{"id":110350,"date":"2013-10-15T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=110350"},"modified":"2013-10-22T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T06:03:34","slug":"wikileaks-ranil-never-really-took-people-into-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-ranil-never-really-took-people-into-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Ranil Never Really Took People Into Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Overall, the discontent within the UNP stems from the view of many party members (and outside observers) that Wickremesinghe led the party poorly in the April election campaign.”\u00a0the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable is classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d and discuses the UNP\u2019s internal crisis after the 2005\u00a0April parliamentary election.\u00a0The cable is signed by the US Ambassador to Colombo\u00a0Jeffrey J. Lunstead<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on May 12, 2004.<\/p>\n

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The sense that Wickremesinghe was a failure has taken various forms, including many press commentary pieces in English- and Sinhala-language newspapers grumbling about his leadership style, which is commonly seen as lackluster to put it mildly. In one such article, which appeared in the English-language ISLAND on April 5, local political analyst Rohan Edirisinha said “the prime minister never really took people into confidence, whether he was dealing with the peace process or the rebels or dealing with the economy.”<\/p>\n

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