By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Supreme Council of Maha Sanga of Sri Lanka has demanded that  Executive Presidency of Sri Lanka should not be abolished  and the proposed 20 Amendment must be withdrawn.  In previous occasions,  on key issues Malwatte Maha NayakeThero disagreed with the rest.  But on this issue of proposed 20th Amendment, […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE To win the election, wages have been increased by Rs10,000.  How these costs be absorbed, without increasing productivity.  The Central Bank robbery is directly impacting on Rupee depreciation.  Direct Foreign Investments are rapidly declining, export revenue deteriorating, to pay foreign debts Sri Lanka is faced to buy USD using its […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Having a President like Maithreepala Sirisena cannot be a sound argument to do away with the Presidency.   That selection  was a cardinal mistake. Sobhitha talked about the Constitution, like a Tyre with 17 patches.  Now he is no more.  Now we have the same Tyre with 19 patches. JVP want […]

BY M D P DISSANAYAKE Unseating Sambandan: This ploy could backfire on JO itself.  This will further alienate JO from the Tamil community.  The TNA will use such a move to obtain the local  and international attention in their favour, blowing out of proportion a rapid protest campaign justifying TNA’s long held view that Prez […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE  Reading the Constitution in its totality and in conjunction with the fundamental rights of members of parliament, the Chapter III (6) on FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS states: ” No person shall be held guilty of an offence on account of any act or omission which did not, at the time of such […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Even before the vote was taken, those who listened to Mr Wimal Weerawansa’s speech  undoubtedly came to the conclusion that the Prime Minister will win the battle.  Anura Kumara’s speech was totally confusing, whilst supporting the motion, as a face saving strategy, he was reading JVP’s own list of complaints against Mr Nandasena […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Within the ambit of the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka,  the entire thrust of the change over from previous Constitution was the centre piece of Executive Prime Minister vis-a-vis Executive President. PUBLIC MANDATE: Just prior to 1978 elections, the UNP sought mandate from the People for the transfer of power from […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Currently all guns are directed at the Hon Prime Minister Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe.   President Maithreepala Sirisena is occupying the highest office of the land at the behest of Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe. In the most recently held local government elections, Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe’s  political wing was placed second, in spite of Bond Scam […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The No Confidence Motion primarily has two purposes.  Firstly to unseat the Prime Minister.  Secondly to form the next government. UNSEATING THE PRIME MINISTER: RW is a fighter.  He became Prime Minister three times, but on two occasions, including the current tenure, he got into hot water.  First time he lost his job.  This time […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE If the numbers fail to add up in his favour, the most likely scenario will be that Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe may step down as PM prior to voting.   Even if he survives the no confidence motion, it is seen as a short term relief for the ageing Prime Minister. Those power […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The President Maithreepala Sirisena is personally indebted to the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe for elevating him to the rank of the President of the country.  Has he paid back his debt sufficiently? The UNP administrative machine is no more the power base of RW.  The grass root UNP support is no more […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The lives of average citizen is in danger. State of Emergency and National Wide  unrest  has been intensified by the government itself. Will there be US  military ships  arriving?   Will Mahinda be arrested? Will  Gotabaya be arrested? Less we write is better.  We appeal to all Sri Lankans to remain  calm and most importantly  remain CONFIDENT.

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sri Lanka’s newest and modern political machine is at work.   It has reached the hearts and minds of average Sri Lankan.  There is no need to soft peddle. SLPP  is  not to be associated with corrupt UNP and SLFPers.  We need not talk about it any more. The SLPP is […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE BASIL RAJAPASE’S  SKILLS  AND EFFECTIVENESS SUPREME! First of all we salute the Sri Lanka’s Best Electoral Organiser and Forecaster, none other than former Minister Mr Basil Rajapakse. Basil is an Effective Manager.  Basil is a Methodical Planner.  Basil’s public speaking skills with an eloquent vocabulary is unique. After Prez. Mahinda […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE On 8 January 2015, Sinhalese in Sri Lanka dropped a bomb-shell on President Mahinda Rajapakse.  Deeply disappointed for the foolish behaviour of his own men and women   and the way they let him down, The Great President of Sri Lanka disappeared quietly. He loved Sri Lanka, he loved Sinhalese and […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE It is only Sri lanka that can protect and advance Sinhala language, its associated culture and heritage.  India can look after Tamil language.  Mr SWRD, though in power for relatively short period of time, made the change to place Sri Lanka at the highest place. Those who disagree with this […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Lack of physical fitness amongst the Sri Lankan cricketers is a major drawback.  In a Workshop held this week in Sydney for coaching under 15 cricketers several slides of Sri Lankan cricketers were shown ( with their eyes covered) to demonstrate the Sri Lankan  international players were  puffing and panting […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE When we were chatting about newly appointed ODI captain of Sri Lanka, there was a general consensus that Thisara had more failures than successes.  Then a colleague of mine said failures are the Pillars of Success”.   Another friend promptly replied, Yes, he had more Pillars, but not a single building”. […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE During past several days and weeks, the Prez. Maithreepala made frantic efforts to stich a no-contest deal with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.  Instead of rejecting outright any discussions, Prez Mahinda Rajapakse appointed Committees to negotiate with the SLFP.  Unbeknown to political pundits, this time Prez Mahinda Rajapakse played the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Having learnt bitter lessons at the hands of Prez Maithreepala Sirisena at the last elections , the overwhelming majority voters rallied behind Prez Mahinda Rajapakse, with a clear understanding that the newly formed PoduJana Peramuna  will build a new force away from corrupt SLFP, UNP , JVP old guards. Mr […]

ඇම්  ඩී  පී  දිසානායක විසිනි   තාප්ප කණුවෙ තනි කකුලෙන් හිටපු    මට කෝප්ප නැතුව පොල් කට්ටෙන් බීපු    මට ආප්ප කකා මහරජු ගොන් කරපු        මට හෙලුවෙන් වුනත් රජකම කලහැකිය    මට

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The biggest financial scandal in Sri Lanka now known as Bond Scandal” is continuing to expose politicians who were supposed to be guardians of the rule of law.  However, few names so far published are not enough?  What is the reason to restrict the relationships   between Aloysius and his partners […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE There are news reports that the Gazette Notification regarding the arrangements for conducting the long awaited Local Government Elections is to be published very soon.   This is welcoming news, even though the number of members of the local governments have increased by an astronomical 3870 members.   This will allow the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The final decision of the Sri Lankan Cricket authorities to select an alternative team headed by Kusal Perera to travel to Pakistan to play a T20 match on 29 October, in Lahore  is deplorable. It was in a location  near Lahore the Sri Lankan cricketers were attacked on 3 March […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE It has been a nervous waiting for Sri Lankan cricketing fans to see the initial outcome of England v West Indies matches.   As a result of West Indies seven-wicket defeat against England in the first ODI at Old Trafford, Sri Lanka squeezed into the top 8 teams, viz. Australia, Bangladesh, […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The heading of this article represent the first sentence of the article ( with an error on my part of the word Test instead of ODI) published in Lankaweb under the heading TISSERA PERERA MUST BE TOSSED OUT OF THE ODI TEAM-NEED A POOL OF ALL ROUNDERS TO ENSURE PLACE […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Towards end of 2013, the United National Party was virtually bankrupt.  Technically speaking, the Party was unable to pay its debts”.   Dwindling membership eroded its coffers.  The Sirikotha  repairs and maintenance were not done, roof leakages, broken toilet facilities, damaged floor tiles, torn curtains, leaking taps, shabby garden, unpaid workers, […]

By  M D P DISSANAYAKE Finding coconut pluckers is extremely difficult in Sri Lanka.  Still there are few old folks willing to climb the trees  at a premium price.  These old folks normally start work around 8 am and take a tea break at 10 and start again in 30 minutes and stop working at […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Majority of Sinhalese in Sri Lanka in today’s society are quite funny.  If you go through the Media, the impression is that Sri Lanka is almost finished. But lets look at the behaviour of Sinhalese. None of the topics that are being currently debated have  grass root  reaction. Sinhalese  go […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE I am somewhat disappointed  by the article of Mr Charles C Perera’s article, JO in my view is on the right track of forming next government.  Less said is best.  Remember how Mr Sirisena played the game?  No one suspected his moves, no one tapped his phones, emails, no one […]