hidustan times,  Sat Feb 10 10:19:25 EST 2007

    By sacking top line ministers Mangala Samaraweera, Anura Bandaranaike and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi on Friday, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent out a clear warning that he will not tolerate the formation of any group in the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) which owes allegiance to his main rival, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Samaraweera, Bandaranaike and Sooriyarachchi are closely identified with Kumaratunga, who Rajapaksa sees as a threat to the emerging order in the SLFP, though she no longer holds any political office and does not even reside in Sri Lanka.
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That is called proper and strong LEADERSHIP. Three cheers to the president!!!.

migida wrote:

That is called proper and strong LEADERSHIP. Three cheers to the president!!!.

I agree, I do not know in which planet Anura living (Late Premadasa named him correctly, but I can not say that in this Forum)?  He didnot support MR in his Presidential Campaign. Leaders set directions, if others can not follow better to leave.  Karuna is a good example!

Amarakoon wrote:

migida wrote:

That is called proper and strong LEADERSHIP. Three cheers to the president!!!.

I agree, I do not know in which planet Anura living (Late Premadasa named him correctly, but I can not say that in this Forum)?  He didnot support MR in his Presidential Campaign. Leaders set directions, if others can not follow better to leave.  Karuna is a good example!

Well, a few things to remember about "STRONG" leadership.  These people, whether we like it or not, were elected by the people of Sri Lanka.  Will of the people should/can not be over written by others. By doing so, we destroy the very foundation of our country.  I am getting the feeling that we are heading back to another J.R. era of absolute governance, and I desperately hope it will not. One thing I noticed is that Mangala Samaraweera is somebody who sweat hard (unlike A.B. who sweat hard to defeat M.R. from inside) to get M.R. elected (campaign manager) and kicking out M.S. is an indication that something seriously wrong is happening.  People who were loyal to the party are getting kicked out (less A.B.) while people who worked against M.R. get portfolios. Do you see any thing wrong here? I hope that this kind in fighting is not going to reduce the morale of our forces in battling the LTTE menace.



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Die-hard followers don’t understand the real politics behind the scene.  All they can do just cheer and cheer until the they realize the consequence.  Mahinda Chinthana is slowly emerging out and its good for SL-Why the world will realize what shot of leader is he? And will help to resolve the prolonged ethnic trouble as like NATO did with KOSOVO (country size is just over 10,000 sq meters with 2million population).

May I ask one question?
Mangala helped  a lot to bring MR to power.That is good  a thing he has done. But  MR  can not be a dancing puppet on Mangala's palm. Just an example, you  were  brought up by your parents ,but at the end if they are going to ill treat you what you do?. Mangala,Anura & Sripathi went behind  M R  making a new front  and decrial statements agaist him.  You do not like to hear talking bad about you behind your back. So I think MR has done the right thing. This is called proper and strong ledership for any organisation.

Very Good MR !
Keep on !
Sack more !

Ha Ha Ha


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migida wrote:

That is called proper and strong LEADERSHIP. Three cheers to the president!!!.

It called disctatorship. A family is about to rule Sri Lanka, and two of the family members are not even Sri Lankans. Long live Rajapakse clan.

Mangala Samaraweera and Anura Bandaranayake won the election/s for Mahinda Rajapakse. Now, he bites the hand that fed him.

ranjo123 wrote:

[It called disctatorship. A family is about to rule Sri Lanka, and two of the family members are not even Sri Lankans. Long live Rajapakse clan.

Mangala Samaraweera and Anura Bandaranayake won the election/s for Mahinda Rajapakse. Now, he bites the hand that fed him.

Ha ha ha.. very profound statement... This coming from a denizen/piped pipper  of the world famous Thamil Eelam the best democracy this side of the Suez ruled by the greatest democrat Velupillai..

And Mangala and Anura did indeed help MR and now they have lost their jobs.. Compare taht to the fate of  Karuna and Reggie who saved the Thecia Thalivar..(Ahem big time democract) during Jeyasiguru!!. Or better remember Mahatthaya?? I presume he must be doing well in the Vanii??

You Eeelam clowns are a class act... err comedy act..


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migida wrote:

May I ask one question?
Mangala helped  a lot to bring MR to power.That is good  a thing he has done. But  MR  can not be a dancing puppet on Mangala's palm. Just an example, you  were  brought up by your parents ,but at the end if they are going to ill treat you what you do?. Mangala,Anura & Sripathi went behind  M R  making a new front  and decrial statements agaist him.  You do not like to hear talking bad about you behind your back. So I think MR has done the right thing. This is called proper and strong ledership for any organisation.

You would be excited to note that the security arrangements for the ministers were also withdrawn.

Are you happy for these 'traitors' to die?

They can send their slave dogs Pillaiyan and Sitha to kill one or two, and put the blame on LTTE.

It is not going to be the first time, anyway.

Namdev wrote:

ranjo123 wrote:

[It called disctatorship. A family is about to rule Sri Lanka, and two of the family members are not even Sri Lankans. Long live Rajapakse clan.

Mangala Samaraweera and Anura Bandaranayake won the election/s for Mahinda Rajapakse. Now, he bites the hand that fed him.

Ha ha ha.. very profound statement... This coming from a denizen/piped pipper  of the world famous Tamil Eelam the best democracy this side of the Suez ruled by the greatest democrat Velupillai..

And Mangala and Anura did indeed help MR and now they have lost their jobs.. Compare taht to the fate of  Karuna and Reggie who saved the Thecia Thalivar..(Ahem big time democract) during Jeyasiguru!!. Or better remember Mahatthaya?? I presume he must be doing well in the Vanii??

You Eeelam clowns are a class act... err comedy act..

Mm you love to compare VP and MR on the same class act,
is that mean you accepting what VP is doing can be followed by so called democratically elected MR ??
or you are accepting VP also following democratically accepted ways of running his show ??
Open your vision, and think out of square.
Why you guys always compare and (then..) complaining VP and MR.
If both corrupted and behaving badly ... no choices but keep the heart and eyes shut and wait for another era and another bunch of crooks.
This is what ordinary civilians like us can do !!!
(unless some 45000 comments in this forum (millions in other’s) and days and days of your hours with writing comments can be read by those politicians. Of course only if they can understands you peoples  "creative" opinions and thoughts.)
Until then we just fill garbage on the wall of water and follow our routines and disappears with in the reality clouds!!

add to this…..
my personal note:
We should be happy of those who got sacked as this what we all complaining and expecting over for past many years of srilankan politics…
“removing corrupted/ short visioned.. .stupids from politics”
i will be more happy if the list grows....



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Chandrika pulled the rug under Ranil without allowing him to carry through his plan to a logical conclusion. We all remember the shameful episode of the country where while country’s PM was meeting the US President, she dissolved the Parliament with the help of the pathetic JVP. She now says it was the biggest mistake she ever made. She is again in the sidelines meddling in the current administration. According to this report, Mahinda had no other choice but to allow the UNP cross over to safe guard the govt from collapse. A collapse which would have been orchestrated by Chandrika and her coterie reminiscent of  her previous actions. Ranil’s plan may have had flaws similar to Mahinda's plan of action. However, the intention of both plans is to solve the Tamil problem. Therefore, it’s the responsibility of the people in govt and the opposition to assist the govt until the current course of action comes to a logical conclusion. If not, the country will be again taken back to square one to attempt another strategy wasting more time and resources in the process. The people in the govt and the opposition must give Mahinda a fair chance at solving the issue without any unnecessary distractions. Mahinda in turn should not go overboard Premadasa autocratic style getting himself and his people involved in corruption and mismanagement, or else people will lose faith in him and his brothers.


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migida wrote:

May I ask one question?
Mangala helped  a lot to bring MR to power.That is good  a thing he has done. But  MR  can not be a dancing puppet on Mangala's palm. Just an example, you  were  brought up by your parents ,but at the end if they are going to ill treat you what you do?. Mangala,Anura & Sripathi went behind  M R  making a new front  and decrial statements agaist him.  You do not like to hear talking bad about you behind your back. So I think MR has done the right thing. This is called proper and strong ledership for any organisation.

Migada,

I am little perplexed by your example of the parents. I don't think that the relationship between parents and a child is similar to a  political relationships, it simply is not comparable. May be my point didn't get across.  We don't live in an era of kings any more. The ultimate deciders of destiny of our country are the people of country, not a one politician.  All the politicians end of the day are answerable to the people of Sri Lanka.  The politicians sold a case to the people why they should be selected to run the country for another 6 years and people selected a group of people accordingly. Therefore, their job is to run the country according to the mandate they received.  At this time, it is only JVP who is living up to their promise.  When the political system was in good shape with all the alliances formed to solve the the most important problem our has country faced in the recent history, I didn't see any need to form new alliances at the expense (trimming and nullifying the portfolios) of the people who built the government.  I honestly don't know what went behind the curtains, i.e. who did what.  All what I see is some kind of a moral bankruptcy in the team (those who lost portfolios included) we thought of capable to solving the this national agony.  Some of the new portfolio holders are the people  who talked against our forces in very recent past, and some even virtually sold the country to LTTE.  Now that it has happened, I desperately hope that this kind of action would not erode the morale of SL forces.

P.S. Athos' posting above looks at the problem in a similar angle.

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"Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike strengthened the party and took it forward. As a party, our members had to face many obstacles. Some of us lost our properties. Some had to sacrifice even their lives. I myself suffered injustice in some instances. We have to keep these things in mind.

What MR should have said is as follows:

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To say enough is enough, living at State expense and still attacking me and my brother is too much. If you cannot be a team player get the hell out and go back to Rosmead place and your batmen. You no longer can take jaunts at state expense and run off to LA to be with your party animals. You no longer can wait 3 months in LA issuing statements about the Tsunami. I tolerated you enough because you were my friend and now you have abused that friendship. You write nasty anonymous letters to anyone who disagrees with you or your policies and you abuse them in filth. you destroy people with false allegations. you and your sister worked against me and undercut me. You only appeared on stage twice. You were told to attack me by your sister and your own people told me this including some CBK loyalists who were disgusted at your Machiavellian behaviour

Please read the quote from Mahinda R.  LET ME REMIND YOU OF A FACT. MR WAS ALWAYS BLUE ALWAYS SLFP.
AB AND CBK Cunningly worked AGAINST MR this time. CBK claimed it was on "principle" when she herself had no principles to do anything she wished to grab power. SHE USED AB to attack MR indirectly from stage.

AB says he got him 21,000 votes BALONEY. MR GOT ONLY 21000 votes in Gampaha Attangalla because CBK And AB the feudal self important ego worked to undercut him HE NEVER WORKED HARD AT ANYTHING OR ANY ELECTION becasuse physically he cannot.  He needs to curb his alcoholism and his big overbloated ego and mouth.

MR SHOWED GREAT LEADERSHIP in firing his old buddy. We cannot have people undermining the Presidency when we are at war.


Please note, Gen Anuruddha Ratwatte, Sirimavo's first cousin and National Organizer who threw his weight with CBK in the palace struggle in 1994 when CBK outwitted the Sirimavo wing to become the Prime Ministerial and subsequently PResidential Candidate, is WITH MR.  Ratwatte was responsible for bringing CBK back to her mother and patching things up.  Anu was a brilliant organizer who was responsible for her world record victory in 1994(of course later she blamed him for the NWP province fiasco of an election)

So do not try to make it a Family tussle.  Sirimavo's people will REMAIN WITH MR LIKE THEY DID WITH HER AND THE SLFP and they were made to suffer through that b^&*() JR's time.  JR used AB to break up the SLFP. He first used AB and his favoured uncle Sivali to try to cross over to the SLFP during his fight with Dudley S.  Then because the old SLFP hated JR they did not let him in. Then JR put in AB's mind that he should contest The Kalawewa by election and  that if he did that JR will back him. WE all KNOW ABOUT AB and his pathetic tantrums at Rosmead place.   JR used AB and Maithripala Senanayake to take Mrs B to courts. MR WAS WITH HER ALL THE WAY EVEN THEN.   JR used AB to abuse Mrs B at her own house.  

YOur profound genius news media will say things like "dissidents" because they like big English words.  Lasantha will never say anything negative about RW even if he is caught in bed with a boy or a man...SO you cannot listen to that rag. If at all read the Times and Daily Mirror.