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According to the UNP, the government impeached Dr. Shirani Bandaranayke in a clear attempt to gain full control of the Judiciary and to administer it according to its whims and fancies. Further it said that the removal of Dr. Bandaranayke from the post of Chief Justice was illegal and therefore Mohan Peiris could not be accepted as Lanka’s Chief Justice..jpg)
The UNP said at that time it was the best option for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court determination which declared that Parliament Standing Orders were not laws. Such new laws could be introduced by enacting the Bill on the lines suggested by UNP MP Wijayadasa Rajapakshe. Thinking about these steps taken by the UNP, I am happy that a Liberal Democratic party could go that far with us in the opposition. It is futile to expect an appeal to mass rebellion from the United National Party leaders. But their announcements give us a space to mobilise people to come to the streets. The JVP, the party of petty bourgeoisie Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, which supported the anti-Tamil Liberation campaign of Mahinda in his first presidential election in 2005, is blaming the UNP for not taking a radical challenging position against the government.
prove the necessity of a ‘Patriotic Anti Imperialist’ front, and naturally he drifted into the hands of Mahinda. Thus the JVP paved the path for Wimal to become a propagandist for the Fascist styled President Mahinda. The unity formed during that period in which Mahinda was Prime Minister, was responsible for the campaign for a genocidal war against the Tamil rebellion. It was the JVP that mobilised Sinhala village youth, including the university students, for this purpose. They broke the alliance with Mahinda only after the crushing of the Tamil rebellion. In the recent past, the JVP played an important role both in the University Teachers' struggle and the struggle to defend the CJ and the Independence of Judiciary. Having played the major role in consolidating the Mahinda regime on the Sinhala chauvinist basis, 
now they want to become the revolutionaries to lead the struggle to overthrow the same regime! This regime is based on Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism and its real form was tempered in Tamil areas. It is in the north that the regime experimented with its Fascist styled repressive apparatus. Now it is ready, to give a taste of it to the plebeian masses in the south as well. We have to resist; but resistance can come only on the basis of unity with power sharing. All oppositional groups, who do not agree at least on implementation of the LLRC Report recommendations, are indirectly helping the ideology of the regime. The man in charge of implementing the LLRC recommendations - Mohan Peiris, appointed as the country’s new Chief Justice, is the latest actor to enter the impeachment drama. His will be the most controversial selection to this high office. Already Sinhala extremists are upset about his background. But he has served the Mahinda regime in the recent past in a manner that cannot be surpassed by any Sinhala Buddhist extremist!
Lucky Weeramantry Wednesday, 23 January 2013 03:56 AM
Now Everything Looks Like A Jigsaw Puzzle. Who's Blaming Whom.
samara Wednesday, 23 January 2013 09:48 AM
Bahu you seems to contest under UNP ticket next time...well, wish u the best...
sbd Wednesday, 23 January 2013 02:59 PM
Who is the UNP spokesman now?.
HAM Thursday, 24 January 2013 09:56 AM
The UNP keeps sliding deeper and deeper into irrelevance.
vickramabahu Tuesday, 05 March 2013 08:40 AM
no i will not contest under UNP ticket. this is only a common action front
bahu
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