Herein are true statistics while media coolies are lying and government is concealing

(Lanka-e-News-18.June.2014, 11.00PM) The racial violence and mayhem that was launched and fueled by Rajapakses via the Bodhu Bala Sena terrorists has by now calmed down to an extent , and the police curfew that was in force in Alutgama and Beruwala for the last three days has been lifted this noon. 

While the government was giving out bogus statistics and misleading the Parliament, the true statistics recorded by the government security divisions which information the government was not revealing had somehow been laid hands on by Lanka e news inside information division. The report based on the loss and damage that resulted from the riots, obtained from the security divisions itself of the government are as follows :

At the end of the day on the 17 th the figures are as hereunder :

Number of deaths 9 - all Muslims
Grievous injuries - 11
Injuries and burn wounds - 165
Number of business places that were totally destroyed by fire - 86
Number of houses that were totally burnt down - 29
Partly burnt and damaged houses - 34
Number of vehicles damaged - 16
Number of business places that were damaged and looted - 16
Number of fowls and goats killed -242
Damage to other properties - 352

We are sad to reveal nevertheless , so far no one has been arrested in connection with these crimes although 7 Muslims were arrested when the curfew was in force. No Sinhalese have been arrested.

Out of the nine killings - all Muslims , two died following shooting by the BBS in Dharga town on the 15 th. It has still not been investigated how these murderers obtained arms for these murders. Not even a magisterial inquiry had been conducted.

Medamulana MaRa who started these terrorist organizations , BBS, Sihala Ravaya, which are now wreaking havoc , and then nursed and nurtured them by supplying monies from the govt secret security fund ; and inspired and instigated them instead of enforcing the country’s laws against them, returned to the Island today after the conclusion of a foreign tour. But before he left for abroad , he had given scrupulous and secretive instructions to his criminal brother Gotabaya to start and stoke the racist violence while MaRa was abroad. After returning to the Island he toured Alutgama and Beruwala today.. It is the view of many that MaRa toured the affected areas not out of genuine concern for the victims but to inspect whether his criminal offense secretary Gota had done the damage and devastation in accordance with the instructions given by him before he went on the foreign tour. 

Thugs for Aluthgama attack brought from Hambantota?

 Thursday, 19 June 2014 

There is evidence to indicate that the Rajapaksa regime had transported thugs from Hambantota to Aluthgama for the attacks on Muslims in Aluthgama and Darga Town that left at least four dead and thousands more helpless in their own lands.

Most media carried a picture of a person at the Bodu Bala Sena rally in Aluthgama, who was in the front and raised both his hands in worshipping pose.

MP Ajith P Perera, in his facebook page, questions as to whether this is the same person who had thrown stones at him and other UNP MPs during their observation tour of Hambantota a few weeks ago. (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152101674581389&set=a.63070726388.84819.598586388&type=1&theater)

Sinhalese and Muslims living in Darga Town have stressed to the BBC that none of the area residents were involved in the clashes in Aluthgama. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/sri_lanka/2014/06/140616_aluthgama_video_villagers.shtml)

According to the villagers, outsiders who had arrived in the night had acted violently.

Therefore, it is seriously doubtful as to whether the Rajapaksa regime pre-planned and brought thugs from Hambantota to Aluthgama with the intention of creating communal trouble following the BBS meeting.

UNP spokesman Mangala Samaraweera has publicly accused the government of provoking chauvinism in order to win the next presidential election, while political analysts point out that the Aluthgama clashes were created to show a new scaremonger in order to gain power again.

Namal Rajapaksa To Get A ‘Dodgy’ PhD In Gaddafi Son’s Way

“FJune 19, 2014

Namal Rajapaksa, eldest son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament, and heir apparent has registered and commenced work for his PhD with Sri Jayawardenepura University, without required academic qualifications, the Colombo Telegraph learns.

He is conducting his doctoral research on a subject based on politics and criminology, university sources confirmed.

Namal Rajapaksa has sat for a specially arranged MAQ exam to qualify for the PhD, according to the sources. The arrangement will raise further questions over the scandal of receiving favoured treatment by the authorities at the Sri Lanka Law College at his attorneys-at-law final examinations. A fellow law student, Thushara Jayarathna, alleged that Rajapaksa had been given a separate room along with an internet enabled computer, later filing a complaint with the Law College examination system, Keselwaththa police station and the Supreme Court.

One of the supervisors for his research is the Vice Chancellor of the University himself who is seeking an extension for his post. The other supervisor is the head of the criminology department of the university. Both are tipped to be eyeing for top posts of the university system, sources said.

University sources confirmed that the young MP had already completed one of the requirements to the thesis, which is presenting a seminar paper. There have been claims that parts of Rajapaksa’s presentation was ghost-written.

“To be fair by the candidate, he performed well at the seminar presentation,” a senior academic told Colombo Telegraph. “Certainly he has plenty of people to support him in all aspects of the PhD work,” he added.

However, some academic staff members of the university question his academic requirements to be qualified for a PhD.  Their concern is about his basic degree and it’s required credits.

Rajapaksa was educated at S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. After school Rajapaksa joined Cardiff University to study law. He then went to City University London from where he graduated in September 2009 with a third-class degree law degree.

The son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, in 2002 paid a tutor over £4,000 a month for tutoring and “essays and working papers”.

According to the newspaper reports, Colonel Gaddafi’s son was given help with his ‘dodgy’ PhD thesis by Britain’s ambassador to the United States.

The London School of Economics’s director, Sir Howard Davies, resigned in March, 2011 over a £1.5m gift from a foundation led by Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif.

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“What was our crime?”

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பொதுபல சேனாவின் இயக்கத்தில் ஞானசார தேரர் 

நடித்த ‘தர்கா நகர்’ சதி நாடகம்

லத்தீப் பரூக்

பொது பல சேனாவின் பொதுச் செயலாளர் கலகொட அத்தே ஞானசார தேரர் ஆற்றிய உணர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டும் உரை, அளுத்கமை, தர்கா நகர், பேருவளை போன்ற பிரதேசங்களில் உயிரிழப்புக்கள், சொத்தழிப்பு, சூறையாடல் என்பவற்றிற்கு தூபமிட்டு, இலங்கை வரலாற்றின்

மற்றொரு வெட்கக் கேடான, மறக்க முடியாத வடுவை ஏற்படுத்தி இருக்கிறது.         

அளுத்கமயில் இடம்பெற்ற ஆர்ப்பாட்டக் கூட்டத்தில் ஞானசார தேரரைப் பேச அனுமதித்ததுதான் அழிவின் ஆரம்பம். ஞானசாரரின் பேச்சுக்கள் சிங்கள சமூகத்தின் உணர்ச்சிகளை தூண்டி விடக் கூடியவை.

எதிர்பார்த்த்து போன்றே சிங்கள சமூகத்தின் உணர்ச்சிகளை அவரது உரை தூண்டி விட்டது. அப்பாவி முஸ்லிம் சமூகத்தின் மீதான தாக்குதல்களுக்குத் தூபம் இட்டது. அநியாயமாக உயிர்களைப் பலி எடுத்தது. எதுவிதக் காரணமும் இன்றி, முஸ்லிம் சொத்துக்களை அழித்தது.  Read more

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ஐநா விசாரணை! நாடாளுமன்றத்தின் அங்கீகாரத்தைக் கோருவது விந்தையானது!- சம்பந்தன் சபையில் ஆவேச உரை

[ செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை, 17 யூன் 2014, 11:07.55 AM GMT ]

தன்னுடைய மோசமான தவறுகளுக்காக இந்தக் கடைசிக் கட்டத்தில் அரசு இந்த நாடாளுமன்றத்தின் அங்கீகாரத்தைக் கோருவது விந்தையானது.  இவ்வாறு இன்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழம  நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் தலைவர் இரா.சம்பந்தன் தெரிவித்தார்.

அவர் ஆற்றிய உரையின் முழு விபரம் வருமாறு:-

இங்கு விவாதத்துக்கு முன்வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பிரேரணை மற்றும் அது சம்பந்தமான பொது விடயங்கள் தொடர்பில் தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் நிலைப்பாட்டைத் தெளிவுபடுத்துவதற்காக நான் இங்கு இந்தக் கூற்றை வெளியிடுகின்றேன். தன்னுடைய மோசமான தவறுகளுக்காக இந்தக் கடைசிக் கட்டத்தில் அரசு இந்த நாடாளுமன்றத்தின் அங்கீகாரத்தைக் கோருவது விந்தையானது.

                                      மேலும் படிக்க...

Statement in Parliament 17th June 2014 Mr. R. Sampanthan MP by nelvely

“Familiocracy” Is Reaching A Crescendo In Sri Lanka

By Vishwamithra1984 -June 18, 2014

“Familiocracy” (Pavulvaadaya) is reaching a crescendo in Sri Lanka; It’s high time it was challenged

“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.” ~Niels Bohr

A couple of weeks ago this columnist wrote about the socio-political disaster that is looming on the horizon. Although much hackneyed phrases and clichés have described what has been happening in Sri Lanka, especially in the last ten years, the dramatically accelerated tide of affairs of politics has lent itself for scrupulous probe by all those who think rationally and reasonably about politics and matters of governance. It is rather redundant to hanker over the harsh repercussions of family-centered rule of a country in the Twenty First Century. What is more pertinent and desirable is a close look at the way that family-rule has eaten into the body politic of Sri Lanka, depths it has gone into in order to fortify itself, the extent to which it has stretched its powers to protect itself against would-be invaders and the kind of armor it is using to shield itself and above all, how a totally diabolical and dishonest ideology and a distorted and fraudulent political philosophy are being preached by the Family Patriarch while posing himself as the savior of the Nation. Yet the stranger spectacle is how a people or for that matter, a vibrant literate community of men and women, is enduring the shame and indignity of an enslaved subject people.

In mundane terms, the dimensions and scope of that rule are immense and immeasurable; its reach is astronomical; its spread is all pervasive and deliberate and its perverse attempt at concealing the true nature of the rule is mind-boggling. The most obvious-looking lies are being told as gospel truths; any opposition to the “Family-rule” is ruthlessly suppressed; any criticism of the rule is branded as unpatriotic and unrighteous, sinful and unholy. The lingo that is being used and abused by their cohorts and cronies has been carefully crafted and appropriately enunciated on various platforms, fora and corners. The State-controlled media outlets, manned by paid but thoroughly skilled cronies in their chosen professions, are playing an equally critical role in brainwashing the listening and viewing public.                                                  Read More

Why we can’t expect to be governed by Arahats

Wednesday 18th June 2014

Ven. Rathana Thero has stated to a Sinhala newspaper that he hopes we would be ruled by someone like Arahat Mahinda. But Arahat Mahinda did not become Arahat in a day. Human beings may be capable of becoming saints but they are also capable of becoming devils. James Madison pointed out that men are not angels and men will never be governed by angels. So he wanted to exclude the possibility of being ruled by devils.
Montesquieu pointed out that absolute power leads to tyranny. So he advocated a separation of powers. The Founding Fathers of the American Constitution adopted Montesquieu’s suggestion and introduced the separation of powers and checks and balances in the American Constitution. They considered it necessary to prevent tyranny of the ruler over his subjects.
We were given a system of government by the British, which involved the separation of the Judiciary and a politically neural public service appointed on merit and protected for good service. The Judiciary was also made independent of the Executive. But under the present regime the president has the power to appoint justices and other top-level officials at his absolute discretion and he is accountable no one. He has absolute immunity from prosecution even if he commits a criminal offence.
The Executive and the Legislature were separate bodies but some fusion was necessary to enable co-operation. So the British system of government called the Westminster system is based on a different principle where there is some fusion between the Executive and the Legislature. But with the development of the party system it has become increasingly difficult for the Legislature to act as a check on the Executive owing to the exercise of the power of the Party Whip.
President J.R. Jayawardene gave us a hybrid system of government- neither Westminster nor purely Presidential. In the process he paved the way for a dictatorship. He was more concerned in protecting his tenure than the long term interest of the nation. So when he realised that the Members of Parliament could gang up against him he obtained undated letters of resignation from them. This of course is unethical. But his successors went further and offered perks and privileges to the Opposition MPs to woo them to the ranks of the ruling party. In this unethical manner the present regime has obtained a two-third majority in Parliament and proceeded to do away with the independence of the Judiciary and appointed stooges to the machinery of the government. The 17th Amendment was repealed and the term limit on the President was abolished. So we can have a President for life. These constitutional changes were made without a referendum courtesy of the former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.
The British courts have sought to uphold the freedom of conscience of the Members of Parliament and sought to check the powers of an organisation to expel its members – a principle recognised in the Common Law. A former Chief Justice misused this principle of the freedom of conscience to stop the provision that deprived the Member of Parliament of his seat in Parliament if he crossed over from the party on which he was elected to another political party for very unworthy motives.
This was unjustifiable since under the PR electoral system the electorate casts votes not for the individual but for the political party of which he is a member. So the system of governance has been distorted to enable an elective dictatorship to be established. The need for free and fair elections requires an impartial politically neutral Elections Department. Do we have it? If not why talk of elections as a justification for the appointment of the President? How then are we a democracy?
If there was only a division of power in the national government without checks and balances, then one branch could expand its power and, ultimately, dominate the other branches as has happened in our country now. Lord Acton echoed this very concern when he proclaimed, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (‘Famous Quotations’). The principle of checks and balances thwarts such an accumulation of power.
We are now protesting against the UN investigation as to whether the Government has violated the Rule of Law and Human Rights. It relates primarily to the last stage of the war. If the allegations are proved to be true it would damage the prospects for reconciliation between the two communities. The only saving grace is that previously a murderous government under a previous President committed similar atrocities against the Sinhalese who were members of the JVP. These were never investigated and the murderers not held accountable although the present President took the issue to the UN then.
We desperately need to restore the Rule of Law. How do we do it? The Opposition is talking of a single issue candidate with the single issue being the abolition of the Executive Presidency. But what are required are primarily the repeal of the 18th Amendment and the restoration of the Independent Commissions and the restoration of the forfeiture clause for crossing the political party on which an MP was elected. This can be done if the necessary legislation can be passed.
Why can’t those who stand for liberal democracy and the Rule of Law including the JHU and the Wimal Weerawansa group who are critical of the regime make an issue of these matters in Parliament first? We are a people who according to folklore threw stones at the moon and sought to go to heaven by tagging on to an elephant’s tail.
The American presidential system and similar presidential systems were based on an understanding of human nature and the nature of governance.