{"id":77306,"date":"2018-05-11T15:25:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=77306"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T22:25:19","slug":"how-not-to-send-dr-gotabaya-rajapakse-into-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/05\/11\/how-not-to-send-dr-gotabaya-rajapakse-into-j\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW NOT TO SEND\u00a0\u00a0DR GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSE INTO J..?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u00a0\u00a0is now realized\u00a0\u00a0that most of us have created difficult situations to Dr Gotabaya.\u00a0\u00a0We loved him, but we did not protect him.\u00a0\u00a0We only thought of ourselves of what further we can extract from the Great. We did the same to Prez. MR and continue to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, we have made Dr Gota a target for our enemies. We are moving with the demands of public.\u00a0\u00a0We are not allowing a visionary public servant due credit he deserves.\u00a0\u00a0We are pushing his image,\u00a0<strong>unintentionally<\/strong>\u00a0to the forums of UNHRC, Imprerialist Alliance,\u00a0\u00a0LTTE Diaspora, Ranil Wickremasinghe, My3,\u00a0\u00a0Sarath Fonseka and Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gotabaya Rajapakse has no political party.\u00a0\u00a0He has never been earmarked for Executive Presidency by any political party .\u00a0\u00a0He has never been a member of Parliament.\u00a0\u00a0The remuneration he drew as Defence Secretary was PEANUTS, compared to what he could have earned as a Consultant in USA.\u00a0<strong>He spent a frugal life even as Defence Secretary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked during his role as Defence Secretary,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0what you would like to do in retirement\u201d,\u00a0\u00a0Dr Gota replied in Sinhala:\u00a0<strong> I like to go to village, wear a Sarong as usual and be with the people\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d85\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc3\u0d9a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dc4\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0db4\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d91\u0dad\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dcf<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0db4\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dda<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0db8\u0db8<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d9a\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd2<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d87\u0db3\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dbd<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0da2\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d9c\u0dad\u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d9c\u0db8\u0da7<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dda<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a<\/strong><strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0dba\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd2<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, why we do things to put an unambitious person in difficulty?\u00a0\u00a0Dr Gota is a Worker.\u00a0\u00a0Dr Gota is a Supervisor. Dr Gota is a Manager.\u00a0\u00a0Dr Gota is a Leader.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>But Dr Gota should never ever be a Prisoner!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, those who love him and wish to see him live in basic comforts, not in a Prison Cell, should allow his wish, unless he decide otherwise on his own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public has already applied too much pressure on Prez. Mahinda Rajapakse, pulling him out of political retirement.\u00a0\u00a0But those very same people let him down on August 15, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can we trust our People 100%?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By M D P DISSANAYAKE It\u00a0\u00a0is now realized\u00a0\u00a0that most of us have created difficult situations to Dr Gotabaya.\u00a0\u00a0We loved him, but we did not protect him.\u00a0\u00a0We only thought of ourselves of what further we can extract from the Great. We did the same to Prez. MR and continue to do so. Consequently, we have made [&hellip;]<\/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-77306","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\/77306","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=77306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}