bbc,  Fri Feb 12 10:33:22 EST 2010

    Mahanayake theras of four main Buddhist chapters in Sri Lanka have called for a special gathering to discuss the "uncertainty" developing in the country.
In an unprecedented move, the Mahanayake theras have called on all Buddhist monks from all over Sri Lanka to convene in Kandy on 18 February as the "uncertain situation" has been developed with regard to democracy and good governance.Full Story


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Are they only now realizing that an "uncertain situation has developed with regard to democracy and good governance" and are they really going to do anything about it besides having a jaw in the Maha Maluwa?

At least they are awakening.  The Catholic clergy have had a far more consistent stand on HR and such issues than our High Priests. Most of them were bribed by the Govt since President Premedasa gave them Mercedes Benzes 500SLs with CD players!, and other perks that they behave more like moral mullahs rather than simple spiritual leaders who speak out in times of a national crisis.  They are nothing but corrupt fat cats who are a far cry from the days of yore where the Sangha were really not politicians.  IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY Speak out.

Now I am not sure if SF is a nice guy, because all stories point out to him behind the attacks on journalists, but the Govt. cannot pretend not to know it or take the high road because they KNEW and ignored it because SF was part of the MR, GR SF cabal who ran the war. So for GR to now claim otherwise is also insincere. All in all this is BEST settled in civil court with lawyers and transparency. Even MR's most avid supporters realise now that the timing has everything do with elections and the fear SF will be the key opp. figure they lacked for so long with the girly crowd of RW and Mangy being the leaders. Finally they found a tough leader not loved but feared. SF is no angel and nor is MR.

MR should release SF.
File action in civil courts
SF needs to promise that he will not reveal state secrets to get revenge
MR needs to stem corruption and  the goon squads.
Depoliticize the army that SF and MR both have been guilty of dragging into politics.
IF there is real evidence SHOW IT to the country.
People do not get arrested before being charged in cases like this. They seem to want to gather evidence after they arrested him. WHY?  

MR cannot protest about innocent non-vindictive politics. SF also needs to shut up and admit he LOST. His ego is so big he is in denial or suffering a lot from PTSD.  He is not telling the truth when he states he had no political dealings while being CDS. Everyone knows he called the JVP murderer leadership from the USA and everyone now knows about his dealings while he was CDS.

MR is much loved in Sri Lanka and SF was much feared and admired or respected until all the dirt came out during the campaign that he could not effectively counter. His reaction to allegations of personal corruption and arms deals was to use abuse on stage and threaten people. "Walikada saha Bogambara ariyanawa; uniform galawana; soup katu godak denawa uranna ballonta" etc.. That was his campaign. MR was shining in his speeches while SF was dark and full of spite.  MR got his junior jockeys and Wimal Weerawansa for the smear part and kept above it. That was clear when we saw the speeches on independent TV like Derana and Swarnavahini as well.  SF then started to act like a JVPer making all sorts of absurd promises of 12 perches for every person born SL at state expense, 10,000LKR pay raise, 3000LKR for unemployed graduates etc.. He was the first true JVP nominee.

If the govt is going to investigate the murders of Lasantha W and the heinous attack on Keith Noyahr let it be in the open now but PLEASE DO NOT MAKE A BURMA(MYANMAR), Stalinist, or  NORTH KOREAN like show trial and a sham with fake evidence.  

Will they also investigate the murderers in the  JVP leadership such as Somawansa and Lionel Bopage who escaped justice in 1989? Somawansa is a rogue and a despicable man full of class envy and hate.  Too bad he escaped justice in 1989. Those blood thirsty monsters killed two of my relatives.  They killed a lot of good people and got away. Where did Comrade Somey go? To N.Korea? to Cuba? NOOOO he did not go to socialist bankrupt utopias. He went to the capitalist west ! so much for his .. goddamned principles.

Very few will buy the story that this has "nothing to do with politics" when SF was very much part of the same cabal. Who are they trying to fool?

RogerThis says:

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Will they also investigate the murderers in the  JVP leadership such as Somawansa and Lionel Bopage who escaped justice in 1989? Somawansa is a rogue and a despicable man full of class envy and hate.

I don't think it is correct to put Somawanse and Bopage in the same basket when discussing the violence of the late 80s. Bopage had nothing to do with either the JVP or anti-JVP killings. By then he was an outcast as far as the JVP was concerned. Had he remained in SL, he would have been the target of either side. A sad situation most ordinary Sri Lankans found themselves in, at the time.

1971 violence? Yes, Bopage was in the thick of it and was charged and punished. Late 80's? No, Bopage had nothing to do with the violence.


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RogerThis wrote:

The Catholic clergy have had a far more consistent stand on HR and such issues than our High Priests.

I thought then all the academics here shouted they are LTTE proxies.

Negombo wrote:

RogerThis wrote:

The Catholic clergy have had a far more consistent stand on HR and such issues than our High Priests.

I thought then all the academics here shouted they are LTTE proxies.

Indeed.

The wheel has come a full circle. This was inevitable. Let the chips fall as they may. Srilanka will rise above this one too.


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We need to resolve the historical grievances of Tamils because it is a right and civilized political act to follow by the political leadership in the country. -Dayapala Thiranagama-