Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada January 19, 2010 OPEN LETTER To the Judgesƒ”š‚ of the People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka (PTSL)ƒ”š‚  Dublin, Ireland Judge Francois Houtart (Belgium); Judge Rajinder Sachar (India); Judge Nawal al Saadawi (Egypt); Judge Sulak Sivaraksa (Thailand); Judge Denis Halliday (Ireland); Judge Gianni […]

Ajit Randeniya The death last Sunday of Mr Jyoti Basu, the best-known face of communism in India marks the end of an era when the privileged classes created by colonialists gave birth to Communists who led the campaign against it, proving one of the enduring maxims of Marxism. ƒ”š‚ Basu was a member of the Communist […]

Anjalika Silva – USA As the election draws near and the mud slinging intensifies, those who watch from a distance have a “Bird’s eye view”ƒ”š‚ of the games being played. ƒ”š‚ It doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict what can happen if sanity prevails.ƒ”š‚  Due to selective amnesia the probability of sanity drifts further and […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ungrateful fools of the JVP have forgotten their own slogans! There was a time when JVP activists were trying to die over privatisation of everything under the sun. All governments whether the green camp or the blue camp, were hell bent on privatising anything they could sell. From profit making enterprises to national […]

Press Release – Media Sec. for Minister of Justice and Law Reform Gamini Sarath Godakanda The Leader of the Sri Lanka National Congress, Minister Milinda Moragoda, has highlighted the importance of getting more women involved in the political process. To do this it policies conducive to facilitating their entry into politics must be put in […]

Dalai Lama It is the hour of need again for all Sri-Lankans, especially to all Sinhalese. Since the great win against the LTTE terrorists and western powers ( including NGOs), it took only 6 months to betray your country by modern “Don Juan Dharampala”, Sarath Fonseka. In a time where undivided solidarity needs to be […]

By A.A.M.NIZAM, MATARA ƒ”š‚ Part III By A.A.M.NIZAM, MATARA The continuous and brutal murder of Iraqi population by the United States and its allies are known even to a Muslim child in this country and need no elaboration. The whole world sans Western countries condemned these massacres.ƒ”š‚  It is indeed shame not only for Sri Lankan […]

Swarnaith Udana Why cannot anybody else think about it. Only Sarath Fonseka(SF) is wise enough of such a genius plan. ƒ”š‚  According to S,F to reduce cost of living and and increase salaries economists have to be chased away(He could have meant “killed”-like Pol Pot). ƒ”š‚  So I think SF is consistent in these matters […]

Orpheus Perera says: criminalloyar says: January 16, 2010 at 12:53 pm http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/01/10/an-open-letter-to-mr-gotabaya-rajapaksa/comment-page-1/#comment-12303 Gotta is bloody criminal Reply Orpheus Perera says: January 19, 2010 at 9:15 am Hi criminalloyar So was Ranil who employed Gonawala Sunil to carry out his crimes. He also built a torture chamber to torture JVP and innocent suspects. Later the house […]

Press statement of De Dham Rakno-Daya Wijesinghe 14th January, 2010 This presidential election is different to all previous ones. This is the first time that an army general is contesting for the presidency. One of the principal candidates, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a statesman par excellence and an extra ordinary politician who was able to […]

Memorandum on Key National Issues to Candidates seeking Electoral Office – 2010 Our nation succeeded in gaining some breathing space as of May 2009 following the elimination of the three decade long canker of terrorism launched by the heavily armed militant Tamil separatist groups.ƒ”š‚  This great victory was achieved through the enormous sacrifices of blood, […]

Wenuri Wijesinghe My late father Nalin Wijesinghe was a Lieutenant Commander at the Sri Lanka Navy. He was killed in action on 29th of August, 1995 during a rescue operation conducted to free the crew of the merchant ship Irish Mona which was under control of LTTE terrorist at Mullativ seas. It happened just 8 […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera In an interview to a Sri Lankan Daily on 17th Jan. Ranil had said that the TNA leader Sampanthan, met Gen. Fonseka and he gave him the 10 point Programme which had been approved by all parties supporting him. ƒ”š‚ With regard to Ranil’s meeting with Sampanthan he had added, “…Other issues which resolve to […]

Chitra Sandanayake It is with sadness that I write to say that people with some education and trying to be political leaders, try to capture the people’s vote by stooping to the lowest level speeches in their public addresses. They themselves will regret later for saying what they have said. It is hard for any […]