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Heard that President
@RW_UNP
was hooted at by students of Colombo Law Faculty. If they are indeed students of the law and they have to resort to hooting to get a point across then we must question the education they have received.
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AKD is just Gotabhaya 2.0 acting as the political vehicle of another set of economic advisors getting ready to wreak havoc on the Sri Lankan economy with haphazard, delusional & experimental policies under the pretext of avoiding the bitter medicine that is IMF conditionality.
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If you're a UNPer voting Sajith you must know you're not only voting him in but also his wife, mother, sister and her family. 'Family team' will always take precedence.
All UNPers know very well Prof. Maithree will never meddle in governance.
Vote Ranil. End family rule for ever.
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I support Rajitha's view fully.
What the heck!
Every Sri Lankan citizen has their right to vote but if they don't have to face the consequences I see a big problem there.
“Last time, they voted for Gotabaya and left us to suffer while they enjoyed life abroad. If you come to vote this time, stay and face the consequences,” Rajitha Senaratne’s message to expats who wish to vote for Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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Yesterday was Sir Arthur. C. Clarke's birthday. Did Sri Lanka do anything to remember the great man?
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Pressure level:
Ranil - 0
Anura - 100
Sajith - 100
Pressure leads only to one thing😉
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Best thing about President Wickremesinghe is that he cannot be misled by anyone in this manner. Even the officials know that. Sajith-possible. AKD-most definitely can be. If we're lucky enough to have President recontest don't forget to factor this in your voting decision.
Wrong advice given to ex-President Gotabaya led to economic collapse - Treasury Secretary
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RW invited SJB to join a unity govt countless times. Sajith refused saying he'll never be in an alliance with SLPP. Today he forms an alliance with GL, former chairman of SLPP, Godahewa et al. How much longer will it take for SJB members to realize the futility of his leadership?
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How is JVP is going to satisfy these demands without:
1) Increasing VAT beyond 18%?
2) Increasing other taxes?
3) Money Printing?
4) Increasing government debt?
Please don't tell me you're going to catch thieves & seize their overseas assets or something of the sort🙏🏼
🚨NEWS ALERT:
Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana stated during a meeting at the President's Office under the patronage of President Wickremesinghe today (08) that if the striking public servants' demand for a salary increase is met, the current 18% VAT will need to be raised
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Pres.
@RW_UNP
took this job knowing he will be unpopular, knowing he will have to face the people's wrath. The truth that most fail to acknowledge is that both Wickremesinghe & Premadasa knew that accepting PM post in May was akin to political suicide. Yet Wickremesinghe obliged.
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Yesterday, 17th September, was President J.R. Jayawardene's 118th birth anniversary. Here's to the birth of the next Jayawardene era on the 21st. Possibly an even greater one.
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දැන් ජවිපෙ නංගිලා මල්ලිලා ටික මොකද කියන්නෙ? ලොක්කා මර උගුලට අහු වෙලා වගේ නේ?🤣 කෝ අර චතුරංග හාදයා?
IMF කොන්දේසි ගැන අනුරගෙන් ප්රකාශයක්
ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ කොන්දේසි රටට අහිතකර නොවන බව ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජනාධිපති ධූර අපේක්ෂක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි.
වැඩි විස්තර -
#srilanka
#adaderanasinhala
#news
#AKD
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2024 සැප්තැම්බර් 21
වසර දෙකකට පසු ලාංකිකයො ගෑස් සිලින්ඩරයක් හොය හොයා යන දිනය.
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Fun fact:
@KumarSanga2
hates the gym.
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Your new tourism minister, sports minister, labour & foreign employment minister and your next President
@RW_UNP
!
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Again. This is the Presidential election. After Ranil wins on 21st it is up to the people again to give him the team he deserves. If said team includes any or all of the below names there is nothing Ranil can do about it. Learn the fundamentals of democracy before voting.
Vote for Ranil with him you'll get bandula, raththaran, siripala, aluthgamage, Prasanna and all of from Rajapaksha family for free
#Election2024
#srilanka
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First they said Ranil will postpone elections.
Then they said Ranil won't contest.
Now they'll say Ranil is standing down.
All originating from one source: The SJB election campaign HQ😄
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21 ක් වන දින ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහයන්ගේ ජයග්රහණයෙන් වැඩිපුරම දුකට පත් වන්නේ ධනවාදී රට වල වෙසෙමින් මෙරට වැඩි වශයෙන් සමාජවාදී ක්රමයට නැඹුරු ආර්ථික ක්රමයක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීමට වෙර දරණ අපේම උදවිය බව මනාව පැහැදිලි වෙමින් පවතී.
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Doctors leaving cannot & shouldn't be stopped. It's personal choice. Making quality medical education accessible to a wider demographic through private medical schools is a possible solution opposed by state medical students who themselves desert us eventually. Quite the dilemma!
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Ranil Wickramasinghe WILL run for President. Don't let anybody make you believe otherwise. It's just a last ditch attempt from opposition parties and Rajapaksa faction of SLPP to hinder the formation of the grand alliance with
@RW_UNP
as non partisan Presidential candidate.
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Question: Mr. President, how confident are you?
President: I'm confident. I'm very confident.
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Two years ago we couldn't scrape up $50mn to pay for an oil shipment.
#SriLanka
now earns over $800 million a month from remittances & tourism
💵 Earnings from the two in Jan 2024 was $829Mn a 38% increase compared to $600Mn in Jan 2023 & 102% increase compared to $411Mn in Jan 2022
✈️ Tourism earnings gradually catching up to remittances
📊👇🏼
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake
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I'm slowly realizing what my mother and some other family members have said over the years is indeed true. We
#SriLankans
don't deserve to have good hard working leaders or public servants anymore. Society is so corrupted and ungrateful at best. I wish I had just joined the Army.
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Here's a brain teaser for all our pollsters:
A trishaw driver who frequents our house was a strong Ranil supporter all throughout but suddenly about two months ago started backing Anura heavily. Today he's going, "අපේ රනිල් මහත්තයාව කොහොමහරි ගේනන ඹ්නෙ."
Not a word about Sajith.
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ජනාධිපතිතුමා මේ රට නැවත වැටෙන්න කිසිඳු ඉඩක් නොතබන බව මට මැනවින් විශ්වාසයි.
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I feel sorry for those who are of the belief that the sports minister is engaged in an honest attempt to restore Sri Lanka Cricket to it's winning ways😂. The man's playing a game of his own.
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Now that you've seen how RW deals with bureaucrats let's remind ourselves how SP dealt with them. Which do you like better? Also if you are a bureaucrat which treatment would you prefer to be at the receiving end of?😁
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සජිත්ගේ නිරතුරු උත්සාහය රනිල්ව තනි කරවන්නය.
අද එයට, නියම එක්සත් ජාතික පාක්ෂිකයුකු විසින් ඹහුට ලැබිය යතු පිළිතුර තලතා සජිත්ට ලබා දුන් වගයි.
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JVP/NPP brothers & sisters here, please get yourself updated on the actual economic policies of your own party before lecturing us to do the same🙏. It's high time to scrutinize whether they are realistic and tailored to overcome current challenges faced.
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Let's hear what those who mocked the invitation extended to the President by his French counterpart to speak at a summit in Paris in June 2023(left) & the meeting during a refuelling stopover at Katunayaka in July 2023(right) have to say about this.
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@GoodCit13744946
@IndiainSL
@USAmbSL
@USEmbSL
@AusHCSriLanka
@UKinSriLanka
@ParliamentLK
@MFA_SriLanka
@MASumanthiran
We are sorry for any negative perception you may have of the leaders we elected starting from Hon DS Senanayake who was blamed in a similar manner for Gal oya resettlement. We understand you suffered. We did too, more than you may imagine. Let's not let anybody divide us further.
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අතිශය කටුක වූ තෙල් ගෑස් පෝලිම් යුගය පසු කොට අවුරුදු ඇදුමි සේල් පෝලිම් යුගයට අප සංක්රාන්ත වූ වගයි. එම යුගය නමි රනිල් යුගයයි😃
The economy with Ranil in the driving seat is set to go from strength to strength, which will ultimately benefit all citizens.
ආයෙත් වරද්දගෙන අඬන්න එපා!
සූර්යයාට මීන රාශියෙන් මේශ රාශියට යාගන්න බැරුවලු ඉන්නෙ කිරිබත්ගොඩ තිලකවර්ධන එක ගාව Traffic එකේ හිර වෙලා 😂
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William and Catherine is number 1 trending for me right now.
#PrinceHarryIsATraitor
is number 4.
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@VraieB
@RW_UNP
@sajithpremadasa
No. People of this country want to eat, dress well, health services, oil for their vehicles, education for their children and job opportunities for the youth. They are fed up of elections and those who have been elected thus far who are responsible for their plight. 1/2
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@HarshadeSilvaMP
@sjbsrilanka
What massive campaign? How did anything SJB did affect negotiations with bondholders? Genuinely curious
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Forgive me but I didn’t realise my fundamental right to vote in another layer of useless governance was being infringed when I was standing in line for gas.
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Former Minister
@fernandoharin
starts with a bang in Badulla! Challenges SJB leader
@sajithpremadasa
to present Hirunika Premachandra the national list seat vacated by him.
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Settling down with an ice cream to witness the grand finale😎
#Derana360
Tune in tonight at 10.30pm. Don't worry he doesn't run away!
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@HarshadeSilvaMP
I suggest you pickup the phone & discuss with President without wasting your time here with people who can barely make head or tail of what a realistic deal could look like or the factors which would actually enable us to arrive at a deal in our favour.
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SJB are a bunch of weaklings. As soon as you point out some "fault" they cry foul.
#Ranilists
don't do that. We think for a moment, verify if we are indeed right(or wrong), then respond accordingly.
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Note how ridiculous this sounds now? He can join hands with Nalaka Godahewa et al but never with Ranil Wickremesinghe.
"Sajith and Ranil will never join hands. I am officially making a statement that we will never join forces" Opposition Leader
@sajithpremadasa
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They called RW Ranil Rajapakse. But he proved himself to be independent of Rajapakse. In light of Anura's 'feel sorry for you Gota' speech, Ranil is now the best bet to achieve system change.
Too bad campaigning is over. Otherwise could have made an absolute meal of this.
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The last time I went to a campaign rally event was when my father reluctantly allowed me to tag along with him and his friends to hear President
@RW_SRILANKA
speak in front of the famous Panadura clock tower in 2005. Only the clock tower hasn't changed one bit in the past 19yrs.
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At this point I think it's safe to say that a huge positive of this election cycle has been that the messaging by all 3 main candidates has resulted in the net outcome of public realizing that continuation of current economic trajectory with IMF is mandatory. Well done👏
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@kanchana_wij
I don't know how anyone can seriously talk about reducing the size of the public sector without removing these perks.
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Got to know that a NPP fan flying in from Australia with six whiskey bottles and other goodies to bribe friends, family and people from the village has had to bear a loss of around Rs.90,000/= after the whiskey bottles were seized by customs at Changi, Singapore😂
කුහක සතුට🤌
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It's getting increasingly difficult to keep my cool when people whom I definitely know voted for Gota+SLPP & even mocked us the next day after UNP lost badly in 2020, explain in length why they are considering voting for JVP this time🤬.
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//The Ranil Curve (from Q3 2022)//
Last time he did this was after becoming PM following victory at the snap GE held on 5th Dec 2001 by the UNF led by the UNP.
Unfortunately the SLFP in alliance with JVP defeated him in 2004 GE & 2005 PE.
We await the people's verdict of 2024.
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I'd support a
#UNP
- SLPP coalition in select parts of the country for one purpose and one purpose only. That is to defeat Sajith Premadasa. Him and the party SJB needs to be defeated, blown in to smithereens and nullified at any cost. This is a small price to pay to achieve it.
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If
@sajithpremadasa
wins in 2024 his chances of re-election in 2029 are slim given the unpopular decisions in store for the first term. However if he supports
@RW_UNP
in 2024, he will have a better chance of getting elected in 2029 and 2034. That is 17 years of UNP policies🙂
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The comeback story being hailed widely was possible only because we were fortunate enough to have the right man in charge who didn't require advice from numerous advisors before making decisions thus eliminating even the slightest possibility of getting misled by vested interests
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Yeah. Let's hand over a country emerging out of bankruptcy to these hooligans.
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@amore_orless
We adopted our dog after he arrived at our house when the war ended in my country in 2009 and fireworks were being set off everywhere; on the roads, houses, everywhere. We have to be with him when fireworks go off even now otherwise he starts shuddering from head to tail.
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It must be crystal clear now why President
@RW_UNP
was never as successful as other national leaders electorally. Even when the whole country is on the verge of collapse his own former party members are actively seeking to sabotage him in liaison with certain media organizations!
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AKD blew this election wide open with his public exoneration of Gota. As things stand tell me one good reason why those who were intent on voting for him thus far can't switch to Ranil if they wish to see the current economic trajectory continue?
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3 Wheeler driver tells me he's willing to vote for anybody who promises to give Petrol at 150/=
My response: Can give it but you'll have to stay in the queue to get it.
Tell me I'm wrong.
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Everyone seems to be morphing in to debt restructuring experts suddenly. I'lI be honest. I have not formally studied Economics or Finance at any level. So I know I will never completely understand the whole deal. But I'm fine with that because I've learnt to trust people who..1/3
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A former Maths lecturer at UoC now running his father's lucrative paint shop business.
Tells me never voted RW ever but this time no other option despite taxes skyrocketing.
So I gave him my short "lecture"😅.
Knowing him, he's going to redeliver it to every customer👍
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Wonder what a Bangladeshi Saliya Peiris would have said about this😄
🚨NEWS ALERT:
Chief Justice of Bangladesh's top court agrees to resign "in principle" following intense pressure from protesters surrounding the Supreme Court - Foreign Media -
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No matter which candidate, just don't allow yourself to be even remotely fooled by crowd sizes. Couldn't capture photos but was just passing Chilaw where Sajith is expected to speak shortly & witnessed first hand more than 30 buses with his face on it arriving in formation😂.
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It is quite unfortunate that an overwhelming majority of the general public does not have the capacity, and possibly never will, to fully understand the complexity or the implications of the ongoing debt negotiations. If they did they would take their vote far more seriously.
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මනුස්සයෙක් මට මේ වැඩේ කරන්න පුළුවන් කියලා, කියපු විදියටම කරලත් පෙන්නලා, ඒ වැඩේම ඉතිරි කොටස කරගෙන යන්න පුළුවන් කැමතිනන් කියන්න කියනකොට කොහෙවත් හිටියෙ නැති හාදයෙක්ව ගෙනැල්ලා වැඩේ භාර දෙන සිරිතක් තියනවද අපේ හාමුදුරුවනේ?
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So, whatever happened to this guy's attitude?😂
The Finance Minister (PM Ranil Wickremesinghe) must resign, says Minister Dhammika Perera
Details:
#lka
#SriLanka
#SLnews
#News1st
#EconomyLK
#CrisisLK
#ProtestLK
#FinanceMinister
#PrimeMinister
#Eng
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How can anyone say RW didn't try to set up a system which won't fail even in his absence? He literally laid a legal foundation for it through the Economic Transformation Act supported by three other pieces of legislation. Are those in favour of 'change' willing to uphold them?
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රනිල්ට දෙන්න හිතන් ඉන්න අය ගොඩක් ඉන්නවා. හැබැයි බයයි එළිපිට කියන්න මොකද අම්මා, තාත්තා, නෝනා එහෙම කියල තියෙන්නෙ කට වහගෙන හිටහන් කියලා. තාම ජෙප්පොන්ගෙ හැටි මතක උදයිය ඉන්නවා. උන් ටිකක් හරි හිතේ තියන් ඉන්න එක කියෙන්නෙ කතා කරන එක්කෙනා දෙන පැත්ත බලලා තමයි. ඔන්න ඕකයි මේ පැත්තෙ තත්ත්වය.
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The presence of the leader & prominent members of the opposition would have sent a strong message to the Canadian govt that although it is willing to manipulate foreign policy for domestic political reasons, 🇱🇰 is united in it's condemnation of unfounded allegations.
@alisabrypc
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අපි ගොවි මහත්වරුන්ට සදා නයගැතියි. ඹබ තමයි ආර්ථිකය නැවතිලා තියෙද්දී එය නැවත පණ ගැන්නුවේ!🙏🏽
#mainenginestart
"We gave you fertilizer, you gave us the crop, the economy grew"
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Why do people focus on extremely trivial issues when the path to development is so clear? There is a whole world of possibilities out there to explore, collaborate on and implement but some people are still searching for reasons to protest. How can we proceed with this mentality?
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Did you know?
Campaigning for President
@RW_SRILANKA
's 2024 bid commenced over 30 years ago with the publication of the two volume biography of Late President Jayawardene?😉
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Let me reiterate: The President clearly stated that if the parties in
@ParliamentLK
do not want 13A abolish it!. Else he will implement. That is the stance of the UNP and by extension the
#Ranilists
. What is the position of the other parties except JVP which has said its for 13A?
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එකම රටක්. මහ බලයක්.
ගරා වැටුණු රට යළි නංවන්නට
සිරිලක සිවිදෙස මහජන බලමුළු
රොඳ බැදුණු තැනක්.
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Sajith is to his 'economic team' what Sirisena was to Ranil during Yahapalanaya.
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මෙය ගොන්කමේ උච්චතම අවස්ථාව විය හැකියි😆
NPP govt will ensure there will be long queues in front of theatres once again – Anura Kumara
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The crippling effect of trade union action to an economy beginning to recover, induced by calls by short sighted political entities for an inconsequential local government election which serves no purpose in aiding economic recovery efforts is to say the least, truly unfortunate.
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If you ask me why Pres.
@RW_SRILANKA
has failed to hold power for an extended period thus far after gaining it, I would say it is because his thinking is 20, 30 years ahead and public take far too to catch up. This is a failure of the politicians who served under him before 2020.
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"රැකියා ඉල්ලන්න යන්න එපා. කවුරු හරි ආවොත් අහන්න රැකියා බිහි කරල දෙන්නෙ කොහොමද කියල."
- President in Jaffna
Observing that politicians often promise jobs during election periods but this is akin to traveling with an empty wallet, President
@RW_UNP
emphasized the need to reform both the old economic and political systems to rebuild the country. (2/3)
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I see the anarchists disguised as journalists are back in action here complaining about the media coverage President is getting😂. Where's that lady who called people to assemble at 5th lane?
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රනිල්ගේ ජයග්රහණය ඔබගේ ජයග්රහණයකි.
රනිල්ගේ ජයග්රහණය ඔබේ දරුවාගේ ජයග්රහණයකි.
රනිල්ගේ ජයග්රහණය රටේ ජයග්රහණයකි.
ඒ තමා
@RW_UNP
➖➖➖ ➖ ➖ ➖⭕
රනිල් රට බෙදනවා කිව්වා නේද..?
බෙදපු රටක් නෑ නේද.....
රනිල් රට විකුණනවා කිව්වා නේද..?
විකුණපු දෙයක් නෑ නේද.....
රනිල් ණය ගෙව්වේ නෑ කියනවා නේද..??
මේන් බලන්න ගෙවපුවා..👇👇👇
🔸බංග්ලාදේශයට ඩො.මි.200
🔸ඉන්දියාවට ඩො.මි. 121
🔸ආසියානු සංවර්ධන
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"If Twitter shuts down SJB will have to shutdown as well...they do politics on Twitter" -
@madushankaf04
#RIPTwitter
#RIPSJB
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I was told today that an assistant in a small corner shop in a village near Panadura is getting quite vocal about Japanese FM's visit. Apparently Ranil is getting ready to sell part of SL to Japan. Not everybody has to be on FB to be exposed to the JVP propaganda machine.
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Met both Sajith & Ranil on the road today😅. Actually President just passed me in his Maybach on the Southern Expressway. Sajith travelling in the opposite direction. President in my direction. Rightly so😉
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