Both the anglocized Colombo elite and the new-JVP like elements whatever that is will support Sarath Fonseka.

In 2010 this alliance proved unable to defeat Rajapaksa. But if it does win, it would change the reality of the island’s politics.

What is important is that now that Tamils have begrudgingly accepted peace, Sinhalese ought not to fight with themselves.

If Fonseka truly wins 60% or whatever in general election, Rajapaksa should concede.

I can understand why Americans want him out. Americans are playing dirty politics here. They just want to create trouble for the incumbent government because they don’t like it. Not because they care about Sri Lankans or about SF.

Americans don’t want all political prisoners out. They just want the one’s that do their bidding out! They want democracies where they don’t like the dictators (Libya, Burma) and dictators where they don’t like democracies (Bahrain, Egypt).

SF says we should not be afraid to go before an international inquiry and say the truth. [Edited out]

“All that and the president’s address to the unified nation, was preceded by a narrator’s prologue highlighting all the Sinhala kings of yore like Dutu Gemunu, who fought the Cholas (and the Pandiyans) in uniting the “Sinhala” country from South Indian invaders”

I get your point that it was a military parade but, if the presidents speech was preceded by the above commentary – Kusal may have a point …

We (the middle class) can’t wait even for six months !

As for your senario, you should prepare your model in one spreadsheet and your data in another and your variations in yet another and fiddle them around to find the best Rajapakse loosing scenario to satisfy your ego and egos of your pay masters in western embassies.

As for me, I’ve seen your type of illogical scenarios gone astray during the last presidential elections as well. I say, this time will be of no difference. I am saying it not as a politician or a henchman of Rajapakses but a simple villager who write comments to pass time and to show up village level thinking.

However, if you have been writing to impress F,UK the US and their lapdogs and fellow stooges then I am sorry, I’ve had it all muddled.
Leela

In addition to the UNP votes, would a portion of Sinhalese Buddhist votes, which were casted on MR previouly, go to SF?

Er… I’m not sure what all that is about, but I was responding to the writer’s point that minorities were not included in the parade.

Thanks Kusal for this enlightment,
@ David
No doubt it is the Victory of MR regime, naturally in all these type of Victories “the others are Victimized”. Thus it cannot be peoples’ event, so the Victims and Traitors are to be excluded, so it has to be patriotic Sinhalese event.
As a result of this exclusion, sinhalalization, militarization ..etc the LTTE politics will be justified.

This was not a people’s parade, where ethnicities were included for representation. It was a military parade to celebrate a military victory. There were no Sinhalese “people” represented there either. What was represented were the different arms, services, regiments, and corps of the SL Armed Forces and police. They represent the nation as a whole, and not separate ethnicities. Within those different units, I’m sure, marched men and women of the minorities too, indistinguishable from the majority, instead themselves representing the different cultures and traditions of those units, each as distinctive as any ethnic group.