SL Parliament Suspends Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe? 30 Nov 2011

1:58 Runil strips tie in parliament 2:23 Dinesh slams at Ranil for being a traitor 2:34 Wimal Weerawansa wonders if Ranil is wearing Pentagon clothes other than Commonwelath tie? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCX9xGbgm4

When Opposition Leader Ranil rose to make the statement under the Standing Orders 23/2, Leader of the House Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that the government was against allowing such a statement to be made. "We received a copy of this statement. The content of this statement is sub judice. Several sentences are sub judice. We cannot debate an issue which is before a court of law. Therefore, this statement cannot be allowed to be made. We urge the Speaker to give a ruling against making this statement."

Ranil: Only four sentences of this statement are challenged.

I can leave them out if I am allowed to state this to the House. The statement should not be stopped just because of four sentences.

Leader of the House: Both the beginning and end of the statement are interconnected. Not only the sentences from the beginning and the end but also the content of the statement are in violation of the sub judice principle. You can bring in another statement.

Chief Government Whip Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena: "By expressing his willingness to amend the statement, the leader of opposition has admitted that the statement is in violation of sub judice principle."

Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekera: "This is an important issue. Please allow this statement to be presented."

Ranil: "What we demand to know is the government's position on the international conventions. If this is a big deal for you, I can omit the name of Sarath Fonseka."

Leader of the House: "You can make any statement, but we are duty bound to respond to them. You cannot omit names from the statement and present it. We are not ready to respond to statements that are sub judice. Expecting us to do so is unjust."

Speaker Rajapaksa: "I would like to get the expert opinion of Prof G. L. Peiris in this regard."

External Affairs Minister Prof G. L. Peiris: "One sentence is connected to the other. Removal of four sentences does not answer the dispute highlighted. The statement should be fully and clearly amended."

MP Jayasekera: "Please allow this considering it a special occasion."

Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne: "The argument first raised by the Opposition Leader was that four sentences are not connected to each other. Now he offers to remove names and make the statement.

1:50 Ranil: "As the Opposition Leader of this House, I am questioning whether this government is violating international human rights conventions to which it is a signatory. I am wearing the tie of Commonwealth Parliamentary Union of which you are the President. (Shows his tie to the House)

Chief Government Whip: "Opposition Leader first said something else now says something contradictory."

Ranil: "I have a right to make this statement."

Chief Government Whip: "While we are planning to hold Commonwealth meeting in this country, our Opposition leader tries to make treacherous statements against the country."

Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa: "I like to know apart from the Commonwealth tie what else he is wearing from other organisations including the Pentagon."

Ranil: "We all are members of the CPU. This minister wants us to resign from it."

Speaker: "I have paid attention to what you all have said. I cannot make my ruling immediately. I will let the House know my position tomorrow (30)."

At this point Opposition Leader removed his tie and showed it to the House while Government MPs booed him.

Speaker: "All the MPs standing must sit down. If anybody attempts to disturb the House he would be removed from the Chamber."

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http://ceylon-ananda.blogspot.com/2011/11/denied-permission-to-talk-of-sf-irate.html

video source: Derana 29 Nov 2011 Ranil not allowed to make statement in Parliament link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Po8QB3hf8

Related posts: http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/15120-rally-to-free-fonseka.html

Pesident Barack Obama vs President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the General Assembly of the United Nations 2010 2011

UN SPEECH 2010 President Barack Obama, USA.
United States of America, General Debate, 65th Session 23 September 2010. Address by His Excellency Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America at the 65th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 23- September 2010).
President Obama UN Speech 2010 Statement Summary



UN SPEECH 2011 President Barack Obama, USA.
United States of America, General Debate, 66th Session 21 September 2011. Address by His Excellency Barack Obama, President of the United States of America at the General debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21-24 and 26-30 September 2011)


UN SPEECH 2010 President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka

 

President Rajapaksa UN Speech 2010 Statement Summary

MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, President of Sri Lanka, said the fact the United Nations was in the sixty-fifth year of its existence served to underline the Organization’s durability as an important mechanism to ensure cooperation between States and discussion between sovereign nations. Saying that he was giving this address at a critical juncture in the history of his country, he added that in two months, he would be assuming a second term in office. His mandate would be different from the last; he planned to deliver sustainable peace and prosperity, and ensure that terrorism would not be able to raise its ugly head again.

In 2005, he was elected on a promise to rid the country of terrorism and was proud and humbled that Sri Lanka was now at peace. Over the past year, much was reported regarding the country’s liberation from terrorism. “However, far less has been said of the suffering we had to undergo and the true nature of the enemy we have overcome,” he said, and added that the rapidly forgotten truth was that the country faced one of the most brutal, highly organized, well-funded and effective terrorist organizations, which could even spread its tentacles to other countries.

Many of the atrocities of terrorism that the West experienced recently had been present in Sri Lanka for nearly 30 years. Almost 100,000 lives had been lost, among them the President of Sri Lanka, intellectuals and politicians. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was an organization so brutal that even those it claimed to represent, the Tamil community, were as much victims of its terror as the rest of the population. Those observing from afar who suggested the Sri Lankan Government should have conceded to the demands of those terrorists needed to be reminded that “terror is terror, whatever mask it wears”. His responsibility was to the peace and prosperity of the nation.

Invoking the capacity of current international humanitarian law, he said it must be remembered that such law evolved essentially in response to conflicts waged by the forces of legally constituted States, not terrorist groups. The asymmetrical nature of conflicts by non-State actors gave rise to serious problems which needed to be considered in earnest by the international community. He reminded that, “We, along with many others, made repeated attempts to engage the LTTE in constructive dialogue,” but the attempts were rejected.

The entire focus was now on building peace, healing wounds and ensuring economic prosperity. In order to fulfil those aspirations, economic development and political reconciliation needed to go hand in hand. Towards that end, constitutional changes would evolve with full participation of stakeholders. He mentioned the return of 90 per cent of the internally displaced persons, rebuilding of the eastern province, and establishment of a Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission. He welcomed support from the international community as rebuilding took place, and said the economy was well on its way to realizing the dividend of peace, as the economy grew by 8 per cent in the last quarter.

Despite the struggle against terrorism, the country graduated from middle income status, unemployment declined to around 5 per cent, poverty went from 25 to 15 per cent. In order to receive full potential he welcomed a supportive external environment. He concluded by saying that leaders who have been chosen by their people faced difficult decisions; they must be entitled the goodwill and confidence of the international community, and the results of their decisions needed to be evaluated objectively and allowed to speak for themselves.



UN SPEECH 2011 President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, General Debate, 66th Session 23 September 2011. Address by His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the General debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21-24 and 26-30 September 2011)

Shame on us Daily Mirror Editorial Nov 24, 2011

Nothing would have made President Rajapaksa's seventh budget speech more dramatic than the scuffle that broke out at the House on Monday. Reading of a budget, which ought to have exhibited the legislature's sense of pragmatism and the respect for democratic principles, instead, became a wrestling pit where the arm-power of some beat every other fundamental human quality, such as common decency and respect.

It is in this scenario that Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa pledged to conduct an inquiry into the incident that led to the departure of the Unpers from the House when the budget speech was in progress. In fact, this incident is not the first of its kind, nor will it be the last.

The House has had its days when coffins and wreaths were brought in by the MPs as a mark of protest. Assaults had not been rare, for even the Buddhist monks who were elected to Parliament had not been spared despite their saffron robes. More often than not, the schoolchildren in the viewing gallery have been hurried out due to the abusive language used by the MPs during debates; the words that spill out from their mouths are too derogatory to be included in the Hansard. The picture they present in the House is far from what was printed in their election posters.


Video (courtesy Debrief)Thuggery Inside SL Parliament. MPs Were Assaulted 21 Nov 2011

The conduct of these MPs has been a cause of concern, yet nothing feasible has been done so far to curb the situation. It may be true that they are beyond the age of reform, and their behaviour at the House is nothing but the reflection of their real selves. None of these reasons belittle the fact that the two hundred and twenty five members elected by the people's vote are not there to epitomize political violence - their obligations to the public who voted them into power run much deeper than that.

At a time when numerous allegations are levelled against Sri Lanka on human rights violations and suppression of the free media, the last thing the country needs is a set of parliamentarians showing their fistpower at each other, thus shredding the last remains of democracy into pieces. One cannot blame the international community for conjuring wrong pictures of Sri Lanka, when the very persons who brag about their patriotism, continue to tar its image with their unruly and undemocratic behaviour. After all, it would be too much to expect from the international observers, members of the diplomatic missions and foreign journalists who were at the viewing gallery, to leave their budget speech memories behind Parliament doors.

Above all, their shocking conduct places the country's citizenry in a bad light. As the choice-makers who thought these individuals were fit enough to be people's representatives, the public have underrated the power of vote. Ignoring the growing trend of indecency both in and out of the House, the people had obliviously placed the cross before their names over and again.

It is a shame on them alright, for behaving like a set of exotic tribesmen at the bottom of the civilization- ladder, who had no choice but to let their arms and legs talk when the language was not developed enough to express themselves.

Shame on us too, for voting them into power and trying to envision statesmen who do not exist among modern-day politicians.

Source: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka

The Thanksgiving

(ORIGINALLY From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving)

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the United States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated.

Video: The Thanksgiving Song by Adam Sandler

History
Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European and Native traditions.[1] Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community.[1] At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a harvest season.[1] When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest.[1] Though the origins of the holiday in both Canada and the United States are similar, Americans do not typically celebrate the contributions made in Newfoundland, while Canadians do not celebrate the contributions made in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[2]
In Canada
Main article: Thanksgiving (Canada)
The Order of Good Cheer, 1606 by Charles William Jefferys, (1925).

The origin of the first Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to the explorer Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean. Frobisher's Thanksgiving celebration was not for harvest, but in thanks for surviving the long journey from England through the perils of storms and icebergs. On his third and final voyage to these regions in 1578 Frobisher held a formal ceremony in Frobisher Bay in Baffin Island in present Day Nunavut to give thanks to God and in a service ministered by the preacher Robert Wolfall they celebrated Communion, the first ever service in these regions.[3] Years later, the tradition of a feast would continue as more settlers began to arrive in the Canadian colonies.[4]
Oven roasted turkey

The origins of Canadian Thanksgiving can also be traced to the French settlers who came to New France with explorer Samuel de Champlain in the early 17th century, who also took to celebrating their successful harvests. The French settlers in the area typically had feasts at the end of the harvest season and continued throughout the winter season, even sharing their food with the indigenous peoples of the area.[5] Champlain had also proposed for the creation of the Order of Good Cheer in 1606.[6]

As many more settlers arrived in Canada, more celebrations of good harvest became common. New immigrants into the country, such as the Irish, Scottish and Germans, would also add their own traditions to the harvest celebrations. Most of the U.S. aspects of Thanksgiving (such as the turkey or what were called Guineafowls originating from Madagascar), were incorporated when United Empire Loyalists began to flee from the United States during the American Revolution and settled in Canada.[5]

In the United States

The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth By Jennie A. Brownscombe (1914)

In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. There is also evidence for an earlier celebration on the continent by Spanish explorers in Texas at San Elizario in 1598, as well as thanksgiving feasts in the Virginia Colony.[7] The initial thanksgiving observance at Virginia in 1619 was prompted by the colonists' leaders on the anniversary of the settlement.[8] The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. In later years, the tradition was continued by civil leaders such as Governor Bradford who planned a thanksgiving celebration and fast in 1623.[9][10][11] While initially, the Plymouth colony did not have enough food to feed half of the 102 colonists, the Wampanoag Native Americans helped the Pilgrims by providing seeds and teaching them to fish. The practice of holding an annual harvest festival like this did not become a regular affair in New England until the late 1660s.[12]

According to historian Jeremy Bangs, director of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, the Pilgrims may have been influenced by watching the annual services of Thanksgiving for the relief of the siege of Leiden in 1574, while they were staying in Leiden.[13]
Contending origins

The claim of where the first Thanksgiving was held in the United States, and even the Americas, has often been a subject of debate. Author and teacher Robyn Gioia and Michael Gannon of the University of Florida have argued that the earliest attested "Thanksgiving" celebration in what is now the United States was celebrated by the Spanish on September 8, 1565, in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida.[14][15]

Similarly, many historians point out that the first thanksgiving celebration in the United States was held in Virginia, and not in Plymouth. Thanksgiving services were routine in what was to become the Commonwealth of Virginia as early as 1607.[16] A day of Thanksgiving was codified in the founding charter of Berkeley Hundred in Charles City County, Virginia in 1619.[17]

Colombo Telegraph: White Flag Case:Justice Warawewa’s judgment contradicts Wikileaks

By Colombo Telegraph (November 20, 2011)
original post source: Colombo Telegraph: White Flag Case:Justice Warawewa’s judgment contradicts Wikileaks

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was sentenced to three years in jail and fined Rs.5000 in a two-one split verdict delivered in the white flag case with two judges finding him guilty on one of the charges while one of the judges WTMPB Warawewa acquitted him on all three charges. However, according a leaked US diplomatic cable Fonseka did discuss the “white flag story” with the American Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis at a lunch meeting with UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya the day Sunday Leader story was published. The Ambassador wrote “ “After Fonseka arrived, the former general discussed his interview in the Sunday.

Leader news paper on December 13, in which he had accused Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of ordering at the end of the war the shooting of any LTTE leaders who might try to surrender under flags of truce.” She further wrote to Washington. “Fonseka claimed he did not know until two days later about the flurry of phone calls between Gotabhaya, the Norwegian ambassador, and the LTTE leadership regarding surrender and said he had been told details by journalists”

Photo: Judges Deepali Wijesundera (President) (C)W.T.M.P.B. Warawewa (R) and M.Z. Razeen (L) (November 18, 2011)

See External links for Excerpts of judgment:
Excerpts of judgment by Deepali Wijesundara President of the High Court Trial-at-Bar, and Judge Zulfikar Razeen. Why Gen Sarath Fonseka was found guilty on the first charge? - Transcurrents
Excerpts of judgement by by Judge W.T.M.P.B. Waraweera: Why Gen. Sarath Fonseka was found not guilty on all three charges? -  Transcurrents

Below Excerpts of the judgment by Judge W.T.M.P.B Warawewa and the related US Embassy Cable.

Excerpts of the judgment by Judge W.T.M.P.B Warawewa:

This case is based on an interview the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka gave The Sunday Leader Editor Frederica Jansz in December 2010.

White Flag Case Verdict: General Fonseka Rejects Unfair Judgment (18 Nov 2011)

Original post source Sunday Times: Amidst Fonseka furore MR faces vital issues: (Sunday November 20, 2011)
"Don't the people have the right to speak?...it is an unfair judgment... I reject this judgment with disgust... If the people accept that injustice was done to me... I call upon them to rise against injustice... I salute the judge who held that I was not guilty of the charges. His bravery is an honour to the judiciary" General Sarath Fonseka was convicted and sentenced to three more years in jail and fined Rs 5,000. He was to serve a further six months if the fine was not paid. The sentence on Fonseka will run consecutively after he completes his present 30 month jail term.

Three-member bench -- Deepani Wijesundera (presiding), with Zulficar Razeen and W.T.M.P.B. Warawewa -- convened at 11.30 a.m., Friday 18 Nov 2011.

Two judges (Ms. Wijesundera and Razeen) had found Fonseka guilty of the first count -- violating the emergency regulations (since withdrawn) by telling Frederica Jansz, Editor of The Sunday Leader, that Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had ordered (then) Brigadier Shavendra Silva not to let any Tiger rebels waving white flags "to surrender and kill them all." This was during the final stages of the war in May 2009.

-Second charge: he had, by making those remarks "aroused communal feelings directly or indirectly."
-Third count: "arousing anti-government feelings among the public and creating disputes among them."
-A dissenting judgment by Warawewa who had ruled that Fonseka was not guilty of all three charges.

Sunny Side of Sex: India

In the four-part series, "Sunny Side of Sex" Sunny Bergman travels around the world over the boundaries of our thinking about sexuality, love, femininity and the body. From a personal perspective, Sunny involved in Uganda, China, Cuba and India in search of surprising ideas to our own (Western) ideas pry about what is normal, or should be. 

Sunny Bergman documentary "Sunny Side of Sex: India" explores how ancient Indians freely preached the religion of sexual pleasure.As prudish as our (Dutch) church has declared sinful sex as freely proclaimed the ancient Indians of the religious sexual pleasure. In Baul on the border of India with Bangladesh, the ancient sexual yoga is a daily ritual. The body is an altar, sex prayer. Telecast on 17th Nov 2011, 20:55.

Only Gotabhaya thought a military victory was possible – Erik Solheim (video)

Eric Solheim made this remarks last week in Oslo seminar followed by the launch of the evaluation report of the Norwegian Peace effort in Sri Lanka. The evaluation has been performed by CMI in Bergen and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, and deals with the Norwegian peace effort in Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2009.

Gothabaya Rajapaksa the only exception

No one. Maybe with the exception of Gothabaya Rajapaksa but he’s the only person I can mention who thought a military victory was possible.

No one in Colombo thought it was possible, I was very hard to say very close to Indian intelligence and an enormous amount of time throughout this process and never, ever did any Indian official hint that a military victory was possible until mid 2008. Then they started, I observed the change in Mr.M.K.Narayanan and other s and gradually shift into the position that maybe, still maybe the government can wipe out the tigers military victory.


If Karuna was not split, it was not, I think, in the invertible, it was basic from personal characteristics, not very nice, but it was what happened and it made an enormous change .

විමල් වීරවංස: වම නොදන්නා වමේ අවුල - ශ්‍රී ලංකාව. Wama Nodanna Wame Awula - Wimal Weerawansa

විමල් වීරවංස: වම නොදන්නා වමේ අවුල - ශ්‍රී ලංකාව.

"එදා කුමාර (JVP)ඇතුළු කීප දෙනෙක්‌ කිව්වේ තනිව තරග කළ යුතුයි කියලයි. ඒත් මමත්, නන්දන ගුණතිලකත් පැහැදිලිව කිව්වා ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ දිනවිය යුතුයි සහ ආණ්‌ඩුවේ කොටස්‌කරුවන් විය යුතුයි කියලා. ඒ හරහා එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. ය පරාජය කරන්න ක්‍රමානුකූලව පියවර ගත යුතුයි කියලා. ඒත් එදා ජවිපෙ මහින්දව දිනවලා ජාතික කොඩිය මහින්ද අතට දීලා අපි යනවා පන්ති සටනට කියා ජවිපෙ ගත්තේ බාල තීරණයක්‌. දැන් එක හාදයෙක්‌ කියලා තිබුණා චන්ද්‍රිකා එක්‌ක සන්ධාන ගහපු එකත් වැරැදියි, මහින්ද එක්‌ක සන්ධාන ගහපු එකත් වැරැදියි, සරත් ෆොන්සේකා දිනවන්න ක්‍රියාකරපු එකත් වැරැදියි කියලා. එදා මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ දිනවන්න උදව් කරපු එක වැරැදි නම් මහින්ද දිනවීම හරහා රටේ ඒකීයභාවය ආරක්‍ෂා කරගැනීමත් වැරැදිද?"

එත්... ජාතික විමුක්තියක් ලංකාවේ කොහොමද කරන්නේ මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ:

1. රජය මිනිස්සු මරල දානවනම්, රජය මිනීමරුවන්ගෙන් කට උත්තරයක් ගන්න වත් දෙන්නේ නෙත්නම්

2. රජය හමුදාවට LTTE පරාජය කරන්න සාර්ථක නායකත්වයක් දුන්නු, LTTE ත්‍රස්තවාදීන්ගෙන් රට බෙරගන්න අවුරුදු 37 උතුර නැගෙනහිර ක්‍රියාන්විත සේවයේ ඉඳල අවසාන අවුරුදු තුන සාර්ථක නායකත්වයක් දුන්නු සෙන්පති ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකාව (සුළු )බොරු චෝදනා දාල අමානුෂික ලෙස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන අවුරුදු තුනක් සිරගත කර දහස් ගණන් සිංහල, මුස්ලිම් මිනිස්සු කිතු-කිතු වලට මරල දාපු 11,000 LTTE ත්‍රස්ත වාදීන් නිදහස් කර කොට?

3. රජය සෙන්පති ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා හිරේ යවල 600 පොලිසියේ නිලදාරීන් අමු අමුවේ මරා දාපු, දළඳා මාලිගයට පහර දුන්නු, ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධියේ 118 බෞද්දයන් මරපු, අරන්තලාව සාමනේර වහන්සේලා 35 ක් කපා-කොට දාපු කරුණා අම්මාන්(කරුණ Amman) අද නිදහෙ ඇමති කම් දරන කොට?

4. රජය සෙන්පති ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා හිරේ යවල ශ්‍රී ලාන්කික ජනතාව අමු අමුවේ මරා දාන්න, ඊළාම් රාජ්ජයක් ගොඩ නගන්න, LTTE එකට යුද-අවි සපයපු කුමාරන්ප්පන් පත්මනාතන්(KP) ට රජය විසින් නිදහසේ ඉන්න දීල, රජයේ (මහජන) මුදලින් සුකොපබෝගී ජීවිතයක් සලසන කොට?


වම නොදන්නා වමේ අවුල  අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ දේශණය

Murder of JVP Rebel Leader Rohana Wijeweera: - ඔහු මරා දැමූ දවස අදයි! (1989 නොවැම්බර් මාසෙ 13 වැනිදා)

ඉල්මහේ විරු සමරු දිනය අදයි. 1988-89 භීෂණ සමය තුළ ලෙයින් යකඩින් මර්දනය කර මරා පුලුස්‌සා දැමූ මේ රටේ 60,000 කට වැඩි ශ්‍රී ලාංකික දූ පුතුන් සමරනුවස්‌ පවත්වන ඉල්මහේ සමරු දිනය නොවැම්බර් 13 වැනිදාට යෙදී ඇත්තේ ඒ තරුණ තරුණියන්ගේ සදාදරණීය නායකයා වූ දොන් නන්දසිරි විජේවීර හෙවත් රෝහණ විජේවීර මරා දැමුණු දිනය එදා නිසාය. ඉල්මහේ විරු සමරු දිනය සමරන අද දවසේ, ඒ දිනයේ ලොකුම සාක්‍ෂිකරුවා අද අපි සමගය. විජේවීරගේ අවසන් මොහොත, එදා යුද හමුදා පොලිසියේ සෙබළෙකුව සිට දැසින් බලාසිටි ඉන්ද්‍රානන්ද ද සිල්වා නම් මොහු අද ක්‍රියාකාරී ජවිපෙ සාමාජිකයෙකි. හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකි. ජවිපෙ කැරලිකාර පිලේ උතුරුමැද පළාතේ ප්‍රබල නායකයකුව සිටින ඔහුට, විජේවීර ඝාතනයට වසර 22 ක්‌ සපිරෙන මේ මොහොතේ එදා ඔහු දුටු සියල්ල ඒ ලෙස ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්ම විස්‌තර කර කියන්නට ඉඩ හැරියේ, ඒ විස්‌තරය ලොවට කියන්නට ඔහු හැර වෙනත් සුදුස්‌සෙක්‌ ලොව තවත් නැති නිසාය. පින්තූර - සංජීව සමරරත්න
In 88/89 period (in Sri Lanka), JVP repeated the same mistake of turn to violence like in 1971. By this time JVP had completely lost political flavor where they acted more like terrorists than revolutionists. During the terror period JVP hardly confronted with armed forces or police, rather they mostly murdered journalists, religious leaders, educationists and intellectuals (similar tactics of LTTE terrorists).

ඔහු මරා දැමූ දවස අදයි!

Rohana Wijeweera

මට හොඳට මතකයි ඒ දිනය. 1989 නොවැම්බර් මාසෙ 13 වැනිදා. එතකොට මම වැඩ කළේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා පොලිසියේ ඡායාරූප ශිල්පියා ලෙස. මම හිටියේ ලාන්ස්‌ කෝප්‍රල්වරයකු ලෙස. ඒ දවස්‌වල මම රාජකාරි කළේ නාරාහේන්පිට යුද හමුදා පොලිස්‌ මූලස්‌ථානයේ.......

හමුදාවට සම්බන්ධ විවිධ උත්සවවල වගේම කොළඹ එවකට තිබූ වධකාගාරවලට ගෙනෙන විවිධ අන්දමේ පුද්ගලයන්ගේ ඡායාරූප ගැනීමත් මගේ දෛනික රාජකාරියේ කොටසක්‌ වෙලා තිබුණා. මට මතක විදියට එතකොට කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ හමුදා වධකාගාර 7 ක්‌ විතර තිබුණා. ඒ හැම එකකටම මම ගියා. එකක 60 ක්‌ විතර අපේ තරුණ තරුණියෝ හිටපු විත්තිය මට මතකයි.

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