{"id":65151,"date":"2017-04-12T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=65151"},"modified":"2017-04-12T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:03:32","slug":"our-poor-executive-president-hon-maithreepala-sirisena-simple-life-of-a-great-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/04\/12\/our-poor-executive-president-hon-maithreepala-sirisena-simple-life-of-a-great-president\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR POOR EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT HON MAITHREEPALA SIRISENA.\u00a0\u00a0 SIMPLE LIFE OF A GREAT PRESIDENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When the Holy Pope\u00a0 Francis visited Sri Lanka, he said the simple habits and unpretentious nature of President Maithripala Sirisena was similar to his life style. When the Holy Pope said \u2018President Sirisena is just like me\u2019 I said \u2018no you are just like President Sirisena,\u201d Archbishop said.<\/p>\n

Maithripala Sirisena says \u201d on elected as the president he would not move into official residence Temple Trees but would live in his own simple house. He has also declared his assets for everyone to see. He is keen on leading a simple life and serving the people of all communities.<\/p>\n

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Photo via President\u2019s media director Dharmasri Bandara Ekanayake\u2019s Facebook Page\u201d Colombo Telegraph November 10, 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It was unimaginable for either the President or the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka to eat his lunch on Banana Leaves.\u00a0 Our President is committed to simple life.\u00a0 Extravagant lifestyle is not his cup of tea.\u00a0\u00a0 It is possible that our President has no proper cutlery otherwise why should he eat his lunch through plastic containers in\u00a0 Parippu and Lunumiris.\u00a0 A simple man like this cannot afford Porcelain, at least some Stoneware\u00a0 must be provided to our poor President. Otherwise how can he keep his status?<\/p>\n

In fact, the government must provide a Rickshaw for the President.\u00a0 The Rickshaws are freely available in India and his Tamil friend Sambandan can donate a Ricksaw.\u00a0 Ricksaw and Banana leaf lunch goes well together.<\/p>\n

Our President need not have Mercedes Benz Cars.\u00a0 It will be humiliating for him to eat his lunch on banana leaf and travel in an air conditioned, chauffeur driven Limousine S600 Mercedes Benz with Biturbo Engine, Magic Body Control.\u00a0 Extended Length with Handcrafted Luxury Finished Cabin, Heated Power Seats, Multi Contour Seats with Massage, Cabin Automizer Frangrance, 20 inch 10 spoke Alloy Wheel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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All Sri Lankans must admire this great personality.\u00a0 He defeated a Maha Raja.\u00a0 He defeated poverty of Sri Lanka. He allowed national Anthem sung in Tamil.\u00a0 He made a Tamil an Alternative Prime Minister. He does not waste public funds by conducting Elections.\u00a0 He travel overseas\u00a0 in Economy Class.\u00a0\u00a0 He is committed to a simple life.\u00a0 He wears traditional leather sandals, like Mahatma Gandhi.\u00a0 His next lunch ought to be also on Banana Leaf, with Rice, Dhall, Chapati, Yogurt and Brinjal, just like Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n

Our Great Illustrious President must be nominated for the next Nobel Prize and he should be our President forever for these exceptional qualities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE When the Holy Pope\u00a0 Francis visited Sri Lanka, he said the simple habits and unpretentious nature of President Maithripala Sirisena was similar to his life style. When the Holy Pope said \u2018President Sirisena is just like me\u2019 I said \u2018no you are just like President Sirisena,\u201d Archbishop said. Maithripala Sirisena […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65151","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\/65151","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=65151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}