2010 Presidential Poll: Oh! What a Free and Fair election? »
Montage of Election related Media Reports By Chakravarthy **The Colombo Magistrates court today refused to grant a search warrant requested by the Criminal Investigations Department to search UNP leader Ranil Wickremesighe’s office and the Biyagama press of Wijeya Newspapers, publishers of Daily Mirror. 25/01/2010 **Common opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka yesterday called on former President [...]
Mahinda Rajapaksa gave money to LTTE – Tiran »
Sunday, January 24, 2010 (January 25, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) National organizer of the SLFP Mahajana Wing Tiran Alles has claimed that Basil Rajapaksa had personally handed over, at his office, Rs. 180 million to the then LTTE financial controller Emil Kanthan to ensure that the people of the north boycotted the 2005 presidential election. [...]
Rs. 350 billion projected loss due to corruption in 2009-Sarath Fonseka »
More than twice the defence bill by Zacki Jabbar The projected loss due to corruption in 2009 was between Rs. 350 and Rs. 400 billion, the Opposition’s Common Presidential Candidate, Sarath Fonseka said yesterday. The staggering figures translated in terms of ministry estimates was more than twice the Defence Bill and 15 times that of [...]
Fonseka manifesto targets fraud and corruption »
Mud-slinging and acts of violence and intimidation escalate in run-up to Presidential poll The highlight of last week’s Presidential election campaign was the launch of the election manifesto of the Opposition’s common candidate, Retired General Sarath Fonseka. Meanwhile, the government side has stepped up its smear campaign against the Opposition common candidate, producing fresh evidence [...]
501 polls related incidents »
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) yesterday categorised 225 incidents out of 501 polls-related incidents as major cases. Of the total number of incidents, weapons had been used on 68 occasions, a spokesman told The Island. According to him, the ruling coalition had been identified as the perpetrator in 257 cases whereas the UNP [...]
SRI LANKA: The president and the Inspector General of Police should bear responsibility for the attack that resulted in a killing in Hungama »
The killing of even one person signals a turn for the worst in the presidential election in Sri Lanka. The attack on the bus carrying the supporters of the opposition candidate was carried out in a manner that reeks of the organized violence practiced in previous elections. The failure of the police to provide protection [...]
‘Many civilians killed’ in Lanka war »
SB Dissanayake Many civilians, including those tried to surrender have been killed during the last phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka, a recently defected senior opposition politician has claimed. SB Dissanayake, the former national organiser of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) accused the main opposition candidate of betraying the armed forces. In [...]
Tamil minister passes away »
Minister Chandrasekaran Mr. Chandrasekaran first entered parliament while serving a prison sentence The leader of the Upcountry Peoples Front (UPF), Cabinet Minister P Chandrasekaran, has passed away in Colombo after a brief illness. The late minister suffered a cardiac problem, the government information department website said. The trade union leader of Sri Lankan Tamils of [...]
I’ll show who killed the journalists: Fonseka »
By Yohan Perera Presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka (R) and SLFP (M) Mangala Samaraweera at a press conference yesterday. – Pic. by Kithsiri de Mel General Sarath Fonseka said yesterday that he would hold inquiries and arrest those who had been behind the killings and assaults of journalists, within 24 hours of assuming office if [...]
