President Maithripala Sirisena has informed all caretakers of the SLFP headquarters at Darley Road that former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and her supporters should not be allowed to enter the premises under any circumstances.
Chandrika
Sirisena has made the order upon his return to the country from a private holiday in Thailand, Colombo Telegraph reliably learns.
The decision has been made due to fears that Kumaratunga will engineer an internal revolt in the party challenging Sirisena’s party leadership.
A section of SLFP members have expressed strong opinions against Sirisena’s decision to enter into an alliance with the Rajapaksa group who caused irreparable damage to the party by forming the Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP).
Colombo Telegraph exclusively reported that Sirisena ordered to close down the Darley Road headquarters until his return from Thailand.
The decision to close down the main party office follows a heated meeting between senior party officials and electorate organizers, on Saturday, over the current political situation.
At the meeting chaired by SLFP General Secretary Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa, a group of SLFP organizers severely criticized President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to form an alliance with the SLPP. Senior party officials including S.B. Dissanayake, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Dayasiri Jayasekera and Duminda Dissanayake also attended the meeting.
The organizers who criticized the President’s actions lamented that the decision to contest elections together with the SLPP would uproot the SLFP at the grassroots level.
rbh / January 1, 2019
Sirisena Bans CBK And Her Supporters From Entering SLFP Headquarters
They cannot close the peoples head it is not quarter, It is full they will find other places to fulfill there mission, What about Skype public groups, WhatsApp groups or the use of Viber group chats, the last of which was to done on 2015 to promote for the present president to be as UNP President
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Sam Fernando / January 2, 2019
Next days, next unpredictable act would be he will ban his family.
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Poor wife ! MP Hirunika reveaeled a lot about PRESIDENTIAL secretarial rumouers lately.
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This happens people got caught by a person whose profile is no good enough to be a gramasekawa ….
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Gullibility of our people is sky high.
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Shiron / January 1, 2019
Why are we still tolerating this insane idiot? Why is there no move to impeach him. He violated the country’s constitution…..what better grounds for impeachment????
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Sarrij / January 3, 2019
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Six of one and half dozen of the other; they all should be “impeached”; they all commit serious crimes i.e. S L politics.
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Shammi / January 1, 2019
Not worth even commenting on the stupid Sri Lankans living in that hole. The idiotic Sinhales keep on voting corrupted and then blaming everyone else. People got the power to appoint or not to appoint corrupt.
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Eagle Eye / January 1, 2019
Chaura Regina’s plan may be to bring Vimukthi. Politics in Sri Lanka; farther to son, husband to wife, mother to son and from Samanalya to Samanalee (Pakila).
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Pakshiraja / January 1, 2019
That’s not so but beware of Rajapakse clan, the worst that could befall
to this country
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Rizwan / January 2, 2019
She lost her husband to extremists. I doubt she wants to lose her son too, especially since he will be competing with MR and family.
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Manel Fonseka / January 2, 2019
Utter nonsense! There has never been even the slightest indication of this.
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Amaradasa Salgado / January 1, 2019
United Nation Party is main and number ONE enemy of the People of Sri Lankan. The majority nation traitors was born out by that set of UNP policies by Neo-Liberalism came into being since leadership of that 1977 JRJ- UNP .
It has expended that liberal viral and widely spread into that organs of govt. which last 40 odd years produce that hundreds of that UNP traitors, whom they wanted that surrender nation sovereignty to Indian, USA, UK and EU countries.
The current majority Parliament members of UNP’s are politically corrupted not that an independent persons they have lost all morals and values. While even Minsters of large numbers not that Educated and not that wise persons.
They (UNP’s) most majorities members are coward and corruption politicians in the Parliament. That the party leader is Ranil Wickas and support by CBK of Tamil Federalist of SLFP’s who ruin and ruin our nation 11 years doing nothing our People 1994 to 2005.
For example 1987 that Indo -Sri lanka (JRJ-Rajive Gandi) accord has reveled that nation was divided for 9 provinces by JRJ of UNP leadership ! That was first foundation laid for the a partition Tamil Eealm in north-east by UNP politics of Neo-Liberalism has been introduce by 13th Ameadeant of Republic Constitution.
By and large that JRJ and later his successes of Gamine Dissanayake, Lalith Aulathmdily , R-Premadasa and of that RW of UNP leaders the great splitters of our era. That is how brief history of recent past UNP and its leaders become number one enemy of People of Islanders. Politics of UNP are incorrigible, they ever-never repented on split of our country, nation and people of Sri Lankan.
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Vanangamudi / January 2, 2019
Amaradasa Salgado is either woefully ignorant or suffers a very short memory span. Does he not know such anti-UNP firebrand high-profile leaders like Philip G, W. Dahanayake, Ronnie de Mel, CP de Silva et al eventually joined forces with the UNP to save and develop and unite the country. There can be many, many more as I quote from memory while typing these comments. Salgado should look elsewhere for “traitors”
Little does he realise if all features of the Indo-Lanka Agreement were honoured and implement to the letter and spirit of the Agreement, the Sinhala South would have saved over 30,000 Ranviru youth who died vainly only for the purpose of fattening today’s billionaire families and their political career. The LTTE would have been deflated, the North East socially, economically and politically developed. The sum total was every citizen of this country would have found that Singapore dream palpable. Such a surreal situation would have been bad for the local Rasputins who would have lost their influence and political “power” if the country was to gain unity
and peace. Your good example is the Aapaya who began with Bata slippers and a broken bicycle (to use Anura B’s analogy) from the paddy fields and thanks to “faithfully serving the poor Sinhala Buddhist people and farmers” today has built himself, with brothers and immediate family, billionaire luxury hotel owners, capturing rich land and dozens of modern rice mills – to mention only part of the unaccounted loott.
Vanangamudi
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vijaya fernando / January 2, 2019
I think party politics is out dated. Democracy is inherently dangerous unless powerful mechanisms are put in place to counter balance.
Swiss style of government is the best but most politicians,once they are in power,have too much to lose:their house,their wife or husband or their business or in the case of chandrika,it’s too late as she has already lost her husband.
Alliance with other countries are fine if the country is super solid like Switzerland where they hold money belonging to most leaders except the ones that have the money in the Vatican. So ,Sri Lanka,wake up. Since 600 B.C. , countries have cuddled up to Sri Lanka to get favours ,at the expense of the poor people.
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Emil van der Poorten / January 4, 2019
Amaradasa Salgado:
If you insist on writing whatever you do, would you be so kind as to have someone translate it into English before you send it in to CT so that those who read this publication which is supposed to be in English may comprehend what you have to say?
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Amila / January 1, 2019
Mental Siri is digging his own grave step by step.
The mp’s and people still with siri should understand that siri has violated the constitution as per the supreme court judgment. So he cannot contest any election in future ( he cannot even contest a pradheshiya saba even ) and no use in future. So slfp guys should ignore this mental case andvjoin with either unp or mahindas fraction.
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Senarath / January 1, 2019
A political party should be based on any specific political ideologies as shown by JVP and UNP. TNA MC HU and such minority parties too have their own ideologies but what can you say about SLFP PP. From the beginning they rally around a Personality. Once they are in power they do not know which direction they are to move on; to the left or to the right. What the country needs today is a mechanism to move the country forward. Our country is full of natural resources but unfortunately the system does not offer opportunities for clever and honest individuals who work transparently and law-abiding. Majority of people worship and follow corrupt politicians who have destroyed the country since Independence
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Real Revolutionist / January 1, 2019
SLFP is already in pieces,
CBK can’t assemble the pieces so it’s absurd for her to open HQ unless the title deed is in her name.
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rew / January 2, 2019
CBK should stay away from SLFP HQ till this maniac is moved out
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Backlash / January 3, 2019
It is in delicate situations like this Kudu Mervin and his ilk offer
their “expertise, muscle and service” Beware.
The original SLFP was built on a weak structure of pseudo-nationalism, fake Buddhism and anti-minority prejudice. It was doomed to fail. The original architects managed to destroy the
ethnic equilibrium. But at what terrible cost? The tragedy is we
still do not seem to have learnt our lessons. Pity.
It takes only a brief while to break a house
but how long does it take to build a new and sturdy one?
Backlash
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Emil van der Poorten / January 4, 2019
Backlash:
Yours is, unfortunately, an accurate evaluation of this whole business. It is going to take a sea change for this country to return to sanity and decency after all it has been through. Do we have the capacity? I certainly hope so.
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Plato. / January 1, 2019
The first couple of weeks of 2019 will see a fight between diehard SLFPers and the Sirisena SLFPers.
As it progresses Sirisena will hand over his section of the SLFP[ LIKE HANDING OVER A BRIDE] to the SLPP and MaRa will true to style rape them!
As for Sirisena ,eventually he will be neither here nor there; As it is he does not know whether he is coming or going!
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Muslim / January 1, 2019
Sirisena thinks the whole of Srilanka is his and his family heirloom. Sira is getting into more troubles and the way he burnt the paddy field he is burning down everything in Srilanka , he needs to get treatment
for his mental attitude , the only people who can destroy Sira are the Rajapaksas , Ranil is meek and is happy with pm ship , Chandrika is too late to stop this mad man in his destruction s as he has the backing of the jarrapksas. God save Srilanka in the year of 2019 .
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Estate Labourer / January 1, 2019
The SLFP has lost its true identity. It has no identity of any kind now. What is a political party without an identity? No identity means no soul! It would be best to turn the Party HQ into a mausoleum.
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T. Devendra / January 1, 2019
Thank you CT for this very pleasant photograph of the old woman.
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But we see the CT motive of showing her in the best light!
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Native Vedda / January 1, 2019
T. Devendra
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“Thank you CT for this very pleasant photograph of the old woman.”
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Please leave her alone. At your age you should be praying/meditating and counting your days towards Nibbana.
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Brilliant. Keep it up.
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T. Devendra / January 2, 2019
What should I say?
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Emil Saundranayagam was more honest, though he shared the foreign name!
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Bandu / January 2, 2019
What are you suggesting Mr Devendra?
We are intrigued, but we know you have impeccable sources.
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Hope you will reveal more in the future.
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K.Anaga / January 2, 2019
Devendra!
yes EMIL was not a politician neither did he steal Srilankan Money’
He was capable on his own rightly or wrongly.
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Emil van der Poorten / January 4, 2019
T. Devendra:
Seriously, is “Native Veddah” a foreign name as you claim?
Please explain for the benefit of those of us who obviously don’t live in the same (racist) realm that you do.
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babloo deva / January 1, 2019
The man has things to hide, such as files and other evidence of his criminal activities.
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bindu / January 1, 2019
These fellows fight for their personal gains and not for the improvement of the country at all.Now we need a new party devoid of any one from those 225 at Diyawannawa. Rouges.
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rajash / January 1, 2019
in this modern day of social media and instant mass communication …there is no need to get in to the physical building of the head office to “engineer an internal revolt”
My3 shitsena is still living in the dark ages.
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Buddhist / January 1, 2019
Under what authority is this Appaya banning Chandrika? There is no provision in the SLFP constitution unless its investigated and decided by the executive committee. Is he acting as the President of the Country to ban her? Is Sirisena the famous Appaya so stupid. It appears he is lunatic and should be examined by a qualified independent doctor.
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GVGnanasooriyam / January 1, 2019
All what have been stated reveals what happened. WHAT remains not said is a Workable Formula for all Sri Lankans to live as Sri Lankans like the way all Singaporeans live there despite their differences in a variety of issues!
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renu / January 1, 2019
What a shame the person who placed the ladder for him to go to the top place has been kicked out along with the ladder, No cultured guy would do this kind of thing. Repercussions would be great, and the consequences will be unbearable, in the near future
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Thanga / January 1, 2019
With people like Amaradasa Salgado, the country needs no enemies from outside. If JR did not agree to 13A India would have asked for the status quo ante 1833. It was the British who amalgamated what are now the Northern and Eastern provinces with the rest of the country. Tamils are asking for a solution within a united and undivided Sri Lanka. If this offer is rejected there will be no ethnic peace.
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paul / January 2, 2019
‘It was the British who amalgamated what are now the Northern and Eastern provinces with the rest of the country’
How sad that even the most liberal Tamil will insist on the impossible.
The country was united (and also divided into separate countries) many times before the British arrived.
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K.Anaga / January 2, 2019
Thanga!
You have said it well. But who is worried about Ethnic Peace? Ethnic Problem is the STAPLE FOOD of all Sinhala Politicians.
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punchinilame / January 2, 2019
Here is a man who does what he says. He is keeping his words exactly as he meant – I WILL SET FIRE TO
EVERYTHING BEFORE I LEAVE! Is he not doing that – a man with a mind – as described by his own daughter
in writing! If this is not, the news is fake – over to the Media Ministry………….
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Naman / January 2, 2019
SLFP should be reorganised with true SLFPers and eliminating Rajapaksa clan and stooges.
The New SLFP needs to be an inclusive party to the minorities with clear cut National policies.
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Pon Kulendiren / January 2, 2019
Unity in SLFP was damaged by Mahinda with the help of Sirisena. He is not a true leader of SLFP. . Ho w acn he ban Chandra the daughter of SWRD the father of SLFP
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Truth Seeker / January 3, 2019
Chandrika (CBK) should be banned from Sri Lanka Politics , LOCK, STOCK and BARREL. She should have no place in SL Politics.
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gamarala / January 3, 2019
Deranged alcoholic ! passed sell by date.
Just because she is the daughter of a founding member does not have a god given right to that party. She has done absolutely nothing for the country.
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Native Vedda / January 3, 2019
Truth Seeker
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Seriously, why?
What are you scared of?
Is it her intellect, or her beauty, her education, her family status, her liberalism, ……. scare you most?
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Nishantha / January 3, 2019
Prez has no legal right to ban SLFP members from entry into SLFP office. It is not his personal property and
belongs to all members and neither is he the founder of SLFP. It raises the question as to whether he is insane and become a lunatic, so much so that he is unable to distinguish rigteousness, rules laws, justice etc.!!!. He still has not and doesn’t want to learn to refraing from committing more errors and blunders and bring Sri Lanka, which the international committee is laughing to be kicked out of the international circle.
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Devanampiya Theesham / January 4, 2019
Chandrika should join UNP..She suits Ranil very well. There is absolutely no difference between the two. Maithreepala got fedup saying Yes Sir , Yes Madam to Ranil and Chandrika and finally broke up with them. She is now on the mission of supplying SLFP MPs to Ranil’s minority government.
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