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Mahinda sacks HILL in a second and keeps the thug MERVIN indefinitely? Was Mervin sent by Mahainda acting on presidential orders to use thuggery to threaten media people in the Rupavahini?
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The President`s dubious conduct of dismissing the Sri Lankan Airline CEO Peter Hill by canceling his work permit for not facilitating his entourage to the UK with his 35 odd bandwagon to attend a private function of his son is now compared with the action he had taken to retain his thuggish Minister of Labour Mervyn Silva until his inquiry findings are known.
The brute Minister`s conduct at the Rupavahini TV station is well evidenced and only action required is immediate sacking of the Minister and then conduct an inquiry. But the President has decided to play his standard drag his feet game by not sacking the Minister immediately.
The President did not follow the same procedure when he dealt with the CEO Peter Hill. His determination to get rid of the CEO instantly without waiting for the inquiry findings reveals his selective approaches to matters that involve him personally.
Both events confirm the President`s ludicrous dealings and his judgmental capacity as the leader of the nation.
Within his two years term in office, the President has appointed many committees to investigate and so far none seems to have come out with their report or even presumably the reports may have been kept hush-hush somewhere.
The prominent of the inquiry is about the public display of the nude bodies of the Tamil Tiger suicide cadres few months ago. These cadres carried out a daring dawn raid at the Anuradhapura Air force base. The two inquiries carried out on this sordid affair have been silently put aside by the government.
It is believed the inquiry ordered by the President against the gangster Minister is to take the immediate heat out of the public and to facilitate the gangster Minister to remain in office indefinitely.
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Robins
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 29 Dec 2007 09:13:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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December 27th mark historic day in Sri lankan politics and media freedom. The incident involved with minister Mervin Silva in the premises of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation is sending strong signals to both political and judiciary circles in the country that people of this country is not satisfied and no longer willing to tolerate their inability to curb violence unleashed by politicians in the society.
Political history
Mervin Silva entered into politics under the patronage of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Hambanthota district. However, later he left SLFP and joined hand with UNP. He used to be an keen critics of CBK. He used harsh and abusive words to criticize her. But soon after CBK won the presidential election, this shameless political clown got back the membership of SLFP after knelt down and asking for forgiveness in front of CBK in public.
In the general election in 2004, Mervin Silva contested in Colombo district and people of Colombo rejected Mervin Silva and made him the last in the list with only less than 3000 votes from the entire district!
However, by that time, he had managed to add his wife into the National list and defeated Mervin Silva somehow convinced CBK to enter his wife in to the parliament. Later Mervin entered into parliament using this national list seat which was allocated to his wife.
It is said that National list is there for intellectual and professionals to enter into the legislature. However it is unfortunate that national list was used by this clown to enter into the parliament.
It was great shame that president Rajapaksa appointed this crook as the minister of Labor, the same portfolio that president held for some time. The working class of this country believes this appointment as an insult for them.
History of thugery
In September 2007, Chaminda Serasinghe, brother of UNP Western Provincial Councilor Sujeewa Serasinghe, was beaten up by Malaka Silva who is beloved son of Mervin Silva at a night club down Duplication Road. The victim claims that Malaka Silva, along with ten of his bodyguards, assaulted him when he visited a popular latino dance club, to have dinner with a German lady. The lady is believed to be the reason for the brawl, since she had once had an intimate relationship with Junior Silva.
In November 2006 Malaka and two of his bodyguards pleaded guilty for attacking Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officers, who were on a drug raid at a night club in a five-star hotel. On that occasion, Colombo High Court Judge Upali Abeyratne ordered each of them to pay compensation of Rs. 10,000 and enter into a bond of Rs 100,000 each, to be in good behavior for a year. Malaka Silva is widely believed to be a dealer in the banned substance.
In another incident, both Mervyn and Malaka jointly ran amok and destroyed property at another Colombo night club in 2004. On that occasion, Junior got into a fight at Clancy?s night club and Senior came along with his goons for support. Before long, severe damage was caused to the Clancy?s night club and the Soprano?s Karaoke Bar in the same building. A security guard who witnessed the whole incident told police that it was Mervyn Silva, along with his goons, who had damaged the property of the club. However, a few days later, the security guard had changed his story, presumably under political pressure and gave an affidavit retracting his earlier statement to police. The courts, meanwhile, dismissed the case for the lack of evidence.
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29 Dec 2007 09:14:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mervin and media
Whenever his sons are at play, Mervin Silva is always there to defend them and his finger is always pointed against the media personals. He has verbally abused media personals in public in numerous occasions. Over the years Sirasa, Swarnavahini and Divaina had been targeted by this clown politician. However the state media had blind eye in all those incidents over the years. It is in this backdrop that Mervin Silva came to question the director of news of Rupavahini Corporation for not telecasting of his petty speech in the opening ceremony of the ?Mahanama? bridge in Matara.
It is a comic of his own fate that at last, this bankrupt thug got his due place in the premises of state owned Rupavahini Corporation itself. Though he entered to play the role of a thug, he has to leave the place just like a clown after beaten up by the staff and fellow journalists.
When the justice is not evident
If the past cases involved with minister Mervin Silva and his sons got the due justice and the culprits are penalized in the judiciary system, this incident would never ended in violence. However, when people do not see the justice, it is natural for them to take the law in their hands.
In the last general election people made him the LAST in the preferential list. Still the political helm preferred to select him as a minister. Now people themselves have curbed his thugary and exposed his true clown face. What more people should do to convince the political helm that Mervin is a rejected politician ?
The question begging for answer is does the government and particularly president Mahinda Rajapaksa is willing to amend mistake of appointing a political clown as a minister. If not, the government may have to play heavy political price in the next election.
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29 Dec 2007 09:16:29 GMT Report for Abuse
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28-12-2007 3.45pm President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is reportedly angered over the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation?s coverage on the violent behaviour of Minister Mervyn Silva every five minutes, has reprimanded top SLRC officials including CEO Karunarathne Paranawithana and Director-General Sisira Kothalawala. The President has demanded to know as to what they had been doing until the minister became a hostage in the SLRC chairman?s room and as to who authorized the telecast of the unfolding scenes.
It is reported that the President was dissatisfied with their answer that it was impossible for them to calm down the enraged workers.
The two media ministers Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena were also not spared from the president?s angry outbursts.
Finally, the President had ordered not to telecast footage relating to the incident in the SLRC primetime news at 8.00 pm.
Accordingly, the SLRC has downplayed the incident and reported it with no visuals.
However, all other electronic media institutions including Sirasa TV, Derana and Swarnawahini highlighted the incident as their main news item of the day |
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 29 Dec 2007 10:39:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Robin
SLRC always under GOVERNMENT control , so MR no need to send someone to threat anyone , but this is something Mervin did on his own at the same time MR does approve his action - SLRC under direct control of MR gangs - the chair man and director general take the decision of any news item if they NEED or NOT , not the news director , may be director did on a different agenda that went wrong but not AGAINST GOVERNMENT . |
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 29 Dec 2007 14:49:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Robins,
Yes, MR will not send Mervyn to ask why they did not telecast Mervyn's speech. If at all MR will inquire directly over the phone through his media secretary.
This was a personal case of Mervyn Silva and as usual he thought of bursting in to Rupavahini and create havoc.
Hats off to the Rupavahini workers who stood up to the challenge posed by this criminal (and a joker of the highest order)and chased him away in shame.
MR is an political animal who knows how the public thinking works. Now the people have shown their anger and disgust at this fellow, some action has to be taken. If not the President know what will be his fate. Mervyn will surely find his wings are clipped very soon.
The public's message to MR is clear: get rid of this criminal or face the consequences.
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 29 Dec 2007 15:02:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Guyz.....don't worry....Mervin is safe.....MR won't be able to touch him...if he touches him, all secrets will be out..... |
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29 Dec 2007 16:29:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mahinda eventually send Mervin home.
Even John F Kennedy whad Connections with USA - MAFIA. He became PResident with the help of them (as I heard), Once he became PResident he neglected them.
GOSL PREsident should clean the system. |
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