|
|
SLMC resigns from Rajapaksa government
Full News Article
Karunawardana
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 188
Member Profile
|
 13 Dec 2007 04:43:45 GMT Report for Abuse
|
This is no great joy. You cannot ever trust SLMC. Like Cock party they will sell their souls for their share.
I hate JR for this Constitution which led to all these bargaining by insignificant fractions in the Political scenario.
|
Bona
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 37
Member Profile
|
 13 Dec 2007 05:01:26 GMT Report for Abuse
|
P007
The first Muslim political party, the SLMC, came into being in the 1980s which is about 40 years after independence. That they should decide to go their separate way to win their rights is testimony to the failure of the major political parties to properly address their concerns.
Are you talking about the rights you have(even as a Muslim) in middle-east countries? Come on in Sri Lanka as a Muslim, you have more rights than if you were living in middle-eastern country. Learn to appreciate what you have. |
p007
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 775
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 05:58:59 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Bona
What makes you think I am a Muslim?
Middle East countries are NOT democracies like SL. In a democracy, all are supposed to be equal. This is what the Tamils demanded since independence. The Muslims did not demand anything may be because they were mostly traders and farmers who were quite content to be left alone.
It took nearly 40 years for them to realise that they have rights and they won't get anything unless they get themselves organised politically. In Ashraff, they had an imaginative leader who was able to educate and mobilise them politically.
Rauf Hakeem is certainly no Ashraff but it seems the Muslims at the grass root level have become conscious of the dangers facing them and have now decided not to leave things to their political leadership but make the leadership act according to their needs.
Make no mistake. Rauf Hakeem's cross over is not the usual musical chair stunt. For the first time, a Muslim leader is being forced by the community to do what it wants. If you dismiss this as a political opportunism, it only shows your ignorance and the extent to which Rank Racism has blunted your thinking. |
gamiya
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 867
Member Profile
|
 13 Dec 2007 06:28:47 GMT Report for Abuse
|
For the first time, a Muslim leader is being forced by the community to do what it wants.
Bull. Mahinda got a sizable Muslim vote without Hakeem in 2005.
Hakeem has now become the laughing stock of the Muslim World......Voting with the Govt. for the 2nd reading and crossing the floor before the Final vote!!! Makes no Sense what so ever!
Here's the issue:
Hakeem wants the Telecom Regulatory Commission so that he can make millions by giving TV and Radio Permits to Tigers....Mahinda will never do this.....
Funnily enough P007 is portraying Hakeem as a wonderful Muslim Leader???? Has he forgotten about Hakeems Mistress Kumari Cooray who commited Suicide???
We have all the tapes and All the Allegations and FACTS pointed out by none other than Mangala Samaraweera...........We will show the Finer Details of all Mangala's allegations against Hakeem and all the Details of How Kumari Cooray was Harssed by Hakeem! The world will know all about this Great Muslim leader very soon. And the best part is that it will be Mangala Samaraweera who will be Exposing Hakeem on Vedeo Tape!!!
Mangala and Hakeem will have to run for their lives! if they decide to support each other!!!
Hakeem will have forget politics and sell carnival ice cream. |
gamiya
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 867
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 06:43:01 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Mucha,
I understand what you say. I can tell you one thing. Mahinda is a strong leader. The more people try to Push him down.........the more he will rise.
Remeber that Mahinda single handedly faught many battles against all odds and won.
Mahinda's biggest Victory was getting the SLFP Presidential Nomination. This was a very tough battle which Mahinda won.
Mahinda rose from Govt MP in 1970....to Opposition MP to Govt. Minister to Opposition Leader to Prime Minister to President in 2005....All this in the SLFP with Bandaranaike's wanting to cut Mahinda was not easy at all. |
Bona
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 37
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 06:46:34 GMT Report for Abuse
|
P007,
I don't know whether you are a Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim or whatever. But the truth is, even the most democratic country in the world cannot cater to all aspirations of all creeds of people. Most of these problems, mis-understandings can be resolved by GENUINE dialog among all parties with a common goal in mind. That is to live peacefully, harmoniously in a prosperous and a civilized country. That is what we need to achieve by setting aside these petty differences. After all, we are all humans and, it is human nature to make mistakes. But we need to correct those mistakes to the best of our ability through genuine dialog, by understanding each other and by respecting each others view points. We cannot afford to play tit-for-tat games anymore. The time is running out for Sri Lanka and our inefficient, corrupt politicians are partly to be blamed for most of the problems we have now. Do you think if we vote another party in, in the next election they will solve all our problems? NO WAY. So work with what we have now without jumping from one party to another, to improve lives for the better.
Edited By - Bona - 13 Dec 2007 06:52:55 GMT |
backbone
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 126
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 06:51:33 GMT Report for Abuse
|
I am against the monkey moves.You cheat all your voters who sent you to the Parliament.Still I see there is a some kind of beauty when government MP leaves his all the Perks and join the opposition.
Priority should be given to find a solution for monkey moves behind ethnic and economical problems in the country.I think JVP parliamentarians caused this disaster.Parliament gone to the dogs. Chandrika started this and now mahinda is the king for this dirty practice.
Mahinda is paying for that. |
p007
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 775
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 07:12:38 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Gamiya
Read my last sentence again in my last post which is specifically to people with fixed ideas.
As I said, it is NOT the decision Rauf Hakeem made on his own but a decision that the SLMC made after discussion with the Mosque Federation which represents the grass root Muslims.
Whatever Rauf Hakeem's shortcomings and weaknesses may be, he will have to pay for it one day like every body else. So no need to go ga ga over his weaknesses which does not help in an objective analysis of the situation. But don't think Rauf Hakeem is the Muslim community. Like I said, he is no Ashraff.
Yes. Mahinda got a lot of Muslim votes in 2005. But this is 2007 and he has more or less alienated all those Muslim voters by his caving into the Sinhala Racists. Muslims now know how much MR loves them. There was an article in the Sunday Leader, I think in early October, which quoted some hand bills distributed in mosques in Colombo about MR referring to Muslims as 'Thambila' more than once. You think the Muslims will like that?
Make no mistake. Rauf Hakeem's action is endorsed by the Muslim community by and large. Don't take my word. Ask the Muslims you know. |
p007
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 775
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 07:39:05 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Bona
I can't disagree with you. It is the politicians since independence who have brought the country to its present state. Unfortunately, our fate has been to fall from the frying pan into the fire every time we voted in a new government. MR is no exception. I too voted for him hoping that he will be better than Ranil, the American lackey who was ready to give in to all the demands of the LTTE. Now, the only thing I can support him for is his policy towards the LTTE. Everything else about him is revolting and stinking. I will not vote for him again and if Ranil stands against him again, I will simply spoil my vote next time.
Do you think if we vote another party in, in the next election they will solve all our problems? NO WAY. So work with what we have now without jumping from one party to another, to improve lives for the better.
I am in my fifties and an ordinary member of the public who has never approached any politician for any favours and I don't owe any of these jokers anything. Watching MR from the outside I am simply disgusted with him. How do you expect people who have worked with him and who have suffered the consequences of his action to continue to work with him when they find that they cannot achieve anything?
I agree another election is not going to usher in a new era. But that has been the tragic fate of us, Sri Lankans right? |
Bona
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 37
Member Profile
|
13 Dec 2007 07:55:20 GMT Report for Abuse
|
P007
I can't agree with you more. I am in the same boat as you are, and I m in my early 40s. I feel very disappointed when I think about Sri Lanka to see how our poor people are suffering due to these incompetent bunch of idiots. Such a nice country with natural beauty and everything, but gone to dogs.
|
|
Search All News and Discussions