By M D P DISSANAYAKE,  ( FCMA, CPA, CGMA, PhD) The 43 page draft amendment No.20 for the constitution is now in the public domain.  Most of us thought the amendment might be couple of pages, as there was not enough time from the date of general election to draft an elaborate amendment. Surprisingly, The […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Dr Wijedasa Rajapakse no doubt is an ambitious man. But he has also resisted requests from Yahapalana gang to put GR in jail.   WR is a self-made man.  He usually has his own agenda. WR is not a good listener. I have doubts that he will be able to work […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sri Lankans have once again endorsed the Rajapakse Regime, westerners notoriously defined as Rajapakse Family Dynasty. Bandaranaike Dynasty, Nehru Dynasty, Kennedy Dynasty did not last very long.  The  Rajapakses have laid eggs on a wide spectrum of the island, perpetual succession by these rulers are here to stay.  Many anti-Sri […]

BY M D P DISSANAYAKE The current trends in Sri Lanka politics are expected  to change the status of established political parties relegated to distinct defeat whilst some of the minor parties emerging to be a fighting force. The oldest political party of Sri Lanka, UNP will lose its status as a major party.  Newly […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The election to be held on 5 August 2020 on all counts appear to be a lack lustre event.  The Sri Lankans are generally used to massive media campaigns, bill boards, cut-outs and public rallies accommodating hundreds of thousands of supporters.  These campaigns have energised the political parties and its […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE In Australian State of Victoria, Roving Testing Squads and government Health Door Knockers are  making surprise checks in homes, similar to the campaign started long time ago in Sri Lanka. Many returning inter-state travellers are refusing to undergo Covid 19 Tests, as it is not mandatory, unlike in Sri Lanka […]

By M  D  P DISSANAYAKE The Election Commission was back to the wall after the Supreme Court decision.   No doubt its members were disappointed.   Now the EC is ostensibly trying to curry favour the  President.   The Health Department Guidelines on the Covid19 to hold the elections were discussed at length and agreed.  The Covid 19 […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE 1.    TEAM INSTABILITY AT THE TOP: So far in the game of Sri Lankan Cricket, there had been only one Leader who rose to the occasion and won  the world cup final to Sri Lanka.   That was none other than Arjuna Ranatunga.  Since then, we had big names, Aravinda De […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The registered leasing companies are under legal obligation to carry out the latest round of instructions of the Central Bank, as directed by President. But unregistered leasing companies are not bound by the rules of the Central Bank  as such the Central Bank also cannot enforce the new rules on […]

BY M D P DISSANAYAKE New Zealand has issued a new travel advice on 8 June at 11.59 pm, moving to Alert Level 1,  with the advice Do not travel overseas at this time. Transport and transit options to return to New Zealand have reduced significantly. Even booked flights may be cancelled.” The New Zealand […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Those who represent the symbol of old Telephone or Jathika Samagi Balawegaya  petitioned to the Supreme Court with its legal position that the Consolidated Fund and Other State Controlled Funds  which are under the direct control  and supervision of the Parliament cannot be activated at a time when there is […]

ඇම්  ඩී පී  දිසානායක විසිනි පැරණි ටැලිපෝනය හෙවත් ජනතා සමගි බලවේගය ශේ‍ර්ඨාදිකරනයේන් අයදුම් කල එක් පෙත්සමකින් ඉල්ලා සිටියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන රාජ්‍ය ගිණුම්, එය නොමැති අවස්ථාවක දී ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ නොහැකි බව ය”. එම බලගතු  ඉල්ලීම රැගත් පෙත්සම අධිකරණය  විසින් ඉවත දමා ඇත.  රටේ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සඳහා දැනට පවත්නා අණපනත් අනුව මෙම කාලය තුලදි […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The revelations from the newly structured Presidential Commission appointed by the President Gotabaya Rajapakse, are now in the public domain. None of these revelations were brought to light during previous Presidential Commission or the Parliamentary Select Committee.  STRUCTURE BUILT BY YAHAPALANA GANG” TO COVER UP: 1, AT POLICE LEVEL: The […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE 19 AMENDMENT: In regard to the passage of the 19 Amendment  to the Constitution  of Sri Lanka there are still key questions lingering.  The highest Court of the Island in its determinations made it abundantly clear that the proposed changes need to go before a Referendum.    But the government of […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE As Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse said holding of the elections is the duty of the Elections Commission.   Has it discharged its constitutional obligations? For the past four and half years, it failed to conduct several elections at lower level  of democratic governance structure.  It had various reasons, some of the […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE It is time for Sri Lanka to expand its own, but neglected land resources.   Katchatheevu Island, currently positioned with a landmark of St Anthony’s Church, should be developed as an economic hub specialised in the health sector for local and international travelers seeking health services at an affordable price.  The […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Asking people to maintain social distance and at the same time opening the liquor shops will ruin the progress achieved so far in combating COVID 19.  Most of our people don’t enjoy a drink, they simply drink it as a glass of water, without mixing with soda, water, etc.  Rarely […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The worst political liars are in Sri Lanka.  From time to time, they are on both sides.  The most recent fiasco relating to the then Presidential Candidate relating to his citizenship status was hilarious.   Let’s recapitulate: Harin Fernando took the front line fight to charge that Gota is still a […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Prior to the Presidential election, there were two main arguments, viz.  1. Abolition of Executive Presidency and 2. After 19A, the role of the Executive Presidency has no powers. The abolition of EP is now a lost cause.  In fact, the emerging facts and the ground support rallying around the […]

ඇම් ඩී පී දිසානායක විසිනි මහින්දට මිනිස්සු බය නැහැ. ඔහු දරුවන්ට අප්පච්චී. සමහරුන්ට එක්කෝ මහින්ද මාමා, එක්කෝ මහින්ද චංඩියා, එක්කෝ මහින්ද සීතල ගනන්කාරයා,  එක්කෝ මහින්ද බොස්,  එක්කෝ මහින්ද වැඩ කාරයා.කොටින්ම කීවොත් මහින්ද මුලු රටටම  සැමටම එදත් අදත් ගව්‍රරාරර්තයේ බහු වචනයෙන් කීවොත් අමතන්නේ මහ රජානණී කියලයි. ඒත්  ජනපති බලය ලැබුනොත් ගෝඨා හරියටම මොනවා කරයිද? ගෝඨා මොනවගේ […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The general public was not scared of Mahinda Rajapakse.  For children, Mahinda was an Appachchi”. If not he was Mahinda Mama. For some others, Mahinda was a Thug. Equally for some Mahinda was Shrewd Man”.   If not Mahinda was a Boss. If not for others, Mahinda was a person who […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Maithreepala Sirisena is aiming to obtain 1st place in Polonnaruwa and garner over 200,000 votes at the next parliamentary elections. In 2010 election, the Alliance of Mahinda Rajapakse secured 127 seats. In 2010 election, Maithreepala secured 90,118 votes in Polonnaruwa District, at a time Maithree’s and Mahinda Rajapakse’s popularity  remained […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE For the time being, we need to forget about arresting Arjun Mahendran through Interpol.  Sri Lankan Police have not been able to arrest Aloysius and Ravi within Sri Lanka.  As we understand, Aloysius was released on bail.  Then why not arrest those who provided the bail for the release of […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sometimes we need to call a spade a spade.  Sirisena is a political Bastard. Any associations with Sirisena is fraught with danger. His future political moves have been explained by Sirisena himself in public.  Though he is claiming to work hard to give 2/3rd majority to President Gotabaya, he hates […]

ඇම් ඩී පී දිසානායක විසිනි සිරිසේන දේශපාලන දුෂ්ඨයෙකි. ලැජ්ජා නැතිකම මහමුදලි කමටත් වඩා ලොකු යන කියමන මෙම අම්බරුවාට ඉතා හොඳින් ගෑලපේ. මීට පෙර කුමන්තර සිතුවිලි සිතතුල තබාගෙන කිරියාත්මක කල අතර,  දැන් මදාවියෙකු ලෙස වහසිබස් දොඩවමින් බලහත්කාරයෙන් තැනකට එන්න බලයි. මොහු පොහොට්ටු වේදිකාවට ආචොත් දරුණු විරෝධතාවන් ඇතිවේ. එමනිසා සිරිසේන පිංගුත්තරයාව පිටුදකින ලෙස නායකත්වයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිමි

By M D P DISSANAYAKE President Gotabaya Rajapakse and his team will be campaigning to obtain 2/3rd parliamentary majority for the abolition of the 19th amendment.  The opposition, Tamil Diaspora and the like-minded international forces will be resorting to maximum false propaganda to prevent such a majority.  In the event the government failing to obtain […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE It is funny to find if criminal cases have been used to be a stepping stone to secure promotions  using undue influence in Sri Lanka. This is tarnishing the image of the Legislature, Judiciary and Executive.  It is not just a case of instituting legal actions against certain personnel and […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE As Buddhists we do not believe in deities or spiritual powers. Qualities to be possessed by Leaders are contained in the Noble Eightford Path, viz. 1.  Right understanding (Samma ditthi) 2.  Right thought (Samma sankappa) 3.  Right speech (Samma vaca)  4.  Right action (Samma kammanta) 5.  Right livelihood (Samma ajiva)  6.  Right effort (Samma vayama) 7.  Right […]

Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE The Game is on!   In less than a month since  Dr Gotabaya Rajapakse became the President of Sri Lanka, the notorious Switzerland has shown signs of aggression against the Government of Sri Lanka.   They are following a very outdated strategy.  That is: When there is a bad news about you, […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Dr Gotabaya Rajapakse became our 7th President on 18 November 2019, just a week ago.  The busy Colombo Streets are already clean.  The make-shift vendors have moved out from pavements, so the pedestrians can move freely.  There is no visible garbage dumping in the City, the public responded to the […]