Twitter Q&A with Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka
Image courtesy Business Today The Presidential Spokesman and International Media Unit (i.e. @AnuradhaKHerath) announced on 14th June something that’s never happened before in Sri Lankan politics – a Q&A with Lalith Weeratunga, the President’s Secretary over Twitter, slated for 19th June, from 2.30pm to 4pm. A live search of #askLW is embedded below to follow in real time the Q&A on Wednesday and the questions leading up to it. Tweets about “#askLW” Ironically, the announcement of the Twitter Q&A with Weeratunga came on the same day Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President’s brother, in a spark of unrivalled genius, called social media no less than a a national security threat in post-war Sri Lanka. Unlike Gotabaya Rajapaksa and as Sri Lanka’s top civil servant, Weeratunga has openly spoken about the potential of ICTs for post-war development and reconciliation. Rather endearingly, Weeratunge noted in late 2012, “I have somehow resisted in getting into the Facebook and resisted getting into Twitter.I’m not in Linkedin,…
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