President takes over Media Ministry

Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:49

The Ministry of Mass Media and Information has been taken over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa with immediate effect following a request by the present Media Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa.

The Minister said he made the request in order to focus on election propaganda at the upcoming General elections. (SAJ)

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-14+104#Guest2010-02-11 13:00

Not surprised!

-13+87#Guest2010-02-11 13:08

Won't make much difference

-14+156#Guest2010-02-11 13:09

Effectively everything is under Rajapakse family, no matter who the minister is.

-9+118#Guest2010-02-11 13:11

Doesnt make any difference, same wine in a different bottle.

-0+2#Guest2010-02-12 01:13

'Chillies for Ginger'!

-11+124#Guest2010-02-11 13:12

Very Soon their will be only one person in-charge of all the ministry.........

-14+6#Guest2010-02-11 18:11

Great for the country at least we can save the cost of expenses if otherwise has to incurre to maintain the jumbo cabinet !

-11+67#Guest2010-02-11 13:13

aha ok... interesting .. then there should be a caretaker government...

-12+86#Guest2010-02-11 13:13

how dare he is? The people who voted for MR should take the responsibilities for all of these...bright future.

-10+66#Guest2010-02-11 13:13

Will it hamper free comments.....?

-201+27#Guest2010-02-11 13:15

Good news. The vicious propaganda machine of the opposition has to be countered. Fonny and his supporters must stop running to the international community and whinning. No Sri Lankan is impressed by their treacherous behaviour.

-9+82#Guest2010-02-11 13:40

Truth is not accepted by Rafiq and his MR regime.. I understand that there is a move to prevent foreign internet news sites too. Then Sri Lankan people will only hear what MR wants heard.

-1+9#Guest2010-02-11 18:16

MR wants it that way ... but too late ... he will try and fail on blocking the internet or internet filtering ... coz internet is USA's baby ... US even giving big time headache for big powers like china and india on messing up with internet ... they might go for war against any nation trying to mess with their economy

-66+42#Guest2010-02-11 13:28

May Be Namal Rajapakshe Next Mass Media Minister?

-42+13#Guest2010-02-11 13:31

We thought it was Lakshman Yapa the Cabinette Minister.

-6+45#Guest2010-02-11 13:33

Media only speak about every single opening ceremony's nothing ells.

-8+59#Guest2010-02-11 13:33

next breaking news may be president takes over all ministries in SL...and he made the request to all ministers in order to focus on election propaganda at the upcoming General elections...

-126+15#Guest2010-02-11 13:35

Very Good Move.......

-10+54#Guest2010-02-11 13:35

Great move ! Will the actual reason be to stifle free Expression.? SUBA ANAGATHAYAK !

-8+80#Guest2010-02-11 13:36

dictatorship started. Jayawewa!

-6+55#Guest2010-02-11 13:38

Quoting... "The Minister said he made the request in order to focus on election propaganda at the upcoming General elections.".
If he wanted to focus on election propaganda, why on earth would you want to give up that post? :)

-6+46#Guest2010-02-11 13:39

as it is the media is throttled. with this move the free media will gasp it's last breath.

-4+50#Guest2010-02-11 13:39

President's quest to reduce the no of ministers? Yapa has had enough of lying with a straight face ... over to you MR to do that since you are very good at that

-7+67#Guest2010-02-11 13:40

We are not fools Yapa Mahattaya......Its Idi amin rules media

-3+39#Guest2010-02-11 13:49

no free media in Sri lanka. All are biased

-3+30#Guest2010-02-11 13:50

minister yapa's ministry taken over for OVER YAPING.

-3+42#Guest2010-02-11 13:50

We can expect more mis-information!

-2+39#Guest2010-02-11 13:51

They cant hold it for much longer.. But the media attacks will get more higher than before... All the bodyguards has put for the reporters, not for ministers.

-6+76#Guest2010-02-11 13:54

Coming Soon : Rupawahini 8PM news at all the channels..

-10+2#Guest2010-02-11 17:55

YAPA COULD NOT EXECUTE HIS DUTIES BY THE JOURNALISTS HENCE HANDED OVER THE MINISTRY TO THE PRESEDENT.

-2+5#Guest2010-02-11 18:04

Apointing cat to protect d milk.Suba anagathayak for privat medias.

-3+5#Guest2010-02-11 18:17

suba anaghatheyak

-1+6#Guest2010-02-11 18:21

no big difference!!!

n e way how come there are still ministers even after the parliament is dissolved??

-2+6#Guest2010-02-11 18:22

From the frying pan to the fire!

-0+2#Guest2010-02-12 15:52

Both state and private media is not impartial.

-1+0#Guest2010-02-15 09:57

OBITUARY - The death is announced of D.E.M. O'CRACY

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