Ranil says aye to Sajith
Posted by Editor on September 25, 2019 - 7:28 am
UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa is likely to clinch the nomination as presidential candidate of the United National Front (UNF), after UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe gave his endorsement last night.
Premadasa’s candidature is to be formalised at the Working Committee meeting of the UNP when it convenes on Thursday, party sources said.
The decision to nominate Premadasa came after weeks of bickering as to who should contest on the UNF ticket, at a meeting of Party seniors, as well as leaders of UNF constituent parties, held at Temple Trees.
(Source: Daily FT)
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This is a DISASTER of HERCULEAN proportions.
As a solid UNPer for > 60 years, I am now moving to Anura Kumara’s fresh breath of air.
I encourage all sincere UNPers including Ravi K and Sarath F to move to AKD’s camp.
SP will never abolish the Executive Presidency.
His Sundara Brinda, Jalani, who has been dreaming of becoming the first lady, will be disappointed.
If SP wins (chances are pretty low), SP will join with R Family and the current King and sabotage the abolition to enable maximum corruption and misrule.
Who will vote for Mod*dasa?
The loss will be terrible.
Even Ranil might lose his seat in the parliamentary elections, next year!
It’s only the minorities who will benefit from abolition of executive presidency in their quest for dominant power, and change of our cultural heritage!
It is the revered Sinhala Buddhist leader, the late Ven Maduluwewe Sobitha who proposed the abolition of the Executive Presidency as a means of ridding the Nation of the menace of feudal Family rule and dictatorial tendencies of other holders of the office.
The Sinhala Buddhists stand to gain more by abolishing the Executive Presidency to drive the Nation towrds everlasting freedom and economic growth.
It appears ranil wants the UNP to lose the presidential elections.
The GR will win and he will team with GR in the Parliamentary elections.
Sundara Birinda will not be happy about this.
Other articles suggest that the RW’s support for SP is CONDITIONAL.
This suggests that RW wants to retain power, making SP his puppet!
Given their differences, any RW-SP alliance is likely to be very rough and stormy!
Other articles suggest that the RW’s support for SP is CONDITIONAL.
This suggests that RW wants to retain power, making SP his puppet!
Given their differences, any RW-SP alliance is likely to be very rough and stormy!
And who will vote for a puppet president?
In the 2018 LG elections, the UNP drew ‘large’ (doctored) crowds but secured < 30% of the vote.
In 2019, SP and his idiot gang with the support of Sirasa TV, will show that they are drawing 'large crowds' but will not gain more than even 20% of the vote.
The beneficiary of the UNP's poor decision to nominate Mod*dasa will be the JVP who will withold their 2nd preference vote to Mod*dasa and his bunch of idiot supporters.
Tow horrible ugly faces the main reason not to elect either of them as a president. It is simple as that.