Wijeratne Mahesh Sunday, 22 September 2024 09:05 PM

Thank you Mr President for what you have done in the turbulent times during your presidency. Your wisdom and dedication has made Sri Lanka to come out of the heavy turbulences it find itself once Rajapaksas left. There is still many people blaming you in Bond scam and you being close to Rajapaksas and many more other things without understanding what really happened. I hope the new government will continue having your advise whenever necessary. Now it is time for you to enjoy your well deserved retirement and we wish you many joyful moment with your loved ones. Thank you for all

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Vijay Poddar Sunday, 22 September 2024 09:13 PM

Very well said.

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Mark David Sunday, 22 September 2024 09:39 PM

May God Bless you and give more strength and health to serve our mother land as and when needed.Live longer.

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Sokrates Sunday, 22 September 2024 09:56 PM

Despite his senility, the born loser still believes that he was a good president. He can now tell his fellow residents in the nursing home for dementia patients that every day.

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Sri Lankan Citizen Sunday, 22 September 2024 09:56 PM

Mr. President, you have saved this nation from catastrophe, steering it away from the fate of countries like Somalia or Afghanistan. Your courage, wisdom, vision, and experience have been nothing short of remarkable, and they will never go unnoticed. As you rightly said, your leadership over the past two years will be remembered in history, etched in gold.

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Thank you! Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:03 PM

I feel sorry for our people. They don't realise it now, but soon they will realise that letting you go is a very big mistake. Nevertheless, thank you Mr President and all the very best!

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The Greatest President Sri Lanka Had Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:04 PM

Dear Sir, thank you very much for your dedicated service to our beloved nation. Many people can't remember the socio-economic context you inherited in 2022. People were dying in queues to by essentials including gas and fuel, had 13 hours of power cuts, faced acute shortage of FOREX, hospitals ran without supplies, etc. You stepped in boldly and emancipated us from economic hardships. You adroitly negotiated with the IMF and other global financial institutions to inject FOREX into the economy. Tourist arrivals and foreign remittances surged gradually. The economy rebounded. It takes time for an economy to recover. Economic miracles can't be performed. Greece took 11 years to come out from its economic quagmire. But you revived our economy in just two years. I write with a heavy heart. If you did this in another country, people would have venerated you and re-elected with a landslide. Alas, we are such an ungrateful nation. But Sri Lankans will cry for you in another 8-12 months.

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saman Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:17 PM

Dean Ranil, as informed, you are now "Hitapu". The people that will show gratitude are not the people of Sri Lanka but the two teams of staffs in the President's Office. One of them are the official staff of the President's Office. About 1000 government employees are working on that staff. The other staff is the President's staff. There are about 100 people there. All of them are appointed by the President. These people who are loyal, trustworthy and obedient to you who are political appointees. The only duty assigned to this staff is to inflate the image of the President. The salaries and allowances and perks are paid from public money. We learned that one person in this team is Chandra Shafter who is 95 years old.

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DillonDP Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:21 PM

Though I didn’t vote for you due to your policy allocation towards education, I still believe you should have won. But needless to say, we as a country have a tendency to choose someone based on hopes and beliefs rather than facts and figures. So, I guess the less we spend on education, the more we think from our hearts than our brains. As you said, given the short period, what you have achieved is remarkable, and hats off to you for coming forward and taking charge when others hid for their personal gains.

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Chris Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:23 PM

RW is not a good public relations or communications person. So many legislative problems he has done the needful to change and his strategies has helped the country but ignorant people don't know. Ìts RWs fault for not having an effective communication team.

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Rip Winkle Sunday, 22 September 2024 10:24 PM

This election was long overdue. You prolonged it solely for your greed to be seated in that chair. You were neither elected by the people nor did the people want you. Yep, you did contribute to the re-stabilisation of the economy but your motives were never sincere. Finally, I sincerely hope your involvement with the central bank fraud and other controversies will be investigated sooner rather than later.

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