Home truths
What is there on file on the contender? A long
military record, not quite the Kobbekaduwa or Wimalaratna, but a
record of 40 years including participation in notable operations.
Midnight Express, Balawegaya, Jayasikuru and Riviresa.
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On the so-called ‘division of nationalists’
When Sarath Fonseka was talked of as a possible
‘Common Candidate of the Opposition’ it thrilled several groups of
people. For the average UNP disappointed by defeat after defeat
after defeat and frustrated by an intransigent leader who failed to
see he was problem more than solution Fonseka constituted a ray of
hope.
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Another kind of internally displaced
It was a rather ghoulish newspaper advertisement
that caught my eye the other day. The ad was for inviting Tenders
for the removal and burial of unclaimed bodies that would be lying
in government hospital mortuaries in the year 2010.
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