Associated Press,  Thu Feb 15 09:23:22 EST 2007

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -  (AP)  Sri Lanka - 's ousted foreign minister said on Thursday he was dismissed by the government mainly because he had stressed the need to curb human rights abuses including abductions and killings in the country. Full Story


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what a load of c*ap from this loser., after he lost those perks he now cries of Human rights !

When CBK was in her 1st presidency, there were more dissapearences in bodies floating in bolgoda lake etc., as well
as a lot of tamils were caught with the directions of Kotakadeniya and this loser was no where.

During a terrorist problem, any Govt needs to take extra precuations and there will be a kind of HR violations as evident by US and UK
forces and with a much ill equiped military machinery in a 3rd world country, this is not a sensational news.

If he was so concerned of HR violations, he should have resigned from the 3 plum ministerial posts  unless wait for the firing by MR.

He was alligned with the most ruthless killers of JVP to his political survival and even appointed a hard core JVP'er as his personal secretary/co-ordinator.

According to today's the ISLAND, he was possessing 38 luxury vehicles from the Govt as well as 60+ personal support staff who were paid from the port authority. According to that rag - Sunday Leader - he had installed a elevator on his stanmore crescent govt bungalow for a cost of Rs 4 Million since his beloved mother cannot climb the steps in a 2 storey house with dozens of govt paid domestic staff.

A poor political animal now left alone and without any direction, the days are numbered & it seems like even the rogue queen have isolated her blue eyed boy.


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The bodies in Bolgoda were the work of a section of the STF that was loyal to the UNP.  This was exposed by CBK's regime. Now there were other times there were people disappearing wholesale during the Premedasa regime and there were mass graves in case Gomareiw forgets.  Some of the disappeared innocent Sinhalese were my friends.  

Now Mangala is part of the liberal pro western politicians who are in CBK's mould. They try to appease the west. Britain and USA both fought wars using far more unconventional means.  Sure some of these gangs might be criminal gangs out for money. So how can we blame the government for that?  It is fighting an enemy which poses as journalists, it fights and enemy that bribes officials and militarymen and it fights an enemy that is the most ruthless outfit in the world. Managala should not undermine the war effort. He probably does not know what the British did.  THey sent assassin squads to Malta to wipe out IRA hitmen. They took out a lot of IRA terrorists and their supporter with inconventional means.  USA did the same and continues to do the same including having warrantless wiretapping.  

SL is fighting a far more cunning enemy. IT HAS To target their spies and moles and take them out.  Kotakadeniya had the right idea and Backboneless CBK ousted him at Tamil insistance.  And look how they rewarded her.  THey almost killed her. Kotakadeniya was doing a superb job cracking down on Tamil safehouses.  

Managala should bear responsibility for the deteriorating security environment because while he is ABLE and talented he was a key part of the incompetent isolated CBK Regime. They did nothing and RW did nothing. MR is at least fighting back and giving the Tigers a dose of its own medicine.  That is what it needed to fight the Tigers. an Eye for an eye.  This combined with efforts to safeguard innocent tamils can work. It can work if they all get together and act to offer a viable political solution while continuing military operations against tigers.    RW is playing the same dirty game again hoping to come to power. CBK is playing a dirty game too. and perkless fired big mouth AB ran back.

It is interesting, when these pigs butt get kicked really hard only they see what the issues in our society are.   Who knew we had a humanitarian in the house.

What about now concentrating on building houses to still homeless in the area?


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Don't know too much about Managla's background, or what was/is in his closet. But he carried out an efficient campaign against LTTE in the international arena. He did an excelent job, esp. in European cities, developing organized campaigns to counter LTTE propaganda. Several Tamil groups have come up in Europe these days, countering LTTE propaganda, and some of the credit should go to Mangala for this.

The need now, is not to get bogged down in these internal fights, but to break the LTTE. Like Mahinda said, they are dying, and don't give them life support-

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According to the Civil Monitoring Commission, a local organization that has pushed for investigations into abductions and killings, about 50 people have been kidnapped in the past 12 months in the capital Colombo and its suburbs, and 12 people have been found killed.

The hostage-takers released 16 people after their relatives paid ransoms, said Mano Ganeshan, a commission official.

Ganeshan said the majority of those abducted and killed belong to the ethnic Tamil minority.

Ok... so HOW are the kidnappings a Human Rights violation thats affecting the govt?? As far as I see, this is another terrorist tactic to raise money for the LTTE.

I don't see the point why most people here see MR as a leader. The guy stole 80Million of Tsunami funds for his presidential campaign. Mangala, Sripathi and JVP knew about it and they kept quite, since they wanted MR to be elected as the president. They made a clear looser a winner. VP also played a part in his victory.

Now has he weakened LTTE. This is what most of people here believe, but the truth is that if you want to make them weak you got to fight your battle where they would do everything to push you back. So MR tried this and realise he is going to loose it, but he wanted some form of achievement and here comes EAST an easy target. He realised that with a good media coverage he can fool everybody and that is what he has done exactly.  

People here might think that I am  an LTTE supporter or trying to discourage sri lankans. No!!!!!!! not at all, but I don't want to live in a dream, because it does not help you at all. It is not going to make sri lanka a better place.



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MERCHUNAT.
PLEASE PROVE THAT MR and OTHER PEOPLE TAKEN TUSNAMI MONEY. THEN I WILL ACCEPT IT. MANGALA AND CO. WILL COME TO LIGHT NOW. WHY THEY COULD NOT TELL EARLIER.
BEFORE YOU MAKE ALIGATION AGAIST ANYBODY MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN RIGHT SIDE. MY ENGLISH NOT QUEEN'S ,BUT I TRY MY BEST TO CONVAY MY THOUGHTS.!!. I want to know the truth about Tsunami money. Can you give me any hint?.

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Ok... so HOW are the kidnappings a Human Rights violation thats affecting the govt?? As far as I see, this is another terrorist tactic to raise money for the LTTE.

The Colombo kidnappings are the work of two separate Karuna groups acting in the city, with the beneplacit of certain people high up in the Security forces.

The Jaffna killings are probably carried out by another Tamil group, acting in concert with groups of the SFA. Kidnappers and assassins will get regularly waived past SLA security checkpoints.

There appears to be a serious breakdown in command responsibility in the Lankan security forces. Autonomous groups from within and without the SLF are being formed and given carte blanche, and investigations are blocked.

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``I repeatedly said that our silence over human rights issues will only strengthen the terrorists internationally while we are conducting a successful military campaign against them,'' Samaraweera said referring to the fight against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

This is exactly what is happening. I don't have a very high opinion of the guy (remember the 20 million rupees of Ports Money he spent on CBK's hagiography by the incompetent Scotsman, but if he's been fired for telling Mahinda the truth about Lanka's plummetting international reputation, then for once he's actually been doing his job.

Things coming out from members in this forum and ministers from the government regarding human right violents not always acknowledged before.
All you members thirst for VP’s blood the way the government wants it. Only different is that successive government poured that thirst onto you so that they can stage their on shows and doing their business just to look after their own interests. It doesn’t matter whether you fighting with democratically selected manners or with by arms.
Once you oppose the ruling government’s views you will be immediately tagged as Traitor / terrorists or liers and you have seen and heard many others!!
In that aspect VP or Mangala or JVP or JHU or AB or CBK or poor news reporter all become same and no differences!
Current affairs are perfect examples and we have had plenty in past..! No complaints about MR, as he just another count and following the corrupted nature of politics
people who worked hard to earn a place with the government getting kicked out and who madly opposed the gov. getting seats.
how humiliating this would be to the voters ?  why then spending millions of dollars people’s money and time to stage an  election drama?
If the parliament becomes another government dept where all have posts and permanent payroll why then still call it parliament??
Today what we complaining as terrorism is that some thing which governments happy to embrace it to grip their five years of wealth harvesting.

Dear Migida & Merchant,

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The guy stole 80Million of Tsunami funds for his presidential campaign.

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PLEASE PROVE THAT MR and OTHER PEOPLE TAKEN TUSNAMI MONEY. THEN I WILL ACCEPT IT.

It is not fair to say that MR stole Tsunami money because it was never proved so. It is not fair to ask for proof either, because the investigations were blocked due to action taken by MR.

To make matters worse, those who initiated the aborted investigation were penalised.

According to the main news item in the Daily News of 29/12/04:

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Meanwhile, the President's Office and the Government request that all monies destined for the victims of Sunday's disaster be sent directly to the special bank account opened by the President's Office given below:
Central Bank of Sri Lanka Account Number: 46060
The government requests all state institutions and government authorities not to open separate bank accounts to collect funds. Individuals and institutions could send all monies collected to the above account.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/12/29/new01.html

In contravention of this request, there were reports that the PM, the very head of the same government, had opened a private bank account and deposited millions of Tusnami aid money into that account. After the story was exposed in parliament by a UNPer (who was ultimately penalised), the money was transferred to the main Tsunami account. It is also reported that all the money was intact.

If the reports are true, a thorough investigation should have been held into the contravention of the government decision by its own head. When a large sum of money is involved, and when there has been a contravention of a government decision by a leading minister, something needs to be done. In any case, those who initiated the investigation should not have been penalised.

The credibility of the head of state is of paramount importance to the country.


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Why Mangala is crying about gov  dioing wrong things. Why he waited  so long untill he was expelled. He is an opertunistic and Not wonder he is a suppoter of LTTE as his good friend Tyrone Allas
He shoud not be in SLFP. Better off with TNA. Wimal Weerawansa(JVP) clearly said that whoever  critisizes about dissapearence in the country are suppoerters of LTTE. Look at that so called Journalists. Now there are more thatan 10 sinhala Tigers arrested . I totally agree anybody liase with LTTE shoulkd be hanged in publick...(sorry for my broken english!.)



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The 82 million was returned. Many thought that even so it was a question of misappropriation of funds, seeing that they should never have been put into the account in the first place. The question there would be one of mala fide.

The last Lankan government that didn't whiff to high heaven of corruption was probably Dudley's, but even he got to power through JRJ's strongman tactics.

And we should remember that SRWD Bandaraike was shot dead because his government blocked one of his ministers lovers business affairs, and for refusing to take illegal action against the publishers of a pamphlet describing the minister and her lover's shenanigans.

RogerThis wrote:

Now Mangala is part of the liberal pro western politicians who are in CBK's mould. They try to appease the west.

RogerThis wrote:

How will Mangala appease both the West and the JVP at the same time? Managala should not undermine the war effort. He probably does not know what the British did.  THey sent assassin squads to Malta to wipe out IRA hitmen. They took out a lot of IRA terrorists and their supporter with inconventional means.

The difference is that the British did all this without causing 200,000+ IDPs in N. Ireland.  Also they discarded the outdated police tactic of blind cordon-and-search operations.

RogerThis wrote:

Kotakadeniya was doing a superb job cracking down on Tamil safehouses.

Before or after Operation Strangers Night?  Cordon-and-search is not the best way to root out spies.


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