By Nimalka Fernando –
I write this comment with a sense of disgust. People who braved the risks of resisting Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime knew they were doing so with death standing at their door-step. President Maithripala Sirisensa eloquently expressed this reality by saying that “I would have been seven feet below the ground where I stand today if we had lost the election”. This reality is not yet over. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers did not build their “Vampire State” for nothing. They are not sulking in a political corner licking their wounds. They have begun to mobilise with a vengeance. Don’t look far to see how they are planning their comeback. Look to those that slept inside the well of the parliament yesterday night. It is pretty obvious that these politicians are learning to live in ‘Political Displacement Camps’ (PDC). We Sri Lankans will have to start a new humanitarian venture called PDCs.
It is disgraceful that none of these members of parliament ever thought of doing this kind of `satyagraha’ when the coutry was being sold to China. Where were they when the Port City Project was signed? Were they sleeping when the Chairman of Sri Lankan Airlines was diverting flights to see his girl-friend? What were they doing when the son’s were bringing bollywood gangs at state expenses for their fun and frolick? What have they to say about “Siriliya Katha”, the Dame of Madamulana having some unbelievable identity card numbers and Bank accounts? Who benefitted from the Dame’s Fund? What happened to the funds of the Nil Balakaya and the so called “gifts” given to the youth leader? For every job given by the `young leader’ funds had to be deposited to the so called `Balakaya’ account. It is only very recently a former Minister of the Rajapaksa era shared these stories at a local meeting in Kurunegala. SLFPers present had all left this meeting silently after this revelation. It is truly shameful. The parliamentarians who went to sleep inside the well should be ashamed but I guess they cannot be because they are no better than the frogs who cannot see outside their own well.
People in Sri Lanka have no pity for those who now rally around to protect the privileges of the Ex-President. Did the Ex-President protect us from evil? He betrayed the very General who helped him to win the war? What did he do with the sacks of gold robbed from the areas of war, espeicially from Mulathivu and surrounding areas? What did he do to protect a poor government servant who was assaulted by a Cabinet Minister and who also tied him to a tree and forced the person to admit that he tied himself up? Did he act against this Minister who went on to claim that he made journalists to flee the country? The former President remained indecently silent when his own colleague, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed. The regime even sent sleuths from the criminal investigation department to record a statement from their erstwhile friend Vasudeva Nanayakkara, the former minister in effect to threaten others. All cabinet ministers shut their mouths afterwards. Thosands have disappeared during the Rajapaksa regime. Dead bodies were found thrown into shrubs. Some were assasinated in broad daylight like Lasantha and Raviraj. Raviraj and Joseph Pararajasingham were parliamentarians. Who dared to sit inside the parliament well then demanding `protection’ for their colleague? Whose privileges were violated then?
Mahinda Rajapaksa avatar knows only one thing. He knows how to inculcate fear and violence. Thuggery is the word he knows best. This is what they are unleashing now. Muscle power inside the parliament. The President is now called upon to call their bluff. Why should President Sirisena give in to these corrupt forces? I am of the view that he has to bring order into the present political process. I do not wish to repeat that the people of Sri Lanka did not expect the Pavithra’s and other shameless lot to be drawn into the yahapalana governance process. They violated multiple elections laws, used violence and “bought votes” misusing state resources to come to power. Given an independent and free election dozens of these crooks in the United Peoples Freedom Alliance alias United Profiteers and Fraud Alliance (UPFA) would have lost. The Rajapaksa regime robbed samurdhi funds and one brother slipped out of the country with looted funds and came back. Thank God the authorities are now taking action against him for robbing the funds of the poor which came under the Divi Neguma Programme. Who is paying for the expenses for the mobilisation taking place now to welcome Mr Basil and to maintain the political thamashas of MR supporters. Surely the devotees of Abayaramaya is not running a Wesak Dansala at Narahenpita? Who will spend the funds for the massive May Day rally being organised by the `left overs’. Surely we know that these political parties have little or no funds at all. Least of all left over funds. I am sure these expenses are paid by MR from the spoils gotten from deals, tenders and contracts rubber stamped by the Cabinet of Mahinda and horu hathaliya of the yester year.
These brothers knew (more than the Deaf Left) how to rob people and this country. They put into practice `each according to his/her ability and each according to his over spending needs’ to rob from the state coffers. The making of a North Korea and a little Chinese despot came to an abrupt end and hence these external masters will not take the sovereign people’s wishes kindly. Looking at the rallies and surveys conducted by them now to make plans for the come back I firmly believe that a conspiracy is on against the sovereign people of Sri Lanka. The powers who paid for the Rajapaksa luxury wants the reinstatement of the despot.
From the beginning these forces were against the passing of the 19th amendment. It is clear that the rogue state they built required unbridled power with something more than simple immunity. This is because Rajapaksa believes in his own ‘lost kingdom’ theory. Hence the disposed king is fighting back. This is not about the democracy simple citizens like us are hankering after. If the situation were so simple the Rajapaksa team could have waited until the next election and contested it. Ordinary citizens are perplexed. They are inquiring as to what is happening? The politicians are not fighting with each other to end poverty in Sri Lanka. These forces who robbed from Divi Neguma funds and those who are trying to cover these acts are yearning to establish the mafia state back. Unfortunately Sri Lanka is facing another ugly struggle. This is not a democratic struggle. These forces will resort to violence, make the present government more fragile by this type of parliament sittings. They are ready to make parliamentry democracy a mockery. If they had respected parliamentary Democracy in 2010 the 18th amendment would not have seen the light of day. Each one of the MPs who are promising to bring back MR are those who got bloated with MR’s benevolence. Them, and their families enjoyed these perks on the back of the blood, sweat and tears of our citizens. This is what they are used too and they have been doing this for years. They will fight for it with everything they have.
Those who have sold the very soul of mother Lanka, her rich resources cheaply and made her the unique display in the China shop have exposed us to regional vulnerabilities. Those supporting them are deliberately concealing this conspiracy by ponting their crooked fingers towards the west. It is the people who voted for President Sirisena who liberated us from the clutches of looting forces of the dragon. We have to denounce all forces eyeing our beautiful island. The people of Sri Lanka has always taken the proper political decision always.
Our struggle is to establish democracy and not to bring back Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka needs a fresh beginning a new parliament. The politics of deal must come to an end. Let the voters decide the future of the Executive Presidency. President Sirisena was elected to deal with the matters of the State and not the matters of the SLFP nor United Fraud Allaince. He has to deliver the promise given to hold elections. He has to come before the people and expose the cheating going on inside the political well as MR forces delays the removal of powers of the exectuive presidency. This is his time to prove true statemanship. Be the leader we all respected as he left the folds of the `rogue regime’. Mr President mother Lanka now needs a true leader a man who will stand up to these ugly pressures and dissolve the parliament. Mr President they are waving fake olive branches. The plot is to send you alive seven feet below into the political abyss as you lose the popularity and stature becoming a prisoner of the mess that is SLFP.
We want a better system of governance, peace and reconciliation to be established, to put and end to abuse of power and corruption. The rape of mother Lanka including her daughters have gone unpunished. These criminals have to be brought before the courts of the people. Justice and accountability for all have to be established. The future of our country rests upon building a new vision and activism based on a new leadership able to end the ‘rogue regime’ culture that still lives within the cracks and corners of the Sri Lankan State. We cannot afford the dark ages of Sri Lankan politics to return back and remain silently for the return of the Vampires.
moda putha / April 23, 2015
Nimalka
hats off, well said !! I wish your article will be translated to singhalese and tamil and the mass media will carry it. The masses have to know the day light robbery that happened over ten years and it is the corrupt politicians who stand to lose are those who are supporting a cover up.
Good article. Hope you will continue to be outspoken even though Vasudeva is supporting MR for his own personal good (like Vitharana and Modawansa).
When would educated, civic minded citizens would take to leading the country ???
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Sengodan. M / April 23, 2015
I fully endorse what moda putha has written above. This article should be translated to Sinhala and Tamil and distributed widely.
Sengodan. M
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Amarasiri / April 23, 2015
Dear moda putha,
Why do you call yourself moda patha, when you really are not? Is it because you want to educate ALL the REAL Moda Puthas in the Country? Otherwise they will not listen to you? I was thinking of the Real Modaya. Wimal Modawansa, 2/2 =0, Fame. former Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Speech on Wimal Weerawansa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMO0jqC7ww
Dr. Nimalka Fernando need to write the Common sense pamphlet in Sinhala and Tamil and distribute among the people, the points raised here plus more.
This is what Thomas Paine did in 1776 for the Americans, the Common sense Pamphlet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_%28pamphlet%29
Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. The pamphlet explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence in clear, simple language. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places.
Washington had it read to all his troops, which at the time had surrounded the British army in Boston. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history.[2] As of 2006, it remains the all-time best selling American title.[3]
Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of whether or not to seek independence was the central issue of the day. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood. Forgoing the philosophical and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, he structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon, and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people.[4] He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity.[5] Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as “the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era”.[6]
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Matilda Ellepola / April 23, 2015
Vaasi Dewa is just a scum bug worse than a whore in going after the most corrupt regime we never had.
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Amarasiri / April 23, 2015
Dr. Nimalka Fernando,
Moda Putha, who has the common sense, said it succinctly.
“When would educated, civic minded citizens would take to leading the country ???”
Thank you for wring this, but this needs to be translated into Sinhala and Tamil and spread widely. Have you heard about the Common Sense Phamplet?
There was a king George, a despot. We had a deposit Mahinda Rajapaksa. Some of the cronies and Robber of the depot Mahinda Rajapaksa, want him back for obvious reasons. Do the common sense people who voted the despot out want him back?
No, No and No.
Only the Modayas like Wimal Modawnsa, of 2/2 =0 fame want him back.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Speech on Wimal Weerawansa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMO0jqC7ww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqN_SBxl64
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srilal / April 23, 2015
Wow , Dr Nimalka Fernando what an article , hope some one will read for MY3, after that blistering speech from Upul sannasgala , now this one , sincerely hope MY3 will do something about the impending danger.Thank you Nimalka !
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srilal / April 23, 2015
How can this be possible ? when one segment of the society pleading MY3 to be vigilant and to take necessary precautions to have a smooth governance , completely opposite happening on the other side of the society , reasonably well off/educated group of Artists pledging to sacrifice even their lives for return of Mafia king , what’s happening , aren’t we at cross roads as a society ?
watch this video ,
https://youtu.be/QEzmzWJErB4
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Snowden Edward Asange / April 23, 2015
well, MOST of the artistes are DRAMA QUEENS… that’s what they do for a living so its no biggie for them to smile with make up.. especially the ones in the celluloid world.. ALL they want is MONEY…MOST are not even properly educated…Ethics is not a word in their vocaabulary
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Matilda Ellepola / April 23, 2015
oh, these con-artists were mostly appointed as Presidential Advisors by MaRa and paid millions as salaries for nothing as well as they were awarded so many opportunities to rob.
Now these guys finds their lucrative income is not coming in and very normal to find fault with the present govt and they need the rogue king back.
Its time these people will be exposed and claim all that money they swindled.
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Amarasiri / April 23, 2015
srilal,
“How can this be possible ? when one segment of the society pleading MY3 to be vigilant and to take necessary precautions to have a smooth governance , completely opposite happening on the other side of the society.” .
This is called whoring,. They have gained being Shills, Cronies and thieves of Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, the more people are exposed to the Liars, Thieves, Robbers, Crooks and shills fewer and fewer of them will support them. So exposing Mahinda Rajapaksa is critical.
Let Mahinda Rajapaksa form a new Party and fade away.
Saw Jackson Anthony, the Mahinda Rajapaksa Shill in the video. They are part of the group of Modaya, with an average IQ of 65 and being shills.
Alternate View from other artists with Common sense.
Samanalee Fonseka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wc0prpDp2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqN_SBxl64
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burt / April 23, 2015
Hats off to your professionalism being able to separate personal and professional and address the issues head on.
Hope DJ takes a page from you. We can always dream.
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Jim softy / April 23, 2015
If Namal Rajapakse engaged in frauds as a Mp,that is either fraud or more.
It looks like frauds and criminal activities by parliamentarians are legal in this present context.
Why are criminals protected under the parliamentary privileges ?
Why Country’s highest institution has laws that protect con-artists and criminals ?
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Snowden Edward Asange / April 23, 2015
Very well put ! nicely done Nimalka.. You nailed it…. and stated FACTS which I have concern too…
YES ! MS and those making decisions in the new Govt MUST take precautionary action, The Jarapassas will have NO issue stooping down to the lowest level just to take back power… 10 years is 10 too many years that the citizenry suffered. No rule of law existed, none could pursue a court case against ANY politician and stooges of MR and the family…
Now that we have a change in atmosphere, we NEED to safeguard the liberty that was obtained by sending the Jarapassa’s home.. They would do ANYTHING to disrupt the doings of the new government to their benefit… being on the look out is a duty of each and every citizen… NOT just the 6.2 million who voted to install MS to power and send MR home…
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K.A Sumanasekera / April 23, 2015
Poor thing. Seems really pissed off about Yahapalanaya..
Doesn’t Ms Nimalaka know that her PM is not really Elected by the inhabitants?.
That is another story.
Elite, Anglicans and the Vellalas thought Sira is just a dumb ass who will be happy to be the President under their Leader Ranil,
And perform ceremonial tasks like attending opening ceremonies and hugging Bo trees untill retirement, or Ranil chops him off totally after getting the all Executive PMs ship.
Elite thought Sira can be put on a good pension with better perks that the ex Madam, as gratitude for handing over 70 % of the Sinhala Buddhist population to be ruled by the Elite , Anglicans and the Vellas plus the new addition, Bathudeen ,, Sally and Hakeem Co…
It panned out to be that the Elite PM is now like the placebo, while Sira is running the show.
Now Ranil has been relegated or should I say forced in to tbe the unelected PM for two more years.
Can Ranil say No to Sira?.
Smart money will point to a definite No…
Ms Nimalaka and her Elite mates must force their Ranil to be a man and call for elections, rather than cowing to the SLFP.and hoping that good old times will roll soon.
BTW. The latest is that the Cabinet Minister whom Ms Nimalka mentioned is totally embedded with the Elite supporters and may even get a gig at the next election.
And the monitoring MP who apparently lost half the brain is totally under the protection of the unelected PM. although Wella Sudda has give CID all the payment dockets.
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Thepanis / April 23, 2015
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Jabberwocky / April 23, 2015
I guess it’s parasites like you, that licked the scraps and droppings from the filthy lucre that Mahinda and his gang generated from their crooked deals. who will love to see the return of the White Vans, more mega deals that will cripple the economy, media freedom curtailed, extinction of ‘good governance’, and all the other ills that Nimalka has outlined, who are begging for the return of the bandits. Maybe your hope is to return to the position you held at the DN when Preme was in charge and DJ and you had your heads firmly up his ‘you know where’, just as the two of you are continuing to do now.
Your bigoted and racist comments expose the character that your various pseudonyms are incapable of hiding, so give us a break and bugger-off.
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Emil van der Poorten / April 23, 2015
Sumaney:
Will your braying never cease?
Whenever you are even marginally comprehensible, what emerges is what comes out of the southern end of a north-bound bovine!
Thank you, Nimalka, for a very accurate analysis. It is patently obvious that the majority of people in this country are still afraid to raise their voices because of the very real fear that the previous murderous regime will return.
The “insurance buyers” around Ranil/Maithri need to be booted out NOW before they do irreparable damage to the efforts at even minimal reform, ensuring a return to the dark days that we thought we had emerged from!
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K.A Sumanasekera / April 24, 2015
Mr Poorten.
I thought your buddy Ranil and his insurance buyers are the biggest bull shit artists among the lot.
But our great majority of the Sinhala inhabitant population, totalling over 5.8 Mil ddin’t buy any of that.
Bodhi Sira on the other hand, “stitched up” Ranil big time .. Didn’t he?.
Your mate poor Ranil thought Sira will castrate himself and implant them on him… Right
Instead Ranil got done twice so far ,
And our great majority thank Diaspora Mahendran for exposing what a hypocrite your unelected PM is.
Now the Rotweilar Bribery Commissioner who is a close mate of the Missus,is doing irreparable harm to Ranil by making Rajapaksa Martyrs.
Even the poor Sinhala Buddhist youths from the villages who were sacked by Ranil and his mate Galleon Dollar Ravi have also been reinstated on the orders of Sira, , making further dints in Ranil’s popularity , ie if he had any.
Sira ay have bent over to the West and the Diaspora on the instructions from the Whisky Madam.
Sira’s party was created to keep the UNP in Opposition.
Sira used them of course to get the plum job.
Ranil’s cousin who is a bitter old woman , may want to take revenge from Rajapaksas.
But the great majority of the SLFP wouldn’t allow her to harm the party or the greatest leader , they ever had..
So tell you Elite mates to get used to it.
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Emil van der Poorten / April 24, 2015
Sumaney:
Sorry, chump, can’t follow a word of what you might be trying to say. Did I also pick up, from another commentator, the fact that you had some kind of posting as some kind of a journalist thanks to your mentors/paymasters? That person must be joking!
Incidentally, I don’t know whether the term “braying” is appropriate when applied to what you produce because I understand that habit of donkeys to have a positive effect in coconut estates: it drives away the deadly red beetle. Maybe, you are a beetle rather than the quadruped that is alleged to drive them away. Please enlighten those who (try to) read your comments written in (broken bits of) the English language.
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Point of View / April 23, 2015
Your corrupt MR was never elected ! Thanks to LTTE and computer jilmart he came to power !
Are you compensated well during these difficult days ……for all your hard work ?
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lynx / April 23, 2015
KAS you are trying to speak against a generously foreign funded and full-time set of agents tasked with bringing in a regime that will do the bidding of its paymasters. Yours is a futile effort.
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Peace Lover / April 23, 2015
ah the looney K A Sumanasekera is back after a nap
well Sumaney how come ur praising Sira now after calling him a traitor
In fact it seems that Poor Sumaney got his paycheck now hence he is writing once more hahaahhahaahha
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EDWIN RODRIGO / April 23, 2015
Great article expressing the feelings of most of us who opposed the MR regime.
When a lady divorces her husband and marries another, he should get the hell out of the house and leave the new couple to enjoy life and not keep on haunting them like some sort of ghost.
Listen up MR. Get lost will you? We will never allow you to come back again. You are finished. If you persist with this charade, you will get the Libyan treatment.
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justice / April 23, 2015
Nimalka has not minced her words.
She has warned the nation of the danger still lurking from the former bootlickers of MR who thrived on his largesse and “prospered” – while shielding the massive corruption in the former regime and the sellout to China for massive kickbacks.
Tamils whose vote tipped the polls in favour of President Sirisena expect to live with oppression and constraints of livelihoods removed – but there are people who need these to continue.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=123436#
These should know that tamils merely wish to live as equal citizens in every sense of the word.
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Human Rights Activist / April 23, 2015
Wonderful Summary.
Most people know most of the things you have said
BUT no one was able to summarise the way you have done.
VERY WELL DONE MADAM, HATS OFF TO YOU.
This article must be published in the local Papers in all three languages
and a copy should be distributed to every MP in the Parliament.
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Saman / April 23, 2015
Great Article.
Well Articulated.
Profound Message.
We are deeply grateful to you Dr. Nimalka.
Now anyone can write and express their opinion and view without any fear and worry in this present regime.
Now people can celebrate their true FREEDOM.
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Snowden Edward Asange / April 23, 2015
the freedom we the citizenry have now is due to the fact that MS is at the top and NOT MR… YET the freedom should not be let to be abused..like THE IDIOTS CALLED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT(NOT ALL)who sat at the well of the parliament abusing the newly found freedom… Mervin Silva said it right 2 days ago….
He said” WE did not have a spine to stand up to, during the earlier regime including me” and that Basil is like “obsolete currency, which is of NO USE and even a bank would not accept… LOL… would ANY MP have thought of doing a “sit in” at parliament during the old regime? heck NO..they would have ended up white vanned…
I like to see photos of MR Basil Gota NR Yoshita WW Rohitha Abey Johnston Sajin Vas Nivard Cabral et all in HAND CUFFS and sent to jail…NOT as revenge.. BUT for the ATROCITIES AND THE CRIMES committed during the earlier regime…
A thought that never crossed their minds…
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Mihindu / April 23, 2015
Can u define, what you meant by ‘FREEDOM’?
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Mallaiyuran / April 23, 2015
Old King has to be protected by the New King for all his crimes. Why somebody not asking the New King to release all the files he said he had about the Old King? Because all the Lankan Kings are war criminal. That is is biggest electric chair hanging over their head. Nobody like to talk about these serious matters. New King will not have to act. To avid it he is pretending that he is not an EP. But in putting new, new jobs for his family members, he is more than an EP.
The King said from his mouth his ministry was the corrupted in Lankave. Why nobody wants to have somebody arrested from the health ministry. Nobody wants to know about how black the inside of the New white King!Had the heath ministry was put on trial, the Rice Mill business would have been put on the trial. Old King would have been on the trial for the minor matter of the corruption, if not for major matter the war crime.
How the Lankve’s one Blind Sinhala Intellectual could arrest another Blind Sinhala Intellectual? Both Teeth are dirty. Nobody want to show how dirty theirs more than the enemy’s one. CC was a damaging idea. TNA, without realizing, to join the National Government and get the PM post for Sumanthiran, which Kathirgamar sacrificed Tamils well being and his life, rushed and supported the CC. JVP could have gone on voter education as originally planned, instead of this national government and common candidate. Now Ranil has inserted wedge into that even before the pain felt by the wedge inserted by the Old King.
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Stan / April 23, 2015
Well-said. But convince your live-in mate Vasudeva Nanayakkara first before preaching to us.
Sometimes I wonder if you and he play together a game whereby one of you is always with the regime in power, and you are both on top through one side or the other.
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Das / April 23, 2015
Madam, I salute you.Because of people like you there is still rain in the country.Please come out with more stories and raise the IQ of the people from 79,the lowest.MR wanted to keep that way,without educating the people so that he can continue robbing the poor people of their hard earned money.All the PAJEROS AND MERCEDES are running because of the foreign exchange earned by the maids.Other countries like South Korea used the foreign exchanges to develop the country.Sri Lanka used that money to buy luxury.what a great patriots we have.
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Japwatch / April 23, 2015
I wish that all women in this country will follow the decency and the civility this lady has expressed in her writing. What I have observed is that women in this country, when they get educated and are holding a higher place in society, they tend to become arrogant. But look at this lady, modest yet firm in saying without fear.
Hats off to you Dr. Nimalka Fernando.
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FearMonger / April 23, 2015
100 days is over and people are still frightened of Rajapakse. Whats the matter – no confidence in the New Government? Is Rajapakse above Yahapalanaya? What about the new political culture? No point blaming the Rajapakse.
So this is the new political environment that was promised.
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Estate / April 24, 2015
People are scared of MR for the same reason hunters fear a wounded cape buffalo that is hiding somewhere in the bush!
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Aia / April 23, 2015
Dr Nimalka, you’re dead right, the current state of affairs will put more lives at risk if MR managed to make a come back. He has already warned publicly that when power comes to us we could victimize (poor thing)you as well. And, the 100 days appeared to have given them a kind of confidence to make such comments as “if you do not know how to govern, leave to us”. So the stake is high, the country is looking at how MS will deliver, failing, we will see the barbarians knocking on the doors. Puzzling when Gotta says he wants to see MS joining hand with and making MR prime minister and holding a snap election.
Understand the delay collecting the facts to prosecute a solid case, but then after 100 days going after a flimsy case as Tissa’s appointment when the mega deals theft and attempted coup were left at large makes people worrying.
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Ponkoh Sivakumaran / April 23, 2015
The article discloses a series of crimes committed by identifiable persons. The restoration of the rule of law requires that these persons be made accountable for their crimes. Why is the new government taking any measures to ensure this?
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jay / April 23, 2015
Great.
We need to act now and act fast and act hard for the future to remember, that the people of Sri Lanka DETEST political corruption. It is essential to get the vampires out if there needs to be peace and just without fear.
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Park / April 23, 2015
The MPs who slept in the well of the Parliament are disgrace to the nation. Each one of them have a complain against them with the Bribery Commissioner. Further they know well that they will not get nominations under President Maithripala Sirisena, they do not want the Parliament to be dissolved, they do not want to be taken into custody. Where the error happened was, rather than arresting the Rajapakse family they should have started taking into custody the small frys the former Ministers, MPs, Secretaries of Ministries and Chairmans of boards. Ranil and Maithree made this error and they are now facing the tune.
Having said this, does it matter in which order any individual is arrested? NO!
The Law of the land is clear, if someone commits an illegal activity that person has to be questioned not at his house but at the institution which is conducting the inquiry, if there is enough evidence taken into custody and taken before the courts.
Who is Mahinda Rajapakse, he is an EX-President. He is not an MP. So the Speaker, being the brother, has no legal right to order anyone to do anything as Mahinda Rajapakse is a normal civilian. So is Gotabaya. Why is such a fuss.
SLFP MPs know that Maithripala will not give nomination to any of the rouges, even if they get the nomination they will not be elected as the people will not vote. So they want Mahinda back, so that the whole team can continue to rape and steal the country.
Sri Lanka is a highly literate country but its shame to note that the MPs are such fools.
New constitution should have clauses to:
– Restrict the age of an MP who can be elected
– Restrict the number of times an MP can be elected
– Even if a civil crime is committed one cannot be an MP
– Minimum educational standard should be stated
– All expenses of MPs should be stated in a web site for the public to see
– The statement of assets and liabilities of an MP should be public information every year
We need Yahaplanaya to be a true Yahapalanaya!
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ela kolla / April 23, 2015
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Edward / April 23, 2015
These are the honourable patriots who condemned members of the LTTE to be rehabilitated and continue to teach them be better patriots.This super honourable men spirit away wealth to other countries which the Tamils and LTTE had gather and kept within the country.
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Antony Philip / April 23, 2015
A timely rallying call with deep courage and conviction. All peoples of Sri Lanka should join hands to seize the moment once again, and complete the journey began on 8th January for the rule of law, justice, accountability and prosperity. Sitting on the fence, or burying the heads in the sand is no option for those who truly love Sri Lanka.
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Wera / April 23, 2015
A well written article. But I cannot but help wonder why M.S. and R.W. did not see this coming. The entire Government is staffed by M.R. lackeys and thugs willing to do his bidding. All it takes is a phone call. You cannot govern under this mess for long. All you have done is appoint a directress to the bribery commission and make her work long hours which by the way are beginning to pay off but this is completely inadequate. Stronger measures are absolutely necessary. I would even suggest enlisting the field Marshal’s services. I am sure if he were given the proper authority he would be more than happy to get going after these monsters.
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Bensen Berner / April 23, 2015
An excellent resume’ making a case for Rajapaksas’ next destination. Bensen
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asfar / April 23, 2015
Dr. Nimalka fought hard to bring yahapalanaya. thank you madam for your article as we decent people respect your services.
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Sirisena / April 23, 2015
Finally!!! MS has shown that he is a MAN by bringing BR, the great robber baron of Sri Lanka to books … way to go MAN!!. NOW, follow suit with other rogues, murderers, ethanol, drug lords who destroyed the nation for over 10 years. DO IT WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR…..
MR threats will soon disappear and they will become puppy s when they know that law is supreme and cannot be manipulated by mobilizing masses and rogue parliamentarians shitting in Parliament with their ill gotten money……
Saving a few rogues, People are behind you Mr. President as long as you deliver justice…..
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mal or mahuchandran spencer / April 23, 2015
Yes Nimalka, very well done indeed, I was expecting something like this from Thisaranee Gunasekara. May you both take very good care from any contrived accidents as well!
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Mihindu Rajaratne / April 23, 2015
Well, Nimalka congrats and well done! on one sided article. This is fine example of how USD is working in this country. The people know the amounts rendered to ‘selected civil activists’ in this Island get the ‘corrupted regime out’. My question is that, wasn’t the ‘Whisky Madam’ corrupted? who was keen to appoint commission hunt down the ‘deals on Shell and Air Lanka’?
We all for a ‘Good Governance’ and a system which can sustain that. Civil activists have to be accountable for what they advocate the civil society.
If Civil activist fights for corruption, then they must be in that ‘platform’. I wonder whether why Nimalka did not mention about appointing a gentleman why has a on-going case on FX fraud to a key ministerial position, why did she [‘accidentally I believe’]ignore the fact of appointing his friends wife for an important commission which is an integral part of the ‘hunting corruption’?
This is called the ‘nakedness of civil society’ , being agile to one perspective and turning a blind eye to the obvious in front of their eyes.Brett Lunceford explained this kind of ‘politics’ as ‘Naked politics’. A famous quote comes my mind, “nothing is what it seems”.
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Saman / April 23, 2015
While appreciating the effectiveness of the article that carries the bulk in a nut shell. The current rumble is a gamble by the pro MR groups as it could work adversely too as it may misfire in front of the public.. As rightly questioned the immunity to protect the so called law makers of the country is a challenge for justice. Before clipping the powers of executive presidency why not shred such undue privileges that work against the helpless citizens struggle to fight corruption.
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