Sitting on the fence; the Tamils’ choice

“It is now the time to win over the hearts of the Tamil people. The Tamil speaking people should be protected. They should be able to live without fear and mistrust. That is today the responsibility of us all!” That was the speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Galle Face during a rally.

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Corrupt-files trip Sarath Fonseka and Wijedasa Rajapaksa

The Morning Inspection - Malinda

It was obvious from the moment Sarath Fonseka announced he was running for Presidency that he was a humourless and uncouth. That’s OK. We have had worse candidates and anyway politicians are known to be gutter-mouthed. It’s perhaps the occupational disease of all politicians. On the other hand, there are always ‘degrees’ of ‘gutter-mouthedness’ and while the public will go along with some crassness there is certainly a point beyond which it really puts people off.

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Promises, promises, promises

Making promises which they know they cannot honour for the sole purpose of deceiving the people into voting for them is, regrettably, part of the stock in trade of the professional politician.

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