Day: 30 July 2015

“Ours is a country battered by imperialism” – Tilvin Silva

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The JVP is for socialism with modern Sri Lankan characteristics Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva, in an interview with the Dailymirror , said his party opts for socialism with modern characteristics rather than deviating from the party’s original principles, policies and objectives.  Excerpts of the interview:The JVP, played a role in the 100-day government by participating in the deliberations of the National Executive Council (NEC). What would be the JVP role after the General Election? At the January 8th Presidential Election, our focus was to defeat the authoritarian…

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MAHINA insults intellect of voters

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Kurunegala district UPFA candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa is insulting the intellect of the voters by giving very silly promises to voters including youth to deceive them and capture power by hook or crook. People have not forgotten the manner he suppressed student rights without any shame showing his 10 year oppressive rule, State Minister of Defence and Gampaha district UNP candidate Ruwan Wijewardena said in a statement issued yesterday. The statement added that when the student community demanded the previous government to increase the Rs. 2,500 Mahapola Scholarship in proportion to…

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Rajiv Gandhi killers will not be hanged, confirms SC

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The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the centre’s curative petition against its 2014 judgment commuting the death sentence of three convicts to life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, upholding a verdict that brought into focus the inordinate delays in executions in India. The central government plea had sought a review of last year’s decision when the SC reduced the punishment while saying the prisoners had been on death row for too long. “We have gone through the curative petitions and the relevant documents. In our opinion, no case…

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Sri Lanka must implement some more recommendations of LLRC, before September, to face the UNHRC report on the international probe against Sri Lanka successfully.

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Don’t do anything good for the country because people will say the world asked you to do it. INFOGRAPHIC: LLRC Implementation Statistics Sri Lanka must implement some more recommendations of LLRC, before September, to face the UNHRC report on the international probe against Sri Lanka successfully said State Minister of Finance and UPFA Kalutara District candidate Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday (If NOT for the UNHRC pressure non of the LLRC will be implemented by the racist Sri Lankan government). He also said that in order to face the challenges before Sri Lanka,…

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Widespread abuse of State resources by MAHINDA still under probe

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Minister of Food Security Gamini Jayawickrama Perera this week said that widespread abuse of State resources by Mahinda Rajapaksa during his tenure as the President is still under probe and recent political statements of the latter are just to hoodwink the masses. “Investigations are proceeding on allegations of fraud and corruption against him and his henchman.  Therefore, it becomes a joke when he makes payment for the use of his official vehicle and boasts of it. It is a political fraud.  However, we can be happy of the fact that…

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Will Maithri make Mahinda prime minister?

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All these days Mahinda used the SLFP to establish a ‘Family Kingdom’ and then throw away the party men curry leaves. Maithri and all others fell into the category of curry leaves under Mahinda. In everything the saying goes that every dog has its’ day. Who knows that this is the time that Mahinda would be used and thrown away like curry leaves? by Upul Joseph Fernando ( July 29, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) This is guessing time in the SLFP. All keep their fingers crossed. Some look up…

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Mahinda group Fit for prison, not Parliament – NBF

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The National Bhikkhu Front (NBF) explained that they would be supporting the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) at the General Election and called on all to elevate the JVP to a status of power beyond the main Opposition and being its Leader. Secretary of the NBF Ven. Wakamulle Uditha Thera said that in arriving at the said decision, their civil society organization had looked at three criterion primarily revolving round whom the three main political parties, namely, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) led United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the United…

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