By Shyamon Jayasinghe –
Shyamon Jayasinghe
“Take him with his deficiencies…he is the best political leader we have today. The fact of his lapses only points to the fact that we are all in an imperfect world. Take him out of the scene and Sri Lanka will be the poorer for that.”
No Actor
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is the most unfairly maligned political leader in Sri Lanka. At the same time, he is the most underestimated or underrated. Ranil is also the least flamboyant of leaders. He goes about in his normal shirt and trouser unless on special occasions where he puts on a simple coat and tie. He wears no satakaya because he isn’t interested in trying to act. He is no actor and it is unlikely he would ever be a stage or movie star.
Charisma?
Such characters don’t typically gather charisma-that mystical appeal quality that Max Weber introduced to our vocabulary about authority and leadership. This has been one of the common criticisms of Ranil’s leadership all through the years. On the other hand, charisma is not a stable basis of authority for any leader fo it is derived out of a public subjective faith on the leader. Maybe the leader is inspiring and such faith rests on this inspiring quality. Historically, it is shown to be a fragile basis and once – charismatic leaders soon lose hold on the public imagination. The consequence is that the charisma fades away and the leader has little else to lean on to keep his herd of followers. Weber argued that a process he described as routinisation is the only way a charismatic political or religious leader can continue to have a following and he cited the example of Prophet Muhammed. The prophet’s teachings became institutionalised or ‘routinised’ and his commands became law cemented by tradition and custom. Hence, Islam survived and prospered.
Legal-Rational Style of Leadership
It is no easy task to ensure such phenomenon in the field of competitive politics.
The once charismatic political leader will have to lean back on having his authority being given the aura of legitimacy. Max Weber described this as another style in leadership and he called it the legal-rational style of leadership based on commonly acceptable law. In practical terms it is a democratisation of leadership.The former charismatic leader is now the head of a democratic process.
Ranil Wickremesinghe can be defined as having a leadership style based on a rational-legal order. He has always prided himself as a democrat and has never behaved undemocratically in his five stages of Prime Ministership. As a veteran in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union our Prime Minister is known to have earned considerable goodwill, respect and trust internationally.
When he was unfairly, illegally and absurdly removed during the infamous 52-days Ranil did not resort to extra-legal means; nor did he encourage moves toward that. He simply sat pretty in Temple Trees, used the telephone to contact world leaders, pressed parliament to intervene. The move succeeded and Ranil got back gracefully. This was one of Ranil’s supreme moments and it demonstrated how he had simply outclassed his political enemies who were running hither and tether like cats on the hot tin roof. It also showed that there isn’t anybody among our parliamentary leaders today who can outclass Ranil Wickremesinghe. Take him with his deficiencies…he is the best political leader we have today. The fact of his lapses only points to the fact that we are all in an imperfect world. Take him out of the scene and Sri Lanka will be the poorer for that.
Cunning
Of course, he is full of political cunning; but that is no disqualification. Machiavelli, in his famous book “The Prince,” stated that a political leader must be a fox and Ranil is just that. He is a master on the chessboard and can outbeat anyone. This is how he kept his Grand Old party together for twenty years in Opposition when Mahinda Rajapaksa, the then Executive President-cum dictator, tried hard to manipulate defections. Anton Balasingham explained why the LTTE deprived Ranil of an election victory and the reason he gave was because they considered Ranil as “a cunning fox.” The 19th Amendment was another of his brilliant strokes. He knew that the incumbent of President’s office could not be trusted and also that a full scale change of constitution is going to take time. This Amendment was, therefore, brought in as a halfway solution to clip the Executive President’s powers without recourse to a referendum. This move saved democracy for Sri Lanka during the constitutional coup.
Economic Vision
It is generally recognised that Ranil is a visionary guy who can see far ahead about the island’s needs and who could, accordingly, recognise the need to carve future paths. His projects ‘Gamperaliya,’ and ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka,’ now launched, have the potential to be harbingers of economic revival at grassroots level. On the eve of his birthday he commenced work in building the largest yet FDI project namely, the oil refinery in Hambantota. He is the only leader who has been talking economics when most guys are busy paddling racist, sectarian and tribalist issues. Even in his worst of times while in Opposition it was Ranil Wickremesinghe who never resorted to racism or communalism to regain political strength.
Integrity
The Opposition has been trying hard to paint Ranil Wickremesinghe as a corrupt person and made a huge issue over the bond case. But the Presidential Commission did not implicate the latter in any corrupt deal. Ranil’s integrity remains untarnished. Over his forty years of politics Ranil Wickremesinghe has had nor corruption allegations. Ranil hails from a family that gave away much of their land to the Kelaniya Rajamahavihara and other temples. They are a family that never robbed. This contrasts with another political family that used taxpayer money to build a memorial for their pater.
edwin rodrigo / March 25, 2019
The author says, “But the Presidential Commission did not implicate the latter in any corrupt deal. Ranil’s integrity remains untarnished”. I agree with the rest of the things that the author has stated. But the Bond scam is something different altogether. I have to fool myself to believe that Ranil had nothing to do with that.
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Oh Ranil, why did you do that and let down people like me who believed in your honesty?
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Desperate Sinhalaya / March 25, 2019
I have no idea who to be believe. But my subconscious mind commands me it was a SYTEM FAILURE, though SIRASA and other MEDIA mudalalis abused it for tarnish the image of RANIL W. Sirsasa is today not that rherotic regarding SO CALLED BOND SCAM, and no body seems to be questioning it either why ?
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1)Immediatly after sworn-in as PM, Prez Sirisena went on verbally attacking all the short comings of the 3.5 years of GGovernance govt whose OBERHAUPT/the lead was none other than Pallewatha Gamaralage Sirisena, pointing at the FINGER only at RW and his cabinet. However, we the ones who patiently looked at the developments, were well aware the facts, not RW, but SIRISENA had lot to do with any kind of decisions made for the country/nation since 8th Jan 2018.
In that speech held by Prez on very day, he never forgot to endorse that there had been lot more losses occured since 2008-2015, by the size according to him it was over 1000 billions. If today s expert estimates the loss to have occured in the current govt, to be 11 billions and it is still frozen for the future use, so why not LANKENs and anyone in the authority stay mum about the big sum amouting to 990 billions of losses since 2008 ?????????????????????.
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2)And APPOINTMENT of CBG- was one of the false CHOICEs of PM, even if oxford graduate ARJUNA Mahendran had never been notorious as to have been caught by any kind of corruption scandals. He had a good record in his carrier life, that was the main reason PM to go for that.
:And ARJUNA mahendran revealed that CB had not HAD any kind of independently functioning LEGAL entity at the time he was appointed to the position. This was the ground reality, even if anyone would put RANIL-MAHENDRAN today for the loss claimed during 2015-2017.
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nimal fernando / March 26, 2019
Ranil is the best president we never had ……….. and perhaps never will.
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It’s a good article where Shyamon has touched on his favourite boy – at least he is upfront and doesn’t hide it; give him that :)) – Ranil’s virtues and shortcomings …….. I don’t have a lot of time to write so if I can pick just one of my major peeves with Ranil which Shyamon doesn’t touch on is his lack of courage.
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He is such a wimp ……… he lacks courage to do the right things ………. even the courage and boldness that the Rajapakses had to do all the wrong things.
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And that sums up the man in my book!
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And oh yeah! He lacks quintessential Lankan sex-appeal ………… for that you have to look to Mahinda, Old Codger, Native Vedda, Sinhala_Man ……….. and a host of others all the gals hangout with …………
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Native Vedda / March 26, 2019
nimal fernando
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“Ranil is the best president we never had ……….. and perhaps never will.”
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Are you looking for a plum job in the state sector such as the ceremonial head of a or many large corporation(s) with a decent monthly income plus unlimited benefits in kind, with frequent all expenses paid foreign travel, ……?
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Old codger / March 26, 2019
It’s so sad that thinking people (as opposed to the bovine majority) are left to choose between Ranil and a set of incipient dictators / demagogues/ populists.
There are decent politicians still in the field, but they are unelectable.
Eran Wickramaratne? About as much charisma as a brick, and a Christian. No chance.
R. Sampanthan? A Tiger terrorist!!!!! No chance.
Sumanthiran? A Christian tiger terrorist. Even worse.
Anura Kumara D? Still the leader of a terrorist outfit even though he is intelligent.
BTW, Nimal, you may think that some of us have skills with ladies, but you don’t know how much I had to pay my shrink after that discussion with the grandma from Pittsburgh.
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nimal fernando / March 27, 2019
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Sinhala_Man / March 28, 2019
Wwwwwhat? nimal censored out?
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Sinhala_Man / March 28, 2019
Does Ramona Grandma Therese Fernando live in Pittsburgh?
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Old codger / March 28, 2019
Yes, SM, she does. And that’s her real name. There are ways of finding out, but I can’t tell you for fear of being censored by CT.
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nimal fernando / March 28, 2019
“Are you looking for a plum job in the state sector”
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Not really ………… but the envoy to Russia is more like it ………..
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Sinhala_Man / March 28, 2019
Now, really, nimal!
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You’ve made my day!
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Bunjappu / March 26, 2019
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David Ricardo / March 25, 2019
A most reasonable assessment. Sri Lankans are so pathetic.They don’t deserve a leader of this callibre
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Rarityminds / March 25, 2019
The problem is not overlooked. It is virtually the public secret that media is to be blamed for not passing on the info to ITS citizens. They abuse the frequencies without shame. This became clearer at the time, SIRISENA-RAJAPAKSHE coup created all kind of anxities in the country in last oct 2018.
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In our HOME country, the struggle is between the CIVILIZED and the uncivilized srilankens. Dont you think so ?
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Chandias (Rascals) have taken the ground in lanken society today so that not even good moves can be passed on to the grass root levels of people. Media Mudalalis are part and parcel of preventing the information based on facts and figures from RANK AND FILE of the country. They the mudalalis rather work for their commercial gains, no matter, where these funds come from. Rajaakshes are behind their falsified info flow.
I wonder why we dont have MEDIA ETHICs in this country ?
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Could the English be able to behave the way SRILANKEN press would do ?
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I only know it is impossible in Germany, Media Institutions to mislead the nation.
It will then be a highly punishable criminal act. Anywhere, where law and order would be eqully applied, there, you would not see it happening.
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IN Europe, upon the request made by Japanese, no much info about SUPERGAU, Nuclear Disaster was reported. I got to know it from my japanese friends. I though had a prodigious number of questions, yet today, people are lack of due info about the aftermath of reactor-disaster in Japan.
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hancho pancha / March 25, 2019
He is bad news for this country. If not for MS stabbing the back of MR he would not be the PM of today.
They complemented each other. It is amazing how he can stay above the scum of the Bond Scam. He must be directly responsible for all the criminal activities of Arjun Mahendran. Pent House Ravi is secure as long as he is the PM.
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Lankan / March 25, 2019
He lies too much . Did you see how he lied Tamils. He will never promote peace or harmony..He is like JR all crafty people. Did you see how did he deal with CB issue. all lies.. Sri Lanka never got a good leaders for some times.
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Nelun / March 25, 2019
Excellent article!!All aspects that I put forward when defending him !!
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Ayathuray Rajasingam / March 25, 2019
I knew Ranil since my University days. He is simple and helpful. Just because Mahinda Rajapakse and his cohorts had committed crimes, it does not mean that Ranil should be blamed. Even the LTTE had made matters complicated. However, it should be realized that Ranil diplomatically deviated the attention of the LTTE and isolated them by entering the Ceasefire Agreement to which he did not sign, but the LTTE signed. He wanted to liberate the innocent Tamils from the grip of the LTTE which is not a crime. Even now Ranil wants to improve the Palaly Airport and interested in bringing normalcy in Northern Province. He also respects all faiths and goes to temple. When once Ranil lost the election earlier he immediately vacated the Temple Tress. Later there was a reason for not vacating the Temple Trees because of the cunning scheme manipulated by the idiot Maithiripala Sirisena who had forgotten the help rendered by Ranil at the crucial period. That was he has not tarnished his image. It is the people of Sri Lanka who should realize that Ranil has to make decision which is acceptable to all. The only blunder now he has made is giving due importance to Vijayakala who does not have any recognition and is not only a curse to the Tamil community but to the entire Sri Lanka. Even now it not too late for Ranil to give more importance to D.M.Swaminathan and N.Sampanthan.
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Sinhala_Man / March 25, 2019
Dear Ayathuray Rajasingam,
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I know little of these people you speak of, but I find that D.M.Swaminathan is 73 years old, and Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (bless him; I, too, like him) is 86 years old.
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Another disqualification for Swaminathan: he’s a Royalist! These fellows have studied for free in a school that claims to be elitist. “What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?” as Banquo’s descendants seemed to.
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When the Bard of Avon wrote that to flatter King James he did not know that 33 years after his own demise his son was going to be decapitated by Cromwell.
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I don’t wish it, but you know that thing about those who don’t learn the lessons of History, . . .
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Ayathuray Rajasingam / March 26, 2019
Sinhala_Man,
It does not matter whether a person is from Royal or not. What is vital who commands the respect of the people. When Maithiripala Sirisena was ciolating the provisions and been a threat to democracy, it is N.Sampanthan who really rescued which means the entire Sri Lanka from dictatorship. As for D.M.Swaminathan is he not far better than Vijayakala who does not know damn thing about politics or international affairs other than selling kerosine in soda bottles. If only Vijayakala will with draw from politics, today the entire Northern Province is ready to stretch a friendly arm to the Sinhalese. Ranil, D.M.Swaminathan, N.Sampanthan, Mangala are qualified and have the charisma to attract people with their meaningful policies. When compared to the wealth acquired by Mahinda Rajapakse and his cohorts, Ranil acquisition of wealth is nothing. He is clean. Even in the Bond scam nothing went wrong. The rival politicians waited for an opportunity to distort facts. Mark if Ranil is elected, there will be economic boom in Sri Lanka and its currency is certain to pick up like Singapore. Give Ranil an opportunity. .
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
Dear Ayathuray Rajasingam,
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We all joined in the effort to prevent the Rajapaksas and dictatorship from taking over the country. That was to preserve certain decencies, not to end up having Ranil W. dictating not only to the country, but also everything that happens within his party.
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During that period, I made many comments indicating that we were conditionally but strongly supporting Ranil – against the now mad My3 and the Rajapaksas.
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Who is going to save us in the future? R. (not N) Sampanthan at 86? It is cruel to use an old man so. I’m sure that he would be happy to retire, just as he gracefully handed over the leadership of the Opposition to Rajapaksa. After all, the situation in Parliament can’t reflect only the number of M.P.s, but must, to an extent, at least, reflect support throughout the country. The Local Government elections of February 2018 showed the Rajapaksas well placed. Fortunately the 52 day fiasco dented that support somewhat.
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It is wrong to manipulate people all the time. Ranil has been doing that for 25 years. Yes, Mangala is good. He’s frank about all things. You may not realise that caste seems to matter to some of these “leaders”, but not so much to the common man. Corruption is seen as the main enemy. Chauvinism is a sort of negative thing hovering in the background. For me the fight against it has been a life-long battle.
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Waiting with bated breath for power cut. Please see alternative candidate, Nagnanda’s chances of getting about 10% of the vote. And do field a serious Tamil candidate. That will ensure a second round of counting.
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https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/defiant-nagananda-to-represent-himself/comment-page-1/#comment-2260496
Please see how strongly many feel that we want neither Ranil nor the Rajapaksas.
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JD / March 25, 2019
SJ: the Presidential Commission did not implicate the latter in any corrupt deal. Ranil’s integrity remains untarnished – You know the truth. but, when your paid advertisements written by yourself are a different kind DID RANIL ANSWER ANY THING INFRONT OF FCID PEOPLE. Would Ranil answer in front of any commissions. As an loyal Australian have you ever seen in your country that Politicians were hiding what they did. Those politicians would have been very open with resPect to what happened. RANIL IS HIDING.
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Sinhala_Man / March 25, 2019
Dear Shyamon Jayasinghe,
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Thanks for all the ya-da-da. You’re such a fine writer, but only when your subject is something other than this disciple of Machiavelli.
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When Ranil was granted an Honorary Doctorate by Deakin University you went to town to such an extent that thereafter the man was referred to as Dr Ranil.
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Never mind all that. Sri Lanka could well be afire again with Gotabaya being the man contesting from the SLPP. He continues to fiddle, while you are happy to play second violin. Just look at this article to see how the forces of the racists are at work in the comments on this article which I have not read:
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https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-tribute-to-a-true-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-2260377
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I wish My3, Nagananda, Handunetti and some others would contest the presidency so that, if Ranil wins, he does so only on Second and Third Preferences.
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If you are puzzled by what I say, please see what Upali Wickramasinghe and Justice & Fiarplay say here:
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https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/defiant-nagananda-to-represent-himself/
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Age 65 is absolute retirement age in Sri Lanka. I mean that most have to retire at 60, but some keep engineering “extensions” upto 65. Seventy is Biblical lifespan. Shouldn’t your Machiavellin hero now retire?
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Eagle Eye / March 25, 2019
Ranil is in politics thanks to Chaura Regina who did not take action against him based on the recommendations made by the Batalanda Commission.
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As a member of the UNP Government, he is responsible for ‘Black July’ and burning the Yapanaya library. Demalu who have a short memory have forgotten those things.
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He is responsible for torturing and killing thousands of Sinhala youths.
He is responsible for giving one third of the country on a platter to Prabhakaran to form almost a separate State. Two legged donkeys of Unpatriotic National Party also have forgotten what he did to Sinhalayo.
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Judging from what he is doing to the country now, he is none other than Don Juan Dharmapala reincarnated.
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Samuel Jayaweera / March 25, 2019
And B putha Rajapakshes is in politics thanks to grass eaters and racists of this country.
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Eagle Eye, I have no doubt, you will fall that deep in the hell. There will be a separate place reserved for you. I have never heard of a racist of your nature also among the senior people.
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If there would be a dozen of your nature in Australia, I have doubt, there would be civlized culture remained in that part of the world.
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
Dear Eagle Eye,
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And the Rajapaksas have done similar things. Perhaps worse.
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Bunjappu / March 26, 2019
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / March 28, 2019
SM,
whatever Rajaapkshes may have been not seen as CRIMES, since these guys are made permament blind for MR politicial masturbation. That are the survival tricks of Rajaakshe facists politics.
Today I got to know one of POHOTTUWA member has raped a female dog LATELY to the very same manner, one another from Galle Akmiimana area, one man called RATHTHARAN, pohottuwa loyalist, PS Mp is believed to have raped a 16-year old girl few week ago, by abusing her innociene. This particular man Raththaran is said to be carrying out his witchery in a dark room at his place. Former navy soldiers family (the father of the victim) had gone to the place with their mentally retarded daugher ( 6 years old), ther eonly, that each one of the family had been treated in a dark room, if the blessings should be given to that family.. people are made permanent superstious in that part of the world…. see how abusive SRILANKA has been… yet today even if they talk high about 2500 heritage. ????
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Anpu / March 26, 2019
Blind Eyed Mahinda Pala,
“As a member of the UNP Government, he is responsible for ‘Black July’ and burning the Yapanaya library. Demalu who have a short memory have forgotten those things.”
You have a short memory and poor brain.
UNP and SLFP are equally bad.
“The LTTE did not come into being or grow into a world-class terror outfit in a vacuum. Without the Sinhala Only, the Tiger may have remained unborn. Without the Black July, the Tiger may not have grown exponentially. If the B-C Pact and the D-C Pact did not miscarry (thanks to the midwifery of Sinhala extremism), the LTTE, even if it was born, would have remained a fringe group.”
Sinhala only – SLFP
Black July – UNP
BC Pact – SLFP and UNP
DC Pact – UNP and SLFP
Both UNP and SLFP outbid each other and turned the country into a killing filed.
If not for their failure Ceylon would have been a paradise.
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kolla / March 25, 2019
Hilarious ! We don’t want a kindly reflection but a honest and true one.
This kind of silly thing can be said about anyone, because even the worse man has his good side. When it comes to a chap who wants to be a national leader and also benefits out of proportion from our tax money, we need sharper analysis, not a bumming one.
RWs career is based on nepotism as JR brought him forward. He comes from a family which exploited the ignorance of our people to become rich and lives on a spurious elitism and old boy mentality. These are meaningless ideas.
Today’s news is that RWs good friend Jeffery Aloysius has been arrested on the Bond scam. RWs closest buddy Mahendran is an international fugitive facing charges of defrauding the central bank !
The UNP cannot face an election.
RWs secret circle deciding national issues today are Malik, Mangala, Sagala and Akila. What is the common factor ?
Just below them are Ravi K and Kiriella ! My gosh it is the end !
So what is good about RW ?
Shymon, would you recommend RW for public office in Australia your adopted country ? I think you chose Australia because you saw it as a better country.You want it ruined by a all knowing pundit who is such a failure in his own country ? Anyway I don’t think a character like RW has any chance of getting elected in a sensible country like Australia
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
Thanks, Kolla.
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A most apposite comment.
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See what another resident of Australia, also a Wickramasinghe, but Upali of that ilk has said here:
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https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/defiant-nagananda-to-represent-himself/
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“Since 2014, Australia had four Prime Ministers. The first was defeated at an election. The other three ( rather two excluding the incumbent) was removed by the members of the same party over inefficiency. In SL Mr Ranil had been the leader since 1994, Mr.MR was there since 2004, what a joke.”
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What this unprincipled man is doing is blackmailing us and all the minorities. He knows that we will stop the Rajapaksa candidate at all cost. Yes, because of that exigency I may still vote for Ranil – but only as Third Preference.
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Learn, oh ye Sri Lankans: there is an alternative. Our Presidential Election is rather like that for the Mayor of London. Let me try to give you the 2016 Results as another comment.
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
Please see if you can understand this. This is rational enough, if you are humble enough to do some thinking.
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The first announcement of the first round results indicated that Khan was leading.[5] However, this count was later retracted, and official results were delayed pending errors in counting which reportedly misattributed “hundreds” of votes. When the full result including second preference votes was announced at about 00:30, Khan increased his lead over Goldsmith.[5]
Mayor of London election 5 May 2016 [6]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
First round votes Transfer votes
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2% 161,427 1,310,143 56.8%
Conservative Zac Goldsmith 909,755 35.0% 84,859 994,614 43.2%
Green Siân Berry 150,673 5.8%
Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon 120,005 4.6%
UKIP Peter Whittle 94,373 3.6%
Women’s Equality Sophie Walker 53,055 2.0%
Respect George Galloway 37,007 1.4%
Britain First Paul Golding 31,372 1.2%
CISTA Lee Harris 20,537 0.8%
BNP David Furness 13,325 0.5%
Independent Prince Zylinski 13,202 0.5%
One Love Ankit Love 4,941 0.2%
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If this comes out garbled, please click here:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_London_mayoral_election
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This is fairly similar. No other country elects its President in the way we do. The citizens of London clearly understand the system. Our people will, if nobody reaches 50%. It came closest in 2005.
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Sinhala_Man / March 28, 2019
I came across this as well, towards the bottom of this blog:
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“Green Party candidate Sian Berry, who finished third ahead of Pidgeon and Whittle, received the largest number of second-preference votes of any candidate with 468,318 votes representing 21% of the total.”
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So that means they counted all the Second Preferences. I hope that is done in the election of the Sri Lankan President.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_London_mayoral_election
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K A Sumanasekera / March 26, 2019
Shaymon Jayasinghe is a clever man.
Otherwise he would have stayed in his motherland , collected the Pension and written a few articles pointing out the rorts and the shit which are going in the Land..
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But he has picked the best of both worlds.
Now he can Holiday in the Motherland with the Srilankan Pension, while saving the Aussie Pension.
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Suddha didn’t call ” Sinhalaya Modaya” for no reason.
Obviously the Suddha who said that had only Sinhala Buddhists in mind .
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30 years of Tamil Terrorism put the Economy and the Country back 60 years.
Yahapalanaya stopped even what ever little Development the Inhabitants had for 10 years, after the Tamil Terrorism.
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The same people who helped and even flourished under Tamil Terrorism saved Dr Ranil, when the Inhabitants got a chance to rid the country of Him..
They are now And are calling the shots, although they have only 12 or 13 in Parliament.
Say no more….
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Native Vedda / March 26, 2019
KASmaalam K A Sumanasekera
“But he has picked the best of both worlds.”
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How dare you compare Shyamon Jayasinghe with your patriotic Rajapaksa crooks?
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“30 years of Tamil Terrorism put the Economy and the Country back 60 years.”
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Could you now give us a rough estimate of how far the Sinhala/Buddhist terrorism of 1971 and between 1987 and 1991 pushed the country back?
Then of course none of the economists have worked out the total destruction and foregone development due to Sinhala/Buddhist state terrorism.
Have you got any mythical figure?
Please find out from Mahawamsa.
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“Suddha didn’t call ” Sinhalaya Modaya” for no reason.”
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Yes of course they bought the idea of Arya Sinhala/Buddhism from Anagarika Homeless Dharmapala and allowed him to rebrand a section of poor inhabitants as Sinhala/Buddhists as if the new political identity would have propelled them to the highest level of intellectual and material development.
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My Elders have witnessed products or achievements of those intellectual and material development in 1948, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1987-1991, and 30 years to 2009.
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You should be proud of your achievements and the new money a few crooks made out of riots, wars, security or lack of it, from subcontracting security and supplying arms, and … by feeding and sustaining paranoia.
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“The same people who helped and even flourished under Tamil Terrorism saved Dr Ranil, when the Inhabitants got a chance to rid the country of Him..”
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When did the Inhabitants get the chance to rid the country of Him?
You mean when your mango chum the public racist neo fascist windbag Wimal Sangili Karuppan Weerawansa promised to evict Ranil from his official residence, in Wimal’s failed Temple Tree Putsch.
It didn’t happen, did it?
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K A Sumanasekera / March 27, 2019
Dear Native,
There was nothing to put back , When the Lady whom you call Weeping Widow was there.
You couldn’t eat Manioc Leaves without rice. And the Vegens were not in fashion
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Even when Keselwatta Senior took the 2 HH Pencils to our Village Youth ,there was not much to Put Back there either.
And those brain washed Boys didn’t blow up Water Tanks and Massacred Innocent Moms , Grand Dads and grand Mas who were ploughing the Fields.
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As for your second query, only Dharmapala whom I know is Dom Juan Dharmapala who lives at Srikotha.
He is not a Sinhala Buddhist any way .
Otherwise he wouldn’t sit on a Mat with his drawn Face and ask help from Poosaris in a Foreign Land..
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Raman / March 26, 2019
Kollam,
“Today’s news is that RWs good friend Jeffery Aloysius has been arrested on the Bond scam. RWs closest buddy Mahendran is an international fugitive “. What’s the problem then? Can you give us a list of just 5 Rajapaksa buddies who were arrested during that regime?
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yus / March 25, 2019
Ranil has made considerable contribution to Sri Lanka’s educational system as the Minister of education and as the Prime Minister. Making education compulsory and introducing vocational courses to train youth for a career are steps in the right direction .Unfortunately the Sri Lankan voters expect short term gains and have no foresight to see what is good for the country on the long run.
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JD / March 25, 2019
Mr. Shyamon Jayasinghe: How does this go with your rationalism. Your conscience says something. But, you write Something. You became just a Vandibatthaya but you did not talk any thing about Ranil’s Leadership and Authority. You did not explain how Ranil shows those two. Yet, Dictatorship just like that of Hitler or simple lack of shame that is amidst all the debacles two piece wearing Gentleman is hanging there and he never resigns or quit. How PMs or ministers in Australia quit or resign within the time of just one govt. Ranil is five times PM and the SLBC says it is a world record. How come. did he ever gives a democratic competition inside his party even though there is a action committee. Every where just as in two govts under two different Executive presidents, both complained that it was difficult to work with Ranil, he runs every thing amidst there are many others who are willing to share their opinions and decision making ability. I think Ranil has the ability. but, he must be pushed really hard. But, he is not suitable in a Authority position such as president or PM because he is a DICTATOR just like his Uncle. I like his idea of establishing a Oil refinery. but, I heard both the CBK and Mr had tried those but some one outside those things to proceed. SO, the Oil refinery may be a last ditch effort to save the Neo-liberal govt who knows what happens after the election. Because, right now Industrial and commercial or business espionage (muslims are part of the game just to sell weapons of Mass destruction) is the most important, many businesses have problem are being screened. Because, they want to buy. Ranil, Mangala and MR are good prospects for that Ranil is the best suited because he keeps silent like a Dumb, Deaf, Blind or an Idiot.
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
Dear J,
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It’s not often that I can agree with what you say.
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This is a long comment; I agree with almost all of it.
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Batalanda Beauties / March 26, 2019
Thank you for the great character certificate issued to the PM of Australia by an Australian citizen. ERRRR we mean to the PM of a foreign nation: Sri Lanka by an Australian. We really appreciate this. Batalanda beauties
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Annesley Dias / March 26, 2019
Ranil is bad mangala is bad akila is bad malik is bad.
So the good guys are wimal gammanpila dinesh mr br cr gr nr and vasu
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JD / March 26, 2019
During 2015-2019 Ranill was stunned because he was caught in his bondScam. He did not do any work. Instead he was covering work on bond scam which means he really involved in the scam. Now in 2019 he has started work and he is ganging up with his PET Vajira Kariyawasam. After almost FOUR years in the govt. they have some modification to the education system. Ranil says, Vajira Kariyawasam began it on Ranil’s Instructions which means Vajira Kariyawasama is incompetant as the education minister. Anyway, Leaders are NOT born very often. In the case of all SLFP, UNP and JVP leaders are not allowed to be produced. It is only the selected few who become leaders. Ranil is five times PM because just the way he locked up himself inside Temple Trees and asked Chatumharajika gods, to stay Pm. that is his Leadership. Anyway, his his deputies are PENTHOUSe RAVI, SAJITH and now NAVIN and KARIYAWASAM.
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Sinhala_Man / March 26, 2019
JD,
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You are talking sense today.
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Thanks.
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Tikiri Panabokke / March 26, 2019
Ranil is simply attired, talks little and is unruffled by praise or blame. A true Buddhist leader.
Slanderers waste their time with this leader as he cares not one bit for them or even for praisers
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K A Sumanasekera / March 26, 2019
Wow.. This is like an Eulogy…
Dr Ranil couldn’t win even a Chook Raffle for two decades, until Venerable Sobitha and Appa Sira came along to give Dr Ranil a hand.
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Poor Thero passed on with a literally Broken Ticker.
Appa Sira is now on Valium plus anger management Pills.
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That is how much damage Dr Ranil has done to this 2500 year Old nation.
Which has put even the Cream of the Crop , Eminent Dignified Lnkanan Businessmen like Mr Aloysious in CID Lock Up..
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And forced another, one Mr Hulugolla who is soon to be the Director of Dr Ranil’s own Lakehouse, running for cover to the Temple Trees, but nabbed before he could reach the gate, even after poor Hullogolla pleading with the sleuths ,that they should get permission from Mr Minister Ruwan Wijewardana, before putting the Hand Cuffs.
Not sure which Ministery this Minister Ruwan is in charge?.
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Can’t understand how this Shaymom’s Idol and Ideologue Dr Ranil whom Mr Shamon reckons have such beautiful attributes , call our poor women in BOI Sweat Shops “Jungi Stitchers.”…
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First these women only make Thongs, and Silky Knickers with fine Lace for Victoria, Secret, Chantelle and Passionata.
And the people who wear them are Dr Ranil’s own followers or their beautiful Lassies in Colombo, although these are the off grades.
So Dr Ranil’s Barb to me is is a double whammy.
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Not only Dr Ranil has insulted our Poor Women who bust their butts working in mostly UNP owned Sweat Shops but also Dr Ranil own UNP Rich and the Beautiful in one hit.
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I would say Dr Ranil has only a Humor as Dry as a Dead Dingo’s Donger…
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Native Vedda / March 26, 2019
KASmaalam K A Sumanasekera
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“Dr Ranil couldn’t win even a Chook Raffle for two decades, until Venerable Sobitha and Appa Sira came along to give Dr Ranil a hand.”
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Dr Mahinda on his own stood no chance of winning the presidential elections in 2005 until VP came along to give him a big hand, of course for a fee. And then of course the alleged fees amounting to Rs 185 Million was delivered to Basil by Hindians according to Tiren Alles. Did Basil pass the entire Hindian aid towards election expenses to VP? What was his share of Commission?
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Huge help indeed.
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Native Vedda / March 26, 2019
KASmaalam K A Sumanasekera
“an Indian contingent of 120 Army personnel, including 11 officers arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport on March 25th, 2019 ” Reported dailymirror.lk.
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What is the purpose/agenda of this military contingent?
Is the Hindian army going to fight the TNA and Sambandan as it did in the 1980s and early 1990s until it was kicked out by your brethren VP? Is the advance party here to protect democracy in this island from Mahindawamsa, given Hindian insistence on 13th Amendments in Geneva?
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chiv / March 26, 2019
This is hilarious . I dare anyone for my use of this word.It is a joke.Even today the Lankans are in heated debate on who is a better thief??? Who is less corrupted ??? Who do we have arguing here ???paid proxies like Sumanee. Is studying in Royal a disqualification to seek election????. I did notice there is no debates on who murdered less??? Who kidnapped less ??? Disappearance of people???? Who dismantled the judiciary, law and order and rest of the system ??? Who was most dysfunctional???? When Lankan media is working hard for a crook family and creating fake news they should also post the question who murdered less media /journalist. Who created more enemies in international arena???? Who received maximum kick backs?????? The way Ranil being portrayed makes people to believe the rest are “Mandalas”. Who wants to create family rule/dynasty. Who raped the constitution most???. Who are the crooks encouraging nepotism and allowing their family members to actively loot the country???? Who abused the servicemen most as kidnappers, murders and fugitives ?? Who brought Jaliya ,Udanga and rest of the shit heads. Who is actively into horse trading???who is throwing money to buy parliamentarians??/
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rbh / March 26, 2019
leadership style
Prime Minister is not disturbed on winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again with world leaders, to be simply not being compare or compete, everybody will respect you. He was not looking to follow others or pull them down. I’m planning to test my own boundaries. He understood not trying is the biggest mistake
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Kevin / March 26, 2019
His style is totally unappealing to an electorate that loves demagoguery, racism, histrionics, and even the kind of watti amma language that CBK spewed, for which she got extra votes.
He would be a great PM of a western liberal democracy like Canada or New Zealand who still have old world manners.
His eventual retirement, whether by further election losses or by age related fatigue will be Sri Lanka’s loss. My view.
People may have one last chance this December. If he does manage a win and there is no longer the saboteur in Presidents House then the independent democratic institutions may take root in Sri Lanka. Maybe for a long time. As well, intelligent and forward looking economic policies will have the required time to bear fruit.
If not, the prognosis is very murky indeed.
The monolingual electorate with no access to the vast amounts of knowledge and viewpoints out there in the big wide world are such frogs in the well and are so easily duped. I mean they believed they were going to get free rice from the moon and bread at 3.50. RW is incapable of such bizarre promises so he is a serial loser in that electorate.
Starting now in kindergarten it will take 20 years or more to bring up an English literate population that can obtain a window into the world, and take even longer to have a class of post secondary technocrats well versed in the fields of STEM knowledge- Science Technology Engineering Mathematics- the kind of population that Singapore has had for decades.
Hope for the best
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chiv / March 26, 2019
Oh Sumanee you forgot to mention your catch word “Vellala Ranil” . Vellala this Vellala that.
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Lochana / March 26, 2019
Brilliant and well deserved tribute to RW! He is supreme among the rowdies, Chandiyas, rogues and sexual molesters in parliament
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Karunaratne Gamage / March 26, 2019
Why does KAS Sumanasekera fart like this so often? He is jealous of Shyamon’s two pensions. Just like Sri Lankans who are envious of each other. This KAS is a mean farting pig
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Bensen Berner / March 26, 2019
A very modest and reasonable assessment of Ranil. He Stands in utter contrast to the uneducated, uncouth and dishonest Rajapaksas. Bensen
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thondamany / March 26, 2019
Quote: Ranil, D.M.Swaminathan, N.Sampanthan, Mangala are qualified and have the charisma to attract people with their meaningful policies.- AR
Less said about them the better Ayathurai
Manipulate people all the time. Ranil has been doing that for 25 years in clean suit using tongs to pilfer. For 2015 was the last time Ranil could be the PM. Hence the temptation was sooo great that RANIL could not resist and used his own fingers to poke into the CB pie. Yes, he did and the whole country came to know about this Mr. Clean Thief in sheep’s clothing. EXPOSED.
AKD/JVP Batalanda has been erased from memory.
Black July in uncles cabinet and being helpless.
BTW, SL has readjusted the Retirement age to 86.
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rbh / March 26, 2019
Economic Vision
Ranil Idea opening up Refinery and cement factory in a correct place to make use of Airport and Harbour where the transportation can be through the round sri lanka causing no traffic congestion to the most area. What he had said once is that we will not be living for ever the young has to take over he did not say one of his family is line to take over his position. The younger has fasten the belt, now even you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
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K.Pillai / March 26, 2019
We, layLankans, have a Hobson choice as to our leaders.
We know that all frontrunners are bad but we have to choose the ‘better’ bad.
One says that ‘reconciliation’ will lead to ‘separation’.
A nondescript SLPP has got hijacked and arrogantly proclaim “Choose one from the family”.
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With or without praises RW is a wee wee bit different.
He has shown political grit/determination/tenacity.
We must try him out.
We are broke, we cannot loose.
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PML Mayadunne / March 27, 2019
I like your comment, K PILLAI.
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charles / March 27, 2019
IF YOU ARE SAYING COAT AND TIE IS SIMPLE THEN WHAT IS NOT SIMPLE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME PLEASE.
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charles / March 27, 2019
Ranil behaves like a nice man but he is not. He is more dangerous than MR. Look at Ranil,s history.
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Nosey Parker / March 27, 2019
…. exactly, and he allowed CBK and MR to mismanage and plunder this country while he happily globe trotted for 21 years as permanent leader of the opposition.
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