Another Recruit To The “Insurance” Brigade
By Emil van der Poorten -February 13, 2015
Emil van der Poorten
Like all those seeking to comment on what is emerging out of the cesspool that passed for governance until this country rid itself of the Rajapaksas, I have found myself having to indulge in superlatives of the wrong kind, the mildest of which are probably “ludicrous” or “bizarre.”
The recent, poorly written article/media release from Namal Rajapaksa, obviously not a G. L. Peiris production judging by its grammar and syntax, has our erstwhile (I hope) Crown Prince first directing his white charger towards those pointing to the positively outlandish conduct of members of his family other than himself and the man he expected to/was expected to succeed, H.M. Mahinda Rajapaksa. He proclaims from the rooftops that it is fair game to be critical of the erstwhile Monarch of Sri Lanka and his Heir Apparent but that it is not cricket to criticize the rest of his family.
Given the documented conduct of various members of the Rajapaksa family, both extended and immediate, I expect that comment is hardly necessary in that regard.
However, what I would like to take up today is the matter of the conduct of the Rajapaksa Triumvirate on the rugby field and all that flowed from that conduct. The reason for this is the conduct of yet another opportunist crosser-over who portrays himself as a defender of all that is noble in the field of services rugby.
I will come to Mr. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of some kind, in due course, but I make no apology for what might seem like a long lead-in to that narrative.
Let me say at the outset that there are eye-witnesses, video, and other documentary evidence to support every word of what follows.
