While the country is gripped with an unprecedented political crisis, President Maithripala Sirisena, the man who architected the current crisis, made a farcical public statement today saying he was planning to write a book about his “unsuccessful political marriage” with Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sirisena, addressing a public event in Colombo this evening, advised those who talk about his biography ‘Janadhipathi Thaththa’ to read his new book about Wickremesinghe too. Sirisena’s biography, which has drawn the attention of social media critiques in light of the recent political developments, was authored by Sachini Navarathne and claimed to be written by his daughter Chathurika Sirisena.
Sirisena said he listened to the remarks made against him by Parliamentarians today. “I was severely attacked by MPs of one group in a one-sided debate. There was no fairness in that debate,” Sirisena said referring to the adjournment debate in the House today.
“I am willing to sacrifice both my life and my position on behalf of the country. I will either sacrifice one of the two, or both, in my quest to create a better country for the future generation, “Sirisena said. “I am certain I will not be isolated in this struggle,” he added.
Referring to the alleged conspiracy on his life that has proven to be a fabricated story, Sirisena said “traitors” and “corrupt elements” attempted to kill him. However, Namal Kumara, the man who revealed the alleged conspiracy on Sirisena’s life to media, has said he will contest the Parliamentary election on the Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP), suggesting that the alleged plot was a politically orchestrated canard to oust Ranil Wickremesinghe from the premiership.
hubert / November 24, 2018
This idiot has a mental issue as courageous statements are being made
the book must be prohibited from circulation by the court order
I am not scarred to fight enemies of the state
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Radical Ideas / November 25, 2018
Let him put his name to a book that some Racist Mahinda-waadhiya is going to write. That book is going to become a total garbage with cooked up stories. Anyways, it will be an expose’ about the error by default when a GOVIGAMA RULING ELITE MAFIA is made a President or a PM. The people of this country knows very well about this evil phenomena which is going on throughout a span of 70+ years span.——- in any case, let Sira also know that there are many people who are waiting to write thousands of books about HIM and HIS infamous betrayels he committed against the people of this country. Sira-The Shitty Scumbag of a President.
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Muhandiram / November 24, 2018
MS, why do you want to write about Ranil? Is it because you Know that you DON’T have anything to write about yourself that would make any sense?
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Thamara / November 25, 2018
He must also explain to the general public how he became the third richest man in the country, According to the Forbes mag, in his book, How his daughter now owns hotels apartments etc.Over to you Sirisena
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Sach / November 24, 2018
Look at CT propaganda…CT says namal kumara is standing for elections from SLPP. But SLPP has rejected that. Instead of giving the full picture gives half truths to distort reality in favour of UNP/LTTE
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Piyadasa Yalagala / November 24, 2018
President M. Sirisena has right do that. That is part of democracy of people’s reflected mandate of 6.2 million voters. There is a nothing wrong in my point of view.
We have to have a broad base system of democracy from Top to bottom.
The citizens having right to know facts and truth of island political version of democracy .
That is also part and parcel the mandate given by People and their sovereignty .
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jerad jabin / November 24, 2018
Piyadasa Yalagala
That is why your first name is piya dasa. You are a dasa who doesnt understand the constitution nor the word majority. There are representative in the parliament without a gc olavel education You are like the idiot who said megapolis is creating a mega police. Sri Lanka is in this mess because of idiot village gas gembas like you.
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chiv / November 24, 2018
Didnt I say MS/MR are master story tellers, MS can use his book for bed time stories to grand children after his retirement. I mentioned how his”butter fly stories” to his sleepy grand children in the crowd misfired on him. This time I hope he will read it in privy in his mansion and not in public. Country like no other lead by politicians like no other.
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Fred / November 24, 2018
Mr President,
You are quoted as saying, “I am willing to sacrifice both my life and my position on behalf of the country. I will either sacrifice one of the two, or both, in my quest to create a better country for the future generation”. Most of us would not ask you to make a dual sacrifice. Please don’t sacrifice your life. Just leave the Presidency. That alone will do us fine. And, by the way, before you make any more silly statements, has it ever occurred to you that you are the SRI LANKAN HEAD OF STATE and you need to conduct yourself in manner and speech in a fashion that is consistent with that high office?
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Sunil / November 24, 2018
My appeal to democratic minded people. Don’t buy this book as it will make Sirisena’s family rich. Let one person buy a copy and put it on the net for everyone to read and comment. I think Sirisena has been heavily influenced and bought over by Killi Maharaja to oust Ranil and plant Sajith, so that the Maharaja business empire can flourish with evil deals. Maharajas feel the pinch now and they want to recover. Many recent businessmen like Harry J, Dhammika P and Ashok P have beaten them with bigger business empires. These businessmen were smart as they followed a strategy of acquisition than Maharajas strategy of starting businesses.
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jehan / November 24, 2018
usd 1 = rs 500 is where we are heading if shit sena stays. next zimbabwe in the making.
go shit sena go.
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chiv / November 24, 2018
Before the catch phrase for politicians was “LTTE”. Now MS catch phrase is “I will sacrifice my life”. He has been singing this from day one and by now his family dosent take it with any seriousness. The public do not care for this crap. Yet he keeps singing his Mantra.A real clown. He keeps repeating and the public goes about Laughing out loud (surreptitiously thinking When will be that day??????). Sounds worse than my granny who for any thing and every thing had a stock pile comment “I may be dying soon” . Emotional blackmailing????? My answer to her was “We all have to die one day and who knows right now you are so healthy I may beat you on that”. She never repeated that to me again.
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chiv / November 24, 2018
Sir when will you write about your bosom buddy MR , we cant hold out excitement in reading that book ?????? Please Please Thatha do not keep us waiting.
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Gratiaen Hewa / November 24, 2018
We saw in some newspapers, most people do not like to call him “Sir” or “Janadipathi Thumani” etc saying that he doesn’t deserve such respect considering his degrading conduct and the speeches he makes as a President of a country.
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Book Vanguard / November 24, 2018
Dear President sir eagerly awaiting your book. A Kindle edition is advised.
Not against our precious constitution is it.
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Fred / November 24, 2018
BTW, there’s nothing in the Constitution to say he can’t get the Government Printer to print it and publish it!
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Renu / November 24, 2018
Please sacrifice both, we will have in less traitors in politics
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smn / November 24, 2018
Mr. Sirisena is the worst cut throat and most narrow minded leader ever we have seen . It is well evident that he has so many psychological defects due to his inabilities and rural grown back ground he posses. Mr. President, do not continue playing your.’ Nari Nadagam ‘any more.
We will respect you if you please resign as early possible and save our motherland even at this juncture. It is not too late, Sir. Thank you.
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Amila / November 24, 2018
Ok you can hire a good writer again and write about your failed love affair. By the way please pay the writer because last time many allaged that your daughter didnt pay for writer properly. Also, is the unethical love affair between your daughter and namal true ?if so you can include that too.
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Mallaiyuran / November 24, 2018
He feels so easy to plug others from their positions he comfortably sitting on his chair. But he feels like losing his life when losing his position. After all EP is only a trust position, people selects during an election, not a legally recognized job.
He became one of the richest politicians in the country only after getting into politics. Is he prepared sacrifice anything he took as bribe during his political career?
When he left health ministry, he said health ministry was the most corrupted ministry in the country. When he leaves EP seat, the world will rate Lankawe as the most corrupted semi-democratic country in the world.
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K.Pillai / November 24, 2018
If and when MS writes a book on Ranil, he must have it reviewed by Dayan Jayatilleka.
Dayan has already worked on his own version.
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king / November 24, 2018
lying again, the bugger cant write
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Douglas / November 24, 2018
To explain this whole DRAMA of the “PRESIDENCY ” a very short and simple (one sentence) entry was found in the “Face Book”in Sinhala. Here it is: “KARMAYA PREMAYA SWARUPAYENDA PEMINIYA HAKIYA”. In that the word “PREMAYA” has been struck and interpolated with “JANDHIPATHI”. For the benefit of the readers, here it’s ENGLISH translation. “KARMA (FATE) CAN COME IN THE GUISE OF PRESIDENCY”. This “PRESIDENCY” is the real KARMA of Sri Lanka. MY3 is the LIVING PROOF.
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Fred / November 25, 2018
He is trying to dramatise the situation making noble sounding declarations that he is even prepared to sacrifice his life. But who has asked him to. And who does he think is trying to take away his life? In 2015 he hinted he will have been sent 6 feet under had he lost. Is it the same party he now has in mind?
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gerad jabin / November 24, 2018
Mr Sirisena,
Yo may or may not have opinions bad /good about people. Keep it to you self. Dont fk up the country. Obey the constitution. You had to wait patiently only for another 9-10 months for the next election. What did you do? Created a economic disaster for the country cuase “I dont like Ranil”. So I nominated the thieves and murderers illegally.
Lol! this is a very good example of mad crooked leader.
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Ajay / November 25, 2018
Mad Appaya will get somebody to ghostwrite for him just like his stupid daughter did. The main story will be of course the fake assassination plot to kill him and Gotler. The idiot should realize that would spark the publication of several books about him based on facts. One book would be “The Secret Sex Life of a Pathola President,” which would reveal his amorous activities starting from his Batticaloa Prison days during the 1971 insurgency right up to the current hanky-panky with Samanaliyo in his office. The public will be shocked to learn this Grama Sevaka Gamaralaya is actually a sex-crazed, horny pervert. His financial corruption too would be revealed: his secretary counting kickback money in the parking lot, the ship scandal, his daughter’s and brother’s illegal business deals, and many more.
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Saman Patabareiya / November 25, 2018
Ranil Wick of UNP orthodox christen leader has promised to split Island for rough Tamil state in north-east, but that was Not promised-package by President in 2015 January 8th ?
We cannot split Island for barging point of State for Tamil minority to destroy our civilization at any cost of our majority people life……Sri lankan.
We are civilized nation far an advance than Tamil Nadu ,backward politics application by DMK and ADMK of Tamil nationalist .We are Politically far better than Tamils politics in Tamil Nadu. Our ideology is more familiar with norms of democracy ,that is because 2600 years of civilization of Buddhist world outlook.
The politics of TNA ,LTTE TULF and other outfits more western oriented agenda to be establishment of North land for USA +UK military base in Island in Sri lanka. By Tamil support that Western hegemonies want control and dominated Indian Ocean, which trough that Tamil ethnic base in Sri lanka.
Therefor Eelam of separatism that proposed projects is support by UNP leadership of RW and Karu J….of Island turn into puppets regime for the Western masters.
Ongoing political crisis having hidden agenda is that UNP want to change Republic Constitution by granting unlimited provincial-powers of administration to TNA+LTTE by paralysis power of center of STATE…. by granted gun-rule politics in North-east. The UNP led of RW and Karu J..of both has come to MOU that TNA secret pact by JVP blessing of unlimited perks given to them change by New Constitutional whole structure in division of Island… by UNP proposed Constitution.
That is why Tamils of adventurist of that TNA +LTTE and Diasporas of Tamils get angry with President MS.
The whole country elected President cannot give that Tamil Regime in North by at any means.
That is not democracy of Sri lanka.
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Soam / November 26, 2018
No, No, No; I think the Sri Lankan had enough of you. In retirement, think about writing a book of “Judas, the betrayer”.
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