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SLFP Convention: Rajapaksa To Duck Out

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided not to attend the 65th Convention of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

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Mahinda Matugama

Rajapaksa, who was initially on the fence whether or not to attend the convention, which will be held in Kurunegala, his constituency, will avoid the convention, and instead travel to Kuala Lumpur where he will take part in the Asia Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union convention. Several other Joint Opposition MPs are also expected to join Rajapaksa on the trip. The Parliamentarians convention will be held from September 1 to 4.

Sources said that even though Rajapaksa has decided to give the SLFP convention a miss, he has however not disapproved other Parliamentarians of the Joint Opposition from taking part in it, but instead he has informed them to take a decision based on the sentiments of the voters, in their respective vote bases.

“It is the people who should tell you’ll whether or not to go,” Rajapaksa had reportedly said.

The 65th SLFP Convention will be held on September 4 in Kurunegala under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena, who is also the SLFP leader.

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    It is the people who should tell you’ll whether or not to go,

    There should be a limit to foolishness from Sri lankan voters.

    Voters can stay dumb for ever making these people important or they need to think why politicians are there for ?

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      It is the people who told MR to go home … and stay there. Why won’t he listen?

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        He wont listen because he knew people in general have short memory, and SL voters, in particular, have no memory at all of what/how bad a politician did in his time, as their minds absorbed by things being done by the politicians of the day.

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          His entire political surivival was cheating people. He knew how those easy targets regardles of the locations would judge them. Accordingly their preset media machines under the commands of Gotabaya did the job to letter. That is why even if the statistics prove the way they have been wrong, but still masses go after the very same highly corrupted men. It is like themyth that we the sinhalese are generated by a Lion – which should never be provable by today s litertiure in Life sciece research. Nevertheless they the lankens go beliving even if they are very against the god theories which according to them – wrong… since buddhism is not that bound to god s creations etc. Dewiyan wahanse oba mawuwa seka – god created the human beings – is being loudly critised by lanken buddhists in general. But what makes it difference from the mythbased on lion – in which THEY BELIEVE SINHALAYAS ARE CREATED BY A LION HYBRDIZATION….. in an ear that human beings creation is closely believed to have made through a hybrid of Swine and Monkey… considering all the proofs of research outcomes to date…. to hang on lion theory is baseless as i see it.

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            U know how they see it – they would even believe any kind of fair tales being passed to them. They are so naive and gullible as no others in the south asian region.

            We compare it with those of civlized folks from EU and other developed countries but – now I feel we should compare majority folks with those of Pakistan or the like countries.

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            “”His entire political surivival was cheating people.””

            He He .HeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHe

            So you got no commission, the muslims got no commission and it goes on and on.

            “”It is like the myth that we the sinhalese are generated by a Lion – “”

            Heyna you stupid. Sinhalese hunt in packs like Hyena’s.-
            The animal being of the clan.

            Hit the nail a right…red.

            The dirge that they all sing at truth’s funeral is:

            `I am entirely right and you are entirely wrong`

            It is entirely immaterial what truth they bury,

            but it is essential that they do the burying.

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          “He wont listen because he knew people in general have short memory, and SL voters, in particular, have no memory at all of what/how bad a politician did in his time,……..”

          People in this country now do not know the difference between GOOD and BAD.

          It has come to that.

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        It is the people who sent him home.

        But against to the people power, he has been manipulated by

        1) Buruwanse for their political surivival

        2) Wasidewa and the kind of perk greedy politicians with penisless nature

        3) Gunawardhana the man who sees no wayout for his political future unless he would not bring MR

        4) Gonthadipila as a political teenager- making entire folks Clowns, trying to succeed the thoughts of moment, by arguing by his typical way

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          Sam Fernando
          Why did the stupid bastard get manipulted by idiots uneducated illeterates?

      • 6
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        It is the people who told MR to go home … and stay there. Why won’t he listen?
        The arrongant GAS GEMBA and his relatives thinks they own the country.

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          but pingutharaya seems to be miles away from getting it.

          It is like playing violin to the deaf elephant – that is one of common sayings in the country…. He has been making him a joker by now. Even falling to the levels that Mr Sirisena snatched the party presidency from him … can you imagine ? These were pvt discussions held between two of them, following that only, Mr Sirisena took it over can you imagine ? This man MR is so devious as no others to publicly utter BLATANT lies AS no leaders would do.

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      Jim softy – It is not the “foolishness” of SL voters, it is stupidity of this man who’s refusing to go, people showed him the door on 8th January, yet he’s staying dumb. He’s still cannot digest that bitter truth, not to worry, he’s no threat, just the noise only.

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        Tani

        “it is stupidity of this man who’s refusing to go”

        It is not.

        He won 47.28% of the valid votes while Sirisena won 51.28%. Why did 47.28% of them vote for MR (a generous percentage of Sinhala/Buddhist votes if you care to take note of the pattern of voting)if they are not stupid with short memory?

        Sirisena was able to win only with the support of the minority communities, hence Dayan claimed that MR won the elections because the majority Sinhala/Buddhists supported him as if votes of minorities do not count.

        A large section of Sinhala people still believe MR won the war decisively and single handedly, and taught a good lesson to Demelas which they will never forget.

        Therefore one should accept the fact that racism exist.

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          Dumb Native Veddo:

          How di dyou come to the conclusion that racism exist based on election results ?

          Is this the way in Tamilnadu ?

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            jim softy dimwit

            “How di dyou come to the conclusion that racism exist based on election results ?”

            It involves a lot of complex calculations which is too complicated for you to grasp.

            I will ask my 10 year old neighbour to explain the complexity of adding 1 + 1 to you.

            Hang on let me find him.

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              Dear NV, I had been searching for you – where had you been all these days?

              why you chose RED this time as your icon ?

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                @ Sam Jayaweera

                I think the present day NV is a pseudo NV.( Native Vedda)
                The style of writing and the logo too have changed !
                I suspect the old NV had changed colours.

                On the subject of MR to duck SLFP convention!

                Why not , this is the best intelligent decision ever made by this man .
                By the way who invited him to go to Malaysia for the Parliamentarians convention??
                Does’nt he need to get permission from the ruling government??
                Who is paying for the tour??
                MS is at fault, he as our president should decide who to represent the country. This man is jumping the gun always putting himself forward as though he’s the chosen one by the government.
                Bad name for our country by this man representing us, what the hell is going on with the President and the Prime minister??
                Are they sleep walking allowing this rogue and his thieves to represent our country.
                WRONG!WRONG! WRONG!
                Please Wake up!!

                I see the descriptions above of this man ,almost all comments expresses as stupid, brain dead, psychotic, thief , manamalaya, cheat,fool, street wise, worse than Hitler.ect, etc
                In the past during his tenure anyone used these words of expression of him or his cohorts would have been slaughtered overnight.
                At least now we’re not scared of this monster man.
                We discarded him twice ,
                WHY HE’S STILL OUT REPRESENTING US?? ARE THE GOVERNMENT FULL OF MORONS??

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                  Analyst

                  “I suspect the old NV had changed colours.”

                  I am me.

                  Nothing will change me unless I am persuaded by the power of rational arguments supported by proof.

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                    NV Point taken! but your style of comments have changed a wee bit and your absence had been felt clearly.
                    Since you had been grounded by your elders to spend some time in the jungle , I certainly will take it as your natural environment.
                    Hope you did not drink Sinha LE Blood or Native Vedamahathaya’s concoctions extracted from the Le .

                    Only a little nervous of what would be the outcome of NV???

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                  All of you please note !!
                  My colour and logo has been changed by CT.
                  Not sure why!!!

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                Samuel Jayaweera

                “Dear NV, I had been searching for you – where had you been all these days?”

                My Elders suggested that I spent a spell in the jungle. I hade no option but to oblige them.

                “why you chose RED this time as your icon ?”

                Colours and logo are given by CT.

                I am me.

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            Jim Shit, because you are a low life racist gamaya, you see everything in this world with a set of crooked lens. Grow up and get a life or get lost you filthy mongrel.

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            Sirisena was able to win only with the support of the minority communities

            Does this mean racism exists?

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          Native vedda –
          Sri lankans include all minorities as well, did you not know that simple fact? Obviously in any country in an election, the candidate who gets the majority wins, that’s common sense and at the end of the last Pres Election here,it was for MS the people here gave the green light to run this country and MR the clear exit signal. If MR cannot read that, he sure is stupid.

          Looks like you are in that 47.28% who voted for MR then. Last two sentences of your comment are enough proof that you yourself is planting racism here, calling tamils ‘demalas’ on this social forum itself shows your poor state of mind!

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            JP Piyadasa

            Please re-read my comment.

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          And this fat filth paid the tigers millions to stop votes for Ranil and also stole tsunami donations?
          Bring on helping hambantota 2?

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        Neither of them, but JOINT STUPID OPPOSTION men make every efforts to find ways their inveistgaiton being inestigated to forget by bringing Meeharaka back to goverannce.

        But this chapter of the drama will short live since the very same nation will no longer tolerate all these.

        Gone were the days, they the same folks thought that RW is a leader who would not love the nation, but with the time, his rule under the guidance of Mr MS – or the rule of both, introduce laws and orders .. seem something tangible has been adapated to the system… these are golden steps to the good governace for the future.

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        Yeah guys… I wish President and PM would be firm and kick this joker out… We give him ministerial perks and he uses that to screw Lanka more??? Come on President Maithripala and PM Ranil… show him who is boss please?????

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        Tani,

        “It is not the “foolishness” of SL voters, it is stupidity of this man who’s refusing to go, people showed him the door on 8th January,yet he’s staying dumb…”

        It is really a lot of both, in my view.

        Rajapakse cannot do anything else to while away his time. He knows only politics, and that of the worst possible kind. His politics is to rabble rouse; at which he excels. He loves to cause mayhem, cause upsets, cause unrest. Never has he made his mark as a parliamentarian of worth making contributions to the house proceedings. Nothing but a street-wise, street smart, street type politician.

        He visits prison inmates – an act no respected leader of a nation would ever do.

        History will not remember him as a Statesman; but merely a President among several others…..Certainly the last on the list in more ways than one.

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          Why is that he has the right to go against through rabble rousing while others not ?

          I have the feeling this bugger still feels that the war victory against LTTEs would work as a licence him to abuse the very same folks again and again.

          He thinks not being humble as any other good leadres that he is the one who settled everything – but in the same time, he knows so long people stay supprotive him only he can abuse them for their political surivival.

          This man is the most devious politician than appeared to be- even highly abusive parkitan woudl not have the kind of personalities to lead them that way. We are becomin kalakanniyas so long Rajakshe is live. Basta.

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      Wonder what people would have told him if he asked? How do we know whether he asked or not. Clearly SLFP members at grassroots level favor MR over My3. You’ll witness that in next election.

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      Jimsofty,

      believe or not real face of MR is miles away from the thoughts of average.

      Now the wind blows will show you the vulnerable easy targets, that they have long been cheated by MR et al.

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      Where is David Camaron after the Tory Party leadership election which he did not contest?

      This thakkadiya Rajapakse was rejected by people and he doesn’t know to follow certain behaviours in democracy.

      It is the political rut of the immature de-mo-cracy that is failing Sri Lanka. Look at the very level of goons elected to parliament.

      Disgraceful democracy that has its own way of surviving.

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        We call it democracy, but it is literally -DemoCrazy.

        Who decide it – if not masses that are kept away from realities of the politicians – over 60-70% of villagers- that would only be proud of MR term has put the stop to the long driven war….. never would the see the manner Rajakashe et al mismanaged/misgoverned in post war sessions. To the direction of human rights, nothing much has been done, but worsened alike to the levels of Zimbabwians.

        During my recent visit – I happened to

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          Demo(n)Crazy.

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            Liberty, Freedom and Democracy are western concepts and are
            not fit for kalakanniyas of the island.

            What are you going to do about it??

            You need to be ruled by the bullet not the ballot- SriMao.

            Bring back Gotabaya as the president sans his extended family.

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              Western values are good enough when things work wrong, else the very same idiots call them as ” western invasions”. They permanently feel that WE THE LANKENs are powerful than we appeared to be. What do we have them to focus us today ? Geographical location is a luck but politicians have not made use of that over the years. Alone that could bring foregin exchange comparably to singapore, but noting tangible has occured sofar, else, we dont have oil or rich sources them to interfere in the country s politics.

              And we are not the only people whose fractions are capble of handling software industry to the west – thereare enough capactieis even better ones in india, if western world would focus on that.

              Links being made infavour of investments should work following pacts being signed between countries. That is common to germany within their EU memebers too.. else, ntohing would work in accordance with anything.

              I think it is right – and commendable steps being discussed by CURRENT duo on the pacts necessary to get signed/passed between giant economies. Against any kind of Fundementalists would go against as itw as the case with DAWALA PATHRIKAWA in 80ties –

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                So Sinhalese are emphatically Royinga like your blood brothers Bangladeshi. Good ..boat people/diaspora/dual passport.

                Sinhalese go to resourceful Burma and enjoy your stay and send your women to medieval middle east?

                Borrowings too high.

                Or Gota shoot the rest.30% modayas.

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              ranjith – They are popular in concept form, we know. Do they really exist, I mean out of the 195 countries in the world, where do the people enjoy liberty, freedom and democracy ???

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                what is liberty and freedom to you– concept please??

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              Let me correct you here bring back Hang tree – by appointing Gotabaya as the first service man. He with his higher aggression capactieis will surely be appropriate to the job hang man.

              All inlcuding these Ranajiths should be subjected to his treatments one behind the other. Like a blood cancer patient can keep hope once the patient is treated with full blood transfusions, we need to eleminate all kind of crime doers in this country regardless of the size of them.

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                Pol Geddi- Sick As Sh*t,

                “”All inlcuding these Ranajiths should be subjected to his treatments one behind the other.””

                Gotabaya is smarter; he would control dallas drones than white vans.He would go nuclear. Kim Jong.

                Wonder of Asia.

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        Dankottuwa Manike
        “Where is David Camaron after the Tory Party leadership election which he did not contest? “

        it’s not Camaron but Cameron, you moron.

        The BREXIT vote is NOT a no confidence vote on David Cameron.
        He should have seen through his term and put in place a BREXIT strategy. Now he has left the country in a turmoil with an unelected PM.

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          Rajash

          What a point scoring on the misspelling of a name by a man who does not even know what is G-string is.

          Unfortunately you have serious difficulties in using words for unrelated matters – a sickness that only an expert can comment on.

          How is your ‘Chimmikki’ dream is progressing? Do you experience bubbles blowing from your brain in your deep sleep?

          When are you going to Jaffna again to see your ‘Chimmikki’?

          Look, Karuna is smarter. He joined Mahinda and got a poddi nona. You too can try your luck with the help of Wimal Weeravanse. Did I spell his name right. It could be Wimal Modawanse.

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            Dankottuwa Manike
            “by a man who does not even know what is G-string is. “

            Dankottuwa Manike
            Komanam is a G-String one need to tie a string around the waist then tuck the Komanam. The west improvised on the Komanam and call it G-string and made it sexy.

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              Rajash

              What a confused man who cannot distinguish the difference between G-String, Komanam and Amude.

              ‘A G-string is a type of thong, a narrow piece of fabric, leather, or satin that covers or holds the genitals, passes between the buttocks, and is attached to a band around the hips’. Komanam and Amude are not strings. Unlike G String they cover the middle line of the buttocks.

              Go to a sex shop in the Soho and buy a G string and try and see the difference between the G String and the piece of traditional cloth pulled from the front to back and hung on the waist string.

              What is wrong with you. I have to educate you on the basics of traditional wears and modern G-Strings.

              Go to Wimal Weeravanse he will teach you to tie an amude of the veddhas.

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                I am not a sexual pervert like you

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                  Rajash

                  The problem with you is you are unable to see the world straight.

                  Instead, bending and putting your head between your thighs to see the world.

                  Everything is topsy-turvy for you.

                  You will not change. It is your Karmatic fate.

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      Jim Softy,

      ” It is the people who should tell you’ll whether or not to go,”

      The People Remember Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cronies.

      https://www.facebook.com/voiceceylon/videos/1044225032320512/

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      Knowing the vulnerable nature of rural folks, this man has been playing with them from that day on.

      It is believed that the man TRAVELLED TO korea not by an invitation but to put the name for the born new calve of elephant….
      If the bugger was that interested in lanken politics, and the bill was scheduled to have passed inthe parliament, he could stay and work on that…. but his deviousness worked above – just not attending the debate.

      Now again, he is planning to leave the country making him important to Kuala lampur – Malayisa, not planning to attend the annual grand meeting of the party. He has lost his face… but his cruelty and greediness will not allow him to see him in the mirror.

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      So long pinbath eating pinguthtarayas hidden in sanga robes would take the side of Rajakashes, nothign will be easy to turn the gulliable mind sets of the poor masses. Poor masses are prey of Rajaakshe and the like politicians for their greedy political aims.

      Best in the new consitution we need to address is to turn it be free from any relgions, if yes, for all religions, Relgions and state ruling are mixed as we see it in Middle east countries, they dont respect norms in democracy.

      If we go for a democratic nation- democratic future, we need to remove the title of SINHALA buddhism from our politics.
      No need to question buddhist monks about the good behaviours of the politics being played in the country but to build up the nation, buddhist monks shoudl work as had been before – as using their knowledge in buddhism making good citizens. THis had been the culture in the country earlier days,

      Going back to my school days, I rememeber, in 70ties, we had maintained good vlaues in the society since school and temple in the village corners worked together in building good citizens. Police was notthe best, but better than the police we experience it today. They repsected and we the folks had a greater respect on Police and their law and order efforts.

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      I truly believe only wayout to come of the current party crisis is to make aware the ground level people with all the facts before the party by now.
      Rajapakshe to further allow spread his theories similar to electric chair and other billas should be controlled by every means. The very same people that are made believe by him and his media menfo rtheir surivival will have to see it right if not today or tomorrow.
      State departments responsible for media, should pass the all the truths to all in rural corners.

      There Rajaakshes should give due credit in terms of the war victory in the mean time, the serviing the cake to all that earn the credit should also be repeated in local news papers.

      Also it is bloody important to share the truths about the money laundering issues to clear the realiteis about the billions that went missing. Why the MR maangement failed to do the job as a minister of finance -former president himself – and the billion grabs should be traced with the assitance of international community.

      All the alleged frauds and investigations should be continued to bring all the truths to the nations.

      While continuing the development projects all the allegations being levelled at MR adminsitration should be placed before everything, since People must be fed with TRUTHS…. how devious the man has been from day one.

      Media men please see it right let alone today – that your support should be there where it is necessary, not being biased to Raja anymore.

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      Nobody else – but people s power caught him by horns. That he deserved from what his indifference made to Muslim communities in the country.

      Now to attack MS, CBK AND RW for his unimaginable political defeat not being able to yet realize it – is displaying his stupidity further.

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      why cant Rajapakshe allow any other leaders to come up ?

      Why cant he think of a retirement or exile ?

      Proofs have been come to surface he has failed from the begining on except one thing that was collective forces converged to put the stop to the war..

      Did not Mr Wijetunga ( the short time president) do good to the country ?

      All other presidents too did. I left thecountry at the time, Premadasa era took the lives of over 50k youth inthecountry – there, we were helpless amnesty internationl called it was as a facist situation – but again one another facists, uneducated, uncivlized, unethical, illmannerted, aggressive leader to be born in srilnaka, the society should not have been moved an inch to real democracy as I see it now.

      Today, MR himself attacks publicly incumbent president Sirisena who is also the president of the party – in a public interview Mr Sirisena humbly confirmed the hand over of party s presidency to him after he won the election on the 8th Jan 2015, but the former president to utter this way as put to air yesterday should be connected with his blatant lies.
      This is the reason why I repeat Mahinda Rajaashe personility is masked yet.. much more aggression and deviousness should still come out from him.

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      These are the consequences, when people elect wrong bull to carry their bullock cart.
      His politics except the war end issue – all others ended up hurting in and out of the nation. Debries left by are entangled even not compared to a brutal earthquake took the life of all various folks. No records or whatsoever is avaiable if any investgations are started be it with the vehicle pools, CB documents,or apaparatus being used by the hosptial communties, nothing have been recorded to trace them easily. Computer literacy is rapdily increasing as any other comparable countries but not much is systematically done by any of the ministries run under Mr Medamulana. Instead of rebuilding the nation, they have rebuilt their pockets – allowing any rascals to grab the funds allocated to theprojects. Today, the former secretary to President behaves as if a guantanbe prisoner being called by investigative bodies, his behaviours alone prove he has gone all the margin while being as former presidential secretary. These men in their late years will have to die not being able to digest their own ill experiences deliberatetly carried out with the patronage of Mr Madamulana. Be it Srilanken or other companies have fallen to that deep as no times before, though repeated boastful talks are aired whenever questions come up regarding as to why the huge losses are ..

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      Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa

      RE: SLFP Convention: Rajapaksa To Duck Out

      Good. You finally took Amarasiri’s advice. Now go and fish in the vast Indian Ocean, and take it up as a hobby instead of fooling the people, stealing from the people, murdering, killing people and causing ethnic and religious conflict among the Paras, in the Land of Native Veddah Aethho.

      http://www.nature.com/jhg/journal/v59/n1/full/jhg2013112a.html

      PS. What about the Files you talked about?

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      I have the feeling that this man is no means no kind hearted to his nation as was painted by their media men. Why cant he simply think of his retirement if he loves the nation.
      All is being made to go forward through discussions by two grand parties with help of other parties too, so what and where can go wrong.

      Earlier days, if a pact was introduced it was passed without being amended accordingly, bu ttoday, even budget was re -amended as never had been before. This I see as new form of improvement.
      Even the voices of small parties are their stances are and were being respected. That is not DEMOCRACY – thanks to RW and Mr President we have reached this levels to this date. Court verdicts have been respected. Basta

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        Bunjappu

        “I have the feeling that this man is no means no kind hearted to his nation as was painted by their media men. Why cant he simply think of his retirement if he loves the nation. “

        Because he is MaRa, the re-incarnation of Mara (Devil), who opposed Buddha.

        May the the whole country needs to sing the Jaya Mangala Gatha in the Original Pali.

        Jaya Mangala Gatha-Verses of Auspicious Victory (rare Pali version)-Buddhist Chants

        Published on May 21, 2011
        Based on the Book of Protection (Paritta Sutta) from the Pali canon, the Jaya Mangala Gatha is sung here in a rare recording by the Mahabodhi Society of India in original Pali. The Jaya Mangala Gatha is a chant recommended by the Buddha to destroy negativity and to generate auspiciousness. It proclaims the 8 major victories of the Buddha which are:

        1) Victory over Mara, MaRa.
        2) Victory over the demon Alavaka, Buruwamsa
        3) Victory over the wild elephant Nalagiri,
        4) Victory over serial killer Angulimala, Gota
        5) Victory over the evil intentions of Cinca,who sought to defame, Dinesh
        6) Victory over the haughty brahmin Saccaka
        7) Victory over the serpent king Nandopananda
        8) Victory over the false views of Brahma Baka

        It is important to understand that most of these are allegorical stories that relate to the Buddha defeating the negative aspects of his (Mara and Alavaka) and others’ minds.

        It is said that these verses if chanted with a clear and pure intention are helpful in protecting the seeker by attracting the Good around.
        The Pali pronunciation here is exemplary and difficult to find.

        Bahum sahassam-abhinim
        mita sayudham tam
        Girimekhalam udita ghora
        sasena maram
        Danadidhamma vidhina
        jitava munindo
        Tarn tejasa bhavatu te
        jayamangalani

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OH9kdeLEX4

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      This Corrupt Politician has no Backbone to face the People and fleeing the country.KONTHA NATHI BURUWA.

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      Malaysia is fast becoming a totalitarian country , dominated by Sharia law,
      Racism is rampant against non Muslims.

      Why Maripussa and gang likes to do business/ friendship with?? Including SL is obvious , scratching each other’s BACKS ?
      Corrupt ,Totalitarian countries need to be friends to scratch the other ones Backs.
      Birds of a feather Flock together is the Mantra , no principles.

      May be Regular visits are essential to oversee the Looted sum hidden away.

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      The day pulligona will have to cut his throat is nearing.

      Blatant lies but lies will live short.

      These men too can be caught by their horns … no doubt about that…

      General pardon could give himafter makin the verdicts, if the people would see it yet like ” the leader whose term found the war end”.

      But devious man deserves all the hard punishments once allegations levelled at him are fully investigated and the prima facie evidence is ready for stupid folks reference.

      Some investigations take longer.
      Some would not.

      That i sthe nature of investigaions regardless of the country. Be it in Srilanka or Lybia or UK is the same.

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    I don’t think any of the JO members will attend the convention. They are looking for various ways to avoid it but at the same time not give a reason for the SLFP to expel them. Their parliament seats will be in jeopardy if they don’t act judiciously.

    MR was never going to attend the convention so never was sitting on the fence.

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    MP Mahindra Rajapakse is so scared he does not participate in any parliamentary debates and he runs out of the country when SLFP makes major decisions. Why do we need an MP like him?

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    Aiyo, Aiyaiyo the sky may fall if you failed to gp….please please do not do that…..LOL

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    Mahinda Matugama

    “Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided not to attend the 65th Convention of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).”

    Good move. Don’t go. Tell them that you have taken up a new hobby, fishing in the vast Indian Ocean, Maha Baharat Sagaraya.

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    I live on the west for the last 30 years, But I have not seen any former leader travels to abroad even after those leaders are no longer active.

    But this particular Selfish man – travels

    1) Uganda
    2) Japan
    3) Thailand
    4) Korea
    5) next to Malaysia

    Why – and who pays these honeymoon tours now ?

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      You are dead right.

      Western leaders after being defeated or resigned their terms, make every efforts to see it forward towards the retirement:

      This Man MR makes him a joker by further abusing the very same population. Lanken democracy is being caricatured by the rural folks that make up over 70%. Those folks being kept away from facts of the ground realities through their own media men, Rajakashes thought to survive politically for an another decades or so.. Latter is proved when going through the transactions handled by his own offsprings over the last few years alone. That Daizy forest or the grand aunty of Yohsita Rajakash to mediate in their own businesses reveal further that as a state leader, he could do things in a proper way, but allow any handlings being recorded… so that in retrospect one could trace them easily, if as he reiterates he was no fraud for a dollar during his terms. Instead his own sons to allow do what they thought was very right, prima facie proved that man has been fraudulent from the begining on, from day 1 onwards.

      This govt even if they are not 100% , but have revealed a lot about Rajaakshes and their men. That Royal astrologer is proved to have not the least knowledge on anything but sorta village level businesses. This NATIONAL TV under the current adminsitration proved….
      The kind of Ape menihas (our men) with not the least qualifications to run any offices had been appointed by his arbitory acts have driven the stauts to what we experience today.

      No matter qualifications would have been out of focus, Rajakashe thought any IRC or the like men should come forward. His wording itself prove – that those men are the ones to protect their party… that is where he went wrong.
      But the vulnerable, nail biting villagers bein away from facts would take further few more years to realize the bits as they really are.
      The days ahead of MR or anyone close to them are VERY DARK… darker than appeared to be. BASTA

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      He just goes around to see his investments, though the Mangala has been paying for most of it, if not all of it. Soon one can see him visiting some Eastern European countries too. Comparing with his family royals, his own investments in America is minimal. All forms of known, normal American investments do not grow secretly, have to be personally managed. He avoided it and pay taxes for those to the government.

      As per some news, Japan alone took 40 tons of gold from him. Five large trucks should have been towing them to be loaded into the Japanese ship waited in the Colombo harbor. They have to keep accounting for those investments to him.

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    What a disgrace! The man who was relishing the role of “KING O MiGHTY” for killing people is now shunned by the very party he formerly led and so decides to out of shame and obviously fear not attend the Kurunegala meeting.To add insult to injury he is going to attend a meeting for junior MPs in Malaysia.What a tribulation for this despicable murderer.He deserves what he is getting.He was and is a disgrace for Sri Lanka, which the Sirisena/Samarweera government is repairing.

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      He is still looking for people to hit the dust and worship him lying down in mud. What a foolish man? He won’t get it from world leaders, his mate, poor old Gaddafi is now dead, so he is looking for a stage to show-off as a statesmen with a small s. Only junior parliamentarians in distance countries who have not heard of his misgovernance, corruption and looting of national assets would have some respect for him, as a person that annihilated terrorism with the wise employment of a great military leader and strategist,the then General Fonseka.

      MR still relies on his good work as the unique leader in the world who had definitively liquidated the deadliest terrorist organization and its megalomaniac leader, and liberated Sri Lanka from the grips of terrorists and foreigners. He deserves full credit for it.

      Sadly during his post 2009 rule, the man totally abused the trust and faith that people placed on him, carried out a major deception of people and fattened up his family, amassing massive wealth in foreign banks surpassing Marcos’. He neglected people and ruined the governance structure of the country, in advantage to his family, friends and cronies. For all those sins, even people like me that were loyal supporters once, have turned their back on him. Today he is alone and suffering, and Sri Lanka unfortunately lost a man who had the capability to take our country to much greater heights. Sadly we lost it all due to the greed and madness for power of this man.

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        Dont you think that the failure lies on the lanken media men who always painted the picture in favour of him.
        Actually, the war victory was not only because of him but it was the collectivity that succeeded it. Why is that he feels ” mama thamai war eka dinuwa -I am the only person who won the war against LTTERs” –
        Are there leaders in the world that behaves the hedoes today ?
        I think it is the mentality of some lankens, they mostly feel that they themselves, due to their magical powers they achieved anything, not the interdependence is what helped even wonder makers to achieve their goals.
        If MR would have been a magician, or any kind of a wonder maker in real life, alone that could cause him to go mad and even die by that.

        Those who knows it well, can remember at the time, he came to power, as other leaders, he too decided to remain the way they had to get on with the rebells, it was the civil society groups, as Dr. Dambare Amila thero makes it very clear, diverted the mind set of MR and asked them to go radically against the rebells if they to be defeated – their making the morals of the army the Army commander did a greater service. All in all only it reached the levels, also consdiering its weakness to that time ( meaning LTTE was already weakened to that time, by losing their politicial wing and the related actions to that time)… but lanken media men painted the picture in a way the rural man could go intoxicated… in terms of the magics of MR et al made it.. etc…
        The very same manner lanken kind of perceptions grew.. and even today, not many in the southern hardly believe that it was no good Rajakaashe to have abused the nation in the post war sessions.
        I myself know it well, having argued with some teachers coming from southern areas, they remain aruging that Rajakashes election defeat is an international conspiracy, not people s power…. some are fooled by the southern highway… since it is seen as a wonder for them…
        they the majority of people are far away from realities of the same development being made in comparable afro countries today. It is the media men – to make responsble to have made those easy target that stupid… not having fed them with truths from that day on.
        That is what current regime faces today…. therea re a significant fraction of the society yet today, are deaf andblind not knowing the facts about Rajakashe high profile frauds. The massive frauds in the areas of state funds being abused is seen not as serious issues to average men living in southern and some other parts of country even to this date.

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          No former leaders were that powergreedy as Rajapakshe. That is what makes him unique from all other leaders that ruled the nation since indepence. Except that though his term found the end to the brutal war, no whatsoever good nature of governance his administration delivered

          a) BBS led vandalism damaged the minorities with his indifference nature during the last 5 years

          b) No people s rights were respected but Rajakashe supporters with low level education; this is why we the people became very clear nothing could end up with norms and standards, since the hand picked appointments made by Rajakashe siblings were beyond all ethics and morals.

          c) UNHRC was interested in improvement of Humang rights in the country – particularly after the war is no longer there, but that was read by MR ET AL as UN was asking them to clear the war end related human losses. Visiting UNHRC head was then verbally provocated by state ministers with the approval of MR himself… there they thoughts, the way wind blows in this country was not respecting international norms

          d) Rajakashes and their men interpret anything and everything ” making a billa/fears” in the hearts of gulliable masses

          Gullibles masses are the diamonds for them to stay in Power.

          But those easy targets know nothign about it, they stay deceived yet today.
          Rajakshe media men do the job to the letter in favour of Rajakshe poltical selfishness.

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          Resounding NO!

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    It is high time His Hexcellunacy Mahendra Percy Rajafucksa was made to sit on the electric chair that awaits him on the “departure lounge”.

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    As usual Mahinda shows his magnanimity.

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      OR still he wants to see whether the people are with him ?

      Some people in Sri lanka may say don’t go because money and power talks. But, here in CT ?

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      Yes, his magnanimity has a whole new meaning that people like Lasantha only knew and he wrote even before he dies. As Lasantha’s friend, the first thing he wanted to make sure when he received a call from a known source was whether the bullet hit the skull. Such was his magnanimity.

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      No, no he has been caught in a whirpool of politics – he has no escape from
      his own inner-conscience. He may be attempting to save his soul from being out of the place of his crimes as often as the Laws permit – costs have to be
      legally borne by the State. The day is drawing nearer when he MUST face
      Justice, so bear with him.

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      Mahinda’s too sucker at it in plain view!!!

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      No Sumane, MR (and all his supporting MPs)shows his cowardice by absconding himself from the convention. If he has to say anything relevent he should take up the chance and the stage to tell the status of the politics within SL and in the country, but no; he would better call for a Pada Yatra and run havoc. This is not the way a democrat would try to grab the power. He is a coward and not accepting the verdict of the vote. Thats it man.

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    “It is the people who should tell you’ll whether or not to go,” Rajapaksa had reportedly said.

    The people have elected a President throwing Rajapakse out and that is clear verdict asking him to get lost.

    The people cannot and do not have the means to micromanage every thought. In that case parliament should go to the people for everything and then that is fine when all the people represent themselves and all are their own MPs and all the people have to vote to pass a bill. Certainly if so all the people being their own MPs should be also entitled to the privileges of an MP including duty free car! Now then people can say to Rajapakse when even to go to the toilet. Thanks for such excellent advise from Rajapakse

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    Didn’t you hear the English proverb that “those who ate Biryani in Kuala Lumpur Hotels never touch it in Sri Lanka” ?

    When the UNHRC took the OISL report in Geneva, he was on the beach; when SLFP national meeting taking place he is Kuala Lumpur Hotel.

    He need not to listen to the Modayas, but he is consulting other Joint Comedians to listening to people. Do those comedies know who the people are?

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      Then we will be able to get rid of this headache ater 4th.

      We the lankens willhave more time to concentrate ourselves for the development of us and the country.

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    Wise decision by MR. SLFP is a sinking ship now thanks to 20% paga Sira and MR will do well by staying away from that gang.

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    ‘It is the people who should tell you’ll whether or not to go’

    Of course, dear ex prez, we, the people of Sri lanka told you that very clearly not just once, but twice, on 8th January 2015 and 17th August 2015. They were clearly the “sentiments of the voters, in their respective vote bases”, so get yourself up and go home to Madamoolana or to Wijerama Mawatha, wherever u like and stay off breaking the party and also getting in the way of this government.

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    Where are those Patriots who screamed that Ranil should leave politics after facing defeat 29 or 30 times from flawed Elections they conducted? Why are they quiet now after MR has been defeated twice under free and fair choice? Bloody leeches.

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      You among the few other commentattors… earns more repsect than anyone else in this platform. I remember you had been repeatedly saying that RW will come to power by uniting their differences within the party- which is right by today.
      Then again, every simple man will now turn to their mind that RW is more to law and order than any other leaders. He would not do anything wihtout having a proper plan. In and out of the country, people will have to see the potential of RW as a leader than anything else.
      Me being in Europe, i know EU leaders respect RW as a leader who respect globla norms. Those who the radicalists led by Gewindu, Buruwanse, Dayan Thalagoya- are about to loose their struggle….. since people the majority now slowly grasp the mere truth of real nature of MR led politicians.

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        You are absolutly right.

        Dayan [Edited out] is now a loose canon. Not knowing how he has to go forward, stays either mum or joins to few of the regular talks him self proclaiming further him being the knowledge hub of srilanken society in terms of external affairs.

        Quote: “” I own self confidence to criticise any bad moves of any govt adding the wayout of the problem me as an experienced poltical analyst/researcher (he himself calls so no body else as I heard recently) ” Unquote

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    So matters finalized now; JO headed by MR aren’t attending.

    Happy news for MS, sad news for UNP.

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    Another Lalith & Gamini The party will go to the Political Dustbin

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    Mahinda Rajapakse will go down in Sri Lanka’s history as the biggest swindler of public money. He & his family looted our country’s wealth. They should be serving life imprisonment. Thats the only news we need to hear.

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    RAMESH. Not only Medamulana mahinda,daisy aunty, Thiru nadesan, Gota, ID NO. 222222222V jarapaksas 3 prince sons.

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    I thought the KL Conference is for representatives of people from democratic countries, and not for thrown out despotic leaders that were running totalitarian and feudal systems of governments. This guy and his retinue of equally deluded dropouts are suffering from delusion and needs a psychiatrist and a private room with an iron grill at IDH/Angoda.

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    He can’t leave politics because of his 2 stupid sons because of their extreme misuse of power they are in trouble. A ctually, not only his sons whole family.

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    Its shameless prez to a normal MP don’t know why he wants to even cling on the post.

    In media why former ptez all they have to report as kurunagala MP.

    If he would have accept the jan8 defeat and step a side from the politics he may have respect.

    But he is desparte as bird lost wings.

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    Du Kuala Lumpur ta, Baya Gulla!

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    SLFP Convention: Rajapaksa To Duck Out – who gives a hoot, if you don’t want to go then stay in your cage until you get arrested you hybrid mutt.

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    Is Raja going to Kuala lumpur to copies of all the files…

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    If Mara had taken part in olympics he would have definitely beaten Ussain Bolt, at this moment he could run very fast.

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    SLFP is national bourgeois Party, it role play politics of capitalism democracy has take into account by changing current ground reality of Island and World.
    1951 SLFP agenda has no longer valid. It out dated.

    New road map of democratization of party policies and organization is urgently demand by masses of people of every nook and corner of our society.

    MR and their elites has to think of new emerging sections people Capital and Trade of politics of BRICS as well.

    MS has lost cause for SLFP by thinking tank of the CBK vision of “democracy”.

    They betray cause by “Rainbow revolution” back by USA, UK and Indian political conspiracies of “good governances” by CBK and UNP-Ranil..W.

    UNP and SLFP cannot have “compromised regime” in power even in temporize of politics in Island.

    The SLFP new actors can advance an Island and global norms—-on National economic development, democracy of sustainability , human rights, labour practise, health, anti-corruption and environments issues and the policies in new national governments.

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    What about the justice to the ordinary Tamils killed by rajapaksha and his common thugs and I challenge rajapakshe to go to a European country and then we will make him pay the capital with interest

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    It is sad to see that some people still believe this self-centered, arrogant, dictator as a simple person who truly loves his country. If he was of that type, he would have accepted the people’s verdict and basically retired from politics long time ago. He is a wolf wearing an outfit of a lamb. He is still there to cover up the corruption and all the misdeeds did by him and his siblings, and his family, during the period of his rule. Most of the people know where he should be by now, for all the corruption and the criminal activities that he was involved. The only thing he did was to end the 30 year old war, and it didn’t give him the authority to rape the entire country.

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    The an issue is MS and CBK leadership of SLFP has been betray bourgeoisie revolution began by SWRD in 1951.

    The SLFP was Parliamentary Political party working on democratic reforms of that de-coloinilaztion that occupy by British Empire 150 years.
    It was complex task undertaken by SLFP leadership since 1956 April.
    The task of SLFP is unfinished and uncompleted by CBK and MS leadership. That is fact of history.

    But MR did good job of end war launch by Tamil terrorist which including LTTE and TNA of separatism which undermined national sovereignty and its democracy.

    That was great leap forward for Peace and democracy of masses and safeguard sovereignty of Sri Lankan. Task of this kind is that credit should passed to MR and SLFP led progressive alliances.

    The very colonial remnants were NOT totally uproot by SLFP in past until 2004 which CBK leadership of classes of political interest. The emerging classes since 1956 after being to helm of state power of overall SLFP made remarkable contributions to the nation economic and political democracy.

    But CBK has fail to delivered positive result during her 11 years misrule of Island. Now CBK join hand with MS want take leadership of SLFP ,by regain with UNP’s leadership that to review nation lost aspirations.

    That is CBK and MS lying masses of people in coming SLFP convention in Kurungala. Nothing will happen, the political road map is justified so-called alliances with UNP-Ranil W,,, regime rule by ruin the nation last 19 months.

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      The Most Rational Path to take, would be to dismantle the SLFP altogether, and start again with a Clean Slate, to establish True Reconciliation!

      SWRD’s SLFP and His Sinhala Only Policy, destroyed the Country and the Unity of Her People!

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    A certain tree-god tells Mahinda “if you go home your wife will die; if you don’t you will die” (A famous saying from a Buddhist Jataka story). Mahinda thinks for a moment and asks: “if I go abroad…..?
    The tree-god casts a sharp look at him and murmurs to his ear: “Then a certain duo will die.” Curious, Mahinda asks who the duo would be, and the tree god confirms: “don’t worry; it will neither be you nor your wife!
    Mahinda thanks him for his favorable prediction but thinks again seriously for a moment and begs to prevent the duo’s death. Puzzled, the tree-god asks: why? They are your enemies! True, Mahinda says, but “Dear god, I’m a practicing Buddhist and I don’t want anyone to die on my behalf.” The tree-god who can read others’ mind checks what’s going on and says: “Don’t play political games with me; I know, without those two you won’t be able to survive either. Will you? Mahinda smiles and his wish granted!
    The first part of this story was on a cartoon published by a leading Sri Lankan daily. The latent meaning is that Mahinda is an experienced politician who knows how to duck out any tricky situation that could pose a possible challenge to his political agenda! Not only that, he would turn it to his own political advantage (just like he converted his last two election defeats to an informal victory among the masses. Believe it or not, he is the number 1 celebrity in Sri Lanka today!)
    It will be interesting to see how his strategic maneuvering (Machiavellian intelligence!) works in the coming months prior to local government elections, and how the Western advice to Maithree and Ranil works productively or counter-productively against this backdrop!

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