change it’s decision to release Tamil Political prisoners.
This time Saddarmadveepa Chakrawarthi will not be there to give “Glass of Thambili” as he has more and more visits to CID/FCID and Crimes Commission.
I will make sure that one Lt. of Petrol and one Box of Matches available at the “Fast on to Death” stage for our biggest Patriots to use.
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kumaran / October 19, 2015
Fast but not unto death, Wimal. We need you around.
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Ponkoh Sivakumaran / October 18, 2015
Why should there be a secret arrangement when the law requires that these people are unlawfully detained and should be released forthwith. This fellow is an idiot. He should show concern for the 70 000 young Sinhalese who were killed and who have had no justice. Stupid fellow is stoking embers of a dying racism. It will not work.
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Edwin Rodrigo / October 18, 2015
Don’t so sure that “It will not work”. It may work. Anyway, WW is betting on the fact that he has nothing to loose by trying.
Also to be fair, you have to consider the fact that there are people who have committed serious crimes such as mass murder. Taking up arms against a legitimate state is a serious matter. I am sure the perpetrators knew full well what they were doing and what the repercussions would be. But they went ahead. Now they have to pay the price.
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Jaliya / October 18, 2015
Man, man, this idiot is really, really nuts. He and his bunch of thieves are real misery, and wouldn’t let this country move forward. The President, the PM and government want to speedily sort out and put behind all the bad issues which are huge drag on the forward march of the country and people. These issues sucks lot of time, energy, wealth and real focus of all which are not productive at all. Let the dogs shouts, the government should do its best to put the country on the right course for the people to have better life. These donkeys wouldn’t eat grass but wouldn’t let others to eat as well.
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Ansar / October 18, 2015
Booruwansa 2/2 = 0, here are some of the International conspiracies (kumanthranas)
1. Early Elections called by your MATTA MARA.
2. MY3 standing as common candidate.
3. People voting him as President.
4. Ranil appointed as PM.
5. Investigating Murders and Corruptions during ALI BABA REIGN.
6. People breathing a heave of relief from White Van abductions by GOD FATHER GOTA.
7. Recent arrest of Corrupt Customs Officers with the loot.
8. Geneva Resolution.
9. Sri Lanka regaining stature in the eyes of all countries as a free and sovereign state, unlike a brute dictatorship under the boots of MARA.
10. Last but not the least, the booruwas of your likes being confined to the political dustbin with your TSUNAMI HORA MARA, GEMMAMPILA, DINESH GONAWARDANE AND VASU..DEAF..A.
The only option left for you to overcome all above conspiracies and regain MARA Sri Lanka (MURDER,RAPE,CORRUPTIONS,EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS & WHITE VAN ABDUCTIONS) ,is to fast unto death. Otherwise there is no way of saving your family,sorry Sri Lanka from disaster.
Don’t worry there are still around 4 Million idiots, who can be tapped for your worthy cause, including DAYAN THE D…..
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The Messenger / October 18, 2015
Ansar
You forgot that thug Ganasara (BBS) created by Gota. He is told to shut up, one of the biggest International conspiracies.
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 18, 2015
Well, Well, Well! Ansar seems to think that his type has a monopoly for religious extremism.
OK Buddy, go ahead and enjoy. We are not so good at that as you.
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Analyst / October 18, 2015
MODAYA. MODAWANSA just go-away and let the country progress without your Racists Claptrap.
Don’t you go to your Samadi and pray for your family and children ?? Or just go and visit the Racists Monks to create violence in our country.
THIS COUNTRY OF 2500 YEARS OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM DOES NOT BELONG TO RACISTS OF YOUR TYPE.
GO GET LOST MORON.
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dcn / October 18, 2015
Desperate to be in the limelight. All said and done survive in the business of politics. This is Booruwansa in action with lies.
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Analyst / October 18, 2015
Uneducated thugs like this type should be in Prison , he is very capable of STIRRING VIOLENCE AND DIVISION AND HATREDNESS.
This country had it not suffered enough for the last 60 years in the hands of the LIKES OF WEERAMODAS??
Time to reverse folks from this kind of mentality and destroy the kind of preaching from our country.
I know these village born and bred stupids are the cause of the down fall of SL ,
Along the line there are educated Modayas as well who STIRS UP RACISM. They are the back bone Of these Racists elements.
Mostly they are corrupt and looters of the National wealth.
PM has the responsibility to wipe away this diseased country from the incurable/ curable disease .
Do we still have confidence in our President???????who took over our country with glorious character certificate??
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soma / October 18, 2015
If he is such an imbecile why everyone is so hysterical about him?.
Why can’t he be a counterweight to Wingeswaran?
Soma
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Joseph De Vazz / October 19, 2015
Modawansa Gr. 8 Idiot.
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jen / October 18, 2015
Anay. Please go on a hunger strike will u
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Plato. / October 18, 2015
Wimal Weerawansa is only doing and saying things in his genetical makeup;Drumming,Drumming and Drumming- what else can the Beravas[Paraiyar] do?
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Analyst / October 18, 2015
Monday to Friday observe Sil ,Dane, Pirith ,
Saturday and Sunday KILL ,MURDER AND STEEL THE COUNTRY.
And burn the other religious premises .
Buddhism has turned from non violence to violence by these Racists.
Ape Buddhagama Sadhu Sadhu, Sadhu Sadhu!!!!!!’
This is the way forward for the destruction of our Nation.
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Kailainathan / October 18, 2015
They are not prisoners !! Arrested only suspicion with link with librations tigers !! Because they are Tamils!!
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 18, 2015
If they are not prisoners what is the need for releasing them? Oh, you mean like KP, Karuna & Pillayan (sorry he is now in jail)?
What a pity that Praba was killed! He also could have been jailed but would not have been a prisoner.
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Park / October 18, 2015
When Wimal and his wife have not been sent to prison for forging their passport applications, why shouldn’t the LTTE members who have been in the prison for so long be released?
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punchinilame / October 18, 2015
The simple reply is because this Wansa is Sinhalese and those “living” in Prisons are
TAMILS – even Minister Rajapakse is prejudiced.
Wimals activity is at the present juncture a favourable response to solving the
ethnic issue in a way?
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Point of View / October 19, 2015
It beats me too ! Why is this pissu balla and the balli not take in yet ?
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Gune / October 18, 2015
This fellow is a national joker. He survives on stirring-up stories that the public get agitated about.
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Mallaiyuran / October 18, 2015
“Weerawansa challenged the President and the Prime Minister to reveal how the government was going to release prisoners with serious criminal charges against them, without any judicial process.”
I am not sure if there are no legal process is taking, the prisoners have to be left out of kept in unlimitedly. Further I am not sure how Wimal got out of the prison after the unbelievable crimes committed by JVP.
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regi / October 19, 2015
What crime he did during that time, he was only a tea boy supplying tea to the comrades. That’s all, leave in alone to go on his fake fasting to death. Now there are many varieties of tasty biscuits in the market instead of Lemon Puff
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Jim softy / October 18, 2015
This thief is trying his best to get attention.
What did he do with the ministry he had. did he have any knowledge about engineering and construction ?
Only thing is he transferred houses to his relatives. so that, later he can get those back. How did he become rich, all with his business. How did his friend got rich ? Who owns those properties ?
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Analyst / October 18, 2015
Why the President and the PM keeping MUM instead of putting the thieves and murderers in PRISON.
WHY taking so long and allowing this crook Modaya to go public and shouting.
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Jude Fernando / October 18, 2015
Hello Wimal
Didnt’ your government awarded government portfolios and harbored a number of leaders of the LTTE? So whats wrong in releasing the others,especially when those who have been kept in jail without a trial?
Cheers
Jude
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 19, 2015
The answer is, they have huge loads of money that were used by MARA & Co. Ltd. Now may be the user has changed with the Govt. or all these guys are playing a game with us and we are always on the loosing side.
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Saro / October 19, 2015
He wanted and got general amnesty and release from cells for his former JVP cadres who were involved in rebellion and over throw of previous governments.
He is disappointed in not being able issue diplomatic passport to his wife so that she could travel on state expense and do shopping in foreign countries.
Some dreams of God and Buddha in their sleep but people of his calibre share bed with devil and demon.
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K.A Sumanasekera / October 19, 2015
Machan Weere,
What are you talking man… Didn’t you read Abraham’s take on this in CT?..
In Batlanada’s eyes. these are not terrorists. They are freedom fighters.
Otherwise Batalanada wouldn’t have offered them Self Rule …Right.
If Poor Pira was not mislead at the time, these dudes would have been Ministers, Deputies, Permanent Secs and other Govt Officials in Eelaam…
That is if Pira went for full on Westminster, like his buddy Ranil.
I think Bodhi Sira should back off and let Batalanda do the right thing..
And it may also help Sira in the long haul.
Like making Dahanm Sira and Chathu Sira more acceptable to the Elite,and the Anglicans and keeping Kumaratungas at bay.
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Analyst / October 19, 2015
Buttering up Weere Machang? Just put the dirty boot into the dirty mouth of your Machang Weere. Hopefully it will stop the dirt overflowing. Yuk!
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2015
KASmaalam K.A Sumanasekera
“If Poor Pira was not mislead at the time, these dudes would have been Ministers, Deputies, Permanent Secs and other Govt Officials in Eelaam…”
Are you being serious?
What do you think about VP? He wouldn’t have needed all those b***s carriers. He was capable of running Eelam state on his own, single- handedly. Give the devil his due.
He wouldn’t have appointed 125 ministers to run his utopia.
One people! One Empire! One Leader!
Ein Folk! Ein Reich! Ein Fuhrer!
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Ranil Wijeyesekera / October 19, 2015
Back to the negotiation table at thimpu or neuyral vanue.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / October 19, 2015
Weerawansa, who is identified with the’Drummer’ caste ( according to Paul, elsewhere in CT), yet continues to drum off beat!
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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K.A Sumanasekera / October 19, 2015
Dr Narendren
Wonder whether those Drummers who beat the hell out of those cow hides ( or is it goat ) at the pooja time in Ramakrishna Lane , belong to Vellala caste. ?..
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ravivararo / October 19, 2015
How about a Lemon Puff hunger strike, camel keeravamsa
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Samy / October 19, 2015
Buruwansa, you are gone forever just like Mahinda. Anymore hunger strike at U.N. Office? Shut your rotting mouth and await you jail term. Your time is running short. Keep in touch with Mahinda and family. How are other four barking dogs doing?
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jen / October 19, 2015
There is nothing wrong in releasing political prisoners in fact the western world wants Sri Lanka to have a proper legal system in place where you cannot jail political prisoners unless the courts hear them and justice is meated out.
If do not adhere to this Hybrid Courts are definitely comming.
These are all thanks to the way the country was previously run with impunity by the MR Regime.
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rohan polwatte / October 19, 2015
This is what happens when our idiot Sri Lankans caste thier vote to these uneducated illeterate racist thief rogue rapist murderer bastards to do politics. Stupid Idiots who gave thier vote to people like booruwansas should be castigated. It is a threat to Yahapalanaya.
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backlash / October 20, 2015
WW is one of the most reckless and dangerous racists and religious bigots in our frontline politics. A street rabble rouser, without a past for political leadership, poorly equipped educationally to be a Minister. Still he was gifted with a “plum” Ministry – only for his populist cacophony in defence of MR.
He did not fail to cream the UDA and the Housing Ministry where charges against him are many. The hoarse platform noises he makes now is to drown the anger of the people against his wife’s many rackets – including Passport fraud including impersonation. He miscalculates only if the country burns and is turned into a racial-religious bloodbath, he and his wife will be free of their many crimes against calculated thievery of the people’s common resources. He is one more reason what goes as Socialism in this country is simply a tool by conspiring politikkas to fool the hoi polloi. His politics is merely aimed to defraud the poor unemployed JVP types. His real goal is to make hay while the sun shines. He has succeeded very well there. Look at how and where he lives now from his Kadawatta days of only under ten years ago.
If he and wife escape long prison terms, it will be only because of the
weakness and bargaining element in our justice system – an unfortunate blot in the fair name of our name which the Mahinda Rajapakse regime turned into an unwelcome culture.
Backlash
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Analyst / October 20, 2015
Backlash. An excellent write up.
Everything is there , the question is when these buggers are going to be punished or put a Boot in either by Yahapalanaya or the brainless people.
This man will play the Fiddle when the country burns to cinders like ” when Rome was burning Nero was playing the Fiddle.
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