{"id":84408,"date":"2013-04-28T16:26:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T10:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=84408"},"modified":"2013-05-15T18:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:04:09","slug":"hail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/hail\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Rasika Jayakody<\/a><\/span>\u00a0–<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rasika Jayakody<\/p><\/div>\n

He was never the<\/p>\n

first to shoot<\/div>\n
first to kill<\/div>\n
first to flee<\/div>\n
first to return<\/div>\n
first to con<\/div>\n
first to perform miracles<\/div>\n
first to molest democracy<\/div>\n
first to squeeze the breast<\/div>\n
of rule of law<\/div>\n
and smile innocuously.<\/div>\n
He will not be the last too.<\/div>\n
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He was always<\/div>\n
somewhere in the middle,<\/div>\n
in the middle of a shady deal<\/div>\n
called ‘Politics’,<\/div>\n
in the middle of a 21 million tombstones<\/div>\n
called ‘citizenry’,<\/div>\n
in the middle of the last breath<\/div>\n
of justice,<\/div>\n
in the middle of a forgetful history<\/div>\n
that always repeats itself<\/div>\n
as a farce.<\/div>\n
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Sri Lankan Parliamentarian, R. Duminda Silva (C) smiles as his father Premalal (L) and brother (R) looks on at his private residence in Pelawatta, suburb Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 April 2013. Member of Parliament of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance from the Colombo district, Silva is an alleged suspect in the death of former Parliamentarian and trade union stalwart Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra on 08 October 2011 during an election campaign. Silva sustained gunshot injuries in the incident.<\/div>\n
Picture by Sanka Vidanagama<\/em><\/div>\n

Sirasa News<\/p>\n