{"id":105493,"date":"2020-08-14T15:27:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T22:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=105493"},"modified":"2020-08-14T15:27:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T22:27:45","slug":"dr-wijedasa-rajapakse-a-professional-or-spoiled-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/08\/14\/dr-wijedasa-rajapakse-a-professional-or-spoiled-man\/","title":{"rendered":"DR WIJEDASA RAJAPAKSE-A PROFESSIONAL OR SPOILED MAN?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Dr\nWijedasa Rajapakse no doubt is an ambitious man. But he has also resisted\nrequests from Yahapalana gang to put GR in jail.   WR is a self-made\nman.  He usually has his own agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR\nis not a good listener. I have doubts that he will be able to work in a team,\nwith GR.  GR has a plan, he will not deviate from it.  He need a team\nto carry about his plan, whether 19a, 13a,  18a, or drafting new\nconstitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto media, WR wants Ministry of Justice.  GR is not a person to give\ninto someone, because he ask for it<\/strong>. GR is not MR<\/strong>. Ministry of\nJustice is a very clouded role at the moment.    There are many\npending inquiries relating to Muslim Leaders and their  believes. \nWahabsim, Madrasa Schools, Easter attack, marital age etc.  If a Sinhala\nminister is given the role, discrimination against Muslims will be brought in,\n if and when above issues and legal cases are aggressively\npursued.   If the Justice Minister is a Muslim, it will be a\ndifferent scenario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nis no doubt the Road Map for the new constitution has already been compiled\n by a team of Viyathmaga and SLPP.   The Constitutional affairs\nminister need to draft the legal parameters to satisfy  the Road Map, instead\nof arguing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr\nWijedasa Rajapakse\u2019s  refusal to accept the portfolio offered is not an\nact of professionalism.  If  the President gives in to WR, then how\nabout former President Maithreepala?   Then why not a cabinet role\nfor Dr Sarath Weerasekera, who has done an enormous contribution on vital\nissues.  Then you could argue, if Ali Sabri, a new comer is selected for\ncabinet role, why not Dr Seetha Arambepola etc?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nentire campaign to bring back Mahinda was initiated by the Mahinda Sulanga in\nNugegoda.   Where was WR at that time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning\nlessons of the past, those who stood by you during difficult times and defeat,\ncan be regarded  as true believers of this great success and should form\npart of the team, even if they are not highly qualified .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead\nof being a Big Headed man, we hope WR will eventually accept the role offered\nto him at this moment.   He should be able to make a great\ncontribution by working with Prof G L Peiris, in the field of education as a\nstate minister.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Dr Wijedasa Rajapakse no doubt is an ambitious man. But he has also resisted requests from Yahapalana gang to put GR in jail.   WR is a self-made man.  He usually has his own agenda. WR is not a good listener. I have doubts that he will be able to work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}