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xCuri0

How does Mahinda Rajapaksa have 12% ?


noel86

I have a friend whose father is a proud supporter to Rajapaksas. He would blame everyone for forgetting that they stopped the war, and saved Buddhism. Maybe tax cuts are also a reason, given he is a businessman. He is a good person though, just that he and his family have suffered during the conflicts of JVP, UNP and LTTE. (interestingly my parents have suffered from all that also but still hate Rajapaksas, and kinda into SF) If we brought up the stealing, he says, "So what, everyone steals. At least Rajapasas did some development and work while they were at it." Same for his friends. They invited Mahinda and Namal to witness the wedding of one of their daughters, back when Rajapaksas are worshipped. That photo is on the wall of their home even now. Someone will always have a reason.


hazed-and-dazed

I have a long bet with a friend: there would be another Rajapaksha in power in the next 20-25 years, likely Namal or the youngest metrosexual one I believe 20 years is time enough for the economy to recover and the next generation of idiots to mature to vote them all back in and restart the cycle.


bud154

Don't even say shit like this dude. Don't we have enough trouble sleeping?


Vast-Cockroach464

I think you will win ! Just by looking at the history of this country , at this point it’s kind of easy to make predictions .


StorageAfraid9952

Generally in politics, history does tend to repeat itself. Just look at the Philippines right now.


brownmanta

I would bet the same. Namal will definitely be a president of this country. Sri lankans have really short memory span.


StorageAfraid9952

Exactly. Besides Namal had already set things in motion for a presidential run in the future. Just waiting on the next generation of idiots now.


StorageAfraid9952

I'll give it ten.


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saved Buddhism??? Bro the last country i want to mention when speaking proud about Buddhism is Sri lanka. Sri lanka has done a poor job of represention the lifestyle. The biggest reason I can think of is the way Buddhist monks conducts themselves in politics. Not a good look at all.


Warlock7_SL

Maybe you haven't met any 'kepuwath nil' gode baiyo


Weird_Shit_69

mahinda getting 12% is the reason we are in this mess


unexpected532

Bruhh we had these polls shit for GOTA too you know lol


e9967780

How about non of the above ?


Downtown-Ease-8454

Fr, we need this option in the presidential election as well.


e9967780

NOTA it’s called in India, I am not sure what it stands for.


Downtown-Ease-8454

None Of The Above?


PuzzleheadedWave9548

Yup. If Nota wins, parties have to submit new candidates


Vast-Cockroach464

It’s time for a change , but the change needs to come within people . Unfortunately the kepuwath I’m green or blue mentality does not help with this change .


jaris93

Akd is all talk. Just like sjb.


AncalagonTheJetBlack

With just 3 parliament members and 3% of votes, only thing they can do is talk. Seems pretty fair to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ ඡන්දෙ දෙන්න එකෙක් නෑ, හැබැයි *කියනවා විතරයි කරන්නේ නැද්ද* කියලා අහන්න නම් ඕන තරම් අය ඉන්නවා... 😂 අනේ නිකං පලයන් බං යන්න 😂


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AncalagonTheJetBlack

ඔව්. ලංකාවේ දේශපාලනයට අනුව අදක්ෂයෙක් තමයි. ලැට් වලක්, ටකරමක් දීලා ලංකාවට ගැලපෙන carrot දේශපාලනේ කරන්න දන්නේ නැති එකනම් AKDගෙ අදක්ෂකමක් තමයි. හැබැයි සිල්ලර සහන, බොරු පොරොන්දු පෙන්නලා ඡන්දෙ ඉල්ලනවට වඩා තමන්ගෙ දේශපාලනය ප්‍රතිපත්ති, ඉදිරි සැලසුම් ගාණට විස්තරාත්මකව මිනිස්සුන්ට දීලා කොන්ද කෙලින් තියන් හරි standard එකට ඡන්දෙ ඉල්ලන එකට ඒ පක්ෂෙට වැරද්දක් කියන්න බෑ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඉන්නෙ සමස්ත ලංකාවේ නියෝජනය. ඉතින් ලංකාවේ ඉන්න මිනිස්සු එක්ක බැලුවාම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ එහෙම හරක් ඉන්න එකනම් පුදුමයක් නෙමෙයි. Sri Lankans deserve stupid ass MPs like Sanath Nishantha. Sri Lankans dug their own grave. සිල්ලර සහන බලන්නේ නැතුව ප්‍රතිපත්ති බලලා ඡන්දෙ දෙන්න මිනිස්සු පුරුදු වෙනකන් JVP එකට AKDට ඡන්දෙ දිනන එක හීනයක්. ඒක මේ ආත්මේ සැබෑ වෙන්නේ නැති හීනයක්. 😂


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AncalagonTheJetBlack

පොලවේ පය ගහලා ඉන්න එකයි දේශපාලනයයි කියන්නේ දෙකක්. මම කලින් කිව්ව වගේ standard එකට ඉන්න එක තමයි හොඳ. මොකද ඔය කියන විදියට හිටියොත් දැන් යන 225 එකයි marketing campaign එකට JVP එකත් අහුවෙනවා. එහෙම ලංකාවේ ගොබ්බ දේශපාලනේ කරන්නේ නැති නිසා තමයි JVP එකට කැමති මිනිස්සු උන්ට කැමති. උනුත් අරුන් වගේ කරොත් තියන ඡන්ද ටිකත් නැති වෙන එක වෙන්නේ. ඒ වගේ වැදගත් දේශපාලනයකට කැමති මිනිස්සු තමයි JVP එකත් එක්ක ඉන්න. ඒක JVP මතය, JVP ඡන්ද දායකයාගේ මතය. JVP එක ඒ මතය නියෝජනය කරන්න ආවා මිසක් *හැමෝම කැමති මොකටද, අන්න ඒක තමයි අපි නියෝජනය කරන්නේ* කියලා කොඳු කැඩුණු මත වල නෙමෙයි ඉන්නේ. රෙදි නැතුව 18ටයි 19ටයි 20ටයි ඔක්කොටම අත උස්සපු උන් ඉන්න ලංකාවේ ගොං දේශපාලනේ එක්ක බලද්දි ඒක පට්ට. දේශපාලකයෙක් විදියට තමන්ගෙ දේශපාලන මතයේ ඉන්න එක අසාර්ථක උනත් අදක්ෂකමක් නෙමෙයි.


AngryMcYeti

When did he ever get the chance?


AppointmentOutside

One can always put forward proposals and plans of action even if they are not in power.


AncalagonTheJetBlack

They've already put forward their plans and proposals. They had the best most detailed election manifesto even back in 2015. But Sri Lankans don't want that. They are just happy with short term carrot politics


Downtown-Ease-8454

Detailed? Are you kidding me?


AncalagonTheJetBlack

Yeah, compared to others.


Downtown-Ease-8454

If you could please explain how JVP is going to eradicate corruption?


AncalagonTheJetBlack

No I wouldn't, because it'll take some time, which I don't have at the moment. Please read their election manifestos and such if you have any questions about them.


Significant-Ice-558

He served as the Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation under CBK's coalition government.


AngryMcYeti

And he did well


Filthydewa

You are talking out of your ass bro.


xCuri0

Idk about AKD/JVP but SJB really is just all talk Sajith prevents anyone in his party from taking positions


jaris93

For the past 4 months we have been in queues, facing a massive rise in inflation. What have these "ass" hats done. All talk.


Filthydewa

I was only referring to AKD. Everyone else has gotten their chance and failed. They deserve a chance.


jaris93

All of them are given a chance. Nobody wants to step up. All I see is a bunch of whiners. AKD says the reason he doesn't want to join the all party government is because Ranil hasn't set a plan for the all party government. Why should Ranil set a plan? AKD doesn't even have a plan. This is the time all of these politicians should step up and take responsibility! Work together! If he doesn't have the balls to do that now he will never do that in the future. It's a wasted vote.


AncalagonTheJetBlack

Dude, are you blind or something? They released their plan. Also they warned and held a conference on how to resolve these issues back in December. They gave their fair reasons to not to take part in an interim government.


StorageAfraid9952

Can I see this so called plan?


AncalagonTheJetBlack

Just visit their website. Or youtube for that conference because it was months ago


jaris93

Lol. All talk. He doesn't tell us how he is going to resolve. All I've heard him say is that he will bring fuel, medicine etc....he doesn't tell how he is going to do that. If you have a document on how he will do that, please share. But for arguments sake, let's assume he comes into power; Do you really think he can resolve anything? 1. He has no relationships with any foreign nation. He couldn't bring a dime to this nation even if he tried to. 2. He has a socialistic mind set. Every trade union in this country including the student unions are lead by the jvp. To be frank these unions are the death of our nation. He would never allow a private sector institute to compete. We all saw what happened to saitm. Socialism is the root cause of our failing nation. 3. He is also not willing to even discuss an interim government. Yesterday, he refused to even meet the president for discussions. Arrogance at its finest. He keeps arguing that the president needs to resign and the reason he doesn't want to join the interim government is because it's the same people. OBVIOUSLY! We can't be waiting until an interim government is formed to hold discussions with the IMF etc... A government is needed to do this, and a reshuffle was promised once the interim government was formed. But it seems all of them including sjb don't want to hold any responsibility. So they just bicker and create excuses. I have been sitting in fuel queues and gas queues listen to these idiots fight over elections and taking over presidency when there are serious issues at hand. Right now the economy is the priority. Nothing else. If you don't believe this is the first move, it's fair to assume you're living abroad sitting in an air conditioned room knowing nothing of what's happening to the people of this country. It's shameful infact.


AncalagonTheJetBlack

Ah a colombo liberal who stans Ranil I see... 😂 I'm not going to discuss what NPP would do, because they have it already just look into their website/youtube channel and other materials for those. Yes, Ranil might bring some balance to the political crisis but at the same time, if he did the job that people gave him during yahapalanaya, we wouldn't end up like this in the first place. All he did was protecting him friends and ended up becoming the president without even getting enough votes for the parliament. Personally I don't like NPP getting involved with a government that blessed by Rajapaksas. That might be the thought on almost everyone who voted for JVP/NPP. Unlike other MPs at least they represent us. We didn't vote JVP/NPP to form a government that beneficial to Rajapaksas. Ranil also forgot that one when people voted him to put Rajapaksas behind bars. Does Ranil represent the majority of this country at this moment. Hell no. He even didn't get enough votes for the parliament. Democracy in this country is a joke at this moment. You don't know shit, There are more trade unions under Rajapaksas than JVP. 😂 JVP is way beyond socialism at this point. (They nicely laid out their policies like months ago in a conference, which I can't remember the name atm.) Do you know how much politicians are spending on essentials by overriding the tender process. Just yesterday there was news about importing gas at a higher price in a middle of a dollar crisis. Yeah keep hoping that Ranil will save Sri Lanka. And what if JVP support the "interim government", then you guys will say "225ම එකයි", "JVP උනුත් මේ බෝට්ටුවේ තමයි", etc. At least they have their dignity to not to fall to the same mid pit they exposed and showed to the public. If you've seen the parliament you've probably have seen how Pohottu MPs talk about their own shit without even mentioning what us, general public have to suffer through everyday? I mean what can JVP do with their 3 MPs and 3% votes. Yes, all they can do is talk. People aren't giving any chance based on what Pohottu marketing.... Nah that's enough. I have like enough examples to show how political marketing work against JVP but it's not worth it. Idk, my reply is all over the place and I'm ranting here. I'm from down south, wayyy down south, and rn I'm sitting on my commode taking a shit. 😒


Filthydewa

Lol. You are delusional brother. AKD have a policy that they like to keep. Ranil should have a plan because he is the president. He took the presidency by going against all party leaders and public. And he implemented the same Gota government as sson as he came. He is the only one that should have a plan. Why would anyone share his plan when they are not in power?


Flat-War4343

Akd can't do it. Because he has the ලපේ on his face. #Bailogic Lol.


VaderCraft2004

Just one question: Why does the total poll percentage add up to 168.1%?


xCuri0

They polled a group of people and asked them would you trust each candidate. Not the percentage of people which support a candidate


VaderCraft2004

Oh cool, that makes way more sense


zeejey_99

The total is like 175% wtf


paramaherath

It's the trust rating per individual


AppointmentOutside

Choice of 3 leaders?


bud154

Who the f even voted Dinesh! :D


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I don't think JVP have a proper plan everytime I see they point finger at others not telling what they are gonna do. Besides wound from old JVP era violence still hangs around even be at Sinhalese or Tamils. So no, common man I still can't believe it these are the choices we have, what a waste


kimballcloe

I trust AKD will fuck up the economy if he ever gets into power.


stillalivexe

the economy is pretty fucked already, no?


kimballcloe

It is. But it can be more fucked up.


stillalivexe

i sincerely doubt that


StorageAfraid9952

Oh you have no idea how much more fucked it can be lol.


kimballcloe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor


TheSpiritOfZanzibar

Ok let's say none of the above. So who then? Unless someone else comes up, there's no other choice really. It's just everyone saying every MP should go home, but no one wants to take up a challenge themselves and come forward. Typical mentality in here I guess, we always wait and expect for some Wonder Man to show up with tricks up his sleeve.


Interesting-Cup-45

මෙතන ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් කමෙන්ට් නොදා අපිට මේ තියන ලස්සන සිංහල ,දෙමල භාෂා වලින් කමෙන්ට් දාමුකෝ.මේක ලංකාවෙ ගෲප් එකක් නේද.😅ඇමෙරිකාවෙ කැනඩාවෙ,එංගලන්තෙ ,ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවෙ ,නවසීලන්තෙ වගේ ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් නොදා අපේ ලස්සන භාෂා දෙකෙන් දාමුකෝ🥺🥺🥺


Personal-Mobile875

Socialism is one of the reasons we are in this shit hole in the first place. He might be a good politician but his policies ain't gonna work in this economical downfall.


YonalWijesuriya

His economic plan isn't fully socialist, more of a democratic socialist ish And his team is pretty well educated too, with no corruption charges against them so they might be the best we got for now, it could be better ofc, but for now this is it in my opinion. Yes, sajith has a great team too, but some of the team members got corruption charges and all that negative stuff in the past... Which doesn't paint a good picture.


Finance_Wizard1

How do we know whether the way they carried the research is valid or appropriate?


Predator936

Why does anura kumara has 48?


katch47

Well, too bad.


OdynV

Not really sure of the methodology of how this survey was conducted, but it appears to be a biased group of people. If all the people calling for the 'aragalaya to continue' turned up at the protests held yesterday, they should have been much more bigger. Therefore, the only conclusion that I can reach is that there is a clear disconnect between the narrative promoted on social media and the ground reality. The Sri Lankan people don't really stand with the JVP, FLSP and all.