Double standards at SLRC
- Saturday, 20 December 2014
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) is reportedly adopting a double standard when charging monies for advertisements from the presidential election candidates.
According to reports, while only Rs.30,000 is being charged for a 30 second advertisement of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a staggering Rs. 160,000 is being charged for an advertisement of Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena with an equal run time.
Meanwhile, the SLRC has also ignored instructions by the Elections Commissioner and given only a limited amount of election advertisements to Sirisena’s campaign.
According to sources, President Rajapaksa’s advertisements are being granted on a credit basis.
Ruwan, who is this?
Saturday, 20 December 2014
At today’s media conference by young MPs, leader of the UNP’s Youth Front, Gampaha district MP Ruwan Wijewardena drew a cartoon, and our photographer captured images of the cartoon and its creator at work.
Ruwan drew the sketch of a person, who remains in the hearts of most Sri Lankans forever. Ruwan drew him unintentionally while engaged in another activity.
The psychiatric opinion is that if someone is in love, that person would draw flowers, lips and other beautiful things. As the fall of Hitler neared, those responsible for it drew him, subjecting him to ridicule. In the end, they not only toppled him, but also ended his life.
What we have to say is that ‘Lankadeepa’ owner Ranjith Wijewardena can find a good cartoonist to work for free in his newspapers from his own home.
