The Final Cross
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Today the SLMC will probably cross to the government side, giving Mahinda more than a two thirds majority. This is the final crumbling of Ranil’s coalition which began in 2001, hastened in 2004 when he didn’t fight President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and now almost completed since he has not fought President Mahinda Rajapaksa. With the last two Presidents he’s tried to negotiate and they’ve simply picked his pockets of his MPs. Now the UNP’s fall is almost complete, but Ranil will probably stay there until there’s no party left. Today the greatest impediment to democracy is not Mahinda but Ranil. The MPs he’s lost over the years now comprise the better part of Mahinda’s government – G.L. Peiris, Bandula Gunawardena, Keheliya Rambukwella, S.B. Dissanayake, etc. Most party leaders would step down to prevent such an implosion, but Ranil hasn’t. So now it looks like Mahinda will get enough to change the Constitution entirely.
I supported Ranil in the 2005 election, but he didn’t run in 2010, so there isn’t really anything to support. I don’t see why a guy who won’t run for President still wants to retain control of the opposition though, in reality, he no longer has control. Some people really believe in the UNP or are simply to incompetent to cross, and that’s who’s left. Most of the bright lights have left the UNP and now it looks like Rauf Hakeem and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress are on the way out. In past weeks two Tamil MPs cross, but Ranil has continued to negotiate and meet with Mahinda as if he has a say in Constitutional changes. Mahinda was simply buying time to poach the other MPs he needed.
This is truly a sad and pathetic state of affairs because even if Ranil steps down now, the party is still much, much weaker than if he had stepped down at opportune moments in 2004 or even last year. As it stands, the cross of the Muslim party will give Mahinda Rajapaksa the support he needs to keep Sarath Fonseka in jail and to push through whatever constitutional changes he wants. More than anyone else, this is Ranil Wickremesinghe’s fault, as the UNP has slowly bled to death under his tenure.
syndicated with permission from www.indi.ca
ALL what will D.S.Senanayake, Dudley, most of all JR did is down the drain, if only they know what this Ranil is doing to their sweat
By the way.. I’m a UNP bootlicker.
by the way , I’m a UNP b00tlicker
D.S, Dudley,JR destroyed Sri Lanka. Learn your history.
That mean you say Chandrika & Mahinda created a beautiful Sri Lanka … this show you know the history well.
If Ranil thinks to save UNP, he should have step down long ago. Now the UNP find hard to survive.
What is the price MR is willng to pay to SLMC? Rajapaksa family has defraud this country and accumulated huge amount of wealth within the last 5-7 years and has become one of the richest family in this region. If they want they can even buy a small island. They have become filthily rich.
Is this true or hear say.. Hell will wait for you if you don;t have proof to what you say and for spreading rumors. If you are having facts, why not publish that in a newspaper with all the details.
I don’t see any fault with Ranil. That is the fault of the “Time Factor”. The time is Relative. The UNP is the strongest party in SriLanka but when a machine runs too much time the old and unsuitable spare parts should be removed. That is really mechanics of machines.
You are talking of “Time Factor…time is relative”….
what did you smoke ???
or did you eat a “Space Cake ” ???
when you say that the UNP is the strongest party in Sri Lanka….
a party which has lost the last 16 elections….
now with a voter base of less than 27 %….
People like YOU are the ruination of the UNP.Backboneless Spineless JUNK still supporting Ranil the traitor
Kumar you absolutely correct, we have been die hard UNP’s and now we see that Ranil has become MR Billy boy or my CUP of tea boy.
He has now been a traitor talking to MR and playing second fiddle to Edi Amin Regime.
Ranil is now MR doorotu..palaka..yah or Muttiya..yah.
Ranil for Heaven sake go now it’s not to late this is the voice of all DIE HARD UNPer’s dont be thrown out bodily.
Naana and his Pus Congress ate the bait given by the Maha Raja. All what MR wants is to get his hand and xick stronger and rule this Fools’ Kingdom according to his and his family plans/wishes. The Maha Raja-paksha Dynasty and its Totalitarian Regime is in the making! THAVA TIKA KALAKIN “VASA” / poison BEELA DIVINASA GANNATAI WENNE.
Nanna Hageem,WHY DONT YOU BE THE FIRST
This man NANA HAGEEM like most of his kind are cowards. Thats why they ran into the hills shouting Onna, Kotiya Enawa . Also, that is why he is now hiding under a false name insulting another community. So, I can bet he will never take Vasa and die. Like his kind, he will live the rest of his life like a coward.
Raqnil are you so foolish, You have been taken for a number of rides by cunning President, who wants a few more terms to amass more money for the family to last generations. Will he do a Lalith K in the end?
But Sunday Leader has no such issues when it accepted Rs110 million from Ranil with open arms!. Long live media freedom.
7 Muslim youths sacrificed their lives in vain. SLMC betrayed the trust of the Muslims. There are Muslim MPs from the East in the government. Can Rauf Hakeem achieve what the present Muslim MPs in the government achieve? Bullsh**. Rauf Hakeem and his fellow betrayers are nothing but a bunch of traitors who are carrying the blood of those seven youths who sacrificed their lives in vain.
What a Poofta Hakeem is.Its just a matter of time he will join the Govt.
MR & the Gang TOTALLY Ignored this Buffoon,He & his goons had to go with their TAILS inbetween!!!!.
These guys dont have SHAME,THEY WILL SELL THEIR MOTHER,WIFE,DAUGHTER .
This man hakeem is a write-off even among the muslim community. He is a self appointed leader who has no tribe and is desperately looking for one to enrich his own personal circumstances. He is no better than mangala the undie designer. All they are interested is the smell of big money . Commis, commis, commis. So is it any surprise he jumped over?
get real, guys.
who cares who destroyed who…Unp is gone to dogs,JVP has lost his way and its principals and no agenda..Our President saved our motherland from the LTTE backed by the “Suddhas ”
So,let’s celebrate and thank MR we can freely travel anywhere we want and discover Sri Lanka…!!!!!
thank god we got a president who got big kahuna s try to understand politics in sri lanka peaceful srilanka at last
john usa
That this Hakeem Hambaya would sooner rather than later would cross over (Or more correctly be bribed over) was a foregone conclusion. Apparently the only person blissfully unaware of this appears to be RW.
I predicted sometime ago that RW might be the only person left in the UNP in the near future, but now I stand to differ, I think RW might BE the next high jumper.
Sri Lankan politics and politicians are the dirtiest , most unprincipled lot in Asia, and there is absolutely no respect by them for the will of the people. From the highest in the land to the pradeshiya sabha minnow believe that Might is always right. Th these blots they are under the false impression that people vote for them because of their honesty and integrity and that they can twist that mandate as and when they like.
This government should also realize that the people of this country did not give them a 2/3 mandate because no one person or party should have that much power. This government and especially its leaders have proved over and over again that this power goes to their heads and that they do not have the qualities to be true statesmen.
A country’s constitution is too important to be left to the whims and fancies of politicians. Any changes to this this should be in consultation and approval of all communities, all parties, all sections of society and should have approval of the people at a referendum. It is not the private fiefdom of one family.
It is in the interest of every elected representative of this country for soul
searching (at least for those who have one) or do we let this dynastic rule prevail and destroy this country for our future generations or do we stand up now and say enough is enough.
One chance is all we will get, do we act now or be enslaved forever.
nothing wrong with the UNP. but, MR is the best leader so he wins. two people cannot win the same race. right ?