OPINION POLL: Presidential Elections 2020

Both parties didnt develop the countey last 70 years. Many more countires developed amazingly compare to us.

samaritan wrote:Market will commence its crash landing until GR's issues are resolved. Disaster ahead for CSE!

It is clear he will out from contesting election Court verdict on Friday. I don't know why our SLPP leaders and politicians not know? or know? he has not receive US renunciations letter up to date.

Teller wrote:Both parties didnt develop the countey last 70 years. Many more countires developed amazingly compare to us.

200% agree......!

samaritan wrote:Market will commence its crash landing until GR's issues are resolved. Disaster ahead for CSE!

As predicted. Now the forecast is whether the ASI will fall below 1000 or not. Today at least 50 points down.

clear victory GR

nuwanmja wrote:clear victory GR

He can not contest becuse of ongoing court case.

samaritan wrote:Market will commence its crash landing until GR's issues are resolved. Disaster ahead for CSE!

SLPP In Crisis, Gota Applies To Go Overseas
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/slpp-in-crisis-gota-applies-to-go-overseas/

Good News: UNP conspiracy is going to backfire. GR will contest & become the president.

Arrowrisk wrote:

nuwanmja wrote:clear victory GR

He can not contest becuse of ongoing court case.

The framed case will be a total failure. Clear victory for GR!

SP was to name 'Port City' as 'Varaayagama'. 

The Special High Court today permitted former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to travel overseas for a medical check-up from October 9 to 12.


http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Special-HC-permits-Gota-to-travel-overseas/108-175522

GoTa will leave to Singapore via Varaayagama.....

SLPP members bringing  the index down.....

sureshot wrote:SLPP members bringing  the index down.....

What is the Reason????

Hewagak wrote:

sureshot wrote:SLPP members bringing  the index down.....

What is the Reason????

1. election fever....

sureshot wrote:GoTa will leave to Singapore via Varaayagama..... :D

What a fear you guys have for Gota. He will be back after a post surgical checkup in three days.
Don't worry Gota will win the election by an overwhelming majority, Sajith is destined to face an humiliating defeat.

sureshot wrote:

Hewagak wrote:

sureshot wrote:SLPP members bringing  the index down.....

What is the Reason????

1. election fever....

ASI: Keep going down...

Everyone waiting for the today court result...

sureshot wrote:

Hewagak wrote:

sureshot wrote:SLPP members bringing  the index down.....

What is the Reason????

1. election fever....

Big investors want market down for political reason, they support SLPP. After today court verdict, next week up

Going by the arguments presented court ruling will be in favour of GR. Once the new alliance between SLPP & SLFP is announced can expect a bullish trend in the market.

samaritan wrote:Going by the arguments presented court ruling will be in favour of GR. Once the new alliance between SLPP & SLFP is announced can expect a bullish trend in the market.

I too wish the same.

sell when others buy....
buy when others sell....

What's next:

"I Shall wear banyan & sarong only without slippers and serve the people 24/7"
                                                                                                             -----SP-----

By Ashoka Mihindu

Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week addressed a packed audience of prominent businessmen in the country under a theme titled – Viyathmaga. Many of his fans claim that once he comes into power, our economy will grow by leaps and bounds.

No privatisation
Nevertheless, a close examination of his rhetoric suggests that what he is promising is more or less the regressive policies practiced by his brother from 2005 to 2014. He is reported to have said that under his rule no state enterprises would be privatised. We know why the Rajapaksa family is so fond of having state enterprises under the government’s ownership. Numerous relatives of the Rajapaksa family were appointed as heads of various state entities under the rule of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nishantha Wickremesinghe, Prasanna Wickramasuriya, Lalith Chandradasa, Gamini Wickremesinghe, Jayantha Wickremesinghe, etc., and the list goes on. 

SriLankan Airlines (SLA), which was a profitable entity under the Emirates Airline, came into the control of the Rajapaksa family in 2008. Since then, the SLA has been incurring billions of losses and thus, becoming a huge burden on the taxpayers of this country. We know how Nishantha Wickremesinghe ran the SLA during the previous government. It was ruled like a family airline, and in fact, Gotabaya was accused of messing up with a SLA flight to import a puppy to his wife from Switzerland. No wonder Gotabaya is so desperate to have state entities under the ownership of the government. 

Maintaining commercial enterprises under the rule of the government, only works in the favour of few privileged people who are close to the government. This is what we have experienced in this country. State-owned commercial enterprises have become a huge burden on the citizens. So Gotabaya’s pledge of no privatisation will simply retain the existing, pathetic status-quo without giving any benefits to the people at large.

The UNP, the main partner of this government, tried to privatise loss-making enterprises such as SriLankan Airlines over the last four years. Unfortunately, the Executive, who is occupied with extremely backward and regressive ideologies, blocked these efforts.

Kick-starting import substitution

Gotabaya during his Viyathmaga address proudly declared he would be pursuing a policy of import substitution which has failed repeatedly in this country. One thing many political commentators have not pointed out is that the policies of the Rajapaksa family benefit the rich, while harming the poor. Import substitution is beneficial to few rich, rent-seeking businessmen. Crony capitalism is nothing new to the Rajapaksa family. 

This government once elected, reduced the import duties on canned fish. Canned fish is a valuable source of nutrition for under-privileged households that do not have refrigerators. Recently, a few local canned fish manufacturers called on the government to raise import duties on canned fish in order to safeguard their fortunes at the expense of consumers. Such forces of vested interest would certainly be over the moon if Gotabaya comes into power. Economic policy decisions must be made in the interest of the overwhelming majority and not to please a few rent-seeking individuals.

The re-entry of regression and tyranny

A Gotabaya presidency is nothing but a return to the regression and despotism we all went through under his elder brother’s rule which was characterised by nepotism and crony capitalism.

numihindu@gmail.com wrote:By Ashoka Mihindu

Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week addressed a packed audience of prominent businessmen in the country under a theme titled – Viyathmaga. Many of his fans claim that once he comes into power, our economy will grow by leaps and bounds.

No privatisation
Nevertheless, a close examination of his rhetoric suggests that what he is promising is more or less the regressive policies practiced by his brother from 2005 to 2014. He is reported to have said that under his rule no state enterprises would be privatised. We know why the Rajapaksa family is so fond of having state enterprises under the government’s ownership. Numerous relatives of the Rajapaksa family were appointed as heads of various state entities under the rule of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Nishantha Wickremesinghe, Prasanna Wickramasuriya, Lalith Chandradasa, Gamini Wickremesinghe, Jayantha Wickremesinghe, etc., and the list goes on. 

SriLankan Airlines (SLA), which was a profitable entity under the Emirates Airline, came into the control of the Rajapaksa family in 2008. Since then, the SLA has been incurring billions of losses and thus, becoming a huge burden on the taxpayers of this country. We know how Nishantha Wickremesinghe ran the SLA during the previous government. It was ruled like a family airline, and in fact, Gotabaya was accused of messing up with a SLA flight to import a puppy to his wife from Switzerland. No wonder Gotabaya is so desperate to have state entities under the ownership of the government. 

Maintaining commercial enterprises under the rule of the government, only works in the favour of few privileged people who are close to the government. This is what we have experienced in this country. State-owned commercial enterprises have become a huge burden on the citizens. So Gotabaya’s pledge of no privatisation will simply retain the existing, pathetic status-quo without giving any benefits to the people at large.

The UNP, the main partner of this government, tried to privatise loss-making enterprises such as SriLankan Airlines over the last four years. Unfortunately, the Executive, who is occupied with extremely backward and regressive ideologies, blocked these efforts.

Kick-starting import substitution

Gotabaya during his Viyathmaga address proudly declared he would be pursuing a policy of import substitution which has failed repeatedly in this country. One thing many political commentators have not pointed out is that the policies of the Rajapaksa family benefit the rich, while harming the poor. Import substitution is beneficial to few rich, rent-seeking businessmen. Crony capitalism is nothing new to the Rajapaksa family. 

This government once elected, reduced the import duties on canned fish. Canned fish is a valuable source of nutrition for under-privileged households that do not have refrigerators. Recently, a few local canned fish manufacturers called on the government to raise import duties on canned fish in order to safeguard their fortunes at the expense of consumers. Such forces of vested interest would certainly be over the moon if Gotabaya comes into power. Economic policy decisions must be made in the interest of the overwhelming majority and not to please a few rent-seeking individuals.

The re-entry of regression and tyranny

A Gotabaya presidency is nothing but a return to the regression and despotism we all went through under his elder brother’s rule which was characterised by nepotism and crony capitalism.

100% AGREE

Sajith: New wine in the same old bottle.

UNP's General Secretary Akila Viraj says that his party had not been able to take revenge, the way it wanted and another threatens to put the main opposition candidate in a 'jumper'.

These are clear signals of a dark era in waiting if SP becomes the President by chance.

SLFP split into two. President and his supporters not participate the press conference. their vote bank also divided, President and others support unofficially Sajith???

CITIZEN wrote:SLFP split into two. President and his supporters not participate the press conference. their vote bank also divided, President and others support unofficially Sajith???

I heard the other way ,SP supporters and RW supporters.Ravi ,Laxman,Palitha,Ashu,SF,John,,,,are supporting RW.

The split is one faction supporting GR & the other faction supporting SLPP.