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.
How well these two guys are treated by Maithripala. They might have posed such threats to scare Maithripala.
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