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“Being Framed For Lasantha’s Murder” Says Sarath Fonseka

By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka has accused law enforcement officers of trying to force a confession out of Brigadier D. Keppetivalana in a bid to frame him and the Brigadier in an assassination plot that killed The Sunday Leader Founder Editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge. General Fonseka told The Sunday Leader that Brigadier...
February 7 2010 / 127 comments / Read More »

PRESIDENT IN WAITING

PRESIDENT IN WAITING

“I am the Peoples President” Sarath Fonseka declared at a protest rally organised by the joint opposition alliance on Wednesday February 3, where holding burnt ballot papers, he charged he had been cheated of the presidency. ...

February 7 2010 / 107 comments / Read More »

Sarath Fonseka Arrested For “Military Offences”

Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander and defeated Presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka, was sensationally arrested by the Military Police at his Colombo...

February 9 2010 / 65 comments / Read More »

EU decides to suspend GSP

European Union (EU) nations have decided to suspend Sri Lanka’s preferential trade status because of the island’s human rights...

February 7 2010 / 53 comments / Read More »

A Grand Swan Alliance?

By Munza Mushtaq The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has initiated discussions with the ‘swan’ bearing New Democratic Front (NDF)...

February 7 2010 / 70 comments / Read More »

Prabhakaran hounded for supporting Fonseka

By Munza Mushtaq Batticaloa Mayoress Sivageetha Prabhakaran appears to be paying the price for supporting defeated common opposition presidential candidate...

February 7 2010 / 24 comments / Read More »

Drinking Binge Leads To Violent Assault In Kanneliya

By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Secretary to the Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Piyasena Gamage led an assault after a drinking binge inside...

February 7 2010 / 28 comments / Read More »

CaFFE Demands Copies As Irregularity Charges Mount

Charging that party representatives at some counting centres had not received copies of the result of the recently concluded...

February 7 2010 / 24 comments / Read More »

Inside PoliticsPolitics

Opposition Shifts Focus To Parliamentary Poll

Election result set to stand as UNP negotiates to keep its identity JVP scurries around...

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World Affairs

Hambantota In The Great Game Of The Indian Ocean

President Rajapaksa’s visit to Moscow was not seen as an event of much significance by...

Feb 7, 2010 / More »

Renaissance Man

Hoarders Of Hatred And Merchants Of Malice

While it no longer surprises me about the role that one particular English-language daily plays...

Feb 7, 2010 / More »

The week that was

Deep Depression – Then The Letter Arrives …

I say it myself — poor Menika, poor poor girl. Pitiable state is what I...

Feb 7, 2010 / More »

Article 14

The View From India

Right now I’m in Chennai, waiting for a train. Chennai seems well developed but it...

Feb 7, 2010 / More »

Paththarakaraya

Sixty-Two Years Of Degeneration

About this time every year for the past 62 years it is customary for politicians...

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Editorial

The nation drifts without a direction

In a democracy, a thumping majority is expected to result in cool heads among the victors and cold feet among losers. The recent presidential election in Sri Lanka has had the opposite effect...

Feb 7, 2010 / More » The nation drifts without a direction

Spotlight

Rigging: Truth Or Fiction?

By Faraz Shauketaly If there was ever a common topic in the aftermath of the Presidential Elections 2010 and especially after the results were announced it was this: RIGGING. Not a soul was...

Feb 7, 2010 / More » Rigging: Truth Or Fiction?

Politics

Opposition Shifts Focus To Parliamentary Poll

Election result set to stand as UNP negotiates to keep its identity JVP scurries around to maintain survival via any alliance List of campaign donors exposes double game of the wealthy Karu Jayasuriya...

Feb 7, 2010 / More » Opposition Shifts Focus To Parliamentary Poll

Interviews

“I Am The People’s President”

“MR Is A Rogue President Without Integrity And Dignity” – Gen. Fonseka By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema __ Photos by Asoka Fernando Common Presidential Candidate General Sarath Fonseka in an exclusive interview with this newspaper...

Feb 7, 2010 / More » “I Am The People’s President”

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Kottu

Nutshell

    Acceptance is the first step!
    So all the Swan fellows swooped down to Hyde in a park. Where they made the most colossal fuss about the election. But the highlight as always was Fonny Boy, who declared to all and sundry, “I am the People’s President, and I won’t hesitate to say it!” Subsequently, he told us wild asses, “(Mahin-deer) is the Rogue President.” Hmmm… Fonny, did you not catch the election day results on the news? Or did your room by the Lakeside come without a TV? Aiyo aiyo!!

    No cake for you!
    And the organisers at this most convivial protest obviously wanted to keep the crowd on their toes. So much so that no seating was available except for the platform. Which was well and good for us wild asses. However it seemed that some of the Swan boys have been enjoying too many buth packets. Because several of them huffed and puffed, but couldn’t bring themselves to sit down. So instead they offered their seats to others. Well at least chivalry is not dead! Sweet, no?

    Gentlemen, burn your ballots!
    Everyone has been shouting about burned ballot papers in Ratnapura and Gampaha. So our intrepid Die-hard Dissanayake was probably thinking of examining them. But before he could finish pondering Lakshman-Yap-a-lot-Abeywardene went live shouting, “It’s fake, yakkos!” No need for an independent inquiry then. Yap-a-lot has done Die-Hard’s job for him! Sha…

    Mahanayake, forgive them…
    Then the swooning Swans were most upset by Yap-a-lot and toddled off to the Mahanayake with the ballots. The government of course came up with a gem. They said perhaps the Swans should be filing election petitions with the Supreme Court within the 21 day deadline. Instead, they were too busy running behind monks waving burnt ballot papers! True, very true!

    De-ja vu?
    All us wild asses know that Fonny is a sore loser. He really doesn’t want to play second fiddle. A little birdy whispered that Fonny boy was offered the post of Deputy Leader of the Green Team. To that Fonny leaped about in a fury and said “No!” What’s more, he wants to contest the general elections with the same Swan squad, complete with symbol! And the Swans rushed about in a huff wondering what to do. All this reminded us wild asses of a certain boy who also never changes his tune but refuses to give up his post. *Cough* Ra-kneel *cough* Ha ha!!!

    Uncle?
    And then our dear Mahin-deer asked all board directors to resign from their posts. No child, not because he wants to give them all fun retirement packages to the Ba-ha-mas. Or even Trincomalee. No no, these fellows are now rushing about in a panic, worrying that they’ll be left with nothing. Word is, they’re worried Ma-hin-deer wants to fill these posts with his loving supporters. Only problem is, he’s run out of brothers to appoint. Perhaps a cousin, second twice removed? Tee hee!

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