Munza Mushtaq in Colombo,  Wed Mar  1 12:56:55 EST 2006

    Ex President and Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Chandrika Kumaratunga has lashed out at President Mahinda Rajapakse
and SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena for allegedly
violating party rules.
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In a letter to Sirisena, Ms. Kumaratunga claimed that although she had
made repeated request to him to convene a meeting for her to meet with
all SLFP local Government Candidates, a request he had failed to heed
to. "But no sooner President Rajapakse made this request to you, a
meeting was immediately convened at the Presidential Secretariat, and
neither was I invited nor informed about the proceedings of this
meting," she said in her letter.

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CBK can do a great service for the country by leaving Politics completely. She should get the message and no body is going to miss her.

She must feelings just like Ananda Sangaree - The TULF President who is not liked or wanted by his party.

May be they can form a support group....

The person who held the 2 full terms of Executive Presidency is not permitted to be elected again as per constitution.
This means that the person is expected to retire from politics or remain under the newly elected leader.

SLFP Secretary should arrange the party general meeting which CBK is asking for. All members coming to this meeting should unanimously appoint Mahinda R as the party leader.

All parties (SLFP, UNP atleast) should ammend their party rules making provisions for :
when  country's Executive President is newly elected the person automatically becomes the party's leader,
or he appoints a person of his choice as the party leader.

CBK, with her knowledge of politics (which enabled her to dismantle the UNP monolith in the early 90s), can see that the JVP is slowly but surely gobbling up the SLFP support base. MR is either oblivious to this or doesn't care as long as he can remain President.

On hindsight, CBK must have realised that she was partly responsible for the situation. She took advice from Mangala and AB and dissolved the UNP government, banking on JVP support to defeat the UNP. That selfish and short-sighted act has now boomeranged on her. The fact that she betrayed Vijaya's memory must have at last dawned on her.

The only hope for the SLFP is for Ranil to retain the leadership of the UNP which continues to drift like a rudderless ship. The disgruntled UNPers will keep the SLFP numbers in tact, making up for what the SLFP loses to the JVP. If the UNP does not fix itself soon (something that is unlikely as long as Ranil is at the helm), it will be the ultimate loser and the JVP the ultimate winner.

The real problem for the UNP is that there is no obvious successor to Ranil. Karu Jayasuriya, the only person who can rehabilitate the party, does not appear to be interested in the leadership (not at all surprising, looking at the bickering going on among the different groups). The other option is SB, a scenario that will make traditional UNPers want to throw up. The opportunity the UNP lost was for Ranil to have sponsored Karu for the leadership immediately after the election loss. If Karu was made the leader and Ranil stayed in the leadership team as a deputy, the UNP would have had a chance. It looks as if that opportunity is lost forever. The generosity that Ranil showed towards the tamils and the LTTE in his search for peace has gone completely missing when he deals with his party's survival.

There are many signs to predict that the JVP is planning to win majority power in the next parliament. If this happens, it will be followed by a change of constitution that will abolish executive Presidency. It is interesting to see what MR's reaction would be if the JVP proposes the abolition of executive presidency at the end of MR's first term.

It is now upto the JVP to decide whether they would like to run the country like they would have done if they had won in 1971 or to run it as they should in a democratic framework. In other words, the JVP has to decide whether the appropriate model for a JVP-ruled Sri Lanka is to be North Korea or post-independence Malaysia - of course with necessary modifications to suit Sri Lanka.

If the JVP can convince a majority of Sri lankans that (i) their shift towards democracy is permanent and irreversible, (ii) they have taken lessons from Asia's economic success, and that (iii) they have a fair solution to the ethnic problem, a solution that is acceptable to a majority of tamils & sinhalese and to the international community, the JVP will be unstoppable at the next parliamentary election.

kkk123,

a good analalysis.

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It is now upto the JVP to decide whether they would like to run the country like they would have done if they had won in 1971 or to run it as they should in a democratic framework. In other words, the JVP has to decide whether the appropriate model for a JVP-ruled Sri Lanka is to be North Korea or post-independence Malaysia - of course with necessary modifications to suit Sri Lanka.

My feeling is JVP is following the BJP, India model. BJP came to power succesfully adopting a hardline hindu and anti-muslim stance.

WHAT CBK is finding out is something seasoned politicians know.  Once you lose you are no longer relevant.  She never lost elections or sat in Parliament in the opposition unlike her Mother. She is afraid her control is dissipating because of what she and AB did to undermine MR. She is reaping what she sowed.  She cannot dictate terms to Ministers. She is ONLY a party leader and NOT Head of State. She needs to realize this sooner rather than later. As for the JVP, yes she is responsible for giving them too much power queerly because of AB and Mangala Samaraweera.  AB is a deadweight of no consequence to the nation nor his party.   CBK will soon follow if she does not stop these foolish tantrums and pettiness.  The PArty leader MUST be the President. The SLFP is now safe without CBK or the dynasty. She had two terms wielded power arrogantly over MR and everyone else and she is crying foul?  I hope she reads this column to realize we in Sri Lanka would have none of it.  She must gracefully accept defeat even though it is not really a defeat. She does not have much popular support now and she lost it all with her dirty politicis to undermine a true Blue MR who was loyal to her mother and stood by the party when AB and CBK deserted it.  Sadly she thinks she is in power. No her mother knew to leave gracefully when she was routed from power in 1977.  Then she sat in the opposition. CBk did not live up to our expectations as Sri Lankans and as a middle class Sri Lankan I am the most sorry to see her in this pathetic state.

CBK Grandma, now it is time to relax, listen to some music, travel, read about mankind, and you know, be cool. You are not fit enough for this kind of wrestling. Anyway, don't listen to omuch to your cute brother. He messed up his whole life and he is not fit enough to advice another. Take it easy grandma.

When CBK in power ,she was a problem to MR
Even without power she is a problem to MR -- she thnks she got a lanka royal blood and expect a royal treatment
MR is a peoples' man and he knows cbk is nobody now
Long live MR ,hope MR will do the right thing for the future generation

CBK was good old woman too greedy to hand off power.. However she is just being a mock for her own greed,, poor woman

CBK sould handover the leadership of the SLFP to MR. At the same time MR shouldnt allow the JVP to domolish  the SLFP. The thingsgoing at present seems to be the UNP & SLFP will compete to support the JVP to form thegovernment after 2010 general election

It is not the JVP but CBK and AB do a great job in destroying the SLFP.  RW and CBK have been a great help for the JVP to gain a major part in SL politics.


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Ahhhhh...Loku Nona ..No  body wants to listen to  you anymore?.When you had the power you used it the same way Mahinda Mama  is using it now.You should know better Loku Nona.. This country is .to a certain extent is controlled by crooks.Wait for 10-15 years  and you'll see a Grand Ethopian Model in action in Sri  Lanka.