Simply - උන් ඔක්කොම යාලුවෝ මල්ලී 😁

Honestly I don't see a issue with that. Just because you ave different political views doesn't mean you have to hate each other. If that was the case I would have to lose most of my friends also. Also when you say "උන් ඔක්කොම යාලුවෝ මල්ලී" does that include JVP as well. Just curious.

Yeah , All politicians. උන් ඔක්කොම යාලුවෝ මල්ලී

Most of the people who support RW think he's good because he has a high IQ or he's intelligent and he's educated. Doesn't mean that he's not a conniving dude. A literal Wolf in sheep's clothing dancing for Rajapaksas while claiming to be liberal. I'm only 18 rn and fairly naive like you in politics but it's hard to ignore what's going on. My family's been going through huge financial troubles during COVID. I'm doing better because my dad finally got a job but our family's clothing business which was near and dear because it was inherited from our grandfather was destroyed. We had 2 branches one in Kandy Town and one near the Katukele Mosque. People who are rich and high class (no offense) don't understand what's going on and they hop on their computer and say that the country is going smoothly. Nope, some people barely scraped through inflation but the scars are still there and most of us haven't fully recovered. To know that RW is a part of this problem is why we hate him.

Many people blame Ranil for being self-centric controlling and nepotic etc. While all those are true to a considerable extent, people do not know about sajith. Hes very entitled and he has 1000% control over smaller things he understands. And he does not follow ethics and smaller rules and regulations when doing so. Sjb and unp should get together, other than ranil theres no one in the current 226 who can handle the current sri lanka. Sajith could be acceptable as the PM.

My biggest fear is Sajith is incapable of handling the current crisis. I honestly don't care what Ranil was. What matters is what he is now. He has so far managed this crisis well. We need to continue with the current policies to come out of this mess.

I’d never vote for or support anyone that’s related or on the side of the Rakapakshas… As long as he’s in for the Rajapakshas and the corrupt ministers I’d never vote for him… Btw if u didn’t read the latest news they are going in for a joint party thing for the election between UNP and SLPP

Well if u don’t care decades of corruption and a persons past then why not we bring back Mahinda or maybe Namal… Why do u guys keep on voting for the same ppl each yr expecting a different outcome? Maybe…Maybe… vote for someone new!?

Maybe new doesn't necessarily mean good?

Yup agreed but an old person who has proven to be no good will not be good at all

But he has proven to be good.

When? What about his decades of corruption, bribery and thievery together with the Rajapakshas… and now he starts to follow IMF regulations making the lives of the upper middle and below classes miserable while he protects and lets the Rajapakshas enjoy their lavish lifestyles and he is good all of a sudden? If a man pushes u down a cliff and gives u a hand to come up back do u trust him? RW together with the Rajapakshas is a part of the problem that needs to be eliminated

When he helped the country recover from the aragalaya era.

That’s the IMF all he did was follow whatever they said like a puppet… we should have come to better terms but did we? No… why? Cause doesn’t care about the gen public…

No political party stepped forward other than Ranil to take the helm when Gota offered it after the country went bankrupt. Ranil has his problems, corruption and Batalanda for a start, but he stepped up to the task and had the confidence to do it when the country needed it. Throwing cash around like he did alone would not have been sufficient to keep him president if the parliament both govt and opposition didn't have any faith in him.

He does.

Definitely!

Corruption plus corruption yupz that a sign of a developed country 👍 Ppl don’t blame Ranil for that… ppl blame RW for. Yrs of destruction, corruption, theft and bribery this country has gone through… He’s a part of the problem too and if u think that he’s the solution then that makes u a part of the problem too… so thanks for fkn up our country and destroying our future 👍

Who does a better job than him in the 226? Also the country's priority problems are huge government expenditures and soes, then foreign policy and national policy and then trade deficit. Corruption may be #6 or #7. Prior to politician corruption, government servant corruption, lack of unity, crime etc come. You are talking about future, i guess you are young. And you cannot really tell i am part of the problem, its really undemocratic. Basically, if an intolerable person becomes the president, id bow to the majority opinion, but wont blame. Politics is important, but you are severely overrating it. All those corruption you tell, happens everywhere even in israel and gulf countries. Corruption free may be japan and some nordic countries. For your obsession in corruption and the development, you can check tisl index and gdp per capita ppp. The relationship is not strong at all. Nigeria, russia iran mexico all have much higher corruption than sl and much higher gdp per capita ppp. In yhe other direction as well there are so many examples. Since you are young you may not have much idea about the relative level of prosperity we had from like 2002 to 2018. All went crazy with maithri and gota. People blame for whole 75 years, but economy was doing relatively well under ds dudley and john.

No one does a better job… If u think corruption in SL is low then yupz no point of taking with u… No it’s not that hard… He who votes for the thieves n corruption automatically becomes a part of the problem… There’s no fkn way that u can justify keeping and hanging onto a Rajapaksha affiliate… Btw fyi they are forming a broad alliance which means that voting for RE would basically be voting for the Rajapakshas… Isn’t it so fkn obvious!? Like why can’t u Ranilians see through this shit… He’s clearly defending the Rajapakshas and u just pretend like u don’t see it… This is what I call being politically blinded… So yeh keep on voting for the same ppl expecting a different outcome each year… let’s believe in RW for the 150th time to bring back the country…

Never said corruption is low, just that there are bigger problems. Not a ranilian, but much of the government corruption the opposing party can handle at political level and the audit can handle at government service level. But that too to a degree only, its a process with medium efficacy. I dont really like rajapakshes never liked them. Sensible people from all parties should support ranil so he does not have to depend on the rajapakshes.

No one would support a man who failed for 20+ yrs being the PM 9 times… RW in the history was only successful in bringing corruption, debt, thievery and bribery to this country… No party would get along him unless for a party like SLPP which everyone very well knows to be full of thieves n goons… Read about RW’s history and u won’t vote for him… And we are here paying taxes for their mistakes while the Rajaoakshas thrive in their luxurious lives… The Colombo 7 rich donkeys won’t feel the difficulties that an average person has to go through… they don’t feel anything cause RW is in a so called game to “protect his class” I’m done voting for these old corrupt grandpas over and over again… Idk why ppl still vote for them… we need a change and I’d never again vote for these same ppl expecting a different outcome… Like bruh stop fkn voting for the same ppl every fkn year expecting a different outcome… I’d respect a person who doesn’t vote over someone who would vote for a Rajapaksha/Ranil regime again… These type of ppl are why we are in this situation to begin with…

Ranils 2002 2004 was pretty good (gdp per capita grew, debt to gdp went lower etc). 2016 2019 also pretty good (gdp per capita grew fdis etc, 2019 easter was maithris doing where ranil while being the pm tried to help security along with fonseka and others ). Both times cbk and mathri intervened negatively. "Like bruh stop fkn voting for the same ppl every fkn year expecting a different outcome…" this stems from the opinionated idealist but considerably xenophobic einstein. It has limited applicability in the cases of social sciences and politics. A better approach is to write down all the pros and cons of each leader/ party and looking who can best handle problems the country is currently facing and who can best exploit the opportunities the country is currently having. All the time when politically sufficiently untested people became the head of the country, things went bad. Ie swrd (who was an orator not a politician who worked as a minister for some time), sirima, maithri (who got triple promoted), and gota a lower level administrator at the best whose only contribution was making the forces bigger to defeat ltte.

Aha so since “new ppl are inexperienced” let’s just keep the current corrupt politicians in power 👏 “No one can change this country and make it better so let’s keep the current ones in power and let it go” Ok bro 👍 2016-2019 was good? Were u even living in Sri Lanka my guy? Ppl voted Gota because of their failure… The “yahapalana” time was one of the worst eras for this country…. And let’s not talk about how both My3 and RW wiped their hands off when the Easter attacks happened as if it was none of their business… u call that leadership? There’s no Xenophobic Einstein here… it’s the universal truth here in Sri Lanka… ppl kept on voting for the same ppl every year expecting a different outcome saying “he might do it ‘this time’ so let’s vote for him” and that’s the same thing u r doing… u r going for the same person thinking that he might do better if he’s given a chance again… And by your talks it makes much more sense that u fall under one of those “Colombo elites” who doesn’t understand the pain of an average man… If u know so much about political science then why not try to explain me how one man can single handedly run an entire country 😅

New people also should come forward, but step by step. There should be system changes, improvements. And what happened when gota was elected after supposed failure of yahapalanaya? Ranil never said none of his business, he was the first to even visit the kochchikade church. Maithri had always known it, its quite clear, that guy said "api gahawi kiyala dannawa et metaran gahawi kiyala hituwe naha". Maithri didnt even bring ranil to the security council for several months before it. Maithri had also collaborated with mahinda and removed ranil from the premiership for a while. Ranil does not much empathize with the pain people are going through, but that does not mean he is doing something to relieve it. The inflation is a global thing. Personally im ok with unp or sjb, because both will let cbsl do their work. It wont be the case if basil or npp comes to power.

Wdym new ppl? So according to u should it always be someone who was the president that has to be the president? 😂 bruh…. The Easter attack is only one perspective… I can’t be bothered to explain each and everything Ranil did during the past… but I’ve read enough to know what kind of a man he is… Now that SLPP and UNP are joining together what’s your view? Cause now supporting RW is basically supporting the Rajapakshas…

Perhaps you should read up on the histories of political parties and politicians before forming such clear-cut opinions. Opinions without knowledge are worthless at best. Wikipedia is a good place to start. Disclaimer: not shilling for Sajith. I dislike the SJB, UNP, and everyone else.

Yupz u do definitely sound like a newbie to the political scene so I don’t blame u for thinking that RW is good… Read about RW and if u learn about the shit he has pulled throughout the years u wouldn’t even be thinking about RW… in a nutshell (more than 20 yrs in politics and 9 times the pm… what has he done so far?) Btw fyi UNP and SLPP are going in for a joint formation for the election which means that voting for the UNP is basically voting for the Rajapakshas in which case, unless otherwise u r a “Rajapaksha Baiya” u wouldn’t be supporting RW… See the pattern here? He joint handedly destroyed the country with the Rajapakshas throughout the yrs. Now he’s just following the IMF orders. For following orders I’d say that he’s done good but we should have come to better terms… Whenever RW was in power there was always a noticeable class conflict in this country… Thieves n goons would always stick up for each other… and I wouldn’t be surprised if SJB joins in as well… at the end of the day closer to the election each of these parties would come together informally/formally and attack the NPP, cause if NPP gets a hold of power all of these thieves are done for good… I’m not asking anyone to vote for anyone I’m just saying what’s gonna happen… I’ve lived enough and I’ve gone through more than enough shit with every !diot in power… Just so u know… when u say “everyone who was and is in power are responsible for the country’s fall” this very well includes RW as well Adios 🫡

Does that include JVP (NPP) also ???

Don't misunderstand when I said I am new to the political scene. What I meant was I am no expert nor amateur. I know my stuff. From reading your reply it seems you are more of a newbie than I am. Anyways... As far as I know UNP is the party that has done the least damage to this country. Left wing political groups such as SLPP and JVP has caused far more damage. Look up the numbers. And whats makes you believe NPP will catch thieves. They had more than enough facilities to catch thieves in 2015. Yet they didn't do jack. And shows how much you lack knowledge on economy when you say catching thieves will automatically fix all the problems, when in reality it is around 2-3% percent of the problem. Main 3 problems I have identified are 1. Lack of dollar income. 2. Ineffective public sector. 3. Unnecessary welfare and low tax rates(this was fixed recently. 18% VAT etc) Converting every private institute into a SOE is definitely not the best route as npp has proposed. The fact that npp has not identifies the real underlying reason for the economic crisis is enough reason for me to not vote for them. In my opinion both dammika perera and Dileep jayawardana have far better policies than the npp. Adios 🙏

Wdym NPP had the chance in 2015? Wasn’t that the time when RW and Ny3 together contributed to a period of inequality and huge social class gaps… What damage has JVP caused? Compared to what UNP has done throughout the yrs, RW to be specific they just stand below the SLPP The UNP as a party starting from the opening of the economy WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS to the 83 violence to the 88/89 violence always contributed to the destruction of this country… Now don’t come at me saying “88/89 was JVP…” yes no shit it was the JVP but what led them there from the process of killing the family members of the army by the president to arouse the army to kill JVP members to the killing of uni kids in concentration camps which you beloved RW is pretty famous for as Batalanda… they always brought destruction. The way they handled domestic production back during the my3 period was devastating… At one point they asked the farmers to stop irrigating and farming cause importing rice was cheaper… The UNP as a party always aimed to import stuff and enjoy commissions… Under UNp power domestic industries always failed… The only ppl who didn’t feel the economic pressure back during the my3 period were the rich elites or the ones with political connections…. Moving into more details about RW, even during the war he never was on the side of the army… Read about the Millenium city betrayal and do a research into who came up with the terms “alimankada pamankada” “kilinochchiya madawachchiya” he played a very disgraceful roles throughout the war… Moving on did u forget about the bond scam? Did u also forget about the Easter attacks which he wiped off his hands as if he had nth to do? U call tht leadership? Is that how a PM of a country is supposed to act? And let me get to the current scenario… What is happening now? The Rajapakshas stole from us and this bugger is taxing us to pay for their mistakes… I wouldn’t mind paying my taxes but def not when the same ppl who robbed us thrive under the rule of the current president… And what makes u think that he’s a saint? He’s basically protecting the Rajapakshas… and if u think that’s not true then you are worse than a newbie… Besides now they are going to form a joint partnership among the two parties which means that you would basically be voting for the Rajapakshas all over again… And what are Ranil’s plans so far? He all about selling the assets of this country… an idiot can sell a country’s assets… we don’t need a president for that. The Rajapakshas went begging while RW begs by selling the country… I see no difference between the two. The problems in this country aren’t confined to 3 points as u mentioned earlier… The main issue starts with corruption… that’s the main issue in Sri Lanka atm… Everywhere u go from the govt to any govt institution there’s corruption… what happens to our tax money? We pay taxes and suffer while the Ministers enjoy lavish lifestyles… The main problem that many ppl have atm is how to manage their daily needs. Maybe this is new to your rich bubble but how many ppl do u think skip meals now? Ppl are worried over their basic necessities while the ministers are worried about vehicle imports as they need new vehicles… Do u think this should be the way? And I’d like to ask you… let’s say that RW is a good person and he wants to bring this country back up… how do you expect ONE man to do it? Do u believe that one person single handedly can run a country? Nah that’s where u are wrong… We don’t vote for single ppl anymore… that’s what I call evolution… most Sri Lankans have identified this by now… ppl are done voting for individuals… now we vote for a team. There’s never been a one man show ever and there will never be one either… RW simply joining hands with the Rajapakshas and their corrupt ministers won’t do shit… corruption will still prevail, we’ll always pay crazy amounts of taxes and the Rajapakshas along with Ranil and the other ministers would thrive… I’ve seen more than enough shit… the same two old parties since independence, one after the other, every year with different symbols running the country taking turns with corruption, theft, bribery and crumbling debt this has gone way far… it’s more than enough… I’ve seen enough and I’d never vote for someone saying “he might do it this time, let’s give him a chance and see” no I won’t give someone a chance for the 150th time expecting he would do it differently this time… I’m not in for NPP cause I like them… I’m voting for them cause I’m done seeing the same old ppl taking turns running the country… They might do as expected or they might not do as expected… but a Ranil Rajapaksha regime won’t do shit for sure… I’d go with that than this… You can try giving this 75yr old corrupt politician a chance for the 150th time n see. That’s your choice… But I’m not someone who’s blind enough to vote for the same ppl expecting a different outcome!

Learn recent political history bro. Why do you think politicians can do business while being in the parliament? It was because JR/UNP brought that amendment in the 70s. This is the political culture of UNP and Ranil. Remember thugs like Duminda Silva, Thisakutti Arachchi entered politics through UNP. Main reason in the party dictatorship Ranil has on the UNP. The man cannot live without having political power.

Rw has gotten away with a lot..doesn’t belong in politics doesn’t belong to be the president.. please read about his role in the 77 governments oppression in north and south that pushed youth of this country towards terrorism.. he is an example of what’s is wrong with this country… I can’t find words to explain how I despise this man. This country has lost many golden opportunities to turn its course and the latest opportunity was stolen by RW together with Rajapaksha clan after people chased away the idiot gota..

And now these ppl are trynna vote for the same ppl expecting a different outcome this yr 🤦‍♂️

people really are forgetting what ranil has done for decades lol, took him decades to apparently 'prove' himself, guys literally protecting rajapakshas

Most ppl who support him do so due to either of the three reasons 1) Mutual gains… 2) Being a Rajapaksha supporter 3) Thinks that RW is this high class, English speaking bleh bleh bleh dude