Namal Rajapaksa, President Mahinda Rajapaksa‘s eldest son and member of parliament from the Hambantota District regularly undertakes tours to the former rebel strongholds of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu to engage in welfare activities.
A few hours ago the young Parliamentarian tweeted that he had just held a book distribution drive for school children in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu.
On his official Twitter account, Rajapaksa tweeted:
“Distributing school books in Mullativ and Killinochchi. I do this every year & its amazing to see their smiles”
Namal Rajapaksa also posted a picture on his twitter feed of scores of smiling school children and the school books awaiting to be presented. Closer scrutiny of the picture reveals that every cover of the school books are emblazoned with pictures of MP Namal Rajapaksa in various outfits and poses. Some of the book covers feature pictures of President Rajapaksa at an event.
Rajapaksa who is the Government’s chief strategist of the Southern Provincial Council election to be held in March, is the most sought after endorsement by UPFA candidates. He is the particular preference of sons and daughters of ruling party politicos who are in the fray, namely Malsha Kumaratunga and Udara Lokubandara among several others.
Liberal One / February 23, 2014
Pathetic promotional attempts probably using our tax money. Namal is this governments biggest weak point.
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Native Vedda / February 23, 2014
Liberal One
It is good for the people.
Saddam, Qaddafi, Mubarak, Pappa Doc, ……………. all had brilliant children who accelerated the revolutions or departure of their fathers.
“Pathetic promotional attempts probably using our tax money.”
Could you tell us who are these tax payers and how much Tax do they pay?
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Liberal One / February 23, 2014
All above are dictators. Mahinda wins elections in landslides bc the main opposition is hijacked by a bunch of political bastards.
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Dinuk / February 23, 2014
In Sri Lanka YOUTH POLICY is all about promoting the sons and daughters of corrupt politicians!
UNDP and foreign donors should stop funding youth programs in Sri Lanka since the funds go into Namal’s pocket to enlarge his HETA (tomorrow) ! Namal is the corruption King of the Sports and Youth sectors with Carleton Spots channel to promote this uneducated moron who bought a law degree from the corrupt law college!
Youth initiatives in the Debacle of Asia are all about corruption and political patronage of the off-spring of corrupt politicians…
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Native Vedda / February 24, 2014
Dinuk
“Carleton Spots channel to promote this uneducated moron who bought a law degree from the corrupt law college!”
He is a well qualified lawyer.
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Paisa Must Appah / February 24, 2014
“He is a well qualified lawyer”
Yes of course; Rodrigo-grade
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Dilhara / February 24, 2014
Yes, the youth business is political business and all donors who are funding Govt. youth programs should stop doing so.
Also these youth programs are dominated by boys and men and girls and youth women are abused and no where in politics of parliament.
UN and CHOGM youth policy is a hot air circus and talk shop for the UPFA brats like Namal and the corrupt clown Dimu Jayaratne’s son who is in the drug business!
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Native Vedda / February 23, 2014
Liberal One
“All above are dictators. Mahinda wins elections in landslides bc the main opposition is hijacked by a bunch of political bastards.”
Saddam too won election.
Read the excerpts:
Wednesday, 16 October, 2002, 11:41 GMT 12:41 UK
Saddam ‘wins 100% of vote’
Iraqi officials say President Saddam Hussein has won 100% backing in a referendum on whether he should rule for another seven years.
There were 11,445,638 eligible voters – and every one of them voted for the president, according to Izzat Ibrahim, Vice-Chairman of Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council.
The government insists the count was fair and accurate.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2331951.stm
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Native Vedda / February 23, 2014
Liberal One
“All above are dictators. Mahinda wins elections in landslides bc the main opposition is hijacked by a bunch of political bastards.”
Saddam too won landslide victory. Read the excerpts:
Wednesday, 16 October, 2002, 11:41 GMT 12:41 UK
Saddam ‘wins 100% of vote’
Iraqi officials say President Saddam Hussein has won 100% backing in a referendum on whether he should rule for another seven years.
There were 11,445,638 eligible voters – and every one of them voted for the president, according to Izzat Ibrahim, Vice-Chairman of Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council.
The government insists the count was fair and accurate.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2331951.stm
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Liberal One / February 24, 2014
lol the morons have already forgotten that Mahinda lost bigtime in northern province and in central colombo where he obviously lacks support. But morons been morons will continue to hide their lack of credibility among common Sri Lankans and will keep repeating about computer jilmarts.
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Native Vedda / February 24, 2014
Liberal One
Well I still don’t understand why this island is blessed with 20 million stupids who can’t see beyond their nose.
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Rationalist / February 24, 2014
Is that why GR is encouraging illegal squatting on Northern Lands?
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mike / February 24, 2014
Mahinda wins elections by computer jilmart and not by landslide, lest you forget!
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Gum boot / February 23, 2014
Libral one, a question to you and all the other “parayahs” who have commented here.
Did you read about the British viceroy (in his dreas!) Rankin donating 150 childrens’ books – from 19 Downing Street of jew Cameron itseems – to Jaffna library?
What have you got to say about that, apart from admitting you are all pathetic boot lickers of foreigners?
Hang your heads in shame.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / February 23, 2014
Boot;
Some bad smell is coming from your boots or from your mouth.
May be you stepped in to Jarapassa’s Shit hole????.
wipe out your all sxxt.
so disgusting smell Man..
Jara baby throw some pieces of hoppers to crows like.
there is nothing wrong in that.
because when Sun Goat died, he left too much wealth looted from Tamil brethrens to JARAPASSA CLAN.
That loot is enough for the Jarapassa clan to survive for 10 generations.
Jara baby visit to Vanni to have looks in to any underground dumped money and gold left by Killer Pirabaharan.
I heard, last year at Pudukuduirippu /Nethaly aaru area they got out some barrels full of money and gold.
not only that, there some archeologically importuned sites and old dagaobas excavation are going on.
so he is doing salvaging all those from around the sea also.
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Liberal One / February 23, 2014
I don’t care about ca-moron burning tax money of british as long as the books did not contain anything to justify UK crimes on Sri Lanka or support the bogus tamil homeland theory.
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George / February 26, 2014
We will get them one by one also we will collect all their funds in over seas banks. Guranteed.
You can’t fool for ever.
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Leelagemalli / December 31, 2014
Are all these books paid from their own pocket ? Or state funds allocated to school education ? In our days, we have never seen the books with their cover printed with rulers relatives ? Who allowed them to do so if not stupid cabinet ? Are all those ministers dimwits ? not to have a voice against this kind of activities. The man who work for reglious and state affairs (if I am wrong please correct) Vasu today Vasi dewa is doing nothing as a minister .. why ?
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Upul / February 23, 2014
If this pathetic parasite paid for it with his MP’s salary I would have matched his donation. But, I am sure a panadangkaraya ordered the books and probably has not even paid for them…
And, I guess the children of Hambantota must be having an over supply of books that he needs to go North?
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Kushil Gunesekaram / February 23, 2014
Upul
“And, I guess the children of Hambantota must be having an over supply of books that he needs to go North?”
It is racialists like you that will be responsible for the emergence of the next Prabhakaran. You and your one-track mindset.
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mechanic / February 23, 2014
By setting free Rajiv killers, Jaya has emancipated all Eelamists to congregate into [Edited out] Nadu en-masse. Goodluck to India.
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Palmsquirrell / February 23, 2014
The pictures of Namal on the cover constitutes brainwashing of the impressionable young minds .
This is just blatant PR stunt because all the while his daddy and uncle are doing their best to suppress Tamils.
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bo / February 23, 2014
LOL! How Sun Goat’s Era has transformed into Son of Brother of Gota Era! What next?
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K.A Sumanasekera / February 23, 2014
This can’t be uncle McCrae’s handy work in Killinochchi !!.
Only salvation for the poor families in Killinochi. Pudithikuruppu, Nanthikadal , Mannar, Pussellawa, Chilaw, Puttalam, Anuradapura, Vauniya Hambantota, ,or any other part of rural Lanka, is to give their kids an education,and provide them a chance to break away from the poverty cycle.
That enables these kids to get into the mainstream, get a descent job, move ahead and even join the Diaspora, which the Vellala CM , often talks about in his speeches, and portrays as a threat to his LTTE proxy TNA leader’s “Strategy” for a Separate Nation for Jaffna Tamils.
It beats police powers and land titles to the Vellalas who will be the perpetual rulers of the poor Jaffna inhabitants.
As a small time philanthropist engaged in helping poor students a little ,I can attest to the “Twitter Feeling” of this young Rajapksa.
All I say is Good on Ya Mate…And keep up the good work.
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Truth / February 23, 2014
What can the Tamil children learn from the murderers, rapists, and killers. Father and sons cannot even pass a single exams. There is nothing to learn from the stupid, imbecile family. These books have to be heaped up and burnt to ashes, ideally in front of the donor!!!
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Dev / February 23, 2014
“What can the Tamil children learn from the murderers, rapists, and killers”
You tell us, what have your children learned from you LOL
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Native Vedda / February 23, 2014
Derv
“You tell us, what have your children learned from you LOL”
It is crystal clear.
We now know what you have learnt from your parents.
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Paisa Must Appah / February 23, 2014
@Dev
“What can the Tamil children learn from the murderers, rapists, and killers:
Well, that pretty obvious. They better can learn to be murderers, rapists, and killers themselves.
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Sandy / February 23, 2014
yes.
‘Gifts have no value when givers prove unkind’- Shakespear.
Give them freedom from tyranny- that’s the greatest gift.
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Palmsquirrell / February 23, 2014
This is indoctrination and the concern for education (amongst Tamils) by the Rajapaksa supporters is fake.
Education should be made available without Rajapaksa indoctrination.
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mechanic / February 23, 2014
Some people are born fortunates. Namal is one of them. So, no point being jealous of him as LTTE rump does here. Regardless the motives, I say, Namal is doing an excellent job by distributing books to poor children whether they are from the North or South. Keep it up Namal baby.
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Palmsquirrell / February 23, 2014
It isn’t jealousy, it is pointing out the motives and intended result of this PR stunt he did.
He is dissemenating propaghanda, not education per see. He is trying to mold the young Tamil children’s minds to accept Sinhala domination.
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truth / February 23, 2014
What is there to be jealous of this imbecile? If he is not the son of the “good for nothing President” he would have ended up in jail or would be begging on the street. On the other hand if he had not born into this “good for nothing family” he would have studied or worked hard and would have led an honest life and come up in life!!
The moment his dad looses power, no one will “care” for this family.
They may be able to “live well” with the stolen money, as this family does not have a conscience!!!
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Oma Yang / February 23, 2014
Iits noble when some gives unselfishly but when one gloats that they are doing this then there is certainly a hidden agenda. May be it’s my eyes playing tricks or is it Namals photo that adorns the cover of those books in the photo. What nation of jokers our politicians.
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Kettikaran / February 23, 2014
The Lingua Franca in the area is Tamil. Is this an attempt to push Sinhala down the throat of unwilling Tamil children in that evil scheme at rapid and forced demographic change. The Father, meanwhile, is busy misleading the UN and the world Tamils are being treated democratically and well?
What Rajapakse Jr should do is to distribute books (and other school equipment) in the language the
children of the area study and within the established Curriculum. This
practise of trying to force Tamils to become Sinhalese is a failed
strategy that forced the Tamil Nation into armed resistance.
Kettikaran
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J.Muthu / February 23, 2014
Hope Tamils r not fools…they prove again. Namal dummy fool that’s it….
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mechanic / February 23, 2014
Tamils are becoming intelligent. They are shifting their Eelam base to [Edited out]Nadu.
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Piranha / February 23, 2014
The son of the mass murderer of Tamils is trying to buy influence among the Tamils by doing blatant propaganda. The Tamils have rejected his father in the NPC elections and is his son so deaf and blind to that verdict? Shameless corrupt Namal Rajapaksa is trying to export the kind of corrupt politics to the North.
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Dev / February 23, 2014
Did you hear? All the sons of the mass murderer of Tamils bit the dust around the same time as their father did, near Nanthikadal LOL
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mechanic / February 23, 2014
Pirana and his racist writers here are jealous of Namal who appear to be doing a good job of work. Just like we had rid of the LTTE gang, we should find ways and means to convince the ordinary Tamils the futility of electing the demagogic and racist politicians as their representatives.
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Palmsquirrell / February 23, 2014
The Sinhala supremacist mindset of Namal and his supporters is evident because Namal is trying to brainwash young children to accept Sinhala domination.
SLFP is a racist party from the start, as its aim is total island wide Sinhala supremacy.
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Liberal One / February 24, 2014
SLFP has many Tamil and Muslim politicians and it has no written down/publicly-acknowledged policy of working for sinhala supremacy. But on the other hand TNA has no major Sinhala or Muslim representation, they worked hand in hand with the terrorists, they are publicly stating that north and east is the homeland of Tamils and they are encouraging resolutions against Sri Lanka with ulterior motive of winning a separate state.
Yet the fools who have been brainwashed by racist grandpas and grandmas for centuries claims that SLFP and UNP are racist parties while TNA is not. These are the kind of morons that keep repeating that Sri Lankan governments mistreated tamils, while having no facts to backup their lies.
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Safa / February 23, 2014
“It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman”. No doubt Namal works hard at it. One would appreciate such gestures if there were no pictures attached or undue publicity. Sinhala Politicians can build bridges between the two communities if they engage sincerely without publicity and fanfare.
There is no doubt that they must extend their hand to the Nothern people. Not only books but housing, water, electricity and employment. There is the NPC which must be given all the support possible. Eschew petty politics and work sincerely with elected representatives for the good of the people.
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Peter / February 23, 2014
Only complete idiots or brainwashed dummies will think that this guys efforts to “build a personality cult” among the Tamils will actually work. Good for the kids to get books – all they have to do is put covers on them!
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Matilda Ellepola / February 23, 2014
This is cheap publicity at its best,
Then again, what is the Tamil diaspora in the West doing in raking the dollars, sterlings and Euros and completely forgotten the poor Tamil brothers and sisters in their traditional land is more disgusting.
Diaspora folks, why don’t you guys become a foster parents for the thousands of children affected from the war and help them.
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Hooker / February 23, 2014
“The Tamil Brothers and Sisters” dear Matilda, are still the moral
responsibility of the Sinhala Govt in Colombo that fleeces taxes from them. It is GoSL that must take care of them and develop the Tamil-
majority areas. Successive Sinhala Govts deliberately failed in this
and the gun showed up. There is still some room to make up.
The diaspora will come in a big way once real peace and reconciliation is established in but in the private smaller endeavours. But the regime takes revenge on the popularly elected NPC and the country is kept on the brink. Please don’t blame the Tamils for that. It is up to the Sinhalese to prevent the coming of Eelam is really the message that opportunistic mutt Cricketer Murali should be advising his new found friends.
Hooker
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Palmsquirrell / February 23, 2014
Tamils overseas are trying to help Tamils in Jaffna and East in small ways. Large scale assistance is made difficult to impossible by this Sinhala fascist regime because this regime and Sinhala nationalists ultimately want to make life as miserable as possible for Tamils .
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John / February 23, 2014
Another Monkey dancing !
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Batalanda Ranil / February 23, 2014
Seems like young Namal has a lot of magic in him. He really can capture hearts and minds. Thats why even the ex-CJ Sirani went upto him in her ceremonial garb and congratulated him even though she very well knew that he passed his Rodrigo-grade exams by sitting in an air conditioned cubicle. Imagine; Even SHE was captured by his charm.
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lanka lover / February 23, 2014
‘young namal has a lot of magic in him’.
HIK….HIK….HIK….
lets see how good his magic is when his perci papa falls.
wonder where gadafi’s, saddam’s, chaves’ sons are?
dance until the pot boils…!
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Nari Sabry / February 23, 2014
Maybe that bum-sucking Cabbarala will now change the tax laws of the country to give the Prince a claw-back repayment from Treasury funds to compensate him for his goodwill and largesse to the children of Jaffna. After all, the Prince paid from his own pocket for the books, didnt he?
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Hooker / February 23, 2014
“largesse to the children of Jaffna” ??? Forgive me – you don’t seem to know what you are talking. These useless books, gruesomely written, with photographs of the Prince aimed at self-promotion is best used to wrap kadalai, as people in the area do not
usually go for toilet paper in the mornings. If books is what Namal wanted to give these poor kids he should have consulted their teachers and provided educative material in their language. Using helpless kids to promote the political career of anyone is outrageous.
Hooker
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Park / February 23, 2014
Educated people act differently from uneducated people. He can distribute books or parippu, it does not matter. At the end what ever said and done people in the North are going to vote only for TNA. If Namal thinks that people will look at him as a different person than a Rajapakse he is sadly mistaken. Who are his handlers? Who are his advisors?
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Bensen Burner / February 23, 2014
The children of that age are intelligent enough to remember him to be discarded and despised. Bensen
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shantha / February 23, 2014
Buffalo head like dad and cheated law exam like dad?
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Liberal One / February 23, 2014
The joke would be on us if Namal turns out to be another political bastard like Ranil. That would be another cursed decade of CBK/Ranil all over again. I don’t see any young competent leader in SLFP that can effectively challenge Namal baby receiving the “throne” served on a platter.
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Seelawathie / February 23, 2014
This Rajapakshe offspring is introduced by them labelling him to have got through law college exam to name him as one another LAWYER of their brand.
From what the boy has been imitating on the stages today gives me the feeling ” like father, like son”. But the boys risk their lives on Opposition TICKET this time are highly educated though sons of politicians ( Late Jayalath^s son, Hemakumara^s son and several other candidates)
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Nelun / February 23, 2014
If something positive comes about because of his visits thats good.At least he is going there.If he can promote sports such as football and netball and have friendly matches with some of the Colombo schools-that would be a unifying factor if done properly.
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shankar / February 24, 2014
“If he can promote sports”
No time.Too busy promoting himself.
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Kushil Gunasekaram / February 24, 2014
Surely, he could have used the funds more productively like setting up cricket training camps in the North with Muralis help. That way he will also help to promote peace between the Tamils and Sinhalese by having cricket matches between the two communities in the rest of the country. But don’t know what the BBS and JHU thugs in robes would say.
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shankar / February 24, 2014
The government made a mistake by killing prabha’s youngest son. Namal should have saved him and brought him under his protection and gone around with him in the north.Both of them could have shown that the younger generations are not like their older ones and don’t believe in ethnic BS which has torn the country apart.Golden opportunity missed.
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Gal Bunnis / February 24, 2014
Agreed; I always feared he was [Edited out]. Nothing against it though.
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JRDW / February 24, 2014
Giving books is good and any donation is fine but WHY print your picture in all the books whats wrong with these crazy ministers. Also who is Namal and what has he done to the country except being the son of the President. No matter what we should we thankful for what MR did in the last stages of way. Weather its the right or or wrong way i cannot comment but we surely can walk the streets without fear. Having said that he cannot be allowed to ruin our economy with all sorts of scandals deals. One day if anybody says we shall build a huge statue of him at Galle Face i could say go ahead, since due credit must be given to him. But again coming back to the running of this country its enough he should go. I have been a UNPer since i started voted the first time so there.
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rajavassa dic lic / February 24, 2014
First We dont understand a word you’re saying. Second we know that you [Edited out]. We are watching idiots like you.
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mike / February 24, 2014
“….. it’s amazing to see their smiles!” It would be amazing to see this bugger smile after he gets his teeth fixed??
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Rajash / February 25, 2014
they are running out of toilet papers in Jaffna …..water is also scarce to waste
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Fathima Fukushima / March 17, 2014
Tamils [Edited out]
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