Ranil Writes To Navi: Clarify Call For Removal Of DS Statue And Buddhist Flag
Leader of the Opposition and United National Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has penned a note to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, requesting her clarification on remarks made by Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa to a Sinhala language newspaper published last Sunday.
“As you are aware the Rt. Honourable D.S. Senanayake is not only the founding father of independent Sri Lanka but he is also the founding leader of my party. The newspaper further stated that you requested the removal of a Buddhist flag from the Independence Square,” Wickremesinghe writes.
Dear Aravinthan anna,
The Opposition Leader who attached a copy of the newspaper interview to his letter, said he hoped for early clarification on the matter.
CC Of An Email To A Friend In The North
Dr. Thrishantha Nanayakkara
Dear Aravinthan anna,
How are things going? I am sure you are enjoying the election heat these days. I don’t quite know about politics in the North, but I see in the news that the Southern parties like Jathika Hela Urumaya are a bit worried about your future. Their biggest worry is that you will choose to vote for people who are not from Jaffna. You know, this love comes from their habit of promoting people who knows the “pulse of the people” or the “village smell (Gami Suvanda” – கிராமத்தின் வாசனை) to govern villagers like us. By the way, I am sure you will pardon my Tamil. As usual I pretend to know Tamil, when in fact I use Google translations. Anyhow, you know, as usual, we in the South easily get caught in this kind of politics. The people who know our smell and our pulses are very often master pickpockets. So, you can see how we get ripped off left and right these days. I am sure you don’t want that. I think some wise and educated guy from anywhere in the country is better than a pickpocket who knows in and out of Jaffna and that of your pocket too. Read More
