NAMO NAMO MATHA
Sri Lanka matha,
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Sundara siri bharini,
Surandi ati sobhamana Lanka,
Danya dhanaya neka mal palaturu
Piri jaya bhumiya ramya.
Apa hata sapa siri seta sadana,
Jeewanaye' matha!
Piliganu mana apa bhakti puja,
Namo namo matha!
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Oba we' apa vidya,
Oba maya apa satya,
Oba we' apa shakti,
Apa hada tula bhakti.
Oba apa aloke',
Apage' anuprane',
Oba apa jeewana we',
Apa muktiya oba we'.
Nawa jeewana demine',
Nitina apa pubudu karan matha,
Gnanya wirya wadawamina ragena,
Yanu mena jaya bhumi kara.
Eka mawakage' daru kala bawina,
Yamu yamu winopama,
Prema wada sama bheda durara da,
Namo namo matha!
Apa Sri lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Apa Sri lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Sri Lanka matha,
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Sundara siri bharini,
Surandi ati sobhamana Lanka,
Danya dhanaya neka mal palaturu
Piri jaya bhumiya ramya.
Apa hata sapa siri seta sadana,
Jeewanaye' matha!
Piliganu mana apa bhakti puja,
Namo namo matha!
Apa Sri Lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Oba we' apa vidya,
Oba maya apa satya,
Oba we' apa shakti,
Apa hada tula bhakti.
Oba apa aloke',
Apage' anuprane',
Oba apa jeewana we',
Apa muktiya oba we'.
Nawa jeewana demine',
Nitina apa pubudu karan matha,
Gnanya wirya wadawamina ragena,
Yanu mena jaya bhumi kara.
Eka mawakage' daru kala bawina,
Yamu yamu winopama,
Prema wada sama bheda durara da,
Namo namo matha!
Apa Sri lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
Apa Sri lanka,
Namo namo namo namo matha!
English Translation (Not Exact):
WE SALUTE THEE, MOTHER
Mother Lanka we salute Thee!
Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,
Beauteous in grace and love,
Laden with grain and luscious fruit,
And fragrant flowers of radiant hue,
Giver of life and all good things,
Our land of joy and victory,
Receive our grateful praise sublime,
Lanka! we worship Thee!
Thou gavest us Knowledge and Truth,
Thou art our strength and inward faith,
Our light divine and sentient being,
Breath of life and liberation.
Grant us, bondage free, inspiration.
Inspire us for ever!
In wisdom and strength renewed,
Ill-will, hatred, strife all ended,
In love enfolded, a mighty nation
Marching onward, all as one,
Lead us, Mother, to fullest freedom!
Mother Lanka we salute Thee!
Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,
Beauteous in grace and love,
Laden with grain and luscious fruit,
And fragrant flowers of radiant hue,
Giver of life and all good things,
Our land of joy and victory,
Receive our grateful praise sublime,
Lanka! we worship Thee!
Thou gavest us Knowledge and Truth,
Thou art our strength and inward faith,
Our light divine and sentient being,
Breath of life and liberation.
Grant us, bondage free, inspiration.
Inspire us for ever!
In wisdom and strength renewed,
Ill-will, hatred, strife all ended,
In love enfolded, a mighty nation
Marching onward, all as one,
Lead us, Mother, to fullest freedom!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 487 Newer› Newest»Russia to Lend Post - War Sri Lanka $300 Mln For Arms
By REUTERS
February 6, 2010
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday for Moscow, where he will sign a $300 million (192 million pound) loan to buy military equipment from Russia, despite an end to his country's quarter-century civil war.
more ..
Ananda-USA said...
Thusitha, Bro
Don't respond to the multipolar; you are just enabling his antics and his purpose.
We will delete his posts without comment.
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No one was deleting his comments. That is why I started responding. Now I have deleted my comments.
Ananda-USA said...
Russia to Lend Post - War Sri Lanka $300 Mln For Arms
By REUTERS
February 6, 2010
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday for Moscow, where he will sign a $300 million (192 million pound) loan to buy military equipment from Russia, despite an end to his country's quarter-century civil war.
more ..
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This is good news. We should keep our armed forces in full combat readiness.
Here is why Tamil Nadu Leaders are STILL JOKERS & CLOWNS!
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Devolve powers to Tamils, MK tells Lanka
February 03, 2010
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said the Sri Lankan government should come out with devolution of powers to Tamils in the island in accordance with its assurances.
The DMK General Council (GC) meeting here on February 20 would, among other things, discuss the issue and ask the Centre to prevail upon the Sri Lankan government on devolution of powers, Karunanidhi told reporters here.
National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon had met Karunanidhi on Sunday last and assured him that the Centre was working with the Sri Lankan government for resettlement of internally displaced Tamils and devolution of powers that would satisfy all communities.
"Thusitha said...
tata said...
Where is Saman Kumar Ramawickrama?"
Your mentioning of him reminded me of this:
"About a week ago, I witnessed a terrible accident in Madiwela. A ‘Tipper’, overtaking a small van crashed into a motorcycle going in the opposite direction. The motorcyclist and his wife were both thrown. The latter lost a leg. The former died a few days ago. The motorcyclist was an award-winning presenter at ITN, Suresh Wickramasinghe.
What’s the relevance of this accident to the issue of media rights, and alleged witch-hunting of journalists etc? Just this: on December 19, 2006, another journalist was injured in a car accident and later died. The offending vehicle belonged to a diplomat it was reported. What is interesting is that Rushika’s name is frequently added to lists of media workers killed during the past three years. In all probability, shady media rights outfits such as the JDS (Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka), will add poor Suresh’s name to that list. It will then be picked up by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International and waved at the memberships of multilateral forums to vilify Sri Lanka. Channel 4 News, ‘timesonline’ and others no doubt would churn out more of their usual drivel."
http://www.nation.lk/2009/09/13/newsfe4.htm
"Ananda-USA said...
Russia to Lend Post - War Sri Lanka $300 Mln For Arms
By REUTERS
February 6, 2010
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday for Moscow, where he will sign a $300 million (192 million pound) loan to buy military equipment from Russia, despite an end to his country's quarter-century civil war.
more .."
I am really sick of seeing this "despite the war is over" tag every time Sri Lanka does anything. They were complaining at the same rate when the war was on with regards to arms purchases.
Rana aka KDS,
You are about to run off a cliff. Please Seek medical help without any delay.
Here is something of concern.
Many Tamils are trying to now enter South Korea, Japan and China sensing their increasing power/wealth and influence in world affairs. Espiecally South Korea and China.
Not only enter but also set up "cultural ties" and political support bases. This is probably driven by their desire to keep the "struggle" alive with Western power slowly declining and South East Asia increasing.
We must start sending more Sinhalese to these regions and access their populations through media, university groups activities, bolster ties to the political leaderships as well as business adventures. Should also start buying up media/journalists.
Audiences in South Korea, China, Vietnam etc will be highly favourable to us if we simply tell out story, oppression by suddha, use of Tamilia has a hit force against us and the disgusting hypocrisy.
From what i see at the moment we are not doing enough to cement ourselves in the SEA region and taking the current existing favourable relationship for granted.
I see very little pre-emptive work. Only when shit hits the fan will we see something done (i.e. through Tamilia/Western manipulations these nations or media or other groups within those nations may pour scorn on us and then we will react but it will be too late).
We must do more to counter the mud against us originating from the West. Simply calling it "lies" and "LTTE pay roll" is not enough; furthermore the latter statement is just flawed on so many levels.
The Government and many Sinhalese simply do not see the world impact.
Even right now Sinhalese swallow Tamil propaganda and manipulations such as "discrimination", and NOTHING is done in the mainstream to counter this view because it "offends Tamils". Everything we do bloody "offends Tamils", our very existence "offends" Tamils.
The "they are innocent" has got to stop.
The "they are victims" has got to stop.
The appeasement has got to stop.
Government has also completely forgotten the Channel 4 video/JDS.
IT IS VITAL we hunt down JDS and the original copy of the video if we are ever to turn the tables on the propaganda against us.
If we expose JDS for what it is and where it got that video (from the LTTE) it will expose the West and through into doubt ALL the accusations against us.
Sri Lanka President will be awarded with an Honorary Doctorate from People Friendship University Moscow on the 6th February evening. The University is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the function will be held at the Great Kremlin Concert Hall, Moscow. There will be more than 6000 invitees from over 100 countries.
On February 7, the President will be meeting the Rector of the University at 15:00 and at 15:30 Independence Day celebrations will be held at the Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Moscow and the Air Force Cultural troop will be participating.
On February 8 at 14:00 hrs, Sri Lankan President will meet the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Also on the same day at the Russian Ministry of Finance, there will be a US$ 300 million credit line signing ceremony.
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While U.S. is in the brink of collapse, with unbelievable amount of debt, Russia is extending us a $300 million line of credit.
And in another news, Obama has congradulated MR, but at the same time is reminding us that they are the white masters (most probably Obama is following the instruction of the state department).
Thusitha,
Who cares what Obama says? He just tried "regieme change" in Sri Lanka.
Mistake of all native peoples and civilisations in this world: trusting the suddha.
CDC Aranayaka - Yams Part1
CDC Aranayaka - Yams Part2
During a field survey conducted in Aranaka of Kegalle, a farmer revealed that he had 17 varieties of indigenous yams in his homegarden. Realizing the potential applications and benefits of manipulating this seed collection, a GEF/SGP funded project was immediately initiated to popularize the indigenous varieties within the region.
The project envisaged preserving indigenous species and varieties of yams, empowering the community ensuring active participation, promoting equitable sharing of direct and indirect benefits, generating livelihoods and facilitating the exchange of knowledge and seed banks.
In the long run, the project contributes to the conservation of biodiversity of these varieties and the preservation of indigenous knowledge bases associated with the crops.
The project also ranks as one of the most successful community based projects in Sri Lanka. At present, the project is being replicated in other regions of the country via seed and knowledge exchange.
Danya dhanaya neka mal palaturu
Piri jaya bhumiya ramya.
No_Mess
Thanks for those excellent videos.
It shows many things.
How suddha destroyed our way of life and food produce.
How we can resurrect it
How we can be food sufficient.
The ingenuity of Sinhala people.
And the need to protect such crops and individuals from external forces that may try and destroy, steal or corrupt.
In SEA and Africa many plants have had patterns slapped on them by the West and the indigenous peoples now have to pay some yako somewhere dividends to use something that grows in their own country and which they have been using for countless millennia.
We need to be wary of the kalu-suddha class and other low lives who will sell out our resources for a quick buck.
Many "treasure" hunters exist who rob our ancient works, gold and other priceless materials and artefacts, sell them to some middle man for a few rupees who then sell them on and later you will find our archaeological heritage on display in some Western museum valued at $millions which will then pass from some suddhas collection to another and which we will never see again.
In China the descendents of French thieves (who are now billionaires) refuse to return artefacts stolen from China stating "we shall return it when China restores the human rights of its people". What a joke. This arrogance stems from Chinese refusal to "buy back" what is hers at auctions and has demanded unconditional return. Rather than humbling retuning what was stolen they try to make a "holier than thou" point.
“Pol Sambol said …
IT IS VITAL we hunt down JDS and the original copy of the video if we are ever to turn the tables on the propaganda against us.”
How it’s done in the West -
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they are "taking action that threatens Americans."
Blair told members of the House intelligence committee that he was speaking publicly about the issue to reassure Americans that intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense "follow a set of defined policy and legal procedures that are very carefully observed" in the use of lethal force against U.S. citizens.
Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may target Americans involved in terrorism
Why are we waiting?
No_Mess,
Danya dhanaya neka mal palaturu
Piri jaya bhumiya ramya.
Kawuda bang Ramya? Still you do have hots for Ramya then?
No_Mess,
I loved the Yams videos. I will post them in full at the SLP blog.
It was nice to see those kinds of yams again. The purple ones, I had never seen before.
When I was a child, the weekends were gardening days, with my mother in charge of the whole flock of us eight kids. We planted 3 varieties of yams in our garden: manioc, habarala and innala, I think. I don't know whether manioc qualifies to be called a yam, but it was the most prolific. Like in the video, we used organic fertilizer, and pot-ash from burnt firewood to keep worms at bay.
The manioc grew to stupendous sizes .. as much as 30-40 pounds each yam, and was very easy to grow. There were two varieties with pink and white outer covering. We ate the yams ourselves, and gave to our neighbors and relatives.
We loved to eat boiled yams with scraped coconut, lunumiris and dried fish curry. We also roasted manioc directly in an open fire outside the house .. it was great. We dried and used manioc flour to make desserts.
Now you got me going .. I think I'll make boiled kadala and lunumiris for lunch today, since I don't have yams handy!
No mess
Execellent post on yams. The video is good.
But sri lanka must industrilize its agriculture sector if it is to be competitive in the global market and have great food security because of increased yields.
I don't mean we must let foreign coporations come and take over the farming sector, no I mean the gov must help the farmers mass produce whatever they grow. We must help industrialize the farmer to face many of the labor shortages.
It would be great if this can be done for many native food types(like the yams).
Then when selling it, we must cut out all the middlemen so that the farmers get the highest possible price. Right now there are too many middlemen in the sri lankan agriculture business who make a lot of money that should be going to the farmers. For this an efficient transportation network is improtant.
We also need to create a dairy industry in the country. That is capable of atleast producing 1 billion liters of milk per year.
No_Mess,
I forgot; we also grew two varieties of sweet yams: "bathala" with pink and white outer coverings. Again, boiled bathala was something we loved to eat as kids.
Golden Eagle,
You are right. All types of yams can be canned and stored for long term use and sale very nicely.
Small canning (in metal cans or glass jars) operations, and dried flour production, is something that can be done at the village level. By canning produce, getting produce to market in time is not as urgent as in the case of uncanned fresh produce.
Home canned products are routinely sold at good prices in open air markets and over the web in the US.
I wouldn't say this analysis is perfect or even very good, but just check it out, there are a few good points in it:
Sarath Fonseka JVP Member ?
Ananda
You are right. The canning and coverting yams into flour is a good idea. This falls under the food processing industry.
Sri lanka needs a larger food processing industry so we can sell our products internally and at the world market with better ease.
The food processing industry if properly invested can create a lot of jobs for sri lankans. Why send our raw agriculture products elsewhere to be processed and packaged and resold at a higher price when we can do it ourself.
With the economic rise of the developing world there will be increasing greater demand for all kinds of foods. Markets are getting bigger and it would be wise for sri lanka to get onboard.
For example we are importing milk powder that is expensive. Why is it expensive? Well it is produced in countries where the standard of living is higher, so operating costs of agriculture is also higher. Then this product it sold for a profit to poor countries.
For example we can easily start a dairy industry in Sri lanka that can produce 1 billion liters of milk per years. Right now we produce one fifth of that, the rest is imported.
A proper dairy industry means lots of jobs and cheap milk, butter, cheese, yoghurt and ice cream that even poor people can buy regurarly.
The first step would be to import better breeds of cows that produce more milk. The girolando cows(best milk cow for tropical conditions) of Brazil produce about 3000 liters of milk per year. Our local breeds produce only 1200 liters per year.
Import about 24,000 girolando cows,4000 of these are girolando bulls, and start an embryo harvesting program with them. So they can produce about 8 successful embryos per cow per year. These embroyos can be transplanted in local cows to give birth to more girolando cows. This is called embryo transfer in the dairy industry.
Instead of importing 300,000 cows which can be expensive, we can harvest embryos from our small population of girolando cows to bump up their population to 300,000 milking cows in about 5
years.
These are just some of the ideas I think about in my free time.
It is amazing to see the stupidity of Ponna Ranil to hire an Australian white master to run the election propaganda campaign for Fionseka. No wonder why Ranil can't feel the pulse of the common Sri Lankan man.
Wanna to have some fun then visit the
Facebook page, "Sarath Fonseka - The real Sri Lankan president".
However they seems to get the page name a bit wrong and it should be "Sarath Fonseka - The virtual Sri Lankan president in Facebook".
For the time being there are 572 fans.
Fonseka and his stooges caught under influence of heroine.
Fonseka is committing another crime. He is claiming a position he did not win. I don't believe that he can claim that he is the president of Sri Lanka by any means. I hope that Fonseka will be investigate for electoral fraud too.
CDC Video- Ananda-USA, Pol Sambol, GoldenEagle and Thoppu – I’m glad you liked it.
Sam,
Isn’t it time we compile a list of JDS members?
Who / Where do they live / photos / who do they meet? I bet BBC Sin is working with them..
Or even a list of possible candidates. What happened to Iqbal Athas?
BTW JDS at Facebook – They have interesting friends, Frances Harrison(ex BBC) / Arjunan Ethirveerasingam and as for their friend’s friends hmm…..
psst...
Can any one join this forum or is it a private club to appease the masters?
..hic..
Multipolar now has started stealing handles of previous blogers.
SamP
How about new 'Rasika'?
No Mess
said..
Isn’t it time we compile a list of JDS members?
Oh good No Mess, pray tell me what you intend doing with this list?
btw. re- that infamous video.
Quite rightly the MR-GOSL backed down on taking legal action againgst CH4 (ask Prof Rajiva Wijesinghe why?)
( maybe embarrasing evidence CH4 have? or can you imagine the witness statements?)
Instead, brilliant move to complain to the Ofcom authorities to give CH4 a slap on the wrist.
Nice one!
Lets brush this under the carpet, and move on
The Sunday Times learns that detectives have begun to unravel shocking details of how murder, abductions, attacks, threats and intimidation were carried out on media personnel in the past year or more. Some of those involved in these acts have been identified. At least two of them have been holding the ranks of Major and had served in an intelligence unit which functioned under General Fonseka when he was Commander of the Army. Needless to say that Gen. Fonseka will have some explaining to do when these matters are brought out in the public domain.
Sunday Times Politcal Column (07/02/1010)
Gosh..
Pol Sambol
Just reading through your comments on this thread.
rather radical and racist.
Good luck to you mate, just as well you don't live in SL and would make an iota of difference.
Keep it coming.
hic..
Swanajith
Ofcourse SF has to account for it and his masters GR and MR to appoint such a person.
Where does the buck stop?
Ninja,
New Rasika is also Rana. A few hours ago he used the handle "B Wise to C Light"
Jay said...
Swanajith
Ofcourse SF has to account for it and his masters GR and MR to appoint such a person.
Where does the buck stop?
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Buck stop at SF. Since he single handedly did this. Or should we be making war crimes charges against U.K, Australia and U.S. since SF has been managed by these people?
Oh my goodness, the terrorist scummy Jay Haan is back. Jay Haan, how was your Friday the 13th deal? With all that skunk work and foreign money, your horse lost so badly. Whether you like it or not, vast majority of Sri Lankans are dead against scum like you. Know your place in Sri Lanka and act accordingly, I mean flush yourself in to a cesspit.
Ninja,
Correction, New Rasika (16428032408582506310) is also Rana, not the Rasika above. A few hours ago he used the handle "B Wise to C Light."
Thusitha said..
(Buck stop at SF. Since he single handedly did this. Or should we be making war crimes charges against U.K, Australia and U.S. since SF has been managed by these people)
Oh really?
So the CEO of SL is not to blame for such appointments. Okay we all make mistakes and we learn from it.
Are'nt you taking it too far blaming it on the West.
Another sign of insecurity creeping in i fear.
Read the comments from Pol Sambol.
Blame the west for our failings!
Wonderful!
no_mess,
thanks for sharing that great piece of news.
"Danya dhanaya neka mal palaturu
Piri jaya bhumiya ramya."
i prefer,
"danya waga kota siri laka me peradiga ketha karawa"
from the "ALTERNATIVE SL national anthem".
Jay I agrre that MR and GR need to appologise for their deed of appointing SF.(Though they did to counter the Other Devil)
How about your Masters then: Knowingly (Yes they know) for trying to make SF the executioner President?
the first is about what we get from SL.
the second is about what WE DO AND ACHIEVE in SL.
as i we discussed in may 2009, the present SL national anthem is about WHAT WE CAN GET FROM SL. but the "hela jathika abimane" song is about WHAT WE CAN AND MUST ACHIEVE FOR SL. i prefer it to be the national anthem. (i'm not crazy BTW!!).
GoldenEagle,
Great ideas .. keep thinking!
With more land opening up in the South East, North and East, these kinds of projects, leveraging appropriate high-tech and targeted marketing, can be incorporated within multiple-land-use scenarios.
I will ponder you idea and will get back to you.
SU
I have no qualms about SF/GR/MR getting rid of the menace of LTTE.
Good riddance.
(How about your Masters then?)
It's me and my conscience.
You are insinuating that i have a Master.
Tsk! tsk!
I don't give a rats arse (pardon my expression) about any politicians in SL (SF/RW/MR) or any INGO's or NGO's having seen the diabolical attempt by all and sundry to fleece SL to kingdom to the detriment of innocent hard working lankans to feed their families and provide a decent living.
If i was to be frank, i don't know where we lost the plot but i blame the brain washed tamil diaspora and the short sighted politicians.
I would bet a crate of Champagne from my Vineyard (not well known nor its vintage)or adjoining Vineyards to any one that the issues will exist in 6 years time in greater magnitude.
Gentleman .. I bid you all a good day!
dayam! How many blogs?
ps. who is pakais?
Patriots!
OK. Honorary Doctorate for MR is now nailed down,
Only the Nobel Peace Prize left to go!
If this does not propel the multipolar to ANGODA, I don't know what will! LoL!
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People Friendship University of Russia honors Sri Lanka President with a doctorate
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 06, Moscow: The People Friendship University of Moscow in Russia (former Patrice Lumumba University) Saturday conferred a Honoris Causa Doctorate on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a ceremony held at the Kremlin Conference hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University.
Here the Rector of the University Professor Vladimir M. Filippov presents the President with a diploma. President Rajapaksa addressed the audience following the conferment.
No_MESS,
"No_MESS said...
Sam,
Isn’t it time we compile a list of JDS members?
Who / Where do they live / photos / who do they meet? I bet BBC Sin is working with them..
Or even a list of possible candidates. What happened to Iqbal Athas?
BTW JDS at Facebook – They have interesting friends, Frances Harrison(ex BBC) / Arjunan Ethirveerasingam and as for their friend’s friends hmm…..
February 6, 2010 1:24 PM
JDS is run by Sunanda Deshapriya aother crook. He is in "exile" to avoid jail time for tax evasion and saving his own name.
More about him here:
http://www.nation.lk/2009/08/02/newsfe5.htm
GE,
yes, dairy and milk industries will be definite economic miracles in SL.
an inexpensive and largely available milk/dairy produce has another big advantage. it can reduce malnutrition which is unfortunately wide spread in SL's rural areas. in all SL cultures milk consumption is not barred.
govt tried the indian model of this in 2007 but failed badly.
first we should encourage either
1. wide spread liquid milk consumption (not powdered milk)
or
2. the new industry should also powder milk and sell
or preferably do both.
this is due to VERY HIGH entry barriers into the market that is dominated by powerful players. the 20% niche market captured by local dairy companies is all a new local manufacturer can have.
1 would need wide spread refrigeration facilities.
3. if local consumption does not pick up, we should export. this is very difficult bcos most countries do have a sizable local production and powerful multinationals will not allow it.
but the important thing is unless the new local milk industry we are talking about cannot get a sizable return within a reasonable time, it will AGAIN collapse.
Oh lookie here Jay's back.
How was the election? Have you recovered from the shock?
I look forward to your next set of "expert analyses" and other failed theories. GE is coming soon better get busy!
a nice article in tamilnet.
of course as usual written with a BAD ATTITUDE!!
bo ppl of andaman islands
i like this statement. it is SO VERY applicable to SL.
"By bringing in motley of people, the ‘national interest’ of India and the official language status of Hindi were maintained. But this care was not taken in protecting, promoting and giving due status to the aborigine people or their languages."
COLONIZATION can maintain SL's ‘national interest’ and official language too.
SL should at the very least follow india.
but care should be taken not to neglect tamil culture. tamil madu being the producer of 99.9% of tamil cultural stuff today (and historically) means there will not be a bad impact anyway.
The Sri Lanka Reporter published in US & Canada - the Sri Lankan English newspaper with the largest circulation in North America, published by Sinhala speaking Sri Lanka born person now residing in Canada carries false stories and lies spread by JVP & UNP. This antiSri Lankan newspaper is tarnishing our country's image.
Jay said...
Thusitha said..
(Buck stop at SF. Since he single handedly did this. Or should we be making war crimes charges against U.K, Australia and U.S. since SF has been managed by these people)
Oh really?
So the CEO of SL is not to blame for such appointments. Okay we all make mistakes and we learn from it.
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Hehe. It was a bit of a sarcastic remark. Don't need to get worked up Jay.
MR and GR are responsible for everything. Buy the looks of it he would be awarded a noble peace prize one day.
Jay anna, good of you to admit your mistake.
The word I got was the LTTE Inc. financed SF's campaign with over $10,000,000 (yes, Millions that is) of contributions, but sadly once again our investment went poof right? Me, no I could not contribute as I am still in detention here in Indonesia.
Jay anna, un sooththula en poolu?
Damn this detention place. All the Indonesian guards want me to bend down and pick up worthless Indonesian coins they keep dropping when they see me coming.
Jay anna, being a kandaara oli like you, that is the only part I love about this place.
Polsy said:
"Oh lookie here Jay's back.
How was the election? Have you recovered from the shock?
I look forward to your next set of "expert analyses" and other failed theories. GE is coming soon better get busy!"
Damn you chingalaya boyz.
You are too funny and clever! But wait till we have the GE then me and my anna Jay type Tamil Saviors will show you what we are made of okay.
We are 110% made out of punnaku and we are proud of it okay....so smarty Chingalaya boyz don't overestimate us okay.
btw Jay anna,
when SF lost I heard many Tamil Saviors all over (like you and me) cried and I even heard they cried more than they cried when our Prabha thambi was castrated and his pullu was shoved down his esophagus (yes the SLA camcorder could not aim down there right?)
hehehehe.....I know not nice to laugh at our great Thalaivar this way no? But me thinks that given we have lost all bets (and keep losing them!) it is better to laugh than cry. yes no?
Jay anna said:
"I don't give a rats arse (pardon my expression)"
But I do.
I can't take this Indonesian food anymore and I have not been eating well and I am very thin now.
As such is it a wonder that the Indonesian guards now tell me that I have a "rat's arse" ? hehehe
Besides, after all the lies me and our proud honorable Tamizes told the Indonesians and Australians, they call us "boat rats" hehehe...
So anna, before you utter such bad words next time please think of us okay.
Jay anna, ommala okka?
Jay anna said:
"I would bet a crate of Champagne from my Vineyard "
hehehehe.....nice anna.
We LTTE Tamiz coolie boys like you now owning a Vineyard and me now owning a ship (well, the Indonesians took it, but I will get it back okay)
btw anna, how are your urges? Now don't get me wrong, I don't mean that type of urgers. What I mean is when you see a road-side, do you get the urge to "go" ? Man, I do still, but luckily in detention, there are no road-sides.
ok lights going off soon in detention so I must say cheeerio, bye bye.....time to do the sword-swallowing act.
GoldenEagle, Moshe,
Regarding milk, Milk can be sold fresh, pasteurized, dried in poweder form, condensed and canned sweetened/unsweetened, and also in various forms of deserts and candies.
So, there is a very large market, extending beyond fresh milk consumption, both domestically and abroad, when you consider all of these forms of delivering the basic product.
An important aspect is that the Govt will have to setup testing labs and quality certification standards, for both domestic and export markets.
As Moshe said, irrespective of how the milk is processed and sold, availability of refrigeration facilities is a key.
That is where Govt or larger enterprises can come in, just as in the collection and delivery of tea leaves from small holders/farmers to government/private factories.
It is all organization and/or providing incentives to make a profit at various levels. Govt can provide the impetus for it.
GoldenEagle,
Great ideas for agricultural industry growth. Thanks for sharing.
Moshe
The government must seriously help the local milk industry to take off. Even if it costs some money this must be done. So far we have not done that.
Most of the expenditure will be on infrastucture.
We need to build some milk chilling plants that will cool the milk and make it easier for the milk to be transported on rail and trucks. Plus we need to also build some milk processing plants that can tranform milk into powder, butter, cheese and yoghurt.
This all will cost about $200 million, but atleast we finally after 60 years we have the proper base for a fully functioning milk industry. At last. At last. At last.
Now that the war is over the government can invest such an amount over 16 months.
If this is done the foreign milk products simply can't compete with the local milk product on price. In other words the cost of producing a liter of milk is much cheaper in Sri lanka than in NZ or Aus.
Ananda
Another thing I just remembered.
The highest milk yielding cow in the world is the holstein cow. Each cow produces about 8000 liters of milk per year.
This is the main dairy cow used in the West. But this cow can't stand the tropical heat.
Once brought into a tropical climate, its milk yield drops from 8000 liters to about 2000 liters.
This cow can thrive in Sri lanka is blessed because we also have parts of the country that have cool clime.
If we put aside about 3000 acres in the nuwara eliya region, we can house about 100,000 holstein cows that will produce about 800,000 liters of milk per year. That is 80% of our annual current requirement.
This plus the girolando cows for the warmer low country area will help Sri lanka easily produce about 1.5 billion liters of milk. Some of which can be exported to earn money for the industry.
Wow!
Most have no idea what this is about!!!
This has not hit the news as it should, as the nation is still rejoicing the defeat of “Sinhala Prabhakaran”…
however, I am told this is going to “open up” some real cool new leads to get at the remaining LTTE whoredogs, especially those “sleeper” kind at this very moment living in luxury in Colombo as if they are the saints of saints!!!
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/srilanka/Lankan-forces-bust-Prabhakaran-s-hideout-recover-weapons/Article1-506031.aspx
ha ha ha…time to rock & roll ladies and gentlemen!
Time for those marvelous “white-vans” to do what they do best – eradicate terrorist scum from our sacred soil!
OaO Asithri
Besides, early signs point to some top-notch LTTE supporting Tamil whoredogs abroad who are going to be netted by this finding - where they will be found guilty of supporting the LTTE (a banned terrorist organization) with money but the kicker is I hear some transactions involve even drug money and money from suspected arms sales to "other groups" (not clear, but strongly suspected to be the same groups US is fighting today).
The money transfers, donations, etc. are all now giving visibility to the hitherto murky, complex web of transactions, transactions involving money laundering that will be "an eye opener" for the LTTE undercover supporters in SL (and a "brain opener" I hope for the LTTE hardcore, vile whoredogs still hiding in SL soil too!).
Stay tuned...then again, will the sequels hit the news? ha ha ha...
LMSSAO!!! Truly LMSSAO!!!
OaO Asithri
On the run patriots...
Keep up your good work...verbally castrate the RW-UNP=TNA=LTTE=SF whoredogs with 'extreme prejudice' in blogs herein and in www you will be supporting the perpetuation of our Motherlanka as a sovereign, independent, UNITARY nation that our forefathers fought valiantly over 2500 years to assure so!
OaO Asithri
Man, "Tamil Savior" you are funny dude! Anyway, I take my hat off to you for calling a spade a spade!
Wannakam thambi !
:)) :)) :))
OaO Asithri
GoldenEagle
You have some excellent ideas, i still remember your sugar cane one also linked with Brazil.
So much potential in the agriculture industry (Yam, milk and sugar cane) on top of already established ones for Sri Lanka to seize at this moment.
"A symbolic gesture of this was the removal of the statue of Queen Victoria from the gardens of the President’s House when he assumed the presidency in late 2005. That defiant act may, with hindsight, mark the end of 500 years of Western rule of Sri Lanka which had commenced with the advent of Lourenco de Almeida on our shores in 1505."
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100207/BusinessTimes/bt50.html
No wonder Jay and friends are in such a tangle of anger!
"If we put aside about 3000 acres in the nuwara eliya region, we can house about 100,000 holstein cows that will produce about 800,000 liters of milk per year. That is 80% of our annual current requirement."
Nuwara Eliya joined Tamiz Eelam, so we will have to negotiate with Jay and the die-ass-pora. On the bright side it means Jay can continue his services.
Ananda & GE,
what you say is true.
but i don't believe in the govt involvement in this industry other than BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, taz, etc. incentives, research/QC facilities and the like.
the industry should be sustainable at the company level.
for that to happen the new companies must be able to break into the 80% market which is now in the hands of powdered milk owned by multinationals. whatever ancillary industries should be looked at, to increase the cash flow.
exporting milk produce is almost impossible for a start.
still the biggest market share (and the most profitable) is in the powdered milk market.
that is where most critical investments should go. without it, the industry will certainly collapse to the exisiting 20%.
the SL milk/dairy market always had this complexity. that is why the present status is difficult to change. supply push strategies have failed despite exuberant prices.
pol,
you got a point there. thonda, maharaja (anchormilk owners) won't gove up without a fight.
it was anchor milk that built the maharajas in SL.
not only nuwara eliya but also vanni shoud be in it. may be with different types of cows. we can copy india which is doing well.
/Ban Ki-moon declares election free and fair
Mendaka Abeysekera Our US Correspondent
Not heeding the JVP’s open call for UN intervention, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ignored the opposition’s allegation that the results of the presidential election were rigged.
Associate spokesman Farhan Haq said that Ban Ki-moon had not changed his position with regard to the presidential election results. “He is relieved” Haq told the media.
It is learned that the UN Secretary General ignored allegations that the election results had been tampered with.
After the elections, Ban Ki-moon told the media, he was relieved that the election appears to have been relatively peaceful, despite some incidents.
During that media briefing, a journalist pointed out that opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka was challenging the election results but Ban Ki-moon ignored the question and did not respond./
The term of the present parliament will expire on April 22 this year. According to government sources, President Mahinda Rajapaksa will dissolve parliament on February 14 to make way for holding the general parliamentary elections on April 2.
http://www.nation.lk/2010/02/07/politics.htm
Trouble in Swan lake and Elephant park:
"Delegation from General Fonseka disappointed
A delegation sent by General Sarath Fonseka called on UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe the following day to inform the latter that General Fonseka had decided to contest the general election and he did not wish to contest under any symbol other than the `swan’.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, who lost his cool, had immediately rejected the request. He said, “I cannot agree to your request. I made the biggest possible sacrifice at the presidential election. I made no protest when they said that they could not offer me the premiership of the caretaker government to be formed after General Fonseka was elected president. When they objected to a person from the UNP being appointed a co-spokesman of General Fonseka, I quietly gave way. I made every possible sacrifice. I cannot ignore the party any longer. I have to be with the party. I am prepared to offer the deputy leadership of the UNF to General Fonseka. But I cannot give up the party symbol `elephant’ and the party colour ` Green’”
Ranil Wickremesinghe, thus, put his foot down and the delegates of General Fonseka had to leave empty handed.
"
http://www.nation.lk/2010/02/07/politics.htm
Ae we going to get a show down?
Golden Eagle,
Your estimate of 100,000 Holsteins on 3,000 acres, amounting to 33 cows per acre is not realistic, if they are free-ranging cows feeding off that land. If they are trough-fed in stalls using hay that is trucked in, then you need less land for the dairy farm itself, but you have to grow that hay on land elsewhere.
Generally, a rule of thumb is that you can support 1 cow/acre of grassland, with a maximum of 2, whether for free-ranging cows, or for growing feed for stall-fed cows. Also, the cows themselves have to be milked 3 times/day so keeping them permanently in stalls, is easier. Stall-life terrible for cows, but is more profitable for the owner.
The cows also have a finite lifetime, so you have to BREED (artificial insemination etc) them, and decide what to do with the animals that stop lactating and stop producing calves. Usually, they are sold for meat.
Another problem in Sri Lanka is that most of us eat meat and drink milk, but dislike to kill animals required to do it as a business, as someone pointed out already. So, this business is not for everybody.
The issues I have raised above are details that do not significantly undermine the great value of your basic idea. Milk is a nutritious essential food that everyone in Sri Lanka must have easy access to in the future.
Also, it occurred to me that there are other HIGH VALUE products that could be produced from milk like CHEESE and YOGURT. Cheese and yogurt are big businesses in every developed country as we hope Sri Lanka will become in the next decade.
Re: Dairy industry
Vanni and Trinco, should definitely be part of the plan..There are thousands of kiri-dennu roaming free all over therre
Based on the present result UPFA will get 133 at GE..As the opposition will split up it will be even more...Gammanpila's analysis reckons about that turnout will drop by 10% and 80% of that will be opposition voters..However me thinks it will be more like 60%, which is likely to put UPFA around 140-145 mark...
If UPFA gets 150, somehow 25 of those have to be NFF/JHU MPs..This will act as a bullwark against 13+ (god forbid MR even thinking about it)..The JHU is adopting the JVP strategy of 2004..Champika's, Gammanpila's (and someone else) are campaigning together (banners, posters etc.)..I'm sure NFF will do the same
Gen. Fonseka to be hauled before military court
SundayTimes.lk
February 07, 2010
A Military Court will try retired General Sarath Fonseka on several charges of conspiracy, the Sunday Times learns. Such charges are to include an attempt to overthrow the Government and assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
This new move, as against indicting him under the normal laws of the land, came after the CID consulted Attorney General Mohan Peiris, an authoritative legal source said yesterday.
General Sarath Fonseka
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives allege that the actions of Gen. (retd.) Fonseka on the main subjects of their inquiry had their origins when he was serving as Commander of the Army. Besides allegations relating to conspiracy, they claim, that this included deals where his son-in-law reportedly benefited by way of large commissions for supplying military ware.
Gen. (retd.) Fonseka has denied any wrongdoing and has accused the Government of “taking revenge” on him. CID detectives are to question his son-in-law Danuna Tillekeratne in the coming week.
Last week, the Sunday Times reported exclusively that the arrest of Gen. Fonseka was imminent. The new turn of events, arraigning him before a Military Court, has delayed the process. However, the source said, he was still liable to arrest anytime after “the required legal procedures are in place.” Like in civil courts, all evidence will be admissible before the Military Court, the source pointed out.
However, the conduct of proceedings in a Military Court, the source said, would not be open to the media. Military Courts are legally empowered to confer death or jail sentences on those found guilty.
"CID detectives have already taken into custody 36 persons during the ongoing investigations. This week, they arrested the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel’s Security Manager Ranjit Dayaratne. Investgators say that the manager, a retired Major in the Army, claimed that he was the one who had switched off the surveillance cameras at the hotel where more than 70 rooms had been rented to retired General Fonseka and his entourage on election night.
However, detectives have heard from members of the security detail of the former military strongman that it is they who had knocked off the surveillance cameras and thus prevented their movements along the hallways being recorded on tape. Detectives are also on the look out for three journalists who were close associates when the opposition's "common candidate" was the Commander of the Army.
Hope the UNP and SLMC contest separately in N & E..Both these parties are capable of getting more than 5% in all six districts..This will eat into the TNA's number of seats..Add to this EPDP in Jaffna (1-2 seats)..PLOTE in Vanni (2-3 seats), TMVP in Batti (1-2 seats) and the UPFA in Vanni, Trinco and Amparai..The TNA has to be kept to 10-15 seats..
If TNA gets less than 50% of seats in N & E, government can project this as a denial of the homeland concept and the re-merger
Pol Sambol – thanks for the information on JDS.
Interesting information now comes up on the activities of the inner nexus of the Sarath Fonseka campaign. During the night when counting was going on they had decided on the content of the Cabinet. The JVP were promised six portfolios but would have settled for four. They – the closest to Fonseka and therefore the “nerve centre” had then approached Ranil Wickremesinghe, accompanied for good measure by Anura Kumar Dissanayaka. They had the temerity to ask the Leader of the UNP – the party that has en masse handed over their block vote to an untried novice in politics – as to what position he wanted. Wickremesinghe, ever the shrewd politician and an astute one at that, ignored the implied ignominy and replied that he would prefer to be stating his position when the time was right: after the general elections.
Opposition Shifts Focus To Parliamentary Poll - The Sunday Leader.
Diyasena
/If UPFA gets 150, somehow 25 of those have to be NFF/JHU MPs..This will act as a bullwark against 13+/
First we need to wait until nominations hand over to see how many will contest from JHU/HNP.
I don't think UPFA will give even 25 for JHU+JNP. Even they get that many nominated I don't think all of them get elected.
JHU = PCR+UG+RathanaThero (Other monks may not contest possibly except NandaTheor-Kandy). JNP=WW. Any one else (new) getting elected will be subjected to 'basil theory'.
Its the nationalistic vote base both JHU and JVP is based on. Possibly some 'buddhist' vote base for JHU.
This is different to JVP case. JVP had well organized cadre base in each district and together with their propaganda they were able to get a preferential from each district resulting 39 seat. In fact, even floating voters give preferential vote for JVP candidate whom even they didn't know any thing about the person. Though this worked for JVP vote base this may not work for JHUJNP voters.
So I think JHU+JNP will end up less than 10. PCR,UG,WW and 1-3 more will get elected and 1-3 from national list.
/Hope the UNP and SLMC contest separately in N & E..Both these parties are capable of getting more than 5% in all six districts..This will eat into the TNA's number of seats../
(I think u said 50%) News was SLMC+TNA contest combined and UNP filed candidates with SLMC+TNA ticket.
Yes we need more from JHU+JNP and keep TNA<50% in NE but I am not positive for either.
Ananda
What I have in mind is a cross between stall fed and free roaming.
They will get their food in the stalls, but about 6-8 hours a day they will get to roam free. This will give them the daily exercise they need.
I know the horrors of stall fed cows. Thats why I said 3000 acres, so we can give them some room to roam for a few hours a day.
When it comes to cows who are approaching the end of their "shelf life", we can send to india, whose poor farmers will get them for free. There are alsways poor farmers in india who will appriciate a free cow. We have to send these cows about 2-3 years before the cows they reach their past-the-milk prime stage, so that the poor indian farmers can also get some profit in this deal. Killing cows is illegal in India.
When it comes to feeding cows, we can feed them elephant grass. This is the fastest growing grass that can yield mass amounts of cheap dry matter. The can be grown cheaply. Very economically efficient.
Fukkface
We can give the cows with 2-3 years of milk life left in them to India. Killing cows over their is illegal. The poor farmer will ge grateful for the free cows. This option is better than killing.
The 3000 acres are not for grazing but to get some daily exercise. They will be stall fed but will be allowed to roam for about 6-8 hours a day. Cows need to roam around, thats how they get their physical activity. So within 18 hours we can give all 300,000 cows some time to roam around and get their exercise.
Moshe
We can tell the current big shots to come and produce their milk products in sri lanka(once we have the needed cows and infrastucture in place).
If they don't they could face some sort of tariff when their products are imported to sri lanka. In other words make it unprofitable for them to produce milk to be sold in sri lanka outside of sri lanka.
Besides once we have the milk chilling and processing plants in place in sri lanka, then it would be wise for them to come and carry our their dairy farms in sri lanka than in some far off expensive country.
In other words milk produced in Sri lanka will be cheaper than the expensive imports from industrialized countries.
GE
Having 1-2 cows for most of houses was the case in villages some time ago. You can have large scale production - no problem. But I think its the culture, attitude, or trend we need to change at least among people in villages. If they have 1 cow for one family and there is a combined methodology for feeding them and taking care on village basis basic economic problems of them can be easily solved. Main reason no one wants to keep a cow is 1. laziness (people found its more easy to go to grocery and buy milk powder and they became victims of propaganda of milk powder companies.) 2. difficulty of feeding (people started building 'thappa' and no place cows to find grass) 3. 'level' or 'thathwaya' (It looks like poor people only keeping cows)-so rich and accepted people should start this then this may even be a fashion.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/1474-overcrowding-at-kandy-exhibition.html
We really don't have alternative to BMICH..??
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?mode=head&nid=133
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate by the Peoples’ Friendship University of the Russian Federation, considering his outstanding contribution towards fostering world peace and his success against terrorism. Pictured here is the President addressing the invitees after receiving the doctorate.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov who visited Sri Lanka in October last year had invited President Rajapaksa to visit Russia on behalf of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and to participate in the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Peoples’ Friendship University.
In February 1992 Patrice Lumumba Universitywas renamed “Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia – state institute of higher education” (PFUR). Since 1995 the University has been awarding “Doctor Honoris Causa” to distinguished persons for outstanding academic achievements in the fields of science and education and to world leaders in recognition of their contribution towards fostering world peace. The awardees so far include five Presidents and two Prime Ministers from around the world. The University is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the function was held at the Great Kremlin Concert Hall, Moscow.
Mahinda Rajapaksa was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate
...hic...
Mervin will be the next. Asstri too will get a one.
Wbahu's low votes too due to Computer gilmart..
http://lakbima.lk/articles/spec1.htm
Enjoy...
Ninja,
Please forgive Boorubahu for his ignorance. He still wants to do the world revolution, icluding turning Russia and China back to communism.
Ninja,
I hope that MR will not fall in to this trap.
http://www.lakbima.lk/articles/news4.htm
Now that they are without a choice, they try rally hard to stay alive. We shall do everything possible to help the Tamil Sri Lanakns but these terrorist monkeys shall not be given anything.
GoldenEagle said ..
[What I have in mind is a cross between stall fed and free roaming.]
OK. I'll buy that, but then we have to grow the grass somewhere else and truck it in. How expensive will that be? We will need at least 50,000 acres (0.5 acre/cow) for 100,000 cows!
Giving cows free at-nearly-end-of-life is a brilliant idea, subject to Indians cooperating, and the expense of shipping them there in batches being affordable.
We should create an Excel spreadsheet for cost analysis.
Diyasena said ..
[Vanni and Trinco, should definitely be part of the plan..There are thousands of kiri-dennu roaming free all over therre]
Yes. For example view this TamilNet video at
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbS1u-1PChE&feature=player_embedded)
SamP
In this era and probably for a few coming decades the decisive factor in SL political dynamics would be nationalism. Two camps will compete on nationalistic vs anti-nationalistic lines. And nationalistic camp is now at their fullest strength after independence.
If TNA joins UPFA it will be under UPFA conditions. If MR could reject their conditions and threw away their support in PE there is no issue for GE. Even when MR had 2 lax gap in 2005 UPFA welcomed CWC, Chandrasekaran and some minority parties. Apart from perks no other cost.
Nationalistic and anti-nationalistic camps are like two salted seas. Whatever you put inside get dissolved and become same taste. After CWC, etc joining UPFA no change happened toward anti-nationalism. Similarly after Gonseka (considered as a hard core nationalistic hero) joining anti-nationalistic camp he dissolved sooner than expected (thanks to his stupidity too.) I mean even one assume Gonseka some die-hard nationalistic person with strong determination and genius mind still its not possible him to change anti-nationalistic camp into alternative nationalistic camp. It simple doesn't work that way. Those who understand this michanysm in SL politics rejected him just after he joined opposition well before any accusations came public.
So I don't think its a big issue joining TNA if they like to play under our rules. Further, if manipulated well, JHU/JNP can increase their votes too showing 'TNA threat'.
http://www.divaina.com/2010/02/08/feature02.html
This GE might decide whether UNP will have a chance even after 7 years...
Jay said ..
[Mahinda Rajapaksa was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate
...hic...
Mervin will be the next. Asstri too will get a one.]
Hey, but what about you, Jay?
Don't want you to feel left out .. an honorary Ph.D. (Eelam Economics) perhaps?
You should start running for one now. Of course, there is a little matter of ABILITY involved, but what the hell, you can always yell discrimination and get that requirement waived.
But, being a "war winning leader" is a MUST, so you do have to get some stupid Eelamists to offer themselves up to be crushed in unceasing waves in battle.
But that should not be too hard for you .. would it? OK. I got it. You could make a fake video as proof that it has been done and satisfy this requirement! All it requires is a little bit of Photoshop work and a website; TamilNet will do.
Come on now, don't be bashful, RUN, Jay, RUN!
RW says "No Way Jose'", rejecting the Swan for the Elephant!
He just wants to remain UNP party leader until the end of his days!
......
Fonseka coalition falls; UNP wants Elephant
JVP seeks to form new alliance under Swan symbol
By Our Political Editor
The coalition of opposition parties that came together to support retired General Sarath Fonseka at the January 26 Presidential Election has collapsed.
Its main player, the United National Party (UNP), will go it alone with its Elephant symbol at the upcoming parliamentary elections, though it is prepared to do so under the United National Front banner.
“Our district chairmen and party officials have taken a unanimous decision,” party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe told the Sunday Times yesterday. He said the district leaders met soon after the presidential poll to take stock of the situation.
The move this week prompted the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to propose the formation of a new alliance. It sent out invitations to other parties to join. They include Gen. (retd.) Fonseka, (with his Swan symbol and New Democratic Front), Mangala Samaraweera (SLFP –M), Rauff Hakeem (SLMC), Mano Ganeshan (Democratic People’s Front) and Arjuna Ranatunga, who crossed over from Government ranks weeks before the poll.
Some questions have also arisen about the future course of action of the United National Front. This came after one of the UNF constituent parties, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), announced it would work together with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in seeking a political solution to the national question. However, the SLMC has indicated that it would contest elections in alliance with the UNF.
Another UNF constituent, the SLFP (M) led by Mangala Samaraweera, the man who put together the broad front to support Gen. (retd.) Fonseka, has in the past declined to contest under the Elephant symbol. He would thus have to decide whether to change his mind and remain within a depleted, inactive UNF or join the JVP-backed new alliance.
Behind the scenes, moves to persuade the UNP to change its stance have failed. The JVP had tried to persuade the main opposition party to continue with the same arrangement that existed when they together supported General Fonseka. This is by rallying behind the Swan symbol. The UNP, the Sunday Times learnt, has taken up the official position that its alliance was limited only to the Presidential poll and not to the impending parliamentary elections. Party leader Wickremesinghe said that other parties in the alliance, including the JVP took up that position then.
The UNPs Working Committee, the main policy making body, is to meet next week to endorse its decision to contest under the Elephant symbol. A JVP source, who spoke to the Sunday Times on grounds of anonymity, said if the party’s move to form a new alliance fails, the JVP would field candidates on its own. However, the source said the party propose to discuss a common programme of action with the parties invited to form the alliance.
The source also said the JVP would not invite the TNA to join their proposed alliance.
The above news article said ..
[This came after one of the UNF constituent parties, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), announced it would work together with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in seeking a political solution to the national question.]
Interesting, how Anti-National
"Birds of a Feather,
Flock Together!"
http://www.island.lk/2010/02/08/news1.html
UNP to enjoy "new faces" advantage...
UPFA preferential race going to be scary..
/Sri Lanka will acquire sophisticated air and maritime products to bolster security of her coastal waters as required for ongoing oil explorations...:-)
After weeks of research I have found that Sri Lankan opposition coalition has no credible evidence to present at the high Court to nullify PE results.Public has stopped paying attention to the accusations made by opposition over vote rigging and computer theft etc.I can confirm that bickering has begun in the opposition coalition for representation at the GE and UNP has indicated they will represent their partially drowned Elephant.Further I was told that Pawnseka is suffering from a rare mental disorder and he may soon require psychiatric help before court martial or it could be a ploy by his lawyers preparing himself to avoid pending court martial...:-)/
GE,
thanks for the reply, mate.
b4 adding a comment.............i'm not trying to spoil the very timely topic and enthusiasm. its just that the MICRECONOMIC factors should be looked in detail. it is VERY COMPLEX in this industry.
maharajas, nestle, etc. will NOT get into local dairy industry in a LARGER SCALE than their import operation as it goes against their AGENCY agreements.
nestle was in fact involved in VERY LIMITED local dairy/milk industry. but they have SEVERE limitations imposed by themselves.
local companies (with or without FI) must lead the charge. for that to happen, they have to get into the powdered milk market which is where bulk of the profits and revenues are. an aggressive DEMAND PULL strategy is needed. for that sentiments, attitudes, brand loyalty ALSO have to be changed by a sustained promotion campaigns. lower prices alone won't work.
for this to happen the companies must earn sizable profit!!!
once these companies start performing well, we can put pressure on the big guys to toe the line. then we can also impose higher taxes on their imports.
exporting dairy/milk stuff is almost impossible to be honest. many countries have high taxes, very high QC/brand loyalty in allowing imports, strong agencies of MNCs. we have to first establish in SL strongly b4 venturing into overseas markets in a sizable scale.
the garment model does not work in the case of dairy/milk.
an indian economist showed that a COW in the USA/EU earns MANY TIMES MORE than an average indian!!!!
this means, even though the cost of production in rich countries is very high, when MASSIVE SUBSIDIES are factored in, the real cost of production TO THE PRODUCER is low.
this is what our producers will have to compete against.
all this can be done. but the MOST IMPORTANT thing is to break into the powdered milk market. of course cows comes first in production!! but the MOST CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR is to break into the powdered milk market.
diyasena and others,
i doubt UPFA can win 135+ seats. nearing the election the competition becomes severe and UNP are masters in targeting candidates to certain voter groups.
135 is OK.
now there is STIFF competition among potential candidates to get into the candidates list.
there are ppl from ALL the parties in parliament trying to get nominations from UPFA.
UPFA
JVP (NFF)
SLMC
CWC
UPF
UNP
JHU
TMVP
EPDP
TNA (yes!!!)
and other parties not represented in parliament.
1. what the govt should do is to look to the future.
this election advantage will not be there in 2016.
who are the candidates who will become a force in 2016???
give them nominations in priority.
2. who are the guys who will honestly work with MR???
there are those who think differently and they want it their way. these guys should be dropped no matter how good they are.
3. NEVER get CWC and SLMC in.
NUA - yes, SLMC - no. CWC - no.
SLMC & CWC guys ANYWAY join the ruling party after the election.
let them contest from the UNP or alone.
when they join in after the election, they not only ADD to the govt but also REDUCE the opposition!!
NUA-UPFA can win the bonus seat in ampara. forget about the bonus seat in nuwaraeliya. more than that will come back!!
4. govt MAY capitalise on ex-army generals. but its best that they either become politicians with a future after the election or those who step down after the election.
5. at least half of the national list must bring in intellectuals. we need a foreign minister!!!
6. avoid "buyable" MPs as much as possible. since the opportunities are limited, get some to defect to UNP and secure nominations. there are some MPs who are better in the UNP. if elected, they will come back.
others must be given alternative jobs.
e.g. corporations/department heads
this is the sad part in the PR system. but it is more destructive if they spoil the ruling party's advantage.
7. give enough chances to young highflyers. they will be the guys in 2016. we need MANY guys like the young MR of 1970.
the obvious blame will be govt "uses and kicks" ppl. sadly, this will be there. but it is better to get that blame than carry the "burden of gratefulness to MPs". MPs are bound to serve the ppl and apart from what they get DURING THAT TIME, they are not entitled to anything more.
"UNP to enjoy "new faces" advantage..."
UNP will be the definite "winners" of this GE.
UNP stands to gain A LOT and lose NOTHING.
it has only 50 odd MPs now. this will increase to at least 65.
this gives the UNP a HUGE advantage for the 2016 election.
UNP can get a young wimal weerawansa. he will be a MBRL by 2016. a WW from each of the 4 main ethnic groups will be lovely. unfortunately UNP's biggest challenge is RACISM. SLMC, CWC, TNA bargains for votes UNP took for granted 25 years b4. so it is good for UNP to have 4 popularity driven MPs from each of the ethnic groups.
Multipolar often says we blogers always agree with each other. When we have a common goal - "developed and secured SL", of course we finally find a common ground to agree. Non of multipolar's goals - "chase away MR, UNP rule, be the 'wise' bloger, killing time with some useless baseless arguments, etc will coincide with ours. If you remember reading comments from rana, pansilu, really cold, really warm etc to lankaputhra, lak, etc and fake tata, fake rasika etc you may feel really sorry for the guy..
if the UPFA preference vote battle become intense, which is very likely, that will favour the UNP.
UPFA should also look at winning EASY seats in the north. easy in the sense FEW votes for a seat.
UPFA should MAKE IT 100% SURE all nomination papers, etc. are perfect. this is taken for granted by parties but given the desperation this time, there will be trojan horses who will insert their name in the UPFA list and in the list of a crap independant group. this means the UPFA list too will be rejected.
this will be a disaster.
OTOH if this can be done to the UNP it will be lovely. if the UNP candidates list can be rejected for double nominations, under age, terrorism, separatism or whatever, from a sizable district say colombo, gampaha, kandy, kurunegala, etc. it will be FANTASTIC.
these are the tactics that give an UNFAIR advantage. only such an advantage can get 150+ seats.
/these are the tactics that give an UNFAIR advantage. only such an advantage can get 150+ seats./
I don't think even in this case 150 is possible. Recall 3-wheel guy won CMC not UPFA.
/it has only 50 odd MPs now. this will increase to at least 65./
I think less than 50 - around 40. I too guess UNP MPs will become 65 - excluding other party member.
/this gives the UNP a HUGE advantage for the 2016 election./
Not necessarily.
/UNP can get a young wimal weerawansa./
If you mean a good 'talker' - might be. But no way a real nationalistic leader like WW.
/there are ppl from ALL the parties in parliament trying to get nominations from UPFA./
Issue here is these parties make own agreements usual condition included is no problem is they switch sides. Anyway nothing to do even own party member did so under current law.
If UPFA didn't think 6 years ahead they may end up 50% getting elected switching side after 2-3 years.
But need to say this is really hard issue for UPFA.
Ninja,
Rana's non-MP part of the behavior reminds me the typical member from 4th International or ViCoSa.
People like WW, PCR, RajithaS, KeheliyaR, LakshmanYA, (group1) did a great job in PE campaign and also when war was there. At the same time people like NimalSS, SusilP, MaithreeS (group2) etc were just making more problems, getting more unpopular among mass. Ironically, now its group1 has o get nominations from group2!
ninja,
3 wheeler guy..
no. that would not happen in a GE.
many young MPs in the UNP NOW, against not many in the UPFA CERTAINLY gives a big advantage for the UNP in 2016.
compare group 1 and group 2 of yours!!!
one BIG difference is the age and innovation.
re: UNP WWs
not just good talkers but guys who play for the POPULAR OPINION. this is an easy way to EXTREAME POPULARITY for an opposition party.
given the absece of such fellows in the JVP (which they were known for), UNP has a chance.
Ananda
In Sri lanka it has been shown that certain elephant grass types can yield 60,000-75,000kg of dry matter per hectare a year. A 1000 pound cow needs about 10,000 pounds of dry matter a year.
We potential only need about 20,000 acres of elephant grass to feed the cows. This kind of low country grown dry matter can be brought in by rail. This is the cheapest way I can think of.
I think that the spreassheet idea is good.
Moshe
I agree 100% with what you say about the current big shots in the market. We should expect this.
Then when we build the needed factories, we can allow the local companies and local upstart companies to use them. Instead of starting out from scratch and taking out loans to build a factory, the local companies can enjoy the service of these factory built by gove money. I think this will help the local dairy industry take off like a rocket.
A brazilian company currently builds milk processing factories that are capable of coverting 215 million liters of fresh milk into powder per year. Each factory costs about $39 million and takes 20 months to build.
We only need about 4 of these factories to convert 860 million liters of fresh milk into powder. But I think 3 would be enough because there is a market for fresh milk, butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.
If we invest $200 million for dairy infrastructure in 18 months we will finally have the factories needed to produce the local dairy products at a cheap price. Its a one time investment, which has been overdue for 60 years.
I think that we can have a market for our products overseas. I mean if developing countries produce milk and milk products for exports it will be cheaper than the ones produced in the industrialized world. Maybe not in the markets of the industrialized world but certainly in the developing world. In the latter cost is more of an issue that brand names, so we have an advantage. Don't you think?
Guys
I like all thinking and contributing.
Ananda
I strongly believe that India will accept our nearly used up cows for free.
Just ship them over the palk straits and let them sort it out which poor farmers get the cows.
Ananda and others,
guys, the russian loan facility which is an old agreement, is not much help to SL.
i'm sure MR comes home disappointed. he wanted much more, especially for RECONSTRUCTION and DEVELOPMENT.
so far almost nothing.
we need a sustainable defence mechanism. not one that is based on loans. loans are OK during the war (the investment stage), but not now.
at least a royalty based AK-47 producing factory. many countries produce the AK-47 without any royalty. if SL can agree for royalty russians will love to help. that will also keep us conected with later/latest developments in guns, RPGs, launchers.
or a YAK plane production facility. this is a CRAP plane but can be developed to suit SL needs. of course we cannot think of having MiG, SU, KA, MIL, etc, facilities!!!
a russian sub base would be too much for an ask. but if so, both china and india will not protest too much.
the worst part is, if this loan pushes us to buy things we don't need, that will have to be overhauled and the overhaul would cost more than the price.
give us a fishing kit, not a bloody fish. follow confusius, not jesus in this regard.
GE,
agree. that is a good way of SUBSIDISING which is essential for a start. in proportion there will be a reduction in CONSUMPTION SUBSIDIES.
once the momentum picks up, the industry will take care of itself. a little push when times are bad is, well, OK. but not at other times which will affect our cost controls.
cultivation, cows and fisheries can be the backbone of our "cottage industries" in the RECOLONIZATION model. soon these guys will have money to invest. and expand.
Golden Eagle,
"When it comes to cows who are approaching the end of their "shelf life", we can send to india, whose poor farmers will get them for free. There are alsways poor farmers in india who will appriciate a free cow. We have to send these cows about 2-3 years before the cows they reach their past-the-milk prime stage, so that the poor indian farmers can also get some profit in this deal. Killing cows is illegal in India."
GE as well intentioned as you are we should give nothing "free" to anyone, especially an important resource such as this which as described here is a major investment. If in SL people have a problem eating beef then package and export it.
To be blunt, let Indian farmers suffer. Indian Government should look after them instead of trying to build aircraft carriers and moon bases. It is not our problem. And I will guarantee you they will not “appreciate” it. In fact they will take it for granted and eventually start demanding it.
Moshe
Exactly. The rich nations subsidize their dairy industry, so we should at least help out our guys in the infrastructure aspect.
Once they get the momentum we can stand back and admire our local fully functioning dairy industry.
Pol sambol
I see where you are coming from. But I doubt that many will be willing to slaughter the cows for beef in sri lanka.
I think already there is a law that bans the slaughter of cows in Sri lanka.
agree with pol on old cows, beef, etc.
a google search gave me this.
"India: With the world's largest bovine herd, beef and buffalo meat production is forecast to rise five per cent, primarily driven by strong domestic demand. Buffalo meat is cost competitive compared to other meat products and is widely accepted among Indian consumers. Firm demand for exports will also bolster production."
http://www.thebeefsite.com/articles/2190/world-beef-trade-overview-october-2009
looks like india is the 5th largest beef producer!!!
unbelievable!!! i thought these guys worship cows and bulls.
behind argentina, USA, china and brazil, comes india.
although cows may not be killed in india by law a poor desperate farmer and a meat stall guy who is looking for a bargain can make the most of a old cow secretly.
we have to gradually replce low yielding cows with high yielding ones.
although its cruel to kill cows, we have to be practical too. an old cow would eat as much as a young cow. they being at the bottom of the food chain, eat A LOT. and no return. OTOH selling beef may mean life and death for the small farmer and for the industry.
come to think of it milk is cow's blood. it has a totally different colour and a slightly different content to blood. nature's way of blood trnasfussion. strangely all mamals can be medically subjected to blood transfusuion. different with most other animals.
cow blood = milk ox/bull/buffalo/cow flesh = beef
for a different reason hen meat is not sold as chicken. it goes as chicken nuggets, etc. (processed chicken).
a small farmer will have to recover part of his cost this way too. otherwise his cost further increases unnecessarily.
so many cruel things happen in animal husbandry. cutting sheep's wool is another horrible thing.
veal is another example.
but this is the only way this industry can survive and COMPETE.
The latest from Lanka Eccentric News.
40% of the nation is against MR, therefore things are not good. What these green monkeys didn't know is that 48+ % was against MR in 2005 and he has turned 12 % to his side in last 4 years.
Sensitive topic for some, but whats wrong with eating beef/killing livestock for consumption? (Unless its infected or something).
Even though there are laws against it, it happens anyway in SL, especially muslim cattle rustling cartels.
"Change now
There is much talk about election malpractices. Have people forgotten the accusation made by the UNP that there was an attempt to kill their leaders by firing ‘thermobaric’ weapons on them as they made their merry way in 2001 in a luxury election office bus?
After the election, Ranil Wickremesinghe became Prime Minister and nothing came of that allegation.
Naturally any attempt on Wickremesinghe must have earth-shaking, headline-capturing possibilities.
Thermobaric weapons, my foot!
Was not a pop gun good enough for Ranil?
The main accused at that time was the late Sripathi, Mangala’s man Friday.
What happened to Sripathi after that?
He joined Ranil with Mangala to become ‘kissing cousins’.
Lasantha Fernando
Colombo
"
http://www.island.lk/2010/02/08/opinion6.html
/Sam Perera said...
The latest from Lanka Eccentric News.
40% of the nation is against MR, therefore things are not good. What these green monkeys didn't know is that 48+ % was against MR in 2005 and he has turned 12 % to his side in last 4 years./
Perhaps LeN is working now on making MR 58% even higher.... I was pretty impressed on the start of GE propaganda by LeN clowns. (God bless that UOC law faculty guy.) They have no problem why 60% rejected their candidate. HIKz
http://www.lankadeepa.lk/2010/02/07/front_news/02.htm
Any comments?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/asia/08lanka.html
there is a nice article on royal college in BBC on its 175 year.
but its deputy principal is a complete dumb whore.
she says,
Mrs Attygalle sees multilingualism as a "very strong weapon" against three things which she says have plagued this island: colonialism, nationalism and separatism.
if such foolish bitches are allowed to poison kids, that is a tragedy.
it is not nationalism, bitch, it is racism.
never mix up the 2.
racism - racially prejudiced
nationalism - national interest or bluntly, nationally "prejudiced".
SL was never in trouble for nationalism.
Ninja,
NT Times-these are the crowning achievements of absolutely stupid and equally stubborn Prabkaran. It will take a little for Eelamods to understand the futility of the Eelam struggle. Until then they will pour millions to destabilize Sri Lanka just like they did for PE.
seperate from the earlier topic.....
anyway no point teaching sinhala kids tamil and tamil kids sinhala.
it would be better to teach BOTH kids english, chinese, german, japanese, etc. which is actually happening at RC TODAY. MOST kids who study these languages don't study each others' language.
a productive move.
when 2 ppl meet they ONLY NEED ONE language to communicate!!!!! make it an economically profitable one too.
Any idea of what happened to commander Kones?
The TNA and the SLMC would be well advised to abandon their racist, aparthied aspirations, and adopt the common aspirations of the majority of the people of Sri Lanka.
If they don't do that, they will continue to lead the Tamil people towards their destruction. Tamils are a very small MINORITY in Sri Lanka .. about 8% of the total population (4.6% Indian Tamil, 3.6% Sri Lanka Tamil) .. they CANNOT IMPOSE their separatist will on Sri Lanka.
Adopting the same FAILED policies of the past, and expecting a different RESULT, is the very DEFINITION of STUPIDITY.
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TNA, SLMC must talk to President: Positive stance vital to fulfil N-E aspirations
by Ananth PALAKIDNAR and P. Krishnaswamy
The minority parties, particularly the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) must talk to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and take a positive stance towards fulfilling the political aspirations of the people in the North and the East said People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) leader Dharmalingam Sitharthan. PLOTE is a constituent party in the Democratic Tamil National Alliance.
Commenting on the post-poll stance of the TNA and the SLMC, Sitharthan told the Sunday Observer that it was very clear that the extreme attitude towards dealing with the political and humanitarian issues of the North and the East would not help at all in settling the ethnic question.
“President Rajapaksa’s landslide victory at the presidential poll has highlighted that the majority of the people have accepted his leadership. Therefore, whatever issues with regard to the minorities should be discussed with the President.
The TNA should not make the mistakes it made prior to the end of LTTE anarchy. The opportunities, the Tamil and the Muslim parties had to solve the minority issues were shattered due to the LTTE’s belief in the war path.
The Democratic Tamil National Alliance comprising the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), PLOTE and the EPRLF (Naba) are ready to join hands with other minority parties as long as a common stance is reached in dealing with the minority issues.
Indications are strong that even at the parliamentary polls the United People’s Freedom Alliance led by President Rajapaksa is expected to have a healthy outcome. Therefore, instead of going for wrong options the TNA and the SLMC must act sensibly in settling the minority issues by amicably dealing with the President,” Sitharthan said.
Meanwhile, a TNA parliamentarian told the Sunday Observer on the condition of anonymity that his personal view was that if his fellow parliamentarians of the TNA were genuinely interested in the welfare of the people of the North and the East, they should support President Rajapaksa who has been re-elected for a second term of seven years, instead of taking recourse to vain vociferations to appease the opposition UNA.
He wished that their party changed its political alliance and stance before filing nominations for the general election that is round the corner, he said.
President Rajapaksa is sincerely committed to the welfare of the Northern and Eastern Tamils and had pledged that the resettlement, rehabilitation and all development programs will be continued unhampered after his re-election. He has also pledged devolution of powers for them.
The TNA should join hands with the President in this process, he said.
Sri Lanka opposition parties scramble for nominations
ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Feb 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka's opposition parties are scrambling to decide on their nominations for the upcoming general election to be held some time this year.
Reportedly, the opposition parties that experienced defeat at the presidential election are in confusion and disagreement on how to contest the polls.
Sri Lanka's main opposition, United National Party, under the leadership of Ranil Wickremasinghe has decided to contest under the elephant symbol.
According to the media reports their allied one-man parties, Mahajana Wing led by Mangala Samaraweera and Democratic People's Front led by Mano Ganesan have decided to contest under the swan symbol along with the defeated candidate General Sarath Fonseka.
Meanwhile Wickremasinghe has reportedly requested Sarath Fonseka to take over the deputy leader post of the United National Front and contest under the elephant symbol which Fonseka has refused.
The minority parties Tamil National Alliance and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress meanwhile are in discussions to form a common front for the Tamil speaking people, they say. The move may sway some UNP members to join this alliance, political observers predict.
Meanwhile the Tamil party in the East, TMVP has not yet decided whether to contest independently or to be under the ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
Moshe,
re: Deputy principal of Royal
That cow called me a hot headed racist once, for being nationalist..She also disliked me speaking with her in Sinhalese outside class..
Dunno about the whore part.., but man that woman used to have a magnificent pair of tits..The dream of every young Royalist in the 90s
Golden Eagle,
You may be interested in this article FACTORS INFLUENCING THE AMOUNTS OF LAND NEEDED TO PRODUCE ROUGHAGE FOR DAIRY CATTLE IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS, L. R. FRYMAN AND W. B. NEVENS
Diyasena,
What.. "The dream of every young Royalist in the 90s" was not pure unadulterated learning?
Disce' aut Discede', my boy!
LoL!
diyasena,
well the "w" word bcos i was infuriated.
but her tits (i'm sure its the same person) are legendary and internationally renowned. i wasn't at RC, left SL after primary school, but came to know of these tits from friends.
ananda is obviously jealous!! :)
ananda,
"Tamils are a very small MINORITY in Sri Lanka .. about 8% of the total population (4.6% Indian Tamil, 3.6% Sri Lanka Tamil)"
nope.
SL tamils are 8%. 3.6% in districts where the census was carried out. assuming at that time 45% of SL tamils lived in districts the census was carried out, 3.6%/45% = 8%.
8% + 4.6% = 12.6%.
4.6 indian tamils are very much integrated DESPITE arriving late in SL.
out of the 8%, about 4% are also integrated and live with others with TE demands and voting for racists.
so its actually 4% of the pop we are talking about.
if TNA and SLMC joins, FANTASTIC!!
most mulims will reject that mule.
gonason, gonseka and gongala contesting under SWINE is going to be funny. that means they already have given up on the UNP's ability to win bonus seats even in colombo.
/but its deputy principal is a complete dumb whore./
RC and AC kind of representatives of anti-nationalistic camp and nationalistic camp.. I mean kind of..
multipolar taking medicine now..?
Ganja bijja Ninja,
Give him a break would you.
He is suffering hyper tension because of you people. He went to Sri Lanka to meet Fonseka. On the way he will drop at Sambandan uncle's place.
With love,
Anus
XOXOOOOOOOOOOO
Ninja, Sam,
What does the NYT article say? Sorry link isn't loading for me :S
"Sam Perera said...
Any idea of what happened to commander Kones? "
Kones - Completely made up by the Times
Kones - Slightly modified by the Times. Might be one of the "jihadi group" aka set of thieves and under world type of thugs operating with SLMC hence Hakeems earlier non-stop babbling about Kones/Armed group in the East and it being "a government group/ government fiction" and denials of such a things existence.
May also involve ex-LTTEers taking part to make a living since that is all the "liberation heroes" know i.e. death, violence, power/authority by gun, thuggary and of course subservience to suddha.
Moshe,
A proper statistic needs to be done of Tamils in North and East.
This way we can find out what actual percentage of the population they are.
Still abuse of the 1982 statistic continues.
When they were 12% they made unreasonable demands.
Its fair to assume they will make even more ridiculous demands when their number is confirmed to be 8%.
pol,
definitely.
even the elections commissioner said so.
but GOSL thinks otherwise. they are waiting till 2011 (next year) to do the census bcos it happens every ***1 year.
the 8% is based on a back of the envelope calc.
SL pop = 20,000K
tamil diaspora = 1,300K
tamil pop % in 1981 = 12.6%
SL + tamil diaspora = 21,300K
of which 12.5% = 2,683K
of which 1,300k is in the diaspora
tamils in SL = 2,683-1,300=1,383K
% = 1,383/20,000
= 7%
part of the indian tamil community becomes SL tamils as years go by!!!! (you can see this if you look at their respective % over the years)
assuming it is 1%.
SL tamils = 8%
indian tamil % stays same as they illegally migrate to SL every year.
tamil migration cycle
tamil madu
| (illegal migration)
|
indian tamils in SL
| (as time goes by)
|
SL tamils in SL
| (rights and privileges)
|
free world class education, better facilities than tamil madu
| (extortion)
|
create tamil elam BS violence
| (boats)
|
seek asylum in first world countries using SL as a springboard
they call them kallathonis (illegal boat ppl).
who???
they.
whom??
they.
as with any community, not all are same. most tamils are good if not misled by 79 years of racist politics.
PS
NYT report
/Still abuse of the 1982 statistic continues./
Actually if we EC can do real quick census at least in Jaffna before GE we can reduce at least 6 TNA fake seats. But I am not positive for timing.
Even they get 20 MPs isn't it ridiculous asking 1/3 country for <10% population in a 225MP parliament..?
"In the meantime, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe had rung up President Rajapaksa. During the brief chat that ensued, Ranil Wickremesinghe had asked the President, “Haven’t both you and I won?” The UNP leader had also asked the President to increase the security of General Fonseka. The President had asked Wickremesinghe to tell Fonseka to make a written request to him."
http://www.nation.lk/2010/02/07/politics.htm
According to the Nation, more crap protests and other BS is planned.
I really hope UNP/JVP gets hammered and Gonseka loses.
"The World Tamils Protection Conference has threatened to send one lakh youth from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka to agitate if the island nation fails to resettle the 3.50 lakh Lankan Tamils from Mulveli camp at their respective villages within 100 days."
http://tinyurl.com/yelk935
Oooch! Real tough talk here, but one year too late.
Moshe here comes the first lot!
Hello All
I'm a fan of this forum.
Regarding the population of jaffna, Dept of census had completed a census in 2007 for jaffna district.
Census of Jaffna 2007
population has gone down significantly.
mangala,
welcome.
and thank you for that report. we love that kinda stuff here.
we are aware of this which was done by the SLA. but it was confined to jaffna only.
also war escalated after 2007. things are significantly different in the north east (except the ampara district).
but for standardisation, parliamentary seats, etc. we still use 1981 data.
pol,
do they read srilankadefenceforum.blogspot????
tamil madu will have to get ready for the third vijayabahu attack.
a british man has been arrested in israel for the crime of anti-israeli protests.
our country, our law.
a good lesson for SL.
Moshe Dyan said ..
[SL tamils are 8%. 3.6% in districts where the census was carried out. assuming at that time 45% of SL tamils lived in districts the census was carried out, 3.6%/45% = 8%.
8% + 4.6% = 12.6%.]
I disagree; this is the old estimate.
I think the total Tamil population is 8-9% at most.
However, I am certain a census will be performed very soon after the GE, and we will soon know the truth.
How likely is this?
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“Sinister nexus” abroad: Colombo
B. Muralidhar Reddy
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Sunday said that a “sinister nexus” seemed to be surfacing between the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-United National Party (UNP) alliance and pro-LTTE groups abroad.
In a statement here on protests in London on the nation’s Independence Day, the Minister maintained that such a nexus would be detrimental to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. It said the a group of around 25 JVP and UNP supporters had carried out a protest opposite the Sri Lankan mission in London on February 4 against the results of the presidential election and that another group carrying LTTE flags attempted to destroy the national flag in the vicinity.
Oh! Oh! This spells trouble for us!
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UPFA in quandary over nominations
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Island,lk
February 08, 2010
Ruling party sources said that talks among constituent parties of the UPFA, on nominations for the upcoming parliamentary elections would be difficult, particularly in view of the breakaway faction of the JVP, the National Freedom Front, the Jathika Hela Urumaya, UNP dissidents and several newcomers to parliamentary politics seeking the UPFA ticket.
At the last parliamentary elections in April, 2004, the JHU went it alone and subsequently joined President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government.
Sources said that there was fierce competition to secure nominations to contest 16 electoral districts outside the Northern and Eastern provinces.
Sources said that those who were not confident of public support even if given nominations wanted National List slots. On the other hand, the UNP and JVP would be able to accommodate many newcomers as over 30 members, who entered parliament on being elected or through the National List are with the UPFA today.
Responding to The Island queries, sources said that the situation had been further complicated by a decision taken by Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake to reduce the number of elected representatives from the Colombo District by one and increase the number of elected MPs from the Anuradhapura District by one. At the last parliamentary election, Colombo and Anuradhapura elected 20 and eight MPs, respectively.
Sources said the Communist Party and the LSSP would jointly field candidates in a bid to win what ministerial sources called the left vote. Among the candidates expected to join the fray is veteran politician Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a member of the Colombo Municipal Council and advisor to the President. Sources said Nanayakkara was likely to contest from the Ratnapura District.
Sources revealed that the CP-LSSP alliance would back MEP leader Dinesh Gunawardene, particularly in the Avissawella electorate.
Sources said that Western Provincial Councillors, Thilanga Sumathipala and Duminda Silva were likely to receive nominations to contest the Colombo District thereby intensifying the battle for parliamentary slots.
Sources said that the recently formed Sri Lanka National Congress, too, was likely to seek three slots in two electoral districts, with its leader Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda contesting Colombo. Sources said Moragoda was likely to ask for two slots in Colombo and one in Puttalam.
Sources said that except for Hemakumara Nanayakkara, who quit active politics, all UPFA members of the sixth Parliament as well as those who had switched their allegiance to the President after being elected on the UNP ticket would be accommodated. Sources said the contest in some districts, particularly Katutara and Gampaha, would be fierce with former JVP heavyweight Nandana Gunatilleke and UNP dissidents, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and Mahinda Samarasinghe entering the fray.
UPFA in quandary over nominations
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Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremenayake, who had represented the Kalutara District previously, entered the sixth parliament on the UPFA National List. As Wickremanayake hadn’t been accommodated in the original National List, one of the appointed MPs quit paving the way for him. Sources speculated that the Prime Minister’s son, Vidura, may want to contest the coming election, though he failed at the April 2004 general election. The Prime Minister would be accommodated on the National List, the sources said.
Except JHU parliamentary group leader Ven. Athureliye Ratana, MP, other monks would not contest this time, though the lay members of the JHU would join the fray. Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka is expected to contest the Colombo district. Sources said that a final decision on JHU candidates would be taken today (Feb 8). NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa, too, will contest from Colombo.
Sources said that contrary to reports, the breakaway LTTE faction, the TMVP would contest on the UPFA ticket. The CWC, too, would remain with the government, sources said emphasising that all political parties which supported the President at his successful re-election bid would be on one side.
ALL Sri Lankan Tamils will have EQUAL RIGHTS again, as full citizens of Sri Lanka, as they did 30 years ago before they fell prey to the beguiling racist, apartheid promises of the separatists. Greed for easy gain clouded their judgment then.
Whether they will ENJOY those equal rights NOW will depend on whether they can dispel and cleanse their minds of the unjust unequal rights promised to them by the separatists, give them up, and move forward to SHARE the COMMON DESTINY COMMON of ALL Sri Lankans!
The choice is theirs, but their fellow citizens of Sri Lanka will give them NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS!
That is the REALITY of it.
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Cry for Self-Rule by Tamils Is Muffled by Reality
By LYDIA POLGREEN
February 7, 2010
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Jaffna is a city of ruins. Some are physical, like the overgrown jumbles of mold-streaked concrete where graceful buildings used to stand. But perhaps the biggest ruin of the Tamil Tiger insurgency against the Sri Lankan government is the very thing the Tigers wanted most: any hope of self-rule.
After 26 years of war that ended with a decisive government assault last May, Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority seems no closer to winning a measure of autonomy in a Sinhalese-dominated nation, and Tamil nationalism, the cri de coeur of the Tamil Tiger insurgency, seems all but dead.
“All of this armed struggle, so many dead and wounded, for what?” said P. Balasundarampillai, who leads the Citizen Committee in this city on the claw-shaped peninsula of the northern Tamil heartland. “In many spheres of public life our role is very much reduced. Economically we are weak, and politically we are weak.”
Just how little power Tamils have was made plain in last month’s presidential election. Though the Tamil Tigers’ war for a separate homeland in the north and east of this island nation has dominated life in Sri Lanka for nearly three decades, the question of how to address the root causes of the conflict — perceived discrimination by the Sinhalese majority against the Tamils — barely figured in the campaign.
Instead it was a contest between two men claiming the mantle of war hero for vanquishing the Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his former military chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka.
The main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, cast its lot with General Fonseka, betting that a fragile coalition with disaffected Sinhalese and Muslim voters could dislodge the popular incumbent. The gamble failed, and Mr. Rajapaksa rode to a resounding 17-point victory.
Now more powerful than ever, Mr. Rajapaksa has given vague assurances about unifying the country. He has made clear, however, what is not on the table. Federalism, the starting point for virtually every Tamil party, is not acceptable, he said. Nor is he willing to merge the provinces in the north and east to create a large, Tamil-dominated state.
Mr. Rajapaksa has, however, said he would cede some powers to the existing provinces, which was required by a constitutional amendment but never fully put into practice.
This leaves many Tamils wondering where this shattered community will go from here. The Jaffna Peninsula, the cultural heart of Tamil life, lost hundreds of thousands of residents over the course of the war. About 100,000 are dead, but many more have fled.
Far from Colombo’s shimmering seaside skyscrapers, the hollowed-out city of Jaffna seems stuck a generation behind the rest of the country. For every inhabited house stands an abandoned, weed-choked one. Many buildings still bear bullet scars even though the last fighting here was in 1996. Its famous university, once among South Asia’s best, is crumbling.
Cry for Self-Rule by Tamils Is Muffled by Reality
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These ghostly vistas are a stark contrast to the camps just south of here where at least 100,000 people live in squalid detention camps, awaiting the government’s permission to go home.
A political settlement to what is known here as “the Tamil question” remains as elusive as ever.
Professor S. K. Sitrampalam, a historian who is also a senior member of one of the largest Tamil political parties, said that there was “a history of broken promises and missed opportunities” between the government and the Tamils.
Part of the problem for the Tamils is that the war left few political leaders standing. Many talented and skilled Tamils fled to exile in Canada, England, the United States and elsewhere. Velupillai Prabhakaran, the ruthless rebel commander and self-proclaimed leader of the Tamil people, was killed in the Tigers’ last stand. Before that, his forces had systematically purged dissident leaders in a series of chilling assassinations.
Other Tamil political parties have joined forces with the government, seeing little point in struggling against the majority. Douglas Devananda, a former Tiger who has become a powerful minister in Mr. Rajapaksa’s government, said it was better to work with those in power to gain something rather than remain on the sidelines achieving little.
Still, asked what he had achieved for the Tamils, the barrel-chested former fighter seemed at a loss.
“It is difficult to say,” he said. “There are a lot of achievements. Ask the people. They will tell you.”
But he conceded that the Tamils, having overwhelmingly opposed the president’s re-election, were in no position to make demands from the government.
For young Tamils the frustration is even greater.
“With the defeat of the Tigers the political power of the Tamil people is gone,” said S. Arihan, president of the student union at the University of Jaffna.
Like many Tamils in the north, he said he hoped that international pressure would force the government to act.
But such hopes are unrealistic, said Ahilan Kadirgamar of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, an organization that is trying to reconcile the country’s ethnic divides. Hard-line nationalists “just keep waiting for the international community, but it is not going to deliver,” he said.
Indeed, much of the ideology of Tamil nationalism was formed in the 1970s and ’80s, when Tamils were facing pogroms and fleeing the country by the thousands.
An armed struggle for an independent state had a certain logic then, analysts say. But in postwar Sri Lanka the situation is less black and white, and many Tamils are focused on recovering from war.
“People have been so battered by the war that the basic issues, like resettlement and jobs, that is what is foremost in their minds,” Mr. Kadirgamar said. “It is not that the desire for a political solution is gone; it just needs to take account for the ground realities of today.”
Fonseka Naadagama at www.com
Ananda,
"B. Muralidhar Reddy
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Sunday said that a “sinister nexus” seemed to be surfacing between the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-United National Party (UNP) alliance and pro-LTTE groups abroad.
In a statement here on protests in London on the nation’s Independence Day, the Minister maintained that such a nexus would be detrimental to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. It said the a group of around 25 JVP and UNP supporters had carried out a protest opposite the Sri Lankan mission in London on February 4 against the results of the presidential election and that another group carrying LTTE flags attempted to destroy the national flag in the vicinity.
February 8, 2010 1:59 AM"
I heard about this and that it was our eelam tards up to their usual, but guess i was wrong.
Shameless UNP gimps.
Its not secret they are "do business" with the LTTE in London. Former HCs husband made a lot of money.
The current head can't speak in Sinhala or English and is just as inept as hte previous one. But is nationalistic.
Ukraine Election:
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=7128
Ukranians have just learnt their lessons.
We, as a nation, are much foresighted. Hat off to our people!!
FROM THE BBC
Fonseka to 'testify on war crimes'
Sri Lanka's former military commander says that he is prepared to give evidence in an international court on war crime charges against Sri Lanka.
General Sarath Fonseka speaking to journalists in Colombo on Monday said, "I am not going to save anyone who has committed war crimes".
International human rights organisations as well as the US state department has alleged that the Sri Lankan government committed war crimes during the final phase of the war against Tamil Tigers.
Several human rights organisations have called to try the Sri Lankan state in international courts on alleged abuses against civilians and surrendees.
During the presidential election where Gen. Fonseka challenged president Mahinda Rajapaksa, both claimed credit for defeating the LTTE.
"I am definitely going to reveal what I know, what I was told and what I heard. Any one who has committed war crimes should definitely be brought into courts," Gen. Fonseka said.
"Those who reveal the truth are not traitors" he added.
Correction, New Rasika (16428032408582506310) is also Rana, not the Rasika above. A few hours ago he used the handle "B Wise to C Light."
I don't see any comments from new Rasika, perhaps already deleted by blog Admin?
Anyway my profile id is
01167359428651450630
I can't believe an Engineer from University of Peradeniya falls into such stupid acts unless he is out of his head (I never bought the claim that this guy is mentally sick, well this guy himself proved the claim is completely true
Breaking News........
According to Rupavahini, SF is arrested by military police and he is to face a court marshal.
What would have been the effect on the presidential election if Sri Lanka had ubiquitous Internet Access? [This Ukraine Election got me thinking about this]
I feel that SF would have won hands down as more people (particularly young keyboard warriors - FB crowd) would align with western thinking.
So the question is: if we are to provide country wide Internet Infrastructure, what action do we need to take protect our national values?
General Fonseka has been arrested by the Military Police short while ago.
Fonseka to face Court Marshal: MCNS
UPDATE: General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka has been taken into custody by the Military Police, says Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) Director General Lakshman Hulugalle.
Mr. Hulugalle said that General Fonseka was arrested for discussing with certain sections of the Opposition, conspiring to topple the government and also for creating divisions within the Sri Lanka Army while he was its Commander and also when he was the Chief of Defence Staff.
The retired General is to face a Court Marshal where evidence against him will be produced, Mr. Hulugalle told the media.
Earlier in the evening, the BBC carried the following report:
Sri Lanka’s former military commander says that he is prepared to give evidence in an international court on war crime charges against Sri Lanka. General Sarath Fonseka speaking to journalists in Colomboon Monday said, “I am not going to save anyone who has committed war crimes”.
International human rights organisations as well as the US State Department have alleged that the Sri Lankan government committed war crimes during the final phase of the war against Tamil Tigers.
Several human rights organisations have called to try the Sri Lankan state in international courts on alleged abuses against civilians and surrendees.
During the presidential election where Gen. Fonseka challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa, both claimed credit for defeating the LTTE.
“I am definitely going to reveal what I know, what I was told and what I heard. Anyone who has committed war crimes should definitely be brought into courts,” Gen. Fonseka said.
“Those who reveal the truth are not traitors,” he added.
TTBO,
Can you please give me the link to BBC?
Illan lema 2 HIKz
/Fonseka ready to be arrested
Monday, 08 February 2010 19:12
General Sarath Fonseka says the government should arrest him if he had attempted to stage a coup as claimed by the authorities and the failure to take him in to custody could only mean that the claims are fabricated.
“The government should arrest me first if I planned to stage a military coup and they have not done so because it is a fabricated story,” the General said speaking family members of former military personnel taken into custody while being employed under him during the presidential elections./
If the Government is smart, they should put him on trial for war crimes.
Fonseka Arrested:
I am deeply saddened by the way this has happened. However, I had no idea that we have such a power hungry traitor commanding the army. Apparently, he is not willing to spare anything including dragging our soldiers to a war crime tribunal for his greed of power. We should strip this man of his military titles, civil rights, and a sentence sufficient for treason. However, it will be the best if we can pardon him at least once for treachery.
If the Government is smart, they should put him on trial for "war crimes". That would silence those liars in the West, or at least expose them WHEN they come rushing to his defence.
Better yet LINK him to the West, the whole Blake triangle. Time to bring all the dirty linen out with a twist to the West, i.e. LTTE human shield attempt made in collusion between Tamilia and te West to justify intervention.
Its clear Gonseka's statement to the BBC is linked to the SundayTimes article saying he would be arrested.
The scum bag gave it as his "escape" root, so that when he is arrested it would be seen as response to this, NOT coup charges.
Oh look multipolar is here!
"Parrots of Pakisland said...
"If the Government is smart, they should put him on trial for war crimes."
Stupid statement by a parrot.
There will be severe repercussions by the IP on treatment of SF.
SF has done lot of unethical things, however he should be forgiven and let go.
This will backfire against MR and GR.
February 8, 2010 9:20 AM
Please tell us what they are before you get deleted.
/General Sarath Fonseka speaking to journalists in Colombo on Monday said, "I am not going to save anyone who has committed war crimes"./
This was well expected by many of us and GSL, after his PE defeat. Kalawedda now can only do one thing-lying. Lets see Gonseka's ability on destroying our motherland on behalf of his new masters.
Jay and multipolar engaging in back patting on Defencewire?? Hikz.
Fonseka Arrested
I think this is the correct move and the best politically.
Fonseka surely attempted to take over the government by undemocratic means two times now.
He and his loyal supporters and people who has a burning rage and jealousy over MR still believe they should pursue that path.
I identfy three groups of people here.
1.People who are buring with jelosy.
Mangala, Tiran Alles, Chandrika gang.
2. People who are buring with rage.
Tamil diaspora, TNA.
3.People who want power by any means.
Some elemets in UNP-JVP , Ravi Karunanayaka, Anura Dissanayak are leading this gang, others are not clear.
Surprisingly RW is not one of them, he seems to understand the danger.
We cannot allow our country to slip in to anarchy.
This arrest will scare his supporters, who were attempting to get the power by any means.
This also proves that governmnet has nothing to hide.
If governmnet has commited war crimes they would not arrest SF, but would attempt to entertain him.
SF has no power now, people have rejected him, UNP doesnt want him, he has no leavarage, his only trump card was this "war crimes" story, by arresting his governmnet has shown they are not afraid of his stories.
Politically and militarily, it could be justifiable. But, morally, still I am hesitant.
BoviCanine,
I had the same thought. This is not a Keppetipola but a Pilimathawe. According to BBC he is ready to drag our soldiers in to a war crimes tribunal.
He is not a good loser, and we predicted that he can stoop to a any low level after people rejects him. All that grand statements he made after Sunday Leader interview that he takes all the responsibility for operations under his command seem nothing for him after the election defeat.
I am saddened by the overall event that SF took such a wrong turn, but I can't keep my eyes shut if Fonseka tries to frame our soldiers for bogus war crime charges.
Interesting point there Sam.
Scumseka said on the 15th of December 2009 that he will take responsibility for everything that happened during the war AND that "no war crimes happened"? Now he says something different (again). His forked tongue is worse than Tamilia and suddhas combined
Yes Sam, I agree with you. That's why I say that it is politically and militarily justifiable for the sake of the motherland.
However, I have a sad and mixed feeling which I cannot getaway from. May be my weakness in recognizing him as a hero tuned a traitor.
It is really sad how he was duped by opposition parties. I hate those who drag him to politics.
FukkFace,
Can you verify the dragging story? The only place I saw was LTTE's Lanka News Web, which is news fabrication plant. Is there any other place you saw the same news.
Anyway, it is a very sad turn of events. Instead of SF, it should be RW first for the Millennium City Betrayal.
FukkFace,
An affidavit means nothing from the moment he came to politics. There are enough evidence to nullify this kind of bogus affidavits. Bottom line is that Fonseka is betraying the nation, not MR.
Dragging story was on BBC, told by Hakeem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8504882.stm
[The Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem told Reuters news agency: "He was dragged away in a very disgraceful manner in front of our own eyes."].
Interesting, BBC has changed his identification / description for JVP to 'the People's Liberation Front'; not found BBC's old phrase ' Ultra-nationalist and Marxist party'. Duplicity and anti-SL mentality is at its best.
A spokesman for the People's Liberation Front told Agence France-Presse: "The general refused to be taken away. They grabbed him and virtually carried him away after threatening the others. There must have been over 100 soldiers."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8504882.stm
The man refused the arrest. That is what this dragging about.
"FukkFace said...
He did something wrong, however he shouldn't be treated this way.
I have a feeling that we are starting another Civil War among Sinhalese."
Why do people have an issue with "the way he is being treated"? He sold us out to Blake and the West for a bloody green card and his families benefit, took credit for others peoples hard work and dedication and has proven so vindictive that he is willing to have our soldiers (the ones who won the war who happened to be the same ones who refuse to suck up to him) hauled before some kangaroo court in the West. He made a secret deal with the TNA which would undo everything the nation, people and importantly our soldiers sacrificed themselves for, all so he could feel like some big shot again.
"The progress we made over LTTE is being wiped out. Our name in IC will be tarnished forever."
Our name is already "tarnished" with the West("IC") and this happened a LONG time ago, i.e. when MR came to power and refused to be a lap dog like Ranil. We fought hard to protect our name in the eyes of the world when suddha was going out his way to make SL "fall in line" with all the traitors (i.e. Ranil, Jay-han and friends) acting as a lovely the fifth column, enabling suddha "access" to SL.
When we won this battle on the international front, and the world sided with us, this vindictive nut seeks revenge on GR, SS and others, because they "stole his thunder" when he decided to go for a holiday with family in China in the middle of the war.
He gave life to their desperate efforts. He stabbed the nation in the back to fulfil his brutal ego. I have no sympathy for him. And I suggest everyone else get over Gonseka as some kind of "hero". He is not. His behaviour for the last year is all the proof we need to know what he is like. He destroyed himself and has no problem taking the country down with him, why should we feel an iota of sorrow or gratitude for him?
Gonseka had the "freedom" to do as he pleased, he had a luxury live, jetted off anywhere he wanted, his daughters education paid for by MR, he was given huge amounts of prime land, more so than the other commanders just to suit his ugly ego. He was not treated badly or unfairly. He got whatever he wanted. He killed Lasantha, beat up Keith Noyar and GR happily took the blame for all of it, while this mad man acting like some lily saint had the damn arrogance to pin all his crimes on GR without a single neuron telling him that at least on this front he owed GR. Do not get me wrong I do not care about Lasanthas death or any of those journalist scums suffering, but the issue here is his integrity and attitude, and he has none of it.
/When SF exposed national secrets, nothing has happened yet.
When RW exposed our secrets, LTTE wiped out our intelligence virtually and nothing happened to him.
Why there are double standards?
40% those who voted aren't think what SF has done wrong. They will be thinking why govt. did this./
RW is cunning and experienced politico.
1. By exposing SLA-MI he got security certificate form VP.
2. He did it when he had power.
3. But he made sure do it without getting proved.
Gonseka is an idiot. He spit directly upward and cut his nose becuz he got angry with face.
40% should know that 60% rejected Gonseka.
FF,
I too have the same sad feelings. Lets give it a day or two to see where things are going. At minimum, I expect SLA not to treat SF in a disrespectful manner, even if SF has treated others in disrespectful manner.
"It is not about depending on GSP Plus but using it as a tool to gain advantage over our competitors in an extremely harsh and challenging international market. Another thing to keep in mind is that only a small component of tariff lines have been utilized by Sri Lanka, notably garments, so the potential to grow in diverse sectors is also lost," an exporter said."
http://www.island.lk/2010/02/09/business1.html
What losers. Do they not know how to survive in the world markets without a bloody handout? Thank goodness we lost the GSP+
Gonseka supporters also like Gonseka.. They speak both from mouth and asshole.. HIKz (read just for fun..)
Before arrest....
/General Sarath Fonseka says the government should arrest him if he had attempted to stage a coup as claimed by the authorities and the failure to take him in to custody could only mean that the claims are fabricated./
Some Comments..
Cynthia Pietersz 2010-02-08 20:26
Try it DSR, it would be over millions of dead bodies that you will have to do it. Sir, don't worry we are with you sir.
Jayantha Jayamanne 2010-02-08 21:41
Hay mann, it could be the other way. MR will be arrested in due course for all his wrong doings and not the General. Mind it.
True TamilSinhaleese 2010-02-08 20:31
This is brave, Yes, if the GOV has any evidence why not arrest?
Instead of arresting the media and so called army deserters,
Lets build the country instead of dithering.
Dinesh 2010-02-08 20:46
Ela... Well said.... Straight forward answer as a hero....
Calistus Jayatilleke 2010-02-08 21:41
Yea, thats right: without making a big hue and cry about a non-existent coup, why cant the big talkers take action straight away to arrest the culprit or culprits and show the world how our democracy and rule of law works. A good challenge to the cowards.
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After arrest....
Calistus Jayatilleke 2010-02-08 22:05
Practising the lessons learnt from the Juntas in Myanmar, Iran etc. So, who is Idi Amin now?
Daminda 2010-02-08 22:07
This is very bad... he scarifies his life for this country...is this is the MR's democracy ???? We vehemently condemn this kind of act...The real idi amin is now in action.....
NJ 2010-02-08 22:12
what the!!!!!!!!!!! on what grounds and why is his media secretary is arrested for????????????????????????
Dayan 2010-02-09 00:14
A disgrace to the nation. Nowhere in the world, does this type of mad thing happen. See how other countries treat their war heros. Shameful!
Migara 2010-02-08 23:03
Absolute shame .I can't imagine how people could be so ungreatful.....
Fonsekas request has been granted. He and his supporters must feel happy.
Other mortals like us are also elated.
2/3 majority (electoral reform constitutional change to occur) is essential to stop the slide of Lanka.
Ninja where are these comments from?
FF,
Is that so?
Gonseka did more damage than anything Ranil, Mangala, the die-ass-pora or the West could muster in their 4 year campaign against SL.
There is a team in Geneva now having to explain away what he said to SundayLeader.
Team in Geneva, plus SundayTimes story of arrest prompted Gonseka to give his BBC interview to save his own worthless skin.
@PS
comments from dailymirror.lk
@FF
There are no perfect countries. Its west, western media, their INGOs who declare countries are good or bad, failed or not etc. Of course, SL people clearly consented MR's "no bowing for west" policy. And for sure, SL will be downgraded further perhaps even below Afghan or Myanmar by western masters.
For me, its not a problem - I don't care what white masters certificate tells. But those who do care, its going to be pain in mind...
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