26 April, 2024

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UNP Names Sajith Premadasa As Presidential Candidate

The United National Party has named Sajith Premadasa as their Presidential candidate a short while ago. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed UNP deputy leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa’s name for presidential candidacy. The nomination was unanimously approved during the UNP Working Committee meeting held at Sirikotha this evening.

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  • 20
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    Jayawewa………!

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      Yes,
      Hell of a Jayawewa.

      In Vavuniya they were firing crackers. In Beijing the flag was flying at half mast. Last time (2015)US made the regime change. But China worked with Yahapalanaya and turn it around. This time US placing two candidates; more ensured to stay with US. The campaign for 2019 that started rather unusual – no minority bashing but bring back China fully is going down silent. So now both candidates will start to minority bashing again to get selected as EP.
      There were interesting few political conditions placed by Ranil. EP abolition Solution for Tamils are very interesting. But Vaalaiththoodam Jr rejected them. If 20A will not see light what is the chance of Anura cooperating with UNP? Where will TNA and JVP stand on the next budget? Is that telling, as soon as the EP election is over parliament election is coming?

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      KASmaalam K A Sumanasekera

      Are you for Kesselwate inhabitant or the clan?
      Are you going to sit on the fence until the elections are over?
      By the way his father had his own money bag, Geneshalingam Mayor, the kid might have his own.

      What career/carrier path will you choose?

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        Dear Native,

        You know I always side with Dalits..
        But running the country is serious business,
        If Your mate Galleon Ravi didn’t disclose the Kid’s OL results , I would have backed him..

        Anyway I was also puzzled by Hela’s Deja Vu ..
        May be Hela is also a Dalit . Or He has been Tongue in Cheek.
        Anyway Just imagine Madam Prema Senior taking Residence again at the Presidential House. alongside Aryawa.

        Galleon Ravi will be lucky to get a Glass of water even while sitting on Low Chair…

        I know Mangala Samare is desperate to become the PM and finish the unfinished Business of Dr Ranil..
        Can he still become the PM after Dr Ranil himself proposed the Kid as the Candidate?…

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          KAS,

          You fell for my comment. Didn’t you? I don’t expect Keselwatta Kid to be better than Sirisena (to me he doesn’t possess the intellectual capacity to be at the helm. His dad was much better prepared). However it opens a small window to push UNP slightly to the center from the extremely right wing policies of RW (hence my elation). It also might provide space to weaken the power concentration on the leader within UNP (there are now obvious two blocks within the party). It might dampens TNA’s separatist strategy to an extent too (hopefully). However the problem is Keselwatta Kid is still being propped up by the discredited gang of Mangy, Malik et al. That doesn’t bode well for the country. However Ranil must be congratulated for arriving at the compromise in order not to split the UNP like what Sira and CBK did to SLFP (Sira did it in style at the last parliamentary elections).

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            Helass

            “I don’t expect Keselwatta Kid to be better than Sirisena (to me he doesn’t possess the intellectual capacity to be at the helm. His dad was much better prepared).”

            Name a single candidate who possess the intellectual capacity to be at the helm?
            Whom do you have in mind?

            The alternative is the National Hangman, white van owner operator, …………… war criminal, crook, … you liken him to be the equivalent of Dwight D. Eisenhower (a five-star general, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, …. later became the elected president of the USA).

            Jayawewa………!

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            Hela,

            Will this be the end of the Premadasa dynasty in the UNP?……
            If the Bombay Bookies frame a Market on the Election I am ready to put a few quid if the odds are good.

            Here is what Dr Ranil will say.
            I told you my friends. He f****Up the great chance I had to give you the New Constitution, Divide the Nation and create the Homelands for the Elite and the Anglicans to live prosperous lives alongside the Vellala and Wahabi Homelands for ever..

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        Native Vedda
        What is the mysterious connection between KASmalam Ganeshalingam Mayor’s money bag and the Valaithoddm kid?
        Are you keeping alright?

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          Uthungan

          KASmaalam is considering his position in the last few uncertain months.
          He is unable to decide on whom to sell his support depending on his expected future streams of benefits (not necessarily in cash but could be in kind). Mayor Ganeshalingam was the chief custodian of UNP finances as well as Premadasa’s private wealth, and of course he was said to have relied on 5 Lingams for function’s of the state.

          KASmaalam may want to act as one powerful Lingam taking care of Sajith’s personal finances as well as the treasury.
          He must go for it.

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        Just because it is called Kesekwatte you should not jump in to conclusions you idiot Kalaveddah. And there goes your dreams of eating tons and tons of Etikesel.

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          JBX Devatha

          What was the conclusion may one ask?

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      Helass

      “Jayawewa………!”

      Jayawewa !!!!!!!!!!!

      Why?????????????

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        veddass,

        Don’t you like it?

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      Hela,
      I am not sure to whom you say Jayawewa. Definitely it cannot be for the common citizens of SL. No matter who comes, Gota or Sajith, it is only Jayawewa for those two families and their associates. Major portion of the blame for this should go to RW. and his haughty, know it all attitude. He had many chances to take this country to right direction. Even though no point of talking about the missed opportunities of the past, it is worth to recollect a few. Had Ven. Sobhitha’s idea of putting forward Karu as the common candidate materialized in 2015, we wouldn’t have this lunatic situation in our country. Not only the chaos, but we became a joke in the eyes of the international community. Nincompoops like Wimal W. can say who cares about international community. But we know the reality. We lost heavily. After appointing shallow minded MY3, he treated him as a “gode bayiya” and it made him to do crazy things. Now he is in a complete lunatic condition. He only wants to get at RW, doesn’t think of the country at all. Among majority of the imbecile politicians, RW is clever and smart. We have very few of that caliber like AKD and Patali Champika, . He didn’t use it for the betterment of the country, and it is unpardonable. In that sense he is worse than MR. MR or none of his family are not clever or moral people. From the beginning they are just crafty, unscrupulous liars. One cannot expect high morals from them. But RW was christened as Mr. Clean. I blame RW more than other leaders for the current pathetic situation of the country. Thanks to him now we have to choose between a dictator and an incompetent dreamer.

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        Gamage,

        Is RW MR Clean? You must be joking………….

        When yahapalana achcharu was created we predicted the outcome what we experience today (sadly). I don’t think RW had much of a say. It was what his handlers wanted. His use by date has passed and his handlers have to let him go (Though reluctantly because Sajith is not their preferred choice either. This is the best compromise that they can arrive at this point).

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      CT,

      Are the Govigama and Royal Mafia being sidelined?

      This is better.

      Ranil W was procrastinating for too long. He had to be pushed. He had no choice. Should have named immediately after Gota was named. Better late than never. Those who voted for Sajith’s father may still vote for Sajith, and he is still young. No need to take to Singapore for treatment frequently.

      Anyway, Ranil still wants to be leader of the party, but the people will not vote due him to be the president. Will the people vote for him to be the prime minister again?

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        Amarasiri – “Will the people vote for him to be the prime minister again.?” Ranilpaksha wants to be prime minister mainly to safeguard the Rajafuckshas’ from the electric chair!

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          Mike,

          Ranil -pakaya (speaking
          through the ass) was the biggest protector of the
          Rajafuckshas.

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      Didn’t Tamills kill his father?

      Anyway Tamills have no choice. If they don’t vote for Sajith, Gota will be the president.

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        GATAM,

        Didn’t his father help the Tamils to fight the Indians? Didn’t the LTTE return the favor by killing his father?

  • 22
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    Congratulations!!!!
    After many years we are very fortunately say we have at least young candidate for presidential election.

    We hope he will do the best for this country.
    Great news after many years.

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      He is a candidate for last century not for 21st

  • 10
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    At last some sense has prevailed before it was too late.

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      9/26/2019- the Day of birth of a new political party in Lanakwe. UNCP!!!!
      United National Community Party

      Now in Lankawe, other than one or two Tamils political parties, all are Marxism based.

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    So sad to see another Sirisena is in make. However, party decision must be respected.It is everyone’s duty to Stop another military and dictatorial era of Rajapaksas.

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    Sajith will certainly gain in rural areas but will lose ground in urban areas and will be comprehensively beaten in semi urban areas where the middle class live.

    Gota has a comprehensive blue print for the nation for the next decade and once it gets communicated he will have a home run with the youth voters.

    Let me predict, Sajith will get 40% of votes.

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      Day Dream

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      Liberal One

      His 40% can be enhanced if RW retire from politics.

      St good is contaminated?

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      Liberal One

      “Gota has a comprehensive blue print for the nation for the next decade and once it gets communicated he will have a home run with the youth voters.”

      So did Ranil/UNP in 2002, 2005 and 2015, …………..
      Gota has a comprehensive plan for owning and operating “White Van” policies, how to make millions suffer/disappear/, and to make millions during his extended teure, ………………..

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      Liberal One ,

      Your Polling seems to very o much n par with the US Embassy Polling.
      And Keselwatta Kid will be pushing to get even UNP Votes in Colombo..

      Keselwatta Kid said he is doing Sceintific Polling in response to Dr Ranil’s demand that the Kid must bring in Dr Ranil’s New Constitution as the Top Priority..-

      Wonder whether Keslwatta Kid’s Minders have done a Scientific Polling on his chances?..

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      Home run indeed, just as his brother did in 2015!

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      Liberal One – A.H. are you dreaming???

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    So one thing, at least, is known: “Happy retirement, Ranil Wickremasinghe”! Wish it had come five years earlier.
    .
    We’ve got to (if possible) get rid of all the political types, and get ourselves a real leader – who is a non-politician. That’s what Nagananda has been saying – and I’ve sent hours listening to some of his impressive array. Who will finally be chosen on Saturday, the 29th Sept?
    .
    I hope it’ll be Dr Ajith Colonnne. Why? Google – and be impressed that such people are in our midst. the decision to google or not is yours!

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      Dreams are to be enjoyed, until you wake up

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    Was not there any other well educated and party faithful person in the UNP to propose as a suitable candidate for Presidency?

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      A. Silva

      “Was not there any other well educated and party faithful person in the UNP to propose as a suitable candidate for Presidency?”

      Is there a wise suitable candidate in the entire country?

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    Congratulations!
    Mr. Sajith Premadasa is a young candidate in our political history in Sri lanka.
    He is a well educated and well read person among others politicians.

    Hope our youth will assemble together for the victory
    Hope he will make few changes in our country.
    Good Luck.

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      Why your positive and hopeful comment has received more dislikes than like is something I am pondering.

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        maybe it is because if he becomes the president,he is president for all,not only youth.

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    dear shyamon
    please accept my sincere condolences
    despite his filibustering and the blessings of goddess meenambikai ranil had to finally face the truth
    as mangala said ranilta can’t win

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    How Sajith will win election.
    This time civil society and so called national movement for intellectuals support JVP.. so, JVP will get more % of votes this time ( it is expected to do well.)
    SLFP lost its credibility; So SLPP too have lost some credibility as well : will Tamil people vote Gota.. It is not sure. so, 90% Tamils vote will go to Sajith if they vote.
    what about Muslim votes. it will be divided 40% 60%.
    what about Sinhalese votes .. it will be divided between JVP, SLPP, SLFP. UNP and other parties.
    so, what would be outcome..60% of sinhalese vote will go to Gota..
    so, out come will be very much tied. Unless MS support Sajith.

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    The UNP under Sajith will poll less than 30% of the Vote. The minorities will not vote for SP. However, RW will sure have a medium term strategy underlying this way forward. Prior to the Presidential Election, RW may step down and the UNP will lose TNA support in Parliament. That will make MR the PM.

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      Ranil may wait for the election result. If Old Brother Prince wins, he would try again National Unity Goverment with Slap Party. If Vaalaiththodam Jr lose and Ranil fails to make a new Unity government, then that would present a “Dead End” road sign to UNP. Anura would have a chance to capture some seats in the parliamentary election follows that.

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        Mally,

        You are a better Analyst than some them here.

        Anyway , what is your take on Dr Ranil himself proposing Keselwatta Kid ,after all those shit fights which ended up in Fist Fights as well as Kuru Harupa Fights at Srikotha.

        BTW I know Abraham is backing the JVP Prince .
        How about Sampathar?…
        Will the Vellala Elite put the Tick in Keselwatta Kid’s Box?….

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    @Saman. Well educated! Are sure?

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    Both main parties have an unsavoury past. Both candidates have baggage – Gota dictatorial tendency while Sajith not appealing to a certain strata for obvious reasons. Unfortunantely the cancer called the “hold by these two parties” cannot be cured easily to allow a good individual to contest. See even Sajith had trouble within the party from those interested power grabbers laying absurd conditions. What a mess we have allowed this country to become without a proper sense of real values.

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    Its happy to note that there are still people of conscience in
    the United National Party who can rise up to cronyism, deal
    making, sex abuse and selfishness of those who have fattened
    themselves on public funds.

    This is nothing less than ditta dhamma vedaneeya kamma or
    retribution taking its toll on Ranil Wickremesinghe, the man who
    claimed to know anything and every thing. When elected, his first
    job together with sucker pal Sagala, was to save the Rajapaksas.
    The cases were interfered with. He used Air Force helicopters
    over 83 times to fly to pick up Sagala Ratnayake, the bosom Minister
    from Deniyaya and take him to holiday spots.

    On the economic front he spent billions of rupees to take a large
    delegation to DAVOS. The self acclamined economic wizard and pope
    of private enterprise did sweet nothing. Even the private sector barons
    are against him.

    He made good of the Central Bank bond scandal. He left Arjuna Mahendran,
    the celebrated white collar crook, to get away from the country. to Singapore.
    He spent millions of public money to house a Media Unit at Temple Trees for
    publicity. What he does not say at meetings are included in the news releases
    put out three times a day.

    He usurped the powers of President Sirisena and behaved like the head of state.
    He favoured only a group of ministers, particularly those he liked for personal
    reasons. Other than those, the ministers who supported him were guys who
    were corrupt and have been making money. Ranil Wickremesinghe was presiding
    over a corrupt empire. He lost his image as Mr Clean. Now he has lost his stature
    and status.

    The best thing he could do is, go, in the name of God and Country, please leave
    and allow non corrupt patriotic people to run this country to bring bacnk normalcy
    and peace. Someone can only confer the title Devious Manipulator on him and
    not Deshamanya.

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    Well, he does speak well with a good accent in English…..very kind, calm, and reassuring……quite unlike Ranil who slurs over his words like a typical Colomboite…..so priveledged that they can’t even bother to speak properly. But what’s the use of his presedential candidacy (non-executive), when Ranil is to retain the executive Prime Minister spot?

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    Mr Premadasa congrats on your nomination.
    You have one chance and only one chance to pull Sri lanka out of the doldrums it is sinking into.
    This is you your last and final chance.
    You have excellent qualities to be a good leader. Your command of the English language is excellent, you are young and vibrant, you have leadership, you can interact in any society even with the high and mighty to the lowly etc.
    You need to show your strength both physically and politically to all around, friend and foe.
    We don’t need chaitiyas and temples, strikes, demonstrations, murders, corruption, and ill discipline in society. What we need is a secure life, religious harmony, peaceful coexistence, no corruption, smooth running of govt services, no interference from the outside world, no drugs, murders, robberies, etc.
    You will have to use the whip when needed and we are for it. Use it on us if we break the law, yes !!!!!
    Get rid of Ranil Wickremasinghe without further thought for the bugger is a curse a damned curse to all of society except to his pink friends. If you break the bugger the SOB will surrender for he has nothing in him other than jelly in his veins.
    We can go on but you know better than us.
    If you fail this last time then we will vote a dictator into power next even at the cost of our lives and you will be the cause of your failure and our decision.
    The country is in your hands and your hands need to be steeled.

    Good luck & God bless you and us.

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    May Allah make Sajith the next President. We Muslims will never support Gotabhaya. I hope Sajith wins. Muslims and Tamils must unite to secure his victory at any cost. Allah O Akbar

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    After 80 years of formulation, UNP has firmly descended into socialism. Don Stephen did not wanted to care the country on his endeavor to destroy the Tamils. This gave birth to SLFP.
    Ranil said he wants to follow the path of Stephen. So, he on his endeavor to protect Old Royals and helping them to create the Slap Party, he completely ignored UNP’s original policies like Capital Market Economy, Western democracies acquaintance, fair and civilized “rule of law”…….. He lambasted West, recalled the diplomats to Western countries and made new deal with China. Even after all these, he was not a socialist. But for the first time a leader who doesn’t believe in capital market has become the candidate for countries chief job.

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    Sajith is an untainted educated politician.
    He will win by a comfortable majority.
    He must discipline the monks and allow them to practice religion only as taught by the Buddha.
    He must pull the nation out of the social and economic morass and ensure the Rule of Law.
    He must prune unnecessary expenses and ensure all public servants do each day’s work properly. He is a wild life enthusiast and will ‘clean’ our sanctuaries.
    He must choose the team of ministers carefully. A PM other than Ranil is necessary.
    The executive presidency will serve him well. There is no need to abolish it.

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    CT hold a survey to check the popularity @ the beginning & update every week.

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    Have said this so many times : with the present system even Shakraya’s son Vaima wont be able to anything. This is good, as we have already seen for families like Rajapakses. Only Naganada Kodituwakku is with anew system. All other Vikalpaya groups are to continue with the same system with an Excellent, Brand New, Honest, Genuine etc etc President – who will be useless with a 225 fools.

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    Has He got his OL Results !!!!

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      KASmaalam K.A.Sumanasekera

      What has OL Results to do with presidency?
      All you have to ask him is has he won the race in competitive racism? The more regressive policies towards the minorities more chances of winning the elections.

      Wrap around in the Lion flag, unleash load of scaremongering, hire Rohan Gunaratna and Dayan, get Gota’s goons to find arms and ammunition in the North East, talk more about LTTE, get his fellow war criminals, single handed generals to scratch his back and polish his boots, …. …..

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      KASmaalam K.A.Sumanasekera

      Like your new mate Navin Nayaka Sajith too had spent some time in the UK.
      What else do you want from him?

  • 7
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    No thank you!
    Sajith and Anura have never done a day’s work. Both of them are all form, no substance. On the other hand, Gota has had a successful military career, worked and lived in a developer country, and was a very productive civil servant.
    [edited out]

  • 4
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    Now let us see what our civies are going to say about abolishion of Executive Presidency.

    Soma

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      soman

      All these years your fellow racist, warmonger, war crime denier Dayan has been supporting Sajith for the candidacy of UNP leadership, is he going to back Sajith’s candidacy for presidency?

      What sort of criteria will you be using to select a candidate, based on caste hierarchy, a gallantry crooked racist war criminal, a former terrorist, ….. ?

      Dayan the racist believes the candidate who wins the presidential elections only with Sinhala/Buddhist votes would be legitimate, whereas even if a candidate who polls majority votes cannot claim victory if he/she is supported by non Sinhala/Buddhist voters, in other words non Sinhala/Buddhist votes do not count towards the final tally in a presidential election.
      I believe you support his racist view.

      You should urge the next president and/or government to pass a Sinhala/Buddhist only election law.

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    Now we have to choose between a tyrant who killed the people because they didn’t agree with him, exposed his and his family’s dirty deals, or an obtuse person who is nostalgic about what his father did many moons ago. He has no clue that the world has developed in thousand folds and gone forward since his father’s death.
    Where is this so called THIRD FORCE?

  • 4
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    Sajith Premadasa’s appointment has given birth to an opportunity for hatching sabotages from all quarters.

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    Under the leadership hard line conservatives that UNP has lost en-block voter since last 15 years.
    While during last several years that UNP has lost mass of voters has exits from that Party.
    The UNP has been hijack by TNA, JVP, Muslim Congress and total 16 Muslim MP s in House and UP country Tamils has been become key players of politics of that UNP policy making bodies. What that UNP did on nothing . They kept on blind on key issues of country,nation and People of Republic .Most of time spent for by whole scale corruptions of looting state funds . .
    The UNP leader of Ranil Wickas was detain by overall anti-Establishment political outlets,which that I above mention .
    The such a Party of UNP has one and only option is Sajith?
    The bunch of lumpen were taken over the Party leading figures in last 24 years.
    UNP has no role to be play in of that Governance of Democracy in an Island politics..Delivered nothing at all ,but option was catastrophic!
    The Party politics of UNP that democracy has diminished into low level by political vandalism.
    In reality that politics in practical terms that governance of UNP has lost in concept of set of Mind by that differences between Democracy and Terrorism.
    Its has disappear from that book of Democracy of UNP which ROAD MAP initiated by 2015 Jan 8th US installed of that Regime Change ?

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    I have never voted any other party other than UNP. This time UNP lost my vote.
    It is a step backward and UNP from now on will be controlled by people other than genuine members of the party.

    So Rs. 2.5 million to become a Buddhist monk is becoming a reality?

    UNP made a mistake in 2015, They made a huge mistake in 2019.

    Anura is better Choice now.

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    This is the “BEST” out of the “WORST RUBBISH” in UNP. Some consolation. Ranil W is OUT. If this “RUBBISH” is elected, we will have TWO ARIYAWAS” – One the Mother and the other the Wife. Already the Wife said it and addressed herself: ” I am Ariyawa” at a reception in Nuwara Eliya.

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    If Sajith wins,within a matter of weeks MaRa will be at Temple Trees.
    If Gota wins Ranil will continue at Temple Trees until the General election
    It will be tough days ahead for Sajith if and when he wins.
    Besides his vehicle or chariot? in which he rode hitherto-HOUSING will be taken over by someone else.
    Anyway, the confrontational situation we have had since the October revolution [oct2018] will be carried over until a General election.
    What will be the growth rate ? Can Mangala fix the Economy?

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      Plato

      You sound as if Hopper Sirisena doesn’t exist and the entire SLFP has been merged with SLPP. The old SLFP operators won’t go without a fuss.
      If loyal SLFP supporters refuse to switch loyalty, Gota might be not only in trouble but
      humiliated.
      Goat is not as popular as his crook brother Mahinda nor is Kesselwatte kid as popular as his dad. Some Sinhalese are not very happy about Gota’s past. Let see.

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      Plato – If Sajith wins, within a specified period of time MaRa and GoRa will be at The Hague as long as Ranilpaksha is not appointed the prime minister of “Sorry Lanka”.

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