A Nation Burdened By A Potpourri Of Political Failures
Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema
Sri Lankans seem destined to be burdened with failures of political leaders without any proper relief in sight in the foreseeable future.
The Mahinda Rajapaksa government with its failures and the opposition political parties with their failures have drawn a grim future for the people.
The governing party and opposition political parties are still picking up the pieces to move forward after the provincial council elections.
Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who has been called by certain sections of the party to resign as party leader and a few media outlets have commenced a campaign to oust the UNP leader.
Wickremesinghe says that he was prepared to discuss any step that could help the party.
It is in this spirit that Wickremesinghe had agreed to a request by the United Bikkhu Front for a discussion between Karu Jayasuriya, Sajith Premadasa and himself.
Bikkhus including Venerable Girambe Ananda Thero organized the meeting at the Dhammakithyarama Kollupitiya (Polwatte Temple) on Friday.
During the discussion Wickremesinghe has agreed to the proposal put forward by the monks to set up a Supreme Council in the party to play an advisory role. Read More
Sunday Leader Sacks Mandana
October 5, 2013
Associate Editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema who recently fled the country after her residence was attacked has been terminated with immediate effect by Leader Publications.
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Her husband Romesh Abeywickrema who was business editor at The Sunday Leader has also been terminated. The sackings happened by email on Friday night the Colombo Telegraph learns.
It was not immediately clear why the sacking took place. Ismail Abeywickrema and her husband and daughter left Sri Lanka for a “North American country” in September. Her house was attacked and burgled by armed attackers on 24 August.The Sunday Leader newspaper was purchased in 2012 by a businessman close to the ruling Rajapaksa regime. The newspaper’s founding editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed on his way to work in January 2009
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