The Predatory Them And The Puerile Us
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara-Thursday, January 23, 2014
“King who feed on your people, since you rule nonentities…”
Homer (The Iliad)
( January 23, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Six billion rupees of public funds will be spent on building a super-luxury condominium to house Sri Lanka’s abstemious parliamentarians. The fully air-conditioned skyscraper will spread over two-and-a-half acres and consist of “all modern facilities such as swimming pools, gyms, walking paths, restaurants and playgrounds” . The self-denying parliamentarians will pay the princely sum of Rs 1,000 per month for their new rent-free abodes, as refundable deposit.
