Mangala Samaraweera’s family backing me: Sajith

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Akuressa, August 17 (Daily Mirror) - All family members of late Minister Mangala Samaraweera have decided back me, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today.

"Late Samaraweera's neice Chanchala Samaraweera Gunawardene has already been appointed as the Samagi Wanitha Balawegaya district leader for Matara," Premadasa announced at his rally in Akuressa today.

He also pledged to develop the Cinnamon industry in the South.

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Muta pissu Saturday, 17 August 2024 08:32 PM

Very soon Sajith will say that stray dogs and cats are supporting him. Can't you find a SJB supporter to lead your wanitha something. Honestly, how can you be entrusted to lead a country? You haven't learned anything from your father. My vote will go to Ranil.

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BanduXX Saturday, 17 August 2024 11:30 PM

Great and Mahindananda and Prasanna and Pavithra and Lanza and all the crooked gang will help Ranil to give wind power to Adani and Hilton valued at $124M for 44.5M and Alles will bring back VFS all to cause us damage. Fantastic future lies ahead - for some.

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C.G. Vithanage Sunday, 18 August 2024 01:21 PM

This is JVP endorsed Mahinda created Saloon-Door politricks.

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Lanka perera Saturday, 17 August 2024 08:44 PM

Sajith so stupid,backing you some ones family ? Can you run an economically down country? Go to school learn more! We don’t vote for you this time !

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Kishan Saturday, 17 August 2024 09:20 PM

Mangala Samaraweera before he died also said that in his view 'Ranil Wickremasinghe may end up being the best president Sri Lanka never had'. Fortunately for Sri Lanka Ranil received an opportunity and proved that what Mangala said was spot on.

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Man Sunday, 18 August 2024 06:45 AM

To sell everything possible at bargain prices even if profit making institutes and taxing ordinary people but friends. More taxes are to be enforced and intend to sell profit making institutes at bargain prices for commissions in return.

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Jude Sunday, 18 August 2024 10:31 AM

Hey Kishan, what's is RANIL'S legacy, besides the first politician to employ gangster as his personal Bodyguard, then Batalanda, key people behind the burning of Jaffna Library, losing over Thirty elections as the GOP leader, then agreeing not to prosecute Rajapaksa clan for bankrupting the country in exchange for SLPP support. Allowing friends like James Bond Mahendran to loot the CB of SL in return to finance UNP.

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Krishna Sunday, 18 August 2024 01:05 AM

Ask them to fly a kite.....with you

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Panduka Dasanayake Sunday, 18 August 2024 02:44 AM

Before crowing about Samaraweera family support, SP had better recall the excellent investigative journalism that the late Lasantha Wickramatunga instilled in the then Leader publication, and the exposure made of the whole saga of MR’s deal with the LTTE to win the 2005 presidential. The names of Alles, Samaraweera and Sooriyaarachchi feature heavily and what their actions did to this country and its citizenry is worth recalling on the eve of the coming elections. The NPP seems to be the only group that has a true feel of the pulse of the nation’s history and what needs cleansing in its present, to lead the land and its people to a better future.

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P Kunchithapathan Sunday, 18 August 2024 02:46 AM

It is unfortunate that presidential contender Sajith Premadasa takes pride in receiving support from Mangala Samaraweera's family for the upcoming election. He should realize that the real issue is how he plans to steer the country's economy out of its current difficulties. Sadly, he has yet to provide a meaningful statement on the nation's economic challenges. His SJB alliance is composed of too many factions, which could lead to a lack of focus as they pull in different directions. Despite the controversies surrounding him, Ranil Wickremesinghe can at least claim some achievements, though both he and Premadasa are products of the country's troubled political culture.

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Panduka Dasanayake Sunday, 18 August 2024 02:58 AM

News archives from post 2005: “It was former Minister Mangala Samaraweera who managed Rajapakse’s presidential election campaign together with former Minister Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi. Apart from all that it is the owner of Standard Newspapers and former Airport and Aviation Authority Chairman, Tiran Alles who supposedly made the alleged deal with the LTTE, which helped Rajapakse win the election in 2005… Everyone was under the impression that Rajapakse was a man of gratitude. This however started to erode a few months later with news of various plots being hatched by the President and his brothers to harass Samaraweera, Sooriyaarachchi and Alles coming to light... the President a few months after he was sworn in … did not agree with it this time around. He said, “What nonsense, they did not do anything. It was not because of what Tiran did that the Tamil people were prevented from voting. It was something else.” May Lankans know to avoid all these treacherous people and vote wisely!

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Tissa Fernando Sunday, 18 August 2024 05:35 AM

Is Mangala's family having USD 100 billions in assets to back you, so you could pay up the loans. Otherwise , it is a cowardly act to hide behind others.

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Ziaboo Sunday, 18 August 2024 02:34 PM

Wasn't Mangala S addressed in a very derogatory way by SP? May be his family has forgotten!

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