Meet The Real Mervyn Silva
By Frederica Jansz
Mervyn after the Rupavahini fracas
Mervyn Silva is the quintessential coward. Your typical classroom bully. A thug, patronising with ease members of the underworld, drug dealers and gold smugglers.
Of average intellect, the thuggish Silva — a product of Mahinda Rajapaksa — was quick to assess that his inbred qualities of crass, crude displays of verbose abuse was in fact a step on the ladder to political notoriety, which Mervyn Silva in similar vein to every politician in this country embraces.
Any publicity is good publicity and it is by that adage that Mervyn functions. Which is why a man who polled a mere 2,500 votes in the general election of 2004 this time polled a massive 150,000 preferential votes – Silva had perfected the art of publicity and the local media bit the bait he threw each time. Silva was further given an added bonus after having been asked and appearing weekly on a local reality television show as a judge! Where he performs like a circus clown – but the ratings of this particular show are at an all time high – not because of the gracious Ms. Rosy Senanayake who is also on the panel of judges but because Mervyn Silva – sits there holding television audiences spellbound with his antics.
And that in a nutshell is the essence that is Mervyn Silva. The man if taken on — as he was in the fiasco enacted at the state owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation will run with his tail between his legs.
But, the foul-mouthed Silva has proved invaluable to political leaders in a country where politics hits mud everyday – all the time – acting the court jester, Mervyn provides valuable, violent, verbose service to control those who attempt to overstep the President or anyone in the bad books of the President.
Silva’s allegiance to Mahinda Rajapaksa will however be thrown out the window the day Rajapaksa is no longer President of Sri Lanka — that too is Mervyn’s style.
Silva entered politics under the patronage of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Hambantota District. Later he left the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined the United National Party (UNP). Silva at one time was a strong critic of Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga. He slandered her repeatedly. However, after Mrs. Kumaratunga became president in 1994, Mervyn Silva got back the membership of SLFP asking forgiveness from her in public.
There was even a time when Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe used Mervyn Silva to slander Hambantota District MP Sajith Premadasa. As one wag told this newspaper – Right now, if Mervyn were to approach Wickremesinghe for a crossover “Ranil would grab him with both hands.” The man is a vital commodity for Sri Lanka’s political leaders.
In this issue, we detail Silva’s colourful background, both political and personal. The man would be a laugh if not that he can be deadly. Closely associated with members of the underworld, Mervyn Silva has proved on more than one occasion he is no joke.
Silva’s ludicrous claims of lineage to Sinhala kings is all but a figment of his puerile imagination. President Mahinda Rajapaksa himself will be able to graphically detail the beginnings of Mervyn Silva.
For, it is Rajapaksa who opened a window of opportunity for Silva, who, at the time of the 1970 general election was the president of the youth wing of the SLFP in Beliatta. This was the time Mahinda Rajapaksa himself entered parliament for the first time having won the Beliatta seat.
Silva hailed from a poor village family. Certainly this is nothing to be ashamed of. Except that Silva is now professing he inherited ‘family wealth’ from his father.
Mervyn Silva worked closely with Rajapaksa during the 1970 election campaign. After his victory, Rajapaksa felt obliged to give Silva a job as the latter was unemployed at the time.
Thus, he was employed at Sathosa as a ‘badu kiranna.’ A man who measured vegetables, sugar, rice, dhal, etc. on a weighing scale at the Sathosa Jathika Pola, which was visited by almost anybody and everybody in those days.
This is how Mervyn Silva came to Colombo. During that period of the ration book, most items were sold only through CWE outlets. Everything was rationed. From red chillies to sugar to milk powder, rice, etc.
Even the wives of government ministers were compelled to do their grocery shopping at the CWE. This way, not only wives of government ministers but even those from the so-called ‘upper classes’ visited the Sathosa Jathika Pola to do their marketing.
Hot favourite
Mervyn was gracious to all, bowing and scraping, and on many occasions giving them in excess of the rationed amount. Sometimes he would have some items of grocery even delivered to ladies whose social standing was high. Thus, Mervyn was a hot favourite and so began his climb up the social and political ladder.
Subsequently, Silva contested the post of president, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya at Sathosa and won. He then used his influence as union president to secure ‘office space’ for himself at the main head office of the CWE, which at the time was situated at Union Place.
From there, Mervyn transformed himself into a mini dynamo. If there was any item needed out of any Sathosa outlet that could not be easily secured, Silva was the man to contact.
Gradually, while building up his influence within the SLFP, Mervyn worked his way into the confidence of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Not just with her, but Mervyn became a close cohort of the entire Bandaranaike family. The Bandaranaikes, from Sirimavo, to Chandrika and then Anura on subsequent occasions used Mervyn as their point man to insult each other. And Silva willingly obliged that fractious family.
Each time he returned from his village situated in the deep south at Beliatta he would carry the best curd and honey for Sirimavo Bandaranaike. His fidelity to her continued even during the tumultuous political period of 1982 when the SLFP split with Hector Kobbekaduwa on one side, Anura Bandaranaike, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Senanayake on another and Sirimavo Bandaranaike cracking the whip in the middle.
Influence
And such was Mervyn’s influence with her that he even discussed with her the candidature of his mentor, Mahinda Rajapaksa to the extent that Rajapaksa was overheard bitterly recounting to some, “The …… that I brought to Colombo is today deciding on my nomination.”
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was an ardent believer in astrology, numerology, charms, and all things spiritual and unknown. Like a hawk, Silva moved in for the kill. At the drop of a hat, or a single word in this instance from Sirimavo Bandaranaike, he would summon astrologers of varying breeds to Rosmead Place. Thovils, poojas and horoscope readings became a regular feature.
One night, a huge thovil had been organised by Silva at the request of Sirimavo Bandaranaike at Tintagel. During the course of the proceedings, former Deputy Defence Minister, Lakshman Jayakody had walked in and spied a man clad in priest like clothing officiating at the ceremony.
As Jayakody watched, from time to time this man would don a human skull and spreading an ash like substance would profess to dispel from the midst of Rosmead Place all evil eye and presence. Mervyn Silva was ‘Master of Ceremonies.’
Some days later, Jayakody was in Galle attending a court case and at around mid day the bench adjourned for lunch. Jayakody also wandered off, ate something and returned to the court house. On his return he spied a crowd gathered around a tree. Mildly curious, he strolled over and saw a man wearing dirty yellow robes, sporting a long beard matted with dirt, sitting beneath the tree chanting mantras, professing to work lucky charms. The man’s physical condition was filthy. Yet, Jayakody was struck by his features and was convinced he had seen the man someplace else.
Suddenly it struck him. This was the same man who had been conducting the thovil at Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s residence. Later, when Jayakody happened to meet Mervyn, he chided him saying, “You are a hell of a fellow. When I went to Galle courts I saw the same man you brought to Mrs. B’s professing to be a top class astrologer sitting beneath a tree, poorly dressed and very dirty, collecting 25 and 50 cents like a beggar.”
To this Mervyn had replied, “Aiyooo… Don’t say anything to Mrs. B. What can I do? The way these Bandaranaikes want astrologers, I cannot produce. So I picked up this bu…., gave him a good bath, dipped some pu nula in saffron water and took him to Mrs. B.”
And it is this conman Jayakody had witnessed Sirimavo Bandaranaike herself worshipping in respect.
Hand to mouth existence
Silva during this period lived a hand to mouth existence. Each time he was short of cash he would convince Sirimavo Bandaranaike to hold another thovil or pooja claiming bad luck was in the air and thus pick up half or more of the cash doled out to host these events.
Thus, he was badly in need of cash one day and so he arrived at her Rosmead Place residence with some ash wrapped in a yellow cloth, which he surreptitiously flung into a patch of bushes in the garden as he scurried through.
He then went inside and told her that some of the astrologers he frequented had said that an evil charm had been cast on Mrs B. by members of the UNP by way of human ash concealed in a yellow cloth hidden in some bushes in the garden.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was duly convinced and no sooner she had Rosmead Place to herself with the exception of a few house servants, she searched the area of garden detailed by Mervyn and indeed found a yellow cloth which carried what they believed was human ash.
She immediately summoned Silva and urgently requested him to organise a thovil pronto to dispel from her midst the presence of evil. This Silva gladly did, picking up a couple of thousands as expense money.
Such was her trust in the man she would summon him at all times all the way from Hambantota to come and get her horoscope read immediately. And Mervyn never refused.
But despite this relationship, Silva had a fall-out with the great dame and joined forces with Anura Bandaranaike who at the time was persona non grata with his own family.
Despite having bared his buttocks to Anura (May his good soul rest in peace) some time back, all was forgiven as Mervyn fitted in with ease into Anura’s lavish lifestyle of eternal parties, filled with booze and song.
‘Fixing’ a court hearing
And in the same manner, Mervyn professed to ‘fix’ a court hearing that appeared to be going against Anura Bandaranaike. The UNP was in power at the time and a case against Bandaranaike had been filed by R. Premadasa.
Bandaranaike was extremely upset over this case and he conveyed his misgivings to Mervyn. The latter of course had a solution. He promised Bandaranaike an excellent astrologer. Before doing so, Mervyn did his homework and found that the chances of Bandaranaike getting an acquittal were high.
On the day the judgment was due, Mervyn produced a man claiming he was a top notch astrologer, who then chanted mantras while seated on a chair with Bandaranaike seated at his feet on a mat on the floor. Water was splattered on Bandaranaike and the man pronounced that Anura would be acquitted that day.
Anura was indeed acquitted from the case. Bandaranaike was over the moon and expressed undying loyalty to the ‘astrologer,’ plying him with good food and money. Much of the cash of course was redirected to Mervyn.
Thereafter, one day, Anura and President Mahinda Rajapaksa were traveling together from Hambantota when a man standing on the wayside suddenly waved furiously at the car, having recognised it to be Anura’s. Bandaranaike rolled down his window and energetically waved back.
Puzzled at this very overt display of affection Rajapaksa asked Anura, “Do you know that man?” to which Anura replied, “Yes of course. He is a great astrologer. He is the man who predicted I would be acquitted from my case.”
Rajapaksa was stupefied saying, “How can that bu…. have done that? He runs a bicycle repair shop at Hambantota and I know him well.”
But Anura would have none of it, continuing to argue with Rajapaksa that it could not be. It was then that he told Rajapaksa how the man had been introduced to him via Mervyn Silva and with that Rajapaksa, knowing Silva only too well, did not have to put two and two together to determine what exactly had happened.
This is how Silva has survived in the game of politics. Later, when Sirimavo Bandaranaike attempted to sack Anura from the party and cancel his membership, it is Silva together with Anura Bandaranaike’s Coordinating Secretary, Lal Perera, who organised a massive protest campaign outside the gates of Tintagel at Rosmead Place, blocking also Chandrika Kumaratunga’s entrance.
Both mother and daughter were due to attend the central committee meeting of the SLFP which was to be held at the opposition leader’s house that day, then situated next to Shravasti at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7. At the time Anuruddha Ratwatte was in occupation having been given the house to reside in by Sirimavo Bandaranaike as he had little money on him then and no place else to live.
Protest campaign
The boisterous crowd tried to prevent Sirimavo Bandaranaike from leaving her residence to attend the central committee meeting, which was to take a final decision on Anura’s membership.
Screaming slogans in raw Sinhala filth, the crowd did manage to prevent Sirimavo Bandaranaike from leaving her residence. Even the police did not use enough muscle to quell the disturbance as it was a UNP government then in power.
Mervyn Silva in fact laid himself at the wheel of Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s vehicle when she did attempt to move out of her gates shouting they would have to run over his body in order to leave.
She gave up and went back in but Chandrika Kumaratunga managed to get out from the adjoining house where she lived during the time the crowd was concentrating on preventing her mother from leaving. They however stoned her car.
As a result she went to the Cinnamon Gardens Police Station and lodged an entry naming Mervyn Silva as the chief miscreant. Thus, Silva was summoned to the police station to make a statement.
He went and in graphic detail began claiming that Kumaratunga was “his keep” and in that context he had every right to stone her car, which he also said belonged to him. He told police the whole ugly incident had been “a family brawl.”
He then went onto describe his alleged sexual relations with Kumaratunga in such graphic detail, the policeman recording his statement stopped and refused to write anymore. But Silva insisted saying if they wanted a statement from him they had to record what he had to say in his defense.
Slandering Kumaratunga
A superior police officer was called by the desk sergeant but Silva was adamant and continued to slander Kumaratunga, describing even which sexual positions she preferred. The entire Cinnamon Gardens Police Station stood by and listened with mouths agape as Silva lied through his teeth to escape prosecution.
When the police informed Kumaratunga of the contents of Silva’s statement and what he had said, she merely told the cops to drop the charges.
At some stage during this period Silva established ties with Gamini Dissanayake. It was suspected in SLFP circles that Silva leaked party information to Dissanayake. Whatever the truth of this assumption may have been, Dissanayake did buy Silva a Pajero and also financed him from time to time.
In 1993, Silva together with Anura Bandaranaike crossed over to the ranks of the UNP. Later at the southern provincial council election he became close friends with former President, D. B. Wijetunge.
The latter was amused by Silva’s antics and for the short time that D.B. was President, Silva was a regular visitor to President’s House – more as a court jester than anything else. He however never resorted to the Sinhala filth which is commonplace with him, in D.B.’s presence.
As a result of this relationship, Wijetunge acceded to Silva’s request when he sought nomination. Silva won his seat in Hambantota in the 1994 general election and thus entered parliament.
In the run-up to the election, Silva character-assassinated Chandrika Kumaratunga describing even alleged birth marks on various parts of her body which he claimed to have seen as a result of an intimate relationship he shared with her.
Many at the time thought Kumaratunga would sue him for libel but she did not. His profanities continued in parliament too. So much so, much of what he said had to be expunged from the Hansard.
Meanwhile, Silva became a close cohort of the underworld. He embraced the likes of Nawala Nihal, Kudu Noor and Potta Naufer. It is Silva who personally drove to the airport to pick up Nawala Nihal when he returned from Italy and used his influence as a deputy minister to prevent the underworld thug from being arrested at the airport.
Drug Dealing
Kudu Noor in a statement he has made to police has named Mervyn Silva as a key figure in Sri Lanka’s drug ring, claiming Deputy Minister Silva would travel regularly to Bangkok and India using VIP channels to smuggle drugs and gold into the country. But the truth of the matter is Mervyn Silva never touched leave alone smuggle drugs or gold.
President Kumaratunga was forced to contend with the likes of Silva after he crossed back again from the UNP in the year 2000 when she was desperately in need of numbers to push through a new constitution.
It is Mervyn Silva who took Potta Naufer to meet then President Chandrika Kumaratunga. They met at her ancestral home at Horogolla Walawwa in Attanagalle where Naufer donated Rs. 10 million towards the President’s last election campaign. He also paid for 200 ’savans’ (bowls of biryani) to feed 1,200 PA supporters. Naufer later was found guilty of the murder of High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya.
A police source confided that Silva is a weekly visitor to Shiyam, another underworld figure who is currently in Prison Hospital. Shiyam too has admitted to the fact in his police statement.
Silva meanwhile amassed a huge amount of wealth as a result of his deals. Currently he loans money at a monthly 6% interest rate and survives on the millions he accrues as a result.
Yet, Silva rarely has cash on his person. When he travels south various mudalalis pick up his food and accommodation bills.
Unable to control his son Malaka, he sent him to the United States for higher studies but the boy returned in a matter of months unable to survive without his bodyguards, guns, unlimited liquor, drugs and nightclubs.
By 2004 Mervyn had become so invaluable for Chandrika that she brought him into parliament from the National List.
In the General Election 2004, Mervyn Silva contested in Colombo District and ended up becoming the last in the list with less than 3000 votes from the entire district! He had however by that time convinced Kumaratunga to nominate his wife from the National List. Later, Mervyn entered parliament using this National List seat which had been allocated to his wife.
And it is as a result of Kumaratunga’s personal agenda in politics that this country today is saddled with the breed that is Mervyn Silva.
Added to which we now have Mahinda Rajapaksa as President, who is also intent on promoting the likes of Silva.
MR likes this thug because he survives with lot of thugs otherwise he cannot come to power by hook or by crook and this shows how corruption is taking place
in this government. this government of thugs, by the thugs and for the thugs.MR
go to hell.
Great,
Congradulations for the 150000+ idiots from Gampaha who voted for this sub human. If any one of them had a wee bit of self respect would not be going out wearing a loin cloth not along a sarrong. Same would be applied to the “modern day great king” who wears all white and kurahan sataka. He also cant have any self respect to give this bag of human waste a ministerial post having known and witnessed all this by himself.
Let this be the begining of the end of this national embarrasment when he started attacking SL and Fredrica herself while holding the midia ministerial post.
Can this woman prove what she had written?
Well done. Very brave of you Frederica. A well written, informative piece. Question is even if CBK was politically desperate in 2000, why would someone of her standing and background take Mervyn back let alone entertain him in the face of all those noxious sexual slander from a few years previously???
Its time to close down this rag!
agreed one of the best articles, Unbowed and afraid.
Okay Chamalka. If someone proves it, what are we goping to do about it?
Now, it is Mervin’s turn to go to court. Now, will he?
He would look at his familiar way of taking care of Fredrica.
God save the Queen!
This rag is just garbage collector, very worried that there won’t be more garbage to write about. All it does is blackmail people and bring our country down. Its run bu Christians, who don’t know what is a Sinhala New Year! It writes for the foreign media, not for us. Who buys it? LTTE lovers and anti-Sri Lankan elements. It shows some social elements with ugly fat women with their rich husbands. If Mervyn a thug, at least he is Souther-born one, Who are you, Frederika? Aren’t you a thug too? When did you write ANYTHING good about Sri Lanka and its people? Your rag is ONLY about scandals, and if you don’t have one you make it! Remember Sarath Fonseka saga of white flags? You are not Sri Lankans in the full sense. Rags like these earn money in the West too, for its ONLY lifeline is scandals. Who need to read them, the frustrated, the depressed and the foreign journalists and all anti-Sri Lankan foreigners! So, Frederika is worried that Mervyn is the Deputy minister of the Media! Be worried!!!
ANALYSING QUALITIES DEPUTY MINISTER POST IN MEDIA
1. Has he got the confidence of media, journalists? NO
2. Has he respected media before? NO
3.Has he been punished for breaking the law against media? YES
4.Has been humiliated by the media/TV? YES
5.Has he got the respect on international media? NO NO
6.Can he take on international media in event of national crisis? NO
7. Has he got decent vocabulary for the media? NO
8.Can he converse in English? PROBABLY NO
9.Has he been accused of attacking media personal? YES
10. Has he got the intelligence to take on journalists on variety of issues? PROBABLY NO
Other qualities to be a minister-
11. Has he got a respectable record in public? NO NO NO
12. Has he been linked to underworld/ criminals/drugs? YES
13. Has he got the character for citizens to look upto? NO NO NO
14.Has he respected laws of the country?NO
15. Has he been a national humiliation/joker? YES
Dear Mr President- Even a moron could not have appointed him. People are baffled.
Shame on you Mr President on this matter!
The whole world agrees on that.
By this appointment Mahinda too has lost his respect and became a laughing lot.
Yes Mahasona…not only Mervin, Gampaha people gave a similar amount of votes to Paba! For what? What is going on with Gampaha people?
Dirty Dr. Mervyn Silva has not rejected these contents yet.He must be laughing at the voters in Gampaha who gave him that many preferential votes.When a mad man is walking in the street stark naked, people hoot at him.But if he turns back and hoots at them what can you do?
Sri Lanka deserves a slime bag like Mervyn, after all the people have voted for him.
i like my mervyn. he is better than VJM, karu jayasuriya, ravi karuna, rohitha bogolla, Luxman Kiriella and the like
Well done Frederica. I feel so sorry for those who submitted some of the comments. No wonder then that Silva got 150,000 votes. Yet, I wonder. Congrats for taking on the new Dy. Minister of Media. There will be repercussions of the worst kind. You need to safe guard yourself. We hope to see more of these in your future editions of the paper. I’m glad to see the emergence of the Frederica of old.
Keep up the good work. The nation needs to know what they are in for.
Well said Frederica and becarefull of these thugs.
When you read all these comments, can gather 2 things. Yes he might get 150k votes as in SL there are plenty of idiots.
No 2 is the post he got reminds us what MR is looking for and where our country stand at this time
Its a shame to be a SL.
If someone is against my comment, that he is supporting thugs and coruuptions, may be that person doesn’t have a family or kids to think about the future.
from UK
BRAVO – I appriciate your courage to write this article,whether right or wrong is a different matter? being the deputy media minister he may come at you now.
The whole world know that he is thug but why then MR likes him? how did he get 150,000 odd votes suprise? well done madam
kapan rajahuthge gu than
Thanks Frederica-Well said ( dog is a dog)
pissu balla!
I admire the guts of Fredrica Janz but be careful & take care.
I wish to add more of Mervyn to prove that he is a clown, some of my friends have got hold of his cell No, & used to call him frequently & blaggard him
with filth to get filth out of his mouth & record it.
What a fool he is, every call he will answer & pour out raw filth & my friends enjoy this. we can judge what a court jester this bloke is.
Hats off to Fredrica, fantastic expose. Gampaha district people should be ashamed for voting this thug. So we can assume about our President and Co.
GOD BLESS Sri Lanka!!!…Aren’t you have any shame “SWARNAWAHINI”? are you all backing a thug to be a minister of media?
The whole story opens up the real story of our past and current leaders, and if this episode is true,then we all wiil have to rethink very seriously who we keep electing as our beloved leaders.
No wonder that a lot of right thinking people have left this country and the rest is also trying to leave this nation,leaving back all these Dutugemunus to ruin the country..
If we are to develop in to a super country, we need “doctors” and “engineers” like “Dr. Mervyn” in the cabinet.
And…
any sane person can tell this good “doctor” is a stooge of MR. So…. Srilanka needs him.
Why not we admire the man’s versatility.He got The old lady ‘B’ into his domain and had the audacity to comment ‘CBK”s birthmarks right or wrongly without getting sued for defamation.He had gone on record to say even the intimate relationship he shared with the Banda Princess and adding may be few new positions to the great chronicle of ‘kamasutra’.He got around DB and enticed RW himself.Anura would have enjoyed and overlooked his misgivings to ensure his own little fantasies were met by this cohort.His earthly requirements and extravagances would have been well catered and Anura would have got all the menial jobs facilitated by this pimp.MR too must have been won on similar lines and you scratch my back and I will suck your principle would have worked with him.So don’t you think how smart this bloke is?I think rather than just vilifying him, we should give this guy a medal.He is a truly amazing character.
Thanks pal!These idots are underestimating my value to the big bosses!They simply do not understand how these big bosses operate and they need people like me.
Mervyn Aiya,hope this Fredrica Janz will come after me next!Hope she won’t have all the intimate details of my ‘sigiriya’adventure!!!
Mervyn one day someone is going to stand toe to toe with you and you will not have your friends there, and I could see you bow to you knees. You think you are a tough guy eh, I think its all talk.
Oh ya… People like you who could bend over to the masters??
:)
We have lost our values for sure!
It apperas that Dr.Silva has employed few people to post comments on his behalf in this site. At this moment, I can identify a few. They will write more for him. :)
Mallie!wede wanakara ganna epa!!
Right thinking Siri, this is the kind of Gilmart he did during the election time also.
mama kade badukiruwata mage putha USA eke indan awe.Eyath dan podi kumarayata udauwe karanawa!!
Bravo, this man and all the henchman of dirty politicians should be exposed. not that it would do any good, but at least these goons would know that they can’t take the masses for ride for ever.
Well done Fredrica. Shame on all the named politicians for even having any acquitance with likes of Mervyn, In fact I do not blame him, he used the opportunity for his own gain due to the bankrupt politicians who would even sleep with the enemy to realise their ultimate goal… to be in power
Gampaha district is regarded as the district where most of the educated people live but voting Mervin Silva with an immese number of votes means that there is a doubt that whether so called educated are really educated .they have fallen prey to the gimmicks of Mervyn silva who has sucessfully stolen the wits of people of Gampaha dristrict.
What about Upekka Swarnemali?Born In Kuwait,Educated in Indian school,does she knows the history of this country even..
does she “knows”??? your are kidding, right!
Not only this girl what about Malini Fonseka, Sanath Jayasuriya, Namal Rajapakasa, and other un educated white elephants in the parliment.Can you see this type of people in any other country except “Sadam Hussain`s” government
Very true point!,how to educate these poor voters,who struggle for their basic needs.These poor folks are bought by these cut throat politicians for a few hundred Rs.and Bath Parcels.That’s why all these Bankrupt scoundrels (thugs,actors,cricketers,and so on),enter politics in order to deprive the people from gaining economic development
Gampaha did not “Vote” but Computer got Gampaha “VOTERS”.
Common My ‘sahoradarawarune!!ARa Sopihie kiyanawage eyage weda walata samannayak denda one!!
The bigger blame should be attached to those politicians who sponsored, patronized and used the services of Mervyn.
Ranil Mendis
Right on!
Mr.Ranil,Does it serve any purpose?The king himself is under obligation.We have made him the king with all that fanfare!We have made court jester our representative for the most literate district of Sri lanka.Like ‘sopie has said in her comment we should admire this guy!!!
OH MERVYN YOU ARE A REAL BADU
CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE WITH KUDU
JANSZ PLS BE READY FOR HIS KADU
WHAT EVER IT IS FOR HIM NO NADU
Great work
Now may be supplying BAdu, because he is going to sleep in a seperate room.
HON,Dr.Mervyn Silva is a great political creature with unmatched talent!Just see his achievements as Fredrika says!!Can any one match those credentials???
Is this the type of persons who lead our country as Prime Minister and President….. We have been having Kakille Raju style leadership and no wonder our country is in this state….
Mervin of course deserves the doctorate he has got, who else can Prime Ministers and Presidents on rides like these
No one took Prime minister’s for or Presidents for rides!It is just we fools who loves to be taken for rides!!
MERVIN the strong man will be one soon our great leader to be President and future Great King who will check MR brothers . He truley our champion of Sinhala Srilankan value. We voted for him. God save the Mervin
I am for Mervin the defence minister ,finance minister. He will be the one and only authentic sinhala value protecter. I hope China will give full support so he can rule the country soon . God save mervin the Sinhala King . MR is truly proud.
As we said we have already disciples who is venerating our famed king!!I am sure Gampaha had 150,000 0f look a like K,Sinha Kings!!
Don’t forget that Mervin had the support of Computer Gilmart! A man who could get around the leaders of this country having risen from such poor origins, can easily find his way into the heart and soul of the computer during election times!!
Gampaha we couldnt find so many fools to vote for us. Thanks to Computer Gilmart we are kings.
Mahinda claims that Sri Lanka will be siminlar to Singapore. With such ministers Sri Lanka will be slums seen in India.
May be like the little india of singapore.
This is a great story. Mahinda thought that Anura was deceived by this man. But he himself was decieved. Look at the ugly picture where this guy is sitting on the ground in front of a President of a country. It is a shame for the country and it reflects about Sri Lankan culture to outside world. Mr. President can you sleep after seeing that ugly picture. I believe even a begger should not sit in front of the President. It is bad for the country’s image. I do not think even Idi Amin or Hitler would allow such things at least when a photograph is taken. This reflects not only the quality of Silva but also the President. Utter shameful.
Suba Anagathayak
You are one of the few rare people who thinks rationally. It is of course a shame to have such a president and his thugs in Sri Lanka. When all this going to end?
I DON’T SEE A DIFFERENT BETWEEN THIS FEDRIKA JANS’ THUGGARY AND MERWIN’S THUGGARY. IF MERWIN COULD WIN IN THIS FIGHT WE HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR YOU JANS. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A JOURNALIST!! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A LITTLE BARKING DOG ASKING TO FIGHT WITH A BIG DOG. WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO IS PROVOKING MERWIN. THAT IS NOT JOURNALISM.
How dare JANZ writes re Silva -at this late stage, as she is aware
that the white van is garaged – temparoily. Writing the facts as
they are should not be considered as provocative – only
illuminating to the lay-man readers. I trust a Sinhala version
exists in the interest of all wise-voters.
Now one can gauge why MR will keep this man closer to the last,
and thereby prove what MR Bro & Co are made up of .!!
Sunanda do you called yourself a journalist!An average A–hole with limited talent
It is a shame for the nation to have someone of this caliber to be in the government. The Rajapaksa’s henchman, who has openly boasted of killing people,and has behaved unprofessionally, and has been an embarrassment for his constituents, should have been kicked out by his party. It also shows how the present regime operates. Whatever happened to high standards?
what high standard are you talking??Did we ever have?Nayana,which kindergarten are you attending?
Aney, give this common man a break. Everybody has their own thugs. Ranil had Gonewela Sunil, Premadasa had Sothi Upali, Chandirka had Potta Naufer.
Atleast Merwyn Aiya closed the taverns i n Kelaniya within one day and after 10 years my husband came home sober. So like Premadasa one day he will lead SL. Fredrika why not you do some investigative journalism of Ranil and Gonawela Sunil also.
Premalatha,beware!He may need few whores like you to serve him!!
Chnadawathi akka ,
when he is doing the job on me can u please hold the candle??? After that I will hold the candle for you
What Mervin Silva does first, is look down upon and later found that he is right .Fredrica Janz Your Slip is showing.
I am not sure whether who’s slit or slip is showing.Mr,GSsilva.Ofcourse he is right as you very rightly says.He is one of the great con man of this 20th and 21st century as far as Sri Lankan polity is concerned.He has duped not only just the poor voters but Presidents and Prime Ministers.Can any one mention a better match??
Brillient Fredica, You are giving your paper that courageous lead which makes it live truly by that unquestionable motto ” Unafraid and Unbowed”. It seems there is no end to the joy rides of this con man.What trust has the President reposed in this fraudster by making him his media man and that too knowing fully well what he really is.One thing is clear.He has made utter fools of all our political leaders.No doubt he has the last laugh .
Mervyn the Great Comedy Star.. Suwarnawahini why don’t you’ll ask him to contest for that. Lone live Mervyn because we need a entertainer…
Mervyn is supplying badu and kudu
Recently he has trample mahinda gu
Now he wants kelaniya to be maru
Everyone is invited free to eat marey maru
Well done. Very brave. A well written, informative piece.
My question is even if CBK was politically desperate in 2000, why would someone of her standing and background take Mervyn back let alone entertain him in the face of all those noxious sexual slander from a few years previously???
If Mervyn has the skill to outwit all those seasoned politicians, he truly deserves the position he has achieved. Best wait and see what he does with it.
It’s really astonishing to hear about this guy and our so called shameless politicians,befriending such a low life for their political advantage.
What kind of leaders are we having in this country who accommodate this kind of notorious gangsters in politics,let alone a minister.
Oh poor Satellite,what did you do with all those vested power for 11 years.Don’t you have the right to sue this guy as a decent citizen of Sri Lanka?
What a pity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Political leaders always have this type of people-they are good for the bad job-Sometimes this lady’s man could be a very useful media man-some ladies media-
Somebody block the link heheheheh…………
whatever, Mervin will clean dirty media.
Meidia should be clean, ethical, and respectable. Mervin can do the job. That is why he was elected.
Fredrika, you are the gernalist of the era. I really appreciate you for exposing this man even after the ‘Sahodara Samagama” tried to crush you in the media world. Please continue with the details of other rogues in this government.
I am sure Merwyn has seen the hidden birth marks of Chandrika as Fredrika’s column says. Otherwise why did’nt she file action aginst him. Also the positions she likes…cheeeee very vul!!!.
Of course Merwyn Aiya has seen my birth marks heh heh!!
OYA OKKCOMA BORU !!!!
Machan Gama Koheda?
Kalla Thoni da? nethan Oya Parayata Pandam Elluwada???????????
Well done, fredrtica for your analysis.
Can you call this Journalism?
If Fredrica can be called a Journalist, surely you can call me a Psychiatrist.
Journalism is not something printed in the Government Press like a Gazette notification,dictated by a so called Saddam or Mahinda?
Definitely you live up to your name
Well done! Keep-up the Good Work but be carefull. I propose you publish the same in Sinhala papers as well because, most who voted for “Dr. M” do not read English papers. If you can do this simultaniously you will be able to reach the real men and women who voted him.
his appointment is not a co-incident. it is well planned and clearly shows how will be the future of sri lanka.
This is the dirtiest pig in our history. And those who raised this pig to this position and presently keeping this pig are the enemies of the society.
We highly admire the contents of this article.We were fully informed.
Fredica is a citzen of this country-a citizen has spoken-this is the meaning of freedom of the media-Good test will he act like Ranil Wickremasinghe or like the real mervyn silva!!??