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Sunday Politics with Rasika Jayakody
UPFA nominations drama at Keppetipola Mawatha
The United People’s Freedom Alliance, with the
launch of its election campaign, had a tumultuous week with the
party leader, President Maithripala Sirisena, making a fiery
statement over the party’s nomination. Apart from the President’s
statement, the party had to deal with a myriad of issues with regard
to nominations for the Parliamentary election.
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Behind Closed Doors
Corridor talk, legal grumbles and portfolio manoeuvres
In an interesting turn of events, the Elections
Commissioner, last week, told the media that he would instruct
electronic media stations to stop telecasting President Sirisena’s
recent address to the nation in which he commented on the UPFA
nominations.
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cat’S eye
The President addresses the media
And what an address it was! He really and truly
dropped a couple of bombshells and this cat lapped what spilled out
with utter glee. Of course it was dynamite that emerged from the
bomb wonderful Sirisena dropped but to this cat it was cream, making
her so satisfied.
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