{"id":116318,"date":"2013-12-06T00:19:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T18:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=116318"},"modified":"2013-12-11T02:31:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:01:04","slug":"elected-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/elected-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Elected Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Udaya+R.+Tennakoon&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Udaya R. Tennakoon<\/span><\/a> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96903\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Udaya-R.-Tennakoon-150x1501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96903\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96903\" alt=\"Udaya R. Tennakoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Udaya-R.-Tennakoon-150x1501.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Udaya-R.-Tennakoon-150x1501.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Udaya-R.-Tennakoon-150x1501-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Udaya R. Tennakoon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sitting on the throne<\/p>\n<p>Having the crown<\/p>\n<p>Dwindles the brain<\/p>\n<p>Having power Crane<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grave words<\/p>\n<p>Sharpen swords<\/p>\n<p>No many roads<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere Gods<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You are the man<\/p>\n<p>We people won<\/p>\n<p>Take your gun<\/p>\n<p>Fire on ! 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