Uva Chief Minister surrenders to police
Posted by Editor on January 23, 2018 - 1:15 pm
Uva Province Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake surrendered to the Badulla Police this morning in connection with a incident in which he was accused of forcing a lady Principal kneel in front of him.
Police spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the chief minister surrendered to the Badulla Police Station through a lawyer this morning (23).
He is to be produced at the Badulla Magistrate’s Court today.
The Badulla Police commenced investigations after the female principal of a Tamil Girls’ School in Badulla lodged a complaint with the Police that she was forced to kneel because she had refused to enroll a student recommended by the Chief Minister.
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After few hours he was released on bail!
Mr Amarakoon . No surprises here. This is Sri Lanka justice system. Arrest and release. Politics over ride law and order. Well there is no law and order. regulations justice.
This is Sri Lanka Brother Ranjith! We have a 4th Grade passed guy who sold ‘Wade’ in trains becoming the Uwa CM and making an Educated School Principal to kneel. Then, we have a lass with two University degrees engaged in the oldest profession in the world! What to do ‘naraka kalata’?
I have no issues with a ‘Wadey’ vendor becoming a CM.
He has developed some naturally ingrained leadership and verbal skills to be able to convince voters that he has ideas which can emancipate masses.
When such people are elected to office, they should be trained on the do’s and the dont’s; they should be counselled on how to conduct themselves in high office.
The training and the counselling should not be a one-off but should be continuous while they are in office. The training and counselling should be a two way process. The trainers and counsellors should listen to feedback from participants and improve the curriculum.
Yes, Ms. Piyungi Almaida there is no doubt the CM in question developed naturally ingrained leadership & verbal skilled. He demonstrated this clearly by demanding the female school principal to come to his residence and asking her to apologize and kneel down. May be slave owners used to do it and not in this civilized world. Sure, this is the behaviour of the current politicians (not forgetting MR time, another MP did the same thing). In the present parliament of SL there are 8 members who haven’t pass 5th grade. 94 failed in OL and 126 failed in AL. We have seen their behaviour inside the parliament (remember poor Marikkar getting a ‘Kane-shot’?). In my opinion, politicians go to parliament to govern the country and guide it to be prosperous. If they are to be trained in do’ s and don’t s they should go to a nursery school without wasting tax payers money.
Piyungi Almeida. have no issues with a ‘Wadey’ vendor becoming a CM. But when they behave like thugs and only way they know how to solve problems with violence and intimidation,then we all have many issues.
The goverment is like the people in Sri Lanka and the people are like the goverment in Sri Lanka.
The ex ‘Wadey’ vendor, now the CM is just not ‘behaving as a thug’ but is a thug. He has unfortunately carried the typical characteristics of a ‘Wadey’ vendor into his role as CM.
The Provincial Councils are a total failure; the population has been unable to vote in quality persons for leadership positions; the corruption and mismanagement are unprecedented.
All Political Parties are resorting to nominating leaders with poor previous records of criminal and anti-social performance.
Time for change; time to abolish the Executive Presidency (already promised) and PC’s in the New Constitution.