Inside The Cinnamon Lakeside

I’m at the Cinnamon Lakeside, having a coke by the pool. The entry is full LTTE style checks and balances, buses blocking the traffic, army checking the cars. They’re all very nice. Inside it’s a normal hotel, just a bit empty. Actually, there’s two people out here now. I drove by the Elections Commission in Rajagiriya and it’s surrounded by cops, again very nice. I don’t know. I think they’re really just trying to humiliate Fonseka.

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in election, Politics.

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mew_lobo
2010-01-27 15:18:09

From the BBC article…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8482270.stm

“The opposition leader said he was willing to accept the result of the election as legitimate as they had not seen any large-scale malpractices or rigging on election day.”

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V
2010-01-27 15:21:35

Well, Fonseka does have a lot of egg on his face. CHe could have stayed renowned as a great general, but leaves scorned and rejected by the population.

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KF
2010-01-27 15:22:08

What about this video ? When has it been taken ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY6foimxHs0

So did you enter without any issues ?

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V
2010-01-27 16:24:48

I think this ringing throughout Sri Lanka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJW8hxmYjE

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