{"id":78877,"date":"2018-07-01T04:45:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=78877"},"modified":"2018-07-01T04:45:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T11:45:56","slug":"our-country-needs-gota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/07\/01\/our-country-needs-gota\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR COUNTRY NEEDS GOTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gamarala,\u00a0Courtesy The Island<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

June 30, 2018, 7:11 pm<\/span>
\nThere has been much hue and cry about the alleged request by the Anunayake of the Asgiri Chapter Ven. Wedaruwe Dharmakeerthi Sri Ratnapala Thera to Gota to be a Hitler.<\/p>\n

Consequently because of the \u2018fear psychosis\u2019 which many of our politicians suffer of Gota leading this country in the very near future, a spate of criticism has spewed out. Fortunately the Venerable Anunayake has clarified his statement. There is no desire or intent for Gota to be another Hitler. What he wanted Gota to do was to develop this country and introduce firm policies. This is absolutely what this country needs.<\/p>\n

From 2015 onward, this country has been on a steep downslide. Corruption is rampant – let us never forget the Bond Scam. Rape and murder are on the increase. Underworld gangs are having a field day. The IGP is more concerned about meditation than reinforcing law and order. The economy is in shambles. Trade unions are holding the country to ransom. University students are spending more time on the streets in protest marches than spending their time in the lecture halls. Amidst all this chaos our politicians are plotting ways and means of clinging on to power, accumulating undeserved wealth and seeking more luxurious life styles \u2013 consider the Mayoress spending millions on toilets!!! The cost of living is spiraling upwards leaving the majority of our people on the borderline of starvation. What this government is doing is best described as NATO \u2013 No Action Talk Only.<\/p>\n

The President spends his time practicing yoga and preaching \u2018bana.\u2019 That is when he and his family are not travelling overseas. The Prime Minister opens a fictitious \u2018Volkswagon\u2019 factory promising jobs for thousands of people.He talks of tourist zones, industrial zones, IT zones, higher education zones and many other zones. Yet since 2015 it is a case of no zone, no zone! Ah yes I forgot \u2013 he did establish a Perpetual Treasuries safe zone.<\/p>\n

Yes, we want Gota. He is a man of action. Whatever enterprise or project he undertook he ensured that it was completed to perfection. He led from the front. From winning the war against the LTTE to beautifying Colombo city.<\/p>\n

People often refer to Lee Kuwan Yew and the transformation of Singapore. Let us not forget that he was a pragmatist AND he was authoritarian. But he made Singapore the wonder of Asia.<\/p>\n

Our people are enjoying freedom \u2013 but it is the freedom of the wild ass.<\/p>\n

LET US ELECT GOTA. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS AUTHORITARIANISM. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A MAN OF ACTION. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS GOTA.<\/p>\n

Gamarala,<\/p>\n

Colombo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gamarala,\u00a0Courtesy The Island June 30, 2018, 7:11 pm There has been much hue and cry about the alleged request by the Anunayake of the Asgiri Chapter Ven. Wedaruwe Dharmakeerthi Sri Ratnapala Thera to Gota to be a Hitler. Consequently because of the \u2018fear psychosis\u2019 which many of our politicians suffer of Gota leading this country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78877","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=78877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}