Day: 9 December 2014

Vaiko resigns over Lankan issue

Karu

MDMK chief Vaiko today quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance after he hit out at two BJP leaders for criticising him over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Sri Lankan issue. “Being in NDA is untenable because of Modi’s policies,” India Today quoted the 70-year-old leader as saying in a statement. “The Modi government has not followed the steps of (former PM Atal Bihari) Vajpayee. There have been differences, so the MDMK has decided not to continue in the BJP-led National Democratic Allaince. Henceforth MDMK quits NDA,” the…

Read More

Gotabaya’s Militarism And His Intention Of Entering Politics

Karu

By Rajiva Wijesinha – Enemies of the President’s Promise: Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Seven Dwarfs – Grumpy 5 I also suggested, as happened in Pakistan, the establishment of ordinary schools by the military, or taking over the management of existing schools in areas where the military had a presence. This had been essential in Pakistan, where the public education system had been inadequate in rural areas where there were military cantonments. The army had therefore begun schools to cater to the children of military personnel, and these were then opened to the public…

Read More

During Mahinda’s rule, the nation had experienced unexplained murders, disappearances, accidental deaths of opponents…

Karu

By Rajasingham Jayadevan – A very thoughtful analysis of Tisaranee Gunasekara: ‘Fake Tales For Elections’ rightly projects the paranoiac, selfish and phony mindset of Mahinda Rajapaksa in prolonging his autocratic governance. The analysis speaks of the degree of the treacherous and dishonest campaign of the Mahinda camp to subterfuge the very people it depends on to prolong the nation’s agony. Sri Lanka, under the autocratic family rule of Rajapaksa & Co., is an epitome of malevolence, unprecedented in the post independence political history of Sri Lanka. The present presidential style…

Read More

Dealing With The Tamil Concern Of Broken Promises

Karu

By Jehan Perera – The political campaign for the presidential elections will begin in earnest after nominations close on December 8. With a close contest expected the ethnic minority vote can be decisive. However, the main Tamil and Muslim parties have yet to make formal decisions regarding which candidate they will support. They have said that they await the respective political programmes of the rival candidates before making their choice. Those parties that have been in the government coalition would hesitate to make their choice in favour of the opposition. Not only would it lead to an immediate…

Read More

WikiLeaks: SLFP-JVP MoU; Maithripala Wants Peace With The LTTE

Karu

“Amid fanfare, President Kumaratunga’s SLFP party and the radical JVP formally entered into a political alliance on January 20. The alliance is basically an electoral pact, but an MOU attacking the GSL’s handling of the peace track was also agreed to. In a related development, Somawansa Amarasinghe, a key JVP leader and noted hard-liner based in the UK (see bio-data in Para 10), is making a rare visit to Sri Lanka. While some observers believe the pact is inherently shaky, there is renewed speculation that parliamentary elections may be in…

Read More

“I Left The President”: Hirunika Crosses Over To Support Maithripala Sirisena

Karu

LSSP Breakaway Group To Support Maithripala Sirisena Western Provincial Council member of the UPFA, Hirunika Premachandra joined the common opposition a short while ago, extending her support to Maithripala Sirisena. She announced her decision addressing a press conference at the Opposition Leader’s Office in Colmbo. Addressing the press conference, Premachandra added that she would support common candidate of the opposition Maithripala sirisena at the upcoming presidential election. “No justice has been done to my father, who was killed three years ago. Perpetrators are walking around freely. They even attend the…

Read More