L. Jayasooriya
Three patriotic men MR, Gota and SF were working as a team until one night when India telephoned MR that a military coup was imminent. We first got the news from a Pakistani journalist Ashraf Javed in an article titled “India forces Sri Lanka to replace Gen. Fonseka” published in the Nation in Pakistan. [...]

L. Jayasooriya
Carlo Fonseka in an article in the Sunday Island of 10th January 2010, titled “Whom to vote for President” says that SF has nothing but military experience and voting for him would be like voting for Adolf Hitler. Within the body of that letter was a photograph of Hitler in a military cap which [...]

L. Jayasooriya
The government has announced a massive 600,000 unit condominium project for the “so-called” low income groups. Irrespective of the definition of “low income groups” the idea is sound and is the most economical provided a few vital factors are borne in mind.
The first is the choice of the architect. It [...]

L. Jayasooriya
There is a lot of talk about devolution these days but please let me say this. If any form of devolution is granted it means our country will no longer be a unitary state and the Tamil politicians in those areas will not permit any Sinhalese to settle down there and those who are [...]

L. Jayasooriya
This is in response to a posting “Doctorate to Sarath Fonseka”
appearing in the Asian Tribune of Monday the 28th December 2009. I am not responding to Asian Tribune because all what I send to it are returned with the message “Over quota”. Also if I want to add any comment there is no provision [...]

L. Jayasooriya
The country thanks you for the way you handled that Arbour woman and the Pilli woman and others of that type. We also thank you for getting friendly countries to understand the real situation with regard to accusations of human rights violations made by the most sadistically brutal butchers of innocent men, women and [...]

L. Jayasooriya
We all thought that the government has proved beyond doubt that the channel 4 tape was a fake and on the refusal of the BBC to admit it the government has gone to Courts in UK on this matter but Tissaranee Gunasekere writing to the Asian Tribune on Sunday the 20th December 2009 tells [...]

L. Jayasooriya
Judging by the assets that SF has declared as given in the front page of the Island on Saturday 19th December he is a pauper compared to even some provincial councillors, never mentioning others. SF has also said that he has no assets other than what he has now made public. His total assets [...]

L. Jayasooriya
MR gave us pride and self respect when Milliband and his friend came to order him to stop the war so that they could make use of Prabakaran to do all their dirty work in South Asia. MR did not even meet with them. They had to go to some remote place and meet [...]

L. Jayasooriya
Amanpour of CNN put the question to Palitha Kohona on Monday the 14th December as to why the army was firing at the surrendering LTTE troops when they were coming towards them with white flags raised. Only a person who saw the depth of feeling and emotion with which she spoke could realize what [...]

By L. Jayasooriya
There is an identity of opinion between Mr. Prasanna Ranathunge the Western Province Chief Minister and the Island Newspaper when they both say that the 13 th amendment was an act that was passed in parliament and therefore it has to be implemented. The Island editorial of 01/07/2009 says that the 13th amendment [...]

by L. Jayasooriya
In an article in the Daily News of Friday July 03, 2009 Dayan Jayatillake says “One of the silliest arguments against the implementation of the 13th Amendment is that it is a stepping-stone to or somehow related to the Tamil separatist cause”.
He then provided proof for his statement in the next sentence [...]

L. Jayasooriya
Sri Lanka understands with relief that the term of the American Ambassador Robert O Blake has ended and that he has been promoted most probably on the recommendation of Hillary Clinton who is exactly on the same wave length as him. We only regret that he has not been put in charge of Russia, [...]