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RW declines, Sajith yet to respond, AKD says yes
Colombo, May 16 - President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Daily Mirror that he is not in a position to participate in the live political debate organized by Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa between the political party leaders when an invitation was extended to him today.
“I am engaged in debates in Parliament. If anyone wants to have debates with me they can join me in Parliament,” the President said.
The Daily Mirror extended invitations to main presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, National Peoples Power Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa for a live debate on their parties economic and political policies and their pledges in moving the country forward if they win the presidential election scheduled to be held this year.
SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has still not responded to the invitation while NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has accepted to debate.
The debate will be aired live on Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, and Sunday Times digital platforms.
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Comments - RW declines, Sajith yet to respond, AKD says yes
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Supun Jayathunga Thursday, 16 May 2024 08:31 PM
Now everyone realises Sajith is scared and He never comes to debate with AKD.
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Steve Thursday, 16 May 2024 08:35 PM
What a naive reason by a President of a country.
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Dr Saman Thursday, 16 May 2024 11:09 PM
Yes, if he is confident about his vision, he should have guts to debate with others in open forums
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Ty Saturday, 18 May 2024 08:00 AM
He has shown his colours. He doesn't have to get involved in a debate of two green horns.
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Citizen2023 Thursday, 16 May 2024 08:41 PM
Without dil dallying and wasting time by giving excuses SJB too infom the press they are not in a position to participate in debates. They can even say their leader cannot accommodate same as he is busy with other party members with their election rallies etc. They should hv done this no sooner they received the invitation.
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Lk Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:40 PM
Whether you like him or not...AKD is a blessing to this nation..22m people must be proud of him...His natural sinhala language skills ....he hails from a sinhala villlage with natural language skills...unlike people who are born and brought up in cities people who are born and brought in village have more eloquence in language ...with this ; he ie educated in science and his IQ and debating skills are excellent than all others...His political knowledge is unquestionably good . So all are scared of him..after all it is live in TV so they must be worried about it
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Sanjeewa A, Friday, 17 May 2024 02:43 PM
Unimaginable, how people elect their leaders. RW has proven his leadership for the last two years. SP has proven can be a Housing Minister but he has his limits to be more than that. AKD has only proven he is a good Sinhala speaker so far. Gota has proven don't go for unknown angels. Which one you pick?
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subash Saturday, 18 May 2024 03:45 AM
That's right brother, when RW take the debt with high rate from the commercial market is one of the main cause all the economic problems in Sri Lanka, moreover now he silent about the bond scam of CBSL, AKD is the only option we have and he doesn't economic policy selling national asset and show off surplus of national reserves,
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A Supporter of the Government Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:43 PM
Why the President and the Leader of the Opposition are frightened of debating against a Leader of an insignificant political party that has only 3 MPs in the Parliament?
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dinesh Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:46 PM
our president is too good to face a debate ???
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Hg Saturday, 18 May 2024 08:07 AM
Well, he has other better things to do than getting involved in a debate of two big mouths.
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Endless Garbage Thursday, 16 May 2024 10:52 PM
Aftet the debate there will be rebates among their followers to select the winner
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Dr Saman Thursday, 16 May 2024 11:19 PM
AKD's knowledge and his ability to explain his ideas is unmatchable by the other two
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Ranil the poof Friday, 17 May 2024 02:21 AM
Pooor ranil , he can’t because he has a headache, and it is that time of the month.
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Free Thinker Friday, 17 May 2024 09:08 PM
For the blind, one-eyed man is a king! You probably can't be doing any serious work to get engaged in full -time propaganda for JVP!
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Citizens Friday, 17 May 2024 04:05 AM
AKD proves that he's desparate!
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B.Bandara Friday, 17 May 2024 04:05 AM
The President hasn't the guts to face an open debate, even in Parliament he speaks from time to time and goes away when replies are made by opposition MPs, neither has he ever granted an open press conference to the media, that's why he has always failed to win hearts
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Ram Friday, 17 May 2024 04:57 AM
Ranil has exposed his fear to face a debate. In Parliament more than debating he provides laughable Montessori explanations when questions are raised
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Gamini De Alwis Friday, 17 May 2024 07:01 AM
Just like GR, as soon as AKD is elected, the whole country will realize that he is incompetent and incapable of running the country. By then, it will be too late, and Sri Lanka's downfall will be inevitable.
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Sambo Friday, 17 May 2024 07:18 AM
That's a good answer given direct instead of making lame excuses.
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Man Friday, 17 May 2024 09:14 AM
@ LK; His speeches are to develop the country by exporting graphene. As the Agricultural minister, from 2003 to 2005, he couldn't do anything significant. He just talks but no tangible action.
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Lk Friday, 17 May 2024 11:07 AM
@man. Running a government is not one man show but a team of experts and civil servants..if a housewife like late Srima can run SL why not ADK..ask your heart consciousness... Who is honest ADK or Ranil?? When he was an agricultural minister he was working for not in his government but in SLFP government controlled by CKB...his power was limited..
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Man Friday, 17 May 2024 12:53 PM
@ LK; AKD worked with a team those days and did nothing. He did not say anything about the obstacles of Chandrika as he had to do agricultural development like late Mr. C. P. de Silva or late Professor Senaka Bibile and they too did not have power like Chandrika. You are well deceived of his talks but no tangible action and heading for Gota part II, particularly when others walk the talk while being in the opposition by the helping the needy people. That's the gauge to determine the right choice.
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Asoka Friday, 17 May 2024 07:16 PM
Sirima ran a country.
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James Sivarajasingham - Snr. Journalist Friday, 17 May 2024 09:33 AM
RW
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Denzil Friday, 17 May 2024 09:35 AM
SJB lead by Sajith will face a bad defeat on the forth-coming elections, RW too will lead UNP to disaster. Only Dissa will shine well and inherit the BIG CHAIR. We wish him good luck.
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Boru Na.... Atha .... Atha ..... Atha ...... (100% truth) Friday, 17 May 2024 09:38 AM
Nothing wrong participating the Daily Mirror debate. Well, Ranil and Sajith are scared, and they cannot debate freely with Anura Kumara. So, the winner is declared as AKD.
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L.P. Mendis Friday, 17 May 2024 09:41 AM
RW cannot talk in the Parliament, he turns his back towards Potuwa rotters and put a sarcastic smile and bluff without properly answering. Sajith repeats the something again and again meaninglessly which is boaring. Only Anura Kumara Dissanayake talks to the point and wisely answers in the Parliament.
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Palitha Amaraweera Friday, 17 May 2024 11:36 AM
Sajith
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Dr. M.N.Mohamed Hanifa Friday, 17 May 2024 11:39 AM
Daily Mirror is the only Prestigious News Paper carries the truth. Since, Sajith and Ranil are sloppy they are scared to face Anura - this is the secret. Poor man is with Anura.
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Practical Citizen Friday, 17 May 2024 12:19 PM
I think u r indigenous
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E.P. Ekanayake Friday, 17 May 2024 11:58 AM
No one can talk like Anura, and it is his style like Rajinikanth, but Sajith follows the same style in the village and in the city - that will not work. Ranil don't have any styles, only while talking he turns back and gathers something from back benches.
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Patcitz Friday, 17 May 2024 01:10 PM
Who else are keen to bring these three Non-Mandanted personnel, claiming themselves as leaders to which the general public really showed HATRED on them, totally rejecting in many elections? Utterly Bullshit!
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GHT Friday, 17 May 2024 01:13 PM
If youth participation is Ranil's real motive, then he must leave politics right now, and it is high time to do that, people are anticpating eagerly to hear those good news.
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Indika Friday, 17 May 2024 01:20 PM
A lame excuse by a politician who has many decades of experience. This is the the exact way RW resolve other issues too. (Just postpone/avoid the issue instead of face and resolve it). Classic examples are how he bought time to enter the Parliament and to hand over the leadership of UNP to an another person when UNP lost elections. He didn't fix fuel
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WE NEED A COMPLETE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT, WHO ACTIVELY FOLLOWS THROUGH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MINISTIRES THEY ARE APPOINTED TO AND MAKES SURE NO CORRUPTION IS TOLORATED IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS ETC. Friday, 17 May 2024 01:20 PM
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE CAPABILITIES OF ANURA AND HIS PARTY. IF ANURA STICKS TO THE REFORMS AND OR HIS POLICIES AND OR PROCEDURES, INCLUDING GETTING RID OF ALL CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS STARTING FROM THE CENTRAL BANK BIG WIGS TO THE BOTTOM, WHO ARE USUALLY THE STOOGES OF POLITICIANS.
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S.R. Pathiranage Friday, 17 May 2024 07:18 PM
As you say, there is nobody to run the country except the RW. Then what will happen to the country after there passing away. If RW is a great leader he should hv to build a new leader by now. He is not, b'cos he afraid to give up the power. RW 's theory is selling and earning. We want a man with the new vision to develop the country. At the moment that vision is having only with AKD. We have to give him a chance and see. There is no more things to happen other than erect the country bcos earlier leaders were already collapsed it.
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Cherath Friday, 17 May 2024 09:43 PM
Ranil, thus far, has displayed in no uncertain terms that he is only good at reading out drafted speeches. He is able to waffle along, oh so conveniently uninterrupted, as he is the President. To rub salt into the wound, he then leaves the chamber with what he thinks is a humorous remark, but in essence is an embarrassingly meaningless utterance.
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Cherath Friday, 17 May 2024 09:54 PM
Only the NPP has uncorrupted, genuine leaders who can compete head on with anyone from other parties in oratorical skills, substance and on the full repertoire of subjects. In fact, it doesn't have to be AKD. Any of the NPP leaders are competent enough to lead and come out victorious in a political debate.
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Royb Sunday, 19 May 2024 04:21 PM
This debate must be arranged with all presidential candidates contesting on one platform after the nominations
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Karalasingam Sivalingam Sunday, 02 June 2024 12:19 PM
Oratory skills paramount importance coupled with new strategies to boost/ recover Sri Lankan economy, to usher in a corruption society, AKD, I believe meet all these goals.
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