(Lanka-e-News- 26.March.2016, 11.30PM) ‘If you want to learn how to topple governments , meet me and study the method instead of dashing coconuts which is a futile exercise .’ This advice was proffered by Mangala Samaraweera minister of foreign affairs to the dejected and rejected Kurunegala district M.P. Mahinda Rajapakse who in his desperation is dashing coconuts to regain power .
The Minister gave this valuable advice when he attended a function to inaugurate an American- Sri Lankan Co. ‘Riococo’ building at Kurunegala. This was his answer to a question posed by a journalist.
When the journalist asked the minister to comment on the coconut dashing ‘circus’ of the joint opposition , the minister responded thus :
‘ If they want to topple the goevrnment , tell Mahinda Rajapakse M.P. to come and meet me; he cannot topple governments by dashing coconuts. Mahinda is only displaying to the world of his bankrupt political stance through his group of coconut robbers going from place to place dashing coconuts.’
It is well to recall , Mangala Samaraweera was responsible to initiate the move to invite Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge again to the SLFP ,and with her leadership establish a government in 1994 under the People’s United Alliance which defeated the UNP that held sway for 17 years after coming into power in 1977 .
Thereafter , a group including S.B.Dissanayake and Dr. G.L. Peiris crossed over from the SLFP and joined with the UNP to form a UNP government .During the short period of two years rule of the UNP , it was Mangala Samaraweera who took measures to form the UPFA together with the JVP , and defeat the UNP thereby installing an SLFP led UPFA government.
Again it was Mangala Samaraweera who was the architect of the victory of Mahinda Rajapakse at the presidential elections .When Mangala was the election campaign manager at that election in 2005, neither Basil nor Gotabaya the wayside politicos were on the scene. Subsequently , when Mahinda became the president and began exalting his family rule and insulting the one who put him on the pedestal in much the same way as a rascal of a King who has no sense of gratitude , Mangala was the first who dared to defy him and his despotic powers , and discard Mahinda like stinking excreta to join with the UNP which was then always on a losing streak. From that point of time he infused life and imparted strength to the UNP.
During the period when the murderous brutal power of the Rajapakse regime was at its peak , and the decisive battle was being launched to chase Ranil from the leadership , Mangala along with the famous ‘kurundupolu’ army , fearlessly coming to the open and in Matara itself nipping the moves in the bud and annihilating the efforts to remove Ranil , was just one of his actions to safeguard and shield Ranil ,thereby also oxygenating the wilted opposition at that time.
It was Mangala Samaraweera who formed the communication force to meet the challenges of Rajapkases’ media suppression . In addition , it was he who prepared the groundwork for the social media network of the rainbow revolution of January 8 th 2015. He toiled hard and long to muster the available resources to achieve those goals.
When the UNP was continuously losing elections , it was Mangala Samaraweera who proved that the opposition can win , and planned the victory at the Uva provincial council (PC) elections . The UNP leadership board which was formed by that time making headway was Mangala’s brainchild .
From as far back as 2011, it was Mangala who was steadfast in the view that if Mahinda Rajapakse is to be defeated, a section of the SLFP should be taken out from it. With this in view ,hidden moves were made and in pursuance of secretly calculated plans , Maithripala Sirisena , the SLFP general secretary was put forward as the common opposition candidate on 21 st November 2014. Until November 5 th , some UNP leaders were of the opinion , that UNP can win contesting alone .If that had happened , still Mahinda a would be the president even today.
Mangala Samaraweera the giant killer is a true veteran in charting governments to victory !
Mangala’s anouncement and video are hereunder
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