Is The Joint Opposition Front A Holy Alliance?
By Ayathuray Rajasingam -November 27, 2014
Ayathuray Rajasingam
No sooner Mahinda Rajapaksa declared his candidacy to stand in the Presidential election, there were several important figures from the SLFP opted to resign and an incident of shooting an opposition member took place. It is interesting to watch those who were with Mahinda Rajapaksa as bystanders for the deterioration of democracy, has now joined the opposition. When SLFP main stalwart, Maithiripala Sirisena announced his candidacy for Presidential election representing the Joint Opposition Front and declaring the formation of a National Government, number of issues would crop up. The trend of the peoples’ mind has to be analyzed from various angles.
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Enemies Of The President’s Promise: Bash-Ful
Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha MP
Undoubtedly the most bizarre of the characters who influenced the President in the period after the election of 2010 was Sajin Vas Gunawardena. He was not a relation, and he did not have the professional or academic credentials of the other characters discussed here. Indeed he had hardly any qualifications but, ever since Mahinda Rajapaksa became President, he occupied positions of trust and responsibility.
Mahinda and Vass
It was claimed that the reason for the confidence the President reposed in him was because, while a clerk in the Middle East, he had helped the President with the technology during a presentation that might otherwise have been a disaster. But it is also likely that, after they thus became acquainted, he was able to serve the President in a variety of ways that commanded his affection and his confidence.
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