How happy were the people of Sri Lanka
Therefore for those who constantly think of cost of
food items, and wants prices of
essential commodities brought down, that
terrible past is now not important, it was just the past and best
be forgotten along with those who had
made it possible and the others that gave their lives to bring them that peace
and security they now enjoy.
Now there is an opposition prepared to attack that
great man President Mahinda Rajapakse
who was electorally defeated, and his Ministers and all those closely or
distantly connected to him. There had
never been a consortium of an opposition political parties like the UNP, JVP,JHU,TNA and SLMC in the
past history of Sri Lanka
President Mahinda Rajapakse is a great leader and an
uncrowned King of the people and for those 58 percent of the Sinhala Buddhist
voters he still remains the one and only
great political leader of the people
of Sri Lanka to emerge this century
despite all the effort by the opposition
UNP, JVP, JHU,TNA to prove otherwise by mudslinging, making allegation of corruption,
theft, crimes and what you name it these
opposition MPS have an allegation
against it as committed by that great leader Mahinda Rajapakse or some one
connected to him.
Recently Ranjan Ramanayake a most undisciplined, impolite and crude Deputy
Minister of the Police State of Sri Lanka even raided a Buddhist Meditation
Centre because it is said to have been
used by the peoples’ leader Mahinda Rajapakse for his Meditation
retreats, this Deputy Minister a
Christian thought it too clean and luxurious to be a meditation centre.
Investigation by this police state is now underway as
to who constructed the meditation centre
? How many people worked to construct it ?
Whether government vehicles were used for transport of material etc.?
Since the departure of the President Mahinda Rjapakse-
the departure which the majority of the people at least the Sinhala Buddhists
very much regret , such investigations by police , Ministers and JVP barging into private lands and homes have not
ceased.
Yes, Sri
Lanka
They began by making Sri Lanka
This Police State has taken over the media under its
control, the former President Mahinda Rajapakse or any one connected to him is
debarred from the TV, Radio or Press, not allowing them to defend themselves
against false allegations being heaped against them.
This Police State of Sri Lanka has taken the Law into its
own hands , it has even superceded the
Parliament of Sri Lanka to sack the Chief Justice, appoint a previously impeached Chief Justice and
allow her to retire and appointed another Chief Justice. All that with a swift stroke from the
Presidential pen.
The President of the BASL a lawless group of lawyers
has been appointed as a Chairman of the Board of Investments in Sri Lanka by the President surely to compensate him for the role he had played
in allowing the President and Prime Minister to sack the Chief Justice Mohan
Peiris. Maitripala Sirisena did not want
to take his Oath as President before the
Chief Justice Mohan Pieris , but under Judge Sripavan because he was a Tamil.
The act of the
Police State illegally usurping the
powers of the Parliament makes null and
void the sacking of the Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, reinstating the impeached CJ Shirani
Bandaranayake and appointing new Chief
Justice K.Sripavan.
Every one of the
Ministers of this Police State bent on making allegations for bribery and
corruption against the previous government has not done any thing for the
benefit of the people who elected a new President seeking a difference (venasa).
The budget of Ravi Karunanayake still under a legal cloud
for LTTE money laundering was passed
thanks to the benevolence of the SLFP Parliamentarians has not given the
promised relief to the poor. The budget
which reduced the price of kaha(kurkuma), kottamalli( coriander) is not a people friendly budget as the UNP
and JHU are trying to make out.
Today on February 10th
people complain that in shops no reductions have been made on commodities on which the government claims to have slashed prices. But Anura Kumara Dissanayake
the Crime Investigator of the Police State is vociferous about corruption but silent on benefits to people from the
government it protects.
The Government Servants
complain that they did not receive the promised increase of Salary in February
. The private sector workers have not even been promised an
increase by their patrons. The Private
sector workers say that they have been deceived by this government. People are
beginning to feel that they have made a mistake in giving their vote to
Maithripala Sirisena for a change (venasa)
Ravi Karunanayake the
Finance Minister having failed with his allegation against Gotabhaya Rajapakse
‘s private account of rupees eight
billion, now complain 2100 files are missing in the treasury. Curious how came with the exact number of
lost files. It may be another story like
the eight billion account of Gotabhaya Rajapakse.
Police
is also with the State and seems to be
working to satisfy the people with their
raids , arrests and interrogations
of even the wife of the former Minister of Housing and construction as that is all what people seek as benefit from the government of Maitripala
Sirisena they elected for the famous VENESA which has still not arrived.
Sajith Premadasa who is at last a
Minister has already engaged a British
Audit Firm to investigate his Ministry
for bribery corruption by the former Minister Wimal Weerawansa cries from the top of his voice about :
“…quelling the overwhelming
corruption and financial irregularities at the Ministry and institutions under
it. He has taken the initiative to personally employ
the two world-famous audit firms “Ernst & Young”, and
“PricewaterhouseCoopers” to carry out these audit reports and it’s been
reported that this will be done without any burden to the Government of Sri
Lanka which is that this will be conducted free of charge,. In that manner the
audit for the ministry of housing will be conducted by “Ernst & Young”,
while the audit for the Samurdhi will be handled by “PricewaterhouseCoopers”.
It would also be
remarkable if he could investigate the past activities of Paskaralingam former
Secretary of the Finance Ministry under his father R.Premadasa and his right hand man. If he does he will
learn that his father was also not that clean as he thinks.
It is said that President Premadasa spent
money on his projects without going through financial regulations and it was
Paskaralingam who arranged every thing.
Paskaralingam is back again in Sri Lanka
after eight years, staying in Hotel
Galadari in Colombo
“The Sunday Times spent weeks trying to
track him down. Last week, Paskaralingam, or 'Paski' as he is known, finally
relented and gave a rare interview in which he describes his present role but
would not talk about the past. Citing legal advice, he declined to comment on
the allegations against him or the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry
into malpractices in public bodies that found him guilty of 'misuse or abuse of
power' and recommended that he be deprived of his civic rights.”
Below are some of the questions he
was asked and his replies:
- an
you at least say why you didn't bother to appear before the Presidential
Commission of Inquiry?
I
don't want to answer that question either. These are legal matters which have
been dealt with and finally the Supreme Court had found me not guilty of
whatever charges that were brought against me. So I don't like to go into the
pros and cons of it.
- The
Supreme Court decision was on technical grounds?
In
my opinion, legally I've been found not guilty. The Supreme Court decided not
to go into the substance of it. That is a matter on which I cannot
answer.
- During
the previous UNP government you were seen as a kind of a
'super-bureaucrat' who was able to cut through red tape and speed up the
decision making process. And also your personal relationship with
President Premadasa counted a lot. Are such personal relationships
required to run the administration? Shouldn't there be a system where
personalities are irrelevant and the system takes care of the
decision-making?
Always,
a proper system must be in place. Personal relationships and arrangements are
only temporary.
- Do
you think such a system is in place now?
A
system is being developed.”
Mangala Samaraweera has the best of time. He is always abroad this time in USA
What a circus ?
These are some of the fruitless activities of the
Police State of Sri Lanka where people have lost their hope for progress and a bright future they had
under the former President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Do not worry my people, the Police State will not last
long.
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