{"id":64958,"date":"2019-07-12T01:09:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=64958"},"modified":"2019-07-12T01:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:10:33","slug":"senior-editors-comment-on-twitter-about-colombo-mayors-car-free-day-proposal-evokes-misogynist-response-from-retired-navy-chief-and-viyathmaga-organization-promoting-gotabaya-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=64958","title":{"rendered":"Senior Editor’s Comment On Twitter About Colombo Mayor’s “Car Free Day” Proposal Evokes Misogynist Response From Retired Navy Chief and “Viyathmaga” Organization Promoting Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Presidential Candidacy."},"content":{"rendered":"

Professionals affiliated to former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa were described as ‘misogynists’ after they denied the existence of sexually harassment of women in public transport and on the streets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An organisation called the Viyathmaga which promotes Rajapaksa as a presidential candidate rejected remarks of senior editor of the Daily FT, Marianne David, who focused on the sexual harassment women must endure on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

David was commenting on twitter that Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake\u2019s proposal for a car-free day was impractical as women could not freely walk without intimidation. The Dutch embassy is pushing the car-free day on Sunday mainly in the Cinnamon Gardens area of Colombo.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo, I will not support car-free Colombo. I can barely walk 100 metres without some sick pervert or inbred idiot saying something perverted or stupid to me or making some strangled sound – today’s was a meow, of all bloody sounds, a MEOW. So no, no car-free Colombo for me, thanks,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

Retired navy rear admiral Mohan Wijewickrama rushed in to demand the jettisoning of David from the country for pointing out what women endure daily while using public transport or simply walking peacefully.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease leave this country,\u201d ordered the retired navy officer now supporting Gotabhaya to be a presidential candidate. \u201cYou do not belong here. What is your ulterior motive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rajapaksa\u2019s Viyathmaga went several steps further accusing David of lying and trying to portray a negative image of the country to discourage tourists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just shaming your country in front of the world,\u201d Viyathmaga said on twitter responding to David.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think such stupid inaccurate statements going to help country trying to recover from the eastersunday (sic) terro (sic) attack. We will not encourage tourists by making statements that are far from the truth. M,\u201d Viyathmaga said.<\/p>\n

Local tweeps speculated who \u201cM\u201d was. \u201cM is for Misogynist,\u201d said one tweep.
\nAnother suggested tongue-in-check that Viyathmaga may be promoting an exclusive \u201cWhite Van\u201d transport service for women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite Vans\u2019 are associated with the period when Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was secretary to the ministry of defence when scores of people were abducted in white vans and extra-judicially killed.<\/p>\n

Viyathmaga received a barrage of comments highly critical of the organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatriotic citizens would rather expose the reality of the country than sell tourists a false image.\u201d Said twitter handle Sachi. \u201cGo around Mirissa and see the groping incidents and the number of beach boys harassing foreign women who just want to relax on the beach and you’ll get your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added another: \u201c Both Viyathmaga & Admiral going at @MarianneDavid24 for speaking out about harassment women face on the streets. Does GR camp fear outspokenness about women’s issues will ruin the city’s image? Same old logic. Gloss over brutal urban evictions; focus on pretty paving stones #lka.\u201d <\/p>\n

Courtesy:ECONOMY NEXT<\/em><\/p>\n

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Professionals affiliated to former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa were described as ‘misogynists’ after they denied the existence of sexually harassment of women in public transport and on the streets. An organisation called the Viyathmaga which promotes Rajapaksa as a presidential candidate rejected remarks of senior editor of the Daily FT, Marianne David, who focused on …<\/p>\n

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