by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Pandemonium erupted in the Sri Lankan Parliament on Monday November 21st 2011 as MP’s belonging to the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) and opposition United National Party(UNP)clashed openly in the presence of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the presentation of the budget for the forthcoming year.
In what was a shameful spectacle viewed by several diplomats ,high ranking govt officials,media personnel and eminent citizens ,there were fisticuffs, scuffles, manhandling, hurling of water bottles,books,files,papers, abuse, threats and tugging of sarees worn by some woman MP’s.
Although the majority of MP’s on either side remained passive, the antics of a few Parliamentarians brought great disrepute to the August assembly despite the presence of Sri Lanka’s head of state in the House by the Diyawanna Oya.
The opposition MP’s from the Democratic National Alliance(DNA)and Tamil National Alliance(TNA) as well as Govt MP”s from other political parties were not part of the furore. Only MP’s from the UPFA and UNP were actively involved in the fracas.
It all began with the dawning of budget day on Nov 21st. President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also the Finance minister was scheduled to attend Parliament and deliver the Budget speech.
INTELLIGENCE
The Govt received intelligence reports that the UNP planned to stage demonstrations brandishing placards and posters with slogans against the President during Parliamentary proceedings. The Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was informed.
In a controversial , preemptive move the speaker instructed the sergeant at arms to authorize Police to search the premises for placards and posters and to prevent MP”s from bringing such material into the Lobby.
The Police following orders conducted a search and then wanted to go into the Opposition leaders office for an intensive search. UNP parliamentarians vehemently protested at this breach of Parliamentary etiquette and stopped it.
Police however prevented UNP MP’s from bringing in documents or files on the basis that posters could be hidden inside. Police forcibly took away files in the possession of UNP Parliamentarians Dr.Jayalath Jayewardena and Tissa Attanayake.
This high handed action by the Police was a grave infringement of the Parliamentary privileges of MP’s complained the UNP which stated the Police had no right to seize material from an MP inside Parliament or prevent an MP from carrying documents and files into the lobby.
After Parliamentary proceedings began, President Rajapaksa entered and commenced the Budget speech at the auspicious time of 1.53 pm. At this time the UNP’s Dr.Jayalath Jayewardena stood up and tried to raise a ponit of order about his rights and privileges as an MP being infringed upon by the Police.
OVERRULED
The Speaker overruled him saying that he would not allow it as the second reading of the appropriation bill had commenced. A smiling President continued with his address amidst thundering cheers and applause from the Treasury benches.
The President prefaced his speech with the remark about how happy he was to present his seventh budget before Parliament with his elder brother presiding as speaker. As the speech progressed opposition MP’s began interrupting heckling and booing.. Govt MP’s began retorting. The President also made a few remarks and continued reading the speech.
At one stage some of the UNP MP’s raised placards and posters with the slogan “Budget or Bucket” and “Shame” written in Sinhala,Tamil ad English. Many of these posters were improvised ones with “Shame” being written on A-4 size paper.
This led to much shouting and cross talk between UNP and UPFA Parliamentarians. At one point President Rajapaksa lost his cool and told Dr.Jayalath Jayewardena that he would dissolve Parliament if necessary to teach opposition MP’s a lesson.”only God can save you all then” he stated.
Unfazed the UNP Parliamentarians continued to wave their posters and handle-less placards .They also shouted “shame, shame” and “bucket budget” loudly.
It was then that Lohan Ratwatte ,UPFA Kandy district MP and son of former cabinet minister Anuruddha Ratwatte went up to UNP’s chief whip John Amaratunga and snatched away the poster in his hands.
When the taller Amaratunga tried to wrest the poster back,the UPFA’s Polonnaruwe district MP Roshan Ranasinghe went up to both and pushed Amaratunga back. Lohan Ratwatte then sprinted back to his seat with his prize.
HARIN FERNANDO
But when Roshan Ranasinghe walked back triumphantly he found his way blocked by the UNP’s “fiery particle” from Badulla district Harin Fernando. Both came to blows after a heated inter-play of words.
This saw UPFA Badulla district MP Chamika Buddhadasa rush to the aid of Roshan Ranasinghe and confront his UNP rival Harin Fernando. This in turn saw UNP Moneragala district MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara join the scuffle to help his colleague Harin Fernando. This in turn saw former speaker WJM Lokubandara’s son and Badulla district MP Udith Lokubandara also joining in the “frolics”.
At this point of time the “combat” seemed to be a home and home fight between the “merry men of Uva” as Buddhadasa, Lokubandara,Madduma Bandara and Harin Fernando were all MP’s representing the Uva province. But the conflict soon escalated.
The floodgates were now open and a number of MP’s from the Govt side got up from the back rows and moved up to the front to join in the fracas.These included some backbenchers and a few holding ministerial and deputy ministerial portfolios.
The Govt Parliamentarian combatants were led by Gampaha district MP and minister of Public relations and Public affairs “Doctor”Mervyn Silva. True to form the self-styled descendant of Dutugemuu fearlessly led his knights at arms into the foray asking and giving no quarter.
PUGILISTS
Among other portfolio wielding pugilists risking dignity and self-respect in the line of duty were Sports Minister and Kandy district MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage,Civil aviation minister and Puttalam district MP Priyankara Jayaratne and Deputy minister of Health and Kegalle district MP Lalith Dissanayake
Among the noteworthy champions from MP Parliamentarian ranks in the fray for President and party were two from Sabaragamuwa, T.Ranjith de Soysa (Ratnapura) and Kanaka Herath (Kegalle)
It was like a rugby scrum sans the oval ball with the Parliamentarians engaging in a free-wheeling scuffle trading blows and exchanging in the choicest language, threats and insults.
Interestingly the combatants on both sides were from the Majority community with minority ethnicity MP’s being conspicuously absent from the fracas.It was thus a Pan-Sinhala “event”.
While this was going on there was a loud outcry from both sides with Parliamentarians shouting slogans and hurling insults at each other. Govt MP’s also began throwing water bottles,books, files and papers at the opposition.
One book landed right in front of UNP senior deputy leader and Gampaha district MP Karu Jayasuriya. A water bottle hit the leg of opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Excelling in this type of sport was the UPFA’s 74 year old national list MP Kamala Ranathunga whose unerring markswomanship in striking bulls-eye was astoundingly remarkable.
WATER BOTTLE
One of the water bottles thrown from the govt back row at the opposition fell short of its mark and hit the floor very close to President Rajapaksa who stopped reading the speech and started entreating the MP’s to stop.
At one point an exasperated President shouted in Sinhala saying “MPs from the Govt. At least you all return to your seats”. A few obliged but the rest continued with the “satana”.
Meanwhile the speaker Chamal Rajapaksa called upon Sergeant- at -Arms Anil.P.Samarasekara to restore order. The Sgt at arms and his staff tried to restrain the pugilistic MP’s and make them cease combat. The squabbling however continued.
Deputy minister of Education and Moneragala district MP Wijayamuni de Zoysa in a burst of frenzy rushed up to the opposition benches and began to sweep everything on their tables to the floor. He also seized books and documents and threw them away.
Not to be outdone Kalutara district MP and deputy minister of Ports and Highways Rohitha Abeygunawardana went up to Matara district MP and former cabinet minister Mangala Samaraweera and grabbed him by the collar trying to assault him. Samaraweera resisted and other UNP Parliamentarians gathered around and restrained Abeygunawardana.
Some of the woman MP’s in UNP ranks like Rosy Senanayake and Anoma Gamage also found themselves targets of sorts and had hands tugging at their sarees.
Education minister and Colombo district MP Bandula Gunawardena strove diligently to cool tempers and instill a modicum of discipline and decorum into his “warrior” colleagues. The Education minister deserved a bouquet for his ennobling efforts.
WALKED OUT
Gradually the melee subsided and commotion ceased. President Rajapaksa resumed his star-crossed budget address.But an aggrieved UNP would have none of it.Refusing to remain in Parliament after what they termed was “a murderous attack by govt members” the UNP led by Ranil Wickremesinghe walked out of Parliament.
The Opposition leader then held a press conference where Mr. Wickremesinghe charged that key UNP Parliamentarians such as Karu Jayasuriya, John Amaratunga, Joseph Michael Perera, Jayalath Jayawardena, Rosy Senanayake, Mangala Samaraweera, Anoma Gamage and Harin Fernando were assaulted and threatened by government MPs in Parliament. He added that some of them will have to undergo medical check-ups as a result of what he termed a a ‘brutal attack.’
The UNP leader said government Ministers and MPs such as Roshan Ranasinghe, Lohan Ratwatte, Udith Lokubandara, Mervyn Silva, Lalith Dissanayake, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Wijithamuni Zoysa, Piyankara Jayarathne and Kamala Ranatunge were responsible for attacks and threats on Opposition MPs
Even as the UNP was accusing the government MP’s of attacking them in Parliament President Mahinda Rajapaksa winding up his udget speech requested the UNP to unite and support the Government for the betterment of the country
Thus ended an ugly chapter in the Parliamentary history of the Island nation where Government and opposition MP’s fought each other in an exhibition of rowdyism despite the Executive President being present and his elder brother the speaker presiding over proceedings.
DBS Jeyaraj can be reached at dbsjeyaraj@yahoo.com
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DBS, were you present at the parliament? where were you seated? Welcome back to Sri Lanka Sir
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Thank God the President started his speech at auspicious time 1.53pm.
Even if he was 1 minute late, situation would have been worse.
More lime light on Rajapaksa triumphalism.
One has to get the best out of the worst. Now this ugly fiasco is a fait accompli let us at least try to form a
Boxing team out of our pugilists Parliamentarians for the next CWG – as their talents see more there than to solve
law-making and economic problems of the people. We certainly have a good candidate in Kamala Ranatunga the 74 year old former fiery CWE trade unionist – to lead the women’s team. Only thing is pugilism was not mentioned in that
great journal of thinking – the Mahinda Chintanaya.
ISS
Thanks DBSJ, very interesting.
Looks like the real SL democracy is in action. I guess this is only the beginning of more funs to come. Luckly Duminda was not in the assembly; otherwise Mangala would have been his next casualty.
Looks like Govt MPs have enough fire power, hope in future encounters these TNA and other inactive MPs will not caught up in the cross power. Given this emerging development, HE will have more reasons to send his dynamic little brother Gota into the assembly. I tend to agree with HE that the God can only safeguard UNP now.
DRACULA ha read out the list of victims and the modus operandi of hunting victims. Bottles and placards as missiles against the DRACULA would not do. There have to be more radical actions which are fortunatley ominous, a little bit late in the day though. Better late than never folks!
[Some of the woman MP’s in UNP ranks like Rosy Senanayake and Anoma Gamage also found themselves targets of sorts and had hands tugging at their sarees.]
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Srilankan men are bloody opportunists.Even in crowded buses they were a nuisance.When you turn and give them a glare they will be looking in absent minded way over your head.Chee,aney,i am glad i got out of srilanka when i was young.Now that iam older i think i can go back.Maybe the 74 year old UPFA woman started to throw waterbottles because no one was tugging her saree.
A former Mrs.World in parliament must be sending our testesterone saturated blokes mad with desire.She better bring an extra saree just in case.
Even Duminda silva had been groping the bosoms of the nurses i hear.They used to go to the other paralysed side to outwit him.Even with 3 bullets in the head these men can’t keep their paws off.
Shameful day for our country. While the world was watching. In broad daylight. As a Sri Lankan, I am ashamed.
Who elected Lohan Ratwatte to Parliament? Wasn’t he implicated in murdering no less than 10 people? Should be in jail. Not in Parliament.
It is either Gaddafi’s Libya or Zimbabwe in the making. God bless Sri Lanka.
Shameful day for our country. While the world was watching. In broad daylight. As a Sri Lankan, I am ashamed.
Who elected Lohan Ratwatte to Parliament? Wasn’t he implicated in murdering no less than 10 people? Should be in jail. Not in Parliament.
Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka increasingly looks like, either Gaddafi’s Libya or Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, in the making.
God bless Sri Lanka.
Allah forgive them all
sit back and enjoy the fun. Hope this continues…………….
DBS,
Thank you for a beautiful presentation of an ugly incident.I was bored stiff after reading the Budget details and had a long snooze this afternoon. When I read your account, life revived a bit. You were right. It was a pan-Sinhala affair. if you had followed up your comment that it was first a HOME AND HOME affair of men from UVA – you could not have failed to remember what early British writers wrote about the people of this area. I do not mean to denigrate our ‘Adi-vasins’ but that is the place they come from. So British writers who experienced meeting them in their military expeditions left behind these negative accounts about them. They were a martial people; saw little use in argument and used their bow and arrow at the drop of a leaf.The problem is the likes of them are also found close to the Capital.
Thanks anyway for the entertainment. Your pieces are lovely!
Well written article that transports readers into the house by the Diyawanna Oya.Brilliantly reconstructed by DBS. Congratz!
These srilankan parliamenterian behave violent
like this in parliament. How SL army behave on Tamils ?
Buddhist Monk Mps did once before.
No decepline No justice No democracy .
All shows Srilankas Demo-crazy!
I don’t know which was the better highlight for Mahinda? Being chased away from Oxford University Campus or overseeing a fight in Parliament?? Hopefully the Western nations will see sense and stay away from this nonsense in 2013
Excellent description of events. Thank god Duminda Silva was not in the parliament.
Mahinda is the worst leader we ever had. Ranil must siez the oppotunity and remove this ugly regime !
One sliver lining to all of this. It was all Sinhalese MPs going after one another. No one can accuse sinhalese of beating up the Tamil MPs and starting an ethnic issue here.
Yes Ranjan.I also thought so………..DBSJ
August Assembly- my foot!It ceased to be one long ago, is it not? Anyway hats off to D N A and T N A MPs and others who were not part of this free for all.Good lesson for the foreign diplomats and higher officials in decorum and good behaviour.They could attend the Parliament more regularly and take the lessons learned back home for home consumption.One shudders to think as to what will happen to our younger generation if these are the examples set by our so called leaders.This explains the brain drain from our country of even those who do not feel discriminated on other grounds, like finding good schools for their children, they go away finding good countries to live in.
Ooru randupattal kooththadikku kondatam.
Comic if not tragic.
The only party to come out with some dignity as DBS alludes to were the ethnic parties.
Reminds me of parliament fights (fisticuffs) from Taiwan and other similar incidents around the world.
Excellent narrative Mr.Jeyaraj.
It is indeed a pity that the legislature has deteriorated so badly.But then I think almost every sphere has deteriorated so badly in the country that Parliament too is no exception.
Look at this sinhala evil morons behaviour in parliament. Ony tamil numpties beleive in solution tamil struggle.
So MR has first hand experience of what his MP’s have clearly demonstrated to him and he must be very proud of his thugs in the parliament. Did he congratulate those political thugs after the punch up? If not he should for their diservice to parliamentary democracy.
Now we can confidently say Sri Lanka is the craddle of democracy. MR’s Stormtroopers are now in the parliament hence this is a very good news. Those stupid Sinhalese who voted for these political thugs deserve such rewarding treatment.
Well this punch up is just a taste of things to come.
I am sure this is not the end but the begining of things. I expect to see more of the same, if not worst.
Only thing for Mahinda to do is to ask Aiya Chamal to authorise malli Gota to station Gajaba regiment soldiers inside Parliament to maintain order
These are the so called “honourable” parliamentarians (bunch of roudy, uneducated, disgusting, uncultured scoundrels) that our stupid Lankan voters have elected to represent them in parliament. These MP’s not only disgraced themselves but also their own President and the Parliament. I have no doubt that the foreign diplomats present in the Parliament may have concluded that these are a bunch of naked monkeys of our banana republic. I blame our stupid voters.
This is a real kopi kade, ha haaaaaaa
UNP MPs should know that they have no chance of making any protests in parliament, as long as battle hardened murderers like Mervin Silva, Lohan Ratwatte, Mahindananda, Rohitha Abey are around.
Must have been quite hilarious for the on lookers from the ‘gallery’
Give them all guns and send them to the parliament sittings…. what a joke !
“Thus ended an ugly chapter in the Parliamentary history of the Island nation where Government and opposition MP’s fought each other in an exhibition of rowdyism despite the Executive President being present and his elder brother the speaker presiding over proceedings.”
Rowdyism, thuggery and violence being engaged in outside parliament where the “Executive President” has been present, more so him being the commander of such violence, it was only a matter of time before it followed him into parliament. The MPs are so used to it outside parliament, who could blame them for forgetting to restrain themselves while in parliament. This is the “Executive President” who is/was the boss of Mervyn, Karuna, Pillayan, Douglas, Weerawansa, Gothabaya and Fonseka. And his MPs engaged in rowdyism infront of him??? By golly, you don’t say!!! Who would have thought???
” In what was a shameful spectacle viewed by several diplomats ”
The diplomats were probably thinking to themselves while this was going on:
‘These are the people who claim that no war-crimes were ever committed and no women were raped. Their soldiers were perfect professional gentlemen and carried the gun in one hand and the Declaration of Human Rights in the other. Just look at them, how could the world ever doubt them?’
Appoi Jeyaraj
This is a hari shok article no? When I read it I just imagined each scene as you described and saw it clearly.
How nasty are our MP’s are. Chickeya!!Disgraceful!!
Aney Jeyaraj ,I thought you had given up writing because I didn’t see any articles by you for long,long time ,no?I stopped reading your blog,website and Daily Mirror
Then suddenly a friend forwarded your article on blog and told me read this informed article by DBS.
I got delightful shock when I found you were writing again. Then I went through blog and found you have started a few weeks ago
Thats very nice news no Jeyaraj? Hope you will contiue regularly.
Aiyo Jeyaraj,you dont know how much I miss reading you and how happy I am you are writing again
Continue regularly without stopping will you Aney?
DBSJ RESPONDS:
Aney Nelum,
Thanks for this comment.
You dont realise how much I appreciate your reader responses and how much I miss you when you dont post
So continue posting comments will you Kella?
Aiyo Nelum,due to some personal problems couldn’t write regularly.
So sorry.
Hopefully will write regularly in future. Please keep reading Aney!
Thank you Sir for your detailed-news.
If they behave like this in a democratic parliament, imagine how will they deal with the ordinary citizens!!
Will they ever change???
thanks DBSJ,for giving us one of the most entertaining articles ever.The ball by ball description was fantastic.It was almost like as if you were watching from the gallery and ratnam also fell for it.How do you do that?No point asking,you won’ divulge professional secrets i suppose.This is exactly what i was trying to explain to david blackler,how the mind could travel.You have done a better job than anyone who would have been physically present in the parliament.
I suppose trying to know who was tugging rosy’s saree is asking for too much from you.I suspect it could be professor G.L.peiris,because in such a pandemonium and chaos it is the most unlikely of all men,who take quietly move in and take advantage,thinking they won’t be noticed.
Nopes it was NOT GL………DBSJ
nandasena
don’t give such ideas even as a joke.Crazy things are happenning after gota started to run the country.If army inside parliament in future,you will be responsible.
Some srilankans say the parliament resembles a zoo,but i think they are wrong.The last time i visited srilanka,i visited the dehiwela zoo,my favourite because i love animals,and here you can see them at close quarters,unlike in western zoos,where their natural habitat is copied as much as possible and they are far away and hidden from view.The animals were all well behaved unlike the parliament.In fact it was our rascals with their srilankan humour who were giving cigarettes to monkeys etc.However if the animals were let loose out of there cages,then of course it would resemble our parliament,i suppose.
This gives me a bright idea. Why don’t we have cages for our MP’S.That way they can talk,but not walk.It also would be a worlds first and put srilanka on the map.When the MP’s arrive they have to go and sit in their cages,and the sergeant at arms will supervise them being locked up.
Yes. ery lively account by DBSJ.Bravo!
In Western countries,after the Budget speech, the Opposition leader is given equal time to present his or her alternative Economic program in a budget format.
During the speech they show decorum and listen to the speech whether they like it or not.
The Opposition party in Srilanka. bring placards hidden in files to display during the Budget speech.as they do in Hyde Park.
They make cat calls during the speech and insult the Govt members.
They start trouble, walk out and hold press conferences for the Foreign Media.
And this is the Opposition that is the oldest political party that claim full ownership of all Democratic vaues and Economic excellence.
Above all this is the party that claim to represent all good value of their mentors in the West.
This behavior of the UNP coming on the heels of its Leaders long visit to the land of our Colonial masters and the extensive talks he claims to have had with the PM Mr David Cameron makes one wonders whether the latter approves this sort of un parliamentary behavior.
Or Could it be a desperate attempt by the desperate Ranil group to gain ground , who are under the pump for the allegations of Sexual misbehavior and autocratic treatment of the dissident fellow MPS?.
ISS – At the rate they are changing things, there is always room for additions……….
Aia – …. and God is sleeping!
Shankar – The former beauty queen – being rather street smart- must surely have trousers beneath?
Groping for the bosoms?? / And mind you he was only half awake!
Ben Hurling – you are out of this world! Better wake up to reality!
Koka, I just dont agree. Look at the entertainment he provides! Tell me just one other country where parliamentarians draw so much publicity and interest!
NV – welcome to the new dawn!
Jayan – sobering thought, that list of yours…
Mind you, tyou may have missed some as well!
Nimalan – at least this would have kept them awake!
Nelum welcome,
I think Jeyaraj has a soft corner for you and your comments. I find him always replying you in a happy jovial way. This tenderness with you on the part of the usually tough Jeyaraj is quite refreshing. Makes me a wee bit jealous. Hope you continue posting and banter with him.
Mr. Wayne, Your ‘Eyes Wide shut’?
Our parliamentarians are learning from their counterparts in India, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand. It is not hard for them to learn, because quite a number were thugs and criminals already and entered parliament because of these qualification! With time and practice these ‘ Parliamentary skills’ will no doubt improve further. It is a shame that in nation of largely civilized people, such rowdies can become parliamentarians!
Learning, experience and wisdom should reign supreme in our parliament. It did at one time. What can be done to impose ‘Qualifications’ on those who seek to be elected to public office?
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
Nimal Siripala De Silva had also thrown water bottles and water at UNP MPs.
Where I live in Canada politicians fight with words, not in fists
Interestingly, you have to rely on someone like DBS sitting thousand miles away to bring you the details of what really happened. Media in Sri Lanka are scare to death (with reason, of course) to report real details.
Unsurprisingly, The Island editorial is trying to put the blame on the UNP MPs, with a “you naughty boys” comment about the government MPs.
kalu albert
Or Could it be a desperate attempt by the desperate Ranil group to gain ground , who are under the pump for the allegations of Sexual misbehavior and autocratic treatment of the dissident fellow MPS?.
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Nope.The reason for the half asleep UNP to suddenly wake up with such vigour,must be because of the takeover of underutilised assets. I think there was a unwritten agreement between ranil and mahinda,that as long as the UNP can continue to enjoy their wealth even without the power,they will not give any trouble to mahinda and will be asleep.Now that ageement has been broken,it seems,with the acquisitions,and the new policy seems to smak of gota,because he is a much more combative character than mahinda,and will welcome a brawl with the UNP.Gota seems to be the one now running the country and he will be much more agressive than mahinda.
Yeah, makes you wonder if it is the President or the Astrologers who’re running the country, doesn’t it.
Nope, won’t work. Even thought they look all fierce and everything, they need their opponent to be held by the bodyguards and supporters in order for them to show their abilities. And I don’t think they allow that at CWG boxing.
Oh how much I’d give to see the day when these pansies are confronted with no bodyguards around to protect them; high on the wish list is Mervyn Silva.
Interestingly, just like “Aia”, Rajapaksa supporters are just fine with what is going on; with the only regret that Duminda Silva not being present.
I wonder if they’ll feel the same way when the shoe is on the other foot too?
Hi Allah, thanks for forgiving them and everything. Can you please take them with you?
Shouldn’t you be calling the TV company and talking to them about the Wrestling channel?
No offense to DBS but is good writing such a rare talent these days?
See Mahinda shut his mouth ,till he got from water bottle.
I’m just as hopeful as the other guy to see these thugs thrown out but “Ranil must siez the oppotunity”? Please man, tell me you don’t have a vote!
“The Opposition party in Srilanka. bring placards hidden in files to display during the Budget speech.as they do in Hyde Park.”
Good sir if your democratic President has employed a humanitarian policy of suppressing media critical to him and even banning websites affiliated to the UNP, why are you surprised the UNP is using Parliament to raise objection? I mean wasn’t this the rationale for creating Parliament in the first place? To provide a forum for debate? Unfortunately, like in the North-East, democratic activity is replied with censorship (asking the police to search the UNP MPs) and sheer thuggery.
“long visit to the land of our Colonial masters”
But good sir, one’s memory seems to be short? I recall our dear President making a similar journey to the land of the colonial masters to give a speech at its oldest university in Oxford in Dec 2010? You no doubt must have heartily approved at the actions of your overseas Tamil citizens in making sure the good President made quick his escape from that place accompanied by Oxfordshire Police.
“the latter approves this sort of un parliamentary behavior.”
Indeed one wonders whether David Cameron orchestrated this whole charade? I think its vitally important that your President takes a firm stand and bans him from coming to Sri Lanka in 2013. We overseas Tamils will in the mean time make sure he gets informed about what’s happening in North-East via Jon Snow and his Channel 4 team. We wish to thank our fellow countrymen and Mahinda supporters for their generosity in allowing this to take place in the same way the idiotic LTTE allowed the SL govt to go to Western nations to get them banned when Prabhakaran was at his worst.
Oh my god what fun they all would have had like kids playing in classroom while the mutt of teacher read the poem hahahhaha.So where is the discipline even the head of state can see to his own eyes that he has a bunch of ruffians I wonder where the brother in arms were they would have been taken for shelter as they would have been the prone targets hahahah. This is called Miracle of Asia and some Sri Lankan buffoons pronounce it as MIRAKALEY using LE as LEY hahahha.
I think this video will sell a lot of copies better the Sri Lankan government put a copyright and sell the rights to Warner brother or channel 4 they can include this in the beginning of the 2nd serial of channel 4 war crimes edition. I read some comments in regard to women MP saree’s and some had stated that the next time the former Mrs. world better wear trouser well it is an under statement as majority of the Sri Lankan Men are gays they may see but not rub cause they don’t have b’’’s to do it
At last the show is worth the money……and our vote! How much is a ticket? I mean literally.
I hope the director/producer is happy with the public reaction. Very good critics …..so far.
It’s a bloc buster, If we can create performances of this magnitude more often, then we can even think of beating Bollywood in the very near future.Or even perform at the UN or they may send UN peace keepers……. to watch the show!! Who knows?
With the salary’s we pay these great actors it’s normal that we get a good show.We ARE pampered, absolutely pampered!
I’m certain that the director noticed the new talents he have at hand and will give them more prominent roles (or a ministrys) in the next show.
I must say that I was Trilled , we have invested on true performers, we only can go higher with these comics.
Welcome to wonder(land)of Asia!
A big thank you to Mr President.Keep up the good show.
THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS THE PAPARE BAND
In Sinhalaese there is a saying that “when the students see their teacher peeing standing (in public); the students would be peeing whiist running”. Thats what the government MPs were doing! There were simply trying to outdo their leader!
Dear Shankar, GL is not capable of pulling Rosy’s saree because even in his young age, he was a sort of limp fellow!
But this sort of thing happens every where in the world at different times. In Australia, a politician sniffed the chair his favourite women had sat. Alas, the guy got caught into the security camera and he resigned! Now that was the only difference. In another case, a police minister was soliciting boys outside a gay club, after driving there in his official car! By the way, Rosy is probably far too old to be a sex object when compared to the younger chicks nowadays who are ever present in SL. But for a desperate man, even an old woman may be fair game…….
can somebody please tell me what happenned between Prabah and anita prathap please? did anything go wrong after that interview?
Kalu Albert,why have you forgotten that the opposition UNP was the oldest political party in the island that begot the SLFP that has become a mongrel UPFA.That should explain the reasons for it’s unparliamentary behaviour.
you let the cat loose too early ,sunshine.
SL parliment; bunch of morons , no doubt.
When the brothers and co drain the country’s wealth and move to the U.S. A dog’s breakfast will be left behind!!
Thanks for this article, DBSJ. It’s no surprise with the likes of Lohan Ratwatte, Dr Silva, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Mahindananda & Wijithamuni Soyza who is the deputy education minister. I wonder what he would preach to the school kids next time. But I would have expected Karuna & Devananda to be up there on the front line to represent the minority.
But yet I am deeply touched by the behaviour of the Hon Minister of Education BG. Keep it up sir
The 30 years terrorism destroyed many decent people. Tamil Nadu Assembly is at next door. I hope SL MPs follow Tamil Nadu, S.Korea, Taiwan and other “democratic” counterparts!
Speaker Chamal Rajapakse must take some action against the MPs who involved in the ‘attacks”!
Ranjan,
What doe it tells you?
Tamils are more cultured and civilised people.
Thanks.
In every society you will find murderers, crooks, maniacs, thugs and other social parasites. All of these Thug MPs are elected by the people of Sri Lanka to represent them in the Parliament. Can any one tell me who is to blame?
In every society there are social parasites like murderers, drug dealers, thugs & crooks, etc. People of Sri Lanka have elected these thug MPs to represent them in the Parliament. Can any one tell me who is to blame?
There is a saying.”People get the leaders they deserve”……….DBSJ
Hindu Ram has said that TNA is the only hope for Tamils in the island in the post-war scenario.
Ram criticized TNA severely during the LTTE era. Ram played a major role in creating anti-LTTE feelings in Tamil Nadu.
Let us hope TNA realizes its responsibility and function toeards the welfare of Tamils who are in Sri lanka rightnow.
Thank god its not an ethnic issue. But I think Tamil parliamentarians may have felt like sitting amidst goons during the 83 pogrom. Also how could they forget muder of Tamil parliamentarians in broad day light or even in places of religious worship. The Tamil MPs have every reason to be alarmed at this shame as if and when the state decides to unleash the mayhem, it may be worse. I hope the president will correct course and ensure safety of all parliamentarians.
‘These are the people who claim that no war-crimes were ever committed and no women were raped. Their soldiers were perfect professional gentlemen and carried the gun in one hand and the Declaration of Human Rights in the other. Just look at them, how could the world ever doubt them?”
Exactly! Unfortunately our democractic and human rights champion Mahinda cannot ban media outlets for overseas Sri Lankans so we can laugh heartily at his corrupt govt acting like thugs whilst claiming the 200000 soldiers they control are perfect gentlemen who definately did not engage in war crimes despite having documentaries made about them by UK broadcasters and thus cause Mahinda’s predecessor’s children to be ashamed of their countrymen
This is nothing compared to the war fought in Wanni.
I wonder if anyone has uploaded a vedio clip to the YouTube. Can someone post a link please? This should beat all those “reality” TV shows that are popular these days.
I read a few news items about this melee, but nothing like this- kudos to DBSJ.
One of the positive out comes in all these is, hereafter, one would hope those UNP MPs wont go to the assembly and repose during readings or debates, knowing they could be manhandle at any times by these combatants/militants MPs. Definitely not when HE is in the house, because this appeared to be the high time for some back benchers and notorious ones to show their prowess and get promoted to front bench instantly. For these people, this act helps boost their prospect of advancing in their career, both in quick time and getting nomination for important fort folios. So there are enough motivations to do things that they did. Tugging a saree with promotion on the card might have given just a pleasant feeling, but then to know it was Mrs World’s, the one who did would have thought this is like two birds with one stone. The kind of thrill this gentleman felt could have dampened the bad temper he was under, perhaps that these mixed feelings could have been thwarted rather a sad end otherwise. It is desirable to have more roses in our house, in case if every thing else fails to harm down some aggressively agitated macho MPs, they would be cooled down by this sorts of UNP’s tactics. But am sure this does not work for Duminda like characters, he won’t give a damn about tugging sarees, and he goes and gropes bumps. As long as Duminda is away from the house, UNP is safe, if he comes back, then HE is right in saying that only God could save them. RW perhaps knows what would be the worst, that may be the reason he has been saying that he will not let the parliament becomes another Kolannawa. As for water bottles throwing, a solution would be to eradicate water from inside the house, may be to replace these bottle with pol or kal. These heroes at their agitated frame of minds understandably must have disappointed at looking at these bottles sitting in front of them with water. No one dare to throw if it were with kal or pol, knowing the receiver would not mind such acts being committed taking it as a comradely gesture.
Do not get too ashamed about this incident, worse than this happened in the state assembly in TN under Madam Ms Jayalalitha, this was some time ago. If I remember correctly, she ordered one of her back benchers to go and bash some one. I guess that some one brought some private matters that have had a little relevance to the discussion that was on and it was really uncalled for, and were provocative. She fell on to the trap.
This is the way we govern our country with ancent proud culture and religon our home grown way of democratic governance. The west should not export their way to us – Mahinda chintana
I think it was Prof G.L. Peiris who once said, “Let no one say that our people do not know how to vote”. Well, now we know for sure!
G. Pillai ‘suddange passa hodanna epa. whatever said or done we have to ape the apes and not ape the west.
It is only our Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Members of Parliament who act very aggressively and violently both in and out of Parliament. In contrast, our soldiers, sailors, airmen and paramilitary forces conduct themselves with great restraint and display exemplary behaviour on the battlefields, detention camps and the occupied territories.
They were celebrating Singhalease maha veera (great heros)day,In front of Sinhala soorya devan. That was it. Please try to understand.
I think most of these people are not suited to be in parliament both from the Government and the opposition parties. It is time to clean the parliament from all the evil young and old. DBS, why not start a debate on it or some sort of a discussion. We know it happens in many countries. We have to change people saying sir to these people and they should sir the people.
Mr DBS, sorry, I thought you were in Sri Lanka and parliament on that day, the way you had written this article
I was wondering what happened to Kalu albert, Leela and other “defenders of DEMOCRACY” Kalu albert must have been lost for sometime as to what to write in order to defend the criminals!!!
We have to thank him for not putting the blame on the “diaspora”, “LTTE rump” TNA etc. etc. He is putting the blame on UNP!! He does not realise that there is only a “thin, flimsy line” separating the UNP from the SLFP as they constantly “change” from one to the other!!!
Violence is a Sinhalese phenomena, which even the “so called 2500 year old” civilization could not reform!!! Budha must have given up on them!!!No amount of planting Bo trees or building vihares are going to reform them!!!Only the Rajapakse clan will make money on the commission and will live happily ever after with the ill gotten money!!!
Now the whole world will believe 100% of what Channel 4 has revealed about the war crimes!!! There is no need for the LLRC propaganda, which is being produced by the war criminals themselves!!!The whole world knows about the GENOCIDE, but they keep quite as they have their own agenda to be “friendly” with the “TERROR STATE” ie. the so called “Dharmista”
Indi.ca well said “Blow by blow” as in ball-by-ball cricket commentary, I wonder the state of radio commentaries in these days of Televison. I bet DBS would have shined there too had he chosen it.
Why should these guys go to parliament and fight. If that is what they want to do or capable of doing then do it outside. On the street, in the Bar, in the park etc.
Good to hear that you use Mr John Snow and CH4 as PR arm to educate Mr Cameron.
Didn’t the inability of the powerful British Law enforcement to provide security,curtailed the President’s endeavour to talk to the British Tamil citizens face to face?.
Didn’t Mr Cameron ban himself othe next Meet?.
Srilanka is open to anyone now ,as long as they fork out 20 bux for one month, which is fair value.
No need for M of Defence permits, even to travel to Killinochchi and Mullativ.
Northern Ireland business delegation is in Srilanka to discuss Trade, Technology Transfer, and Local alliances.
According to the latest UN assessment, our HDI is 0.691 just 0.008 behind some countries in Europe and Americas.
Part UNP Leader Mr Wickremasinghe, the torch bearer of the Old Colonial Masters is mobilizing troops to conduct mass protests against the Budget.
The reason being his belief, that the IMF formulated it.
Wonder what Mr Cameron and the EU think of this campaign coming on the heels of IMF and EU imposed budgets on poor Greeks and Italians.
With regards to the comment by “Truth”, the TNA in,fact maintained proper decorum during this pathetic display of petty politics by the Ranil faction of the UNP.
UNP and SLFP would have had a only flimsy line of separation when the Elitist families had control of both parties.
As the “Sobo Report” correctly points out, the Elitists grip on Srilankan politics have been totally smashed by the Norwegian and LTTE relationship.
This has lead to a new dimension in Srilankan politics where the future leaders will come from common people.
It is some what disappointing that you guys always pick the race and the religion to attack Srilanaka.
What matters now is how the Economic and Social well being of all inhabitants can be restored and reinvigorated, so that all can live as one in a united country as equals.
Even Mr Eric Solheim acknowledged in his response to the “Sobo Report” that there is no room for the pro LTTE or the remnant LTTE to create any more violence anywhere in the World .
In his lengthy and some what forthcoming satetement ,he didn’t mention any thing about genocide or war crimes.
While you are hell bent on pushing these alleged atrocities to the fore , to persuade the West to drag the Govt to the Hague, the poor ,the displaced and the ex LTTE captives are struggling to earn a living and provide food and shelter for their kiddies.
Not al Tamil parliamentarians were murdered by the government side as you pretty well know. Your “boys” accounted for a good many of them. Don’t forget that.
So stringing people from lamp posts as they used to do in the 70s in Jaffna is “more cultured and civilized”?
Those who support LTTE has no moral rights to bark against the Sri Lankan government. LTTE’s democratic traditions are well known.
Further UNP is always a party with criminals. JRJ and Premadasa are few examples.
Imagine the fate of this country depends on these thugs. That is why the Tamils would like to handle their affairs on their own. This is new trend in Sri-Lankan politics. The rowdies who instigate and initiate these provocative acts know they have no consequences. This is their way of showing party solidarity and loyalty. The quick fix for this situation is to send the alleged war criminals to hague and conducting a rigorous boot-camp to the rest of the thugs. After that every thug should under go a thorough psychiatric examination. If Gota wants, he can choose the most lunatic warriors and give them the state of the atr military training and keep them with him to defend the country from traitors and enemies.
Kanian
The deadly accuracy of septuagenarian Kamala Ranatunga’s missiles is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s description of Cleopatra – Age neither withers her beauty nor custom stale her infinite variety.
Raj, some say it is Nimal Siripala Silva who had asked Kamala Ranatunge to throw water bottle at President.
WHY REACHED INTO WORNGE OPINION WITHOUT HAVING COMPLETE SUUDY.
Dear friends,
Through the comments in this regard what I realised is most of them unware the all circumstance from the bigining or trying to proved their personal agenda through the incedent.
My point is without having balanced mind all might follen into dark.
This was not the ordinary session in the parliment but the budget speach which delivered by MR. Normal All DIPLOMATS are invited.
So, in this enviornment is there any necercity to exibits slogens or posters while the budget speach starting? NO.
Was there any budget proposal leaked before the speach? NO
This was not for against with the budget but for some unidentical agenda.
If it was happend in after the delivery the speach, it may be some excuss for bad budget’s fretures or so on.
The members of U.N.P. parlimentatiens planned it before enterning into the loby. These posters were not written in the lobby but before enterning into the lobby.
It is definetly third class work done by them with the patronised by the leaders. I wonder how RW suported this sort of bad things.
Furthermore there was an evidence that government too aware this sort of pre arrament demonstration.
Therefore the speaker CR must had to get precaution in this regard but it seemd that he kept scylence.
What my conclusion is gorenrment was answared on third class manner for the third class incedence.
I remembered the same incedence that appread in UMMAGGA JATHKAYA. HOW mahausadha pandith degeated KEWATTA.
It proved nothing but the re-action for the bad action. Therefore victimise had no rites to shouted we are victimising. It is too early to mark it as bad behavior.
If it is the bad, so mahausadha pandith in UMMAGGA JATHKAYA also wronged.
samarasekara
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
Do you really think Sri Lankan parliamentarians were infected by their counterparts in India? I had the feeling that you are a tricky man trying to contrive all sorts of silly excuses for your misfortunes. Come on doctor, clean your Augean stables first before trying to find comfort from precedents elsewhere.
Mate,
What of the antics in the TN assembly? Or the recent scuffles in Paris? Is that violence a ‘Sinhala’ phenomena as well?
You just use any incident to spew your racist venom (with self-deluded proclamations such as truth and 100%) whilst having a moan about the ‘world’ not giving a damn about your LIES (LTTE Information Enforcement Service) and terrorist agenda..
The speaker should have nipped it in the bud without letting the situation escalate.. He should have warned heckling MPs from both sides and ejected them using the sergeant-at-arms, before things turned into fisticuffs.. There should be zero tolerance for MPs who continually interrupt, when another MP (in this case the president) has the floor..
A Sri Lankan force has not occupied another’s territory since the 12th century.. Even then the soldiers and sailors would have displayed exemplary behaviour..
3d,
What are you trying to say? You call yourself ’3d’ and display a ’1d’ perspective! Are you aware of what is happening around the world? Do you think that Sri Lanka is a hell-hole, while the rest of the world is paradise? What are the silly excuses I find for my misfortunes? Further, please point out what is wrong with what I have commented. I am ready to learn.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
When the President of a Nation speaks…there has to be respect for that Person…
in his / her capacity as the President of said Nation…
President Mahinda Rajapakse…was elected twice by a huge popular vote….
He is the duly elected President of Sri Lanka….
What would happen…if such crude demonstrations were held….
within an National Assembly….
during an important National Speech by ….
USA – President Obama…
UK – Queen Elizabeth…
Japan – Emperor of Japan…
Thailand – King of Thailand…
Presidents / Leaders / Kings of – Russia – China – France – Singapore – Saudi Arabia – etc – etc..??
a utterly desperate UNP deliberately organised this to humiliate the President of Sri Lanka….
NOTE – that the so-called “leaders” of UNP — RW & Karu…
do not have the guts to hold a placard…just simply grinning….
then the entire group walked out….
to hold a meeting on the lawn outside….
proving that it was a deliberate & organised provocation….
Obviously done to humiliate Sri Lanka….
and give ammunition to the IC – NGO’s – INGO’s – HRW – AI -ICG – etc to villify Sri Lanka…
now that the LLRC report is to be made public….
The so-called “Colombo elites” may cheer…
but the average Sri Lankan…undestand that this was an deliberate action to …
“back stab” Sri Lanka…..
remember what the UNP did / say during the final stages of Eelaam War…
OMG, these guys behaved like Cardboard Sandos. To impress the Prez ??????????
Wonder whether they wanted to out perform & put the Services to shame of their heroics in Wanni in May 2009 to like medicore.
nevertheless…… this it was a FULL SERIAL & NO FIGHT SITUATION.
NOTHING TO BEAT AND NOWHERE NEAR THE EXCITEMENT THE PARLIMENTARIANS OF THE TAIWANESE PARLIAMENT PROVIDE TO THE WORLD.
Sri Lanka Parliamentarians in a chicken – poop effort.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT THOSE UNP’ERS WHO ARE SRI LANKANS HAD CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA.
This Jayalath Jayawardene need to hold those placards in the Vatican against the activities of S.J.Emmanuel.
Jayalath is a schemer with HRE agents backing him.
UNP’ers are out to disgrace the President & the Country.
What a bunch of thugs…God bless the people who elected these jokers…
don george.
In Australia, a politician sniffed the chair his favourite women had sat.
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reminds me of my old doggie that passed away.When i took him for walks and he meets other dogs,he always goes to the backside and starts sniffing.The other dog becomes uncomfortable and moves away but he keeps on and they go round and round.The owner asks me why he is like that.I don’t know, he does it to male dogs too.This aussie must have been like him,getting curious of the smell of the backside.Probably he could identify the women from the smell.At one time i believe that a major export to japan from australia was ladies used panties.japanese men work so hard they need that sniff once in a way,otherwise they will throw themselves out of the window.
As for rosie,though as you say she might be over the hill,she can still give a thrill.I have seen her on television when i went to srilanka.She comes on these talent shows as a judge,and mervyn also usually there and they start bickering.Her beautiful features cum character and poise that won her Mrs.world is also still visible.
No dear Mr Ben Hurling my eyes are wide open.
I was only being sarcastic and saying that you (and me and everyone else) needs to wake up to reality.
It was reality which we saw, and can do nothing about. What you say I fully agree with, but the caravan rolls on but not the way we preach. That is the reality.
Ranjan, I think we need to strike a sense of balance and be careful with labels.
Stringing people from lamp posts in the 1970′s were not the work of tamil civilians. It was the work of terrorists.
The mayhem of the JVP in 1971 and the late 80′s is not referred to by us as the work of the sinhalese; instead we refer it as the work of a rebel group trying to destabilise government and our social fabric. They too were terrorists.
The riots of 1958 and 1983 however, were clearly the work of Sinhala ultra nationalist civilians, even though the 1983 events were triggered off by terrorists with the killing of 13 soldiers. Sinhalese people killed and destroyed unarmed tamils and their property.
Choelan’s comments therefore I feel must taken up in the context of his frustration.
Based on your own reasoning above that the fracas was a sinhala only show, let us then at least agree that the sinhalese behaved in a far less civilised and cultured way than the tamils, in the most august assembly of all – parliament.
Dr Narendran,
For a start I suggest all organisations STOP inviting these fellows as Chief Guests for school prize givings and other inspiring occasions. Instead invite renowned and well respected professionals.
The best qualification I feel is a certificate towardas a person’s decency. We have a highly book learned Professor sitting and watching and digesting all this without turning a hair.
We need men and women of ‘character’ and ‘calibre’ in parliament. That is the “qualification”. Both those words will cover every other aspect considered desirable.
Most of Sri Lanakn politicians are dumb ! so they are unable to fight with words !
Please don’t blame for electing but put the blame for nominating them to these long electoral lists. Only the thugs are nominated. People have to vote without a choice.
do mean the jail? I mean when u say put them to a cage.
“Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage”………DBSJ
May b kamala wanted President to take some action!
“Good to hear that you use Mr John Snow and CH4 as PR arm to educate Mr Cameron.”
Yes Kalu the parent organisation of Channel 4 News ITN (‘Independant Television News’) is clearly a PR company like Bell Pottinger and definitely not one of the ‘Big 3′ news broadcasters in UK along with Sky News and BBC.
“inability of the powerful British Law enforcement to provide security”
Your missing the point old boy. If the British Govt had invited Mahinda to UK then yes they should provide the security just like when the Chinese PM visited they had thousands of police brought in to form a wall in front of Tibetan protesters. But Mahinda came as a private visitor so why should British Govt need to provide extra security to someone they didn’t invite?? Please stop me if what I’m saying is complicated.
“to talk to the British Tamil citizens face to face?.”
But he didn’t want to talk to his overseas Tamil citizens, he wanted to talk to white british students in the Oxford Union (some of whom are the descendants of the old colonial masters who ruled Lanka for many a year). You see Mahinda is craving international respectability and whilst he no doubt will be welcomed in dictatorships like China and Russia, he still craves being seen amongst Westerners.
“No need for M of Defence permits, even to travel to Killinochchi and Mullativ”
How can you boast about your govt freeing the country when the ordinary people living in the North still needs to get permission from Sinhala soldiers to go about their daily affairs? Has it occured to you the only thing that has changed for these people is swapping one moustached dictator for the other??
“Northern Ireland business delegation is in Srilanka to discuss Trade, Technology Transfer, and Local alliances.”
Kalu do you know that Northern Ireland is the smallest country unit in the UK? So which do you think is more important in long run? Building ties with small UK regions or getting trust from UK Prime Minister and his govt??
“According to the latest UN assessment, our HDI is 0.691 just 0.008 behind some countries in Europe and Americas”
Do you think this index will go up or down if Rajapaksa pursues policy of confrontation with Western nations in favour of Russia and China? Because from my studies of international relations, I find those countries with strong ties to Western nations tend to be better off compared to nations like North Korea who are dependant on their Chinese neighbour.
“Wonder what Mr Cameron and the EU think of this campaign coming on the heels of IMF and EU imposed budgets on poor Greeks and Italians.”
Yes because the Greeks and Italians are having their countries occupied with soldiers that can’t speak their native language and being shelled with heavy artillery by said nations who introduce themselves as ‘liberators’.
I head the news that president has given the praliament to solve the ethinic problem. And the parliament have approved a select commity for this. Any one can gues after reading this blog what the out come will be!!!
Aalavanthaan, Not only they know how to vote, they knew how to govern using their “ancent” proud culture (thuggary).
Diyasena, What about North east(Eelam).
samarasekara ,Did you realy read what DBSJ have written mate.
Our parliamentarians are learning from their counterparts in India is what you said in your comment. Your guys are not saints of the first order to learn violence from India.
The article is about the unruly behavior of your elected officials in the Parliament and has nothing to do with their Indian counterparts. There is no need to blame the Indians for your sorry state of affairs.
DBSJ I do not agree,
People chose from the nominated thugs & morons. They have no choice. Some crook will get elected anyway from the long list of nominees.
The PR system is adding to the voters woes.
Diyasena
The pandemonium in parliament should not perturb you in any way. Some encouraging words may ease your acute discomfiture. Chaotic scenes are common in tribal councils.
I’d rather say, the more the sheep’s the more shepherds will be.
Lankawick:
VP and his cohorts’ activities brought to an end is a good thing, but how long do you think the GoSL can hold to this Eelaam War , as you put in your last sentence, to stay float its business ventures?. How long do you think this tactic of appealing to average Sri Lankan would last?… or you can take them for a ride?. Colombo Elites Vs Average Sri Lankan, Tamils Vs Sinhalese, educated Vs uneducated, etc. this is what we see in SL when present GoSL is in strife, mercilessly it sets one group up against the other. If it is in doubt about the success of this tactic, then it cheats the populace with patriotism slogans.
When you made comparison to other head of states, you did not even bother to mention the names of our neighbours: India, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal, etc. instead have gone past the Greenwich to compare SL President to the President of the free world. I chose to others in you list as they were not elected by the people. My suggestion is try to compare apple to apple- do not just compare the position alone. That was what went awfully wrong for Lasantha. He thought he is a journalist so not only did he try to compare himself to a journalist in the USA; he started also to do things the way being done in the USA by a journalist-turned out to be fatal. This would be the consequences if you start comparing position to position literally, without being taken into account other factors. Further, you know better than I do, the authority the current SL’s president exerts is far greater than that of a USA’s president could in certain areas. For instance, a president of the USA cannot bring his whole family and siblings to the Government he/she leads nor he nominates his brother for the position of secretary of defence. These are the superior powers that our HE wielding over and above other presidents of a free world. So do not compare those impotent Head of States to ours, they do not have a congress man like our HE has in Duminda/Mervyn. Leave those poor fellows to get a live, do not drag and put them in par with Mahinda.
Nelum I like your comments here and also the response given by the DBSJ.
Continue writing here. We miss you if you don’t write.
am so relieved to live in the of midst of righteous M.Sivananthan. I wait daily to see his take on these aspects to cleanse from all the wrongdoing takes of others.
stupid says:
November 24, 2011 at 5:04 am
samarasekara ,Did you realy read what DBSJ have written mate.
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Dear friend,
YES, I HAD READ IT. FURTHEMORE AS A PRATICE WITHOUT HAVING READING THE MAIN COLUM AND OTHER RELAVENT LITRETURE IF NECESSARY, I AM NOT MAKING ANY COMMENTS.
I emphasing in this case RW firstly took the wrong decision.
samarasekara
SAMARASEKARA
John Wayne,
When it comes to brutal, uncivilized behaviour there is no difference between we Sinhalese and you Tamils. lets agree on that.
TRN
what kind of action do you mean.The UNP women sarees were being tugged while nobody was interested in her.
The books of international relations you read seem to be very old, perhaps update your literature mate.. North Korea, ruined its economy following the pure-communist model.. The present day capitalist Russia (with possibly the world’s largest hydrocarbon reserves) and China (the world’s second largest economy) are vastly different from the USSR and pre-economic boom China that only had their large militaries to ward off your Western masters..
So if you want to waste your (hard earned?!) money investing in more of John Snow production’s movies by all means do so, but it will hardly matter in a new world order led by BRIC..
Anonymous,
What about it? It was only reclamation of illegally occupied sovereign territory, that is the reality and the international law.. Whatever exists in figments of your imagination (and others) hardly counts, but you can always hold onto such fantasies..
3d,
I mentioned many countries, including India. I now understand you are an Indian. In fact a Sikh (not an MP) slapped Sarath Pawar and tried to stab him in the Lok Sabba.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
No/// not that kind of action.
What I meant was for President to take control of the situ. Put the house in order. Or was MR enjoying the wrestling?
I like President MR. he is the most suitable president for sinhala people.I don’t think most of the sinhala people understant what is democracy is.
Can anyone blame the white man for calling the Sri Lankan parliament “the monkey house” ?.
Chaotic scenes are common in tribal councils.
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oh// The Native will vehemently reject your claim 3d.
Please tell this to the political parties who make the nomination lists not to Dr. RN.
All the thugs, drug dealers and criminal gets to the nomination lists of main parties.
Dear Samarasekara,
Do you justify this behavior of the parliamentarians?
I mean u put the blame on the UNP & RW – fine.
What about the wrestling by the MPs started by the govt side.
Is raising placards against the parliamentary rule?
Again you are attempting to turn the spotlight away from the epicentre which is your Parliament.
“John Snow production’s movies”
Was this the same production movie which your intelligent master Gotabhaya said was financed by LTTE rump but was given all-clear by the independant media regulator OFCOM? I wonder why Gotabhaya is now issuing statements that a few undesirables who ‘lack composure’ may have slipped into his army when before he said his army were absolute gents who successfully conducted a rescue mission with 0% casualties? You see old boy I think it’s you that needs to update your literature on this one.
“but it will hardly matter in a new world order led by BRIC..”
Yes the Western powers of US, Canada, Western Europe and Aus/NZ will become completely irrelevant in this new world order. Their highly educated populations, trading links and infrastructure will become totally superfluous in this new environment. But dear chap- is tiny SL considered a BRIC nation? Does it have over 100million population and nuclear weapons? I know Mahinda wants to give money to the sinhala-dominated police and army more money to have kids but surely the population cannot increase that much?? When I last checked the literature SL was just off the southern coast of India and was trying desperately to host Commonwealth Games. I wonder what great progress will be made by this nation becoming a military satellite state of China when it has a lot of dealings with democratic nations like UK, Canada, Australia, India and USA??
Justice & Fairplay,
I concur. The question is who is to judge character and calibre? Our system at present is not geared towards this. The system has to change. Once again the big question is how. Unless there is a public demand, the ‘Commodities’ you mention, will not become available. Ultimately, it is we who are to blamed and it we who have to demand changes. As someone has described, we are a nation of ‘Lotus Eaters’, and hence may never be able to do this!
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
all govt MPs, who were fighting in the parliament will be declared as living war heros by MR, the president of SL (stupid land) in a few days time
SL is firmly allied with RIC. It is the financial clout of RIC not the their nuclear arsenals that will diminish the West’s ability to act single handedly and high handedly in world matters ..
China itself has lots of dealings with democratic nations, so there is no issue of SL having such relations, so don’t you worry your wee lil head about such matters.
So keep pouring the money into John Snow and Channel 4 mate, but do save some to buy blood pressure meds when you schemes fall flat at the UNHRC, Commonwealth and everywhere else..
TRN says:
November 25, 2011 at 5:58 am
Dear Samarasekara,
Do you justify this behavior of the parliamentarians?
I mean u put the blame on the UNP & RW – fine.
What about the wrestling by the MPs started by the govt side.
Is raising placards against the parliamentary rule?
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Dear friend,
I am not taken on either side, but vishalualised it as it is. Being develiring the budget speach, insted of listen it carefully it was wrongd to demonstrating posterrs.
What was the posters exibited? SHAME. SHAME on what?
If the posters displayed during the past session which institutions acequring bill, there may be some sort of sense.
Does the parlimentary rules allowed demonstrating posters against the budget speach?
I repeat that WR WAS WRONG.
By doing wrong thing why he expection gentleman’s behaviour from the rival side.
That’s why I compared the situation that took place in the parliment as same as KEWATTA INCEDENCE IN UMMAGGA JATHAKAYA.
samarasekara
DBSJ & Nelum in love… Aaww.. aaww. All ethnic problems will be over, but DBSJ will have to face his own home front.
Machang Chintha, Nelum mage Nangipan…………DBSJ
When kudu kaarayas, mudalali’s, thugs and murderers are in the parliament representing both sides, this is what the result is going to be. They did what they are good at to the best on behalf of the public of Sri Lanka.
“China itself has lots of dealings with democratic nations, so there is no issue of SL having such relations”
Genius have Burma and North Korea strong relations with western nations despite having strong links with China? Is Sri Lanka that valuable to the west for it to ignore its human rights abuses?
“schemes fall flat at the UNHRC, Commonwealth and everywhere else”
Yes SL was very successful in having its bid for Commonwealth Games voted down and has definitely not had Harper and Cameron threaten it with boycotts. Your own mad defense secretary has started to admit that undesirable elements have crept into his army despite initially issuing a strong denial so we wonder what new excuses he will make after the second programme
What about Vietnam then, mate? And SL shares no land border with China like Burma or NK nor does it have nuclear warheads pointing at US allies.. SL’ strategic value and its relations with the two Asian giants far outweighs all your sob stories.. So whilst Obama et al. will occasionally bark a bit to get you ever-gullible chaps to cough up some campaign funding, we have hardly seen any bites over the last 3 years, have we?
Well Hambanthota and Gold Coast was a David v. Goliath to start off with anyway (and it was a 60-40 victory for Gold Coast, but I do hope you did get to open some champagne over that buddy).. Yes didn’t Harper and Cameron get the CHOGM 2013 cancelled as well, they also appointed a Commonwealth Human Rights Commissioner I heard? (Your campaign contributions at work I hope
) Oh and didn’t the Greens a get that anti SL resolution passed in the OZ senate by a whopping majority? Did it ever occur to you why a lot of aslyum seekers are being sent home nowadays (from the UK of all places, after the 120% undoctored Channel 4 video). I hope at least your next round of lies helps them to stay on and have better economic prospects like you fellows..
“What about Vietnam then, mate?”
Well mate the Vietnamese are scared China is venturing into the South China Sea so is asking for US protection? Is SL asking for US protection against China?
“SL’ strategic value and its relations with the two Asian giants far outweighs all your sob stories.”
So none of your trade is affected by Western nations? Your President seems to be making successful trips to Oxford Union so why is attempting respectability in said nations when he should just ferry himself between Beijing and Delhi?
“get the CHOGM 2013 cancelled as well”
So the fact that UK and Canada had to threaten your banana republic with boycotts didn’t concern you? Who do you think will lose face if they don’t turn up? Goliath or David?
“passed in the OZ senate by a whopping majority?”
As I said to your other colleagues who are in favour of Mahinda taking over the country and jailing people he doesn’t like, where is the outside support for SL in these nations? One of your comrades was laughing only 3 US senators were writing to Hilary, but I asked him why is he laughing when no senators are backing your regime? The last person here in UK who was backing you Liam Fox got himself mired in some mess in SL and had to resign.
“120% undoctored Channel 4 video”
So in the international battle over SL’s destroyed reputation, who is winning? When your master Gotabhaya denies everything before admitting later undesirables have entered his army, then bans websites critical to your President, are you expecting people to believe your govt when they say the video is fake? Think hard about this one before you reach for the champagne.
“A Sri Lankan force has not occupied another’s territory since the 12th century”
This was the thinking Serbia employed when they went into Kosovo to kill Albanians. They had superpower-backing from Russia so their position was strong in the face of western criticism.
“Even then the soldiers and sailors would have displayed exemplary behaviour”
Not even Diyasena’s boss Gotabhaya is admitting this now. Some outside force has persuaded him to admit that undesirable elements have crept into the army who ‘lacked composure’. But apparently Diyasena has evidence that the Channel 4 documentary is completely false despite Chandrika’s children being ashamed at its contents. He needs to stop wasting his time here and run to the defence ministry to get Gota to retract his previous statement.
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“So the fact that UK and Canada had to threaten your banana republic with boycotts didn’t concern you? ”
Why should it bother us, mate? They will keep releasing press statements.. You will jump in joy and make hefty contributions and vote en masse for their candidates in marginal seats.. Everyone is happy and the caravan will roll on..
“but I asked him why is he laughing when no senators are backing your regime?”
Ahem, ever heard of Heath Schuler or Jack Kingston? What of Lord Naseby or James Wharton? And how come only the Greens voted for that resolution in the Oz senate, why did Labour and the Coalition vote against it, perhaps heard of a certain Don Randall?
‘when he should just ferry himself between Beijing and Delhi’
Count the number of his visits to Delhi, Beijing and Moscow against the ones to the West and you will get your answer.. We have working trade relations with the West (Despite the IMF loan being cancelled, the ultra-successful boycott SL campaign etc.
), don’t you worry mate..
“denies everything before admitting later undesirables have entered his army”
What he has denied and still denies rightfully, is the claim that there was indiscriminate and systematic targeting targeting of non-combatants (like the bus bombings, hacking of farming villagers, cleansing of Sinhalese and Muslims from the pure-Tamil homeland etc., so graciously funded by your quid no doubt).. There is clear difference between individual excesses (by undesirable elements) and genocide (you have already devalued the meaning of genocide by throwing it around so casually, brilliant thinking on your part there.. Future dictators will no doubt thank you for that).. Abu Graib does not make the entire US army or George Bush/ Tony Blair war criminals, nor does ‘Bloody Sunday’ make the Royal Army or Edward Heath war criminals..
“then bans websites critical to your President”
Why are you so concerned about the slander-site lankaenews being banned? Do you like to take every cheap shot at the president’s family, regardless of who else gets hurt in the process (he crushed your fantasy of creating a mono-ethnic bantustan, so I guess you might).. The site was banned after publishing libel that Hirunika Premachandra was having an illicit affair with the president’s son (she has a boyfriend who has been with her for many years).. Did you take joy from the false and dirty innuendo thrown at a innocent young girl who had just lost her father…
Russia was in economic meltdown and had enough problems in its own caucus when Kosovo was occupied by NATO forces during the conflict.. Sri Lanka’s allies are on the rise atm, so even 3 years on your Western masters are paying mere lip service to your wailing..
Chandrika’s children like Chandrika mean nothing in SL now.. She rogue queen couldn’t beat Wickramabahu Karunarathna if she ran an election.. Sec Def’s statement on ‘undesirable element’ = 150% proof that the Channel 4 movie is true.. You seem to be quite keen on the second movie, will you be getting at least supporting actor role in the new John Snow production?
“Kosovo was occupied by NATO forces during the conflict”
Genius Russia has veto powers in Security Council just like you Mahinda supporters seem to think you’re untouchable in the international arena due to China’s support
“so even 3 years on your Western masters are paying mere lip service to your wailing..”
Your Chinese masters will abandon just as quickly as they adopted you. The US and Western nations have their own much bigger trading relationships with China so they have their own methods of bringing China to their side.
“Chandrika mean nothing in SL now..”
It shows the delusion of Mahinda supporters that they belitte western criticism and now seek to do the same to their former leader. Such people are walking into the fire and not realising it. Maybe Lord Naseby will help them? We’ll take our chances with Harper and Cameron, actual heads of state.
“will you be getting at least supporting actor role in the new John Snow production?”
The intelligence of the Mahinda is extraordinary. They seem to believe that a UK news broadcaster in a first-world country is engaging in ‘production movies’, whilst their corrupt third-world regime engages in mass brawls in Parliament and have actual murderers in their party like Duminda Silva and Col Karuna.
Kalu Mathya,
Why do you try to find lame excuses? One party men are certainly not better than the other party men. You and I belong to the same class, which has lost the common sense to behave decently and to live properly. We have to simply learn to identify our strengths and weaknesses and accept as they are. Cock-eyed arguments will not carry you that far!
This level of behavior is embedded in our srilankan culture. We are very proud of our it. Have you forgotten how we treated our Tamil brothers in many communal riots and how our forces are treating them now? Where are those gentlemen? Why did not you comment on that? Of course we have paid men like you to praise our laurels to boost our image.
‘Genius Russia has veto powers in Security Council’
Yes and that is why Kosovo still does not have a seat in the UN.. By the time UN resolution 1244 on Kosovo was passed, Serbia was bombed into submission.. When Serbia itself accepted the terms of the resolution there was no point in Russia vetoing it!!!
So what do you reckon, are you going to convince Harper and Cameron to send their warplanes to the Indian ocean
over a war that is finished years ago? Or are you coming from your cushy living to ignite Eelam war V as the Sun God inacarnate?
“Yes and that is why Kosovo still does not have a seat in the UN.. ”
This of secondary importance to them, they are just happy that Serbians are not murdering them.
“When Serbia itself accepted the terms of the resolution there was no point in Russia vetoing it”
Likewise I’m sure the Western powers will use their own methods in its dealings with China if Sri Lanka does not make progress on human rights.
“convince Harper and Cameron to send their warplanes to the Indian ocean”
No dear chap you have me wrong. SL just finished 30-year war so no need to repeat hostilities. I hope they will use other methods e.g. threat of boycotts, trade restriction, things of that nature until SL reduces military presence in North and engages in genuine reconciliation.
“your cushy living to ignite Eelam war V as the Sun God inacarnate?”
I knew eventually you would mention LTTE. I was admiring your restraint till now. Don’t worry not every Tamil waves Ealam flag and endorses suicide bombing. I’m happy to see the back of them, their terrorism did nothing but give Tamils a horrible name. I was just noting that SL is not a great power like India to say shut up to Western nations. Thus it is prudent for Tamils to explore other avenues and we thank Mahinda for giving us this opportunity by not engaging fully with the West
Chintaka – You are right about “both sides” In the last GenElection Kudu Mervin was in charge of Kelaniya for the regime. Do a study of whom Ranil appointed as UNPs Chief Organiser. Another Kudukaraya, Contract Killer, extortionist, kidnap raja and Pimp – a la millionaire. When we visited an old “aunt” – a 90yr old Sinhala lady – who lives in her
Walauwa near the Kelaniya Temple (members of whose family held high positions in both UNP/SLFP Govts) she greeted me with her charming smile/laughter “dekkada depethema apekshakayo? Aney, kaata kiyandado, lamayo?” (Did you see the candidates of both sides, son. Who are we going to complain?”)
ISS
Your comments bear evidence to the fact that you live in hallucination and claim good deeds as bad ones and bad ones by standard as the best ones. I really wonder whether your title was one offered on the recommendation of the people whom you advocate.
But there is a difference, if one believes in Mahavamsa.
According to it, one race originated from the lion and so has to be more brutal.
Why compare a GOVERNMENT (so called Democratic)with TERRORISTS (whos were not voted by the people)?