Niahl Perera,

Back to the private school rhetoric?

You say “This is not about democracy …”

In that case why did you respond to my post about the ballot?

extract from my post
The Arabs could not change their government with the ballot.
Sri Lanka did so many a time and it will continue to do so when the people decide.
End extract

Who is unable to keep focus?

You see Nihal, to the intellectually bankrupt, the ONLY refuge is empty rhetoric.

Off the Cuff,

Try to keep the government school brain cells focused. There is no difference between Putin, Ahmadinejad, and Rajapakse. All three rule with an iron fist. All three are corrupt to the max and will stay in power at any cost. This is not about democracy; it is about dictators and the laughable elections they hold to fool the sheep, such as yourself.

Nihal Perera,

Does Russian and Iranian electoral behaviour effect UK electoral behaviour?

Such an argument would emanate only from an intellectually bankrupt imbecile.

Lanka has always respected electoral verdicts.
Holding Russia and Iran as examples is an imbecile argument.

In Lanka, Govts have changed every time the Govt in power lost an election. There are no exceptions.
Even the Christian led Military coup failed to change a Govt.

Hence Nihal, provide relevant facts if you want to prove a point.
Irrelevancies will only prove your ignorance.

Off the Cuff,

The Rajapakses are doing everything possible to tighten their grip on power; only a real simpleton can think that they will let a single election take away the Empire which they are building over a span of decades. The Rajapakses have full control of the military and the Supreme Court, both of which have the power to oppose any election result not favorable to the Rajapakses/SLFP. I suggest you take a look at the latest election results in Iran and Russia. Your assumption that every election is an exercise in democracy, simply by virtue of the definition of “election”, is a gross oversimplification of the facts.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078285/Russian-protesters-streets-Moscow-Putin-vote-rigging-claims.html

http://pjmedia.com/blog/massive-fraud-alleged-in-iranian-vote/

Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam. Ph.D.

You claimed “Kusul, I can counter every point you made and your conclusion”

But as expected you are unable to make good on your Empty Claims.

Thanks for displaying your true colours to your peers on GV.

MV,

You are missing the Factual and Larger Point that Kusal made which Naga conveniently side stepped as he has no answer to Kusal.

I brought Naga’s attention to his attempted vilification of the Sinhalese and Buddhists.

Is it justified for me to call you and ALL Tamil Hindu’s and Christian’s Murderous Terrorists just because the LTTE were Murderous Terrorists? I don’t think so, not unless I have justifiable factual reasons.

Hence I have asked Naga to counter Kusal with Facts instead of Empty claims about his ability to do so.

I doubt he will ever be able to Counter Kusal’s analysis with FACTS.

Can You?

Nihal Perera,

There were many such doomsday prophets before you.
All of them have been proven wrong.
I doubt whether you will be an exception.

The Universal Franchise has operated as intended from the time it was introduced to Lanka.

I think that tradition will not be broken. What makes you think otherwise?

Day dreams and rhetoric similar to the 40k?

MV, could you kindly explain what exactly the IMF is imposing /w Rajapaksha collusion?

Off the Cuff,

The Arabs could not change their government with the ballot.
Sri Lanka did so many a time and it will continue to do so when the people decide.

What makes you so sure Rajapakse Ltd. will not rig the next election? It is a simple matter of handpicking the election commissioner, who will then overlook irregularities, come voting day. I don’t think this is a difficult task at all for our friends in high places; after all, they managed to cover up the mass murder of 40K Tamils by hoodwinking the UN.

Off the Cuff,

I think you miss the larger point that Naga made.

All the Sri Lankan leaders came into power saying they will resolve the national question, along with number of other promises, but did they ever materialize beyond words? The reason being majoritarian politics.

Take for example MR – before he came into power, he was a defender of democracy and human rights and promised to devolve power but what happen now? What happened to all the recommendations of committees set up in the past?