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After The Elephant Cross Over.... (Pretty Funny)
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---`Don`t go to Mangala`s house`- President tells Anura---
(LeN- 2007 Jan. 30, 8.15 pm) The president has informed minister of National Heritage Anura Bandaranaike to refrain from visiting Minister Mangala Samaraweera`s house.
According to sources the President has conveyed this message to Anura through a businessman who is a great friend of the Minister. President who spoke to the Minister on Sunday night said, `ask Anura not to go to Mangala`s house. It is a house which political upheaval takes place. Ask him to stop going there. I will give him his previous ministry and would also let him stay in Visumpaya`.
`LeN` reported on Sunday that Bandaranaike visited the house of Samaraweera on the day which the cabinet reshuffle took place.
---`It`s a shame to be a Minister of this Cabinet`- Maithripala---
(LeN- 2007 Jan. 30, 7.45 pm) Assuming duties as the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services Development Minister Maithripala Sirisena this morning said that it is a shame to be a Minister of the existing Government.
He said the JVP is also to be blamed for the increase in the number of ministerial portfolios, because if the JVP was with the government the number of ministries would have minimized. And he also said certain portfolios have been broken down and that it is a shame to call him self a Minister of the existing Government.
Maithripala sirisena is the SLFP?s General Secretary and also used his powers to strip former president Chandrika Kumaratunga from her party Chairman post. The latest Cabinet re-shuffle cost the `Mahaweli` portfolio of his earlier held minister which was ultimately granted to president`s brother Chamal Rajapakse. The Moragahakanda project which was initiated just a couple of days before the cabinet reshuffle was also held under Sirisena?s guidance and sources close to him say that the SLFP General Secretary is greatly upset about striping off his `Mahaweli` portfolio.
---A plan to strip Ranil from the party leadership---
(LeN- 2007 Jan. 30, 7.45 pm) There is a plan to appoint a different Parliamentarian as the leader of the Unp instead of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Currently the number of UNP MP`s stand at 44 out of which another 13 want to cross over to the government. 6 out of the 13 have already held the preliminary discussions with regards to their crossing over and the rest would do the same, Minister Rajitha Senaratne told the media at a media briefing held in Colombo yesterday.
When LeN questioned Rajitha Senaratne whether there was a plan to appoint an alternative person to the party`s leadership, he re-questioned `why do you think we are doing all this?`
---`We gave a new dimension to the MOU which was just a piece of paper`- Hemakumara---
(LeN- 2007 Jan. 30, 8.15 pm) Leader of the UNP reform group Minister of public administration Karu Jayasuriya says the decision to assist the government according to the MOU was taken after much discussion and long thoughts. He added that during a poll conducted before they swapped, 73% of the public wanted them to cross over to the Government. He was speaking at a media briefing in Colombo this morning.
Jayasuriya said other regional countries like India are developing at a rapid pace while Sri Lanka is left behind, mainly due to the ethnic conflict, causing severe questions with regards to the future of the coming generations. He said therefore they joined the government to create a new Sri Lanka.
Speaking here Minister Hemakumara Nanayakkara said they have given a new dimension to the MOU which was merely a piece of paper. He added that during his presidential campaign Wickremesinghe said that if he becomes the President he would form a national government after inviting the MP?s of the opposition, and it is the same step which they are taking.
Speaking here Minister Rajitha Senaratne said the decision to work with Mahinda Rajapakse was taken as he feels the pulse of the people.
---More UNPers will join Govt.! ? Mahinda Wijesekera---
[30th January 2007 - 17:15 S.L.T)
Another group of UNP Parliamentarians will join the government says Mr. Mahinda Wijesekera, Minister of Special Projects. He said already some of those Parliamentarians have had talks with President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Mr. Wijesekera said a group consisting of senior members of the UNP has joined the government and the President has been very generous to give all those who came from the UNP cabinet and deputy ministerial portfolios.
This was a good opportunity to solve the main issues in the country and all these who have come from the UNP have determined to work for the welfare of the people and the country said Mr.Wijesekera.
He said most of those Parliamentarians remaining in the UNP are disgusted with the leadership and are waiting to work with President Rajapakse
---Whole country has accepted our decision! ? Karu Jayasauriya---
[30th January 2007 - 23:05 S.L.T)
The decision taken by him and his group has been accepted by the majority in the country said Mr. Karu Jayasuriya, former Deputy Leader of the UNP and a new Minister of Public Admin & Home Affairs, in the Mahinda Rajapakse government. He said a survey was conducted and 73% of the people have accepted the decision taken by his group.
Addressing a media meeting held in Colombo Mr. Jayasuriya said their decision has been approved by the Maha Nayakas, civil community and majority of UNP members.
Mr. Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Minister of Agriculture (non-cabinet) addressing the media said tearing down of the MoU would not revoke it. The MoU could be ended only if Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe officially informs the President regarding it in a letter.
Messrs. Bandula Gunawardene, Rajithe Senaratne, Milinda Moragoda also participated at the media meeting
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Our 1st job is to re-appoint our people! - UNP ministers say
29th January 2007 - 22:15 S.L.T)
Re-appointing of UNP sympathizers who were discontinued from their positions when UPFA came to power is their first concern say those Parliamentarians who joined the government from the UNP.
Celebrations were held in residences of new ministers including Karu Jayasuriya and Rajithe Senaratne immediately after the sworn in ceremony. The supporters who thronged to these receptions were told by the new ministers to wait until they assume duties to re-appoint those who lost their positions after the General Election.
As soon as the government changed, the ministers of UPFA took measures to remove UNP supporters from their positions and appoint their sympathizers. As such a change in institutional heads is in the offing say sources.
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Vultures that jump from one party to another shouldn?t be allowed to decide the political path of the country! ? JVP
29th January 2007 - 04:00 S.L.T)
Political vultures that change colour, jump from one party to another only for their personal gains and thereby destabilize the country should be blotted out of existence. These vultures should not be allowed to decide which direction the politics of the country should move states a communiqué issued by the JVP on the cross over of Parliamentarians of the UNP.
Also, politics of those who take in such vultures, alleging that it was necessary for a strong government, should be decisively beaten. These bankrupt political agendas don?t contribute to build a ?new Sri Lanka ? states the communiqué issued by the Political Bureau of he JVP.
The time has come for the progressive, democratic, anti-separatist, anti-terrorist and anti-communalist masses to rally to defeat the vile attempts of obliterating before the political vultures the clear mandate given by the patriotic people at the Presidential Election of 2005. It states that the time has come for the patriotic people and forces to organize around the JVP to avoid the country being taken towards re-colonization but on a path that is favourable to the country and the people.
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Addressing a media meeting held in Colombo Mr. Jayasuriya said their decision has been approved by the Maha Nayakas, civil community and majority of UNP members.
This is an absolute crap from a man whom I had kept in high esteem. You don't sell your policy and principles for a mere ministerial portfolio.
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Did he join under a threat about an exposure??? |
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