Did Canada Give A Rap On The Knuckle To Both Mahinda And Sharma?
| by Upul Joseph Fernando
( April 23, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) International political commentators have come up with a highly probable reason for Canada’s withdrawal of Commonwealth funds rather abruptly. They contend that it was a palpable snub to both Mahinda Rajapaksa and Kamalesh Sharma who are current Chairperson and Secretary General respectively of the Commonwealth Heads of States Association. Rather more precisely, Canada has shown quite openly its displeasure with Sharma where his obvious favourable treatment of Sri Lanka and its President Rajapaksa are concerned at different times during the past few years.
