Mangala Samaraweera
@MangalaLK
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@MangalaLK the mordant debater: "Sorry to break the news, dear friend, but you couldn't fine a badly parked tuk, much less give instructions to an official delegation in the world stage." https://t.co/wApOoIztSH
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We doubled the salaries of teachers between 2015 -19 and Ranukge commission recommended a further increase up to R.9k. which was to be included in the ‘20 budget; we also explored possibility of making teaching a closed service.Their hard-work and commitment must be recognised.
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Mangala spearheads launch of ‘Radical Centre’ by young multi-ethnic true patriots | Daily FT
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Former Minister and Parliamentarian Mangala Samara-weera yesterday spearheaded the launch of an apolitical movement called ‘Radical Centre’ by a group of multifaceted multi-ethnic youth calling...
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1.5 million C19 vaccines on ground in Colombo; thank you USAID - thank you Samantha Power!
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Sri Lanka throws in, yet again, its lot with the last remaining vestiges of oppression and repression left in the world. https://t.co/dK4EpCxvWV via @colombogazette
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Sri Lanka has signed a joint statement initiated by China, raising concerns on the human rights situation in the UK. The joint statement was delivered during the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights...
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Delighted that the #Maldives has been removed from the UK's “Human Rights Priority List” in the 2020 FCDO #HRDReport. A clear and resounding recognition by the international community, of President @ibusolih’s Gov’s focus on promoting and protecting human rights . @FCDOGovUK
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Forcible quarantine for student protestors and their elders - a wink and a nod for pro government cheer leaders. Forced quarantine is immoral and illegal!
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In my time there were protests almost daily in front of the Finance Ministry: I never called the police to disperse them nor negotiate with the protesters until the protest was called off. However disagreeable their demands may be we must respect the right to demand and protest.
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Sri Lanka’s century of humiliation | Daily FT
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“Reflect continually on the fact that all things as happen now, also happened before, and on the fact that they will happen again. The whole dramas and the comparable scenes… from history of the...
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The executive Presidential system is the fountain of most evils in this country since it was established in 1978. It must go, if we are to be a modern democracy based on the rule of law.
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A peep in to an era not so long ago: the ‘ V1+V2+V3+V4’ era……’
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Having scrapped fuel formula in ‘20, FM has symphoned off nearly US$ 2.5 B which ought to have passed onto the consumer when Oil Prices fell to an all time low in April 20 for nearly an year. Is the money been used for the duty free SUVs for MPs which I as FM suspended in ‘19?
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When price falls below $0.00 no reduction at pump but now... funny set of viyath chaps we have running #SriLanka. If @MangalaLK price formula was continued would have had transparent and equitable pricing. Also what happened to savings in the oil price stabilisation fund?
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The only injustice Sarath Weerasekera is sensitive to is Piyumi Hansamali’s wardrobe. Using time in parliament to address that scandal, when two men have died in police custody this week & images of Susil Indrajith being run over by a bus remain seared into our brains. #SriLanka
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Watch. Rewatch. Show our kids. Dignity.
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What’s this nonsense!?? Keep your princesses to yourselves as Sri Lanka is a democracy and a republic; I thought China too ended its dynasties with the revolution in 1949. Is she tipped to be the Viceroy of the new Port City?
Xu Shi Yin'e, the “Lanka Princess” attended the Vesak celebrations 2021 at the Embassy in Beijing on 26th May 2021. She is a 19th generation descendant of a prince from the court of King Parakramabahu VI of Kotte.
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30 days today since Rishad B arrested under PTA. Known RB since he was a SLFP youth member in the ‘90s ;though being a devout Muslim was never, NEVR an extremist. RB is a mere scapegoat to divert attention away from the mismanagement and fumblings of SLs most inefficient regime.
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Just as “Chicago boys’ mean the worst aspects of Neo liberalism in ’80s Chile, “PBJism” will soon mean throwing fiscal discipline along with the IMF to the winds while ceding valuable real estate and inviting rober barons to stave off bankruptcy.Hong Kong 1842 - Chilam in 2021?
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