Deshamamaka Janaprasadana Lankaputra:

Asgiri Maha Viharaya fetes Media Minister

The Asgiriya Maha Viharaya of Kandy, the Supreme Council of the whole Sangha fraternity, which has received the respect and reverence of the whole Sri Lankan society confer tomorrow (April 3, 2011) Mass Media and Information Minister with the honorary title of Deshamamaka Janaprasadana Lankaputra (Patriotic Populist Son of Lanka).

The name Keheliya Rambukwella came to be discussed among the people of this country when he joined the Government’s program of eradicating terrorism from this nation and took up the task to shoulder the responsibility as the media spokesman by establishing the Media Centre for National Security. (MCNS)

It is no secret that the LTTE Terrorist Organisation as an armed outfit were destroying the life of people in this country for a period of 30 years by controlling a part of this country’s territory. This terrorist outfit spent the funds collected by them locally and internationally for two purposes. One was to procure sophisticated weapons and the other was to conduct publicity campaigns to bloat their image.

Propaganda network

This brutal organisation spent huge funds with much determination on their media hype locally and internationally for their sustenance. Therefore, the LTTE media was in a very advanced status with the assistance of sophisticated equipment.

The past leaders of this country although they wanted to defeat the LTTE militarily, they did not have a proper perceptive on the need to destroy the misinformation network that promoted and propagated the terrorist ideals. Sri Lanka never attempted to undermine this propaganda network.

It was through this misinformation and by distorting the gains of the valiant Security Forces the brutal LTTE created a niche as a liberation outfit in the national and the international arena. Due to the strength of this fallacious propaganda, this brutal outfit got deep rooted even in the minds of our people as an outfit that “can never be defeated” and “the world’s No One.”

Keheliya Rambukwella, who realized that if the LTTE is to be defeated militarily that the destruction of its propaganda network is vital, not only established the Media Centre for National Security, giving himself leadership to this organisation functioned as its media spokesman and heroically exercised his talents and capabilities for the liberation of the Motherland.

International media

Using his talent of handling the language, the capability of deliberations and the firmness in responding to questions he reined in on local and international media personnel. He gave wide and due publicity to our Heroic Security Forces personnel and pioneered in raising their morale. He proved with facts and figures to the local as well as the international arena, the pragmatism of the humanitarian operation being carried out by the Government and its eminent victory.

Keheliya Rambukwella was a successful business owning many business ventures before he entered politics. The experience he gained on navigating his businesses he used in a new mode to safeguard the unitary status of the country. Some persons even ridiculed the national service being done by him with great personal risk as “whitewashing government’s dirty linen” and described him as a person “marketing the war.” But at all times he worked only for safeguarding the unitary status of the country. War victories were given due publicity for the freedom of the people of the Motherland. Keheliya’s brave arguments succeeded in shattering the misinformation network of the terrorists and wash out all their false claims.

People are now happily enjoying the fruits of its results.

The visionary astuteness of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to use the correct person when it is required for the sake of the country should be profusely commended. Deshamamaka Janaprasadana Lankaputra Keheliya Rambukwella, the great service rendered by you will never be forgotten by the people. May you be blessed with long life and success.

- Sarath Dananjaya Bandara Dambawinna

Former Provincial Council Member

Central Province