Comments on: The Bandaranaike Dynasty http://indi.ca/2005/07/the-bandaranaike-dynasty/ I'm a Sri Lankan American Canadian graduate trying to make something of myself in Colombo Thu, 24 May 2012 12:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jack Point http://indi.ca/2005/07/the-bandaranaike-dynasty/comment-page-1/#comment-17805 Jack Point Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:52:48 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=546#comment-17805 One more thing, JRJ should be accountable for, mismanaging the mandate he recievd in 1977 to foster crony capitalism (Gamini Dissanayake and his boys and others made a lot of money) , spending inadequate attenention on institutions and infrastructure, hence the lop-sided development, almost entire focused on Colombo and its suburbs. Also letting bloody three wheelers and private buses on the road. One more thing, JRJ should be accountable for, mismanaging the mandate he recievd in 1977 to foster crony capitalism (Gamini Dissanayake and his boys and others made a lot of money) , spending inadequate attenention on institutions and infrastructure, hence the lop-sided development, almost entire focused on Colombo and its suburbs.

Also letting bloody three wheelers and private buses on the road.

]]> By: Jack Point http://indi.ca/2005/07/the-bandaranaike-dynasty/comment-page-1/#comment-17804 Jack Point Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:46:50 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=546#comment-17804 The Bandaranaike's have, on the whole been a pretty poor set of leaders. Whether due to circumstance (they took the country to socialism when much of the rest of the world was heading that way) or otherwise is a question. Banda (senior) was a fool but the real villain in the equation is JRJ. 1. He lead the march that prompted Banda to tear up the Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam pact. This was a partial solution to the Sinhala Only Act of 1958. 2. The 'riots' of 1983. An organised act, run by people with a particular agenda, not a spontaneous act of violence by the population at large. 3. This bloody constitution which is the cause of (amongst other things) rising corruption, the breakdown of law and order. The Bandaranaike’s have, on the whole been a pretty poor set of leaders. Whether due to circumstance (they took the country to socialism when much of the rest of the world was heading that way) or otherwise is a question.

Banda (senior) was a fool but the real villain in the equation is JRJ.

1. He lead the march that prompted Banda to tear up the Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam pact. This was a partial solution to the Sinhala Only Act of 1958.
2. The ‘riots’ of 1983. An organised act, run by people with a particular agenda, not a spontaneous act of violence by the population at large.
3. This bloody constitution which is the cause of (amongst other things) rising corruption, the breakdown of law and order.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Sri Lanka: Dynasty politics http://indi.ca/2005/07/the-bandaranaike-dynasty/comment-page-1/#comment-17797 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Sri Lanka: Dynasty politics Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:16:26 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=546#comment-17797 [...] Indi.ca explores the hold of the Bandaranaike family over Sri Lanka over the years. [...] [...] Indi.ca explores the hold of the Bandaranaike family over Sri Lanka over the years. [...]

]]> By: Prabhath http://indi.ca/2005/07/the-bandaranaike-dynasty/comment-page-1/#comment-17780 Prabhath Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:16:44 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=546#comment-17780 It's not only the Bandaranaikes, although they do seem to have had the larger share of the pie. This country has been, is being, and will be for some time to come, governed by a few families who already have a centuries-old head start over the rest of the country. It’s not only the Bandaranaikes, although they do seem to have had the larger share of the pie. This country has been, is being, and will be for some time to come, governed by a few families who already have a centuries-old head start over the rest of the country.

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