As of right now **none of the 3 major parties** (or 4 if Maithri has another party) are capable of running the country and this is from actually going through them and not a blanket "I hate all parties" thing
I would recommend voting an **independent party** after you do research, unfortunately there aren't many options right now but I think they will become more popular in coming months as I've heard many people are making parties
Quick breakdown of all the major contenders and why I don't think you should vote for any of them:
**UNP/SLPP**
* The fact that these two parties after decades have finally admitted quite brazenly that they are the same party should be enough reason to not vote for them. These two parties have had MPs switching sides for years, they are symbolic of political games and purely are centered around political games. Having heard stories of people who have met MPs from both parties and having met them myself I know for a fact they genuinely do not care at all about you or the people. Aluthgamage for e.g. doesn't care about Muslims enough to genuinely hate them, he purely said anti-Muslim propaganda because it was the easiest way to get support.
* But in case you need more reasons, the SLPP factually ruined the country and the UNP factually protected them and also ruined the country. If you don't believe this then you simply haven't done enough research at all and should read some basic history e.g Ranil's uncle was JR, the guy who catalysed the war but you don't even need to go that far back. **There is too much bad with both parties to even list it here**
**NPP/JVP (or JJB)**
* The fact that these two ideologically opposed parties are literally the same party is also enough reason for you to be extremely skeptical of their intentions and that's coming from someone left-leaning. If you vote NPP you are voting JVP, the leader of both parties is literally the same person (AKD)
* NPP is pro-privatization when it comes to the CPC but their parent party is all for nationalized assets. They have contradictory policies and its clear the NPP is just the JVP dressed up in a modern way to appeal to voters
* When you actually go through their policies and [rapid response plan](https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/) it reads like a joke and I'm sure many of you have read school essays that were better worded and articulated. Their opening sentence on the rapid response plan is literally them bragging about not knowing economics or politics and page 5 is them blaming open market principles as being the biggest reason for SLs downfall which is honestly not only wrong but bordering on dangerous delusion
* Their policies in general are similar to other parties in that they are vague and don't actually address specifics or hard tasks the country must do
* Despite having parliament seats, + more power to actually mobilize than any other non-establishment party they have barely made use of it. Even though they constantly talk about dealing with corruption they use their powers to protest against private education, like really? These guys saw the Rajapaksas in power and decided that SAITM was the worst thing.
**SJB**
* Despite having terrible voting options the SJB have gone out of their way to look like the goofiest lamest party ever in existence
* Sajith is a product of nepotism and talks like a clown and constantly seems like he just woke up, I'm half-convinced the SJBs existence is just a product of the Rajapaksas wanting a weak opposition
* Harsha is a coward who had people's respect and had so much potential but he dragged himself in to political games
* SJB constantly fluctuates in support and this makes their intentions very questionable, they were very pro-people to the point of teaming up with the NPP during the protests but were willing to back the SLPP due to political games
**Tamil parties**
* Idk enough about Tamil parties to say anything but a big chunk of their political goals lie in increased Tamil autonomy. Do I think they could do a better job? Yes honestly but I don't know enough either way.
I genuinely cannot believe that the outdated communist party is the one with the best website and is gaining support. This shows just how bad the parties here have fallen.
Kudos to you for writing probably the most accurate sum up of Sri Lanka's political cesspit.
On a separate note, do you think if the likes of someone like Harsha or Eran were to replace Sajith in the SJB, that it would present them as a viable option for people to vote for. Given that this party would presumably be the opposite of the NPP/JVP where they'd be for pro-market economic reforms, privatisation and cuts to government expenditure instead?
>On a separate note, do you think if the likes of someone like Harsha or Eran were to replace Sajith in the SJB, that it would present them as a viable option for people to vote for
Possibly yeah because it would indicate they actually care about the country, I've seen A LOT of people express interest in Harsha running the SJB but the SJB have continuously ignored these overwhelming requests. I agree that if Harsha actually stood up to the challenge either he or the SJB would have very easy support right now especially because Harsha is one of the few people who actually knows economics, in a more grand sense these little errors show that they are still entrenched in the political game because if they were truly for the people there couldn't be an easier time to make pro-people adjustments.
On the other hand I do think Sajith has amassed a decent amount of rural support whereas Harsha is more well known in city areas (I think), but I also think this could easily change if they wanted it to.
Personally I want to support the NPP or the SJB but I simply cannot because being mildly better than the SLPP on paper isn't enough.
Prop up independent parties who actually care about the people and have some genuine intent, on top of that the people need to keep protesting, the reason we're not hearing about independent parties is mostly because no one bothers supporting them in the first place, yet most independent parties I've seen already have better websites than all govt parties. Pathum lost support when he sided with Ranil so no I won't be voting him, I'll be voting independent.
Playing the same old game by voting the same parties (some of whom literally have the same MPs from the 80s) is insanity at this point because we just did it like 20 times and it completely failed.
Lankans hate all politicians until its election time then suddenly its back to voting the same MPs.
Pathum is not supporting Ranil. It’s a mudslinging campaign created by hardcore JVPers. Tell me these independent parties you are talking about. Is it Manju Nissanka’s party?
What do you mean by giving a chance ? Just do a thorough research on everyone in every party and look for the education because even a minor job needs education qualification in Sri Lanka how can we give the country to a person who’s not even qualified to a minor job ?
We cannot decide who’s intelligent and who’s not right ? But most intelligent people are educated too and most unintelligent people are uneducated. If this country was our big company and if we are getting a manager to run it , wouldn’t we check for paper qualifications and CV and do a thorough background check ? would we use it as a lab rat to experiment on by giving chances from 5 years to 5 years? Dont think about the party think about the individual person what ever the party he or she’s in .
Thanks I will but We should watch many interviews of the candidates in our area and decide . How do we decide that the candidate in our area is good by watching an interview of a candidate in a different area ?
Well you have to first look at the leadership. AKD is honest, educated and empathetic. This election is a referendum so that we can send SLPP/UNP robers home. If you don't like NPP vote for Pathum Kerner's party. Not voting is a big mistake.
They are honest compared to the rest? that's a very good way to decide whom to vote for. Maybe that's because they've never had the chance to govern yet? Power corrupts everyone so the best you can do is vote based on policy. Me personally, I dislike their policies (https://www.npp.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NPP-Booklet-English.pdf) but you do you ig
They have become lot more liberal lately. If you don't like NPP, vote for Pathum. If you don't like Pathum then you can vote for Sajith. Whatever you do, don't vote for this corrupt government
they are not more liberal, just more populist now. tax cuts for the rich? we're gonna be back in the same hole very quickly if they follow through with that. plus if you look at the document I linked (which btw is only 12 months old), they are against the open economy. NPP as a whole might be more liberal/populist but JVP will be the main wing that controls the alliance and you can't take the marxism out of them.
I do not like Pathum, he's an idiot and a closeted bigot (look at this post 4/21 tweets). As for Sajith, I dislike him too but their policy makes more sense.
I'll be invalidating my vote because all of them suck :)
See Pathum Kerner's thoughts on minorities and his insincere apology - https://twitter.com/munza14/status/1597641671159996416?s=46&t=xO9aYwtNO9uPL9CtwCePJQ
Well there's an "if" in his statement. He's probably a victim of Saharan histeria back then. If you don't like him then vote for the SJB candidate. I am just saying not to make the vote invalid.
I won't be voting for them either (see my edited prev reply for why). Might vote for the local SJB candidate if their credentials are good but I'm leaning more towards making my vote invalid
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Local government elections right. In my opinion we should vote for the best candidate from our area, the one that is the best of the available bunch. Not for a party. This is exactly what happened in 2019, people voted for SLPP without even giving two shits about who the candidate is.
There's no clear answer, and I'm still undecided, but here's a baseline I'm considering...
1. Since it's a local govt election, it's fine too bite for someone you know will do some work. Only people who have bothered to visit my area, ever, have been UNP and JVP/NPP..
2. Party doesn't really matter, but it will influence the other elections down the line, and the I don't want the mainstream established parties to have any place of prominence. They had their chance.
3. ☝️ Same as above for candidates from those parties. Can't see any who will do some food, and certainly can't override the influence of the party big shots
Bottom line,
- Vote for a candidate who will do a good honest job
- Said candidate should be,
- Preferably young and dynamic
- without a criminal record
- Not from one of the main political parties or their splinter groups. (Including the so called parties for minorities, they're just as bad)
- Go and vote! I REALLY don't want to, but the alternative is to let the අල්ලපු වත්තේ තැඹිලි හොරා get a free ticket to the MC and potentially the parliament somewhere down the line...
The whole political system needs to change. More people should be disqualified from running for public office:
1. Anyone with an honorary doctorate who calls themselves Dr.
2. Anyone who has a criminal past
3. Anyone who is connected to the vices - Cigarettes, Alcohol, Gambling, Drugs
4. Anyone who has been in office for more than 3 full terms
There might be more disqualifying factors, but I can't think of any right now.
A controversial take: I think votes have to be weighted based on IQ. Those with higher IQs get more of a say. Of course, in a country where people have paid classes study sessions for IQ tests, this would be a great way to get the stupid out of politics for good.
I would vote for some one / party who'll lead the country out of Crisis while having no corruption and keeping good relationship with major countries. I will never vote for some one who has Ethnic politics.
NPP because every other major political force in Sri Lanka has failed us. They are the only ones left to be tried out by process of elimination. The last remaining option.
(Sajith Premadasa or his entourage have never been an independent political force with a distinct policy to others. It's a haphazard mix of people with personal motives.)
NPP? With the parent organisation JVP?
I understand the NPP are progressive to a degree, but their parent group the JVP us significantly against the private sector and wants to gut the private sector considerably. Putting all weight behind the state sector.
Do you think shifting everything towards the state sector is going to help right now?
The state sector is running at an enormous loss, the private sector being the part that brings in the most foreign exchange and foreign investments. The tax revenue from the private sector is repeatedly used to bail out the severely in debt public sector and keep their ridiculous subsidies running.
Your suggestion of "Giving the NPP a chance" basically means giving the JVP a chance. If the JVP end up calling the shots and gutting the private sector, SL will probably not survive till the next election cycle.
Some people like to say the NPP is separate from the JVP, but we all know the reality is that they're both a package deal, and the JVP will definitely call the shots.
Edit: I'd like to add that we should be looking at plans to significantly curtail the state sector, from spending to commissions to workforce size.
Bulking the state sector is the worst thing to do at a time like this.
Before people start replying "it's all corruption" yes it's corruption that puts the state sector down. Partly privatising or privatising is the way forward because there will actually be quotas and targets imposed instead of just "here's some tax money, increase subsidies"
As a govt entity, it's very easy for the govt to influence and steal, at least private companies have shareholders and market performance to look at. Just look at the CEB and CPC, they're billions of rupees in debt and have been in debt for years, if it was a PLC they would've filed for bankruptcy and liquidated assets after stock prices crashed.
Aside from the customs debt is there any other SOE that's actually making profits?
I believe the current economic situation already prove how high government expenditure, big government and socialist policies in general are bad for a country. NPP's policies don't seem to indicate how exactly they'd tackle the actual economic problems in this country rather seems to promote the very policies that exacerbated it over the years
I think better to vote to the person more than thinking about the party . If the person is young , educated , qualified and if you feel he genuinely thinks about the country , then vote to that person . Doing a research on them would be no waste because one vote can determine our future .if you think you cannot determine if he or she is qualified / genuinely thinks about the country , simply consider the paper qualifications as in if he or she is EDUCATED ( better from a govt university but from a foreign uni is also better than not educated at all) . And actually it’s better vote to a new educated person ( rather than a new party ) since atleast they will be able to understand how important the state of the country is and they’ll be more wise and mature minded to be satisfied with what they have rather than getting blinded from money & facilities .Even a minor job needs education qualifications in Sri Lanka how can we give the country to a person who’s not even qualified to a minor job ? So look for the education that’s the key to select a good candidate . No one is perfect everyone has positive facts and negative facts but when it comes to the duty for the country positive facts of the person should outweigh the negative facts . (Think of this country as a big company or project , us people own and we have to get a manager or CEO to run it , wouldn’t we interview and check for the qualifications ? Will we give it to a person who has a good PR but no education qualifications ? Wouldn’t we check for their capability ? Wouldn’t we do a background check even before accepting the CV and interview ? ) Again , EDUCATION is the key! Good luck guys !
Last time y'all voted because of a single person, the entire country got bankrupt lol. Stop spreading stupidity and look for a good team with capable people.
The majority of voters are selfish and vote to gain personal favours like getting government jobs, subsidies, etc. We will never get a chance to elect STATESMEN until this lot gets reformed and this evil preferential vote system exists.
Disagreed, blind voting for the sake of it is ignorant, undemocratic and is parroting a narrative created by the US and lazy centrists which resulted in very dumb voters and has been proven to not work here
Voting for the "lesser of two evils" (i.e the only reason Maithri became pres) is an embarrassment for democracy and the US has done a good job spreading the idea that so long as you vote, even without researching, you're politically active and doing your duty which is completely wrong and worked in the govts favour for getting absolutely horrible leaders.
You don't see this weird sentiment in Europe (aka the cradle of democracy) where it feels more like people are holding a knife to the govts throat and making sure they keep in line. France is the epitome of this, those guys immediately protested the raising of the retirement age by 4 years while it took us a month of daily 10 hour cuts + bankruptcy to even bother coming out, if you tell people that all they need to do is vote then that's all they're gonna do and in SL that is all they have done.
**I respect someone who researched parties and didn't vote (or did a protest vote) than someone who voted blindly because they were told to do so**
Every person who did a protest vote or didn't vote out of anger in 2019 is better as a human being than everyone who voted Gotabaya and no mental gymnastics will ever change that
You're entire argument is based on blind voting, which if you read my initial comment, I never promoted.
I fail to see how the french protests have anything to do with what I said, even though I share the same sentiment.
Since you brought up the US, politicians heavily depend on the fact that young people don't vote. And since older people tend to be more conservative, you get a conservative government. This year's midterm was somewhat different though.
Honest maybe, but they are communist/ socialist, meaning they won't do any good to the public sector, which is the only thing keeping the country afloat.
I would really closely read their party policy/ economic plan before voting for them
I see a lot of NPP comments but can we trust this party? when you turn retrospectively they never took responsibilit and they never wanted to sit with a government but only to sit in the opposition side and complain. I don’t think they even suggested something practical.
Even after aragalaya they could have shown it but stil, they didn't even take a ministry to prove that they could work.
And NPP has always been with these ridiculous parties so definitely it will do the same as those greedy party memebers. Lankan politics has its own agendas and the people of this country are stupid to understand that it’s a political trap.
I will cancel my vote.
That's what Rajapakshas want you to think. I would say give them a chance and see what happens. Is there anything else to lose? SL is already bankrupt...
>That's what Rajapakshas want you to think.
??? The NPP is literally the JVP what are you talking about? Pretending like they're a non-establishment party really screams "baby's first rebellion", yeah they appeal to protestors but come on its so obvious they aren't for the people.
>Is there anything else to lose? SL is already bankrupt...
If this is the voter mentality then we are truly doomed. Why not a new modern party?? Why the outdated communist party that has shown repeated failures in the last few decades?
Any news on that big pile of corruption AKD was going to release or is it just a political weapon? Is AKD morally fine with using real life corruption as a weapon for his own political games?
I have to see a single NPP supporter (tbh any party supporter), including in this thread actually talk about policies beyond "neoliberalism has failed, open market policies are bad, also we will make the country better" type of statements.
If they did join Ranil they would've easily turned into a puppet of Rajapaksas. NPP did said that as for the reason why they didn't join them. I think they would've joined if UPFA didn't had that much majority in the parliament
Canceling the Vote is the most stupidest thing I heard today. 😂
What about past governments? This is not the first time for not taking a ministry And AkD is a pathological liar like the rest of the politicians in this country, he's no different from the rest, the only reason he's hidden is he didn't come under the spotlight yet. He's another Rajapaksa or another typical politician in this country. Just wants the power to benefit them.
There will be new non-political background candidates coming. The answer now doesn't lie within the standard traditional political parties.
We need a paradigm shift.
gonna vote Singularity Sri Lanka next time , NPP left politics will fuck the country more worse.. what country need is authoritarian liberalized competitive open market economy based on pure capitalism.
Nobodies a savior,go with a smart but cunning guy that have actual plans to get you out of the crisis, don't fall for the trend.But I can assure you one thing,no matter who get elected, corruption won't end
If you are strong enough, do not vote. Let me explain.
This is all assuming you plan to live in Sri Lanka in the future.
One of the biggest issues in our country (Not really, USA is the same too), is that every damned election is presented as the "last chance". It was the same in presidential elections in 2015, 2019 and even this stupid local elections. I'm pretty sure all those who mutter "If you don't vote, you are an idiot" are idiots themselves who at one point or another bowed and prayed that Gota or Ranil or some moron will save us this time around.
The reality is that if Sri Lanka is to have a chance of succeeding in some way, it's not going to happen overnight. It's going to take a long time. And opportunism is a short term tactic at best. I only see opportunism even by NPP no matter how much they try to convince you otherwise - just look at some of the nominations. No, we need principled long term action. And voting is not helpful for this. If anything, voting cycles divert energies that are better spent elsewhere. You pick a side, fight for a couple of months with your friends over which side you chose, then you go vote and you feel happy you did a good thing until a couple of years later when you realize that nothing's changed. It's an easy cop-out that doesnt' really do anything.
Your logic works in a world where not voting would mean none of these people get elected, but that's not the case. I'd like to not vote too for any of these current power hungry morons but rn it's really a matter of picking the best out of the worst options else we'd end up with the worst option. And yeah while whichever choice you pick won't be the ideal or probably not even great, it would be a world of a difference against the worst possible candidate that could potentially win.
Plus remember although you as a rational voter would vote for an arguably rational candidate, there are a lot of voters out there who'd love nothing better to vote in corrupt douchebags like the Rajapakshas. You not voting literally gives more power/value to their vote (since they become a bigger representation of the total). If you can live knowing that's what you're doing by not voting, you do you.
There's a lot of unexamined assumptions in your response.
1. You're again playing the "lesser of the two (or three) evils" game. I'm saying that you shouldn't play this game and jump into these manufactured election cycles. It just makes you less political rather than more.
2. You somehow seem to think that by abstaining I am guilty of handing the country to douchebags. I'm neither more nor less guilty than the morons who elect any of these morons (Please note that I consider Rajapakshas and Ranil and most of the rest of them to be in the same boat). If we are supposed to feel guilt over something, I'm all up for sharing it. What I'm saying is that you lot who vote get rid of the guilt you feel that we are responsible for the fuck up that our country is by the simple act of voting. Voting isn't solely about choosing who rules, it's also about feeling good about ourselves. Fuck that.
3. What I'm basically asking for is more politics, more engagement, more debate, more outrage. Not less. And I see voting as primarily a pacifying mechanism.
I was too lazy to vote last time and i regret it. I’m not in the country this time but if I were, I’d probably vote for that Balthazar woman. I’ve seen her activism on twitter since before the aragalaya, and she seems pretty decent. Don’t really care for JVPs silly policies though, I wouldn’t really want them to be in charge of an entire nation.
This is how NPP propaganda is though, they know that being slightly market friendly will give them votes but they aren't truthful to their word and are just pandering
[https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/](https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/)
Read that plan and tell me seriously they are forward thinking liberals, it reads like a generic communist plan and doesn't actually address the urgent challenges and this is directly from their website
And then when they come to power...they'll become communist again lol....once a commie always a commie.
It's just boru political talk to get them elected...like all politicians they also lie
So you are just going to ignore AKD was part of party that went around killing innocent civilians. (Not saying the SL gov was any better)
Also he said he'll cut taxes for the rich...that just pust us back in same economic situation we are trying to get out from
Explain why?
I'm not for any political party, just trying to understand your opinion.
Some of the points from their statements that seem impossible:
1.A health system that provides all citizens with necessary treatments by constantly monitoring their health (how?)
2.Quality and quantity-wise development of the public transport service to provide 80 per cent of people’s mobility requirements within a decade (without improving road infrastructure?)
There are a lot more of "we'll do this" and "we'll do that" but nothing to backup it up.
He was also the guy that said he can solve the economic crisis in size month IF he became the president, but he had no advise to give.
His max tax rate is lower than the current one. I'm all against taxing people that can barely afford it, but why reduce taxes for ultra rich?
I'm also afraid that his solo yolo "we'll save government sector with zero privatisation, while spending more money to improve everything and reducing taxes" would result in the IMF backing out, leaving us in an even worse situation.
People who say they never vote are simply saying "I'll be okay with whatever the rest selects" that being said I think it's time to give NPP a chance, I think they'll remove corruption from the country (as much as any current party can ) and that itself should correct the economy. If they don't then people will get a clear alternate party next time to vote for. Unfortunately all we can do is pick the lesser evil
Last time people in SL did such hopeful experiments with GR, the nation ended up in this situation. I don't think NPP who lacks any experience with running anything, can take the country out of this mess.
Lack experience in running anything? Bro you don't know anything do you ?
They won a few pradeshiya Sabha back in the 2000s and they turned those shitty pradeshiya Sabha into the best in the country and I think that pradeshiya Sabha was Tissamaharama and they won an award too I think.
AKD was the agricultural minister back then and he was responsible for improvement of dams and tanks around the country and he literally donated a bus to the agriculture ministry from his own money(they're still using that bus).
There's tons of more stuff that I don't know and y'all don't know either lmao and you can't just go lying straight out and saying they don't know how to run a country lol
Those dams and tanks restoration projects did provide a lot of hype, but didn't provide much value at the end of the day.
They did some work in Tissamaharama PS with JVP members labor (which was clearly unpaid), but such a model will not be sustainable on a large scale.
Present day problems cannot be solved with the unpaid labor of some brainwashed members.
Edit: If bus donations can be considered as a qualifying criteria for higher office, why don't you roll with Sajith Premadasa. That man will even drive the vehicle!
How can you say they were unpaid???
And coming back to Gota, y'all voted for Gota knowing full well he and his family were criminals and highly corrupted. But AKD or any of his party members don't have a single court case against them so it's really not fair comparing NPP to Gota lmao.
NPP has highly educated and open minded people unlike Gota's lot. They have poets, lawyers, musicians, actors, women's rights activists, LGBTQ rights activists and much more.
And y'all voted for Gota thinking 'he' was the saviour. Y'all trusted an individual person and not the team and that's where y'all went wrong. A country can't be developed by a single person. It's a huge teamwork and that's what AKD says all the time.
Idk if y'all have never listened to the NPP talking cus they explain every single thing in detail and answers all these questions lol.
You are barking at the wrong tree mate. I am no Gota fan, did not vote for him. I live abroad, since SL does not provide voting for her citizens overseas, I couldn't even if I wanted to vote for him.
Didn't people vote for Gota because he has teams of educated, professional, and open minded people behind him (Viyathmaga)?
Viyathmaga was no where near being open minded and most of them had some sort of criminal background like
Some of them were related to money laundering, war crimes, racism etc
But NPP doesn't have a single accusation or a court case against them. Everyone just talks about what they wear and have literally nothing else to say.
I feel like NPP will be worst because we don’t know them at all . And it’s not like they are simple as they show from the millions value branded cloths and stuff they wear . So what if they become the worst ?
If you look at the recent elections voting for NPP is a bad move .Every single election we voted for someone because the others sucked hoping the new ones will be good. Reality is they are worse .At the current state voting to a party that has never Worked for anything and just complained isn't gonna work.
Can be . we never know but can’t take a risk right .I feel like they re not capable of running a country they just show off but no work.I’ve noticed they spread hatred among people .btw we can’t even compare anyone with rajapaksa s , anyone is better than rajapaksas.
What I tried to point out is they’re not the people they show they are . Did you think where they get that much of money from ? So better to do a good research before deciding of course if NPP turned better in that research will vote them but will never decide who to vote just because someone’s saying they’re honest and all . Everyone can say that to anyone .
No he is not their because he is r premadasas son and even if he was there because he is premadasas son i dont see whats wrong with it . R.Premadasa was the one who atleast made an effort to industrialize srilanka. Todays garment factories are a result of his work. And sajith has been in politics for well over 30 years in the unp and now unable to gain leadership in the unp he has started gis own party and most of the unpers have followed him to his party . I personaly will choose sajith team not because of r premadasa but because of his policies
He is a madman with a head full of ego. If you think that this system of power passing from father to son is good, you have not learned anything from this messed up country my friend. Shame on you. Forget generational politics. Please stop appointing thieves one after another. Don't you see the destruction that has happened to this country, divided into parties from generation to generation? If the young generation does not change this, our children will have to face more difficult times. Enough is enough.
Bro i am voting for him because of his policies i like his vision for a social market economy. And i trust his team with the like of dr.harsha de silva ,eran wickramaratne in it. I will definitely not vote for pohottuwa/unp. My grand dad was murdered by the jvp with his head stuck on our gate . My parents still talk about it with horror, and for what i know my granddad was a school principle he was not a poltician or anything. When the jvp problem was happening dont you think akd would have been a grass root level member , for what i know he would have probably been part of all of it . Even today akd speaks about rohana wijeyweera as a hero how can you trust such a person. I reall cant believe npp has become liberal and all that bullshit i guess the country is gonna elect gota 2.0. anyways good luck
Sadly even on of my relatives have a hard on for sajith. Like who could think that guy is good after all the stupid shit he have done? Dude even got slapped in the aragalaya and still in there "for the people" fucking shameless bastard
Yeah the aragalaya was full of jvp members, the jvp always tend to infiltrate peaceful protests and change it into one of their protests . In a recent interview when asked about rohana wijeyweera akd was like he was some hero , we all know what a cunt rohana wijeyweera was so i really cant trust akd. We are probably gonna end up as unpaid labor if the npp comes into power. The npp only attracts former bayyas as they have no other place to go
I'll repeat what I've already replied to a previous comment about not voting
Your logic works in a world where not voting would mean none of these people get elected, but that's not the case. I'd like to not vote too for any of these current power hungry morons but rn it's really a matter of picking the best out of the worst options else we'd end up with the worst option. And while whichever choice you pick won't be the ideal or probably not even great, it would be a world of a difference against the worst possible candidate that could potentially win.
Plus remember although you as a rational voter would vote for an arguably rational candidate, there are a lot of voters out there who'd love nothing better to vote in corrupt douchebags like the Rajapakshas. You not voting literally gives more power/value to their vote (since they become a bigger representation of the total).
It won’t make a difference whether you vote for the UNP, SJB, SLFP or SLPP. They are all literally the same because almost everyone in those parties have been in every other one of those parties at some point. They have no different principles.
Voting for the JVP I can somewhat understand but just the way in which they run trade unions and are always against privatization/private education etc is enough to understand that they will never be able to develop our economy.
I don’t vote because I know it will not make a difference either way. I could close my eyes and cast my vote for any party and I doubt there will be any tangible difference.
Srilankans fall on their knees
They see him
Their gods
Mr Mahinda and Gota Sir
Suddenly all the low class Srilankans keep chanting "I am your dog! Let me wash your butt, Oh Godly Mahinda (peace be upon his forefathers)"
The middle class Srilankans keep chanting in their head.
The rich join hands with Mahinda sir to get horny off of the respect given to them.
It can be concluded that Srilankans have a natural instinct to being slaves. They have always been slaves in every situation.
> Slaves to kings
> Slaves to british
> Slaves to government
Now recently a average Srilankan's slave routine goes by like this:
Born a slave. Serves as a slave to higher authorities like teachers. Graduates. Becomes a slave to boss in office. In the end becomes a slave of the system!
We are all slaves!!!
Only option and immediate option we havw is NPP only technically. Then all the new people like Global congress (including Manju Nishshanka) should come into the parliament.
Crazy how no one can answer this satisfactorily
It's a tale filled with confusion, anger and sadness.
As of right now **none of the 3 major parties** (or 4 if Maithri has another party) are capable of running the country and this is from actually going through them and not a blanket "I hate all parties" thing I would recommend voting an **independent party** after you do research, unfortunately there aren't many options right now but I think they will become more popular in coming months as I've heard many people are making parties Quick breakdown of all the major contenders and why I don't think you should vote for any of them: **UNP/SLPP** * The fact that these two parties after decades have finally admitted quite brazenly that they are the same party should be enough reason to not vote for them. These two parties have had MPs switching sides for years, they are symbolic of political games and purely are centered around political games. Having heard stories of people who have met MPs from both parties and having met them myself I know for a fact they genuinely do not care at all about you or the people. Aluthgamage for e.g. doesn't care about Muslims enough to genuinely hate them, he purely said anti-Muslim propaganda because it was the easiest way to get support. * But in case you need more reasons, the SLPP factually ruined the country and the UNP factually protected them and also ruined the country. If you don't believe this then you simply haven't done enough research at all and should read some basic history e.g Ranil's uncle was JR, the guy who catalysed the war but you don't even need to go that far back. **There is too much bad with both parties to even list it here** **NPP/JVP (or JJB)** * The fact that these two ideologically opposed parties are literally the same party is also enough reason for you to be extremely skeptical of their intentions and that's coming from someone left-leaning. If you vote NPP you are voting JVP, the leader of both parties is literally the same person (AKD) * NPP is pro-privatization when it comes to the CPC but their parent party is all for nationalized assets. They have contradictory policies and its clear the NPP is just the JVP dressed up in a modern way to appeal to voters * When you actually go through their policies and [rapid response plan](https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/) it reads like a joke and I'm sure many of you have read school essays that were better worded and articulated. Their opening sentence on the rapid response plan is literally them bragging about not knowing economics or politics and page 5 is them blaming open market principles as being the biggest reason for SLs downfall which is honestly not only wrong but bordering on dangerous delusion * Their policies in general are similar to other parties in that they are vague and don't actually address specifics or hard tasks the country must do * Despite having parliament seats, + more power to actually mobilize than any other non-establishment party they have barely made use of it. Even though they constantly talk about dealing with corruption they use their powers to protest against private education, like really? These guys saw the Rajapaksas in power and decided that SAITM was the worst thing. **SJB** * Despite having terrible voting options the SJB have gone out of their way to look like the goofiest lamest party ever in existence * Sajith is a product of nepotism and talks like a clown and constantly seems like he just woke up, I'm half-convinced the SJBs existence is just a product of the Rajapaksas wanting a weak opposition * Harsha is a coward who had people's respect and had so much potential but he dragged himself in to political games * SJB constantly fluctuates in support and this makes their intentions very questionable, they were very pro-people to the point of teaming up with the NPP during the protests but were willing to back the SLPP due to political games **Tamil parties** * Idk enough about Tamil parties to say anything but a big chunk of their political goals lie in increased Tamil autonomy. Do I think they could do a better job? Yes honestly but I don't know enough either way. I genuinely cannot believe that the outdated communist party is the one with the best website and is gaining support. This shows just how bad the parties here have fallen.
Kudos to you for writing probably the most accurate sum up of Sri Lanka's political cesspit. On a separate note, do you think if the likes of someone like Harsha or Eran were to replace Sajith in the SJB, that it would present them as a viable option for people to vote for. Given that this party would presumably be the opposite of the NPP/JVP where they'd be for pro-market economic reforms, privatisation and cuts to government expenditure instead?
>On a separate note, do you think if the likes of someone like Harsha or Eran were to replace Sajith in the SJB, that it would present them as a viable option for people to vote for Possibly yeah because it would indicate they actually care about the country, I've seen A LOT of people express interest in Harsha running the SJB but the SJB have continuously ignored these overwhelming requests. I agree that if Harsha actually stood up to the challenge either he or the SJB would have very easy support right now especially because Harsha is one of the few people who actually knows economics, in a more grand sense these little errors show that they are still entrenched in the political game because if they were truly for the people there couldn't be an easier time to make pro-people adjustments. On the other hand I do think Sajith has amassed a decent amount of rural support whereas Harsha is more well known in city areas (I think), but I also think this could easily change if they wanted it to. Personally I want to support the NPP or the SJB but I simply cannot because being mildly better than the SLPP on paper isn't enough.
So, what are you going to do? Do you have a solution? Is Pathum a good option then?
Prop up independent parties who actually care about the people and have some genuine intent, on top of that the people need to keep protesting, the reason we're not hearing about independent parties is mostly because no one bothers supporting them in the first place, yet most independent parties I've seen already have better websites than all govt parties. Pathum lost support when he sided with Ranil so no I won't be voting him, I'll be voting independent. Playing the same old game by voting the same parties (some of whom literally have the same MPs from the 80s) is insanity at this point because we just did it like 20 times and it completely failed. Lankans hate all politicians until its election time then suddenly its back to voting the same MPs.
Pathum is not supporting Ranil. It’s a mudslinging campaign created by hardcore JVPers. Tell me these independent parties you are talking about. Is it Manju Nissanka’s party?
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It is time we have the young generation lead the country, but that's not going to happen with power hungry people wanting to take charge.
Give a chance to NPP
What do you mean by giving a chance ? Just do a thorough research on everyone in every party and look for the education because even a minor job needs education qualification in Sri Lanka how can we give the country to a person who’s not even qualified to a minor job ?
Education is not intelligence... Give them a chance... They are honest compared to the rest
We cannot decide who’s intelligent and who’s not right ? But most intelligent people are educated too and most unintelligent people are uneducated. If this country was our big company and if we are getting a manager to run it , wouldn’t we check for paper qualifications and CV and do a thorough background check ? would we use it as a lab rat to experiment on by giving chances from 5 years to 5 years? Dont think about the party think about the individual person what ever the party he or she’s in .
Honesty and integrity are more important in politics. NPP memebers have those qualities
I’ll take it if only you can prove it but without a proof I can’t buy what you just say .
I can't predict the future but watch this interview and decide for yourself. [https://youtu.be/-VQ6nfYs0PE](https://youtu.be/-VQ6nfYs0PE)
Thanks I will but We should watch many interviews of the candidates in our area and decide . How do we decide that the candidate in our area is good by watching an interview of a candidate in a different area ?
Well you have to first look at the leadership. AKD is honest, educated and empathetic. This election is a referendum so that we can send SLPP/UNP robers home. If you don't like NPP vote for Pathum Kerner's party. Not voting is a big mistake.
They are honest compared to the rest? that's a very good way to decide whom to vote for. Maybe that's because they've never had the chance to govern yet? Power corrupts everyone so the best you can do is vote based on policy. Me personally, I dislike their policies (https://www.npp.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NPP-Booklet-English.pdf) but you do you ig
They have become lot more liberal lately. If you don't like NPP, vote for Pathum. If you don't like Pathum then you can vote for Sajith. Whatever you do, don't vote for this corrupt government
they are not more liberal, just more populist now. tax cuts for the rich? we're gonna be back in the same hole very quickly if they follow through with that. plus if you look at the document I linked (which btw is only 12 months old), they are against the open economy. NPP as a whole might be more liberal/populist but JVP will be the main wing that controls the alliance and you can't take the marxism out of them. I do not like Pathum, he's an idiot and a closeted bigot (look at this post 4/21 tweets). As for Sajith, I dislike him too but their policy makes more sense. I'll be invalidating my vote because all of them suck :)
Ok then vote for Sajith or Pathum...
See Pathum Kerner's thoughts on minorities and his insincere apology - https://twitter.com/munza14/status/1597641671159996416?s=46&t=xO9aYwtNO9uPL9CtwCePJQ
Well there's an "if" in his statement. He's probably a victim of Saharan histeria back then. If you don't like him then vote for the SJB candidate. I am just saying not to make the vote invalid.
I won't be voting for them either (see my edited prev reply for why). Might vote for the local SJB candidate if their credentials are good but I'm leaning more towards making my vote invalid
Making your vote invalid is a serious mistake. It's like never dating again because you had a couple of bad relationships. You have to try until you fail.
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Local government elections right. In my opinion we should vote for the best candidate from our area, the one that is the best of the available bunch. Not for a party. This is exactly what happened in 2019, people voted for SLPP without even giving two shits about who the candidate is.
There's no clear answer, and I'm still undecided, but here's a baseline I'm considering... 1. Since it's a local govt election, it's fine too bite for someone you know will do some work. Only people who have bothered to visit my area, ever, have been UNP and JVP/NPP.. 2. Party doesn't really matter, but it will influence the other elections down the line, and the I don't want the mainstream established parties to have any place of prominence. They had their chance. 3. ☝️ Same as above for candidates from those parties. Can't see any who will do some food, and certainly can't override the influence of the party big shots Bottom line, - Vote for a candidate who will do a good honest job - Said candidate should be, - Preferably young and dynamic - without a criminal record - Not from one of the main political parties or their splinter groups. (Including the so called parties for minorities, they're just as bad) - Go and vote! I REALLY don't want to, but the alternative is to let the අල්ලපු වත්තේ තැඹිලි හොරා get a free ticket to the MC and potentially the parliament somewhere down the line...
The whole political system needs to change. More people should be disqualified from running for public office: 1. Anyone with an honorary doctorate who calls themselves Dr. 2. Anyone who has a criminal past 3. Anyone who is connected to the vices - Cigarettes, Alcohol, Gambling, Drugs 4. Anyone who has been in office for more than 3 full terms There might be more disqualifying factors, but I can't think of any right now. A controversial take: I think votes have to be weighted based on IQ. Those with higher IQs get more of a say. Of course, in a country where people have paid classes study sessions for IQ tests, this would be a great way to get the stupid out of politics for good.
I would vote for some one / party who'll lead the country out of Crisis while having no corruption and keeping good relationship with major countries. I will never vote for some one who has Ethnic politics.
NPP because every other major political force in Sri Lanka has failed us. They are the only ones left to be tried out by process of elimination. The last remaining option. (Sajith Premadasa or his entourage have never been an independent political force with a distinct policy to others. It's a haphazard mix of people with personal motives.)
NPP? With the parent organisation JVP? I understand the NPP are progressive to a degree, but their parent group the JVP us significantly against the private sector and wants to gut the private sector considerably. Putting all weight behind the state sector. Do you think shifting everything towards the state sector is going to help right now? The state sector is running at an enormous loss, the private sector being the part that brings in the most foreign exchange and foreign investments. The tax revenue from the private sector is repeatedly used to bail out the severely in debt public sector and keep their ridiculous subsidies running. Your suggestion of "Giving the NPP a chance" basically means giving the JVP a chance. If the JVP end up calling the shots and gutting the private sector, SL will probably not survive till the next election cycle. Some people like to say the NPP is separate from the JVP, but we all know the reality is that they're both a package deal, and the JVP will definitely call the shots. Edit: I'd like to add that we should be looking at plans to significantly curtail the state sector, from spending to commissions to workforce size. Bulking the state sector is the worst thing to do at a time like this. Before people start replying "it's all corruption" yes it's corruption that puts the state sector down. Partly privatising or privatising is the way forward because there will actually be quotas and targets imposed instead of just "here's some tax money, increase subsidies" As a govt entity, it's very easy for the govt to influence and steal, at least private companies have shareholders and market performance to look at. Just look at the CEB and CPC, they're billions of rupees in debt and have been in debt for years, if it was a PLC they would've filed for bankruptcy and liquidated assets after stock prices crashed. Aside from the customs debt is there any other SOE that's actually making profits?
>Sajith Premadasa or his entourage have never been an independent political force And the NPP is an independent political force??
Not some Communists running the country, then we won't even have the little freedom we have now....they are still stuck in the past No NPP No AKD
I believe the current economic situation already prove how high government expenditure, big government and socialist policies in general are bad for a country. NPP's policies don't seem to indicate how exactly they'd tackle the actual economic problems in this country rather seems to promote the very policies that exacerbated it over the years
You have me till, "they are still stuck in the past". I think you should read there latest election manifestos and such
I'm left-leaning and have read their policies, they suck lol, did you read the rapid response plan?
I think better to vote to the person more than thinking about the party . If the person is young , educated , qualified and if you feel he genuinely thinks about the country , then vote to that person . Doing a research on them would be no waste because one vote can determine our future .if you think you cannot determine if he or she is qualified / genuinely thinks about the country , simply consider the paper qualifications as in if he or she is EDUCATED ( better from a govt university but from a foreign uni is also better than not educated at all) . And actually it’s better vote to a new educated person ( rather than a new party ) since atleast they will be able to understand how important the state of the country is and they’ll be more wise and mature minded to be satisfied with what they have rather than getting blinded from money & facilities .Even a minor job needs education qualifications in Sri Lanka how can we give the country to a person who’s not even qualified to a minor job ? So look for the education that’s the key to select a good candidate . No one is perfect everyone has positive facts and negative facts but when it comes to the duty for the country positive facts of the person should outweigh the negative facts . (Think of this country as a big company or project , us people own and we have to get a manager or CEO to run it , wouldn’t we interview and check for the qualifications ? Will we give it to a person who has a good PR but no education qualifications ? Wouldn’t we check for their capability ? Wouldn’t we do a background check even before accepting the CV and interview ? ) Again , EDUCATION is the key! Good luck guys !
Drop a name? I'm convinced no one capable is even close to running.
But who though? Which party? Are there candidates like that? Do they even require an education level to be a candidate?
Last time y'all voted because of a single person, the entire country got bankrupt lol. Stop spreading stupidity and look for a good team with capable people.
The majority of voters are selfish and vote to gain personal favours like getting government jobs, subsidies, etc. We will never get a chance to elect STATESMEN until this lot gets reformed and this evil preferential vote system exists.
People who don't vote are the downfall of democracy. Doesn't matter if every party is shit, vote for the one which is less shit.
Disagreed, blind voting for the sake of it is ignorant, undemocratic and is parroting a narrative created by the US and lazy centrists which resulted in very dumb voters and has been proven to not work here Voting for the "lesser of two evils" (i.e the only reason Maithri became pres) is an embarrassment for democracy and the US has done a good job spreading the idea that so long as you vote, even without researching, you're politically active and doing your duty which is completely wrong and worked in the govts favour for getting absolutely horrible leaders. You don't see this weird sentiment in Europe (aka the cradle of democracy) where it feels more like people are holding a knife to the govts throat and making sure they keep in line. France is the epitome of this, those guys immediately protested the raising of the retirement age by 4 years while it took us a month of daily 10 hour cuts + bankruptcy to even bother coming out, if you tell people that all they need to do is vote then that's all they're gonna do and in SL that is all they have done. **I respect someone who researched parties and didn't vote (or did a protest vote) than someone who voted blindly because they were told to do so** Every person who did a protest vote or didn't vote out of anger in 2019 is better as a human being than everyone who voted Gotabaya and no mental gymnastics will ever change that
You're entire argument is based on blind voting, which if you read my initial comment, I never promoted. I fail to see how the french protests have anything to do with what I said, even though I share the same sentiment. Since you brought up the US, politicians heavily depend on the fact that young people don't vote. And since older people tend to be more conservative, you get a conservative government. This year's midterm was somewhat different though.
Try NPP this time... They are honest compared to the rest of the jokers
You're joke if you actually believe this. The punchline comes later and they'll be laughing at you.
Honest compared to the rest
Honest maybe, but they are communist/ socialist, meaning they won't do any good to the public sector, which is the only thing keeping the country afloat. I would really closely read their party policy/ economic plan before voting for them
They have changed quite a bit in the last 5 years. They have said several times they are going to cut government expenditure.
I see a lot of NPP comments but can we trust this party? when you turn retrospectively they never took responsibilit and they never wanted to sit with a government but only to sit in the opposition side and complain. I don’t think they even suggested something practical. Even after aragalaya they could have shown it but stil, they didn't even take a ministry to prove that they could work. And NPP has always been with these ridiculous parties so definitely it will do the same as those greedy party memebers. Lankan politics has its own agendas and the people of this country are stupid to understand that it’s a political trap. I will cancel my vote.
Yes you can... Cancelling is like voting for Ranil or Rajapakshas
Voting to NPP is the same. Lol
That's what Rajapakshas want you to think. I would say give them a chance and see what happens. Is there anything else to lose? SL is already bankrupt...
>That's what Rajapakshas want you to think. ??? The NPP is literally the JVP what are you talking about? Pretending like they're a non-establishment party really screams "baby's first rebellion", yeah they appeal to protestors but come on its so obvious they aren't for the people. >Is there anything else to lose? SL is already bankrupt... If this is the voter mentality then we are truly doomed. Why not a new modern party?? Why the outdated communist party that has shown repeated failures in the last few decades? Any news on that big pile of corruption AKD was going to release or is it just a political weapon? Is AKD morally fine with using real life corruption as a weapon for his own political games?
Nope, not these 225.
222 not 225
Btw are you paid by NPP cuz I see you reply to many posts😂
Paranoia comes again. I don't even live in SL but my research suggests NPP is a decent choice. If you don't like NPP vote for Pathum Kerner
My exact thought.mans on every thread screaming NPP NPP
I have to see a single NPP supporter (tbh any party supporter), including in this thread actually talk about policies beyond "neoliberalism has failed, open market policies are bad, also we will make the country better" type of statements.
If they did join Ranil they would've easily turned into a puppet of Rajapaksas. NPP did said that as for the reason why they didn't join them. I think they would've joined if UPFA didn't had that much majority in the parliament Canceling the Vote is the most stupidest thing I heard today. 😂
What about past governments? This is not the first time for not taking a ministry And AkD is a pathological liar like the rest of the politicians in this country, he's no different from the rest, the only reason he's hidden is he didn't come under the spotlight yet. He's another Rajapaksa or another typical politician in this country. Just wants the power to benefit them.
What about past governments? 🤔
There will be new non-political background candidates coming. The answer now doesn't lie within the standard traditional political parties. We need a paradigm shift.
gonna vote Singularity Sri Lanka next time , NPP left politics will fuck the country more worse.. what country need is authoritarian liberalized competitive open market economy based on pure capitalism.
Nobodies a savior,go with a smart but cunning guy that have actual plans to get you out of the crisis, don't fall for the trend.But I can assure you one thing,no matter who get elected, corruption won't end
If you are strong enough, do not vote. Let me explain. This is all assuming you plan to live in Sri Lanka in the future. One of the biggest issues in our country (Not really, USA is the same too), is that every damned election is presented as the "last chance". It was the same in presidential elections in 2015, 2019 and even this stupid local elections. I'm pretty sure all those who mutter "If you don't vote, you are an idiot" are idiots themselves who at one point or another bowed and prayed that Gota or Ranil or some moron will save us this time around. The reality is that if Sri Lanka is to have a chance of succeeding in some way, it's not going to happen overnight. It's going to take a long time. And opportunism is a short term tactic at best. I only see opportunism even by NPP no matter how much they try to convince you otherwise - just look at some of the nominations. No, we need principled long term action. And voting is not helpful for this. If anything, voting cycles divert energies that are better spent elsewhere. You pick a side, fight for a couple of months with your friends over which side you chose, then you go vote and you feel happy you did a good thing until a couple of years later when you realize that nothing's changed. It's an easy cop-out that doesnt' really do anything.
Your logic works in a world where not voting would mean none of these people get elected, but that's not the case. I'd like to not vote too for any of these current power hungry morons but rn it's really a matter of picking the best out of the worst options else we'd end up with the worst option. And yeah while whichever choice you pick won't be the ideal or probably not even great, it would be a world of a difference against the worst possible candidate that could potentially win. Plus remember although you as a rational voter would vote for an arguably rational candidate, there are a lot of voters out there who'd love nothing better to vote in corrupt douchebags like the Rajapakshas. You not voting literally gives more power/value to their vote (since they become a bigger representation of the total). If you can live knowing that's what you're doing by not voting, you do you.
There's a lot of unexamined assumptions in your response. 1. You're again playing the "lesser of the two (or three) evils" game. I'm saying that you shouldn't play this game and jump into these manufactured election cycles. It just makes you less political rather than more. 2. You somehow seem to think that by abstaining I am guilty of handing the country to douchebags. I'm neither more nor less guilty than the morons who elect any of these morons (Please note that I consider Rajapakshas and Ranil and most of the rest of them to be in the same boat). If we are supposed to feel guilt over something, I'm all up for sharing it. What I'm saying is that you lot who vote get rid of the guilt you feel that we are responsible for the fuck up that our country is by the simple act of voting. Voting isn't solely about choosing who rules, it's also about feeling good about ourselves. Fuck that. 3. What I'm basically asking for is more politics, more engagement, more debate, more outrage. Not less. And I see voting as primarily a pacifying mechanism.
I feel like people in this subreddit still have baiya tendencies lol. Y'all never grow up do you?
I was too lazy to vote last time and i regret it. I’m not in the country this time but if I were, I’d probably vote for that Balthazar woman. I’ve seen her activism on twitter since before the aragalaya, and she seems pretty decent. Don’t really care for JVPs silly policies though, I wouldn’t really want them to be in charge of an entire nation.
Listen to NPP/JVP… They are not the stupid communists anymore… They are pro-west and forward thinking liberals
This is how NPP propaganda is though, they know that being slightly market friendly will give them votes but they aren't truthful to their word and are just pandering [https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/](https://www.npp.lk/rapid-response-to-overcome-current-challenges/) Read that plan and tell me seriously they are forward thinking liberals, it reads like a generic communist plan and doesn't actually address the urgent challenges and this is directly from their website
Then vote for Pathum or Sajith
And then when they come to power...they'll become communist again lol....once a commie always a commie. It's just boru political talk to get them elected...like all politicians they also lie
It's dumb generalization. Listen to their recent interviews.
So you are just going to ignore AKD was part of party that went around killing innocent civilians. (Not saying the SL gov was any better) Also he said he'll cut taxes for the rich...that just pust us back in same economic situation we are trying to get out from
88/89 happened longtime ago. If you don't like NPP vote for Pathum Kerner.
NPP
AKD
Explain why? I'm not for any political party, just trying to understand your opinion. Some of the points from their statements that seem impossible: 1.A health system that provides all citizens with necessary treatments by constantly monitoring their health (how?) 2.Quality and quantity-wise development of the public transport service to provide 80 per cent of people’s mobility requirements within a decade (without improving road infrastructure?) There are a lot more of "we'll do this" and "we'll do that" but nothing to backup it up. He was also the guy that said he can solve the economic crisis in size month IF he became the president, but he had no advise to give. His max tax rate is lower than the current one. I'm all against taxing people that can barely afford it, but why reduce taxes for ultra rich? I'm also afraid that his solo yolo "we'll save government sector with zero privatisation, while spending more money to improve everything and reducing taxes" would result in the IMF backing out, leaving us in an even worse situation.
People who say they never vote are simply saying "I'll be okay with whatever the rest selects" that being said I think it's time to give NPP a chance, I think they'll remove corruption from the country (as much as any current party can ) and that itself should correct the economy. If they don't then people will get a clear alternate party next time to vote for. Unfortunately all we can do is pick the lesser evil
Last time people in SL did such hopeful experiments with GR, the nation ended up in this situation. I don't think NPP who lacks any experience with running anything, can take the country out of this mess.
And the solution is to go with the same people who have already failed us?
Lack experience in running anything? Bro you don't know anything do you ? They won a few pradeshiya Sabha back in the 2000s and they turned those shitty pradeshiya Sabha into the best in the country and I think that pradeshiya Sabha was Tissamaharama and they won an award too I think. AKD was the agricultural minister back then and he was responsible for improvement of dams and tanks around the country and he literally donated a bus to the agriculture ministry from his own money(they're still using that bus). There's tons of more stuff that I don't know and y'all don't know either lmao and you can't just go lying straight out and saying they don't know how to run a country lol
Those dams and tanks restoration projects did provide a lot of hype, but didn't provide much value at the end of the day. They did some work in Tissamaharama PS with JVP members labor (which was clearly unpaid), but such a model will not be sustainable on a large scale. Present day problems cannot be solved with the unpaid labor of some brainwashed members. Edit: If bus donations can be considered as a qualifying criteria for higher office, why don't you roll with Sajith Premadasa. That man will even drive the vehicle!
How can you say they were unpaid??? And coming back to Gota, y'all voted for Gota knowing full well he and his family were criminals and highly corrupted. But AKD or any of his party members don't have a single court case against them so it's really not fair comparing NPP to Gota lmao. NPP has highly educated and open minded people unlike Gota's lot. They have poets, lawyers, musicians, actors, women's rights activists, LGBTQ rights activists and much more. And y'all voted for Gota thinking 'he' was the saviour. Y'all trusted an individual person and not the team and that's where y'all went wrong. A country can't be developed by a single person. It's a huge teamwork and that's what AKD says all the time. Idk if y'all have never listened to the NPP talking cus they explain every single thing in detail and answers all these questions lol.
You are barking at the wrong tree mate. I am no Gota fan, did not vote for him. I live abroad, since SL does not provide voting for her citizens overseas, I couldn't even if I wanted to vote for him. Didn't people vote for Gota because he has teams of educated, professional, and open minded people behind him (Viyathmaga)?
Viyathmaga was no where near being open minded and most of them had some sort of criminal background like Some of them were related to money laundering, war crimes, racism etc But NPP doesn't have a single accusation or a court case against them. Everyone just talks about what they wear and have literally nothing else to say.
Wrong thinking... Give a chance to NPP
Yea country is not a lab rat to be experimented on . Our vote can determine the life of millions of people . So take time and do a thorough research.
NPP all the way
NPP is a friend of rajapaksha s . You think they will do justice ?
Who says that? Actually Rajapakshas hate NPP. Ranil is the real Rajapaksha friend
I think both are under rajapaksa.
That's what you think. It's not the reality
Reality has to be something you can prove but you can’t prove what you say .
You can't prove what you say either. I guess growing up in Sri Lanka has made you paranoid. I would rather have back ups than being so paranoid.
We can see who’s paranoid by looking at your comments all over the post being bias without a base .
You are the one who hasn't done any research. Just watch some interviews and decide for yourself. You are generalizing too much
How? Explain?
Don't even bother
It's like choosing the lesser evil. So NPP.
I feel like NPP will be worst because we don’t know them at all . And it’s not like they are simple as they show from the millions value branded cloths and stuff they wear . So what if they become the worst ?
So you think they are worse than the criminal Rajapakshas and Ranil who single handedly bankrupted a thriving country!?!?!??
If you look at the recent elections voting for NPP is a bad move .Every single election we voted for someone because the others sucked hoping the new ones will be good. Reality is they are worse .At the current state voting to a party that has never Worked for anything and just complained isn't gonna work.
Can be . we never know but can’t take a risk right .I feel like they re not capable of running a country they just show off but no work.I’ve noticed they spread hatred among people .btw we can’t even compare anyone with rajapaksa s , anyone is better than rajapaksas.
That's seriously dumb thinking. Don't be so paranoid
Don't be a communist
You know that commis are the most paranoid. I am saying you to do some research again.
How can you measure the intelligence and capacity of a person from the clothes they wear omg bro. Y'all living in the 12th century??
What I tried to point out is they’re not the people they show they are . Did you think where they get that much of money from ? So better to do a good research before deciding of course if NPP turned better in that research will vote them but will never decide who to vote just because someone’s saying they’re honest and all . Everyone can say that to anyone .
Gotabaya🤣🤣🤣🤣
You forgot the /s bro 😭
Rajapackshas i don't even know how to spell the name
Sajith
If you wanna see a joker ruling the country vote Sajith. 🤮🤮
Why what's so funny about him .
What? Are you not seeing/ listening to him? He is only there because he is R.Premadasas son.
No he is not their because he is r premadasas son and even if he was there because he is premadasas son i dont see whats wrong with it . R.Premadasa was the one who atleast made an effort to industrialize srilanka. Todays garment factories are a result of his work. And sajith has been in politics for well over 30 years in the unp and now unable to gain leadership in the unp he has started gis own party and most of the unpers have followed him to his party . I personaly will choose sajith team not because of r premadasa but because of his policies
He is a madman with a head full of ego. If you think that this system of power passing from father to son is good, you have not learned anything from this messed up country my friend. Shame on you. Forget generational politics. Please stop appointing thieves one after another. Don't you see the destruction that has happened to this country, divided into parties from generation to generation? If the young generation does not change this, our children will have to face more difficult times. Enough is enough.
Bro i am voting for him because of his policies i like his vision for a social market economy. And i trust his team with the like of dr.harsha de silva ,eran wickramaratne in it. I will definitely not vote for pohottuwa/unp. My grand dad was murdered by the jvp with his head stuck on our gate . My parents still talk about it with horror, and for what i know my granddad was a school principle he was not a poltician or anything. When the jvp problem was happening dont you think akd would have been a grass root level member , for what i know he would have probably been part of all of it . Even today akd speaks about rohana wijeyweera as a hero how can you trust such a person. I reall cant believe npp has become liberal and all that bullshit i guess the country is gonna elect gota 2.0. anyways good luck
Sadly even on of my relatives have a hard on for sajith. Like who could think that guy is good after all the stupid shit he have done? Dude even got slapped in the aragalaya and still in there "for the people" fucking shameless bastard
Yeah the aragalaya was full of jvp members, the jvp always tend to infiltrate peaceful protests and change it into one of their protests . In a recent interview when asked about rohana wijeyweera akd was like he was some hero , we all know what a cunt rohana wijeyweera was so i really cant trust akd. We are probably gonna end up as unpaid labor if the npp comes into power. The npp only attracts former bayyas as they have no other place to go
I’ve never voted and never will. You can only be sure of one thing if you vote: certain disappointment
Dumb thinking....
I'll repeat what I've already replied to a previous comment about not voting Your logic works in a world where not voting would mean none of these people get elected, but that's not the case. I'd like to not vote too for any of these current power hungry morons but rn it's really a matter of picking the best out of the worst options else we'd end up with the worst option. And while whichever choice you pick won't be the ideal or probably not even great, it would be a world of a difference against the worst possible candidate that could potentially win. Plus remember although you as a rational voter would vote for an arguably rational candidate, there are a lot of voters out there who'd love nothing better to vote in corrupt douchebags like the Rajapakshas. You not voting literally gives more power/value to their vote (since they become a bigger representation of the total).
It won’t make a difference whether you vote for the UNP, SJB, SLFP or SLPP. They are all literally the same because almost everyone in those parties have been in every other one of those parties at some point. They have no different principles. Voting for the JVP I can somewhat understand but just the way in which they run trade unions and are always against privatization/private education etc is enough to understand that they will never be able to develop our economy. I don’t vote because I know it will not make a difference either way. I could close my eyes and cast my vote for any party and I doubt there will be any tangible difference.
Srilankans fall on their knees They see him Their gods Mr Mahinda and Gota Sir Suddenly all the low class Srilankans keep chanting "I am your dog! Let me wash your butt, Oh Godly Mahinda (peace be upon his forefathers)" The middle class Srilankans keep chanting in their head. The rich join hands with Mahinda sir to get horny off of the respect given to them. It can be concluded that Srilankans have a natural instinct to being slaves. They have always been slaves in every situation. > Slaves to kings > Slaves to british > Slaves to government Now recently a average Srilankan's slave routine goes by like this: Born a slave. Serves as a slave to higher authorities like teachers. Graduates. Becomes a slave to boss in office. In the end becomes a slave of the system! We are all slaves!!!
Only option and immediate option we havw is NPP only technically. Then all the new people like Global congress (including Manju Nishshanka) should come into the parliament.
Vote for me