Champika: MR should have stayed at home without troubling Maithri
Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka on Sunday said that those who had left the former government to usher in good governance had proved that they were not power hungry.
“It was for the sake of democracy we gave up our ministerial positions when we left the Rajapaksa regime to support the campaign of Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena. We knew that the leaders who were in the pockets of drug dealers were not capable of ensuring a bright future for our children,” the minister said, addressing an election rally in Homagama.
“Some people ask us today what we did to become eligible to seek a mandate again. We sent home a leader responsible for creating an immoral society. We banned toxic chemicals causing chronic kidney disease and commenced a national kidney treatment centre. We have been able to introduce pictorial warnings on cigarette packets. It is our government that nabbed drug kingpin Wele Suda. We also nabbed several other criminals. There are a few more to be arrested. We removed the taxes from essential food items. We slashed the prices of fuel. Aren’t they achievements?
“We thought that Mahinda Rajapaksa would go home after people rejected him and give his blessings to the new president. J. R. Jayewardene did so. He supported President Premadasa. He did not come asking for ministerial or prime ministerial posts. Chandrika, too, did the same. But, Rajapaksa after holding all positions from the MP to President of the country has come back again. This is nothing but greed for power.
“We are the ones who built this nation. We have proved our mettle. We put an end to the oil mafia that ruled the CEB and country’s power sector. Sri Lanka is the only country in the region that provides electricity to 100 per cent of the population. We reformed the CEB. We will reform the CPC, too, in the same manner.
“We will build a new united national front. We will create country sans beggars and shanties. You all well know who the thieves are and we are sure you will make the right choice on August 17.”
(The Island)
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Dear Minister Patali Champika RanaWAKA,,
YOU are a Saint, a real saint , A SUPER SAINT,
JR DIDN’T TRY A THIRD TIME.
PREMADASA DIDN’T TRY A THIRD TIME,
CHANDRIKA ALSO DIDN’T TRY A THIRD TIME
Because the Constitution was against them.
But now Mahinda is trying. How? and Why?
The constitution is amended allowing a third shy. YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE PARTY AND ALSO AS AN INDIVIDUAL RAISED YOUR HANDS IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT.
You are a downright HYPOCRITE to ask that question now.
And about the question why. WHY ? Because the entire nation is in peril. Ranil wants only POWER AND NOTHING BUT POWER . He can enjoy a morsel of the left overs from a feast by the USA BRITISH AND THE EU WHO WILL RULE THE ROOST.
This man is a shameless liar.
He says “We banned toxic chemicals causing chronic kidney disease and commenced a national kidney treatment centre. We have been able to introduce pictorial warnings on cigarette packets. It is our government that nabbed drug kingpin Wele Suda. ”
1. Chemicals causing kidney diseases were banned by the MR government. Then there was a court appeal that repealed it.
2. Pictorial warnings on cigarette packets were introduced by the MR government not Ranil.
3. Weles Suda was arrested in Pakistan during Ranil’s government. But all the hard work to arrest Wele Suda was done by the MR government. Gothabaya was the one who got Pakistan to track him down, but just before Pakistanis could physically arrest him , SL government changed here. Only a shameless person in the Ranil’s government can claim credit for this. Also, Wele Suda’s court records have gone missing a couple of weeks ago at Mt. Lavinia courts and the whole legal proceedings has come to a halt. Doesn’t it tell that the current government has a hand in this? Isn’t it how it will be interpreted if MR government was there? Therefore it is fair to assume that current government is protecting Wele Suda. He was brought into the country by Pakisthani authorities during Ranil’s government so Ranil could not refuse taking him to custody but looks like trying to clear Wele Suda since Ranil and his co-horts have a hand with Wele Suda.
I previously thought Campika is a decent man. But not anymore. He is just another liar and a thief it seems. He is still saying drug dealer MPs in the MR government. But why not took legal action during last 7 months.
Doesn’t it mean the current government is also involved in the stealing drug trafficking with the same thieves and dealers and therefore cannot take legal action because the names of the current government MPs would come out? Instead simply uttering “thief, drug trafficker” etc without any proof or action they can cheat the voters and cheat their vote.
thanha jayathi soko (this says it all)