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The President should learn a lesson from the song ‘ Menike mage sithe’ : Padukka

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  • The President too can claim credit if he combats the COVID pandemic by following the advice of other political parties and religious leaders

By Yohan Perera   

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should learn a lesson from the song ‘ Menike mage sithe’ which has become an international hit and listen to the suggestions of all political parties and religious leaders in combating COVID-19 pandemic, SJB Member Niroshan Padukka said yesterday.   


The song Menike mage sithe’ was not originally sung by the girl who is singing it now but someone else.  

However she managed to make it a hit. Likewise the President too can claim credit if he combats the COVID pandemic by following the advice of other political parties and religious leaders” Padukka told a press conference last afternoon.   


“People of this country gave credit to Rajapaksa for winning the war though Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka played a leading role in it’” he said citing another example.