{"id":133535,"date":"2014-11-24T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=133535"},"modified":"2017-11-23T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T07:07:09","slug":"anti-bahu-leftist-dancing-at-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/anti-bahu-leftist-dancing-at-us-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Bahu Leftist Dancing At US Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A month after criticising Dr\u00a0Vickramabahu Karunaratne&#8217;s decision to support UNP Leader\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremasinghe&amp;x=11&amp;y=2\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or any other common candidate, branding them as supporters of\u00a0American\u00a0imperialistm and\u00a0neoliberalism, a\u00a0politbureau\u00a0member\u00a0of the Nava Samasamja Party (NSSP) was seen dancing at a US Embassy function.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The secretary of the Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU) and a politbureau\u00a0member\u00a0of the NSSP,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Dharmasiri\u00a0Lankapeli, who was also outspoken\u00a0critic of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">American<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">imperialism<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0and\u00a0neoliberalism\u00a0was seen dancing at the &#8220;Daniel Pearl World Music Days&#8221;\u00a0celebration put on by the US\u00a0<\/span>embassy<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0Colombo.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lankapeli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-133539 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lankapeli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lankapeli.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lankapeli-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lankapeli and three other politbureau members issuing a statement last month have noted that despite NSSP General Secretary Dr.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Vickramabahu+Karunaratne&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\">Vickramabahu Karunaratne<\/a><\/span>\u00a0announcing that they would critically support Ranil Wickremesinghe, no such decision has been made and that it is only his personal view. In their statement, it has also been announced that an agreement has been made with the leftist parties to field a common candidate who would represent leftist ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-fonseka-and-igp-labelled-journalists-as-traitors-four-journalists-came-to-embassy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a leaked US diplomatic cable<\/span><\/a> dated\u00a0June 5, 2009, Lankapeli\u00a0met with US embassy PAO and told\u00a0that he did not want to leave, explaining that he was one of the lone media advocates remaining in Sri Lanka and wanted to continue his efforts in the country. 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