Fists fly as Sri Lankan MPs protest changing of the guard for ex-president
Fists flew in Sri Lanka’s parliament on Tuesday, leaving several members injured, the speaker said, as lawmakers supporting former president Mahinda Rajapaksa protested against a move to replace his military security guards with police.
Aides of Rajapaksa, who led the country to victory in the 26-year war against separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009, say his life is in danger after 50 trained army security guards were withdrawn on Monday.
The clash erupted after Regional Development Minister Sarath Fonseka, the ex-army chief who led the military in the war, justified the change in Rajapaksa’s security.
“I strongly condemn the incident,” Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told parliament. “Several members were injured and one legislator has been hospitalized,” he said as he suspended the sittings for the day.
Rajapaksa was unseated in January last year and lost his bid to become prime minister in August.
Many of his supporters are from the center-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which is led by President Maithripala Sirisena. The group has rejected Sirisena’s request to support some constitutional and economic reforms.
(Reuters)
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The truth’s are slowly coming out.
Ex – Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, now a Minister, alleges in Parliament that the Dec 2006 bomb attack on Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was an inside job stage managed by Ex – Def Secy himself.
Immediately after this incident the Rajapaksa Govt severed all links with the international community including Norway and proceeded with the all out war against Tamil separatists.
I feel the speaker is not caring his duty up to the mark He is supporting his patty always.Du to this all this happens
My Dear Sinhala Friends,
This is the kind of violence which the thamil speaking citizens of this country have been facing since 1948. And this is why we supported the maniac, Prabakaram to win a separate state.
Another English word for this kind of behaviour is ‘barbarianism’.
I have many Sinhala speaking friends and none of them are barbarians.
What a shame, in the me-lee that occurred, I observed a few lady MP’s raining blows on fallen parliamentarians. Most of the gang in the Parliament well are senior political leaders. How disgusting !!!
Tonight, I am supporting the bearded Wigneswaran’s resolution on a Federal State.
Do I have a choice, my dear Sinhala speaking fellow citizens?
Dear Mr. Balasuntharam, Well, this is not the first time this happened in the Parliament of Sri Labnka. That said, there are well documented this kind of ‘Barbarianism’ took place in several other countries including USA & India. Do you think getting a Federal structure like India going to stop this kind of unruly behaviour? With all your Federal State idea in India too this kind of ‘Barbarianism’ happened in their Parliament.
Puppet regimes sponsored by the west is no better than puppets sponsored by others.
The sinhala population at independence stood at and around 85 percent and seventy years later it stands at 65. Sinhlalese are prolific breeders and the decline of the Sinhala population is for economic reasons.
The trend will continue and in another 50 years the sinhalese will be in the minority and they will loose the political clout that they have enjoyed so far. This siutation is not unique demographers have estimated that by 2050 Caucasions in the US will be a minority and then the challengers for the Presdincy will be Hispanics and Afro Americans. This I think is the biggest fear fot Rumps and his followers.
When things are beyond reason then people will resort to barbarism starting with the parliament and then the rest of the country and the survivors will be those who have the will to survive.
Yes Zama you are right. Family planning in SL sponsored by INGOs was a success story. That success is biting Sinhala population back. Consuming alcohol, smoking , drug abuse, eating Koththu Roty will not increase Sinhala population. If this trend continues definitely they will be a minority.