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| Saturday, 14 February 2004 |
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| Of deserting rats and sinking ships A little bird whispers that the UNP seems to be terribly disturbed over the resignation of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology Minister, Milinda Moragoda from his portfolio. Some former UNP members have alleged that Moragoda as a close confidante of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a leading Minister, had enjoyed a privileged position in the party and his decision to leave the Cabinet when the party was facing a setback was cowardly, like a rat deserting a sinking ship. There were also many others reportedly critical of the Prime Minister for not trying to prevent dissolution, despite legal possibilities. Among them were Ministers Ravi Karunanayake, S. B. Dissanayake and Mahinda Wijesekera,the bird tweets. Meanwhile, the UNP nomination committee has failed to finalise party nomination lists inspite of having three meetings. Imthiaz Bakeer Markar, Janaka Mallimarachchi, Lilantha Perera and Srinath Perera who contested the last general election on the UNF ticket from the Kalutara and Colombo districts will not come forward at the forthcoming election. |
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