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President Rajapaksa s London address to Commonwealth Economic Forum cancelled
Wednesday, 6 June 2012 - 12:13 PM SL Time
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In an unexpected,sudden development the Commonwealth Economic Forum the event in which Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was scheduled to deliver the keynote address has been called off.
The Commonwealth Business Council that had organized the event made a special announcement announcing the decision. In a tersely worded statement the Commonwealth Business Council stated-
After careful consideration the morning sessions of the Forum on Wednesday 6th of June have been cancelled and will not take place. The event will therefore commence with lunch at 1300hrs followed by the originally planned afternoon sessions beginning at 1400hrs.
Although the Business Council had not given any reasons for the abrupt cancellation speculation was rife that the decision was taken on account of the huge controversy generated by President Rajapaksa s anticipated address.
Earlier the Commonwealth Business council had organized a two day symposium to commemorate Queen Elizabeth the second s Diamond Jubilee of accession to the Throne.
The symposium titled Diamond Jubilee:Commonwealth Economic Forum was to take place at Mansion House in London June 6th and 7th.
Tickets for the two day event had been sold out. They were each priced at 795 pound sterling plus Value added tax.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was to deliver the keynote address during the morning sessions of the Economic Forum at 10.30 am on June 6th the first day.
Thereafter a Commonwealth luncheon hosted by the Comonwealth Secretariat was to take place at Marlborough House in Pall Mall London. Queen Elizabeth was to grace the occasion.
President Rajapaksa had been invited for the luncheon by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma who had earlier been India s High Commissioner to Britain.
President Rajapaksa arrived by special flight with his entourage at the Heathrow Airport in London in the early hours of June 4th. He is staying at the London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane.
The Sri Lankan head of state was expected to deliver his special address in the morning to the Economic Forum at Mansion House and then return to his Park Lane Hilton Hote. After freshening up he was to leave for Marlborough House to attend the Commonwealth Luncheon scheduled to commence at One pm.
Several Human rights activists and members of the Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates in London had mounted a protest campaign to exert pressure on the Commonwealth Business Council to disallow the Sri Lankan President from addressing the Business Forum.
Demands have also been made that President Rajapaksa should be debarred from participating at the Commonwealth luncheon also.
Those protesting Rajapaksa s London itinerary allege that he is a war Criminal . Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates accuse the Sri Lankan President of genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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megashane
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 6 Jun 2012 05:49:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Peelamists will be happy
Gonseka supporters will be happy
but what do they get?
neither peelam nor Gonseka as the president
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 6 Jun 2012 06:09:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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Peelamists will be happy
Gonseka supporters will be happy
Certainly, dhobies are unhappy.
Don't you think it is a joke.
That some one is unhappy with himself and trying to get something very hard, but it is not coming.
See human nature.
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6 Jun 2012 06:11:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Certainly, dhobies are unhappy.
I'm very happy
But certainly SF dhobies are not happy |
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 6 Jun 2012 06:25:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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After careful consideration the morning sessions of the Forum on Wednesday 6th of June have been cancelled and will not take place. The event will therefore commence with lunch at 1300hrs followed by the originally planned afternoon sessions beginning at 1400hrs.
of cause, Organizers have to think of security.
When mad dogs are running around people normaly take cover.
Edited By - Randu097 - 6 Jun 2012 06:25:31 GMT |
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6 Jun 2012 06:26:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Certainly, dhobies are unhappy.
Don't you think it is a joke.
That some one is unhappy with himself and trying to get something very hard, but it is not coming.
This panthang karaya Maha Shameless is the first to jump in to express his frustration.
but some of these fellows will never learn because for them to learn they should have some brain and common sense.
Percy should have known better if he has any sense. Percy is similar to Maha Shame Modaya who keeps on barking relentlessly and without any clear objective for the sake of barking and for what he has been paid!
As a Sri Lankan I am ashamed of Percy. As a head of state hiding and going around, hiding in the airport, changing the schedule and hiding in the hotel......it is not the way to go about. He could have easily avoided all these embarrassment and mind you that too at colossal cost to public fund.
Some will never learn.
Even at St Paul's Cathetral he was put on a corner far away from the isle at the far end of the raw. Should we need this kind of treatment?
Once he is back how is he going to bluff the native audience? |
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6 Jun 2012 06:31:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Security was not an issue.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard told Channel 4 News that while it had agreed to guarantee the president's security, the CBC had decided it was not in their interest to stage the event
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6 Jun 2012 06:31:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Seethrough jungee shows his frustration again
no peelam...
but be happy abt your boat business
Edited By - megashane - 6 Jun 2012 06:34:26 GMT |
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6 Jun 2012 06:33:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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about 40 peelamists were waving the flags at the airport...but nothing happened...after that they went home and waved the flags to their wives
there were about 500 sri lankans waving the lion's flag
Edited By - megashane - 6 Jun 2012 06:39:20 GMT |
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6 Jun 2012 06:38:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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As a Sri Lankan I am ashamed of Percy. As a head of state hiding and going around, hiding in the airport, changing the schedule and hiding in the hotel......it is not the way to go about. He could have easily avoided all these embarrassment and mind you that too at colossal cost to public fund.
But Percy would like to tease these LTTE rumps and he never miss an oppurtunity. Good one Percy. You did it again.
Edited By - Randu097 - 6 Jun 2012 06:39:08 GMT |
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