Ranil Wickremasinghe, the current opposition leader and twice the prime minister, is widely considered to be a losing politician. No exception even in his own party, at the ground level.Very much westernized in his attire and his thoughts, Ranil finds it hard to understand the Sri Lankan sense & flavor – resulted losing 14 elections in last decade or so.
Nearly 18 party members, including the deputy leader Karu Jayasuria, publicly expressed their support to Mahinda’s government and accepted cabinet portfolios recently.
Ranil finds very few listeners in Sri Lanka and might have forced him to find more at the international level. He likes US, UK, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland and many first world countries where he finds good listeners. Sri Lankan opposition leader and the up & coming “global” politician found no time to spend the Sinhalese & Hindu New Year [the most celebrated cultural festival] with his people. Oops… did I say something wrong? May be I did. Wonder he still considers Sri Lankans as his people… I doubt.Today many consider Ranil as the mouth piece of LTTE. Some doubt, he plays the role of Anton Balasingham to win the support of international community to the terrorists.Ranil desperately wants international intervention to country’s internal affairs. He talks “proudly” about Sri Lanka’s human rights violations in front of western media and emphasizes the necessity of an international human rights commission. All in all, Ranil’s politics brings nothing than the disgrace. On the other hand people get to know how poor he is as a leader – doing nothing locally but cries before western power.
All his voters stay confused with a big question mark. They never find him in Colombo and some think Ranil exported.
Updated on 9th May 12:31 PM with Lakbima cartoon.
Hey Prabath, none of the UNPers used to blame Ranil for what he did and what he doing at the moment. He is a great politician and does the best he can do for his country.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, so your so called sinhalaya (as per you), Mahinda licked the ass of pope after the New Year.
Maara negam yaamak ne...
Mahinda clearly showed that he doesn't having any vision instead rajapakshe pooshane.
Umbalage hithe duka waha ganna anunta dos nokiya, umbalage maha ekaage weradi waha ganilla.
Nathiwa arakatai, mekatai, kakkussi baratai okkotama Ranilge peace eka kiya kiya kaaa nugaha hitapan bang.
There is a one thing, in SL people fail to identify the best leader and used to bring "Thakkadi" like mahinda in to power.
That started from 56 with Bandaranaike and still remaining.
What a poor country. People lacks creativity.
Oooops...
Not particularly intelligent - amusing nevertheless.
ReplyDeleteI think the issue is that Ranil is too sophisticated and way ahead time for present day SL politics. He is a intelligent gentleman. He made lanka gain huge strides economically with the CFA. He split LTTE into two. Mahinda on the other hand had no idea how to run a country. He (along with his family) will rob this country as much as they can and then flee. SL masses are asses.
ReplyDeleteOnly a father can understand childeren's issues... so as the ciizens'.
ReplyDeleteignorance is bliss!
ReplyDeleteand the ignorance of the person who attacked prabath's article is truly monumentle. which hole did you creep out of?
ReplyDeleteI’m not a Ranil political supporter if not MR admirer. Ranil may not the best leader Sri Lanka produce – but he is one of the best remains.
ReplyDeleteMR didn’t win the last election by a landslide. We all know how that stunt went.
If you remember – MR talk about HR issue in international audience more than Ranil.
I personally prefer a leader with no children or heir to the crown. No brothers are a plus.
Saying that, I agree on the fact Ranil do not cater to Sri Lanka favor. He need to learn how to say one to the country and one to the international community (like CB), how to be extremist, violent and corrupt. Also he is lack of silverback like character we Sri Lankans admire the most. In that case, Vimal Weerawansa is more successful politician than Ranil – and most of all Praba is a more successful leader than all of them.
With all due respect, I have to say New Year issue you highlighted does not fit with the more open minded blogges. It sounds more like stage politic talk. Again I have to agree, that is Sri Lankan favor. But does it should be?
I don't agree with some of your opinions.
ReplyDelete"Today many consider Ranil as the mouth piece of LTTE. Some doubt, he plays the role of Anton Balasingham to win the support of international community to the terrorists."
If so why did Prabha facilitate Mahinda's victory? And why did he and Anton Balasingham subsequently condemn Ranil - after MR won the election? Prabha's speech in Nov 2005 should be avaialble on Tamilnet have a look at it. Bala voiced similar sentiments in an interview published in the local papers shortly afterwards.
"Ranil desperately wants international intervention to country’s internal affairs. He talks “proudly” about Sri Lanka’s human rights violations in front of western media and emphasizes the necessity of an international human rights commission."
I agree that he is doing this. I also support what he is doing, because it is the duty of the opposition to raise questions when a government abuses its power. However Ranil is doing far too little, he needs to educate the local population of what is going on. Too many people are in the dark, partly thanks to a government news blackout on the war and the hostile attitude towards the press which is resulting in only muted criticism.
Why should a state allow the flourishing of shadowy militias which terrorize its citizens, not only in Colombo but also in the East and elsewhere?
Why should a state attempt to repress the press and anyone critical of them?
The situation is very grave and te country is in danger of degenerating into anarchy.
Wow guys, lots of comments, truly Sri Lankan comments (i do not want to use the word Sinhala).
ReplyDeleteDon't blame me for using the word sinhala. Sinhala is the term we used to show our ethnicity when the country sinhale exist. Not its Sri Lanka therefore we can not tell sinhala as our ethnicity anymore. It should be Sri Lankan. People live in America used to introduce as Americans, people in Britain telling that they are british, therefore I am a Sri Lankan.
Forget that explanation, back to the business again.
I saw lots of articles favored to the MR, PA, JVP at Prabath's blog space. I think its his political understanding and what he represents for. Its his political freedom at all.
But, what the hell he is getting by acting as the second spokesman for this so called corrupted government.
As Sam quoted in his comments, I do believe that we need some one without having a large family tree or heir after his/her term to rule the country for power.
Some intelligent, canny, with international support and who can win a goodwill.
Sometimes some of our so called local pundits will oppose this.
I defend my self in that. Some of these pundits spread a rumor that RW is a half a man (Ponnaya) therefore we need a real man with a beard and/or mustache wearing a sarong to rule (ruin) the country.
This clearly shows that where their brain actually is. Beard or a mustache can not rule a country, neither sarong won't feed them the way to rule a country. They should have a brain to rule a country. That what MR lacks.
Please go back to 1983 then to 1987 -1991. This MR and party which he belongs to spread the news that Sri Lankan government violates the HR and destroy the image of the country. Thats why people script and shot films like "Minee Kannange Deshaya" on this lovely country.
Patriotism was truly there when it was at 1983. People became violated since it was the first time for them to see such an event. But parties leaded by RW (Rohana Wijeweera) and MR destroy the image and it costs us billions of dollars for us. When our forces over running terrorists camps in 1987, MR and madame SB (late) sent an secret letter to late RG and ask them to invade the country.
Now MR and his brothers killing innocent people (80% - 90%) of them are not engaged in any terrorist activities. At the same time they are playing with the innocent civilians.
When somebody is speaking against them, they labeled those people as "Kotiya".
Kaata kiyannada?
Do u have any comments Prabath?
Why are you so silent?
Prabath, I know you personally and also your father - who is a well-known journalist in the country. We respect him for the neutralism he maintained in his articles. He never did mud-sliding as you do in your posts...
ReplyDeleteThis is clearly mud sliding & why you still silent?
Are you still trying to say that this drowning ship of a government is still worth getting aboard? May be this is how you're taught at your home or you only watch SLRC, Channel eye & ITN for god's sake.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how you were intelligent enough to write a blog...
And I forgot to ask, how did you attain [BSc(Eng),MCSD,SCJP,SCWCD, SCBCD, SCDJWS,OCA,CCNA, BCS,ACS] ???
ReplyDeleteHey. Keep this out of the personal will you :-)
ReplyDeletePrabath have all his rights to write his blog and he gives fair space for all to oppose his views fairly not like certain Sri Lanka bloggers who annoy by opposition views and publish personal information or delete comments. He give fair chance for everyone.
I don't particularly dislike Ranil. But I don't think it's appropriate for a politician of his stature to go around the world smearing the name of his own country. I don't mind a rat like Jayalath Jayawardene doing it. You don't see the Democrats going to Iran and campaigning against Bush with Ahmedinejad. When President Chavez called Bush the Devil the Democrats stood united against the foreigner.
ReplyDeleteSri Lanka is at war with a terrorist group. Anyone who goes against the country to help the enemy at this hour of need is a traitor. Ranil is engaged in treason. The Sri Lankan people have rejected his policies, and even CPA polls show that over 60% of our people support the war.
LTTE did not want Ranil to win because they didn't want to go ahead with the peace process, and they didn't expect that Mahinda would be able to launch such a successful military campaign.
Most of the people who posted comments here support Ranil. But I don't think they represent the majority of the country. Otherwise why Ranil lost in all the elections. Also once Ranil asked India's ambassador Nirupama Rao to force the government to not to take MPs from his party. What a shame for a party leader!
ReplyDeleteJayanga, what is wrong with not having majority support? If not having majority support make a leader any less, then Martin Luther King never a good leader.
ReplyDeleteI don’t say Ranil is the best leader. But it is sad to see how people act so childish when it comes to politics in Sri Lanka. We are lucky to have an oppression party. That is a luxury most of the countries do not have. But we can’t stop humiliate oppression leader no matter what the party is.
We all know Karu is most respected leader in the party. Why he had to leave? All true UNPers will agree on what I say. Ranil never had democracy he talks in foriegn countries, in his party. That let the stem of the UNP left the party.
ReplyDeleteAll the leaders that we were proud of are now with the government. I beleive UNP should support Mahinda, only in the case of the ethnic issue and sooner Ranil can leave the party better the future of UNP.
Moreover ppl like Prabath still think that MR still dtands for unitary state of country. Of coz i respect the way MR handling the WAR against terrorism (unless there's a hidden agenda), but the end of the day I don't think he will do what said before the election, and poor ppl like Prabath still believing it.
ReplyDeleteand this is more evident now that JHU and JVP walking away from MR. and also by the SLFP proposals brought forward.
also has MR said anything against Ranil's MOU after the election, NO.. he just valued it and appriciated.
So this is the real politics, practical and realistic... Prabath still has the theory in his head but no practical vision
Most comments reflect a support towards Ranil. But,I think thats just Colombo based internet using upper middle class crowd. In every election that he lost, he managed to win Colombo! So, these comments also do reflect the same thing. Mahinda is a villageman, he doesnt have a strong online support, for that reason, good that people like Prabath speaks up. We want a nationalist thinker like MR to create a self identity for the country. On the other hand, I do accept that he has made a mess of the LTTE problem, which RW did fairly well even though he made mistakes. I think, MR should change his stance to peace and move away from war. By doing that, he can manage LTTE effectively as RW did but at the same time, can implement his nationlist principles as well. Basically, he needs to make a balance between the two. This new wave of war is killing our country from every aspect, so he has to be more flexible and forward thinking.
ReplyDeleteRanil who killed thousands in Batalanda talks about human rights... what a joke.
ReplyDeleteUNP needs a better leader.
Hey... Het back to the topic again. You guys commented that Ranil is a traitor and showing whats happening in this country to the world and speaking against the wrong doings of MR's government is wrong.
ReplyDeleteHuh, what a great theory.
I do believe that Prabath has his own rights to publish a blog, he can post anything he wants, but please use it for fair use not for the mud-sliding s.
I'll express my thoughts.
No body vote for a war. Only few people living down south wants to go back to war.
If you think that this is a lie, please visit villages over there in North Central, UVA, Wayamba (these are the areas, severely affected due to decades long war in north and east).
Second thing, if you think that MR got a mandate for vote, keep it in mind that he didn't receive any majority during the presidential elections. It was the most corrupted election in our history.
I have proofs, they cut the voting rights of nearly .5 million UNPers.
MR used the vachalaya's from Hela Urumaya and JVP to lead his campaign and spreaded thousand's of lies to win that election.
Don't become a child and tell that they won the PC election with having 60% votes. Anybody in this country knows how the ruling party wins in the elections.
So its out of debate.
My next point, Prbha is a kind of smart thinker. He knows where to attack, when to attack and how win.
People thought, its the end when Karuna gets away from Praba. Still he is there and leading his terrorists group from Vanni.
My next point. Governments giving counts of LTTE carders died in confrontation, times they bombed iranamadu air strip.
Did anybody count this? if the count is correct
365 * 1.5 * 6 = 3285
its the average killings for the past couple of months. As per the military sources. LTTE is having merely 15000 when the Karuna was there. they said 6000 carders went out with Karuna. That means Praba having only 9000. even from that figure now they lost 33%. Then they might be weak. Very weak. Then how come they attack our targets daily.
Next point. Government is talking about air superiority. They say that we have migs, kfirs. Then how come they bombard our target three times.
Hey men, we can have the best weapons in the world, but we have to have experience fellows to use them. Else they newer hit a target for years.
This is applicable for iranamadu. Who knows whether iranamadu is a war tactic of LTTE. Cos when we bombarding there, they do bombard in colombo. How funny.
This government is rely on thousands of lies. In sinhala, there is saying that, eka boruwak wahanna boru daahak oone...
Thats what happened to this government.
Came to power without having vision but with lies and false promises.
Its sad to see that people whom can see the truth better going defend this government.
Do not talk about chavez, do not talk about democrats in US. In US you won't see any HR violations from the government. In venezuela there are thousands of protests against the Chavez rule. chavez is a hero for left, but the truth is he is also a corrupted ruler like castro and our own MR.
They can do one thing. Can lead country towards disaster. You don't see what this MR and his party did when JR was in power.
You might get away that JR is a Yanky Dickey. But he was the visionary we had as our ruler for the last couple of decades. But MR never helped him to succeed but became barrier.
Now you guys talking about Batalanda. Then prove it at courts. You have your government, president, and a judge to take a decision against him.
these are the bloody lies coming from your party.
So the next time, please think twice before publish anything.
Cos we know the history of this country very well.
We do not want to see anybody is spreading lies among our people.
Prabhath, appreciate your courage in publishing this post. It has been a claymore for few blogers who are UNP boot-lickers. They've been creating an image for Ranil during last couple of years through their blogs and WNL news papers. Great you did it... but we want you to answer their fucking comments...
ReplyDeleteSam: I agree with your statement "I don’t say Ranil is the best leader"
Anonymous : "Now you guys talking about Batalanda. Then prove it at courts."
ReplyDelete(same)Anonymous : "I have proofs, they cut the voting rights of nearly .5 million UNPers."
Any person with a lillte intelligence can understand how these poor idiots try to create an image for Ranil.
If you have proofs why don't you goto courts. You marched from Matara to Colombo to reduce CBKs duty time by one year, I never heard you people doing such thing regarding the lost voting rights.
Don't try to create stories here... You can't cheat Sri Lankans...although you think you can do it...
Anonymous : "chavez is a hero for left, but the truth is he is also a corrupted ruler like castro and our own MR."
ReplyDeleteThere is a trend building in Latin American countries behind Chavez & Anonymous thinks he is a corrupted ruler. Since the same "Anonymous" saying Ranil is a better leader, no one needa to panic. They don't know what they say... They tried to build an image for Ranil & tarnish MRs image... now they've fallen into their own pit.
How come the Don Juan Dharamapala alias Ranil talks about human rights in Sri Lanka. Need to remind all his supporters how Ranil killed our youth in Batalanda & Sooriya kanda.
ReplyDeleteThis has turned out to be the real Sri Lankan voice now. There are very few supporters for Ranil, but they try to pretend to be more.
Wow guys, lots of comments, truly Sri Lankan comments
Wow man! Finally I found the answer to the whole problems in Sri Lanka in here!
ReplyDeleteIt is Ranil! Looking at all the comments here, Also listening to CB for more than 10 years, must be defiantly him!
So when he gone we can make Sri Lanka like Singapore eh?
But I personally like to believe who ever hold the power have responsibility and liability over everything. May be I’m just stupid to belive in such a thing.
Thanks guys for a very much disciplined discussion, except few from both the sides. I'll use all your comments to shape up my next post. Some questioned about my participation... it was unavoidable since I am having last two subjects of my masters final exam today and tomorrow. [this may it self will answer newsupdater :)] Although it was forcing to participate in the discussion, had to decide against it. Anyway I'll answer all the questions raised in my very next post.
ReplyDeleteloosing politician ???
ReplyDeleteI think this should be "losing politician"
A typos. Good you pointed out. Corrected. Anyway I don't think it disturbed the overall meaning of the post.
ReplyDeleteNow real question here is not whether Ranil or Mahinda,,, this is the issue with Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan politics.. history sheds the light giving so many examples.. when CBK elected as president most pppl (who supporting MR now) thought she is the best and supported her,.. now after 14 yrs sher is the worst ppl who praised her now blaming
ReplyDeletenow these similar set thinks MR is the best, i bet aftr another 6 -7 yrs this will change... and even now it is evident to some extent that JHU and JVP walkin away from MRs and SLFP standard and which is more evident with the SLFP poposals where "unitary" state is no longer big matter for them.. and don't be surprised if MR says he is even okay with Federal solution... this is what the reality faced by ppl come to such position... it is easy to people shouting stayin at there home and updating blogs... my question again does MR say anything against Ranil's MOU after the election.. no he just value it and appriciate it.. but for political advantage his followers blaming it..
Another ex is president Premadasa, at that time he is the worst but now ppl think he is one of the best risen from lowers and who did lot of for poors..
this is what we will never understand...
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