DOCSLIB.ORG

Sirisena Eats His Own Words Whither Sajith Premadasa?

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sirisena Eats His Own Words Whither Sajith Premadasa? 6 SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2015 7 Editorial Editor-in-Chief: 2429231 The greatest betrayal: Final part News Desk: 2429232, Business Desk: 2429234 Features Desk: 2429228, Sports Desk: 2429236 Fax: 2429227 Advertising : 2429361-9 e-mail: [email protected] Chandrika’s salute to Website: www.sundayobserver.lk Prabhakaran turns costly Peace or misery – voters should decide Voters in Sri Lanka will have to make an important decision in four days time – an election that would not only decide on the next Head of State but also the future of the country’s hard-earned peace. If one were to study the line-up for Thursday’s Presidential election, it is crystal clear that it will be a contest between those who love the country and those who don’t. In other words, it’s a battle between those who wish to retain the country’s hard-earned peace and those who are hell-bent on capturing power at any cost who care two hoots for the hard-earned peace enjoyed by one and all. The unholy Opposition alliance, which supports New Democratic Front (NDF) candi- Traitor will fi nally meet his waterloo date Maithripala Sirisena, has spelt out their intentions. They are trying to use Maithripala as a scapegoat to achieve their vicious ends. A closer look at those who lead the unholy alliance speaks volumes. by K.M.H.C.B. Kulatunga As we had stated last Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is the undisputed ‘best loser’ in election his- The traitor will finally week, the TNA announced tory, with his party - the UNP, losing a record 29 elections under his shaky leadership. The meet his waterloo by Friday its stance on the last UNP has not won a single Presidential election since 1988 and Wickremesinghe would after the masses verdict at moment. As expected the even invoke the devil to change that dismal record and overcome the growing challenge the 2015 Presidential elec- former Tiger proxy party from within the party to hand over the party leadership to his energetic deputy leader tion would be announced. which had been remote controlled by Prabhakaran Sajith Premadasa. He has packed all his bag- Whither Sajith gage and even obtained from his jungle hideouts, Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is wallowing in malice. From air tickets to a Western announced that it would the day she was compelled to nominate her then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as destination. He has already support Maithripala. Premadasa? the SLFP’s candidate for the 2005 Presidential election following the overwhelming sup- obtained Schengen visa, This was an unusual port he commanded in the party, Kumaratunga has spared no pains to defeat Rajapaksa. along with that if the Brit- trend in Sri Lanka politics. Her unbecoming conduct reflects a bandit queen as she always abhorred the admin- ish and the US, keeping his Be it the TNA or any other istration of President Rajapaksa whereas she should have looked at it positively as her travel options open. major Tamil political party, successor was a fellow SLFP senior. Having ruined the country for 11 long years, Kuma- Unlike Sarath Fonseka has not directly supported Comparing the then UNP leader pala comes to power. Hence, Sajith ratunga could not stomach President Rajapaksa’s immense success - winning the battle who face the challenge even a Sinhalese candidate at a R. Premadasa and his son Sajith is making a calculated move,” he against terrorism and leading the country towards new economic horizons with mega after he was abandoned by national election. This is who is incidentally the incumbent said. the first time that the TBA, development projects. Hence, Kumaratunga’s seething anger to settle a political score is the common Opposition Deputy leader Sajith Premadasa, deputy leader, a senior UNP ex- Also keeping unbelievable silence after his defeat, Maithripala or a major Tamil politi- arguably the most favourite senior minister said that there is a sharp in the UNP national organizer perhaps understandable. Sirisena will not have guts cal party for that matter, figure in the UNP, is keeping an difference in how the father and the Daya Gamage who had once said Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne has the notorious track record of changing political to face the challenge single is supporting a Sinhalese unbelievable silence, sticking his son had acted during the lead up to that if the UNP leader Ranil Wick- parties on not less than eight occasions. Crossovers for personal benefits had been the handedly. With his mentor candidate at a Presidential political activity only to Hamban- the 1977 general election and 2015 remesinghe and deputy Sajith Pre- hallmark of Senaratne’s political career. He was unseated from Parliament for indulging in Chandrika Bandaranaike election. tota district. Presidential election. madasa are not willing to contest business transactions with the Government while being a Member of Parliament. Howev- Kumaratunga getting ready Hence, it is obvious that It was reported that Sajith had “It was the then deputy leader 2015 Presidential election, that he er, the then UNP government undermined the Court’s decision by re-appointing Senara- to fly back to London, the TNA has secured a told his confidants that he cannot R. Premadasa who single handedly is ready to face the challenge and tne to Parliament from the national list. Hence, he does not have an iota of self-respect Maithripala knows that bonanza from Maithripala. dis his own political grave by brin- took upon the challenge of bringing become the UNP candidate. in his political conduct. There are many allegations regarding his conduct as the Fisheries he would be isolated after In their lust for power, the ing Maithripala Sirisena to power. the UNP back to power after seven But Ranil make a strategic move Minister for irregular dealings with foreign trawlers reaching Sri Lankan shores. the impending defeat and Opposition alliance has Whilst trying to give an impression years. He went around the country, to avoid growing pressure against agreed to anything and his party leadership by deciding to Maithripala Sirisena, whom the vicious Kumaratunga and the West are exploiting as would suffer similar fate that he is respecting the party’s junction to junction and addressed like Fonseka. everything that TNA had decision to support Maithripala, thousands of pocket meetings. support Maithripala without field- a scapegoat for a regime change, is not the innocuous Grama Sevaka the masses knew Just when Maithripala demanded. Hence, the Sajith has never addressed any of But his son is not doing likewise ing a UNP candidate for a Presi- several decades ago. Those in Polonnaruwa would vouch for his adamant and dictatorial got some self-satisfaction TNA leader R. Sambandan the NDF candidate’s meetings out- because he known that it would be dential election for the second suc- conduct, even pressurising his voters in the area. He supported his brothers to make hay after some political meet- was more than happy to side Hambantota district. the end of road for him if Maithri- cessive time. while the sun shone in their business – both legal and illegal. ings, Chandrika shattered sing the agreement with Mangala Samaraweera had always been a blind supporter of former President Kuma- his dreams with a contro- Maithripala. ratunga and his presence in the unholy alliance is no surprise. Soon after he supported versial speech in their Jaf- With the TNA President Rajapaksa at the 2005 Presidential election and secured a powerful ministerial fana rally last Tuesday. announcement last week portfolio, Kumaratunga brainwashed him and made him quit the UPFA Cabinet. Since Chandrika benignly that they will support then, he has been a political refugee in the UNP. referred to the late blood Maithripala, photographs of Prabhakaran and Mai- Moreover, the TNA and the SLMC have joined forces to achieve their separatist agenda thirsty LTTE terrorist leader, megalomaniac thripala Sirisena side by SLMC’s separatist since President Rajapaksa would never agree to even in his wildest dreams. SLMC leader Velupillai Prabhakaran as side had appeared in key Rauf Hakeem demanded a separate administrative district for Muslims in the East and 'Mr Prabhakaran' several Tamil Tiger haunts in both threatened to quit if his demand was not met. The President said a firm no and showed times at a Presidential elec- Toronto and London. agenda him the door. tion rally held in Jaffna on To many observers in The TNA, which had never supported a Sinhalese leader at any election, is showering December 30. both capitals, this did not lavish praise on Maithripala and have called upon the people in the North and the East to Addressing the rally in come as a surprise given support his candidature. Maithripala’s secret pact with the TNA has made R. Sambandan English, Kumaratunga had that Suren Surenthiran of and his men overjoyed as they have been given a firm assurance on all their demands. said lands coming under the TGTF, the hilariously The SLMC is another traitor gress (SLMC) is engaged in an granted equal Hence, the TNA is now trying to win their demands democratically as the LTTE had failed High Security Zones in the named Transnational Gov- in the unholy alliance after Presi- unsuccessful attempt to realise rights and space North would be returned to ernment of Tamil Eelam, to achieve them despite three decades of armed struggle. dent Rajapaksa had flatly rejected one more goal in the internation- for all communities with the aim the people, when Common had stated in an Al Jazeera Rauf Hakeem’s request for a sepa- al conspiracy to make Sri Lanka of uplifting the living standards Mano Ganeshan, another LTTE sympathiser, too has also joined the Opposition alliance Opposition Candidate Mai- interview earlier this month rate Muslim administrative unit an unstable country,” he added.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 'ICC Cannot Act Against US, Israel and Sri Lanka'
    Vol. 30 No. 208 Tuesday 19th July, 2011, 40 pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition COULD FATIGUE AND FITCH UPGRADES THE DANGER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DROWSINESS WHILE SRI LANKA’S MOVING BACK AND POLITICS IN THE DRIVING BE NO 1 SOVEREIGN RATINGS FROM DEVOLUTION NINETIES... 10 11 12 KILLER ON OUR ROADS? Financial Review Ranil demands Select Committee on foul petrol ‘ICC cannot act against BY PIYASENA DISSANAYAKE UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday demanded that a parliamentary select committee US, Israel and Sri Lanka’ be appointed with regard to importing substandard petrol. ead of the International Criminal generally deal only with matters from Wickremesinghe said that he would Court Sang-Hyun Song has said countries that have endorsed the Rome request the government to consider Hthat his court has no jurisdiction Statute. And even then, it can only step the appointment to act on matters from non-signatory in if national legal systems are unwill- of the PSC as States such as Sri Lanka, Israel and the ing or unable to act. an urgent mat- US, a report in The Australian said. “The ICC, under any circumstances, ter and that Song, who runs a tribunal that sits will not and cannot and should not just this sugges- above national legal systems, says his jump over the national boundary of tion request- court complements national systems of sovereign states and stir around the ing the criminal justice. But some critics — par- normally functioning judicial system appointment of ticularly in the US — have described the of a sovereign state,” President Song the relevant ICC as a threat to national sovereignty.
    [Show full text]
  • Page Three Tuesday 26Th May, 2009
    The Island Page Three Tuesday 26th May, 2009 ! World View News ! Financial Review ! Leisure Land INSIDE: "308 children lost both parents in war Over 9,000 Tigers to be prosecuted First Lady visits orphans, The Army said 9,100 taken into custody. LTTE suspects would be He also said they would produced before court. be rehabilit ated depending Army spokesman on the nature of crime they Brigadier Udaya have committed. Nanayakkara said that the Among those in custody promises better accommodation suspects include those who were some area leaders. surrendered to the authori - (NP) ties and those who were by Shamindra Ferdinando charge of the Northern The former Commandant asked the children whether they Province told The Island yes - of the elite STF said that p ar- knew the name of the Sri Lankan The government plans to look terday that Mrs. Rajap aksa ent s of some of the children President. A six-year-old boy had af ter 308 children who had lost both had directed Vavuniya now held at the welfare centre promptly said Mahinda Rajapaksa, their p arent s in the war . They are Government Agent Mrs P. M. had been killed while fleeing the police of ficial said. TNA complains not now housed at a welfare centre P. Charles to find a sep arate the LTTE-held area. The Senior DIG said that Mrs established at Menik Farm in the place out side the welfare cen - Responding to our queries, he Rajapaksa had distributed a stock of V avuniya District. tre to house these p arentless said that the children had urgently needed supplies among the allowed to see Moon First lady Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Republic at 40
    ! 24 Interview From Federalism to Separatism: The Impact of the 1970-72 Constitution- Making Process on Tamil Nationalism’s Ideological Transformation g D. Sithadthan1 1 Former Member of Parliament; Leader, People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). This interview was conducted by Luwie Ganeshathasan on 20th July 2012 in Colombo. ! ! From a Tamil perspective, what were the broad political issues of the post-independence period and what were the main political and constitutional challenges that the Tamil people faced? Opinion was divided at that time among the Tamils. Some sections were advocating for a federal state but people like Mr G.G. Ponnambalam were for a unitary state. I think he believed that, at that time since the Tamils were in an advantageous position, that within a unitary state, Tamils could have a major portion of the cake. There was a belief that if the Tamils ask for a federal state they will be confined to the north and east only and will have no share of the power in the central government. The Tamil people’s opposition was on an issue-by-issue basis. For example, there was opposition to the design of the national flag because the Tamil people felt it is a symbol of the Sinhala people only. Later the green and orange stripes were added to signify the Muslim and Tamil people, but to this day the Tamil people are not willing to accept the national flag as ours. Furthermore, in spite of Section 29 of the Soulbury Constitution and the famous Kodeeswaran Case, the Sinhala Only Act was passed.
    [Show full text]
  • Slpp Victory Drowning in Losses Due to Delay
    NEW CHAPTER DELAY IN ECT TERMINAL PLANNING OPENS WITH GOVT. SLPP VICTORY DROWNING IN LOSSES DUE TO DELAY RS. 70.00 PAGES 64 / SECTIONS 6 VOL. 02 – NO. 46 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 NO HAPPY NO MAJOR HOURS AT THE PAYPAL SPORTS BAR PROGRESS »SEE PAGES 8 & 9 »SEE PAGE 2 »SEE BUSINESS PAGE 1 »SEE PAGE 5 For verified information on the GENERAL PREVENTIVE GUIDELINES COVID-19 LOCAL CASES COVID-19 CASES coronavirus (Covid-19) contact any of the IN THE WORLD following authorities ACTIVE CASES TOTAL CASES 1999 TOTAL CASES Health Promotion Bureau 2,839 Suwasariya Quarantine Unit 0112 112 705 19,308,441 Ambulance Service Epidemiology Unit 0112 695 112 DEATHS RECOVERED Govt. coronavirus hotline 0113071073 Wash hands with soap Wear a commercially Maintain a minimum Use gloves when shopping, Use traditional Sri Lankan Always wear a mask, avoid DEATHS RECOVERD 1990 for 40-60 seconds, or rub available mask/cloth mask distance of 1 metre using public transport, etc. greeting at all times crowded vehicles, maintain PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES hands with alcohol-based or a surgical mask if showing from others, especially in and discard into a lidded instead of handshaking, distance, and wash hands 11 2,541 718,592 12,397,744 Telephone 0114354854, 0114733600 Fax 0112333066, 0114354882 handrub for 20-30 seconds respiratory symptoms public places bin lined with a bag hugging, and/or kissing before and after travelling 287 Hotline 0113456200-4 Email [email protected] THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE CONFIRMED UP UNTIL 8.00 P.M. ON 07 AUGUST 2020 RanilBY OUR POLITICAL COLUMNIST A togroup of party seniors met at remainthe on the new leader, Wickremesinghe will Wijewardene, and Sagala Ratnayaka.
    [Show full text]
  • Chairman‟S Report by H.E. Mr. Tsuneo Nishida Permanent
    Chairman‟s Report by H.E. Mr. Tsuneo Nishida Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations “Observation of the Progress of National Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka” 20 February 2013 1 Acronyms Association of War-Affected Women -- AWAW Attorney General – AG Civilian Investigation Unit – CID Foreign Direct Investment -- FDI Government of Japan – GoJ Government of Sri Lanka – GSL Global Tamil Forum – GTF Internally Displaced Persons – IDPs International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC International Humanitarian Law – IHL International Human Rights Law – IHRL International Non-Governmental organizations – INGOs Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee – LLRC Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – LTTE Member of Parliament – MP Millennium Development Goals – MDGs Ministry of Defence – MoD National Action Plan – NAP National Human Rights Action Plan – NHRAP National Peace Council – NPC Non-Governmental Organizations – NGOs Panel of Experts – PoE Parliamentary Select Committee – PSC Peace-keeping Operation – PKO Prevention of Terrorism Act – PTA Sri Lanka Army – SLA Sri Lanka Freedom party – SLFP Tamil National Alliance – TNA Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam – TGTE Truth and Reconciliation Commission – TRC United National Party – UNP United Nations – UN United Nations Human Rights Council – UNHRC Universal Periodic Review – UPR 2 Table of Contents Background 4 Reconstruction 4 Reconciliation 8 Accountability 11 The Rule of Law 14 Human Rights 18 Military Issues 19 Conclusion 21 Attachment A Delegation Members Attachment B List of Interlocutors Attachment C Additional personal note on Observations and Suggestions by a delegation member 3 Background Diplomats from Bangladesh, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Romania, and South Africa, as well as faculty from Columbia University (Attachment A), participated in an observation mission to Sri Lanka (6-8 December 2012).
    [Show full text]
  • A Brief Profile of the Trincomalee High Security Zone and Other Land Issues in Trincomalee District
    A BRIEF PROFILE OF THE TRINCOMALEE HIGH SECURITY ZONE AND OTHER LAND ISSUES IN TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT Bhavani Fonseka and Mirak Raheem May 2008 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is an independent, non-partisan organization that focuses primarily on issues of governance and conflict resolution. Formed in 1996 in the firm belief that the vital contribution of civil society to the public policy debate is in need of strengthening, CPA is committed to programmes of research and advocacy through which public policy is critiqued, alternatives identified and disseminated. Address: 24/2 28th Lane, off Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka Telephone: +94 (11) 2565304/5/6 Fax: +94 (11) 4714460 Web www.cpalanka.org Email [email protected] 2 | Page CONTENTS CONTENTS 3 PURPOSE 4 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IN BRIEF 5 FOR REDUCING THE HSZ 5 FOR RESETTLEMENT AND RELOCATION 5 FOR ADDRESSING RELATED LEGAL ISSUES 5 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRINCOMALEE 6 1. BACKGROUND TO THE TRINCOMALEE HIGH SECURITY ZONE 7 1.1 THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND ISSUES 7 1.2 BACKGROUND TO HIGH SECURITY ZONES 8 1.3 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRINCOMALEE HSZ 9 1.4 LEGAL RIGHTS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES 10 2. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PLANS 12 2.1 SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE 12 2.2 NEGENAHIRA NAVODAYA 13 2.3 COAL POWER STATION 14 2.4 THE OUTER CIRCULAR ROAD AND THE RELATED BUFFER ZONE 15 3. THE ‘REDUCED’ TRINCOMALEE HSZ: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 16 3.1 REDUCTION OF THE HSZ? 16 3.2 CHALLENGES TO RESETTLEMENT 16 3.3 THE SITUATION OF COMMUNITIES WHO WILL NOT BE RESETTLED IN THE ‘NEW’ HSZ 19 4.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding Press Coverage on Religious Freedom
    UNDERSTANDING PRESS COVERAGE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTRODUCTION Ethno-religious violence has been a growing problem in post-war Sri Lanka. Events in Mawanella (2001),1 Gintota (2017),2 Aluthgama (2014)3, Digana (2018)4 and most recently in Kurunegala/Minuwangoda (May 2019)5 demonstrate the eXtent and frequency of this type of violence. This report is the fifth in a series of reports prepared by Verité Research (VR) for Minor Matters. These reports eXamine how the print media reports on religious freedom in Sri Lanka. They aim to analyse the frequency and tonality of coverage in various newspapers in English, Sinhala and Tamil to provide both quantitative and qualitative insights. The press coverage is assessed by observing press articles in terms of their sentiment on religious freedom, i.e. supporting, neutral or opposing. This sentiment analysis is based on an assessment of two components: a) news grading, in which the substance of the news article/content is analysed, and b) view grading, in which the tonality of the coverage, pictures, and any other additional cues used to position sentiment regarding the news item, are analysed. The present report also qualitatively analyses articles related to religious freedom within the conteXt of broader themes such as physical violence towards people and property; inflammatory speech; court cases, laws and regulations pertaining to religious freedom; religious inequality and discrimination; and other related reporting relevant to religious freedom. Newspaper summaries that have a bearing on religious freedom are listed in chronological order at the end of the report. 1 G.H. Peiris, A reappraisal of evidence and claims.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding Press Coverage on Religious Freedom
    UNDERSTANDING PRESS COVERAGE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 1 UNDERSTANDING PRESS COVERAGE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTRODUCTION Ethno-religious violence has been a growing problem in post-war Sri Lanka. Events in Mawanella (2001),1 Gintota (2017),2 Aluthgama (2014)3 and most recently in Digana (2018)4 demonstrate the extent and frequency of this type of violence. This report is the fourth in a series of reports prepared by Verité Research (VR) for Minor Matters. These reports examine how the print media reports on religious freedom in Sri Lanka. They aim to analyse the frequency and tonality of coverage in various newspapers in English, Sinhala and Tamil to provide both quantitative and qualitative insights. The press coverage is assessed by observing press articles in terms of their sentiment on religious freedom, i.e. supporting, neutral or opposing. This sentiment analysis is based on an assessment of two components: a) news grading, in which the substance of the news article/content is analysed, and b) view grading, in which the tonality of the coverage, pictures, and any other additional cues used to position sentiment regarding the news item, are analysed. The present report also qualitatively analyses articles related to religious freedom within the context of broader themes such as physical violence towards people and property; inflammatory speech; court cases, laws and regulations pertaining to religious freedom; religious inequality and discrimination; and other related reporting relevant to religious freedom. Newspaper summaries that have a bearing on religious freedom are listed in chronological order at the end of the report. 1 G.H. Peiris, A reappraisal of evidence and claims.
    [Show full text]
  • 'LTTE Should Give
    Friday 25th August, 2006 3 In Parliament on Wednesday ‘LTTE should give up violence – Mervin Silva by Wijitha Nakkawita and Lakshmi prevent the provocative attacks of Douglas Devananda said any vic- de Silva the LTTE. tory in war was only an illusion. Moving an Adjournment Sivanathan Kishor (TNA) Taking up arms could be justified Motion in Parliament Wednesday said it was because the LTTE pre- for a proper cause but the LTTE is TNA’s Jaffna District member vented the Tamil people of the only creating misery for the Tamil Mavai Senthirajah asked the North to vote during the last people and was not prepared to Government to declare a ceasefire Presidential Election that come to the peace talks even when ending the present armed conflict Mahinda Rajapakse was able to the Government was prepared for in the North and East so that con- win the election and become it. LTTE is an organization thriv- ditions for peace talks with the President. ing on dead bodies of the Tamil LTTE could be created. In the attacks by the Sri Lanka people. It is abducting children First Lady Shiranthi Rajapakse in conversation with some of the students after opening the two-storey school building, con- He was speaking about the state Air Force 60 children were killed and forcing them to become child structed at a cost of Rs. 30 million by the Sri Lanka Planning Institute, at Nilwala Ananda Vidyalaya at Hathagala, Hunugama. of the civilians in the North and and over hundred injured. The soldiers. Manager of the school, Ven.
    [Show full text]
  • UN Given Access to Vavuniya IDP Facilities
    Vol. 28 No. 258 Wednesday 16th September, 2009, 32 Pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - City Edition 6 Eighteen Pakistani Best Walisinghe Harischandra 10 12 Remembering Rajani women die in Ozone Saved sacred city on 20th anniversary of Page Page stampede for free flour Layer Page Page Page Page of Anuradhapura her assassination DAYAPALA THIRANAGAMA makes some personal reflections and US$ 41 mn raised through SLDB issue analysis on the life shattering individ- ual experiences suf- fered by Rajani and him as a young fami- ly in the unprece- dented political upheavals for UN given access to decades and Rajani attempts to trace their political journey with an intimate relationship in relation to the wider political process that engulfed the country. (MIDWEEK REVIEW) Vavuniya IDP facilities A meeting will be held on Sept. 25 (Friday) at 6.00 pm at BMICH by the Rajani Senior most Political Affairs official here Thiranagama Commoration Committee to commerate by Shamindra Ferdinando Rajani's life and her contri- bution to human rights. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday said B. Lynn Pascoe, United Nations Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, would visit the Vavuniya welfare centres for the internally dis- ‘There is some level placed persons this week. of known terrorist Speaking to The Island he called the post-LTTE era Bogollagama said President though some had sought to activity in Sri Lanka’ Mahinda Rajapaksa interpret the visit The Acting British had telephoned UN differently.He said High Commissioner Secretary General critics could not Mark Gooding believe Ban Ki-moon on have been blind to that there is “some level Monday regarding Sri Lanka’s untiring of known terrorist the impending visit.
    [Show full text]
  • Sinhala & Tamil Press
    1/29/2021 FrontPage, Vol.07, No. 11 - Daily Delivery of Political Summaries 19 January | Vol.07, #11 Good morning, here's your daily update Were you sent this issue of FrontPage by a friend? Sign up here to get FrontPage or WhatsApp us on 0761488544. Today's Headlines Lankadeepa: Rs.70 million found in the Aruna: MP Piyal Nishantha tests bank account of the 'Facebook positive for COVID-19 extremist' Divaina: Head of the Anuradhapura Ravaya: This paper is published every Police narcotic unit caught Friday. Ada: State Minister Piyal Nishantha Virakesari: Archaeological excavation tests positive for COVID-19 begins at Kurunthurmalai; trishul of Hindu temple removed Mawbima: Eight at the MoH test Thinakaran: Government decides to positive for COVID-19 tackle the drug traicking network Thinakkural: Hindu temple destroyed Dinamina: Three, including Senaratne, and Buddha statue settled at indicted Kurunthurmalai COMMON STORIES: SINHALA & TAMIL PRESS https://mailchi.mp/4795440e58bf/frontpage-vol07-no-11-daily-delivery-of-political-summaries 1/6 1/29/2021 FrontPage, Vol.07, No. 11 - Daily Delivery of Political Summaries Image source: Daily News State Minister Piyal Nishantha tests positive for COVID- 19 Ada, Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima, Virakesari, Thinakkural, Thinakaran State Minister of Women and Child Development, Preschools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services Piyal Nishantha along with his wife and child tested positive for COVID-19. Nishantha was also among the MPs who had consumed the Dhammika Paniya
    [Show full text]
  • Peace Confidence Index 12 – Topline Results
    An Opinion Poll On Peace Peace Confidence Index (PCI) TOP-LINE RESULTS Social Indicator March 2003 © 2003 Social Indicator ● Centre for Policy Alternatives hile many studies have been conducted on various aspects of W this conflict, none have attempted to capture the changes in public perception over a period of time. The lack of such a study was identified as a significant void by Social Indicator (SI), the social research unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA). The Peace Confidence Index study (PCI) seeks to fill this lacuna. The study, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) under the Governance and Institutional Strengthening Project, (GISP) Sri Lanka, will be conducted bi-monthly to gauge the impact of local and international political developments on public attitudes towards the peace process. Peace Confidence Index Page 1 Top-line Results INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is two-fold. One is to develop a numerical indicator of the level of public confidence in the peace process using a set of standardised questions which remain unchanged with each wave. The other is to use a set of questions related to recent social, economic and political developments in order to gauge public opinion of the peace process, which by definition will change from one wave to another. Such information, collected over a period of time, will provide civil society and policy makers a useful barometer of the opinions of the Sri Lankan polity, and ensure that the collective opinions of the public are given due importance and incorporated into the policy debate.
    [Show full text]