(Ceylon Today) Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti believes that the current Unity Government, which has been in the echelons of power for merely two years, has fleeced more public funds than the Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidency, which lasted for a decade from 2005-2015. He also said it was […]
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva in an interview with Daily Mirror says his party will make a new political formation with the aim of gaining power. He speaks of geopolitical connotations involved in the Hambantota Port project and the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm project. Excerpts of the interview: Q In the context of current political […]
Q The party you assisted in bringing to power has now completed two years. Do you feel happy about it? It was our attempt to rid the country of Rajapaksa’s rule which no doubt deserved to be removed. We also told the masses not to have faith in the government that would be ushered in […]
(Ceylon Today) Chairman of the National Trade Union Centre K.D. Lalkantha in an interview with Ceylon Today said that UNPers have undoubtedly shattered their aspirations for a better economy. Excerpts of the interview: ?: How do you read the current political developments in the country? A: People were disgusted with the Rajapaksa administration so they […]
Red Power: The government presented a budget for 2017. Who is this budget for? Comrade Lal Kantha: The government states it presented a budget. Of course, it is a budget for the government. But for the people in this country it is only expenditure. They do not gain anything from it. Whichever government that has […]