{"id":87880,"date":"2019-04-28T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T23:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=87880"},"modified":"2019-04-28T17:23:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:23:49","slug":"early-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/04\/28\/early-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wimal Senanayake\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

When the army was making advances against the terrorists the\nchurch was all against it. In fact its ally Jayalath Jayawardene went to the\ncourts to curtail army’s advancement. Therefore it is ironical to hear now the\nCardinal Rev. Malcolm Ranjith demanding the government to do all to\nimprove the resources of the army. Terrorists are terrorists irrespective of\ntheir demands & all & sundry should support the army always to\nsafeguard the country not only when their interests  are\naffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a significant number of people die after consuming some\nfood but most escape you still label that food as poisonous. Do you wait until\nall of those who consumed the meal die to declare that it is poisonous? On\nthat same note if a significant number of people is persuaded to become terrorists\nand suicide bombers  after following a certain religion it should be\nbanned irrespective of the majority remain normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM Ranil is playing his game as normal by appointing committees\n& calling foreign help when confronted with problems putting the independence\nof the country at stake. Having FBI & American help encroaching into our\ncountry will be the beginning of a worse set of scenarios embroiling the\ncountry further in international politics. However PM Ranil is least concerned\nof it as his only goal is to cling onto power at any cost. The public is\nawaiting eagerly to hear the departure of these sleuths from our shores at the\nearliest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course PM Ranil should have resigned immediately has he had\nsome dignity at the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banning Burka & Madrassa schools should be top\npriority and a permanent step not just during the emergency which is\nunlikely to happen under this weak government in power. Ministers, MPs\n& Chandrika  are talking of these to ease the pain of the suffering\npublic but they know these just are window dressings. All those culprits should\nbe prosecuted under the law but how many will be released on the sly under\norders from the top is worrying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a country thrice blessed with the visit of Buddha. What we\nsaw in the recent past was unending harassment and prosecution of Sangha by the\ngovernment on flimsy grounds. No wonder today they have cause to weep.\nIsn’t it Ven Galaboda Gnanasara Thero who first brought the extremism\nof some Muslims into focus? He was hounded away on the pretext of maintaining\nnational unity. The country is paying now for its sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thripathi Sirisena & Thripathi Ranil with their frequent\nhomages there have brought the country the curse it deserves in this way.\nWhat a let down to the majority Buddhists of the country after the huge\npublicity of the steps taken on Thripitakaya, the President seen on\nThripathu Vandana, literally the next day. Mahinda too does this unBuddhist\nfrequent homages there and how pleasing it is to note however not by\nGotabaya. We earnestly plead Gotabaya not to fall into this disappointing\nritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suffering public has only one demand and that is going to the\npolls as early as possible to see the back of these jokers. The parliament\nshould agree to vote with two thirds majority to go for elections to bring in a\nnew government to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there was a single pleasing news to the public amid this\ncarnage it was the Reuters report that Gotabaya admitting that he is running\nfor the Presidency!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wimal Senanayake\u00a0 When the army was making advances against the terrorists the church was all against it. In fact its ally Jayalath Jayawardene went to the courts to curtail army’s advancement. Therefore it is ironical to hear now the Cardinal Rev. Malcolm Ranjith demanding the government to do all to improve the resources of the army. Terrorists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87880","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=87880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}