Udaya’s defection underscores need to change political culture – Champika
The switching of allegiance by the party’s Deputy General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila to President Mahinda Rajapaksa would not affect the JHU at all, Jathika Hela Urumaya General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday.
Ranawaka said, “Gammanpila’s defection and change of stance clearly demonstrated the urgent need to change the political culture in the country which was detrimental to the country and it is a system created by the Rajapaksas to feather their nests at the expense of others.”
Addressing a news conference at the JHU headquarters at Battaramulla, the former Technology and Research Minister of the UPFA government said Gammanpila had agreed to conditions laid down in the MoU signed on December 1 and he was one of the main architects of drafting the proposals put forward to the President urging political and economic reforms, ratified at the JHU convention.
Responding to a query how Gammanpila’s switching of allegiance would affect the party’s future, the JHU stalwart said it was minimal as there were thousands of educated men and women ready to join the party to create a system which would take the country forward. “With them we will launch our campaign to change the corrupt and repressive political culture prevalent in the country.”
JHU Leader Ven. Omalpe Sobhitha thera said Gammanpila had ever since leaving the government repeatedly said that he would abide by the party whatever decisions it took and none of them were in a position to comprehend what had made him change his mind.
(The Island)
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Mr Patali will do well if he focusses the torch on himself to understand the culture which he has embraced.
JHU policies are lospided with no considerataion whatsoever to reality.
Mr Patali certainly has a professional outlook and is bound to do well if he pursues his career as an Electrical Engineer.
It isn’t too late for Mr Patali to join the CEB as a Planning Engineer.
Well said, GG….! This Jhu contractors also no more effects in elections, they finshed. They have signed MO without Understanding. Praba is better than MR for you. So, you may go to the hell & be with him as you like. You’ll be out here, even if MS wins. These mads never learn…..
JHU is a non-political party just as JVP is. They are blind to the patriotic deeds of Hon MR in implementing his Mahinda Chintanya for the good of the nation as a whole and not to feather the nests of JHU. Shame on you for failing to appreciate all the good work done by MR!
Pata-lee went to become a Bruce-lee & miserably ended up being a ‘වැඩ බැරි ටාසන්’. He has only pata (colours) but no action or wisdom or personality.
Dear Mr.Champika,
You are a great person but paid people and/or members of Rajapakse outfit make comment in same website using different names and email addresses.
World is beautiful with people like you , not with Bath Balayas.
Hello,
Indura,
I clearly have understood you are dirty lady with supporting Rajapaske regime. I hate and never read your comments.
You are you to advise me ?
Basnayaka……be r e l a x man…! Don’t be nervous & restless. concentrate on yourself…. See what you wrote above at last, that’s //you are you to advise me?//. Btw, let me tell you a story, Once a minister went to see the mental hospital at Angoda. Then a mental patient asked from a nurse “who’s that?”. The nurse told patient that’s a minister. Then that mental patient told that “i also had that sickness before. But i got well after coming here and having few tablets”