Sigh. I earlier said that Sri Lanka needs to provide a dignified role for retired statesmen. But no one said that Mahinda had to take it. Mahinda is now wandering around Medamulana with a megaphone (literally) saying that he hasn’t lost because he won the south. Nevermind that Maithripala won 49% of the votes outside of the North and East, or that 84% of his base is in the south. Also nevermind that the North and East are part of the country and their votes count as much as anyone else. Mahinda’s conduct is entirely unbecoming of a former President of the republic.
Sowing Separatism
Mahinda ended the war, but I get the feeling that he misses it. During the campaign he covered Colombo with billboards of burnt out planes and dead children. His campaign videos showed progress literally rewinding from Diyatha Uyana to chaos if he lost. I think he actually believes it.
Here Mahinda is talking to a small crowd in his village. They ask him why he didn’t just kill Maithripala (ie, the 6th President of Sri Lanka) and laughs and says you can’t do that. So that’s a boundary. He then goes on to say that those who voted for Maithripala are of Eelam. Which I guess includes me and 51.3% of the country. And the JHU. And 49% of people outside of the North and East. None of which matters because it’s a united country, which is what we fought for, remember?
Here is is saying, that he doesn’t consider it a loss as he won Hambantota and they won the North, East, Colombo and others, so who cares.
This guy is tripping. He could have finished out his Constitutionally allotted term in two years and retired a hero. He could have resigned after his election and still been remembered fondly by most of the country. Now he’s going to talk enough nonsense to retire a villain.
These folks in deep south, what I calls ‘rice eating cattle’ (bath kana Harak…) including the Medamulana clan are just idiots and this is ample explaination.
This is the same people that voted for Muthuhettigama, Anarkali, Geetha K etc etc.,
This man should be arrested and send into the gallows like Qaddafi or Saddham and if not the new administration is not doing the justice for the future generations.
How cheap a head of state can go into… the example is Medamulana chandiya who still thinks that village strong arm tactics will help him.
Its the duty of the SLFPers who belive in Bandaranaike pinciples to come forward and give the helm of the party to CBK and chase this man into SeyShells or China.
Hi Indi, just a off-topic note here, many good suggestions for governance improvement going around in twitter these days. One I came today was asking to specify and limit the no. of ministries by naming and including them in the constitution itself. Someone should keep track of these and promote them.
i am a maithripala supporter but “says that wouldn’t be right” thats not what the former president said he said “you can’t do that”. I supported our current president’s plan but you should not be biased in your opinions what your doing is just attacking one side
Looking through the second video the former president never said “I didn’t really lose” what he was saying was that he won from some areas so he won’t treat this as a loss.
Indi doesn’t understand Sinhala, so he just makes it up as he goes along.
“These folks in deep south, what I calls ‘rice eating cattle’ (bath kana Harak…) ”
Which means you are a complete bigot and a sorry excuse for a human being.
@indu: I get your frustrations with the past administration mate, but insulting our ex-president on your blog by following his activities and paraphrasing his speeches after he’s left office makes you no better than (literally) a ‘village idiot’
Let’s practice a little decorum buddy or the change we all voted for will never be realized. We would have just replaced one bunch of cowards with another.
Indi is wrong. Mahinda is NOT an idiot. Mahinda is the very definition of the word ‘idiot’. Anyone defending Mahinda are idiots. Watch the latest videos of Mahinda the water buffalo trying spark another war. Short sighted bumbling imbecile is what Mahinda is. Indi was too nice
Six of us went out for coffee last night. We got a room for ourselves and as usual started talking politics in hushed tones. Suddenly it dawned on us that we do not have to talk in hushed tones any more. We do not have to stop talking when the waiter comes in to take our order. We do not have to look over our shoulder when talking any more. What freedom. This is what I want for my country.
I understand your concern Afthab. I’ll try to strike a balance.
@padson (http://indi.ca/2015/01/mahindas-new-job-village-idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-403358),
Yes! I had a very similar experience and it is so liberating! I’ve literally forgotten what this feels like. I blame myself for the current mess because I voted Mahinda in for his first term. Luckily, the consciousness of the people exceeded the bounds of Mahindas greed .
Afthab Salie – well said – Indi you need to have some class about all this as you are in the blogger limelight in SL and you also run Yamu which relies on an unpolarized audience to sell ad space. Polarizing views isnt helping. Now it seems you are more like that trekurious guy! I would hate to be one of his staff in the coming week.
You are seen on another of your posts falling victim to rumours of ‘failed’ coups and actually saying if more than two people talk about it then it must be fact…they could also be rumour mongers.
Absolute clown of a blogger. Learn the language before you start deciphering these speeches and spread hatred. Next time I need a laugh and waste 5 minutes of my life, I’ll make sure I’ll check this out.
If MR is village something who are you? Ha ha You better run a gossip site :D Keep going…
Mahinda Rajapakse has cheapened his war hero image throughout his campaign. He who decimated the LTTE leadership engaged in scaring poor less educated villagers through visual imagery. The same was done in the city. It was an absolutely disgusting cheap shot at inducing fear to win votes. After he lost, there are reports that he tried to use military power to stay on. Now that all has failed, he has further embarked on ridiculous campaign where he openly incites racism by saying that the new President won with “Eeelam votes”. It is ugly and unbecoming of a former head of state. He lacks the dignity and decorum due to a person holding Presidential office. To me he is not just a village idiot but also a village thug. His legacy will be one of a war victory diminished by corruption, racism and nepotism.
what a sorry state for the Maha-Rajano to see the full wheel of the Karma fallen on this Satakaya.
This man 4 days ago addressing tens of thousands with hundreds of security personnel and hundreds of bus loads of people moved on from other locations and speech writers done the script with tele promptors are now left over from talking from a window.
The lessons learnt here, never vote for a president that is from the other side of the Benthara ganga- all are morons like this man, I dont blame Indi – we need to stop this rascist/uneducated morons peek into the countries administration again.
These are the ‘rice eating cattle’ from down south.
Guys this is just a blog! Seriously most of you’ll need to respect the fact that this is just an opinion, without bombarding each other with hate. We’re all Sri Lankans here at the end of the day and want what’s best for our country, and yes we have differing views, but just respect each other and at least appreciate that there are people who may not have the same opinion as you. There’s no need for name-calling or anything, if you don’t have anything really constructive to say just don’t say it. Let’s try to help each other up and not push the other down. #Lankanpride
Comeon guys. what else do you expect him to do. He has no proper TV or radio channel to watch or listen to, cant reader the papers without the risk of a hearth attack, no helicopter to fly around the country, no meetings and cabinet meetings……. last but not least his coffee drinking buddy is now PM. so to kill time the only thing he can do is to roam the wilderness like a water Buffalo……………
This indicates that Sri Lankans should never elect the chief of the state from among the uneducated southerners as they are undemocratic.
Note the picture on the top. It was of Mahinda going to vote, accompanied by a Sirisena look-alike, in a last desparate attempt to fool the people. The false news broadcast on Rupavahini on the Sajith crossover on the morning of the election was another ploy in the same vein. This definitely had an impact with low polling in the morning in Hambantota, whether it influnced the actual vote we do not know.
These are cheap gimmicks, the kind of smoke and mirrors nonsense that was the epitomy of that regime.
Undemocratic, gullible are not confined to the South, they are everywhere including the North and the East. At least the rest of the island other than those two provinces proved that they are not in leader-driven herds. Man in question failed in his attempt to claim the “father of the nation” title which was very much in the air for grabs. Instead he was getting closer to match Marcos or Shah man to man. Sooner he realizes the declining percentage of the gullible among the majority, better it is for him and his types. May he take a long overdue break from active politics so that his onetime heroics could find an opening to speak well for him……
I am with Indi on this. This is a blog. Also, I don’t think MR deserves any respect after the 3rd class campagin he did agiast Prez. Sirisena. Current president was such a gentlemen and also show how strong he is to take all that and still win it against all odds.
Current Prez if a gentleman, would not have jumped to the other side the way he did. He could have informed the party he was with that he is leaving like others who did the same on both sides and done it in a more respectful manner. I lost the respect I had for him for stabbing behind the back while publicly saying “I will not jump to other side”. That’s not a gentleman. That is low quality political tactics
Are you not on a hate campain after Asanga got rid of you from the Sunday Leader for making side bucks from the SL website?
Yahapala, is a still a “baby”. He does not understand how 3rd world politics work.
lulz u keep saying My3 won 49% of non-eelam votes.. from what I know 49<50.. Meaning if u didn't count eelam votes My3 would have LOST.
you keep refuting your own point over and over again.. smh
Are you a complete moron or are you just not able to accept defeat???? You can’t say things like ” if u didn’t count eelam votes My3 would have LOST”. That is just absurd. The north and east are legitimate stakeholders of this country. Maara should have gone to them and argued his case. Instead, he and his idiot brother of his Gotta, created BBS, Ravana Balaya etc and tried to get the Sinhala Buddhist vote, completely ignoring the Tamils and the Muslims. That approach backfired.
It was an act of god, that we got rid of the despot Maara. Had he won this time, it would been the end of democracy in Sri Lanka as we know it…
Gosh learn sinhala first Indi before attempting to translate! You’re grossly misleading people here. MR doesn’t say anything even close to what you’ve said…Wow, seriously taken aback that you’d publish half-baked comments which anyone who knows sinhala would raise eyebrows at!