OMP bill duly passed and Legally valid says the Speaker
Posted on August 21st, 2016
By Charles.S.Perera
OMP Bill is a reactionary piece of legislation that should not get into the legal system of Sri Lanka. OMP, without getting into a legal and intellectual analysis could be stated as a dangerously bad Bill as much as the bad 13 Amendment or even worse. It is bad from the mere fact it comes from Prince Ra’ad Zeid Al_Hussain’s report adopted and included by the USA in its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN HR Council in Geneva.
One cannot imagine how any intelligent man who has an iota of love to Sri Lanka, resurrected from the grip of a tenacious ruthless terrorism after thirty years of suffering, would sponsor along with USA, the most vicious resolution like of which no one had passed against any other country which had perpetrated most intolerable crimes against humanity.
We as Sri Lankans for generations will never pardon the traitors Mangala Samaraweera and Ranil Wickramasinghe for making it possible to have allowed USA to get the UNHR Council in Geneva adopt such a devastating resolution against Sri Lanka which carried out a difficult war against all odds to eliminate terrorism and bring back peace and security to Sri Lanka.
It was the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka, without fearing the risks they were taking, that saved Sri Lanka their motherland from terrorism, for which heroism the Maithripala Sirisena- Ranil Wickramasinghe duo has allowed the USA prompted by the Tamil Diaspora to take our Armed Forces before a tribunal and meet out punishments by enacting the OMP Bill in the Parliament.
They have trapped the personnel of the Armed forces by cutting all routs of escape as they could be arrested in any country outside Sri Lanka even if they are in those countries on a visit officially or as tourists. But what are the offences that our soldiers have committed that deserve such intolerable treatment in the hands of foreign governments. Our Armed Forces have committed no offence against their motherland Sri Lanka in eliminating terrorism. They had done their duty as soldiers in any armed force of any country would do to defend their country against its enemies.
Why has the USA and the UN Human Rights Council selected the Armed Forces of our country for punishment where as countries which really committed and commit criminal offences against civilians in other countries are left out ? It is the Commissioner of the UN Human rights Commission that should be brought before a tribunal to answer why he should not be punished for allowing USA and the UN bring a resolution incriminate the Armed forces of Sri Lanka which carried out an armed offensive against a ruthless group of terrorists to eliminate them, in carrying out their duty of protecting their country and its people.
Some try to minimise the effect of the Bill for the setting up of an Office for Missing Persons in Sri Lanka.
Strangely the persons who are actively participating in encouraging and writing hosannas about the OMP Bill are Tamils. The well known anti Sinhala Tamil NGO Pakiasothy Saranawanamuttu the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternative writes a guide to the draft legislation for the establishment of the OMP.
The Bill as presented as a brief guide, seems simple and innocent. But even so if read carefully it shows where dangers lie. However, the OMP Bill has been signed by the Speaker of the House Karu Jayasuriya making the infamous bill to punish the personnel of our Armed Forces, law of the land.
On the face of it, without going into details, it appears that the Yahapalanaya cronies with the bill on the OMP have opened a pandora’s box, because the Brief Guide on the Draft Legislation to the Establishment of the OMP begins by stating , In 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the consensus Resolution tilted ‘Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ which provided a framework for transitional justice in Sri Lanka, including the establishment of four specific mechanisms. The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is to be the first.”
That means that there are more mechanisms envisaged, which depend on the initial Bill on the project is accepted by the Parliament of Sri Lanka, for other bills to be presented in the Parliament on the same issue..
In reality this resolution has no right to have been passed at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, let alone presenting it to be passed in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It happened because of the two cronies of the Yahapalanaya Government Ranil Wickramasinghe and Mangala Samaraweera. They are really foolish men who are gleeful, happy and acclaim victory for themselves for having been able to pass a bill which is virtually to hang the war heroes and open the doors for other nefarious interventions by the USA and the West.
The President of Sri Lanka who talks like a thug rather than an intelligent national leader seems to have no idea what Sri Lanka is in for with his executive” Prime Minister taking the upper hand in the Administration of the country. We knew that appointing Ranil Wickramasinghe as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka portend danger and ill luck to Sri Lanka and its people.
We cannot understand why some say that the Prime Minister is a clean man, when all know that his hands are bloody with the tortures he inflicted on the Sinhala Buddhist youth in Batalanda and other torture camps he had set up, and he has also swindled the country having appointed Arjun Mahendran as the Governor of the Central Bank.
The FCID has not still investigated into what happened to the Billions of Rupees involved in the Central Bank Bond Scam. Where did that money go ? Who benefitted from it ? Was any part of that defrauded money go to Sirikotha ? Even the President want initiate action for an investigation as he is Prime Minister’s buddy. The President probably knows where that money went, but he is also a clean man !!
People have experience with Ranil Wickramasinghe who thinks that any thing coming from the West are worthy of acceptance. The CFA prepared by Eric Solheim of Norway which he signed along with Prabhakaran is one such foolish act that cost the lives of thousands of soldiers and innocent people of all Communities, and lost a great foreign Minister the Late Laxman Kadigamar. It was thanks to a great man like Mahinda Rajapakse to have removed that disgusting agreement, the hated CFA.
Sri Lanka has to be more careful in accepting proposals presented by the USA , the West and India. Because USA , the Western countries, or India do not want Sri Lanka develop as an independent Sovereign State. They want Sri Lanka to be one of their subject states, as they do not admit that Sri Lanka has intelligent men and women , who can administer the country, or judges intelligent and competent enough to run an acceptable judicial system.
If the UNP had intelligent and competent people with foresight as Ministers, MPs, and Political advisors, they would not have introduced into our Constitution and legal System, the 13 Amendement or now the Bill for BMP. There are worst things to follow-the ETCA, Bridge Connecting Tamil Nadu Sri Lanka, building a Sita Temple at Divurumpola in Sri Lanka by India for which Sri Lanka Government has already given its approval, leasing the oil Tanks in Trincomalee to India, giving six acres of prime land in Colombo to USA to put up buildings probably for a military base to collect intelligence covering China, Russia and other countries in the neighbourhood, and to lease the Tricomalee Port to USA.
These matters should be openly discussed in the Civil Society, before they are even placed before the Parliament where it should again be discussed before it becomes law. Though some Sri Lankans, institutions and the media are very critical of the former President Mahinda Rajapakse and give credit to him only for the elimination of terrorism, as Mahinda Rajapakse has done nothing else which had been beneficial to Sri Lanka.
These proposals made by foreign countries may look inoffensive, and the apparent dangers could be explained as nothing to be concerned, but it is only when they are being implemented that the complexities, surprises and dangers become evident, as it was with the CFA and the 13Amendment. It would then be too late to change.
The Sunday 20th August Editorial of the Island states, …..Mahinda Rajapaksa promised the masses a bright future of suba anagathayak. He, to his credit, eliminated terrorism, but his second term turned out to be a disaster. It was characterised by corruption, nepotism, abuse of power, violent suppression of political dissent and near lawlessness. Maithripala Sirisena vowed to make a difference and usher in yahapalanaya or good governance……..”.
But if looked objectively ex-President Mahinda Rajapakse had not committed any of those enumerated offences”. It appears that those accusations are made in order not to earn the disapproval of the government in power.
These media which writes to please those in power , rather than fearlessly write for the benefit of the country, do not give credit to the former President for his most able and commendable service to Sri Lanka protecting it from the unfriendly foreign Countries. Sri Lanka was protected and secured under the former President Mahinda Rajapakse.
It is very good to have very cordial relations with all countries, but not if it results in them trying to dictate terms, pontificate on actions being taken, give unasked for advice on how to run the country, interfere with the internal affaires of the country putting one community against the other and causing utter confusion and political disaster. Mahinda Rajapakse knew this and he managed to keep them away from causing mischief in Sri Lanka.
Today Sri Lanka is quite different from what it was before the 8th January, 2015. The Present government has only shown its incompetence to rule Sri Lanka as an Independent Sovereign State. The new friends of the Yahapalanaya Governmenrt the USA and the West have made inroads into Sri Lanka Government’s internal affairs, by offering to re-organise the Armed Forces, participate actively in the process of reconciliation, attending to the political affairs of the North trying to separate the North from the rest of Sri Lanka, and even participating in the writing of the Constitution for Sri Lanka.
All the proposals the USA and the West and India make should be carefully evaluated before they are even presented to the Parliament. The Constitution of Sri Lanka is an important document that should be honoured and respected without desecrating it by introducing into it any legislation proposed by any foreign government.
But the Sirisena and Ranil Wickramasinghe are not respectful of the countriy’s Constitution. They had acted in breach of the Constitution of Sri Lanka from the day Maithripala Sirisena was elected President of Sri Lanka.
Today the 21st August, 2016, it has been announced that the offensive Bill introducing OMP has become law. If the Speaker was independent he may have allowed further time to discuss the bill in the Parliament by bending the rules in favour of the opposition , but as he seems to be under Prime Minister’s control he has become automatized to sign on orders.
The danger that Sri Lanka runs in passing this Bill on OMP has already been written by many learned persons, and heard discussions on it in TV, therefore, it is now for us to wait and see how the country with this impossible government would face the challenges.
August 21st, 2016 at 8:03 pm
There is no constitution at this time. There is a good book “Hillary’s America” by a disgruntled Tamil Originally from Tamil Nadu. Dinesh D’Souza. ISBN 978-162157-347-0. 2016 July. Here one can read what disinformation is. I feel this man wanted a job from Hillary at the state department. She did not give it to him so he wrote this book. He brings out lots of things we did not know about Hillary and Bill. Both are Billionaire Crooks. Charles it is a waste of time thinking bout the Srisena government to fall. Until John Kerry falls dead and Atul Catsup changed it will not happen. If it happens and MR is asked by the people to be the head of the country, then he MUST read what General De Gaul did after the people wanted him to lead France.
August 21st, 2016 at 8:52 pm
This is one of the many destructive events of National Sorrow that this DIABOLICAL & TREACHEROUS Yamapalanaya Govt will heap upon our Motherland until they are DRIVEN FROM POWER by massive PUBLIC OUTRAGE!
The stage is being set for the humiliation and demonization of the heroic Armed Forces of Sri Lanka that rescued Mother Lanka’s hallowed crown from the gutter and restored it to her noble head!
WE PATRIOTS of Lanka will NEVER forget WHO perpetrated this TREACHEROUS DEED! NEVER!
August 22nd, 2016 at 12:27 am
“Sri Lanka has to be more careful in accepting proposals presented by the USA , the West and India. Because USA , the Western countries, or India do not want Sri Lanka develop as an independent Sovereign State.”
Nothing GOOD ever came from USA!!!
Be careful of new GREEKS (Americans) coming to SL bearing gifts. These Trojan horses hide separatism underneath.
August 22nd, 2016 at 2:06 am
This Is How The Office Of The Missing Persons (Which Will Become A Bogus ‘Evidence’ Manufacturing Machine) Manufacture Bogus ‘Evidence’ Of 40,000 Missing Persons To Try Our Brave Armed Forces For So Called War Crimes They Never, Ever Committed
In the Missing Persons Act, a relative or a friend can make an official inquiry (but a totally bogus inquiry) from the Office of the Missing Persons (OMP) by email inquiring as to the whereabouts of their relative or friend.
There are over 8 lakhs to 10 lakhs Tamil diaspora asylum seekers (actually economic migrants), a vast majority of who support the separatist terrorist LTTE and its aim of a separate state. If even 40,000 of these Tamil diaspora who support the separatist terrorist LTTE write bogus emails to the OMP inquiring the whereabouts of their friend or relative (but this friend or relative is actually living alongside them in these countries i.e. the US, UK, EU, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, India etc.) these inquiries will officially be accepted by the OMP as 40,000 missing persons.
According to the provisions of the OMP Act, even if the OMP inquires after these let us say 40,000 and finds out that these are all bogus inquiries and that all these 40,000 persons are actually living alongside the inquirer i.e. their relative or friend and these complaints about these persons being missing are all bogus, the missing persons, now found by the OMP, can request that their whereabouts not be revealed to their relative or friend or be made public. So officially these 40,000 persons will still be missing!!!
Then the OMP will use these bogus 40,000 missing persons (who are actually living comfortably in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, India etc.) as manufactured ‘evidence’ that war crimes happened in Sri Lanka (and all these bogus inquirers will state that these persons went missing during the 2006-2009 period) and our Sri Lankan Armed Forces will be persecuted for committing war crimes that they never, ever committed by a judicial process using these bogus email inquiries.
The Missing Persons Act states specifically that if the missing person who is now found requests that the fact that they are now found not be revealed to the public that person will remain as missing as far as the OMP is concerned. That is how the OMP will manufacture bogus ‘evidence’ of 40,000 missing persons so that the Sri Lankan Armed Forces can be persecuted for committing bogus war crimes.
The OMP emails cannot be checked by any outside body as stated in the Act since all evidence (almost all bogus) gathered by the OMP remains confidential. The OMP cannot be taken to the Supreme Court on this issue. However the OMP should absolutely and immediately be taken to the Supreme Court regarding what has been written above which is what would happen when this OMP is set up.
The OMP will become a bogus ‘evidence’ manufacturing machine which will gather such bogus inquiries via email from those members of the Tamil diaspora who are supportive of the LTTE terrorists and who will send bogus email inquiries by their thousands. All these bogus inquiries (of people who are actually living in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, India etc.) will then be misused as missing person inquiries.
I did not realize that the Sinhalese were this stupid as to allow such a process within the Missing Persons Act which can be blatantly misused in order to manufacture bogus ‘evidence’ like this. The OMP process is not transparent, it will happen in total secrecy, no one in Sri Lanka will be able to question it, not our police, not our courts, not our Sri Lankan citizens, nobody. All the OMP will do is gather bogus email ‘evidence’ such as described above which will then be misused as missing person inquiries to try the Sri Lankan Armed Forces for bogus war crimes that they never, ever committed.
The OMP process as described above must be stopped immediately. If a relative or a friend really and genuinely wants to find out about their genuinely missing relative or friend (i.e. perished LTTE terrorist), they can make a complaint to the OMP in person in public. This is the only way that Sri Lanka and the world will know that their inquiry is genuine. This was the methodology followed by the earlier Paranagama Commission which then received 23,000 complaints from relatives or friends of the missing person (i.e. perished LTTE terrorist or our perished Sri Lankan Forces soldiers) but they made their complaint in public in person to the commission. This is the only way to ensure authenticity and make the process transparent since this happens in the public arena. However, even with such safeguards, even some of those complaints may have been bogus.
The OMP should be stopped immediately since it is not a transparent process at all as described above but a totally secretive process where no one and nobody can request to be provided an opportunity to even peruse, investigate or look at the email inquiries received by the OMP. If the UNHRC, the US, UK, EU, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, India, the TNA and the separatist terrorists genuinely want to find out about perished LTTE terrorists, this Yahapalanaya Government could expand and extend the scope of the already set up Paranagama Commission in order to make such inquiries. This process should be totally following Sri Lankan Law, within Sri Lankan jurisdiction, paid for totally by the Sri Lankan Government only and with only Sri Lankan citizens appointed as commission members and investigators. In fact the entire staff should be composed of Sri Lankan citizens only. The process should be a totally domestic process with no interference or input whatsoever from foreign countries. Most importantly, all complaints should be made in person by relatives and friends in public if their complaint is genuine.
The Missing Persons Act is totally dangerous as pointed out above and should be dismissed totally as it is highly dangerous and a totally secretive process as described above designed and set up to manufacture bogus ‘evidence’ against the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:35 am
It is high time that a new political party is created. The symbol can be the ‘mal pohottuwa’ as just prior to the general election, a new political party was registered under this symbol. All those SLFPers who are totally fed up with this treacherous yahapalayana government can then join this new political party.
It is best to do this as soon as possible in order to get ready for the local government elections, to counter the treacherous OMP Act, to counter VAT increases, to counter the low prices offered to rice farmers, tea growers, rubber growers, to counter any attempt to provide any more powers to provincial councils than they have at present especially police, land or fiscal powers and any attempt to change the unitary status of the country via unwanted constitutional changes, to counter the signing of ETCA, to counter the building of the Hanuman Bridge, to counter the wide ranging privatization of state assets programme of the UNP, to ensure that no Sri Lankan Forces member is harassed by setting up of hybrid courts or even domestic courts etc.
Unless a new party is formed now, all those people opposed to this treacherous yahapalanaya government will have nowhere to turn and nowhere to go and if the disaffected SLFPers do not take up this opportunity to form a new party, others definitely will.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:47 am
I agree with Plumblossom,
The JO should now take the risk to form a new Political Party with whoever elected members of Parliament will remain with them and whoever would leave to join Sirisena’s lopsided SLFP with stupid people like S.B.Dissanayake ,Sarath Amunugama,Mahinda Samarasinghe Yapa Abeywardhana, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Perera.
People are waiting and they should be given an assurance that they have an alternative political party to to turn to. It is not advisable to keep on waiting and loose the patience of the people. It is a risk as Sirisena and Ranil will do everything possible to make a new political party a failure. The Tamils and the Muslims will of course vote fully against a new Party as they might feel that they stand to loose. But nevertheless it is worth taking the risk before Yahapalanaya does more damage to the Country.
August 22nd, 2016 at 5:09 am
The OMP bill and sacking of SLFP organizers could mean the “beginning of the end” of the current regime .
August 22nd, 2016 at 12:06 pm
CHARLES !! Fully agree with you. People will lose their patience, they are already on the brink. MR should have started immediately Siraa threatened them not to start a new Party. It showed how bloody scared Siraa was. Mahinda has a habit of vacillating, at critical moments. He sometimes does not know what strategy is. At one stage, in an email, I had to call him an Idiot. Here is why !
The moment AAppaya had his fill, and next morning announced his intention to contest as a common candidate, I emailed to MR, to immediately postpone the Election or cancel it. He had the power as Executive President. I told him it was STRATEGY, VITAL STRATEGY. HE did not listen because it came from an insignificant Sri Lankan. Then when things turned upside down, I called him an IDIOT.
There is a saying, strike while the IRON IS HOT. He should announce the new party overnight. WATCH HOW PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA WILL LIGHT FIREWORKS.
August 22nd, 2016 at 12:16 pm
Thank you, Charles, for this article.
The Speaker could not say who had voted for the Bill nor could he say who had opposed it.
In the first place, there should be an Opposition in order to have Democracy. Here the two parties which contested the elections have joined together into a National Govt and the official Opposition is a weak TNA who will not oppose anything to their advantage. The real Opposition which is the group of SLFP which did not join with UNP who are out in the wilderness and the Speaker does not recognize them.
Therefore we have a Fascist Govt which can steamroller any Bill they want through the Parliament since they have a 2/3 majority. Idiot Ranil is so pleased with the Fascist Govt that he is telling all the countries in Asia to adopt it. He behaves as if he has discovered the secret to perfect governance. I am surprised that he did not tell his friends in the UK and also the USA to do the same. Now there is no discussion in Parliament and Ranil can do as he pleases.
Democracy is the safety valve which lets the people have their voice. If this voice is suppressed by whatever type of fancy name the Govt calls itself at some point there will be an eruption. That is what happened under Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike and also under JR Jayawardena. The eruption in JR’s case came after he handed over the govt to Premadasa, due to India imposing the 13-A under duress. The Butcher of Batalanda will be very happy if there is another uprising among the Sinhalese so that he can finish the job of destroying Sinhala Buddhists that he started in 1989-90.
I wonder what the Western powers who are so fond of preaching about Democracy to all the unenlightened natives like us have to say about this situation in Sri Lanka. I guess like the lack of Democracy in certain countries they will tolerate it so long as it serves their purposes. They wish to divide the country and take over the ports for defense purposes etc. The Parliament has been bought by giving lavish salaries and perks plus car permits.
What an insane situation Sri Lanka is in today.
August 22nd, 2016 at 12:46 pm
I forgot to mention that since the JVP also voted for this garbage bill they should use it as an opportunity to investigate the 80-90,000 of their comrades who were supposed to have been killed in 1989-90 and also the 30,000 including Rohana Wijeweera who was supposed to have been killed in 1971 by being tossed into a crematorium while still alive. They should also reopen the Batalanda Commission report and hold Ranil accountable for the approximately 15,000 he is supposed to have killed at Batalanda.
August 22nd, 2016 at 1:36 pm
Cerburus,
The Ratu Aliayas and the Nil Aliayas are too busy washing and pasting decals on their new luxury vehicles to pay attention to what the UNPatriotic party is doing passing destructive bills that will hand over the country to separatists and foreign powers in Parliament!
Sold their Motherland to the enemy for a handful of gold!
August 22nd, 2016 at 2:23 pm
CHARLES !!
Under our Criminal Procedure Code, I believe it is an OFFENCE to suppress, hide, fail to bring to light to the relevant authorities, any fraud or fraudulent criminal acts and other Criminal Activity, which is punishable under present Law, with Jail.
SO, THE PRESIDENT HAS PUBLICLY, AND VERBALLY ADMITTED THAT HE IS AWARE OF ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND HE IS USING SUCH KNOWLEDGE TO CRIMINALLY INTIMIDATE HIS OPPONENTS WITH THREATS. IS THE PRESIDENT NOT LIABLE FOR PUNISHMENT IN THIS INSTANCE.???
WOULD LIKE TO BE ENLIGHTENED PLEASE.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:16 pm
Just as a continuation which I wrote somewhere else, we fight politics for ‘our’ country but is there such a thing, see the underhand revolution going silently,Leaving the hotchpotch of politics aside, see what is happening to Sinhalese culture. Hindi songs Hindi films from radio stations TV stations right throughout the day. Ads are from indian stars. ‘Our’ Women wear indian dress without a shame.
I’ve not heard any protest from any Sinhala organization. You ask why cannot Sinhalese rise , first ask are there true Sinhalese now. Very sadly so called our patriotic Sinhalese are fans of Hindi films & songs & I’m sure their women folk drape the indian dress.India establishing cultural centres in many parts of the country, do you think they are offering scholarships to india for merits? to propagate Hindi through these poor students who fall prey.Now going to establish Rama route to a village in SL & in time the whole indian population will overwhelm SL as tourists.Look at silly President (of course MR & Ranil too) worshipping foolishly at Hindu Kovils. Where is Sinhala Buddhism, leave politics out, save our culture.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:33 pm
That is correct Charithsls.
Buddha has been dumped by SL leaders since 1988. Their god is VENKATESWARA OF THIRUPATI. Premathasan, Mahinda, Sirisena and CBK all worshipped VENKATESWARA OF THIRUPATI. Buddhism has been STRIPPED from the very top.
How can you blame the people? They follow their leaders.
SL people followed THEVANPIRIYATISSA KING and became Buddhists 2,300 years ago and now they follow SL PRESIDENTS and become VENKATESWARA Hindus.
In addition to THIRUPATI, SL leaders are worshiping other ENDIAN MEN AND WOMEN including SHRI SHRI RAVI SHEKER, AMMA (a Kerala woman), THE WAILING WALL OF ISRAEL, VATICAN (sometimes the VATICAN comes home!), etc.
What a disgrace! To balance their ONE SIDED worshiping, I suggest they also go to HAJJ.
The nation THRICE BLESSED by Buddha’s ONLY FOREIGN TRIPS has now become a religious cesspit.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Now the apologists of SL’s HINDUSTAN leaders will come with VATHURA VAALTHIYA to wash them clean saying they go there to forge good neighbourhood ties, reconciliation, etc.
Our SANGHA LEADERS are also useless. Why do they TOLERATE this nonsense?
Mark my word, soon ENDIANS will build huge LINGAMS around the country and force people to worship them!
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:48 pm
I believe all these Tirupathy worshipping people have been created by Indian Lingams , not Sinhala Buddhists fathers. Next Pada Yatra should be organised against all those suckers worshiping hindu gods, singing hindi songs, wearing hindi kabayas etc.
August 23rd, 2016 at 12:50 am
Susantha, You are right knowing a crime, or any offence and keeping silent about is aiding and abetting that offence. There fpr he could be prosecuted for that. I read that Gamanapila had challenged the President on that.
ex President Mahinda Rajapakse also said that he has files which he can produce in public. But he did not say he has secrets on which he can make those concerened wil not even be able to walk about on roads. Therefore there is a difference I think.
August 23rd, 2016 at 12:55 am
Gonsal but even MR, Ranil, and the rest of them did it. Only thing special I saw in Sirisena is that he is able to kneel before the Mahanayakes and other Buddhist Monks unlike othe Buddhist leaders.
August 23rd, 2016 at 2:00 am
Charles,
All these guys are not Buddhist. They act like Buddhists to win votes. They have no faith in Buddha , Dhamma and Sangha. If any one them had faith, our country wouldn’t have been in a position like now.
Remember Buddhist recite the Gata “Natti me saranam Annam , Buddho me saranam varam”.
August 23rd, 2016 at 2:08 pm
S.Gansal, I have to disagree with you. No politician can be religious person, because he has to lie all the time to get elected. When you say Buddhists, that means you follow the preaching’s of GOUTHAM BUBBHA. So you have other religions to operate in SL without hindrance. I don’t ‘think it in the Constitution that John Kerry got nullified through Srisna and Ranil. I hope you get a chance to buy the book I recommend above, you will find out how the political machine work in any country.
Lorenzo, you are right. Nothing Ever Good came from USA. I will add: from the state Department and the CIA. You are right about GREEKS TOO. How did you get hold of this info. This meeting was at the White House six months ago. and Srisena attended it.