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UNP divided over Cooray rescue
Friday, 8 July 2005 - 4:04 AM SL Time
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The UNP group at the Western Provincial Council is sharply divided over the recent political deal that saved UPFA Chief Minister Reginald Cooray, accused of corrupt practices and financial irregularities during his short tenure at the council.
Three UNP Western Provincial Councillors on Tuesday (5) rapped the controversial UNP-SLFP deal while emphasising they never signed an affidavit supporting Cooray`s reinstatement.
Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Abeygunawardene and Councillors Sirikamal de Silva and Douglas Fernando during Tuesday`s meeting at the council dismissed claims that the 39-member UNP group was unanimous in its support to Cooray. Sirikamal criticising the agreement said, ``85 how can we walk on roads with clothes on' Our supporters unreservedly condemn and ridicule our decision.` He also stressed the need to reveal the identities of the councillors who signed the affidavit.
Abeygunawardene said that they never withdrew the no faith motion against Cooray.
Communist party member Mahesh Almeida and Mahajana Pakshaya councillor Renuka Perera too opposed the deal. Both criticised the SLFP-UNP deal with Almeida likening the unceremonious removal of Nandana Mendis to a scene from Jayantha Chandrasiri`s Guerrilla Marketing.
The UNP earlier levelled a series of charges against the WPC administration led by Cooray. The UNP accused Cooray`s administration of bringing disrepute to the WPC, demanding a Rs. 5 million bribe from a British company to set up a vital operation in Colombo, demanding or accepting a Rs. 5 million bribe from a company situated at Orugodawatte to end operations of a US company based here, providing an illegal bus route permit and receiving about Rs. 250,000, ordering unauthorised appointments thereby wasting WPC funds (the UNP named the persons given the appointments in the order paper dated June 20th), releasing the Chief Minister`s security vehicle to a member of the Chief Minister`s staff and giving him a Rs 10,000 fuel allowance, ordering a spate of politically motivated transfers thereby creating about 100 vacancies in the WPC, taking control of a ministry not coming under Chief Minister`s purview, retaining services of Education Department officials thereby denying due promotions to officers down the line, reinstating a female officer who left service and another dismissed on a fraud charge and failing to implement a report produced at a cost of about Rs. 200,000. The UNP said that the report recommended action to rectify several fraudulent appointments made by Cooray`s administration.
Political sources said that the UNP`s accusations were much more serious than the JVP`s charges. Waruna Deepthi Rajapakse, the leader of the JVP group in the WPC, in a three-page letter addressed to Cooray, asserted that he shirked his responsibility, particularly by skipping the council`s accounts committee. The Island, in a front-page report, Stakeholders clash over politicisation of appointments, transfers and promotions, on March 23, 2005 issue, revealed the JVP`s charges.
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Pera
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8 Jul 2005 03:15:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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| It seems Mr Cooray has also joined the 'rathu thol balakaya' of Mr Ranil W. He he.... Mal hathai !! |
Mucha-linda
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8 Jul 2005 05:24:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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'RATHU THOL BALAKAAYA'
Thanks Pera, a nice term.
-Muchalinda.
This term carries all the hallmarks of the place you studied, if that is from where your name was adopted. Am I correct. |
Somarama
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8 Jul 2005 09:14:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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Its absolutely OK for UNPers to back Cooray if he agrees to share those millions reasonably with them.
Down with Nandana Mendis! |
akithya2005
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8 Jul 2005 14:23:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Once UNP Idiots shouting and pointing the fingers 'THIEF..THIEF..THIEF..' To cooray
next day ,Shouting and pointing to cooray ' OUR LEADER....OURLEADER...OUR LEADER...'
Their thief become their CM (Leader) we,People to be think Big thief become thives leader.
Nothing thats all.
BS this is the politics of UNP and SLFP |
Sunil
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8 Jul 2005 15:51:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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As long as Ranil is in the UNP leadership, UNP will be divided into 4-5 pieces.
Never vote for these thiefs.
Then can we trust JVP, hell no.
Lets give another chance to SLFP hell never again.
Very sensible & sincere Sri Lankan is in big troble.
Let the GOD give us a solution for this. |
Pera
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9 Jul 2005 03:09:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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UNP supporters are walking non-stop from Devinuwara....what they want?? Power...
When they could get power (ie in the Parliment and in the PCs they do not want to be the ruling party. I surely do not understand this fuzzy logic |
SNIPER
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9 Jul 2005 13:27:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pera, its just crap these UNP supporters are talking about. They do not know what they are doing. They run in the marchers just for the sake of going with out a proper clear cut reason. Poor supporters , such a pathetic situation.
Guys you know what is their promise to the supporters of the march!!they are promising to cancell the law which is now in force against building houses within 100m range from the sea shore and to rebuild all the houses effected by the tsunami within three months after they come in to power. We could have expected something like that if Premadasa was still alive. But not with this Po*na ranil. |
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