By Mahinda Rajapaksa –
Mahinda Rajapaksa
I take pride in the fact that I built the strongest SLFP government in our party’s history during my tenure in power. That government was so strong that it could be defeated only by conspiratorially creating divisions in the party and a section of the SLFP joining the UNP in its campaign of vilification and false propaganda against my government. The UNP by itself was in no position to defeat the SLFP government that I built. Even after the defeat of my government, the president of the country is the present leader of the SLFP. The cabinet is equally divided between the UNP and the SLFP in what has been called a national unity government. Yet the policy of this government is decided by the UNP, resulting in a situation where the SLFP has been held captive and forced to follow the UNP line. The SLFP is now in danger of losing its identity as a political party.
Demonstrations by farmers against the abolition of the fertiliser subsidy have now become a daily occurrence. The president’s order to fix the price of a bag of fertiliser at Rs. 2,500 will be about as effective as the price controls on dhal and dried fish. An SLFP government would never have abolished the fertiliser subsidy which was one of the main incentives to cultivate paddy. Yet when the UNP government abolished this production subsidy, the SLFP members in the government had to endorse that decision.
Professional groups in this country have been agitating against the decision of the UNP government to sign an Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement with India. The UNP Prime Minister says that he will go ahead with the agreement regardless of the opposition to it. During my government too, a similar agreement styled CEPA proposed by India was under discussion but we had to reconsider it after giving due consideration to opposition from Sri Lankan stakeholders. Today the SLFP members in the government have no option but to silently consent to the arbitrary actions of the UNP.
The UNP government accepted and adopted as their own the American sponsored UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka which betrayed our armed forces and the country by agreeing to institute a war crimes court with the participation of foreign judges, prosecutors and investigators while SLFP members of the government stood by helplessly. It was an SLFP government led by me that won the war against the LTTE. Today, the UNP with the acquiescence of a section of the SLFP is engaged in exacting revenge from those who won the war against all odds.
The 2016 budget had no SLFP characteristics at all and was based on the UNP’s neo-liberal economic outlook. It sought among other things to privatize every government owned enterprise including the Norochcholai power plant and the operations of all harbours and airports. It also sought to abolish the government pension for new recruits to the public service, the fertiliser subsidy and free school uniforms programme. Yet the SLFP members serving in the government had to vote for this budget.
SLFP members who have stood up against this capitulation and have tried to maintain the identity of the party have been penalised. Several SLFP electoral organisers, Prasanna Ranatunga, Dilum Amunugama, Kanthi Kodikara, Dhanasiri Amaratunga, Duminda Silva and Senarath Jayasundera among others have been removed from their positions. The two parliamentarians among them Prasanna Ranatunga and Dilum Amunugama sat in the opposition and played a major role in protecting the identity of the SLFP both inside and outside parliament. Members of our party should ask themselves as to whose interests are served by removing such parliamentarians from their positions as electoral organisers. Apart from all this, members of the SLFP in the government have had to stand by and watch while their colleagues serving in the opposition are systematically vilified as rogues and murderers and dragged before police investigative bodies, commissions of inquiry and the courts.
There clearly is a concerted effort on the part of the UNP to destroy the SLFP completely. SLFP members in the government should decide which is more important to them, the UNP led government or the SLFP through which they were elected last August to represent the people on an anti-UNP, anti-government platform. When President Maithripala Sirisena took over the position of SLFP chairman, it was expected that he would look after the party rank and file, uphold party policies and protect the identity of the SLFP even though he was elected President on UNP votes. Regrettably, that has not happened.
Don Stanley / March 1, 2016
Here we go again! MR’s conspiracy theory to DIVIDE, DISTRACT and RULE Sinhala Modayas!
This is the result of Sirisena and Ranil’s one step forward 2 steps back wards policy on Jarapassa corruption and racism.
People are getting fed up with Sira-RW tango with the corrupt crooks in the Diyawenn parliament of corrupt morons.
SLFP should be purged of Mahinda Jarapassa and his racist cronies, so that the SLFP may come to terms with its racist legacy.
Question is why did Sirisena give Jarapassa nomination and why is Sira still tangoing with them?!
Why are Basil the thief of Samudhi poverty reduction funds and Goon Gota The Avant Gurad man not yet arrested?
Why has the 3 billion $ that Jaraapssa stole not been traced and returned pay off the national debt and stop ruppee depreciation?
Why is Jarapassa family to still free to continue spreading its HATE SPEECH against minorities?!
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Amarasiri / March 1, 2016
Mahinda Rajapaksa
RE: UNP Conspiracy To Destroy The SLFP
“I take pride in the fact that I built the strongest SLFP government in our party’s history during my tenure in power. That government was so strong that it could be defeated only by conspiratorially creating divisions in the party and a section of the SLFP joining the UNP in its campaign of vilification and false propaganda against my government.”
Do you have a mirror? Tell the mirror, I destroyed the SLFP, by trying to created a Family Dynasty and Hegemony.
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S.Modaya / March 1, 2016
Those days it was the Tamil conspiracy to fuck us up!
Now it is the UNP conspiracy to screw the SLFP.
Mahinda Jarapassa is playing his same ole, same ole, blame game..
Every one is in a grand conspiracy against the corrupt and criminal Mahinda Jarapassa who is desperately trying to save the SLFP and the miracle of modayas from themselves!
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Native Vedda / March 1, 2016
S.Modaya
The paranoid sees conspiracy in every nook and corner.
Or is it the crooks’ ways of playing the victim card?
So Dayan’s smart ass patriotism didn’t work as the racists expected.
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Dodo / March 1, 2016
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a financial terrorist, so too Basil Rajapakse who stole billions from Samurdhi and Gota the Avant Guard man.
The mystery is: why are they still free to publish such crap?!
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Sylvia Haik / March 6, 2016
Because this government respects the independence of the judiciary. Mahinda Rajapakse and his cohorts are riding high and abusing the freedom granted to them. Had they been in power most of the present politicians who question his behaviour would have been white-vanned, assaulted, killed or disappeared.
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S.Modaya / March 1, 2016
Sri Lanka is well on its way to a Greek like financial CRISIS, currency depreciation, and economic melt down, with IMF waiting to implement more TRICKLE UP policies to impoverish the poor.
This is result of to BIPARTISAN POLITICAL CORRUPTION and FINANCIAL TERRORISM in the UNP and SLFP by Mahinda Jarapassa family, in laws and cronies, as well as, Sira and Ranil’s cronies and CB governor the corrupt fat frog Arjuna Mahendran.
Meanwhile, Ranil and Sira are busy tangoing with Jarapassa, and playing cat and mouse games with Yo-shit- a!
Miracle of Modayas indeed!
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Jim softy / March 2, 2016
It is the same game from Yahapalana politicians. when they come they blame Previous govt. they don’t say we were getting free salaries, while Mahinda Rajapakse was playing games.
It is just a game to get rich for uneducated foxes.
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Analyst / March 1, 2016
Hope all the Plundering Thieves had been removed from the SLFP AND MAKE THOSE GUILTY TO FACE FCID ……… so that their career will be doomed forever for what ever pilfering they did during their Tenure and made the country BANKRUPT.
THIEVES OUT FOR GOOD . HOORAY!!!!’
THE OLDIES CAN JAB AT THE NEW ONES SAYING THEYRE INEXPERIENCED BABIES ,,,,,, so what they have to learn to rule OUR COUNTRY WITH HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, NOTHING SHORT.
Honesty and integrity should start from childhood , so no harm in choosing freshers to LEAD OUR COUNTRY AND PAVE WAY IN THE RIGHT PATH FOR US AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO LIVE PEACEFULLY , HAPPILY TO FACE THE CHALLENGES IN THE WORLD,
MOST OF ALL FOR SRILANKA TO BE RECOGNISED AS A LEADER IN ASIA AND NOT CONSIDERED AS A COUNTRY GOOD FOR EXPORTING HOUSEMAIDS AND LABOURERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO FATHOM A WORD OF E N G L I S H.
SO MR ‘S goons ……..VETERAN EXPERIENCED THIEVES WATCH OUT. THE FCID IS WAITING FOR YOU
AS WELL AS THE “HOTEL WELIKADE”
So for MR it’s time to B. U. GG ER OFF.
PLEASE STOP DESTROYING THE COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS JUST AS YOU HAVE DESTROYED YOUR BELOVED 3 BOYS.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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Martin T / March 1, 2016
I am flabbergasted. MR is using Colombo Telegraph to get his word out, while the same person was responsible for blocking the website during his Dynasty Ruling. This is the world upside down!
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Amarasiri / March 2, 2016
Martin T
“I am flabbergasted. MR is using Colombo Telegraph to get his word out”
Well, MR wants to communicate,and there is nothing wrong, in that. Bravo!
Of course, he did not want others to communicate when he was in power.
Do you think that MR is now reformed and enlightened?
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Amarasiri / March 1, 2016
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Amarasiri has a poem, a Sinhala Kavi, in honor of you.[Edited out]
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Leel / March 2, 2016
Anura Senanayaka retired DIG on Thajudeen’s case.
Retired policemen are like an skinned banana. Everyone has a poke at it. No one is now with me, after pestering me with good morning sir, good afternoon sir, good evening sir, good night sir and even standing guard at the door when I went to the toilet. They are now afraid even to talk to me,” said retired senior DIG Anura Senanayake.
He made the remark when he met a leading lawyer to discuss what action he could take to prevent his arrest.
“Everyone waited until I became the IG. If the Yahapaalana government did not come, I would definitely have become the IG. I did a lot for the former bigwigs with that position in mind. What has befallen me today is an example for all policemen. When we are ruined, we have us only to defend ourselves. Had the correct thing being done, there is no cause for fear,” he said further. The lawyer advised him to make a special statement before the magistrate, as per clause 127 of the criminal procedure code, and turn state witness.
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Punchinilame / March 1, 2016
It is a pity that MR continues to keep going with various matters thinking he is doing politics, for the good of the citizenry? The
vile governance of his is reflected in the following, to keep us
reminded of what a President he was!
“References have also been made to the late Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam that he entered the Rashtrapathi Bawan, the world’s biggest residence of a Head of State with one suitcase and he came out of the residence with the same suitcase, when he stepped down from his position as Indian President.”
1. Case No. 474/2015 at Fort M.C. dealing with Hedging Fund and involving A.N.Cabraal, PB Jayasuendra, A de Mel, L.Karunaratne (Rs.200-700 Million ) 2. Case No. 24327/2015 at Chief M.C.(3) In the matter of Lanka Hospital shares and connected to G. Rajapakse, Roshini ,Cabraal, N.Godahewa, D.Jayaweera, M. Medihewa, W.Amunugamuwa, D.P.Y. Wijesinghe. (Rs. 600 million) 3.** B26907/3/15 at Colombo M.C re Housing deals connected with W.Weerasena,B.K.J.K.Perera. 4.** B/40/2015 at Kaduwella M.C. re Land purchases, involving Mrs. W.Weerasena, C.S.Ranasinhe. 5. B323/15 in Tangalle M.C. about Carlton Pre-school construction involving State Eng. Corporation Staff (Rs. 35 million) 6. 8674/15 in Pugoda M.C. re Development works, involving B.Rajapakse, N. Thirukumar 7.* B22467/1/15 at Colombo Chief M.C. re Money Laundering by M. Aluthgamage (Rs. 3 – 27 million) 8. B22468/1/15 in Colombo Chief M.C. on Wealth acquired of Dr.P.B. Wickrema. 9. B25389/1/15 at Colombo C.M.Court re Money Laundering by G.Senarath. 10. B25166/3/15 at Colombo Ch M.C. Teleshan TV Network with A.Pilapita S.Wickremasinghe, and Sil Reddi with L.Weeratunga and Ven.V.Somananda Thero. 11.***** B9823/15 at Kaduwela M.C. re CSN Channel involving ITN Directorate & Staff. (5 Remanded in Jany.2016) 12. B35/15 at Kaduwela M.C. re ownership of Marriot Hotel in Dubai with N.Lokuwitharne and M.Rajapakse ( Rs. 48 to 190 million) 13. B27453/1/15 at Hultsdorf M.C. about Lanka Logistics Arms importing connected to G.Rajapakse, P.B.Jayasundera, Mohan Peiris, J.Wickremasinghe. 14. B/663/15 at Fort M.C. on Bank of Ceylon, Seychelles by M. Rajapakse & family 15. Greek Bonds purchase with names of Cabraal & Rajapakse in Petition Colombo M.C of 15.8.15 involving Rs. 1257 million 16. Sajin Vass Gunewardena in abuse of Public property, at Fort Magistrate Court, remanded since May, 2015. Also at Bribery Com. for questionable Assets. 17. Petition accepted in Supreme Court on 6.8.15 re Vehicle Permits abuse 18. Case No. 50/10 at High Courts, Kandy: Captain Wickremasinghe`s activity in Giritale Army Camp re Torture Chambers – under G. Rajapakse`s directions? 19. On Bail – Rohita Bogollagama 20. B/C Case – BC/2370/2011/B1 – 1 Billion heist: Pradeep Gunawardana (C`man State Trading Corporation)
21. B 586/15 in the Fort Magistrate’s Court on June 5, 2015 re Pushpa Rajapaksa Foundation & SMB payments. 22. Champika Karunaratne –Former Coordinating Secy.of MR remanded over Fraud (10 million) 23. M.C Nuwara Eliya Case of Prof. Dharmasiri in fraud of David Paynters Art work worth Rs.37 Million ?
24, **** Lankaputra Development Bank re release of Rs. 2000 million as loans to 14 parties. CID Report now in the hands of the AG.. 25. Ethanol Imports, involving a former Minister and 2 current Deputy
Ministers, – FCID investigations ongoing. 26. Paddy Marketing Board involved in the sale of 234000 tons Paddy to 3 selected mill owners & loss thereof to be reported to FCID.
Other matters with FCID, whose Staff strength is 65 are: Lanka Teacher Services Union complaint re Computer purchases for Rs. 5.87 billion for Mahindaodaya Labs as per Auditor Generals Report, given to one Company by Ministry of Education. ii PRECIFAC to probe the issue of 1000 Diplomatic Passports during the past Regime. iii Wealth of several Presidential body guards to be probed.
iv. Finanacial Frauds under Investigation are:
a) Tourist Promotion Burea (B.Guneratne) 5.7 Mil., b)SL Insurance (Dr. Jayasundara & Basil R) c) State Eng. Corp. (R.Edirisuriya) 4.7 mil., d) Diary Printing (W.Weerasena) Rs. 1.4 mil.
e) D.A.Rajapakse Meuseum ( G. Rajapakse & H.de Silva) 91 Mil.
Total of 230 complaints have been lodged and 35 of them investigated.( 4 on Financial irregularities being heard in Courts.) and one may possibly involve the next IGP Appointee.
e.&o.e
For details re Nos.7, 3, 4, 11 & 24 above:-
* http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/02/14/mahindananda-lands-himself-in-big-trouble/
** http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/02/14/the-law-continues-to-crawl-in-weerawansa-saga/
*** http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/02/14/ali-babas-and-ali-horas-the-sad-saga-continues/
**** http://www.lankaenews.com/news/1153/en also listen to the Video
*****https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-hidden-truth-behind-csns-money-laundering/ (by Anti-Corruption Front C`man, Ulapane Sumangala Thero)
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Patriot / March 1, 2016
It is time MR took control of the SLFP.
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Native Vedda / March 1, 2016
Patriot the pathetic
“It is time MR took control of the SLFP”
In the interest of people and the country, he should take over SLFP and ruin it.
By the way, if SLFP does not adapt and change it is going to die anyway. The people are not living in the mid-1950s when racism and parochialism worked very well for the politicians.
Now the people demand more (not rice from the moon).
The SLFP should consider creative destruction as it’s long term strategy if the members and supporters still believe that the party has something to contribute.
The people cannot exist with patriotic nationalism alone, in other words singing Sinhala national anthem with gusto.
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max / March 1, 2016
It is not the UNP that destroy the SLFP but the President of the country and the head of the SLFP Maithreepala Sirisena along with one of SLFP’s advisors, Chandrika B. Kumaratunge.
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sarojini / March 2, 2016
It is absolutely astonishing how the elite Yapalayana guys put the blame on MR when it was MS that split the party in the first place contesting against MR a fellow member of the UPFA promising to make RW the PM . HOw can people be that naïve as to forget this ???
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shantha / March 1, 2016
Leaving the uneducated filth free is a huge mistake?
Expose to the masses the crimes of these dogs?
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CountryFirst / March 1, 2016
People within the SLFP must know what is going on….how the collapse started in 2014, proceeded into the elections of 2015 and is now trying to stay alive in 2016…and the People must surely know how it appears to be ending.
Pitiful is the level of the current Sri Lankan political leadership which seems to descend to levels of bad language never expected from a group that set itself to be higher than the ordinary people of the country.
At the end of the day it is these ordinary folks who will be the HEROES just as they did during the Eelam wars. Parliament is a lost cause and shows itself to be unworthy of the trust of the People.
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Native Vedda / March 1, 2016
CountryFirst
Are you still singing Sinhala national anthem with gusto?
If you are not then I am worried.
By any chance, you are related to Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara?
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CountryFirst / March 1, 2016
Another “Koheda yanne, Mallay pol” by Native Vedda
What has the National Anthem got to do with my comment? Or any imagined relationship to Adm. SW?
Anarchy is already here and that is what Yahapalana “CHANGE” has brought to this country.
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Native Vedda / March 1, 2016
CountryFirst
“Anarchy is already here and that is what Yahapalana “CHANGE” has brought to this country.”
Could you define what anarchy means to you and give us few example that you believe to be anarchism.
You haven’t answered my question, I repeat here for your convenience:
By any chance, you are related to Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara?
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CountryFirst / March 1, 2016
Native Vedda:
1. This is NOT a classroom…and I am not required to give you a definition of a commonplace concept for which a definition is available in every English Dictionary.
2. I don’t know what you are trying to get at, but the Admiral is no relation of mine. He is clearly an “admirable admiral” for the manner in which he has stood up for the nation’s dignity.
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Native Vedda / March 1, 2016
CountryFirst
“1. This is NOT a classroom…and I am not required to give you a definition of a commonplace concept for which a definition is available in every English Dictionary.”
Thanks, I asked your definition/interpretation of Anarchy. If you haven’t got one its all right, I can live without it. Thanks too for your advice. I know where to find a generally accepted definition.
“2. I don’t know what you are trying to get at, but the Admiral is no relation of mine.
Thanks for your response to my question.
“He is clearly an “admirable admiral” for the manner in which he has stood up for the nation’s dignity.”
If so, did he stand for the dignity of the Navy?
Did he comment on the recruitment of a second lieutenant who is the son of the then serving president, sending him on a Navy scholarship to UK for further training which was not normally available to his fellow sailors?
If he hasn’t, why not if he had genuine respect and love the navy?
Why is he so keen on preventing Tamil National Anthem citing constitution but not so keen when powerful clan violated the very constitution he holds sacred, including human rights violation by the armed forces?
Does the Admirable Admiral have a habit of selective reading? Then he needs to see an optician urgently. Would you please convey this message to him?
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CountryFirst / March 2, 2016
Native Vedda:
Please direct your questions to the Admiral through whatever lines of communication you have available….these questions are not for me to answer.
If you are looking for the perfect leader who has not made any slips you may have to spend your entire lifetime on the search.
The current Yahapalana lot have many, many, MANY more serious errors to answer to the nation.
And I leave it at that.
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Native Vedda / March 2, 2016
CountryFirst
“Please direct your questions to the Admiral through whatever lines of communication you have available”
I will in the fullness of time.
“.these questions are not for me to answer.”
The reason I asked you those questions is that you seem to believe he is an admirable Admiral. What made you make such a hasty observation?
“The current Yahapalana lot have many, many, MANY more serious errors to answer to the nation. And I leave it at that.”
Please list those serious errors if you don’t mind. This could be an educational experience to me as a layman.
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CountryFirst / March 2, 2016
Serious Yahapalana errors:
While having called for Honesty in Governance and the Rule of Law, the following actions brazenly negated what the Yahapalana purportedly stood for:
1. The Central Bank rules violated (CB Bonds; Money brought in by Minister RKarunanayake bypassing CB and court case quashed), made worse by the issues being brushed under the carpet as though no violation of law had taken place
2. Persons who had lost seats at the Election and those not included in National List appointed to Parliament and more importantly to Ministerial Posts.
3. After loud allegations of nepotism by MR regime, Pres. Sirisena and Minister of Finance appoints relatives to important positions. More recently the appointments to University positions bypassing the regulatory requirements.
4. Behavior of PM in Parliament using insulting language on members of Jt. Opposition, and unbecoming of Head of Parliament.
5. After loud criticisms of airline privileges etc. used by previous regime, the current govt does the same regardless.
6. Statements made irresponsibly that change from day to day confusing the public and demonstrating a “confuse and confound” policy that underscores a disrespect for the citizenry.
7. Foreign Ministry in confusion with statements by Minister contradicting statements of PM and President, and worse still, made on foreign soil indicating a lack of policy coordination.
8. Rule of Law blatantly violated by ignoring the Constitution on the National Anthem issue; similar position adopted re the “Unity Govt” (no such geoup mentioned in Constitution as being a legal entity); MOUs without any ‘by your leave’ from the voting public PRIOR to the elections.
9. Agreements with foreign countries being made in secret and without the PROMISED TRANSPARENCY. etc., etc.,
10. Brazen Lies – Promised Electoral Reforms shelved…President MY3 accuses MR of 18A, when he himself was a prominent advocate of it
TO MENTION A FEW……
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Aku / March 1, 2016
Amazing joker you are MaRa… The first thing that comes to mind when I look at your picture is of a man with a very sly smile… A foxy smile… Hahaha… You broke the SLFP from day 1… You were involved in murder and thuggery even before you stole Tsunami funds, and Mervin was your pimp and mouth-piece…
As a father of thugs and murderers, and as a Lawyer (fake), you should represent your family and all others implicated, in Courts… Help us ensure you all get the Death Sentence…
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Aia / March 1, 2016
You need SLFP very badly, perhaps not any other times than now. Doesn’t matter how strongest you built it, you couldn’t hold it together, even when you were still in power. That should have taught at least some lessons for you as well as those who aspire to become a leader. That is, if you buy some MPs on the market and gloat such accumulated numbers as strongest, it want last longer as those guys, when the money you gave ran out, sitting at the fence looking at the market to see what it offers and is next best move, that doesn’t necessarily need to be money, but to protect the money they made in your tenure by running away with winners and to cover up other crimes they committed collaborating with you. Forget about the values, principles, ethics, loyalty etc. Look at guys like Richard Bhadudeen, the ever green minister, bet he will be in your ministry if you form a government tomorrow, such a smart politician. But it shouldn’t surprise you.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / March 1, 2016
MR, you dug the hole for yourself , your family and the SLFP. The country too was teetering on the brink. It is sad but true. Please introspect, regret , learn and repent. No one had the opportunity and support you did , but you squandered it sometime thoughtlessly, but most times assuming the people were idiots. Please do not dig the hole deeper in your attempt to find a scapegoat. You called Ranil all sorts of names, little realizing he was giving you a long rope to hang your self. Now you are in the hole you dug with a rope tightening around your neck. If you continue digging you will be strangled.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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Kumar R. / March 2, 2016
Rajasingham- the unfailing, forever wise-guy!
Rajasingham was the wise-guy two years ago asserting that MR was a great leader, and a blessing for the Tamils and assured all of us that he had full confidence MR would be honorable in his dealings with Tamils.
And now, again he is the wise-guy, two years down the road, having finally realized MR took him for an idiot (seemingly, rightly so!!)
Rajasingham, when you say “Please introspect, regret, learn and repent.” – please don’t count yourself out on that aspiration. Have you shown or expressed any remorse for your gross and evil misstatements and wrongful proclamations while within the cozy embrace of MR?
Sanctimony now to cover past sins will not earn redemption.
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Raghavan K / March 2, 2016
Kumar R
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Native Vedda / March 2, 2016
Raghavan K
“[Edited out]”
Brilliant
Thanks for keeping it brief.
Keep up your good work.
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Raghavan K / March 2, 2016
Native Vedda
Thank you for envisaging my hilarious message that the CT edited out outright.
If you had read it, you would have had a head spin laugh.
Keep up your support for me.
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Spring Koha / March 1, 2016
Aney Alice, bring the sick bag. Quickly.
I cannot stand the site of a grown man crying, especially one who has been found out to be very very naughty, and cannot take his punishment like a man.
The evidence lies all around us; what he and his ever growing coterie of thugs and crooks did to this country. He thought he was invincible and that he could fool the country all the time. Now the time of reckoning has come, and if Yahapalanaya is anything, it will punish those who robbed us, and weed out each and everyone who brought misery to many, and committed murder with impunity.
THANK GOD WE the PEOPLE came to our senses and cried HALT! to his evil ways. N
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Point of View / March 1, 2016
What a clown ! Throw the idiot inside or cancel his civic rights for all the harm he has done to this country.
How come MS / RW decide to go easy on this scum ? What happened to their election pledge ? He along with his rag doll wife should be in. Read elsewhere that she has has asked someone in the former regime as to when they will topple this nuisance of a government. Who the hell does she think she is ? She is an insult to all the former First Ladies in this country.
Has she forgotten that 6.2 million were responsible in overthrowing her corrupt husband ???
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Saman / March 1, 2016
I kindly request Mahinda and his monks to read and memorize the story of Themiya Jathakaya in Jathaka Katha Potha ( the book of birth stories of the Buddha)
Unbelievable and unimaginable false speeches have been performed by this horrible man.
This the man who destroy UNP during his tenure as a president.
He is man who introduced the culture of buying MPs from other parties and he did it perfectly.
This is man who trained others to tell lies which unfortunately most Sinhalese Buddhists believe and blindly follow him.
Though they pompously voice and ventilate that they are Buddhist they never honestly practice any word of the Buddha.
If they really understand the profound teaching of the Buddha they never accept and follow Mahinda Rajapaksa and his henchmen who openly violated all precepts which most Buddhists recite day and night.
Go and ask Mahinda Rajapaksa which verse he can recite and read in the Dhammapada from his memory.
Shame….Shame…Shame…
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rohan Polwatte / March 1, 2016
I did not read the whole article but the heading only. I know you cannot write or communucate decent English. But I just want to tell y ou that there is nothing UNp trying to destroy the SLFP. There were some decent civilized educated people who encouraged democracy and yahapalanaya who defeated you and you scummbags who drestroyed dermocracy, encouraged nepotism, murder, rape even childeren, spent lavishly (inn9ocent TaX PAYER Money) thinking the treasury is your own personal SOB account. YOu stupid MORON you dont have future in Sri Lankan politics. We wont allow any of your family scuum bags enter into polotics. Those violated the law will be punished. Not only you even the present government if they have done any violations they will be punished. EG RAJITHA SENARATHANA
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Douglas / March 1, 2016
Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse: You “forgot” (did you?) to mention the passing of that Amendment 18 to the Constitution. Even the present President says that led to your downfall, though he too was “COMPELLED” to vote in favor. How many such of “YOUR SLFP” were FORCED to vote in favor. Did you also forget to mention of the “unilateral” decision you made to take over the Sri Lankan Air from Emirates under whose management making “PROFITS” (did your hear that word?) and paid taxes to the Treasury and “VEST” it in that hands of your “Brother-in-Law” who even did not pass his “O” Level. Did your “Cabinet” make that decision or was it your “ORDER” (that when you failed to secure some seats for you and the entourage) to take over and pay Emirates their share? Did you forget how those “Air Buses” (9 or 12) were ordered without even a Cabinet paper or any other proper documentation? Did you also forget how “Mihin Lanka” was instituted under the Chairmanship of that “ROUGE” Sajin Vass Gunawardene and made the country to suffer to the tune of Rs.3 billion. Did you also forget, as the Minister Finance of the SLFP Government, “ordered to transfer “billions” of funds from the Central Bank to the Treasury making that premier bank cash trapped. Did your SLFP Government make a decision to instruct the Central Bank to “Purchase” real estate properties in Brazil and USA and engage in business by renting those properties?
There are many, many more “YOUR SLFP” did IGNORING the Cabinet and the members of the party. We are waiting till the COPE present reports pertaining to each and every one of those mentioned above PLUS other “disgraceful” decisions your SLFP did during the party was under your “Leadership”. I am glad that SLFP under your “Leadership” is GONE and hope YOU will never ever be taken in any where near that building. Just GIVE UP man and fight to SAVE yourself, and the family; because the PAY BACK time has come.
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Non PhD / March 1, 2016
When you brought the ammendment to the constitution , when you called for early presidential election, & when you stood for the GE from Kurunegale , you have already dug your own grave 6 foot under the ground.
The gang of 4 and your clan are trying to resurrect you through foul means so that you can rehain power.
Whatever good things you have done you are undoing it from 2010.
I hope the majority of the majority become more enlightened and not bowled over by your political stunts.
Please don’t hide behind race & religion.
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Saman / March 1, 2016
This is the man who destroyed UNP during his tenure as a president. He is the man who introduced the culture of buying MPs from other parties and he did it perfectly. This is the man who trained others to tell lies which unfortunately most Sinhalese Buddhists believe and blindly follow him.
This is the man who completely ruined our communal unity and harmony with his military brother and still after his terrible defeat.
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Non PhD / March 1, 2016
Who wrote the above article for you ? It cannot be DJ or HLDM because they can not write in simple English.
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sekara / March 1, 2016
By 1990, the SLFP ceased to be the SLFP that SWRDB and his colleagues built.
Under Sirimavo it retained its anti-imperialist character, however imperfect, for what it was worth.
The defeat in 1977 and the nasty things that JRJ did to Sirimavo weakened it. But the SLFP recovered sufficiently in the 1988 polls. Sirimavo was denied victory by the JVP’s violent boycott campaign in districts where the SLFP was strong.
But the populist and anti-imperiast spirit bedan to fade and if Chandrika was a disappointment, MR was a shock.
The only positive thing that happened before MR took over the Bandaranaike family control over the SLFP had weakened, and Chandrika was not the person to build the Party.
The preferential vote system had wrecked both major parties. The UNP knows that it cannot win on its own or even with opportunist alliances, unless the SLFP is split.
MR knows that he needs the SLFP brand name to return to power. That is his dilemma.
Neither Chandrka nor Maithripala nor both together can muster more public support than MR, although for the wrong reasons.
I is not quite UNP conspiracy but US inspired conspiracy that created the crisis in the SLFP. The UNP is exploiting it fully. (MR will not like to say it.)
Whatever said MR is still the most popular politician in the country, but the support base alone is not enough to return him to power.
But, in essence, nothing will change in this country, even if MR returns.
The SLFP is no different from the UNP.
And Vasu is no different from Dnesh is no different from Wimal is no different from Udaya.
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
(Folk song by Malvina Reynolds, 1962)
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confu tao / March 1, 2016
This shit is trying to disrupt the good work that is being undertaken by the present government. A sad cry from a frightened coward who is now unable to sleep knowing well that he is going to be arrested for several crimes of corruption, robbery, murder and gross abuse of power. The cry of a skunk in the wilderness of political isolation is causing this hallucination of returning to power at all costs. Regrettably the voters of this country are now fully aware of what this rogue and criminal has done. Let him continue getting these pieces of shit written by his demented professor but they are of no avail. He has little time left before justice catches up with him.
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juanita&co / March 1, 2016
To: Rahinda Majapaksa.
Dear Sir,
with all due to respect to you we think that you are going mad or you are already mad. Another point that worries us is that there has been a major physical change in your bodily functions which means that you talking through your a——-e and defecating from your mouth. All these changes are possible from a person who cannot control his bodily functions because he is completely insane.
There is only one place that will house you till the God decides your final fate and that is Angoda.
You will be kept in full isolation because your illness is contagious.
As for your family members they all must be infected with the same mad cow disease.
In your madness you have ruined the country and brought untold misery and sufferings to many a good person. You together with your family members and henchmen have looted, robbed, murdered, cheated, raped, this beautifull land and therefore need to pay for it.
Let God decide your fate and if it be that you should live and die a insane man, then so be it.
The mill of God grinds slowly but surely.
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God / March 1, 2016
Those who criticize others hiding behind masks are cowards
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Laksuraya / March 2, 2016
Nobody is criticising anybody behind a mask.
It is you who is masking yourself as God you coward, for in reality you must be a Dog. Thickheaded, mudeating, MORON, join the the Rajapaksa gang for they need reptiles like you to bring them back to power.
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sekara / March 2, 2016
“Those who criticize others hiding behind masks are cowards” — God
OMG!
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Mallaiyuran / March 2, 2016
His fear is recent meeting of Mangala with American State Secretary Kerry. He is so concerned with it.
There were many subtle messages were released out there. America’s presence on this issue looks like going to prolong like India did from 1987. Situation is JR to Rajiv Old King to John Kerry. America again, may block the procedure in UNHRC. That is like leaving the man, suffering partially dead. Old King preferred a resolution like a clean victory like India earned him in 2009 May. There is no chance for that. He hired Cuba, China, and Russia in the eventual resolutions times. It was victory for him still. He wanted to push matter to Security Council by frustrating the voting members of the resolution. This will be a dead end to UNHRC. At Security Council, Old King might have shown a path of never return to these never ending resolutions. But one of his mistakes, especially the way he built the file on Duham’s beating Police DIG’s son’s case forced the New King to split up and become the most unfaithful member of his gang. The election was lost.
Emperor, the Old King, spilt UNP, destroyed it and turned once considered as decent politicians like GLP as shameless, naked crooks. He employed Mervyn like crowds terrorize international Diplomats like Navipillai to make feel shame and odd. Duminda came from UNP and tortured entire family of Premachandra. It is not Premachandra, his wife his daughter everybody was manipulated. SinhaLE modayas, for a glass of arrack and a parcel of Biriyani did anything for the emperor of thuggery. It was not just Tamils’ Genocide.
Everybody knows what happened in Lankawe’s fake elections and politics. Now, it is Secretary Kerry’s call killed the emperor’s all dreams. Believing or without any alternate depending on Ranil promises, he ran out of the Temple Tree house in a dark night dawn of previous January. Ranil is not able to handle the sudden tsunamis generated by India, China and the UNHRC. He has only one way, which is lean to West. Emperor King is regretting on depending the UNP Ranil’s promise. He is seeing the Ranil-West relationship as not voluntary. He sees him, Ranil-West relationship like this: When the chicken saw the wolf it ran and hid under the hen’s feathers. Wolf is now holding the neck of the hen. Hen is crying for its life. Hearing the haunting death cry, chicken under mother’s feather is blaming the mother not bravely fightback with the wolf. All over everywhere the economical nightmares created by Old King has brought the Yahapalanaya government as sole dependent of the American GSP +. In the past, this was cash cow used to be milked for to pay the lobby firms to influence the American politics. Old King spent a lot and defeated Suzanne rice. It brought their candidate John Kerry. But he later turned his back to Old King and took the hand of UNP.
This is a knot nobody can figure out where the ending edges are going and coming. This is going to take years to figure out the way to un-knot this. Old King confused and frustrated. Emperor is felling like a partially dead man’s suffering.
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roger / March 2, 2016
Dear Mahinda
Are you out of your mind? your own ‘new party’ people have given up on you. Your son, the small brat, who is not worth a penny, ‘was’ owning CSN – a multi million project, you think people are so foolish to accept what ever you say. Not a single leader of this country before you have allowed their family to rob the country like you did. You destroyed the economy of this country. You never promoted industries, no one was interested to invest in business because of your greedy brothers commissions. All what you did was laying roads where there was a huge commission and syphoned the money out. I read that your father was lead by Philip G to deviate, now his son has lead you astray ( apparently you made the speech after your defeat under the same tree where your father gave his speech before his down fall)
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BBS Rep / March 2, 2016
A pot calling a kettle black.
Remember who bribed the pole-vaulters in the then UNP to cross over to the SLFP with grand monitory and job incentives. Remember who paid UNP Tissa Attanayaka to join SLFP with the express aim of breaking up UNP.
I wish to jog the memory of the readers. [Edited out]
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Rajash / March 2, 2016
“…During my government too, a similar agreement styled CEPA proposed by India was under discussion but we had to reconsider it after giving due consideration to opposition from Sri Lankan stakeholders..”(sic)
Did the Sri Lankan stake holders approve of the white elephant projects with China.
Weeds are growing on the Hambantota run way and marine life is thriving in the Hambantota harbour.
Perhaps it was Eco project.
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watcher / March 2, 2016
Its quite hilarious to see all these writers venom here based on ethnicity and party politics.
Haven’t you all learn the lesson since 1948 ?
Whole political class is crooked and they get away since Police cannot do their job independently.
UNP is worse than SLFP and last 15 yrs SLFP learn its crooked way from UNP antics.
Until constitution is change to have “truly independent ” legal system we will be raped from greens or blue morons who are on the take.
At present foreigners are running the country and that moron Ranil have no clue.
Can any one tell me whats Ranil’s qualification to run this country? He never had any job except using his family connection to insult poor Sri Lankans.
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Spring Koha / March 2, 2016
watcher
I am no apologist for the Wickremasinghe’s but let us get the record straight.
1 RW comes from a family that did fight to shake off our last colonial yoke.
2 His earliest education was at the dinner table of his capable and generous father and mother, where he learnt some valuable lessons in etiquette and behaviour (and where he would have listened to the views of some very smart people).
3 He has the educational qualifications.
4 Admittedly, he lost his way in the murky world of our politics, and those who know can point to any of the many ‘wrong turnings’ that he took.
5 We need more like RanilW but with ‘balls’ and the determination NOT to waver in the light of peer pressure together with the ability to stick up for his own principles.
Finally watcher, NO! foreigners do not run this country. Even though we have done it badly, WE, Sri Lankans, are the one’s responsible for the state we are in.
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Native Vedda / March 2, 2016
Spring Koha
“WE, Sri Lankans, are the one’s responsible for the state we are in.”
Including the sacking of Ranil’s last government by CBK on the instruction of Hindians.
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watcher / March 3, 2016
@Spring Koha
Appreciate your comments, but you lack objectivity that is similar to most of the Sri Lankans today.
Yes, his only positive was his maternal grandfather and he was a great Sri Lankan.
Wijewardenas, who were Sinhala Buddhists and Ranil’s blood line is not, and even with his Baptised upbringing he is not patriot or shall I say, he lack Sri Lankan cultural identity.
Dinner table bring family values and our cultural heritage which Ranil does not even know what they are.. So I could say this is a bad fruit and nothing more.
I come from one of the great Buddhist family that fought colonial rule since my great grand fathers statues are all over the country as a great Buddhist Warrior that fought for the Sinhalese Buddhist heritage that we are very proud of.
Compassion, and charity in all ours families genes and I was brought up by great Buddhist scholars like Dr Saddhathissa, which was the late head priest, London Vihara. That great scholar was insulted, taken to courts and thrown out by the UNP thugs and we funded 2nd Vihara in London to cater for this great human being.
We have spend more than our own money, US$ 10 million to create factories in poor part of SL and I could say MR, GR and JR both ask our help to alleviate poverty.
After the ltte war MR and GR ask myself and my brother to come and meet them to discuss North and East issues since our family have heavily involved in these area for more than 100 yrs. I told bluntly to MR, we had Sinhalese Youth and Tamil youth rebellion and next will be both will rise as a single entity unless we look after poor tamils that have no jobs and no identity. I know for a fact GR is is very sincere to fix this issue and he said he will ask all industrialist to invest in North and East.
My father thought us about compassion and all our family members could speak tamil and mis sisters could even read and write. I do not see them as enemy and my sincere belief is tamils and sinhalese should not work against countries interest.
SL’s, ruling class is living in a different planet and rest are basically inferior class. This issue goes right through the country and affect almost 90% of the country including sinhalese and tamils. Problem is tamils see this as a discrimination and to me it is a much bigger issue since whole ruling class is corrupt and law is not equal, so how do we run a country ?
At present PM and FM are nothing but stooges and atlas MR stood up for these foreigners. Unfortunately MR lost his way, wife, kids, Basil all went to plunder countries wealth.
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wimpy kid / March 2, 2016
As we age our expectations rise but capacity downs. Most of us dont know when to take a backseat. this is true for RW. CBK and MR.
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Mallaiyuran / March 2, 2016
Old King unnecessarily took all the UNP crooks like Duminda, Peiris……. and JVP crooks like Wimal and many Muslims and Tamil crooks like Karuna… Deva…At the End it became the “SinhaLE Looters Freedom Party”. All the crook freely looted the country, down to people living at base level to the widows and their left over Thalikodies. SinhaLE Looters Party had all looters inside but no SLFP or UNP or JVP or Tamil-Muslims politicians in it. This how the Old King the leader of the Old Royal Crooks destroyed the that was formed by another crook named Solomon West Ridgway Dias. “By the hard work the donkey has been file down to an ant” That is saying in Tamil. After 10 years of maximum milking to send out $18 Billion the SLFP has been filed down to SinhaLE looters’ Freedom Party. Party lost the January 8th, 2015 election. Interesting Part is UNP did not had a candidate to place. SLFP placed its candidate against SLFP and made SLFP to lose. This happens in the Western Democracies only under primary, that is the time they test people’s opinion of the best candidate to compete in the real election. (In America both parties are having primaries to select ideal candidates of theirs. This is not a competition with the opposition party, but a friendly much with in the parties)So the 2015 EP election was test to find who is the best to lead SLFP. The answer delivered is New King)
Now almost all of them(Tamil – Muslim like Hakeem, Rishard.. Deva) plus some additional UNP crooks in the Yahapalanaya. The harness of this gang’s cart is with the Kandy Ayatollahs.
They blame their parties and IC whenever all their pocket is felt lighter. That is the name of this game.
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justified / March 3, 2016
MA-HINDHA RAJA-PUCK-SIR
You are a POLITICIAN and like all politicians there is only one promise you can make. To build bridges where there are no rivers.
You have built a bridge for you and your family members where there is no river and that is from this life to the next in HELL.
With regard to all the money you robbed from our lovely country please keep it, for you will need it to pay the DEVIL on your way to HELL.
Lanka will only prosper when you are no longer here.
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