Comments on: Frederica Jansz, Diplomat?

By: Sagara

Sagara — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:36:50 +0000

Hey, Ramesh there was no public uproar when Lasantha was gunned down in the broad day light or/and youths were killed and burned on the roadsides (let’s “forget” about “far” north and east, I am talking about “Sinhala Buddhists” youth in the south). We still vote overwhelmingly for child killers, thieves, rapists etc.

By: shammi

shammi — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:47:04 +0000

That article says that Gamini Abeyratne was a director of Mihin Lanka and a close confidant of the president ???? How do people like that manage to get so close to people in power? First Chandrika, then Ranil and now Mahinda. Seems to be pally with Frederica as well. One wonders who actually runs this country.

By: the way of the dodo

the way of the dodo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:24:05 +0000

That’s probably the amount the Leader owes Gota from the MiG debacle

By: tastyjujubes

tastyjujubes — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:44:05 +0000

Greedy much? Must be a convenient way for Frederica Jansz to recover money for a newspaper struggling financially.

http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/07/22/sunday-leader-editor-sues-media-minister-for-50-million/

By: David Blacker

David Blacker — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:46:56 +0000

I meant the public that knows about the incident.

By: shammi

shammi — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:44:15 +0000

Doesn’t change anything.

By: tastyjujubes

tastyjujubes — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:30:21 +0000

Most people don’t care because public opinion of Frederica Jansz is generally negative. Frederica’s contribution to the country is basically diddly squat. I find it amusing how she portrays herself as a victim, a snow white journalist under siege carrying on the “legacy” of Lasanta Wickrematunga (who himself was the worst kind of yellow journalist).

By: the way of the dodo

the way of the dodo — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:29:19 +0000

well shammi, Gota was merely the messenger.

By: the way of the dodo

the way of the dodo — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:26:18 +0000

What public are you speaking of? The public don’t read the leader and are oblivious to fedrica’s existence, ignorance is truly a bliss in this regard. Of course fedrica’s should have been sacked a long time ago for trying to ruin in the life 18 year old as revenge for getting humiliated in court.

Some of these comments exhibit the hilarious disconnect some people have with the ‘public’.

By: shammi

shammi — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:22:34 +0000

I’m no fan of Frederica, and I wish she had grilled him about more serious issues than that. I would have been amused if it was just Gota’s language, but when he tells an editor that “people” will kill her, I’m more like worried than outraged.

By: DD

DD — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:54:41 +0000

Anyone can become a reporter in Sri Lanka, the same in business and politics. Therein lies the problem. It’s all the same, same as the shite the Sri Lanka’s defence secy, senior reporters and you spout mate!
It’s just not going anywhere… Other than of course shooting ourselves happily in the foot.

By: David Blacker

David Blacker — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:50:41 +0000

I think many in the public see the outburst with amusement rather than real outrage. On one side it’s pretty funny to see a dignified official lose it like that. On the other, they will see FJ’s questions as unnecessary given it was a non-issue — no plane was changed, no passengers were offloaded, no foul no harm — all over a puppy. GR should however apologize publicly.

By: Gun Gun

Gun Gun — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:32:13 +0000

I think the public is just shit scared to say anything about it as we all know who it involves and what he is capable of

By: Banda

Banda — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:02:20 +0000

In the minds of most of our voters, Frederica is the devil and want her dead.

By: Ramesh

Ramesh — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:26:21 +0000

In any civilized country, the secretary of defence will have to leave his job.We don’t even have a public uproar against this.If the general public is not concerned,then we deserve the leaders we have!

By: shammi

shammi — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:16:44 +0000

Now that Gota has admitted that most of the conversation was as Frederica claimed, including the “people will kill you” bit, I wonder what steps she has taken about it.

By: the way of the dodo

the way of the dodo — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:05:28 +0000

Oh, i don’t know. She did testify against SF and tried to get to SF’s lawyers through his kid. This is how ambassadors are generally born in this country.