Day: 22 July 2015

Where and why did Gotabaya’s bootlicking lackey Major general send Prabhakaran’s white van with bogus number plate and his armed men? (Lanka-e-News- 21.July.2015, 11.30PM) Major general Prasanna De Silva who carried out the murder contracts of brutal corrupt coward Gotabaya  Rajapakse during the Rajapkse regime , and who was a criminal stooge of theirs , has got trapped with Prabhakaran’s white Van to the Mirihana police when trying to repeat the same conspiracies and criminal activities during the run up to the upcoming  elections ,in much the same way as…

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Most of those who have been given UPFA (Mahinda) nominations have been summoned by the FCID or the Bribery Commission. In an unexpected turn of events former Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva said he would launch a separate campaign in support of the Ranil Wickremesinghe-led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).  He told Daily Mirror that he would never betray the SLFP and pledged his support for President Maithripala Sirisena. The former minister demanded to know from the UPFA why it had refused to nominate him for the general…

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British police are looking to recruit Sinhalese speaking policemen as part of a recruitment drive in the hope of finding more bilingual officers. The Metropolitan Police hopes to increase the number officers able to speak and understand 14 of the languages used across London. A recruitment update on the Metropolitan Police’s careers website states: “Whilst our police officers are able to effectively carry out their duties without the ability to speak a second language, a police constable with this skill is an asset in helping both themselves and their colleagues…

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The mystery of the white van with three army personnel on board taken into custody on Tuesday deepened further after a government minister today revealed that it had earlier belonged to the LTTE.UNFGG Gampaha District Candidate and Minister Joseph Michael Perera who revealed more details at a news briefing said the white van had been acquired by the Army later.He said this incident is an achievement of the people and is a step in the direction of revealing more details of the level of crime that had prevailed in Sri…

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“People in Kurunegala have already rejected Mahinda Rajapaksa. They will not vote for a once-defeated politician who is accused of corruption and malpractice,” said Akila Viraj Kariyawasam Minister of Education and United National Party Group Leader of Kurunegala District. Kariyawasam is confident of defeating Rajapaksa and securing all 14 seats in Kurunegala. “I will defeat Rajapaksa. He is not a challenge. He has been parachuted to Kurunegala. He has no link to this district. He needs to go back to Medamulana.” Following are excerpts of an interview with the Daily…

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  There were many who were corrupt in the former president’s government which resulted in his defeat earlier this year, said the former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Addressing a crowd in Colombo, at the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) parliamentary election candidate Udaya Gammanpila’s campaign launch yesterday (21) he said, “The former president has a better set of people who will assist him in his campaign. We will correct our mistakes and send decent educated people to represent us in Parliament.” He also made reference to the white van incident…

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This Is Why Drugs and Ethanol was famous wh 25 MPs involved in drug rackets. – Info Sri Lanka News … UNP candidates free of drug related offences – News Radio Refusing nominations to a few won’t eradicate drugs: Geetha MR put aside Maha Sanga and brought in movement of … Drugs deliberately introduced to quell desire for liberation of … By Harischandra Gunaratna Western Provincial Councillor and TULF Colombo District candidate at the forthcoming general election, Susil Kindelpiitya yesterday told “The Island” that drug abuse had reached an alarming…

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Why they were denied nominations… With only a few weeks remaining until the general election, Ceylon Today interviewed several individuals who were once high up on the political totem pole, and now – according to what they say – to the disappointment of their supporters, have been thrown down from it. Nominations to contest the 17 August General Election were denied to several prominent individuals in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United People’s Freedom Alliance, who were constantly in the limelight, due to various reasons. The General Secretary…

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By Udara Soysa – This election will be recorded in the history of Sri Lankan politics as an election that was largely fair and balanced in its overall conduct. Can former President Mahinda Rajapaksa make a comeback in the presentpolitical landscape? Mahinda Rajapaksa enters this election without his previous unlimited state resources. He does not have state media or any other state resources in his disposition. In fact, state media has become very critical for the former President as it has become relatively partial towards the United National Party (UNP)…

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