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Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) members are concerned over social media reports that the new Government is planning to replace the council with a special commissioner because it believes that there has been mismanagement by the council. According to the reports Colombo’s Mayor Rosy Senanayake had been summoned by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to discuss various issues, [...]
Gota wave takes Lanka by storm
With over 2000 years of Lanka’s history looking down at him from the stupa Sinhala king Dutugemunu built in Anuradhdapura as a fitting monument to commemorate the defeat of Chola King Elara’s fifty-year rule, and thus uniting the nation under one Sinhala banner, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday midday took his oath of office as Sri [...]
What matters now, is what will be done for all of us
My dear Gota maamey, I am writing to congratulate you on your very convincing victory in the big race last week. Most people, which I suspect includes yourself, expected a tight contest. In the end you won with a wide margin, leaving no doubt as to who the winner was and without any need for [...]
Economic reconstruction and development imperative
The reconstruction of the economy and achieving the country’s potential economic growth is a formidable and challenging task for President Gotabaya Rajapakse. A number of economic and non-economic conditions have to be fulfilled for a robust economic performance. These include peaceful conditions among the plural ethnic and religious communities, reduction of corruption, enhancing administrative efficiency, [...]
President cleaning up a Royal legacy
After the so-called yahapalana government came to power and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe-led UNP began to create slots in the cabinet and elsewhere for cronies and contemporaries from the state-run institution called Royal College, some humorous wag coined an abbreviation that was singularly apt. He called it FRCS. If some in the medical profession took [...]
The November polls revenge of Sri Lanka’s enraged electorate
Foisting the blame for the catastrophic defeat of the United National Party (UNP)-led alliance at the November 16th polls to elect Sri Lanka’s seventh Executive President, on ‘Sinhala Buddhist nationalism’ and a panicked security mindset consequent to Easter Sunday’s jihadist attacks is a convenient fairy tale. Certainly these were factors enabling the defeat, as stoked [...]
Gotabaya pledges – I will do it my way
Gives new identity to the presidency which he fought hard to win No portraits in state institutions, cuts down his security staff, no road closures for his motorcade Selection committee appointed to screen those recommended as chairpersonsor directors of state institutions; pledges to eradicate bribery and corruption UNP in turmoil, but Ranil likely to be [...]
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