In a recent article by Dr Thrishantha Nanayakkara a lecturer at Kings College London, he makes it clear that the Sinhala people who assisted the Govt in defeating the LTTE did so, that we can wipe out terrorism from the Island and instead restore democracy and the rights enshrined in the Constitution.http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/an-open-message-to-gotabaya-rajapaksa/comment-page-1/#comment-546997We know what has happened since. I note below ...
At the expense of being boring, repetitive, and seemingly unpatriotic, I have to keep returning to this subject time and time again, on why I believe this Government is bent on convincing the public that all the problems they are faced with are NOT of their own making but of imperialist and LTTE rump (I like that word ‘rump’ ...
In my blog entry here on November 14th I highlighted the issue of inexplicable killings during or after the prison riot recently at the main Welikada Prison in Colombo.The issue is now getting front and center stage and questions remain. In typical fashion the HRC appointed to investigate can begin their interview work once the CID finishes theirs. What were ...
A brilliant constable, Weligama Liyanarachchige Sunil, who joined the STF and then later transferred to the Prevention of Corruption Unit of Matara Police Division, was brutally murdered in his bed along with his wife, Apsara by a gang of at least four, one of whom was identified as Katayam Chinthaka a neighbor and an underworld gangster.One of the gang Sumith ...
I said first that the CJ will step aside if she has some self-respect. Then I said that she will not resign on principal as she sees this as a below the belt dirty conspiracy to force her to toe the line with the Govt. and will therefore resist any push at all costs.Then I noted in the previous blog ...
In a clear act to stamp his authority on proceedings, the Speaker has just ruled that“Any outside entity (even the Supreme Court or even the President!) has NO authority over the Speaker, Parliament or any committee appointed by him.”So we are firmly wedged in a Banana Republic where thugs and people who are subjected to being paid off to switch ...
I researched on the possibles and probables just as the Govt is also doing today, and before the Govt. I was able to determine that the compared with past CHOGM this week's one is a disaster as far as foreign leader participation is concerned, and I said so in my blog. It appears that it is blocked at the moment ...
MPs who insulted the CJ yesterday calling her a “mad women” are in fact people voted in by our massesWe in Sri Lanka have now got used to electing riff raff to parliament based on their notoriety and not on their ability. It is a few who get elected in the latter category and we citizens must be ashamed of ...
The US Govt. is currently contemplating stripping the Sri Lankan Defense Secretary of the US citizenship he has obtained, and for which he has taken an oath to safeguard the US Constitution et al… and who is therefore doing their bidding. Once this article is read, the reason for stripping him of his citizenship becomes moot, as he is actually ...
THE BILL AUTHORIZING THE KOTELAWALA DEFENCE ACADEMY TO ESTABLISH A MEDICAL FACULTY WAS DEBATED AND PASSED It is very sad that in this day and age of information overflow, very important pieces of legislation gets passed with the people of the Country not realizing it, and are totally unaware of legislation that actually affect their everyday lives. Instead, giving the ...
The President and his Regime has had a long run of luck, but due to his deft sleight of hand, to confront all challenges with a simple what is your price, knowing that all Sri Lankans have one and he will not have to pay it, the Nation will, has enabled all problematic Opposition to be compromised by giving what ...
Udaya Gammanpila is a very clever man, who could have used his brains to further many causes of importance to Sri Lanka and helped to raise the quality of life of those of us who live in it. Instead he decided to go into politics, which he may believe on balance furthers those ends, but in reality furthers his personal ...
The Times of London headlined their paper yesterday on “Cash for Kidneys Offer lures Britons” where the former Apollo Hospital is charged with selling kidneys to patients, (hitherto quite common, ask a Kidney recipient at Apollo) and has completely sensationalized this practice.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3919707.eceFurther the Independent paper in the UK also had a similar article in their issue yesterday, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/britons-sold-illegal-kidneys-for-
The President, at a breakfast meeting of the Editors yesterday, alluded to the fact that the UNP wanted the CJ impeached, due to her connections as the Spouse of a person directly involved in questionable dealings!Actually the UNP did not want her appointed the CJ in the first place, as it was considered political for many reasons. That was at ...
Yesterday, 23rdJanuary a statue of Bharatha Lakshman was unveiled in Kolonnawa, his political power base, by the Speaker Chamal Rajapakse. On the same date it was announced in the newspapers that his driver who has directly implicated Duminda Silva and his goons of firing at him in the incident where he was shot to death and Duminda Silva was injured, ...
When donkeys are given the job of running a government, in this case in Sri Lanka, these pronouncements sound like far-fetched dreams. It is only in Sri Lanka that someone without any blushes can say “we took over Companies on Nov 9th and in a week we are ready to resell it back to them if the proposals (by ...
As usual with everything, our sordid past is coming home to haunt us. Just when we thought we could hide from the 1989 era of youth disappearances where over 50,000 youth, overwhelmingly Sinhala were murdered in cold blood by the Army, for the likelihood of them having SOME affiliation with the JVP, the evidence of what happened is slowly surfacing ...
The ACT in question has not gone through the process of publication as required by Art 78(1) of the constitution where it is published in the Gazette 7 days prior to it being placed in the order paper of Parliament. This is so that a citizen can challenge the constitutionality by a petition to the Supreme Court. The govt. ...
The charade put on by the ex-members of the UNP Maithri Guneratne and Shiral Laktilleke to gather troops at Devundera and march to Colombo was an abject failure on the part of the publicity given it by Mawbima and Sirasa, as barely 150 turned up. However Mangala Samaraweera got caught in the web of intrigue with disastrous consequences for the ...
I have constantly accused Ceylon Today and its sister paper Mawbima of making up fanciful stories to reinforce their angle and lies and the link is further proof of their extremely puerile behavior. see link: http://www.srilankamirror.lk/news/11650-chandrika-unp-group-meeting-a-blatant-lieI am sure that most readers now buy these only if their imagination needs some far fetched made up story to keep them amused, and ...