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.