Over a year ago, when President Rajapaksa swept the boards clean to secure a two thirds majority in parliament, the talk was, he would thrash Champika and his JHU, lock, stock and barrel. The reason? There were no clear explanations, except for the gossip that indicated Champika was seen by Rajapaksa as a political troublemaker [...]
President’s media said that the President walked by himself (in Independence Square on Sunday) with the people and met those who were in the area at leisure in a friendly atmosphere. Two days later, Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, told a meeting of Muslim religious leaders at his ministry, that the government does not need “grease [...]
Street fights for the UNP leadership ended with the “Reformist” leader Sajith Premadasa once again compromising with party leader Wickramasinghe, despite public statements to the contrary. The media had plenty of “bites” to go round the whole week, with accusations and counter accusations thrown from both sides to the conflict. There were “sathyagrahas”, court orders, [...]
The Ministry of Finance and Planning (MF&P) published a neat, large and a colourful book, detailing all its achievements in the yesteryear, titled Annual Report – 2010. This comprehensive report talks of a steady increase in salaries over previous years in all sectors. 3.3 percent in the state sector, 41.6 percent in the agriculture sector, [...]
A popular TV programme that tests general knowledge of the middle class in Sri Lanka for millions of rupees as awards, recently asked a contestant, who the present Election Commissioner was. The choice of answers given to pick from, had four names. The contestant not knowing the answer, was allowed the option of using the knowledge [...]
Here, if you make it ‘idiot proof’, someone will make a better idiot” goes a one-liner, in a book of jokes. But that wouldn’t sound a joke here: seems much like a pay-off line for a government project, instead. That, in fact, is how this government and its polity works with each other. That, in [...]
Writing about “Nittaewo” of Ceylon, Fredrick Lewis said, they were more human-like in appearance, short and powerful with large hands and long, hooked nails similar to the talons of an eagle. Hugh Nevill wrote, the Nittaewo lived in small groups of 15 to 20, were savage and they tore into the belly of the prey [...]
Chapter VII, Article 38 (2, a): Any Member of Parliament may, by a writing addressed to the Speaker, give notice of a resolution alleging that the President is permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his office by reason of mental or physical infirmity or that the President has been guilty of: (i) intentional violation [...]
Nobody can fool everybody, all the time, unless everyone is Sinhala and the “nobody” is a Rajapaksa. That seems the philosophy of Mahinda Chinthana. The Rajapaksa’s thus try to fool the Sinhala South again, but not the neighbours next door who know how many times the “lie” was taken home to Delhi, for want of [...]
Well, neighbourhood worries me a great deal, quite frankly. You have a situation in Sri Lanka. The decimation of the LTTE was something which is good. But the Tamil problem does not disappear with the defeat of the LTTE. The Tamil population has legitimate grievances. They feel they have been reduced over the years to [...]
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