Watalappan and Amaraweera dreams 

Former minister of Disaster Management, though he could not manage any disaster, threatened on a television that he can topple the government.

The known fact about Mahinda Amaraweera is his servitude to his former boss Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers. This is the man who said that he has exploited enough for a few generations and his stomach was already full, and what he wanted more is Watalappan (some desserts).

So he urged people to vote his boss to power to feed his greedy stomach with some watalappan and warned the voters not to bring the opposition to power as they could exploit public property in a manner worse than that of his clan did for the last 20 years.

It is true that UPFA still has the majority in parliament. But he should know that there is a tug of war between UPFA coalitions and its main party SLFP. Therefore, SLFP cannot topple a government of its own unless its coalitions push it to do so. The other important matter is that, though Amaraweera is keen in toppling the new government because he cannot tolerate the defeat.

There could be a rationale behind the threat if it is posed by the present Opposition Leader. But Amaraweera is now a petty member of SLFP. After all, SLFP is now led by President Maithripala Sirisena. So he has no option but to listen to his current boss and uttering such arrogant and nonsensical words to media would reflect upon his hatred towards the current rule.

The entire world knows how he failed to manage Meeriyabedda calamity, and even he could not manage disseminating the incident accurately. His death toll 300 was reduced to 32 later, and it tells his capability of handling affairs, and talking about toppling government is only tall talks.

The other MP who wants to show the strength of SLFP power to threaten the new government is former senior minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama. Being a doctor and having lot of political clout, it is pity to see such a politician also joining the bandwagon of Mahinda Amaraweera’s dream to topple the new government.