A cautionary note on the present situation re Gen Fonseka. Our task was to allow things to settle down on their own which has worked. However, recent developments led particularly by a section of the diaspora Sinhalese is a cause of concern for DefenceWire.
DefenceWire team's stance up to now has been to avoid commenting on this dispute knowing fully well the capacity of both the present government and SF to come to a compromise on:
1. The direction the Sri Lankan Military will take
2. The direction General Fonseka would have to go
These may not be the most ideal directions for either, yet they are ones that are at best described as realistic and unavoidable.
There are many moves by politically motivated Sri Lankans, including Sinhala groups and also non Sinhala Sri Lankan groups to exploit a disagreement that has unnecessarily spilled over into the public's eye due to politics in the military and a very small section of the military in politics.
These groups, particularly those civilians involved who are not insiders or have little inside information can or will not understand the discipline of a professional soldier to take what he wants and to relinquish duty when required sans insubordination.
A professional soldier is not Dutugemunu. The Sri Lanka Army/Military is a modern Army/Military positioned within a democratic society. The professional soldiers serving in it will know when to let go. By asking them to perform a larger role based solely on selfish motives of individuals in the periphery, they may destroy that soldier and even themselves and their reputation.
The Sri Lankan Military and its leaders are now hailed the world over for their victorious feat. Their role in bringing peace to the country through military means will be remembered for decades to come as the ultimate example of a trained military executing its sacred task flawlessly from start to finish. But remember this, dear readers, military action is a means of achieving the end and the end is always political.
DefenceWire, as an impartial site whose work you have witnessed for over 3 years now wish to appeal to our readers to refrain from joining or supporting either 'camps' and to allow the professional soldier and professional politicians to resolve potentially resolvable issues mentioned above.
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And why i trust MR over SF,
MR have once fooled all those anti-war factors
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problem is you can fool people only some of the time. everyone know his game now. in future he will not be believed by slankan let alone international actors. he has beomce a liability.
Ananda
[I am extremely sad to see my great warrior hero Gen. Sarath Fonseka committing suicide in this way.]
I was, but then I got over it when I thought what is NON NEGOTIABLE is Motherlanka's sovereignty, territorial integrity AND the UNITARY character of the nation.
Everything else to me does not matter as those are the the paramount, driving forces.
As the Peter Drucker's Peter Principles say, some do rise up to the limit of their capability and if you give them a greater challenge, then they will begin to crumble most likely.
In my view, this is exactly what happened with the Un-General.
He was a good TACTICIAN, but was totally lost in the world of CDS, where no he had to perform as the key STRATEGIAST.
Seeing what a dismal performance he had since he was the CDS, I am seriously inclined to think he likely does not know the meaning of STRATEGIST, especially the role of a STRATEGIST in the post-war SL where one had to go for puts-and-takes and do things in the international arena (i.e. yes, no longer in the scorched, battlefield!)
So, in my view, this is a classic case of proven Peter Principle!!!
OaO Asithri
Jaathiye maha vihilukaaraya: Ranil cartoon
Pan-hukka
Ado RW paraya, ganin magey kehelgediya katata...habai, bonna epa ok?
ha ha ha...no better greeting I can think of, for an RW supporting, hypocritical, whore-dog aka used-tampon!
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
Height of Hypocrisy!
It was only yesterday that Mano Ganeshan pounded a podium in the Wanni (captured on U-tube Video .. see SriLankaPatriots.blogspot.com )at an LTTE meeting with VP on the same platform, demanding a "Separate Eelam State" for Tamils!
Now he is complimenting the President for "eliminating terrorism"! Patriots, When separatists come bearing gifts, cut their heads off!
I would say that the job of eradicating terrorists in Lanka is incomplete as long as this man is not serving a life sentence for TREASON!
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Sri Lankan parliamentarian Mano Ganesan to support President
Wed, Nov 25, 2009, 08:07 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Nov 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka parliamentarian Mano Ganesan, the leader of the Western People's Front said that he is willing to support the President in the presidential election if the President takes appropriate measures to resolve the problems of the Tamils in the country.
Mr. Ganesan further explained that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, under his leadership eliminated the terrorism and brought peace to the country. The Tamils are also enjoying the freedom together with other races.
He made these comments addressing the provincial Tamil literary festival at the Elphinstone Hall, Maradana Tuesday evening.
Mr. Ganesan appreciated the programs being implemented by the President for the betterment of all ethnic groups and he added that he is satisfied with them.
Addressing the event Minister of Cultural Affairs of the Western Provincial Council Upali Kodikara said "all have embarked upon an era of nation building and the cooperation of the Tamil community is essential in this regard." He invited Mr. Ganesan to extend his support for the programs.
It was a joke SF carrying a platter of flowers and worshiping Kelani Vihara. One can tell from his body language that his mind was not at what he was supposed to be doing. It was just a show.
Same with other SL politicians. Some of them set up plan to bump someone who does not agree with them, and at the exact time offering flowers at a big temple. Just because there are little Buddha replicas in every nook and corner of SL, that does not mean that SL society good Buddhists. Corruption, killing, cut-throat galore. There was a song by Freddie Silva to describe all this.
hang on a minute. mano ganeshon para deshadrhia now supporting the prez?
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Sri Lankan parliamentarian Mano Ganesan to support President
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PanHingana aka Pundey
Worth Repeating
[they (RW-UNP) stood by their conviction war is not the solution]
Wow!
Sorry, we did not know that!
LMSSAO!!!
Yes, I did not know that as much as I did not know that your para-wesa amma, an unpatriotic whorebitch, gave birth to you phlegm-dog in a mudukkuwa!
[thats fine now redundant]
Really? So very easily dismissed what RW Ponna-bitch did, so very conveniently forgotten?
ha ha ha…
[ what matters now who is better for the next phase]
"Better for the next phase" so we want to elect:
1) the RW cocksukcer who let in 19 shiploads of weapons for the LTTE by asking SLN to “back off” and thereby directly was responsible for at least 10,000 lives of our brave Ranavirus?
2) the RW cocksucker who allowed LTTE to roam all over the Island and bump-off all LTTE opponents, including SLA MI officers, some who were shot right in front of their children?
3) the RW cocksucker who gave legitimacy to LTTE whereby they were like ambassadors of the country “thamileelam” and traveling all over the world, all expenses paid by GOSL, preaching their vile separatist-racist doctrine to world over?
Yeah, so I guess we are confused who is better for the “next phase” uh?
Para RW-wesa-balla pakaya, kiyapan umbey wesa-ammata mama enawa kiyala…ekikgey huttha iranna langadima.
LMSSAO!! ! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
p.s. Sam, I think it is time to post once again the charge-sheet that people of SL have against RW ponna-huttha. Yes, keep it handy and post it at every other day to get the message out. Thanks mate.
buddy astry,
i think its working.
clap! clap!
:)
Dear Panhidha:
I did not /do not necessarily support "white Van" culture. I do not know for what extent it was true. Since the Opposition acted on such a discredited way I could not believe them. This is one of the most heinous crimes they committed; they lost their credibility.
They threw all sort of accusations. Among those false accusations the true crimes might have gone invisible due to low contrast it created. This loss of credibility was a crime against the Nation not an attack against MR. MR said "I will not stop the war until LTTE is finished" Did not he withhold all pressure while Ranil was putting pressure from the side of LTTE?
Ranil said in many occasions there were deals to stop the war between LTTE and the Government. They said LTTE was retreating according to an agreement with the government. The LTTE was allowed to go without loosing its capabilities. It seems strange that the UNP can think this is another world and another life. No, we remember all. Who has more credibility? Consider the examples above.
Even in a war I believe that individual rights must be respected to the maximum possible. This does not mean that keeping IDP's in camps is some thing I do not agree with. I think it is necessary to do so to safeguard national security. The LTTE sleepers needed to be identified.
I always wanted to see the process to be expedited and gentle and respectful treatment of IDPs. Mistakes could have happened but they were not intentional or organised. It was not the Government policy. If such things happened they were individual failures. (UNP Could have helped here but they were fishing in trouble water. We were watching.)
MR still did not have time after the war. Still he is under the constitution that gives bargain power to so called minority leaders. Remember equal rights to all people regardless and divisions but not bargain powers for a selected few.
I will consider UNP for new Government over MR if they confess all the crimes they committed against the Nation.
They all are political and otherwise criminals.
MR is the criminal (if he was ever one) who put the lamb of his political life in front of the wolves of UNP, LTTE, Foreign powers.
I do not see any point of debating this. Maybe I am such blind I see the political saint hood of LTTE, UNP as treachery. Please do not use your time on such a blind person.
Thanks !
Swarnjith Udana
One side is no better than the other.
I agree.
Then I do not.
At least because of MR LTTE is no more(militarily).
If the other No-better-thatn-the- other-side (UNP) were in power Sri Lanka would have been no more.
Therefore this No-better-than-the -other-side (MR) is better than the-other- -no-better-than-the-other-side (UNP).
Worth Repeating the Repeat
PanHingana aka Pundey said:
[they (RW-UNP) stood by their conviction war is not the solution]
Wow!
Sorry, we did not know that!
LMSSAO!!!
Yes, I did not know that as much as I did not know that your para-wesa amma, an unpatriotic whorebitch, gave birth to you phlegm-dog in a mudukkuwa!
[thats fine now redundant]
Really? So very easily dismissed what RW Ponna-bitch did, so very conveniently forgotten?
ha ha ha…
[ what matters now who is better for the next phase]
"Better for the next phase" so we want to elect:
1) the RW cocksukcer who let in 19 shiploads of weapons for the LTTE by asking SLN to “back off” and thereby directly was responsible for at least 10,000 lives of our brave Ranavirus?
2) the RW cocksucker who allowed LTTE to roam all over the Island and bump-off all LTTE opponents, including SLA MI officers, some who were shot right in front of their children?
3) the RW cocksucker who gave legitimacy to LTTE whereby they were like ambassadors of the country “thamileelam” and traveling all over the world, all expenses paid by GOSL, preaching their vile separatist-racist doctrine to world over?
Yeah, so I guess we are confused who is better for the “next phase” uh?
Para RW-wesa-balla, kiyapan umbey wesa-ammata mama enawa kiyala…ekigey huttha iranna langadima.
LMSSAO!! ! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
p.s. Sam, I think it is time to post once again the charge-sheet that people of SL have against RW ponna-huttha. Yes, keep it handy and post it at every other day to get the message out. Thanks mate.
dear s. udana,
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I did not /do not necessarily support "white Van" culture. I do not know for what extent it was true. Since the Opposition acted on such a discredited way I could not believe them. This is one of the most heinous crimes they committed; they lost their credibility.
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having an opposition that did all that helped in so much so internationally it eased pressure on R2P. if there was no oppostion that kept its mouth shut, the case for R2P and intervention via economic embargo etc would have been much stronger. the IC would have seen the country having a minority without any protection what so ever.
this is not different to mahinda taking HR violations to Geneva for example during height of JVP/LTTE terror and green tigers.
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This loss of credibility was a crime against the Nation not an attack against MR. MR said "I will not stop the war until LTTE is finished" Did not he withhold all pressure while Ranil was putting pressure from the side of LTTE?
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again discrediting the govt in power is role of the opposition. SLFP did that when UNP was terrorising the country.
MR did say he will not stop until LTTE is finished but no one asked him to stop the war either. everyone as long as i know complained about following a parralell policial processm, try to protect HR etc. normal stuff you get with any insurgency.
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Even in a war I believe that individual rights must be respected to the maximum possible. This does not mean that keeping IDP's in camps is some thing I do not agree with. I think it is necessary to do so to safeguard national security.
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this is where the international pressure was on. quite rightly i beleive.
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I will consider UNP for new Government over MR if they confess all the crimes they committed against the Nation.
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perceptions and reality are two different things. be careful what you may consider UNP 'crimes'. remmeber there are tamils who made the same mistake and launched a war on SL when it was mostly a bunch of misunderstandings and admistrative blunders.
Swarnjith Udana
Mother of all treacherousness ==steadfastly, persistently and consistently acting on the principle to finish LTTE is a crime ==trying to destroy (during the war time itself) the only government that sincerely putting a herculean effort to finish LTTE
Choice is clear.
Dear Moshe,
I am a reader of this blog for last two years ....
I believe i have read Your comments(morethan 95%) for last two years Since still we (me and my closed friends) not yet decided our vote for PE .....
we are reading your comments with due respect to you ... hope your comments are (and will be ) unbiased as they are subjected to our discussions ...
ha ha ha…
Sam, I recall yesterday there was a RW=TNA=LTTE whorebitch here who was trying to say that MR was going to merge N & E and we castrated the bitch with glee.
Here’s today’s news:
Rajapaksa rules out north-east re-merger
P K Balachandran
First Published : 25 Nov 2009 03:18:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 25 Nov 2009 07:45:52 AM IST
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday ruled out the re-merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces to form a single Tamil-speaking province.
Explaining this to editors N Vithiyatharan of Sudar Oli and Devaraj of Virakesari at a breakfast meeting with the heads of media institutions here, Rajapaksa said the merger of the two provinces had been a demand of the LTTE and there was no question of entertaining it now.
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Rajapaksa+rules+out+north-east+re-merger&artid=o6oPrRuwy0Q=&SectionID=oHSKVfNWYm0=&MainSectionID=oHSKVfNWYm0=&SEO=Sri+Lankan+President+Mahinda+Rajapaksa&SectionName=VfE7I/Vl8os=
Yes, we can expect many more RW=TNA=LTTE areseholes to come here and spew forth that type of false propaganda...we just have to be careful.
OaO Asithri
Panhindha:
Facts speak otherwise.
If we hear two different songs, at least one of us is deaf and has severely distorted hearing
Or
at least one of us trying to falsify and distort the real song for
vested interests.
Let me figure out who that is.
Have a good life
Swarnjith Udana
oi asty,
mr also said he will abolish exec prez before election which he soon forgot.
dont humiliate yourself like this please!
dear s.udana
i hear you buddy. wish you the same.
gayantha,
thanks mate.
time to time i too write BS. it is upto you to seperate fact from BS. this is a VITAL ability for all SLs as the moral foundation of this country has gone to CARNIS DOMESTICAS.
my alligiance is to SL and SL only - the little country with a fantatsic civilisation. the country with a great history and a greater future that gives me an adrenalin rush every time i see SL succeeding.
Ananda,
IF mano gona-son supports MR, and if MR accepts it without verifying whether mano gona has given up racism, racist seperatism and racist homelands, that is the end of MR's patriotism.
hope sanity will prevail.
he should not make his party the political rubbish bin.
testing
TN tries to show the election is a mini contest between US and india.
it raises a few Q.s
1. why TN is NOW trying to discount china???
2. why TN NOW tries to show a strategic power struggle between US and india???
3. is china silent on the SL PE???
TN has found that it can manipulate the US and india towards SL to some extent. but china - NO WAY.
TN tells india - US and china are together trying to get hold of SL. it is disadvantageous to india. stop it.
so this is rather an appeal to india to intervene and give tamil elam bcos US and china are against it.
in doing so TN wants india to bypass majority decision making in SL that does not favour division.
all this havoc after president declared no re-merger of north east.
Kshara,
Good posts with some good points. Keep it up.
I would be happy at least if we can eliminate Mervin from the politics. :p
I doubt what MR going to do with this TNA MPs to satisfy India.
Don't forget Mano is a Traitor but TNA MPs are Terrorist.
Today:
I give cake, you give vote.
Tomorrow :
We give vote, you give piece.
?????????
B#1,
Mano is also a terrorist. Anybody who aligned with LTTE, support LTTE, speak on behalf of LTTE is a terrorist. RW is also a terrorist in a way because he let them import duty free communication and other supporting equipment during his time. He also with Mangala traitor tried their best to bring down SLG during the war. It is a criminal act and supporting terrorism.
These bastards have ridiculed SLA during the war. Please do not forget that, bro.
These traitors have no place in Sri Lankan politics. That is why I said in a previous post; people of Sri Lanka should be very generous at the next election. Generous means serve the patriots fully as well as traitors to the hilt.
Kshara, Very well said. :p
What is the ultimate punishment we can give these bastards?
SU,
Hi Keshara: Long time No see.
Ananda USA:
As you say, whatever SF' intentions are he is undermining the interests of the Nation at a extremely crucial time. LTTE is militarily finished but LTTE or LTTE interests are not. Life does not………
Swarnajith bro, I am really sorry because I didn’t read your above post completely because of an urgent business meeting.
Now only I managed to reread and absorbed the content with its entirety. Incredible brother; It is like a hard jab to my jaw for what I argued today with Ananada, Moshe and Sam.
You have proved that I am wrong by many miles on trusting the general for what he was and hoping he is going to be OK at the end.
Thanks for that mate. It is really because of MR’s sheer stupidity of acting like an idiot to side line SF and that former UN ambassador; I was forced to look for alternatives where there is nothing. So I tried to clutch a straw to please myself.
Yes, Ananda, Moshe, Sam and now you cannot be that wrong. Well it may be my stupidity or wild imagination for the best of our motherland.
Proven wrong is not bad if the outcome is good but in this case I will be forced accept MR again as the only alternative with all of his short comings.
What to do!
As all of us agree; The mother land and the nation are paramount and come before any individual no matter how good he/she is!
b#1,
mano gona is a bigger terrorist than some TNA.
emergency extention.
"The motion to extend passed with a 105 majority, with 123 MPs voting for, and 18 MPs voting against.
Mano Ganesan, Western Province Peoples Front (WPPF) parliamentarian joined the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MPs in voting against the extension."
18 = 17 TNA + mano gona
but TNA has 22.
the other 5 TNA did vote against.
that makes this 5 buggers better than mano gona who is an open terrorist.
e.g. LTTE pongu tamil
not all TNA crappies did this.
MD,
Mate, as always, you are the beacon here.
B#1,
In the next PE if RW get less than 10,000 votes, that is better than any other punishment, bro.
Panhinda;
I replied you few days ago, and you seem to have miss it. Here it is
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Panhinda;
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1. Do you think that SF will do these?
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yes]]
I leave it for the sake of the arguments. However, SF shows all the signs of a power hungry dictator. Especially with constitution blocking this, he can make use of that very fact.
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2. even if he wills, then how can he do that. It is against constitution. where is teh 2/3? Where is teh referendum?
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it will obviously need to be a 2 step process. first they will need to reform propotional electorial system get a mandate then abolish exec prez. this will be a 12 or more year process. if this does not start now, we will have to suffer abuse of power and corruption for 50 or more years]]
Mate, if SF consumes exe powers for 12yrs, that contradicts your previous claim that he'd change exe prez in a short period like six months. Did you really miss the constitutional hurdle when you first entered this debate? If SF uses full 12 years of term, what is teh diff between him and MR in terms of exe powers, come on...
To change proportional electorate system alone you need all party consent. Secondly, in any other reasonable voting system SF will not get a overwhelming majority for required 2/3. So it finally falls into the place that all parties need to agree on this.
If all parties agree on this, obviously you don't need SF for the matter. Parliament [w/o exe president at all] can do the required change.
Also this entire process will take lot longer than UNP is suggesting. It will create a power crisis between SF and RW too.
You said 12 years for it. Come on this change will be fielded by MR in six more years if he wins this time. MR is planning to change constitution after he finishes his two terms. Like your plan for SF, he will also take all the advantage over two terms and then try to change it.
So w/o wasting effort and risking nation with anarchy and dictatorship, why don't you support MR in six years. Your plan is such a long way than that with too many uncertainties.
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3. What is your contingency plan for SF not doing this either deliberately or for constitutional reasons?
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impeachment.]]
Again needing 2/3 but agree that you have higher chance as SF has no base party. But did you consider the possibility of buying off MPs, with state money. Did you consider the possibility of abolishing parliament and dictatorship.
You do all these still to go thru 2/3 for the constitutional change. And you take 12 yrs. MR will do this in six years.
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4. Exe prez is essential as long as there is pref votes. What is your take on this?
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reform of PE system is a pre-requistite.]]
Indeed. Not only that; establishment of anti-separatism laws, finalizing whatever the solution for power distribution in SL [devolution/convolution or evolution], and setting up of a functional national security council, which has enough powers to safe guard SL over political bullshit.
You know what, after exe powers are granted for Premier, once ienn every five years mother lanka will be kept on the chopping board to gain parliamentary majority. Minority racists will have a jolly good time.
I am not opposing exe president until somebody brings a better solution. Mere exe premier is not one for me. It is a grave risk for our motherland.
Why dont we rename the blog "Anti-Fonseka blog'?
I agree with keshara in most points. Nobody knows much about Fonseka yet. He is not an idiot and he is more patriotic than anybody else in sri lanka.
He has a long term vision. He was working on it when Mahinda was scratching his balls in Hambantota after polishing a bottle of old arrack with his friends. [all are in good positions now by the way] . He stood for sri lanka with his career at risk. He opposed then prime minister [RW] as a junior Major General. Do you think he would listen to RW and take decision detrimental to sri lanka as an executive president?
Mottapala;
[[Do you think he would listen to RW and take decision detrimental to sri lanka as an executive president?]]
Yes.
The reason is because the dynamics of politics are different to military.
As the military leader [then Jaffna commander] when he decides to keep HSZs, nobody under him would question. It is a matter of either the politicians giving up ebattling him, or him being fired. As Exe president, it is an essence to keep a parliamentary majority support [at minimum 1/3+ support].
So this is ONE reason why mahinda is compelled to do so many bad things that we complain against.
But corruption is a minor matter [in my view] to national security. And UNP is not void of corruption. Under SF, the crroks like Ravi K, etc eill run a free corruption run while traitors like Gonason will legalize the so called eelam project. All the while malignant political elements like RW/Mongala will keep on implementing plans of the other countries, hence destroying SL.
SF is still my hero. But SF in his best capacity is unable to do a good service with crooks and traitors.
I still endorse if SF comes in his own party with its unique agenda and compete GE to start with. He should first get our approval for his policies and start from small place. Who knows if he can prove his worth as a leader of nation [not army] we can always make him teh president. Public consent cannot be given for "if"s. We need him to start from scratch and first show his worth.
Dear Panhindha:
Thank you vry much for you expression of regret for your statement on whether I like change or not.
It convinces me of your decency.
Thanks!
Swarnajith Udana
Pala,
[Why dont we rename the blog "Anti-Fonseka blog'?]
No.
Only two or three bloggers are trying to convince readers to take MRs side. But most of the other bloggers are silent here including Admin DefenceWire. From the beginning DW was against the politicians and he blamed them who were trying to put the deadlines.
Let the SF to open his mouth ..
kokawala,
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However, SF shows all the signs of a power hungry dictator. Especially with constitution blocking this, he can make use of that very fact.
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I suspect the dictatorial trait comes with the position. After all, the military is not a democracy. Gen. SF has been in the military for 40 odd years. To my knowledge he has always left his position when the time came. There have been others such as Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres et al have left the miltary and have become successful presidents who valued democratic principles.
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If SF uses full 12 years of term, what is teh diff between him and MR in terms of exe powers, come on...
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The difference is that he will be the first candidate after 77 who is asking for a mandate to abolish the executive presidency. His primary objective would be that. If he fails in this he would have lost all credibility. I dont think he can afford for that to happen.
This is important for people of SL too. If Gen SF does not get a mandate no one will for few more decades. I dont have to examplain the problem with exec presidency. When JRJ created the position he probably imagined people of at least some integrity and honor would be elected. After all with great power comes great responsibility. Unfortunately the benevolent dictator never materialsed. Although we all had great hopes with the incumbent. Its in everyone's including our neighbor nation's interest that the country returns to parliamentary democracy for a stable political environment. Gen SF is the conduit, no one should get attached to personality issues but think long term.
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You know what, after exe powers are granted for Premier, once ienn every five years mother lanka will be kept on the chopping board to gain parliamentary majority. Minority racists will have a jolly good time.
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FYI, the most successful parliamentary system ever was the Soulbury that lasted from independence to 1972. The architects were DS and founding greats of the nation. All problems ie corruption and terrorism came afterward with unnecessary meddling by socialist morons and SLFP. What UNP is suggesting is reverting to a system that was architected by the likes of D.S. Senanayake obviously with changes to suit present circumstances.
Also I don't know if you know this but TNA/TULF prefer exec presidency to parliamentary democracy.
UNP has declared that SF is their PE candidate.
but don't jump to conclusions.
they can change their minds again b4 the nominations day!!
Panhinda;
Re: SF the Dictator
It is coming from his personality, not because he's a military leader. But I said that "Especially with constitution blocking this, he can make use of that very fact".
The 2/3 for change will never happen. If it does, then you don't want SF. SF will remain for his elected term[s]. And it will create a crisis between his supportive parties and him, either ending in anarchy or dictatorship. This is where dictatorship comes to scene.
Re: If SF takes 12 years [as you said] to abolish exe prez, MR will do it in 6 years.
You dropped my main argument. MR is the only man who has to have a genuine interest in ending exe presidency. Because it will be his last term. In six years MR will eb expecting this much needed change himself.
It is always likey that he will do it than SF.
Almost every president has promised abolishment of exe presidency. And none of them did it. I cannot agree that SF is unique in that regard. Alas, SF has NOT yet agreed to abolish it. It is the wishful thinking or RW/Mangy/JVP supporters.
Re: benevolent dictator and people of at least some integrity and honor
Sorry you fail me on this. Was JRJ an honorable man? Was Preamdasa? Was Chandrika? In my view, [with exception to Wijethunga] MR has been more benevolent, honorable and did better service to nationn than all other presidents.
There is corruption, so was there during previous regimes. You blame him for bringing more Rajapakses. But what did JRJ and RP do? They did not bring relatives but THEIR FRIENDS. It was the same system of corrupted lots. And during JRJ, although he is said not have taken money, his goons did. Gamini Dissanayake has the biggest allegation for corruption.
RP brought keselwatte ppl to higher ranks. CBK did something similar.
I find that MR's appointments were lot better compared to them. Yet I agree MR's appointments are also biased.
Some of your claims suggest that MR is not aristocratically high enough to rule SL [ppl of some honor and integrity, Kurakkan man etc]. If this is what you mean I strongly oppose it. SL's BIG families are teh ones who licked Sudda boot few centuries back. Their bank acounts are filled with agony of nation. They are the crooks who flock around to EAT out SL.
So studying in a BIG school, and a foreign university, belonging to a Walawu family, speaking good english etc are NOT qualifications sadly.
Re: Exe premier will cause nation to be put on bargain every five years.
What happened before 1972 is unrealistic now.Right now there are moinority Shylocks who'd ask for their pound no matter what. And exe peesident is eth one who saved SL so far from this agony.
W/o a full suggestion for parliement+President, I am not blindly opposing exe president alone. Those who want this chnaged, better come up with the complete plan.
And in fact that is what i expect from MR this tie. If he wins, in next 6 years he will gradually change the system to a stable parliamentary democracy. I do not think anyone else will do it, nor will they get a chance wrt constitution to do so.
If you're genuine with your claims, you've gotta be supporting none other than MR himself.
MOSHE PLEASE CHECK YOUR MAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kokawala,
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The 2/3 for change will never happen. If it does, then you don't want SF. SF will remain for his elected term[s]. And it will create a crisis between his supportive parties and him, either ending in anarchy or dictatorship. This is where dictatorship comes to scene.
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Dont know if you are aware but UNP has offered 2/3 in parliment if President wishes. The ball is reall in his court now.
Whether there will be 'anarchy' we will have to see what agreements have been reached by the Gen and others.
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You dropped my main argument. MR is the only man who has to have a genuine interest in ending exe presidency. Because it will be his last term.
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Not if he has plans for a brother to take over after him. Calculate 12 * Rajapaske bros and you will know how long.
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MR has been more benevolent, honorable and did better service to nationn than all other presidents.
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Obviosly the best is not good enough, hence the impasse.
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Some of your claims suggest that MR is not aristocratically high enough to rule SL
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I don't think Gen. SF is 'aristocratically high' either. My only concern is discipline.
Patriots,
Any idea why well known terrorist stooges are silent these days?
Sam;
[[Any idea why well known terrorist stooges are silent these days?]]
Some non-eelamoids are batting for them either intentionally or otherwise. It is best if they stay out of it and silently support those parties who have lost their senses.
It is the same reason why RW/Mangy won't contest election.
SamP,
[Any idea why well known terrorist stooges are silent these days?].
They all going to vote for MR.
Panhinda;
[[Dont know if you are aware but UNP has offered 2/3 in parliment if President wishes. The ball is reall in his court now]]
This will be fantastic. But as I said it is a gradual process. First need is to revise parliamentary system, and have a better method for electing them. It is likely to come into discussion in coming term.
[[Whether there will be 'anarchy' we will have to see what agreements have been reached by the Gen and others.]]
Not just agreements, we need to see its feasibility subjected to reality and constitution. Also we need to see the kinda contingency plans for failures. I see none yet.
[[Not if he has plans for a brother to take over after him. Calculate 12 * Rajapaske bros and you will know how long]]
You missed next generation of ons, Nephews, grandchildren etc :)
Well, I'm sure MR will think of this option, but I do not think any of these ppl will have a chance of getting elected. MR should be a fool to miss such a thing.
It is likely that MR will opt to hold it for more time for his Son to take over in selfish worst prediction. For that he needs to abolish the exe prez.
BTW, the abolishing of exe prez came "suddenly". Had there been this discussion from the day 1 of last term, by now this would have realistic chances. But in my view JVP raised it when they fell apart [with Wimal/MR] and UNP joined as they found no other way to gain power and destroy MR.
Currently "abolishment of exe prez" is a joke than a real plan. Quite simply constitution does not allow it.
[[Obviosly the best is not good enough, hence the impasse]]
We cannot give consent on "if" or assumptions. SF has to probve his worth. I still like to see him contesting GE and enter parliament, and stand for his claims, prove himself. If he can do so, having little choice with others, ppl will opt to give him more power.
Right now SF is contesting as he is a celebrity. And public are told to "believe" in what he'd do. Not anything he has done for us to decide his path. On top of that he's teamed up with teh top scums of teh nation.
It is a clear rejectioon for these reason.
Alas, we have the best leader we had so far. So we don't loose much even if SF could indeed be a great leader.
Again I fail to see Sf doing any good with his clan, even if he's the perfect man.
[[I don't think Gen. SF is 'aristocratically high' either. My only concern is discipline.]]
What makes you think that he has it?
what makes you think his clan has it?
To me, SF as a politician is NEVER defined yet. It will need a good 5-6 years to decide about him.
Best example is Arjuna Ranathunga. He's the best Cricket captain we had. I love the way he lead our team to ultimatum. But he simply proved hat not only for politics, but also for Cricket Administration he's not a fit at all.
I suspect SF will be another Arjuna.
News Flash!
D.S. Senanayake Cries in His Grave After Seeing the Sad State of the Party he Founded.
For the first time ever in the history, UNP is fielding a third party candidate for the leadership of the country. This is what Ranil Wickramasinghe achieved after many years of moral bankruptcy. Knowing that he stands no chance in the hell against the incumbent due to his pro terrorist and anti-SL stance, he tries to come to power through a back door. It is the time for patriotic Sri Lanakns to send this monkey to the oblivion. I hope that SF will directly or indirectly help the sucm Ranil Wickramasinghe to come to power.
patriots,
terrorists plan violence tomorrow.
"Akuressa police further claimed that they recovered two hand grenades, a shot gun, several rounds of T-56 ammunition and a T-56 magazine, concealed in the ceiling of a house in Maliduwa in Matara district following the interrogation of the suspect."
patriots,
terrorists plan violence tomorrow.
"Akuressa police further claimed that they recovered two hand grenades, a shot gun, several rounds of T-56 ammunition and a T-56 magazine, concealed in the ceiling of a house in Maliduwa in Matara district following the interrogation of the suspect."
patriots,
terrorists plan violence tomorrow.
"Akuressa police further claimed that they recovered two hand grenades, a shot gun, several rounds of T-56 ammunition and a T-56 magazine, concealed in the ceiling of a house in Maliduwa in Matara district following the interrogation of the suspect."
patriots,
terrorists plan violence tomorrow.
"Akuressa police further claimed that they recovered two hand grenades, a shot gun, several rounds of T-56 ammunition and a T-56 magazine, concealed in the ceiling of a house in Maliduwa in Matara district following the interrogation of the suspect."
People of Sri Lanka
Plaintiff,
vs.
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Defendant.
COMPLAINT
1. Conspiracy by collaborating with white masters to overturn the democratically elected government of Sri Lanka
2. Conspiracy by collaborating with white masters to bring bogus war crime charges against the armed forces of Sri Lanka
3. Espionage by giving national security information to white masters.
4. Treason by trying to give a 1/3rd of land mass of Sri Lanka to terrorist
5. Treason by collaborating with terrorists.
6. Treason by handing over SLA LRRP and MI operatives to LTTE
7. Crimes by attempting to stall economy by choking foreign investments.
8. Crimes by threaning foreign banks to reneg from any financial agreements made by the government if he ever comes to power.
9. Conspiracy by helping white masters in their attempsts to break the backbone of the patriotic core of sri Lanka.
JURY DEMAND
1. Administration of traditional traitor’s punishment at a public square.
2. Life sentence with no parole.
3. Expulsion from Parliament and revocation of civil rights (a trick from the bastard JR Jayawardena)
Moshe,
I have the very same suspicion that the terrorists will do something really bad tomorrow. One reason for the silence of terrorists could be that.
i would be careful if the current LTTE leadership releases a statement denying it. true or false it could badly backfire to the govt. if it accidentally hurt someone things can get really ugly.
Panhinda,
i would be careful if the current LTTE leadership releases a statement denying it. true or false it could badly backfire to the govt. if it accidentally hurt someone things can get really ugly.
Accidentally? Are you still smoking heroine? Otherwise, please stop jokes, we are in no mood for this kind of jokes when it come to terrorism. Who is the current leadership of LTTE, BTW? We have not forgotten your LTTE's ability to create havoc in Sri Lanka. We will never rest until all the terrorists and Eelamoids are gone.
sam perea,
please make sure nothing happens. if not people might think without Gen SF govt will lose another fight with LTTE.
to tell you the truth they will lose if LTTE come back and Gen SF not there.
Panhinda,
I am not talking about anything happening to General Fonseka. I am talking about LTTE engaging in an attack elsewhere to celebrate the Mahabooru day.
News Flash!
D.S. Senanayake Cries in His Grave After Seeing the Sad State of the Party he Founded.
For the first time ever in the history, UNP is fielding a third party candidate for the leadership of the country. This is what Ranil Wickramasinghe achieved after many years of moral bankruptcy. Knowing that he stands no chance in the hell against the incumbent due to his pro terrorist and anti-SL stance, he tries to come to power through a back door. It is the time for patriotic Sri Lanakns to send this monkey to the oblivion. I hope that SF will directly or indirectly help the sucm Ranil Wickramasinghe to come to power.
sam perea,
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I am talking about LTTE engaging in an attack elsewhere to celebrate the Mahabooru day.
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im too buddy. if LTTE attack anywhere tommorrow, people will want someone like Gen SF to take control because he was incharge of the army when we beat LTTE.
just make sure it does not happen. if not the current amry and govt will lose credibility in the eyes of the people.
you dont want that in the eve of an election do you?
Panhinda,
Thanks to LTTE, we have a truly battle hardened military. Virtually every soldier grew and lived the battle. I have my full confidence in all of them, not just one of them, that they will do the finest for the nation.
Panhinda,
Once again you show the inability to understand the majority in Sri Lanka. We consider General Fonseka to be a hero, but he is NOT the ONLY hero. This video clip may give you a glimpse of our national thinking.
sam,
i know the forces are the best. was only thinking about politics there. we should be ready to face any LTTE threat though.
Panhinda,
General Fonseka was a great military planner. However, we have a new breed of commanders who have equal or better capabilities to lead our country's defence.
sam,
sounds good. everything should be ok then tomorrow.
im off
Jaathiye Paaha Ballo
Featured Scum of The Day.
Mangala Samaraweera
Please check the following two links from LankaENews, the most trusted anti-SL news.
2008 November 28:
Mangala Samaraweera said that General Fonseka is not suitable at least for Salvation Army.
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He pointed out that Sarath Fonseka was penalized on disciplinary grounds in 1975 when General Cyril Ranathunga was the Army Commander, challenging Fonseka to prove if this fact was wrong. Advising him to safeguard Army discipline, Samaraweera asked the Army Commander to appear on behalf of the Army personnel. He pointed out that the Army Commander had allocated for him at the cost of Rs. 45 million for a Benz car instead of providing facilities for the Army soldiers.
One year goes by...
2009 November 26:
General Fonseka is as great as General Charles De Gaul. He is our savior.
I am deeply saddened that General Fonseka is trying to submit to the whims and fancies of this kind of scum.
Borrowing the "Rising Sun" symbol from the TULF for SF's PE campaign?
From the largely separatist Tamil United LIBERATION Front! LIBERATION from whom, from Sri Lanka?
If TRUE, this would be another POLITICALLY disastrous decision by SF that would alienate Patriots!
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Fonseka likely to contest on Lalith Front ticket
by Zacki Jabbar
General (retd) Sarath Fonseka is likely to contest the next Presidential Election, on the Lalith Front ticket, The Island learns.
Sources said the Lalith Front, though a registered party, had not contested elections for a long time and was willing to provide Fonseka with a forum to contest the presidency. "There will be no problem in changing the party’s name or symbol," they said.
The joint Opposition, which is backing Fonseka as the ‘Common Candidate’, was exploring the possibility of using the ‘Rising Sun’ as its symbol, which belongs to the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).
Discussions were held with TULF leader V. Anandasangaree on his party giving up its symbol, but there had been no positive response so far, sources said.
Meanwhile Fonseka has told the UNP National Organiser S. B. Dissanayake, who met him on Tuesday, that he welcomed Dissanayake’s support, but expected the UNP as a whole to help him re-establish democracy in the country.
Asked what the TNA’s stand on backing Fonseka was, UNF sources said that their stand would depend on a public declaration of his solution to the problems confronting the Tamil community.
LTTE Terrorists Make Refugee Prophylactics in Sri Lanka,
They Prick the Ends with a PIN;
LTTE People Smugglers Perform Abortions,
My God, How the Money Rolls In!
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Sri Lankan refugee: How I got to Australia
Thursday November 26, 2009
MELBOURNE: A Sri Lankan refugee has revealed how a professional human trafficker in Malaysia gave him false travel documents that enabled him to get a protection visa upon arrival in Australia.
The 23-year-old Tamil man, who asked to be identified only as Sanjay, told The Australian newspaper that he fled his home in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula in 2007 at the height of the conflict between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Sanjay, who claimed to have no connections with the Tamil Tigers, said he was detained in 2007 for 20 days, during which time he was kept blindfolded and handcuffed to a pillar, beaten with rifle butts and batons and burned with cigarettes. He fled Sri Lanka in mid-2007 for Malaysia.
He said early this year that he was introduced to a Malaysian human trafficker who told him the fee to travel by boat to Australia was US$15,000 (RM50,641), while air travel would cost double the amount. Afraid to send their only son on the perilous sea voyage, Sanjay’s family, who owned a transport business in Jaffna, sold their fleet of vehicles to raise the money for his escape to Australia.
The US$35,000 (RM118,146) was paid directly to the agent in Malaysia, and Sanjay was handed a one-way air ticket to Australia and a false Canadian passport containing a forged Australian visa.
He flew to Australia on April 12. Having been told by the trafficker that he would be immediately deported if caught with false documents, he tore up his passport on the plane and flushed it down the lavatory.
Sanjay presented himself at the immigration desk at Perth airport and announced, “I am a Sri Lankan refugee”. He spent six months in Villawood detention centre before being released with permanent residency status a few weeks ago.
Figures from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship show the number of asylum seekers who arrive by plane dwarfed the numbers who arrived by boat, the report stated.
A spokesman said in 2008/09, some 206 people were granted protection visas after arriving in Australia by boat, while 2,172 received protection after arriving by plane. — Bernama
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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Full text of the oration titled 'Future Challenges Facing Sri Lanka: Security, Reconciliation and Development' delivered by Mr.Gotabaya Rajapaksa:
Defence.lk
"I feel both proud and privileged to have been invited to deliver this year's Olcott Oration. This oration is one of the annual events organised to commemorate the founder of Ananda College, Colonel Henry Steele Olcott. As a result of Col. Olcott's vision to promote the English medium instruction of Buddhist students, Ananda College began its historic journey as the Buddhist English Schoolin Maliban Street, in 1886, under the able stewardship of Mr. C.W. Leadbeater. The founding of this school can be considered a key milestone in the nationalist revival that introduced our cultural values into the formal education system despite colonial rule. This revival was influential in our struggle for independence, and, considering the role of Ananda in moulding many of the key individuals in recent events, one could even say that it was instrumental in the recent national victory over terrorism.
As a result of this victory, I stand before you today at a pivotal stage in our country's history. Sri Lanka is emerging from the shadow of a terrorist war that affected every part of our lives for decades. During those years, a deep-seated sense of uncertainty affected our prosperity, our economy, and even our social and cultural values. There was an inescapable veil of fear cast over our day-to-day lives. Following the defeat of the LTTE and the elimination of its core leadership during our historic military success earlier this year, this sense of unease and this veil of fear have finally begun to lift.
With the dawning of peace, Sri Lanka has a historic opportunity to consolidate the security of the nation; to heal old wounds and strengthen ties between the communities; and to revive our economy and recapture the decades of lost opportunity. When we reflect on the years that terrorism plagued our nation, it's important to realise that the true victory is not just in defeating the LTTE, but in regaining what we have lost, passing down the benefit of peace to all our citizens, and guiding our nation to its proper place in the world. Instead of falling into the traps of complacency, petty rivalry, and divisive politics that have so often been our downfall, we must unite as a nation and build a better future together. It is only then that the true reward of our victory over terrorism will be fully realised.
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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"We have several challenges ahead of us today. We need to ensure that our country is secure from all future threats. Consolidating the peace that was achieved after so much sacrifice has to be a key priority. Similarly, we must use the window of opportunity granted by the end of terrorism to ensure reconciliation between our communities. Together with these goals, we must also engineer an economic revival that uplifts the standard of living of all our people. These challenges of security, reconciliation and development must be our focus from now on.
Although the LTTE has been defeated, it is important to note that it is mainly the military wing that has been dismantled. Their vast international network of sympathisers and criminal associates who funded and facilitated their separatist ambitions, as well as some of their military cadres, are still operating outside Sri Lanka. It is only when these elements have also been defeated that we can claim to have truly secured our nation. To prevent the LTTE raising its head again, we should act now and act decisively to bring about their defeat.
Bringing about the permanent defeat of separatism remains a top priority of His Excellency the President and the Government of Sri Lanka. Several initiatives have been taken in this regard. These include the strengthening of relationships with key foreign nations and the collaboration of our intelligence services with their counterparts in other parts of the world. These efforts enabled us to capture Kumaran Pathmanadan, the newly appointed leader of the LTTE, within two months of the defeat of the terrorists in Sri Lanka. We need to continue these initiatives if we are to destroy the LTTE's international network and ensure the confiscation of their assets.
From the very beginning, strengthening relationships with our key allies remained a top priority of His Excellency the President. The relationship developed over the past four years with our closest ally, India helped us in many ways in our war against terrorism. Having their support greatly helped reduce the pressure mounted by other nations, which allowed us to proceed with our humanitarian operations unhindered. It is very important that we strengthen this key relationship even further in the years to come.
Significant support was also received from other key allies due to the efforts of His Excellency the President and the Government to strengthen our longstanding bilateral ties. They, too, helped us withstand the pressure being directed by the international community to leave the war unfinished. These countries also provided us vital material assistance towards the war effort, when barriers were put in place that prevented our obtaining military hardware from our western allies.
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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Although it had been virtually ignored in the past, South East Asia was another region we focused on. The close ties we developed with this important region helped us counter and obstuct the LTTE's activities there. However, there is still a lot more to be done, and developing these relationships even further will be vital to our efforts to permanently dismantle the LTTE's international network.
If this task is to be achieved successfully, we also need to focus on countering the propaganda offensives still being launched by LTTE sympathisers around the world. This propaganda effort, together with the petty electoral politics of key western states, has distorted the view some counties have of our war against terrorism. It is essential that the west understands that Sri Lanka's war against terrorism is little different from theirs; the LTTE used many of the same networks as other international terrorist groups; they perfected the use of suicide attacks as a tactical tool; they operated extortion networks in other nations to fund their separatist ambitions. When taken together with their complete disregard for the lives of innocent civilians, it should be clear that there is little philosophical difference between terrorist groups the world over. Instead of accepting the propaganda offensive of terrorist sympathisers in their corridors of power, the countries that are still mounting pressure on Sri Lankashould understand that we all face similar challenges. Instead of criticizing our success, they should learn from it.
Strengthening our relationships with these countries and countering the efforts of the pro-terrorist lobbies there, is a significant challenge facing our nation today. This financial network of the LTTE was allowed to operate in some of these countries for far too long, and the funds they raised allowed the terrorists to equip themselves with large stockpiles of sophisticated weaponry-stockpiles that are still being discovered in our clearing operations today. Although we will make sure that the LTTE cannot raise its head again in Sri Lankathe continued existence of these financial networks is a danger to our country. Persuading western countries that they must help Sri Lanka more meaningfully to combat this threat requires us to unite as a nation and speak with one voice, instead of being weakened and divided by petty considerations.
In addition to taking care of the external threats that could arise from the LTTE's international network, the challenge of ensuring our security includes our taking preventative measures within Sri Lanka. The capabilities of our Defence Forces need to be further strengthened by maintaining high standards of professionalism and sophistication so that our service personnel can carry out their duties even more effectively. The surveillance and rapid response capabilities of the Sri Lanka Navy have to be enhanced to protect our entire coastline and make sure that no arms or personnel can infiltrate our territory. A key area that needed attention during the course of our operations, our intelligence services, needs to be further strengthened as we seek out and dismantle the LTTE's network within Sri Lanka. It is also very important that the terrorist cadres who surrendered or were detained are rehabilitated so that their thinking changes and they see the propaganda they were fed by the LTTE for the lies they were. This rehabilitation will allow them to re-enter society as productive citizens in the long term.
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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Finally, we need to make sure that the unsafe areas in the North are cleared swiftly, and that the former victims of the LTTE's regime are resettled in their villages as soon as possible. Once normalcy returns, and these people see the far higher quality of life and opportunities available to them following the LTTE's defeat, we will be able to win their hearts and minds. This is a critical challenge that needs to be successfully met if we are to fully secure the peace we have won. Reconciliation between the communities is vital, as is the establishment of a democratic framework and institutions in those areas formerly under the LTTE's occupation.
There is a lot of agitation in the international community as well as within Sri Lankaregarding the situation of the internally displaced. This range from well-meaning concern to absurd conspiracy theories directed against the Government by pro-LTTE lobbyists in the west. I want to make it very clear that we are doing the best we can to speed up the processes involved. However, it would be an irresponsible act to resettle the IDPs in unsafe areas. When the LTTE defeated, they strewed landmines over vast areas, hoping to make them unsafe for years if not decades. Through the concentrated effort of the Government together with assistance from allied nations, we are confident that these areas can be de-mined and made safe for people much sooner than that. As more areas are cleared, the displaced will be resettled in their towns and villages; already almost half the IDPs have been sent back.
There are other responsibilities of the Government involved here, apart from mine clearing and resettlement. During the last three decades, although the Government continued to provide normal services including electricity, water, health and education to the North, there was not enough development there. The LTTE did not use these resources properly, and the Non Governmental Organisations that were supposed to be engaged in development work were ineffective. As a result, the infrastructure of this region, including its road networks, electricity grids, telecommunication networks, irrigation channels etc. are underdeveloped. A lot of attention needs to be paid to upgrading this infrastructure if the region is to prosper. Agriculture, which has been ignored for so long despite its high potential, is another area that needs a great deal of work. Therefore, together with our demining programmes, these efforts to develop infrastructure, facilitate economic growth and raise the standard of living in this region are of the utmost importance.
There is another pressing requirement that needs to be discussed as far as the liberated areas are concerned, and that is the return of democracy. Under the LTTE's occupation, the people in these areas lived under a brutal fascist dictatorship. Their lives were not their own. They had no freedom. Their children -- often as young as thirteen or fourteen -- were abducted from their classrooms, conscripted as soldiers, and robbed of their innocence. No one had the ability to protest. The people could not speak freely, and they had no one to speak up on their behalf. Over the years, most of the moderate Tamil voices, most of the progressives and the humanists, had been silenced by the LTTE. The parallel state that it tried so hard to display, with its so-called judicial system and its so-called police force, was an illusion designed to hide the brutality of their de facto rule. To usher the victims of the LTTE to a true democracy is another critical challenge for the Government today. Facing it successfully will be essential as far as both reconciliation and national security are concerned.
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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Some of those looking at the present situation in Sri Lanka are quick to criticize the Government for not acting quickly enough. They expect change to happen overnight, and they ignore the hard facts of reality that have always shown us that true change is only possible with wise planning, diligence, hard work, and time.
A good example of what is possible is the Eastern Province. At that time it was liberated, despite the clear intention of the Government to return it to normalcy as soon as possible, there were complaints by the diaspora and the international community that not enough was being done soon enough. There were over a hundred and fifty thousand internally displaced people waiting to be resettled. There were armed paramilitary groups on the streets and there was talk of children being conscripted by them. There were complaints regarding restrictions on fishing, and complaints about restrictions on movement. There were allegations of abductions and human rights violations. There was criticism saying there weren't enough policemen who could speak Tamil in the region. All this was just two years ago. But if you go to the Eastern Province today, as thousands of local and foreign tourists do on a daily basis, you will see that each and every one of these problems have been overcome.
All the paramilitary groups carrying weapons have been disarmed; they no longer have military offices in the towns or armed personnel on the streets. Instead, encouraged by His Excellency the President's determination to restore democracy as soon as possible, they are working towards a better tomorrow through peaceful, democratic means. Their military offices have become political offices; several former cadres are representatives of various local political organisations; and there is representation through the offices of the Chief Minister, the Provincial Council, Local Government and Municipal authorities. The child conscripts have been handed over to UNICEF and are now being rehabilitated. There are no more complaints of abductions or human rights violations; the Sri Lanka Police and the Defence Forces have restored law and order. Tamil speaking policemen have been recruited, trained, and are now active in the police stations. Freedom of movement has been established; people go about their day-to-day lives without fear. Even the security checkpoints and roadblocks have been reduced to a minimal level.
In addition to overcoming the problems that existed, the Government has worked very hard to bring about economic development in the East. The infrastructure has improved tremendously: there are brand new roads, bridges and communication networks; there is proper electricity, water supply, drainage and sewerage. The Government has helped the fisheries industry, even assisting the fishermen to buy boats; it has launched important initiatives to develop agriculture. Very recently, His Excellency the President opened a large school in Vakarai, built with the help of UNICEF. Normalisation has not only set in but the Eastern Province has transformed into a vibrant part of Sri Lanka rich with the promise of future growth. All of this was achieved in just two years. That is the track record of our Government, and examining this, instead of engaging in wild speculation should be the order of the day.
We are confident that the same result can be obtained in the North, and that reconciliation and national unity will be achieved in due course. Admittedly, there is still a lot that needs to be done to heal the wounds of the past and regain the trust that has been shaken, and we are aware that progress will not always be smooth. But we can be encouraged by the progress made in terms of national reconciliation in the South over the last several years; particularly in the Western Province and in Colombo, which is a shining example of communal harmony.
UNITE & REBUILD NATION says Gothabhaya Rajapaksa!
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Despite all the propaganda to the contrary by the LTTE and the separatist forces, the majority of Tamils in Sri Lanka live outside the North and East. Colombo is a thriving multicultural commercial hub where all the communities live in harmony; it has a large Tamil population that has produced many of Sri Lanka's leading professionals and businessmen. They lead lives of distinction in a supportive multicultural environment where there is no communal tension. We are very confident that this multicultural harmony can be achieved throughout all of Sri Lanka. As our nation emerges from the shadow of terrorism into the bright light of peace and prosperity, this is the reality that will prevail.
Another very important step remains to be taken as we embark on this journey. That is the revival of our economy on a scale that enables our prosperity through rapid growth and development; a resurgence that uplifts the standards of living of each and every Sri Lankan. It is vital that the rural masses as well as the urban populace reap the full benefit of the pence we have achieved; economic development must reach every city, town and village. The Government is doing its part by developing the infrastructure and the facilities that are needed for this resurgence to take place. It is also investing in areas where the private sector has not yet ventured. The domestic private sector, from small businesses and entrepreneurs to large diversified groups, must invest in all sectors of our economy. The recent instruction of His Excellency the President for the State Banks to lower interest rates is another step towards encouraging investment and facilitating this revival. We also need to invite the tourists back and bring in foreign investment. We need our educated expatriates, who leftSri Lankayears ago to seek prosperity elsewhere, to return and work for the betterment of their motherland.
For these things to happen, it is essential that we all unite at this pivotal stage in our history, and speak with one voice to say that the uncertainty is no more; to say that we are safe; to say that we are ready to create a bright and prosperous future for all our people, irrespective of race, religion or politics. I said at the start of this speech that the true victory against terrorism is not just the defeat of the LTTE, but reaping the true rewards of peace by recapturing what was lost during the conflict. Making maximum use of peace to unite as a nation, to bring about the development and prosperity that this country richly deserves, and to reap the rewards of peace, is the responsibility of all our citizens. That is why, in closing, I wish to invite all patriotic Sri Lankans to come together, to put their differences aside, and work towards this resurgence as one people. This is our duty to our motherland, and we must not let her down."
In ESSENCE, Gothabhaya Rajapaksa Says:
"I said at the start of this speech that the true victory against terrorism is not just the defeat of the LTTE, but reaping the true rewards of peace by recapturing what was lost during the conflict.
Making maximum use of peace to unite as a nation, to bring about the development and prosperity that this country richly deserves, and to reap the rewards of peace, is the responsibility of all our citizens.
That is why, in closing, I wish to invite all patriotic Sri Lankans to come together, to put their differences aside, and work towards this resurgence as one people.
This is our duty to our motherland, and we must not let her down."
Apey Dayabara
Ratna Bhumiyata
Janma Bhumiyata,
Deepthimath Anagathayak Labewa!
More Nation Building!
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European Union completes Matara - Wellawaya road in Southern Sri Lanka
Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 08:49 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
European Union completes Matara - Wellawaya road in Southern Sri Lanka Nov 26, Colombo: The European Union today announced the completion on of Matara - Wellawaya road in Sri Lanka built under the European Union-funded Tsunami-Affected Areas Rehabilitation Project (TAARP).
At a ceremony, Bernard Savage, the Ambassador and head of delegation of European Commission to Sri Lanka and the Maldives officially handed over the road to the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees today.
Construction of the 158 kilometer road that connects the cities of Matara and Wellawaya to Hambantota was completed within a period of 30 months, at a cost of 5.0 billion rupees. The improved road is expected to facilitate the rapid economic growth of the region.
Minister of highways and Road Development T. B. Ekanayaka, Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunge, Secretary to the Ministry of Highways Wasantha Karannagoda were also present at the occasion.
සූරිචි ද්රවිඩ මුස්ලිම් සමුළුවේදී
13 වැනි සංශෝධනය ඉක්ම වූ බලතල ඉල්ලති
කීර්තිවර්ණකුලසූරිය
ස්විට්සර්ලන්තයේ සූරිච් නගරයේ පැවැති ද්රවිඩ මුස්ලිම් පක්ෂ සමුළුවේදී 13 වැනි ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයටත් වඩා බලතල ලබාදීමට ශ්රී ලංකා රජය ක්රියා කළ යුතුය යන යෝජනාවක් සම්මත වී ඇත.
විදේශීය රාජ්ය නොවන සංවිධාන කීපයකගේ සහයෙන් පැවැති මෙම සූරිච් සමුළුවේ ද්රවිඩ අයිතීන් සඳහා වූ අරගලය අවසන්වී නැති බවට බස්නාහිර ජනතා පෙරමුණේ නායක මනෝ ගනේෂන් කළ ප්රකාශයන් ගැනද අනාවරණය වී තිබේ.
මෙම සූරිච් සමුළුව වෙත ජනාධිපතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡාවට භාජන කළ යුතු යෑයි ගෙන ආ යෝජනාව ඊ. පී. ඩී. පී. නායක ඩග්ලස් දේවානන්ද, ලංකා කම්කරු කොන්ග්රස් නායක ආරුමුගන් තොන්ඩමන් හා බස්නාහිර ජනතා පෙරමුණේ නායක මනෝ ගනේෂන් විසින් ප්රතික්ෂේප කර ඇත.
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I really like this. The magic behind all they losses of eelamists was the fact that they never understood the basics of negotiation. Whenever Central govt moves towards their request, they'd drag it further. It leaves center with no other choice but to press its own plan on North.
Above hardline decision [I'm yet to see its details], would not make GOSL give them the Pseudo-eelam of their dreams. Instead it will cause GOSL further value the need of ethnic balance in North hence recolonize it.
Sadly, Wanni ppl have no true representatives for themselves. Instead they have commanders, who'll tell them what to do in election.
Likes of SF may have to worry about the goons on Karuna and perhaps that of Mervin.politics are dirty and I wished he retired gracefully.
Blogger Sujeewa Kokawala said...
සූරිචි ද්රවිඩ මුස්ලිම් සමුළුවේදී
13 වැනි සංශෝධනය ඉක්ම වූ බලතල ඉල්ලති
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SK please read my analysis on this.
A Disturbing Development.
Patriots,
Meeta hariyatama wasarakata pera mewanima vu awasthawaka thamai apa shreshta viruwano "Lalith Jayasinghe" apa atharin wen vuye.
Wareka Gen. Sarath Fonseka kiya thibuna thamaa wadiyenma dhuk vunu awasathawa meya bawa.
Today I went to the "Bana Gedhara" at Avissawella and just now returned home.
I was very sad when I see his few months old daughter's face.
I had a chat with several Army personal including commandos and training officers regarding present situation.
I was a die hard MR fan since he was elected. But things changed just after the war was won. The way he treated SF, The UN guy [cant remember his name] is disgusting. Also giving a free hand to Mervin, Bogols, and Basil completely destroyed his image. 'Rta dinuwa, dan Rata hadamu' disappeared.
I always thought what sri lanka needs is descipline, accountability and responsibility. There is no equality in sri lanka. I still fell sri lanka needs a dictator [not literally, but almost] at least for a period of ten years to clean up the system. I think only person who could deliver that ATM is SF. I am a kind of dictator at home. My family dont like it. But i direct them on the correct path.
A good leader is not a person who takes his followers where they want to go. He takes them where they ought to go.
SF may have appeared to be a dictator in the Army. But he wasn't. The welfare of the foot soldier was the priority. Only the fat lazy brigadiers and generals were scared of him. He always respected the professionals and the clever ones. He was highly intelligent [nobody could bullshit him] and talked very little, only to the point. Solutions were simple and straight forward. Always took professional advise.
If SF wants to win the election best option would be to get the help of UNP. What else can he do? MR got the help of JVP, JHU etc. Did he do what they wanted? Why should we think SF wouldn't do the same?
Personally I believe ATM SF is the best choice. Most of my friends think the same. Lets wait till he opens his mouth.
Jagath Jayasooriya is becoming a joker. Even lower than that of Balagalla or Daluwatta. I have close connections with SLDF but honestly never heard of this guy until he became commander.
BTW we are already seen good effects of having a powerful opposition. IDP's are released, no road closures, Food prices lowered etc. Thanks to SF.
I also think granting a second term to MR is going to be a bad mistake. He will prop up his family and amass enough wealth for his future generations. Probably abolish the presidency towards the end and try to become the PM.
mottapala,
I am not a fan of MR and against SF. However, I am not ready to let top scum rule from the back door using SF. I am willing to give MR a chance to maintain 6 more years of stability. The last thing we need now is a change of the government.
mottapala,
I am really surprised that you did not know JJ. He is a real battle hardened soldier and he was overseeing 56,57,58,59, 61, and TF2-8 during this war. His explicit authorization was needed to fire those magnificent MBRLs we used to decimate LTTE terrorists.
mottarala,
Having said above, I will never forgive or forget if something happens to SF due to LTTE remnants.
mottapala said...
[If SF wants to win the election best option would be to get the help of UNP. What else can he do? MR got the help of JVP, JHU etc. Did he do what they wanted? Why should we think SF wouldn't do the same?]
Mottapala,
There is a HELL OF A DIFFERENCE between the JVP+JHU that MR used, and the UNP(RW-led)+TNA that SF is allying himself with now.
JVP+JHU are Deshapremis .. whether you like them or not, and UNP(RW-led)+TNA are largely Deshadrohis.
That makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE to Patriots.
A "Royal Family" indeed!
If the TRUST between these brothers did not exist during the conduct of the war when the UNP, the TNA, NGOs, iNGOs, and many assorted riff-raff were running around creating mayhem and division within the country, THE WAR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WON, and we would still have BOMBS going off ALL OVER THE LAND!
I cried in the wilderness for 30 years for SOMEONE, a "Royal Family," or ANY FAMILY to come along and save the nation, and now these Buggers are DENIGRATING the FAMILY that did it in their UNQUENCHABLE JEALOUSY!
HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET what and who saved OUR COUNTRY in its DARKEST HOUR!
My Memory of those times has NOT FADED, and will NEVER FADE as long as I live!
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Sri Lanka's main opposition to support retired general for presidential elections
Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 09:48 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Nov 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition , United National Party declared today that it has decided to support the retired military commander General Sarath Fonseka as the common candidate at the upcoming presidential polls to contest against incumbent, President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Addressing a special media briefing today the opposition and UNP party leader, Ranil Wickremasinghe said the party took a historic decision at a working committee meeting this morning to support General Fonseka to unite the people against the current president and his 'royal family'.
Ending weeks of speculation the opposition leader said it is the best way to defeat the powers of the 'royal family' and urged the party membership to support the committee's decision.
General Sarath Fonseka who retired from his post as the Chief of Defense Staff recently is yet to announce his decision.
Political analysts say the opposition leader and his party are showing the sign of weakness by not contesting the presidential polls and instead going behind General Fonseka whose military strategies were ridiculed by the UNP during the war.
Well, I was convinced yesterday my illusions about Mr. Fonseka are not realistic after reading Moshe, Ananda, Sam and finely Swarnajith Udana. I agree that it is too much to expect from the general who associates opportunists and traitors like RW, Mangala, Kiriella and Mano to do the right thing.
However, one cautionary point is; most of the bloggers who convinced me against my vision are living outside the country. Since my posts which appeared yesterday, I noticed few new handles that supports my theory including previously known bloggers like B#1 and Mottapala.
One other thing is still UNP-RW (larger faction) side has not accepted SF as their common candidate. Read the article “Future of Ranil” by Thomas Johnpulle and the general does not have proper CV…..by Vishvamithra- Lanka Guardian today.
If RW decide to contest himself; what will happens to SF?
Now I am curious to know how the locals are going to feel about SF and his alliance in coming weeks. After all they are the voters who will decide whether it is going to be MR or SF.
In fact this can be a very dangerous situation for SL.
1. RW will contest PE and get UNP votes, UNP-Mangala faction and Tamil votes. This vote base is fairly high.
2. SF will contest PE because he dislikes MR and also wants to be a defence minister or somebody similar under RW government later. Then SF will divide patriotic Sinhala votes damaging MR.
As a result RW wins the next PE election and it will be disastrous to the future of Sri Lanka.
Well your ideas are welcome!
keshara,
You made a very important point about the sinhala diaspora. They dont live in the country. What are the real problems faced by them?
How difficult is it to get the children to a school. I am not talking about Royal. Even the game school?
Can they gat a job for merit without political influence? Being overlooked for promotions?
We need a bloody change! Ill rather gamble with SF than sticking with MR. We may have won the war increasingly we are becoming the laughing stock of International community.
Basic human rights? Being harassed by police, thugs, politicians, criminals?
People were so used to bomb and terrorist attackes they simply stopped caring about it anymore. Nobody stopped going to Nugegoda just because a bomb went off.
How many of these sinhala diaspora left the country because of the terrorist problems. Sri Lankans are more scared of sinhala terrorists than tigers. This is what we need to change. Will MR change that, at least has he started to change that. I dont think so.
SF teamed up with the BIGGEST enemies of the nation on the BIRTHDAY OF VEZAPILLAI.
some of his new team mates consider it a fitting tribute to vezapillai!!!
IF they choses for him the vadukodai rising star, that will be even better for vezapillai's campaign
Mr. M,
Brother, I respect your views so much; therefore reluctant to call you a Mottapala that is why I address you as M. Your ideas are welcome mate. I feel like living with my relatives, friends and fellow Sri Lankans; when I read your post.
Please continue to enlighten us with ground conditions and local realities continuously.
Keep them coming.
Thank you!
TAMILNET kick starts fonseka's election campaign!!
1. UNP, mongal endorses CC
2. tamilnet exteamely worried that Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera Thursday at a press conference made a scathing attack on General (retd) Sarath Fonseka
"[TamilNet, Thursday, 26 November 2009, 15:45 GMT]
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) parliamentarian Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera Thursday at a press conference made a scathing attack on General (retd) Sarath Fonseka, the opposition backed common candidate that he (Sarath) was a part of an international conspiracy aimed at making way for the intervention of foreign troops into the country. He declined to elaborate the allegation. The Buddhist monk is leading a group of the JHU."
WTF????
SF contestin from (K)UNA is good since that leaves the battle to 2 nationalists.
but undue support from tamilnet, mongal, ranil, jayalath, mano with ministerial posts for TNA raises some doubts.
Govt. probes Hicorp arms deal
by Norman Palihawadena Courtesy The Island
The Government yesterday launched an investigation to ascertain whether purchasing of arms, ammunition and other war related material through a foreign based institution by the name Hicorp was in order or whether any irregularities had taken place.
A large quantity of war related material had been purchased by the Sri Lanka military through Hicorp
The investigation was result of a journalist’s query at a press briefing, called by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on yesterday, whether there had been any irregularities in the purchase of arms through Hicorp.
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good move.
it will either clear the names of DANUNA and SF and/or find the culprits behind this multimillion dollar corruption, the biggest in SL military history.
Similarly govt should probe the arms deals of,
1. satpro inc.
2. tidaltrading inc.
as well.
SLA had business dealings, contracts and purchases from these 2 companies as well and DANUNA tillakaratne is the owner of these 2 companies too.
Both these companies operate from Edmond, US where DANUNA tillakaratna's residence is.
cc: MoD
Most of Sinhala Diaspora living comfortably in western democracies enjoys their life by achieving things which are denied to ordinary Sri Lankan folks and their children’s for unbelievable long period of time. Things are getting worse by the day.
Sinhala Diaspora’s main concern was LTTE terrorism and MR did a great service to the country by eliminating the menace. We will be eternally thankful to MR and his brothers, service personal and all other Sri Lankans for the combined effort to beat the LTTE as they did. Because of that success we were ready to overlook short comings with Rajapakshe regime so far. However, it is time now for either Rajapakshe to change himself or ordinary folks to get together and change the regime as they wish.
Sri Lanka needs somebody at the highest chair to address at least following problems ASAP;
1. Bribery, corruption and political influence in day to day matters.
2. Lawlessness and abuse of ordinary folks by from cabinet ministers and their thugs down to police constables.
3. Political appointments which overlooks qualification and experience.
4. Wastage of public money.
I myself wonder whether the incumbent president could implement any of the above desirable policies the way people want because he has not given even slightest indication so far.
Therefore, ordinary citizens of Sri Lanka have the right to select somebody from outside the existing political arena to do so.
kk,
there is another important issue there.
ORDINARY sri lankans LIVING IN SL want their president to be
1. a TOTAL sri lankan and not a PART TIME sri lankan
2. a person who has a STAKE in sri lanka's future
3. have children in sri lanka so that he will have a genuine need to better their welfare
4. have no home other than SL so that his future is tied to SL's betterment.
this is one reason why somawansa amarasinghe keeps away from mainstream politics although he is the leader of a party with 39 MPs in parliament.
IF he contests, all the above reasons would ensure that he underperforms than those ppl in his party WHO HAVE THEIR FEET FIRMLY PLANTED IN SL.
Keshara,
I have been reading your posts for a while very carefully. Also, I know the exact direction you are heading. I neither tried to convince you nor I believe that you were convinced for a moment. Please don't be naive like this. We all are grown up adults.
the danger of having a second home is you need not put all your aspirations, efforts, work into one.
chandrika too had one!!
"Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
He claimed that during World War II he had been the leader of Ang Maharlika, a guerrilla force in northern Luzon. As Philippine president and strongman, his greatest achievement was in the fields of infrastructure development and international diplomacy.
However, his administration was marred by massive authoritarian corruption, despotism, nepotism, political repression, and human rights violations. He benefited from a large personality cult in the Philippines during his regime.[2] In 1983, his government was implicated in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr.. The implication caused a chain of events, including a tainted presidential election that served as the catalyst for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual exile in the USA. It was later alleged that he and his wife Imelda Marcos had moved billions of dollars of embezzled public funds to the United States, Switzerland, and other countries, as well as into fictitious corporations during his 20 years in power."
Sam,
Thanks for your view. Most of my posts based on day to day news from Sri Lanka and stimulants coming from bloggers who respond to my posts. Yes, my mind swaying like a bamboo plant under gale forces from the moment SF started his unexpected adventure. However, I don’t have any sinister ideas myself other than thinking loudly. Therefore please do not try to find snakes between lines which I write.
I have a vested interest in Sri Lanka and keen to discuss its past, present and future with anyone worthwhile. Our motherland’s political stability, unity, racial harmony, peace and economic development are at stake. We need to maintain a healthy and meaningful dialogue with all stake holders at an intellectual level to come out unscratched from present political calamity.
I don’t have any other agenda hidden or otherwise.
cheers mate.
Sam that is right. This is not the time for regime change.
Previously I have always advocated on regime change even though the new regime eventually would surpass the current regime in corruption and arrogance.
But, this time, it is not the time for change.
We just ended the war.
It is the time for stability.
Moreover what are the alternatives?
This is time for stability.
The worst of MR might have gone. The best of time is yet to come.
Winning against LTTE overcoming all the odds and opposition is not a simple task.
In such a task, when someone cornered would have committed some errors.
I can forget them.
But still I cannot forget Mervin, Anarkali etc. That is shame.
Thanks!
Swarnajith Udana
Fonsy, buys a multi million house, where did the mony come from?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68628
hope this is not true.
from asiantribune.
asiantribune has always been pro-tamil elam but anti-LTTE.
"General(retd.) Sarath FonsekaGeneral Fonseka called a Sunday Times columnist and told him with tongue-in-cheek , that the Tamil civilians were killed in Vanni on the instruction of the Defence secretary.
Blaming the Defence Secretary is the new propaganda ploy unleashed by the former Army Commander. Unfortunately before the blame game takeoff, his campaign has crash-landed
Earlier this particular columnist life was threatened by the same General and he was forced to temporarily give up his report on situation.
The same General invited the columnist and appeared to be very friendly and even pat the columnist on his belly, bantered with him and said he is always welcome at his office.
The General’s office is located at Rajakeeya Road, Colombo 7, opposite to the Royal College.
This was the office which is being rented out at Rs. 1 million per month and already a total of Rs. 12 million has been paid as one year advance.
In the meantime rumours are afloat that Norway has already dispatched Kronor 20 million through an NGO in Colombo for the election funding."
lets get few facts straight.
1. SL ppl decide if they want a regime change or not.
2. national security concerns cannot decide this.
3. SF is entitled to join ANY party and run for president
4. all info on SF and MR should be brought in 4 the analysis. those should be analysed objectively.
5. personal bias should not stand in the way to look at the reality.
Tamil Nadu actor Seeman was handcuffed and brought to the detention center by the Canadian Police.short while ago and is currently at the Immigration Center ready to be deported to India.
SU,
During the war against terror Sinhala Diaspora and the ordinary folks of Sri Lanka had the same goal and they stand up united. However, today Sinhala Diaspora’s wish may not be the same as ordinary folks of Sri Lanka. Citizen of Sri Lanka should decide what to do not the Sinhala Diaspora. Sri Lankans have undergone tremendous hardships because of war, cost of living, lawlessness, thuggary and political favouritisms. If they really want a change then it is MR’s failure. I said if; similarly if they want MR to continue so be it.
Keshera,
If they really want a change then it is MR’s failure. I said if; similarly if they want MR to continue so be it.
I can't speak for you but I am somebody that fall itn to "they" category.
Moshe,
Asian Tribune is not as bad as DBS Jeyaraj's self congratulatory blog. However, I am very cautious in acceptin any stor in the face value.
"...JVP, which demanded that Fonseka enter the fray from a party other than the UNP, under a symbol other than the elephant and with a colour other than green. "
: ) --- let the games begin.
Please make sure to protect General Fonseka from this possibility. He is a hero who made a major contribution in eliminating LTTE terrorists from our motherland. Irrespective of his current not so nice political stand, he needs to be protected at any cost.
Sam,
I know mate that you are belongs to local citizens group. How is National Water Supply and Drainage board these days?
I remember working under DGM Boyagane at Rathmalana headquarters sometime in the past.
That is a nice place to work.
cheers!
Keshera,
Interesting. He may be able to give you some good information about the Kilinochchi water supply restoration.
IF SF is killed during the election process......
1. a massive public outcry against the govt
2. RW will become the (K)UNA candidate!! :)
3. RW will get sympathy votes
4. RW will get tamil votes too that will not go to SF
5. RW will win the election!!
SF will certainly play the sympathy card VERY BADLY. govt will have ensure there are no holes for SF and ALL his immediate family members.
what if the (K)UNA campaign claims an SF's immediate family member gone missing????
govt should be prepared to stop this type of BULLSHIT. it may be one of the plans of RW who is well known for EXTREME POWER HUNGER.
For the record:
If SF gets elected and rules benevolently and cleans Sri Lankan politics then I would say “Thank you MR, you created your own downfall because you did not want to carry forward the victory. By acting so treacherously you have helped Sri Lanka to find its true future.
If SF gets elected and becomes a despot and ruins Sri Lanka then I would say “Shame on you MR, you created your own downfall and the destruction of Sri Lanka because you did not want to carry forward the victory. Shame and curse on you MR.
If MR gets elected and rules benevolently and cleans Sri Lankan politics then I would say “Thank you MR, you created a high place for you in Sri Lankan history”
If MR gets elected and rules corruptively and ruins Sri Lanka then I would say “You have beaten even CBK for the dustbin place of history of Sri Lanka”
People elect their representatives and presidents. We here express our opinions only. The Sun rises in the East. Pardon me, that is no news.
In my opinion, SF is playing a highly sophisticated political game. End result of this could be very dangerous.
Here it is not important for me to be right. What is important is things to be right for Sri Lanka. I have no urge to be right but only to be sincere. I have been right before. I have been wrong before. Most importantly, I have always been sincere.
In the case that people elect SF I wish “May I be drastically wrong in my fears.
In my opinion Asian Tribune's intentions may not be sincere.
It is trying to discredit the General by any means.
This is depriving voter's right to choose.
To MR's credit he accepted the resignation of SF.
Now it is his (MR’s) duty to Mother Lanka to insure democratic rights of his opponents to campaign peacefully and he and his supporters campaign non-violently and honestly.
If any corruptions deals are investigated they should not be make-believe stories. Then it is Utopianism Isn't it?
Sarath Fonseka phobia grips losers and Rajapaakshikas. Why are they scared? They are scared of Sarath Fonseka for the same reason LTTE feared him. Genocide.
Genocide to terrorists.
Genocide to the corrupt.
Genocide to lying.
Genocide to falsehoods.
I am happy as happy can be. Now we have a proper president in the making. Support him or lose. MR was good. But we can do better.
True patriots around Sarath, false patriots around Mervyn.
sam,
"Asian Tribune is not as bad as DBS Jeyaraj's self congratulatory blog. However, I am very cautious in acceptin any stor in the face value."
1. highlighting FACTS and EVIDENCE, not BULLSHIT, is the task of journalists.
2. investigating them and judging them is up to the law enforcement.
1 leades to 2. and 2 leads to 1.
asiantribune has been a pro-tamil elam but anti-LTTE site. there are a lot of SAKKILIYAS like that.
e.g. wesa-pala
MS said after the election RW will b de PM of SL. Provided that SF abolishes the exec presid'cy. this means RW will b our new exec PM. RW surely knows he can't win b'se ppl don't vote 4 him to win a PE so instead he going to ride both SF and UNP to achieve its goal, in a GE.
The military police tried to remove SFs vehicles and get told off by SF.
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well does this means that SF was actually having more vehicles than he supposed to have?whether army spokespersons allegations were true?
and SF refused to let them take the vehicles...?
well i though he was a retired general and can't command army ppl. but here, its like like he just did that?
well after listing to all these it seems like one of our fears about SF is invalid.
He does have good political skills. or he's taking advice from person who has...
GD luck 2 SF
Sam
[Keshara, I have been reading your posts for a while very carefully. Also, I know the exact direction you are heading.]
Well said mate. Yeah, I too have been closely watching and seen a trend develop. Not thermo-nuclear science to figure out in my view - yes, the strategy appears to be to first express and act “pro” and then do a summersault and act “anti” and that way you draw a larger attraction to your “anti” message and thereby hope to get a bigger mileage when you soon spew forth your “anti” message vigorously.
OaO Asithri
PriyaS
[Now we have a proper president in the making. Support him or lose.]
If SF came out and was contesting on a ticket of rallying round Patriots to assure the survivial of our Motherland against the heinous LTTE/Tamil separatist motherfuckers, then I too would vote for him with utmost glee.
However, all indicators show that he is coming with hefty, ugly baggage.
Yes, sadly he has embraced some of the worst Deshadrohi motherfuckers SL has ever known (RW, TNA, ManoG, SLMC, etc.) and this is where I, and many other patriots, have a HUGE problem.
OaO Asithri
Keshara said ..
[Most of Sinhala Diaspora living comfortably in western democracies enjoys their life by achieving things which are denied to ordinary Sri Lankan folks and their children’s for unbelievable long period of time. Things are getting worse by the day.
Sinhala Diaspora’s main concern was LTTE terrorism and MR did a great service to the country by eliminating the menace. We will be eternally thankful to MR and his brothers, service personal and all other Sri Lankans for the combined effort to beat the LTTE as they did. Because of that success we were ready to overlook short comings with Rajapakshe regime so far. However, it is time now for either Rajapakshe to change himself or ordinary folks to get together and change the regime as they wish.]
and mottapala said...
[You made a very important point about the sinhala diaspora. They dont live in the country. What are the real problems faced by them?
How difficult is it to get the children to a school. I am not talking about Royal. Even the game school?
Can they gat a job for merit without political influence? Being overlooked for promotions?
We need a bloody change! Ill rather gamble with SF than sticking with MR. We may have won the war increasingly we are becoming the laughing stock of International community.]
Kehsara & mottapala,
Judging from these two posts, and the mutual admiration for one another, you two are now implying that members of the Sinhala diaspora
1. Are out of touch with the reality of life in Sri Lanka,
2. Have no real stake in the future of Sri Lanka, and
3. Therefore, have nothing meaningful to contribute and SHOULD BUTT OUT of Sri Lankan politics!
NOTHING could be further from the TRUTH!
Members of the Sinhala Diaspora, whose knowledge, committment and stake in Sri Lanka that you so cavalierly dismiss, and who are contributing to blogs such as this, are among those who
1. Have experienced life BOTH in Sri Lanka and abroad, and therefore have a wider, richer political experience that goes beyond the narrower experience of those who have never left Sri Lanka. They know BOTH Sri Lankan politics, and politics in one or more other countries.
2. Have large families in Sri Lanka, and hope to return and end their lives living there among their loved ones. Therefore, they have a large and continuing vested stake in Sri Lanka,
3. Have maintained family members, relatives. and even long time servants, in Sri Lanka for long periods of time, denying themselves the benefit of those funds. That shows sustained commmittment to PEOPLE in Sri Lanka.
4. Visit Sri Lanka as often as they can, sometimes every year, to personally keep in touch with the motherland. They also interact with large groups of Sinhala expatriates sustaining Sri Lankan religious institutions and charities abroad.
5. Respond to tragic events in Sri Lanka (such as floods, tsunami, terrorism, war disabled) immediately both individually and through their social and religious institutions.
6. Participate in demonstrations and other political activities abroad to defend and protect Sri Lanka.
I would honestly say, that the average Sri Lankan expatriate does more for others in Sri Lanka, than the average Sri Lankan living in Sri Lanka, whose burden of making ends meet rarely gives him/her the freedom to do much for others.
Your neglect of these realities in your recent posts, and the drift towards isolating Sinhala expatriates as irrelevant to Sri Lanka, makes me suspect your motives.
Is it to isolate the Sinhala Diaspora and make them impotent in the defense of the motherland?
As soon as your political arguments are countered and shown to be invalid, you claim that those who refute your positions are not qualified to do so.
Why?
Way to go Canada.
Finally Canadians are getting to there senses.
Tamil Tiger supporter deported after speaking at rally
If it weren't for the Sinhala Diaspora the Anti Sri Lankan Separatist Terrorists would have had field day in the rest of the world!
I used to, as a youngster lament at the so caleed "brain drain" a couple of decades ago!
But now I am all for it! Sri Lanka should strive to establish and grow a very large diaspora all over the world in anticipation of challengs in the new millenium!!!
Ananda-USA et al receives my tribute!
CARRY ON YOUR GREAT WORK!!!
Asithri to PriyaS
[Now we have a proper president in the making. Support him or lose.]
Priyashantha,
Asithri pretty much echoed my sentiment about SF. His association with top scum of Sri Lanka is not acceptable to us, unless he can get the top scum to worship him and his past views three time every day.
Sarath Fonseka had no bravery as most of the war planning and execution was done in his abscence. The suicide attack on him is orchastrated by the cook he personally picked up, and he has to share some responsibility. Also it happened at the entrance to Army HQ which was under his direct control. He could not assure the safety of his chief of staff Parami Kulathunge. The money SF and his family gathered will be sprayed against the MR at the election, from whichever party he contest from, but we do not care. We need no military dictator in this country. If Ranil gives him the ticket, that will be the Ranil's ticket to hell or if JVP gives the same for JVP.
SF must be dreaming the throne to achieve the power now, after having gathered that massive and dirty money, by hood while hood winking the mass of this country portraying as the patriot who saved the motherland from LTTE blood devils, but we are aware that when the war started he was in a Hospital and when the war was at last phase, he was touring overseas depositing, examining and collecting his bank accounts and commissions, while poor soldiers were giving their lives to save the motherland. SF, keep one thing in mind, you may be having so much money pocketed from shady, illegal deals and have support from US and CIA, but if you touch MR, be assure that Lasantha’s Ghost is still behind you. The crime comes behind you like your own shadow.
What happened at Vadamarachchi under General Kobbekaduwe?. Kobbekaduw did not have 200,000 men at his command. If JR did not buckle, SF would not have had a war to fight. It is the President and the government who won the war for all of us.
Ananda,
Come on mate, stop being a paranoid.
You all are known for a long time to each other and have developed a trust over the time. Therefore you all discuss things freely. However, a new comer makes honest comment which you all do not like or agree. He is either traitor or a suspicious character.
Where is your democracy? Do all have equal right to comment here or not? You all can counter comments which you do not like but please be patient before branding them to be on this side or the other.
This is not a blog which is exclusively given to handful of bloggers to exchange their monotonic views each and every day without letting others to discuss their ideas freely. If that is the case; please ask us to refrain from commenting alternative ideas.
Thank you.
Dear Asithri and Sam,
I will not change my friendship with you good patriots. All I'm saying is Sarath will not listen to Ranil ponnaya or Mangala ponnaya once elected. He has to do their dirty work to get the post. He may befriend these coksuckers but he is a man you can trust for standing tall. He will come out clean, sack Ranil ponnaya and Mangala ponnaya. Ponnayas can't do anything because people support him after winning.
Do you think Sarath will really forget what Mangala, Ranil, Jayalath told about him?
Do you think Sarath will forget his army men who stood by him for 35 years?
I agree he is now acting like the dog shit on the same plate it ate. He should do that to get the post from UNPee. He has to eat the humble pie (payya) of Ranil and Mangala. He's doing that with a good intention in mind.
Chethanaa is what matters most.
Priyashantha,
I agree he is now acting like the dog shit on the same plate it ate. He should do that to get the post from UNPee. He has to eat the humble pie (payya) of Ranil and Mangala. He's doing that with a good intention in mind.
There are few things I would like SF to discuss with RW,MS, MG, and RH, that is whether the sentence you be administered with electricity, rope, injection, or stones. Anything else is extremely unholy and anti Sri Lankan.
Ananda Ayya,
Kudos. Well said.
I live in Sri Lanka and we appreciate the work done by Sinhala expatriates. Their donations to bravehearts is higher than local donations.
Thank you Sinhala expatriates. We could not have done this without you.
But there are some expatriates I don't call them Sinhala who left Sri Lanka because Ranasinghe Premadasa fuked their wives. They don't give a cent to Sri Lanka. They hide down under, drink beer all day and time to time say contradictory things. We had a paraya by the name Rana who used to say similar things.
Uge payya ugema vesa Anuskage puke patalila u malaa. Uge pishachara avatharaya kaerakenawada danne naehe.
Sam,
No need. How can Ranil guarantee Sarath will not honour the pledges?
He can't. Sarath will do what he thinks. His thinking was good so far. After becoming president Sarath will fuk Ranil and kick the ponnaya out of the UNP.
To priyashantha,
I'm quite sure RW and de clans pretty well know that SF can say fuck off to them and do as he wishes.
But since they took that decision i thnk they did dat 4 a gd reason.i thnk we can agree that RW is nt a idiot.
My best guess is that SF will become a politician just like MR or RW.
He has showing signs that he is capable as MR or RW or Sajith P as a politician.
& politicians do deal with scum.(just luk at MR with mervin). So we can't really tell what he'll do. SF has shown that he favors some over ability, some times ignores able because he don't like them , easily offended and to revenge on his enemies.
So to all those who expect SF to change all the things wrong in the GOSL to right, don't get their hopes too high.
Its same as believing MR wld do exactly de thngs in "mahinda chinthnaya". Its either insane(too much clouded mind c the obvious truth) or stupid (easier said than done).So don't go too deep in to promises.
& by de way i had enough hearing abt GR killing Lasantha, SF killing Lasantha....
To my knowledge mervin did that. mervin i thnk publically acknowledged it. i far as i know it was something related to mervins underworld connections (drugs).
I 1st herd this few months after lasantha died (dont ask me frm where), long b4 mervin started bluffing.
expert inspector,
some good facts.
1. most of the war planning and execution was done in his abscence.
1.1 he was absent from work from april-july 2006. this is when we planned the war.
by august gen pannipitiya was firing MBRLs at IDENTIFIED LTTE positions and since then we were UNSTOPPABLE.
1.2 from may 8, 2009 to may 17, 2009 - the crucial stages, he was MYSTERIOUSLY absent too!!!
some say he was trying to avoid war crimes BS on himself.
MR going for a conference is different to the army commander leaving a PITCH battle.
2. The suicide attack on him is orchastrated by the cook he personally picked up, and he has to share some responsibility.
of course!! it is not the standard practice to get your favourite cook and dog to the SLAHQ.
3. Also it happened at the entrance to Army HQ which was under his direct control.
a big fuss was made when gajaba replaced sinha in security. WTF happened on april 25, 2006???
4. He could not assure the safety of his chief of staff Parami Kulathunge.
who was the most senior SLA man, which is VERY strange!!
priyasantha,
SF has changed a lot since 2005 to the worse.
he was a good soldier. agree.
what else????? where the hell u came to know he is a good politician??? its your baselss ASS-umption.
just bcos he was a good soldier, don't ASS-ume he is a good politician.
a man is judged by the company he keeps. - proverb
MR - GR, BR, ratnasiri, maithripala, karuna,.....mervin
SF - RW, MS, JJ, RH, LK, MG,.............TNA ministers, CBK
As far as Pro-MR posts above are concern, only one point I saw which is important.
"IF SF is killed during the election process".
All others are bullshit.
You said MR is the key person behind the Military victory, then how the hell are you can put the blames on SF for the few military weakness we had??
priyasantha,
a man is judged by the company he keeps. - proverb
you are a patriot here bcos you associate patriots like OAOA, sam, ananda.
wesa-pala is a tamil elamist bcos she associates terrorists like peeeater, sivathasan, chelvanayagam, HERSELF!!
get it????
b#1,
you have a strange way of judging bullsfit.
i mean bullsfit.
MR provided the political direction to war, decided on the war, allocated money 4 the war, battled the IC idiots over the war........
maintaining security is the task of SLA. at least at the SLAHQ.
chairman of IBM cannot deliver every computer himself.
Take this also
If MR elected again as president, soon there will NOT be any difference between Police and Army.
Please protect the respect Army have among the public.
Moshe,
[MR provided the political direction to war, decided on the war, allocated money 4 the war, battled the IC idiots over the war........]
How these all happened ?? you will know very soon who was behind those.
:p
I do not think SF is politically naive. For example, knowingly he created the situation of two resignation letters. It was deliberately done to send a message. A message to UNP and JVP (by this time UNP and JVP came to the situation that they could not let the SF tiger tail go. If they did then the election would have become a cake walk for MR.) SF waited until this moment. Then he ignored UNP request not to submit the resignation letter until the presidential election is announced. Knowingly very well that JVP and UNP are helpless he did that.
What was the message?
The message to the UNP and JVP was "now you are under my control?'
What is the message to the people? For UNP voter the message is "I am UNP. Vote for me."
To JVP voter the message is "I am JVP. Vote for me.
For SLFP (MR voter) the message is " I am independent. I am not like these Mangala, Ranil or Mano Ganeshan etc. Vote for me"
The fact of the matter is he is nothing but ego. He is not trying to service people. He is trying to service his ego.
His despotic way is betrayed by his letter to the military personnel, refusing to hand over the vehicles, Ambalangoda security arrangements.
Even though I doubt sincerity of AT, the rumours of corrupt deals may be true. If not for what reason then a ship of military material has been brought to Sri Lanka after the war. If Sri Lanka needs any weapons LTTE had already provided them.
Why take chances? These details may come out in the near future. Then please think about it. I just want to put out my point of view. You consider. Of course, I may be wrong.
His problem with Karannagoda was related to a school matter (I heard.) For that he did not cooperate with Karannagoda in the war? What kind of President we are going to get.
"Keith Noir does not have to be afraid if he has done nothing wrong." This is despotic.
"Sri Lanka belongs to Sinhalese only=Germany belongs to Pure Germans only"
B#1,
Be careful bro, this blog seems to be following Mervin's democracy. You either agree and approve few senior apostles say or be get hammered and discarded to the dustbin.
True, there are few issues that we cannot agree with SF
as you pointed out
01. he did not cooperate with Karannagoda in the war?
02. Sri Lanka belongs to Sinhalese only.
A president with these qualities cannot rule a country like SL.
Kshara,
:p Thanks for your advice.
Ton Swarnajith Udana said...
I think ur right about SFs political ability...
He really knows about attracting public sympathy...
For example talk he gave to Sirasa yesterday abt de difficulties he faces...
Dats really gd acting....
and to B#1...
Take this also
If MR elected again as president, soon there will NOT be any difference between Police and Army.
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Well SF is currently trying to attract SLAs sympathy and vote....
So i dont thnk MR as president will be able to have a more influence than SF as president.
SF said he's seeking the necessary security from general public since government is denying him security.
doesn't that rings a bell?
As i can remember Janaka Perera said the same thing during NCP elections.
Ironic isn't it, dont u agree...?
& JC ended up using currently serving commandos as his gard(while they were on vacation) which landed those commandos in Court marshal.
I wonder what SF meant by this?
B'se i'm quite sure he wasn't really expecting that 1000 civilian supporters wld come up and stay as a ring around him....
What do you make of this???
Alex, the spokesperson for refugee boat people turns out to be a "Notorious Toronto gangster". LoL!
..........
Notorious Toronto gangster re-emerges as Sri Lankan asylum seeker
If UNF campaigns without S B Dissanayake, its like "Parippu nathi hotalayak" lol:p
Keshara said ...
[You either agree and approve few senior apostles say or be get hammered and discarded to the dustbin.]
Keshara,
You have it all wrong!
You are not being criticized because you disagreed with "senior apostles" at DW, but because you made some sweeping generalizations that were patently incorrect, and that you were unable to cogently defend.
In such situations, just accept your mistake, and let it rest there without making unwarranted assumptions on the people who responded.
No one here is always right, and all of us have been fairly criticized at some time or the other.
At such times, most forthright people accept that criticism without allowing their ego to dominate and convert it into a blood feud.
Some have done precisely that, making the same mistake that SF is apparently making now, and lost their credibility at DW.
SLAF MI-24 crashes near Buttala
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=6276
Gents, please join me remembering and commemorating the sacrifices of our fallen cadres in this holiest of holy days. Maveerar Dhinam will be celebrated in all Tamil Eelam areas of London today, I will be at Sangam in East Ham today, please Gajen for me and help yourselves to vadais cooked by him. Light a candle of sacrifice for our fallen cadres and remember our brethren in your daily prayers. Hope to see you all in large numbers at today's functions, non Tamil Eelam citizens are also welcome.
An opening ceremony at Weerawila Airport.
What the hell these politicians need??
I have noticed that some Sri Lankans "living in SL" has stated that there is a significant movement of MR supporters moving to SF right now. I am surprised about this comment, plus I would like to know, in which part of SL this was observed. It is either a mistake or a misguide. There is no such happening in SL.
Let me clarify about me first. I am surely supporting MR this time simply because all the enemies of the nation have teamed up [almost certainly with international forces] to destroy SL and SF is likely to be [Note: SF is yet to accept his candidacy] used a s a pawn in the process. So I need not to hide my political intentions. Yet I do not intend to hide facts from you and create a fake situ update on trends. The day when trend turns for SF I will be honest to report it, although I disagree with it.
However, as yet, there is no such movement for SF. That is why I wanted to assert on my observations and expose the fake "movements" for all of you.
Again this is not an effort to MBRL those of you who support SF. There can't be two truths. If trend is SF, it will be him, even if I disagree to it. So let's face it.
Let me agree with most of you that there is a great trend set for SF among UNPers. It was there for few weeks, and in fact it started months ago. I have previously analyzed that SF has ~35% vote base which belonged to anti-MR camp and has chance to gain another 5% if he bows to eelamist claims. This group is heavily canvassing for him. [The very ppl whom called him a ruthless dictator during Wanni operations, and wished how he shud be outsmarted by Fatpig in order for their party to win political gains, are praising him like God right now] So you can say there is a big trend set among UNPers. Note it is a big amount of ppl, and you my mistake it is a national trend.
The critical part of the discussion is "Has SF penetrated the support bases of MR?" My analysis at at today is that there has not been any such. Note that there need to be at least 10-15 laks of voters converted from MR to SF in order for SF to win. It is a big event happening if ever, and I see no signs at all.
TBC...
CONTD...
Ppl whom voted for MR consists two main vulnerable parts. Floating voters and Minorities.
If I consider floating voters, most of them share the same sentiments of MR supporters in this blog. They have not forgotten RW, Mangy etc etc. These individuals chased all the floating voters from their side by issuing stupid speech after another, and made the floaters into temp residents in MR side [I'm one of them]. And it is unchanged. And they foresee the international conspiracy and pussycat plot in SF campaign.
Monorities of MR are collected via, TMVP, Thonda, Fayrial, Athaulla, Hisbulla, EPDP, Chandrasekaran. There is some Muslim Tamil base in SLFP, but it is minute.
MR risks his chances if SF can get these parties under him. It has not yet happened. So far they seem rock solid, but of course it is just the start.
This is why I'm saying as at now, table is set for a 60%-35% result. Take or give, I'd say 55%-40% will be the beast case for SF. Regardless my supporting side, I'd be changing my numbers accordingly, when actual trends are set, if any. But for now, this is my honest analysis.
Looking forward for the next possible big event in politics. Never underestimate MR/RW either side, they are both masters of trickery.
Never underestimate SF either. He's a master of trickery for not only the opposition, but also on his own masters. Right now, he may be collecting the required vote base for his own future party in GE [and if so I'd take back my claim that he's a pawn]
My request to all in either side [other than eelam f**kers who are my only enemies here] stop infighting. Keep an open heart and observe.
There are many predictions I'd like to write but wanted to limit this post strictly to current happenings as some have converted their wishful thinking, hopes, assumptions and predictions into real happenings. I want to correct the misunderstanding/misinformation of those.
Sorry typo:
"and you my mistake it is a national trend."
shud be read as
"and you by mistake think it is a national trend."
[A Mi-24 combat helicopter belonging to the Sri Lanka Air force crashed in Buttala a short while ago owing to a technical fault. The helicopter crashed in a thick jungle area and there are still no reports on how many people may have been on board the helicopter at the time it crashed.]
MR need votes and this might be the helicopter which use to para troops to jump from the air.
Sujeewa trends may move either way. Most UNP votes may go to SF. That is one reason that the chairman of UNP has given to this historical humiliating abdication of election by UNP.
If MR plays it right I think a large fraction of UNP vote can move in his direction. Remember it is still possible (since SF does not come from UNP) that at the last moment Ranil can come from UNP citing this or that excuse (may be remotely but not impossible). Also, some top rank may trip SF as Madam Sirima and Anura did for Hector Kobbakaduwa. If SF is really despotic as it is indicated by some anecdotes then many UNPers must be aware of this. If such stories are correct then there will be large movement to MR. On the other hand if there are solid stories against MR+GR then there will be a large movement to SF. Also depending on the nature of the stories there can be a movement of Tamil and Muslim vote for MR or SF. Since MR allowed SF to contest, I think the stories (if they begin to throw at each other) will hurt SF more.
In fact, if there were real misuse of power they should come out regardless who has done what. Then people will decide. Right or wrong we need accept that verdict to be right.
Thanks!
Swarnajith Udana
Some interesting history regarding the Sinha Regiment.
Sri Lanka’s Military:
The Search For A Mission By Brian Blodgett, Aventine Press
.....................
Doctrine
From 1950 to 1956, the army’s doctrine focused on fighting
a conventional war in open country. In 1956, the doctrine
changed to reflect jungle and anti-guerilla operations. In 1958,
after the riots between the Tamils and the Sinhalese, General
Anton Muttukumaru suggested to the Prime Minister that the army should create four regions to ease operational control and be better prepared to defend the country. It appears that he believed that the main threat came from the people - not from a foreign force. Therefore, he planned on placing an artillery regiment in the north where problems with the Jaffna Tamils were likely; an infantry battalion in the central region where he thought the Indian Tamils might cause problems; and an armoured unit in the south where he believed trade unionist posed the greatest threat. The fourth region would be at Panagoda where
the reserve forces would be located. Clearly, Muttukumaru saw
the army more as a tool against the people than against foreign
aggressors.
Command and Organization
During the 1950s, the army's two infantry regiments, were the
Sri Lanka Light Infantry and the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment. In the 1950s, several new units were formed using cadre from existing units as nuclei. Units included armored reconnaissance, infantry, artillery, and service support.
All of the units were under the direct control of the Ceylon
army’s headquarters and no subordinate command and control
units existed. The formation of the four regions suggested
by General Muttukumaru would have created the subordinate
commands required for better command of the troops.Prime Minster Sir John Kotelawa feared civil unrest and believed there was a need for “loyal” units to support the government. On September 1955, he ordered the activation of two Sinhalese infantry units, the Raja Rata Rifles (Kandy)and the Ruhunu Regiment (Galle and Matara). At the same time, the government federalized the Railway Department
(RD) and the Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) and turned
them into volunteer military units. Mobilization of these units
would occur during strikes and the men would have to serve
the government - not the unions. In 1956, newly elected Prime
Minister Bandaranaike disbanded the RD and the PTD. He
also wanted to disband the two new infantry units since he
believed that they were disloyal during the election and that
they were too regionally based. He feared that the precedent
of creating regional units would lead to the creation of “Tamil
only” units in the Jaffna region. General Muttukumaru argued
that the disbandment of these units would result in there being
an insufficient number of troops in the event of a crisis. The
two men compromised and the units were disbanded, but the 1st
Battalion, Ceylon Sinha Regiment (which used the Raja Rata
unit as its nuclei) formed on 1 October 1956. The Ceylon Sinha
Regiment is the country’s second infantry regiment.
Hoooooooooooo Selva!
I too am going to celebrate today!
With a hearty meal and a good song and dance!
Yeeeeha!!!
B#1 said...
MR need votes and this might be the helicopter which use to para troops to jump from the air
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B#1, are you serious? You make comments like this and then wonder people look at you with suspicion?
Another historical event that destroyed Sri Lanka's military capability.Irrational acts by the then government and successive government destroyed the country's military because they feared a coup.
Result of the coup attempt
The primary result of the coup attempt was that it led to Sirimavo Bandaranaike's distrust of the military. Even though the Army Commander Winston Wijekoon and the IGP M. W. F. Abeykoon were not aware of the coup, however the former was replaced in 1963 by Major General A.R. Udugama, the first Sinhala-Buddhist Army Commander, over looking the more senior Brigadier (later Major General) B. R. Heyn who was made commander after him. Funding for the services were cut drastically greatly effecting its growth and disabling its ability of defending Ceylon in the long term. The 1st Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment was amalgamated with 3rd Field Regiment to form 4th Regiment of the Ceylon Artillery, the 2nd (V) Antiaircraft Regiment of the Ceylon Artillery and the 2nd (V) Field/Plant Regiment of the Ceylon Engineers were disbanded and the 2nd (V) Signal Regiment of the Ceylon Signals Corps was brought to form the National Service Regiment. Military hardware procurements limited. The Navy was the also hard hit, many of its ships were sold and its blue water capability lost, it would regain it former ability until the 1980s and 1990's. Inter service cooperation in form of joint operations were suspended. As a result the military was under strength and ill-equipped to deal with the 1971 JVP Insurrection, in another government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. During this the country had to rely on help from other countries. Following Bandaranaike's government being defeat in 1965, Dudley Senanayake became Prime Minster, to prevent a future coup he created the Special Branch of the Ceylon Police Force charge with national security, this was however disbanded when Sirimavo Bandaranaike was again elected in 1970 which resulted in her government being was cough off guard, with no early warring when the 1971 JVP Insurrection started.
He was saying him being media crossed is just propaganda.
Whose propaganda was it?
Why is he in the lap of those people or those people are in his lap?
He says that he was not allowed to go to media whenever he wished.
He is giving away his game?
Why does a military general need to address people unless there is approval, permission from Civilian rulers?
He was overstepping his mandate.
What was he up to find such media exposure?
He should have known that he was only raising legitimate concerns of a legitimate government.
Why could not he understand that?
Now he blames the Government?
It is exactly repulsive as Mangala's condom theory. They did every thing behind the President against the war. When they were kicked out then they cried he was treated as a condom. I am glad Mangala calls himself a condom. What an irony?
Swarnajith Udana
Thusitha, I posted something and later i deleted it. May be you are correct. I guess I should reduce my useless posts here. Thanks Bro.
well ur quite right...
politicians meddled and made a mess of our military same as they did with all the other things...
By de way there were early warning abt de 1971 uprising. Government (police, politicians, etc.) didn't really understood it. JVP was never that good at keeping a secret.
But on the other hand analyzing and understanding the intelligence needs real intelligence and much more harder than gathering intelligence.
Selva, - “Maveerar Dhinam will be celebrated in all Tamil Eelam areas of London today, I will be at Sangam in East Ham today”
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Uncle,
East Ham is a huge place, bigger than Kilinochi. How do I find Sangam? Full address and phone number would be useful.
BTW, today on GTV (Global Terrorist Vision) I saw an OFCOM and ACMA approved program caption.... are you broadcasting porn at this time of the day?
SU;
Indeed there are lots of predictions. But I deliberately stood away from predicting as I wanted to get a grasp of current situ.
I'd like to talk about predictions soon. But until we have good discussion about current situ [some accusing some others being not living in SL, hence not knowing anything etc] there is no point of adding predictions.
I just see that it is not a parellal decisions to current political map of SL and divisions will be with 90% to existing fault lines. He who protects own home will win.
With all regret to our Toronto brothers, I truly admire that Monkeys are constantly showing their tail to all.
Some say that pussycats are grand masters of propaganda, but they are doing it for us as well.
Do not think Canadians are such fools....
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Suspected Tamil Tigers set fire to Toronto Mahaviharaya again
November 27, 2009 04:25 pm
Suspected Tamil Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Toronto have set fire to the Toronto Mahaviharaya in Scarborough again to ‘celebrate’ their dead leader’s birthday, reports the Adaderana correspondent in Canada.
Toronto Fire Brigade and Police Services have surrounded the Vihara and have doused the fire now. Earlier too the LTTE in Toronto set fire to the Mahaviharaya no sooner the Tigers were defeated in Sri Lanka in May this year.
Chief Incumbent of the Toronto Mahaviharaya Venerable Ahangama Rathanasiri Thera said that they are yet to assess the damage. “I head a noise at about 1.30 in the morning and saw smoke. Police told me that a Transport Board driver had informed the fire service regarding the fire,” he said.
When RW said yday that UNP working committee accepted SF unanimously, the next news item said that three ppl opposed it. I was wondering what the heck was meant by Unanimous. But Today one objector is sacked from working committee, and that means what he meant by "unanimous", he's gonna sack the objecting ppl, and make it unanimous.
As i said, the divisions regarding SF are at 90 degrees to current fault lines.
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Azath Sally sacked
November 27, 2009 05:05 pm
the UNP Working Committee, the United National Party said today. He was among the three UNP working committee members out of the 96 who objected to backing General Sarath Fonseka as the Common Presidential Candidate yesterday.
Moshe Said...
1.2 from may 8, 2009 to may 17, 2009 - the crucial stages, he was MYSTERIOUSLY absent too!!!
some say he was trying to avoid war crimes BS on himself.
2. The suicide attack on him is orchastrated by the cook he personally picked up, and he has to share some responsibility.
of course!! it is not the standard practice to get your favourite cook and dog to the SLAHQ.
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I know quite a lot of us are pissed off with SF, but these looks like bit under the belt.
I don't think it is his duty to check the security clearance of cooks.
Also it is highly unlikely that he can get a way from war crime charges by staying away from the war front for few days of the war.
SU;
Never meant to hurt your prediction. I was just asserting my objective. Anyway, yes we need to discuss predictions. So pls carry on. I will join it soon.
Yes your analysis in Bush/Clinton was very logical. MR has to think of it.
Another fact about SL PE is, he who does not shit and pee in other's garden has good advantage. Maybe time to tie the stray dogs.
No Sujeewa I was thinking that I looked like I am challenging your prediction.
In these things(poll predictions-unless it is a random sample) each and every one of us can be right or wrong. That does not matter.
I thought I seemed to be attacking you.
Sujeewa:
I was not objecting your analysis. I was complementing.
The Government must have real opinion poll numbers.
George Bush Senior was 20 points behind Dukakis in PE in the USA.
GB began to attack the record of Dukakis.
Dukakis record was so good.
So Democrats asked him to not to answer the attacks and ignore them.
One month later Dukakis was 12 points behind.
At the end Dukakis began to respond rather than ignoring attacks aginst him.
Polls moved to Dukakis a bit.
Finally Dukakis lost by 8 points.
Everyone said Bush would be single term President.
Gulf War I came. USA won.
Bush's approval rate sky rocketed.
Every one said Bush would win the second term by landslide dwarfing all the other election victories before.
Bush went astray.
Bush lost to Clinton by 4 or 6 points.
I would like MR to hear this.
MR should win by 60 point margin. Anything less is an indictment on his performance after such a magnificent service to the Nation. I do not blame the people. I blame him.
I will be happy for MR to win by the slimmest of the margin and learn not to take people's vote for granted even if the gratitude is eternal
November 27, 2009 5:27 PM
All financial dealings regarding procurement of armaments during the war were not done by him but by Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaske says former Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Sarath Fonseka adding that this was done through a company that belongs to Gotabhaya Rajapakse. Gen. Fonseka said this at a special media discussion held yesterday
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Why did Army use GRs company to buy arms. This is totally wrong and should never be allowed in the future. The government should be transparent in it's dealing. Even if GR did not steal any money, people would always have doubts. Also when one day government changes, I am sure he would be hounded by police (rightfully) if he had made money from the war.
It is reassuring to note that Tamil Tiger advocate, Sebastian Seeman, India’s Tamil Nadu Filmmaker, who was on a speaking tour in Canada was told to leave Canada. Sebastian Seeman entered Canada on Monday. He was travelling on a visa issued last month by the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi. He visited Canada in 2007 without incident.
His fiery speech on Wednesday at an event in Toronto where the flag of the banned Tamil Tiger terrorists was flown, advocating restarting the separatist war in Sri Lanka, is enough proof that Canada is increasingly becoming the grounds for greater strengthening of a post war Tamil Tiger outfit internationally. During his speech in Toronto on Wednesday, Mr. Seeman talked about restarting the civil war in Sri Lanka, according to several Tamil-Canadians who heard it on the radio or watched it on the Internet.
He also spoke harshly about the ethnic Singhala who are the majority in Sri Lanka. "No Singhala can live," he said, according to the witnesses. He also said the war would have ended differently had the rebels bombed 100 Singhala schools for every Tamil school bombed by the Sri Lankan forces.
In the video of his speech, a flag bearing the militaristic emblem of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, can be seen in the room. The Tigers are a banned terrorist organization under Canadian law.
RCMP officers and members of the Toronto and Peel police services were involved in Mr. Seeman's arrest, which comes as police are cracking down on the pro-rebel events that were once common in Toronto.
It has also been recognized that there is no country more important for the Tamil Tigers than Canada, and it is reassuring that Canada is willing to put a cap on such a Tamil Tiger organization taking hold on Canadian soil again.
For Sri Lanka to establish a sustain peace in that little island, Canada does have a role to play by stopping the Tamil Tiger front liners of the Tamil population of 250 thousand of having the capacity to resurrect in Canada.
Sebastian Seeman, who was in Canada on a speaking tour, was taken into custody by Canada Border Services Agency officers and questioned before agreeing to leave the country immediately.
A Canada Border Security Agency spokeswoman, Patricia Giolti, confirmed the arrest, and his lawyer, Hadayt Nazami, said immigration officials had intended to deport him on security grounds unless he left voluntarily. "I think that's what the accusation was, to be honest with you, that he was pro-LTTE ... membership in a terrorist group, whether by association, activity or speeches or we don't know," Mr. Nazami said. He departed Canada last night.
Jaathiye Paaha Ballo
Featured Scum of The Day.
Mangala Samaraweera
Please check the following two links from LankaENews, the most trusted anti-SL news.
2008 November 28:
Mangala Samaraweera said that General Fonseka is not suitable at least for Salvation Army.
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He pointed out that Sarath Fonseka was penalized on disciplinary grounds in 1975 when General Cyril Ranathunga was the Army Commander, challenging Fonseka to prove if this fact was wrong. Advising him to safeguard Army discipline, Samaraweera asked the Army Commander to appear on behalf of the Army personnel. He pointed out that the Army Commander had allocated for him at the cost of Rs. 45 million for a Benz car instead of providing facilities for the Army soldiers.
One year goes by...
2009 November 26:
General Fonseka can save SL like how Gen. De Gaulle saved France. The SLFP (M) has yesterday (26) at its political Council meeting consented in unison to Gen. Fonseka’s candidature for the 2010 Presidential elections.
After Gen. Fonseka becomes President , the SLFP will naturally crumble to dust. In that event , it will have to dissolve the party . In any case , the UNP and the SLFP will have to work together for at least 5 years to resurrect this country from the present impasse. Towards this end , it is a leader like Ranil Wickremesinghe who is necessary . If the UNF wins at the General elections , Ranil shall be the Prime Minister , he added.
I sincerely hope that General Fonseka will not get duped by the scum bags who wants to get to power from the back door.
Jaathiye Pahara Ballo
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Lakshman Kiriella
Ravi Karunanayake
Vajira Abeywardena
Jayalath Jayawardena
Mangala Samaraweera
Rauf Hakeem
Wickramabahu Karunaratne
Kumar Rupasinghe
Jehan Perera
Sunanda Deshapriya
Sunila Abeysekara
Mano Ganeshan
R Sampanthan
K Sivajilingam
G.K. Ponnambalam
other TNA sakkiliyas
Duleep Chikera
Pakiyasothi Saravanamuttu
Rohan Edirisinghe
Mithra Fernando
Tisaranee Gunasekera
Priyath Liyanage
Rayappu Joseph
Rosy Senanayake
Sonali Samarasinghe
Nimalka Fernando
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
Dayasiri Jayasekara
Iqbal Athas
Lal Kantha
Anura Kumara
Malik Samarawickrama
Lalith Kothalawala
S.B. Dissanayake
Brian Seneviratne
Sisira Jayasuriya
Johnston Fernando
Ranath Premalal Kumarasinghe
Sucharitha Gamlath
Jayantha Senevirathna
Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri
Terrence Purasinghe
Chandrapala Kumarage (Attorney-at-law)
Yohan Devananda
Patrick Fernando
Kumar David
Basil Fernando
Mahabooru Day,
The day to remember as the greatest display of Eelamoid stupidity. It is a day to remember that Sri Lankans will never allow the terrorists to break the country apart.
[Fonseka acknowledges he will run for Presidency next year]
Good Luck!
We need leaders like you in politics to eliminate buggers like Mervin.
May Success come Your Way!
Budhu Saranai !
Still More NATION BUILDING underway!
JAYAWEWA!
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Sri Lanka begins construction of second international airport with Chinese aid
Fri, Nov 27, 2009, 08:12 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Nov 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today amid religious observances ceremoniously initiated the construction on the country's second international airport at Maththala in Hambanthota.
The new airport will be constructed on a plot of 2,000 hectares in Hambantota district at a cost of US$200 million. The Government of the People's Republic of China provides financial assistance for the project with a soft loan.
President Rajapaksa addressing the gathering said people today are enjoying the benefits of the results taken without bowing down to the powerful forces of the world. He pledged not to change the decisions taken in the interest of the motherland and the people.
Aviation Services chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya and Chinese officials signed an agreement for the loan facility.
Inaugurating the event the President operated a crane and a Mihin Air plane flew over the site.
According to the Ports and Aviation Ministry, the construction of the airport will be completed in two phases. All basic facilities including runways, taxiways and parking facilities will be completed in the first phase to be completed by 2011.
All other airport and aviation related facilities will be completed in the second phase. These include servicing and repairing centre for aircraft, hotels, pilot training centre, maintenance hub, private jet parking, and technical training centers.
The government plans to commission the airport by the end of 2011 and land the first flight by December 2011.
Thusitha said...
Why did Army use GRs company to buy arms. This is totally wrong and should never be allowed in the future.
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Any idea what this company is? It is Lanka Logistics - a fully government owned company where GR is a director. SF is trying to paint a wrong picture!! If the recent comments made by SF are anything to go by, he is showing his political immaturity to everyone! Seems like he cannot come out of the hole he dug himself with the support of UNF.
SU;
You made a hell lot of a point indeed.
My prediction is considering status today. But the direction which you pointed out is always a possibility. Yes MR has things to ponder...
[[Bush lost to Clinton by 4 or 6 points.
I would like MR to hear this]]
But there is a bit of lag in this individual point. If SF is coming out on his own, with his policies unhindered by traitor lot, this is a big possibility. However SF's biggest downfall is his dealing with traitors.
In any case War victory is the last thing that MR should state. He shud ask for a mandate for what he has started [and not completed yet] and what he plans to start. Not for what he did. Everyone knows his contributions for war victory. Repeating it would only offend ppl, not attract.
[[MR should win by 60 point margin. Anything less is an indictment on his performance after such a magnificent service to the Nation. I do not blame the people. I blame him.]]
It is doubtful. But knowing the shrewd politician MR, it is not at all a surprise. There are two hurdles. Firstly the string blind vote base of UNP. Secondly the inability to win northern votes [which may not be the case if his plans work out].
However the true main reason is the corruption and dogma that exists in his admin. We spoke lorry loads about it during SPC election. I do not want to spend more time on it.
[[I will be happy for MR to win by the slimmest of the margin and learn not to take people's vote for granted even if the gratitude is eternal]]
100% agree. This is the very same reason why I wish that he'd never get a 2/3 again anywhere. Past few PC elections never did a good deed for nation. It just messed up the greatest leader after 1970.
I'm also preferring a 55-45 result. As long as traitor lot looses, it is great that SF gets most. That will encourage him to start his own party when teh traitors dump him after defeat. And SF will surely pocket a block vote away from traitors. It is teh greatest victory for my mother land, something standing upto what we achieved in May19.
I'm really hoping for SF to have his own ride for upcoming GE. Sri Lanka Patriots Party, maybe a premature but fitting name for it when he really looks for it.
In Lanka Logictics, not only GR, but also SF, WK, RG, Daya Sandagiri etcc etc were directors.
GR being the top most officer, must have lead it.
SF islying perhaps to cover the allegations about his own SIL. More SF lies, more we can guess about his own hidden treasure.
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=6281
What the heck is SF doing? It seems that he has already become a 3rd class politician!!
http://defencewire.blogspot.com/[[Meanwhile, according to the report, there is speculation that Norway has already sent 20 million Kronors through a non-governmental organisation to be used for the campaign of a prospective Presidential candidate - Ada Derana]]
This is Kissinger Theory. Henry Kissinger put it in place in Iran when he ousted Mohammed Mosaddeq in Iran in 1952. Mossaddeq was a secular and nationalist premier of Iran, who was the first to introduce nationalism to the nation which was then eaten by west for oil. He publicized all oil production.
Kissinger theory means you heavily cash the opponents of your target. If democratically impossible, then you finance a rebellion or a coop.
And in few nations where Kissinger theory failed, CIA used direct assassinations using conspiracy.
SL is not as important as Iran for west,, but SL has a major port in formation, which will control the busiest maritime route, with direct access to the biggest consumer populations and ~75% of oil in the world. And Chinese are having first rights there.
I'm not saying that SF willingly supports it. He may find donations very generous, but he himself will fail to see the ulterior plans behind them.
Hi Selva
How is your maha donkey day celebrations going on? Why no monkeys seen here..? All started campaigning for new savior..?
Online poll
http://dzoneonline.com/poll/
A person who is a known master mililtary strategist failing to see things is unlikely if he gives little bit of thought to it. His newly found friends are not allowing him to see 360 deg. He is bombarded with one set of views - get rid of MR and he himself having the same goal for whatever reasons.
What caught my attention in adaderana news item was about GR giving directions to kill Tamil Civilians! Sri Lanka has already become a joke in front IC due to these utterances. Unity that we had 6 months back has vanished into thin air.
Sad state of affairs. Self before the country just 6 months after sacrificing nearly everything for the sake of country.
If this is true, General Fonseka is getting cozy with Iqbal Athas aka MIA. MIA was here just a few weeks ago bad mouthing. If this is true, then this can be the a new low SF has reached.
Sarath aiya has agreed to a castration, without realizing it is his own balls on the chopping block. And the knife is wielded by the penis-envy bloc, Rani-akka, Mangal-ika and other limp-dix. The UNP's losers want Sarath to win the election for them as Prez, and then neuter himself and gracefully descend into ignomity while the clowns who wanted to sink Sri Lanka into the shit hole take rule.
Sarath aiya may have lost his marbles and not know wherethefuck his asshole is, but average Perera does. The JVP will hold sway in the crowd pushing for a while but this time reality is clear.
But there is a game changer possible. And that is in the weakness the govt has; it is seen as drunk with power and abusive. No kiddin' it's true. I now live in Colombo and see this first hand - The fckers behave like drunk monkeys with uzis. Some attitude adjustments will have to happen on the govt side to keep the people on their side, and it will happen.
MR will win this election, SF pro'ly will come to his senses and step down, leaving the clowns left feeling fcked.
It’s sad that we have lost a valuable Mi24 helicopter on an air display today they must take responsibility in not using these valuable military assets paid by the suffering tax payers.politicans must not overplay the recent military victory for worthless propaganda where personal and military assets are carelessly used and lost.
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