After an election, specially when the Party-in-Power gets booted-out, mud-raking is a global pastime. Every new incoming Leader and his followers first priority is to ram-in the negatives before any thing else.<\/p>\n
In the case of the ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MR deserves a better “Goodbye” handshake, for saving Sri Lanka from blood-shed of 30 years.<\/p>\n
Neither CBK nor Ranil Wickremasinghe could do bugger-all to bring an end to LTTE Tamil Terrorism which, MR with the support of GR & General (?) Sarath Fonseka concluded in style. The Island is at Peace, but for how long?<\/p>\n
All that ends well, did not end well with the hastily launched Presidential election, possibly based on the incorrect temperature of the electorate.<\/p>\n
Whilst the dust is settling with the new President Maithri Sirisena, lots of garbage is being emptied on to the Internet about surprising goings-on with MR defunct leadership.<\/p>\n
It was indeed bad news that MR’s brother Basil vamoosed in a flash to USA via Maldives. We all knew about the flash-Harry Namal Rajapaksa with his Lamborghini and other expensive toys behaving like “Robin” of BatMan fame.<\/p>\n
Actually, it is most disappointing to hear about MR acting like a real-life BatMan with his car collection exceeding 1000 vehicles, and above all, 45 dogs being looked-after at Temple Trees by Naval personnel.<\/p>\n
I am a lover of dogs. I have always had a dog or two since I was about 5 years old. My dog collection of one or two were Alsation, Golden Retriever, Boxer, Bulldog, Bullmastiff and Pugs. I fed them, took care of them until my companion passed away. But having 40+ dogs is not considered having a pet. It is almost like having a dog breeding programme or a Cruft’s Show in Colombo, at the official residence Temple Trees.<\/p>\n
The the pets of his brother Gothabhaya were not for love but for show.<\/p>\n
Was MR planning to open a second-hand car showroom and act as a car salesman? Actually, I would buy a car from MR. He has that honest face.<\/p>\n
Next predicament for MR comes soon when the Parliamentary Elections gets into full swing. Will the current President as the Leader of the SLFP allow MR to enter the ring?<\/p>\n
Will GR and Namal participate in fighting for a seat?<\/p>\n
At this point, I leave the answers to my dear fellow scribes in LankaWeb to participate in this exciting forum.<\/p>\n
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