A Look Back at JVP’s Politics after 1989 Failed Revolution

JVP in 1994 (PE) – We believe Chandrika Bandaranayake is the best leader for this country, and we support her in this presidential election. She has pledged us to abolish executive presidency before XX July 19XX (I can’t remember the date).

JVP in 1999 (PE) – Chandrika cheated us! We made a mistake by supporting in last presidential election. Therefore we are placing our own candidate in this presidential election. We are confident he will win, and we will abolish the executive presidency after his appointment. (and their candidate gathers less than 3% of total votes)

JVP in 2000(GE) – Unuth ekai, Munuth ekai, Meda paara Api Javipe ta! (Both UNP & SLFP are the same, and we will vote JVP this time)

JVP in 2004 (GE) – Chandrika is not a cheater anymore. She is a good girl again. We trust her. Meda paara api “munuth” ekka ekata enawa! (We are contesting this election together with SLFP)

JVP in 2004 (Electing the PM) – Mahinda Rajapakshe is not qualified to be the prime minister. Give it to Lakshman Kadiragamar or keep it with Ratnasiri

JVP in 2005 (PE) – Mahinda Rajapakshe is the best candidate to be the president of Sri Lanka. We whole heartedly support him! He is the saviour of this country.

JVP Today – Mahinda Rajapakshe is the most corrupted dictator we ever had as a leader of this state. He is worse than JR. We did a mistake in supporting him in last presidential election. Let’s elect Sarath Fonskeka to bring good governance and democracy to Sri Lanka

JVP in another 6 years?????????????????????????????????????????

There is a similar profession to what JVP’s role in Sri Lankan politics after 1994. That profession is said to be the world’s oldest profession. And it is said that current JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe’s sister is an expert in that profession. May be he got this ability from his sister.

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How Sirikotha Planned the SOS Press Conference for Sarath Fonseka?

Airtel may well take Gen. Fonseka as one of their brand ambassadors. Because it’s a simple plan for General Sarath Fonseka to revoke statements to media!

1) Just tell a journalist whatever the idiotic thoughts coming to your head.
2) Let the journalist publish it
3) If it gains popularity, enjoy it!
4) If it backfires; call another press conference and tell that the “journalist misquoted me”.

Isn’t it a simple plan? Is this the level of “responsibility” we expect from a main candidate to be the president of this country? Is this the type person whom our friends like Liberal Lanka are believing that will be able to bring prosperity to our country? Is this the best “superior alternative” the UNJVP can put against Mahinda Rajapakshe?

He revoked his statement just after about 3 hours from my earlier blog post in which I mentioned that there is an attempt going on, for revoking the Sunday Leader article with a correction note. Entire this morning, the top people at Sirikotha was discussing how to react on “Fonseka’s stupid statement to Sunday Leader”. They were discussing alternative solutions of negating that blow to their campaign, and several phone calls were made to JVP leaders like Anura Kumara Disanayake and Somawanse Amarasinghe, asking for their advise. Things were worsen, when they heard the news that President Rajapakshe has made a statement saying “As the head of the state, I am ready to take any blame put on the army and its officers”. UNP leaders were worried, that Mahinda has cleverly leveraged Fonseka’s stupid statement for his advantage.

At around 11.00am today (Monday 14th), Gayantha Karunathilake called Sunday Leader editor and asked for a possibility of revoking the story with a correction note. The editor has mentioned, if the General himself make a request they are ready for such a move and immediately advised the journalist Frederica Jansz to come up with a story to put as an apology note. She has reportedly refused to do that but no news yet about what has happened thereafter.

. During next two hours, the story was well fabricated inside a house of another UNP MP, where Anura Kumara Disanayake was also present. Then they have met the General thereafter, and advised him what to tell in the press conference and what not to tell. They have advised not to answer in lengthy sentences for questions from journalists. “make short statements as much as possible. Then they will have to publish it as it is. If they add anything to interpret what you say, and if something goes wrong, we can later claim that your words were misquoted by the journalist”.


Around 2.00pm, the UNP called all media stations and newspapers for a special press conference on behalf of the General, and JVP has extended their support in hosting the press conference too. And what is said in the press conference is widely published everywhere now!

You are now not a traitor Gen.Fonseka. You are just a joker. Even Tenyson Cooray would have done a better job as an opposition common candidate, if he knew that the role of such a candidate is purely to provide jokes to the country.

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Sunday Leader is Asked to Publish a “Correction Note” to General’s Comments about Shavindra Silva

After the infamous “Sunday Mudlinger” article last weekend, the opposition campaigners for Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s presidential bid is in total uncertainty whether to continue backing him up for the election. General Fonseka’s accusation that it was Gotabhaya Rajapakshe who ordered the assassination of LTTE political wing leaders who surrendered with white flags and it was Brigadier Shavindra Silva who executed that order has add more negativity towards his campaigns, following up from his comments about the economic policy.

Several UNP key people have expressed their disagreement on what General Fonseka said. They in the belief that, it was a major blow to their campaign.

Now the opposition is trying to negate this set back, by issuing another statement from General Fonseka to say that “My words were misquoted by Sunday Leader journalist”. This is the exact same way he tackled his earlier remarks of “Sri Lanka is a Sinhala Bhudist only country”.

Sunday Leader, who are working very enthusiastically to support the Fonseka’s campaign, has given their agreement to accommodate a “correction note”. Frederica Jansz is asked by the editor in chief of the paper to issue a self confession to state that she mis-interpreted General’s words and hence a wrong message was communicated on the paper.

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@Lanka Liberal and Lanka Cricket. There are Questions Unanswered

@Lanka Liberal @Lanka Cricket,

I always liked your comments on my blogs. I love to read different opinions and specially aggressive ones at me. But, in the recent posts we’ve been dragged into arguments you have stopped replying at the point where I have invited you to “reveal your alternatives to Mahinda Rajapakshe regime?”. I acknowledged your rights to criticize the government. At the same time, I have clearly mentioned a criticism to be constructive; you have to suggest alternative and have a clear stand/stance of your opinion. Just throwing arguments here and there will not take anything “forward”. I know you don’t like “way forward”. All you want is a country where stagnating at a one place, where you can enjoy “criticizing without alternatives”; the job you are best at.

So, unless you are not part of the UNP “Kata Katha Hamudawa” like the people in Lankaenews.com and Lankanewsweb.com, please come forward and explain us your opinion on “what is best for this country at next presidential election?”. Just to remind you, as I mentioned in my blog “what is best” need not to be a “either with us or against us” stance. You have the freedom of chosing. But give us your opinion on what is best!!!. That’s the decision I want you to make.

The questions are opened to anyone! If you hate Rajapakshe regime, if you are a regular critc of them on blogosphere; you are most welcome to put forward your “way forward plan” in next election. We all know most of the things we discuss on blogs never get implemented anyway. So, it’s not a big deal to give a shot revealing your wildest dreams of becoming the president and eliminating corruption. Invitation open to Indi.ca and Sanjana Hattotuwa as well.

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General Fonseka Working Hard to Earn the “Traitor” Badge

In my very first blog post after General Fonseka’s official declaration of “war against Rajapakshes” I mentioned that no matter what silly decisions he will make in the future, he will remain a hero of this country, and our people (and me) will remember him as a hero for a long time into the future. However, despite my faith that Gen. Fonseka will safeguard his public honour as a national hero, he is fast becoming a victim of the traitorous camp and issuing statements that we can never be expecting from a war hero.

In an interview with the Sunday Mudslinger today, Gen. Fonseka has stated it was Gotabaya Rajapakshe who ordered and Brig. Shavindra Silva who executed the decision to kill LTTE political wing leader Pulithevan and Nadesan, after their surrender to the army with a white flag.

If what Gen. Sarath Fonseka is saying is true and if he is saying that, it was a “wrong decision” by Gota; that adds another reason to why we should not vote Gen. Fonseka in the next election.

As it was mentioned many a times on this blog, I believe the war victory was a collective effort and no one/two people should get a major portion of the credit for the goods, and blame for the bads that happened in the war. (I personally believe killing Pulithevan was a good idea!). This Gen. clearly violating the collective responsibility of the operation, and now putting blame on few individuals on the matters which are sensitive to the international human rights watchdogs. If put in simple language, Gen. Fonseka is trying to betray his former military colleagues and earn some credits from the western countries. Isn’t it just shameful?

I’m sorry General Fonseka… You no longer deserve to be a hero in my books. You worked hard to become a hero, and now you are working even hard to be a traitor.

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