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Anatomy of UNP Defeat in Colombo End of the Road for Cooray’S Political Career? by Shamindra Tary Group Meeting at Mahinda Wijesekera

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Anatomy of UNP Defeat in Colombo End of the Road for Cooray’S Political Career? by Shamindra Tary Group Meeting at Mahinda Wijesekera 4 Monday 29th May, 2006 Anatomy of UNP defeat in Colombo End of the road for Cooray’s political career? by Shamindra tary group meeting at Mahinda Wijesekera. Ferdinando Sirikotha chaired by Jayasuriya agreed to Bulathsinhalage Deputy Leader Karu report their concerns to Sirisena Cooray’s politi- Jayasuriya. The issue Wickremesinghe prompt- cal career seems to be at was taken up for discus- ing an angry remark by a brusque end with polls sion shortly after UNP Senaratne. “There is no chief Dayananda leader Ranil point in reporting. Dissanayake dismissing Wickremesinghe left the Decisions are taken in an the possibility of his gathering. The party ad hoc manner,” UNP group substituting nominations board Wijesekera said while the independent group approved the decision urging Jayasuriya to act (III) which won the the following day. The decisively.Colombo Colombo Municipal majority supported the Deputy Mayor Azath Council. move. The former Sri Sally agreed to back Annapillai Lanka Cricket chief Cooray’s candidature Sirisena Cooray Karu Jayasuriya Milinda Moragoda M. H. Mohammed Ranil Wickremesinghe Rajendran’s spectacle Thilanga Sumathipala after a series of talks group secured 23 seats quit the mayoral battle with relevant parties. with the support of the before the parliamentary Sally is believed to have UNP, thereby paving the group met. Sumathipala, been offered Cooray’s seat way for an unprecedent- the chief UNP organiser in about two years. ed legal battle over the for Anuradhapura dis- It was no secret that replacing of winning trict is believed to have Wickremesinghe was candidates. The UNP is met Wickremesinghe forced to accept Cooray’s ready to seek legal and offered to drop his role after National redress while Vasudeva claim on the condition Olympic Committee Chief Nanayakkara, the ruling that Cooray would not be Hemasiri Fernando, for- coalition’s mayoral can- declared the mayoral mer Ambassador in didate is confident that candidate. Teheran Omar Kamil, the UNP would ultimate- The UNP leader prom- Tilanga Sumathipala and ly accept defeat. ised to place the Azath Sally battled for the Although Cooray ini- Azath Sally T. M. Sangadasa T. Maheswaran Mrs Hema Premadasa Mohammed Maharoof Tilanga Sumathipala financier’s proposal post. At one point Karu tially insisted on their before the nomination Jayasuriya is believed to right to substitute he council the day its nomi- suspended in January Premadasa and proposed brought in Hema party failed to secure the board. have urged now admits that they nations list was rejected 1994 over corruption Wickremesinghe as his Premadasa and she lost province. Milinda Moragoda Wickremesinghe not to may never get that due to in-fighting. The charges. Interestingly T. successor. This was sec- her late husband’s elec- Rajitha Senaratne, vehemently opposed this. give in to pressure and opportunity. Now he party never had a realis- M. Sangadasa also fig- onded by Sangadasa torate at the presidential MP, last February Moragoda and take a decision in the best talks about running the tic chance to manipulate ured in that case. The thereby paving the way poll. It was no secret that accused an MP repre- Mohammed Maharoof interest of the party.This CMC by remote control. the procedures as the UNP dropped Mrs. for Wickremesinghe to Srima tried to convince senting the Colombo dis- insisted that Cooray was in the backdrop of In the run up to the Local Authorities Premadasa after she des- contest the Colombo dis- President Wijetunga to trict of altering the nom- should be declared the Moragoda and Maharoof May 20 polls the UNP Election Ordinance pro- perately tried to prevent trict. Thus Cooray engi- bring in Mrs. Premadasa ination list Monday mayoral candidate. They threatening to boycott the repeatedly accused the hibited a takeover as Sangadasa contesting the neered Wickremesinghe on the National List. night to accommodate an did not want a debate on campaign if their man government and other envisaged by Cooray and Colombo District. She move from Gampaha to Wijetunga ignored her underage boy thereby Cooray’s appointment at was not selected. interested parties of a his supporters. went to the extent of Colombo. Although request while triggering a fresh crisis. the nomination board Ironically they them- conspiracy to defeat the Let me remind you of appealing to President D. Wickremesinghe polled Wickremesinghe who Don’t we have boys over and the parliamentary selves were instrumental party. what the UNP did to for- B. Wijetunga to keep almost 300,000 preference secured leadership after 18, Senaratne queried group. in engineering his defeat The UNP would not mer first Lady Hema Sangadasa out. But he votes (the highest polled Chandrika claiming that they were However by manipulating nomina- have been unaware of Premadasa in July 1994. had the support of Ranil by any UNP candidate at Kumaratunga’s victory fed up with nincompoops Wickremesinghe gave in tions. Subsequently the impending crisis Although the circum- Wickremesinghe and the August 1994 parlia- at the president poll, in the party. to Jayasuriya’s request Sangadasa accused after two of its Colombo stances were different, Sirisena Cooray who mentary polls) an influ- filled the two existing Addressing a rally at that the issue should be Maharoof of trying to heavyweights-Milinda UNP chiefs humiliated despite relinquishing the ential section of the national list vacancies Viharamahadevi park to taken up by the parlia- silence him by offering a Moragoda, MP and her after promising her office of the General party brought in dissi- with Lankadeepa jour- welcome S. B. mentary group. They Rs. 500,000 bribe, a claim Mohammed Maharoof, the opportunity to con- Secretary in April, 1994 dent Gamini nalist Dinesh Dodangoda Dissanayake on agreed to take it up after rejected by the MP. MP, clandestinely test the August 16, 1994 wielded immense power Dissanayake as the oppo- and Sarath Kongahage February 17, he targeted Wickremesinghe left the Interestingly the contra- removed the name of parliamentary polls. to block the former first sition leader and who recently switched the so-called Colombo gathering. Colombo diction issued by veteran municipal coun- Mrs. Premadasa had lady, thereby killing her ensured his nomination allegiance. For years leadership. District MP T. Maharoof through cillor T. M. Sangadasa’s arrived at the Colombo chance of entering as the party’s presiden- Cooray was a political Cooray was declared Maheswaran severely Sudath Perera Associates name and the introduc- kachcheri only to be told national politics. tial election candidate. nonentity. their mayoral candidate criticised the moves to was strongly disputed by tion of underage candi- that she would not be Although both Rajapakse Dissanayake’s assassina- Wickremesinghe despite sever opposition. force Cooray on the attorney-at-law Iqbal date Supun Lakmal, the contesting. While Mrs. and Sangadasa failed to tion brought wife Srima brought back Cooray in Controversy sur- Colombo Municipal Mohamed. Colombo dis- son of municipal over- Premadasa insisted that enter parliament, the to the fore. the run up to the rounded the decision to Council. Rajitha trict heavyweight M. H. seer. This was revealed she signed the nomina- leadership achieved its Wickremesinghe was November presidential declare him as mayoral Senaratne slammed Mohammed opposed the in a confidential report tion papers the previous primary objective. sidelined. But the point I polls. Although he was candidate despite a par- the decision making Moragoda-Maharoof prepared by lawyer Friday the former first Then Cooray brought wanted to make here is placed in charge of the liamentary group deci- process, particularly deci- plan. He is among the few Mahinda Haradasa and lady found out that in Wickremesinghe as that despite North Central Province sion to keep it open as in sions taken by people politicians who expressed former treasurer Milroy Ratnasiri Rajapakse had the Chief organiser for Wickremesinghe secur- with Wickremesinghe all other local govern- “under the influence of the belief that the plan to Perera. replaced her. She had Colombo Central. Cooray ing the Colombo Central declaring Cooray as the ment bodies. the US government.” He substitute the Spectacle The bottom line is been tippexed and quit the post previously at the August 1994 parlia- future Chief Minister of The decision was received the backing of group would never suc- that the UNP lost the replaced with Rajapakse held by Ranasinghe mentary polls, the UNP the Western Province the taken at the parliamen- Matara heavyweight ceed. Wage hike for Parliamentrians unfair - LGSU SLMM to continue with Bomb squad by Cyril Wimalasurendra least a third of their wage to the national as they enjoy fringe benefits both legiti- KANDY: Saying this wasn’t the time to fund, in the wake of an undeclared war in mate and otherwise. suspension of sea monitoring inspects talk about a wage hike for the country. Waste and corruption is rampant in Parliamentarians, the president of Lanka He said seeking a salary increase an the country the government should take by Franklin R. lull at present and If it is General Services Union (LGSU) just and unfair move by the parliamen- more interest in controlling this national Satyapalan really quiet, one would suspicious Jayaratne Maliyagoda suggested that tarians, particularly at a time when the crime, he said adding that the govern- The SLMM will contin- have to wait and see if it Parliamentarians instead contribute at masses are suffering the consequences of ment is compelled to shoulder the addi- ue with its May 11 sus- would be safe for civilians car the uncontrolled open economy. tional responsibility of paying compen- pension of all monitoring to move about freely. Maliyagoda yesterday said the masses sations to the victims of the shadow war of naval movements in Meanwhile, the Navy by Cyril were at the mercy of the traders, prices of in progress.
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