UNP M P Mangala Samaweera said , he wishes to question the Govt . which alleges that Julampitiya Amare �malli� (younger brother ) is made a child rapist and criminal by the internet, whether this Julampitiya Amare who the President addresses fondly as 'malli' has even an iota of knowledge of information technology? Is n't Dallas Alahaperuma who made most outrageous allegations earlier on that Vimukthi Kumaratunge was not the child of Viyaya, who is now accusing the electronic media of maligning and slinging mud ? he asked .

Mangala made these comments when he addressed a media briefing yesterday (8) in Colombo to roundly condemn the venom and vengeances directed by the Govt. 'coolies', lackeys and cronies against the news websites that expose Govt. sins and evils which are plunging the people into eternal despair while criminals and rapists are allowed to have a whale of a time in league with unconscionable hard hearted political sharks of the Govt.

Mangala who justifiably took up cudgels on behalf of fearless websites that are expressing the facts and exposing the Govt. malpractices, misdeeds and corruption went on to speak thus :

The police spokesman , SP Ajith Rohana had disclosed that during the past six months , there had been 700 teenage rapes. That is, SL is now in the first place in the world on rape crimes .

Is this a sign that it is fast becoming a miracle on the lines promised by the President ?

Countless child rapes and sexual crimes are being reported not only from Hambantota and Matara but even across the entire country. Mangala explained how a mother expressed her grave fears common to all mothers in this country in this present climate of raging crime and rapes under this regime. She had said , until her young daughter returns home after school , she is in great anxiety and apprehension in regard to her safety. She had added that they did not harbor this amount of fear even during the period of the war. This Govt. has created such an environment where a teenage girl cannot now safely travel on the road , Samaraweera regretted .

It can be said without any trace of doubt that the Mahinda Rajapakse Govt. is responsible for all these rapes committed on children and women for , in every such crime a Govt. heavyweight , politician, drug peddler or at least a pro Rajapakse heroin addict is involved , he noted .This is because these criminals know ahead how safe they are on account of the absolute impunity they enjoy under the Rajapakse reign.

Heroin business is thriving in Colombo, Galle , Matara and other areas. In these businesses , it is the Ministers and MPs of the Govt. who are directly or indirectly involved . Either these criminals are close cronies and associates of this Govt. or are enjoying political patronage. These evil businesses have a strong link with child molestations and rapes, Samaraweera pointed out.

These crimes of rapes , heroin peddling , heroin addiction etc. are raging in SL because all these criminals are fully aware of the absolute lawlessness in the country , and that if they are friends , stooges or associates of the Govt. MPs or Ministers they have the license to commit them openly and escape punishment.

The best illustration of this close association between criminals and politicians is the fond 'machan' relationship prevailing between the highest in the hierarchy of this Country , President Mahinda Rajapakse and the worst among criminals and rapists, Julampitiya Amare . The President addresses Amare as 'malli' (younger brother) , while criminal and underworld leader Amare addresses President as 'aiyya' (elder brother) , Samaraweera observed.

Another case in point was the propulsion of a notorious teenage rapist and an alleged drug peddler to the position of a Govt. M .P. , and then promoting him as defense Ministry advisor . By this the Govt. has made it abundantly clear that as long as, even the worst criminal and rapist is with the Govt. ,he will be pampered and mollycoddled regardless of laws and national interests. It is therefore no wonder rapes and crimes have spiraled out of control , as every rapist and criminal finds the Rajapakse reign as a haven that safeguards rather than punish after the most heinous crimes are committed by them. All that is necessary for them is to ingratiate themselves into the favor of the Rajapkses even by foul means.

This Rajapakse reign which has no sense of shame because rapes and crimes have become a way of life for the govt. stooges and its politicos, says brazenly the parents must be responsible for these crimes . On the contrary, it is the Govt. that is absolutely and directly responsible particularly because, by allowing the culprits to go unpunished it is creating an environment of ruthless elimination of the law abiding citizens to make room for survival of criminals , Samaraweera lamented.

>No matter what , the Govt. governed by a 'thailaya' (charmed oil) and superstition based agenda is trying to conceal all its , corruption , crimes, callousness , profligacy and egregious blunders by vainly blaming on the electronic media and , stifling and strangling them because they are exposing all the Govt.'s monumental evils and sins.

We ask whether these underworld 'aiyyas' and 'mallis' of the President have even an e mail address . Has President�s Julampitiya Amare 'malli' any knowledge of computer use or its technology

By the moronic Govt.'s stupid claim that rapes are on the increase because of the use of these international websites which are giving out uncensored news on the corruption in the Govt. , it is only unwittingly insulting and harming the intelligentsia and the younger generation who are using the internet for their advancement and progress in the modern world.

It has become very evident that it is the drug addicts, most uneducated and sinister murderous groups of Govt. politicians of the districts intoxicated with the Rajapakse evil power who are indulging in all these outrageous rapes and crimes.

Minister Dallas Alahaperuma accuses that the international websites are mudslinging at politicians and artistes , and indulging in character assassinations. Was it not this same shameless Dallas who went on making character assassinations via the newspapers and the media in the nineties against the former President Chandrika Kumaratunge and her family by making announcements that Vimukthi Kumaratunge is not Vijaya Kumaratunge's child.? What is the right this shameless faceless Dallas have to accuse us of mudslinging ? Samaraweera asked.

President Mahinda Rajapakse attending a finance select Committee meeting said, this website in question had demanded Rs. 50 million after threatening certain individuals . Is it not the responsibility of a President who makes such irresponsible utterances to immediately commence an impartial preliminary inquiry into this serious accusation of which he knows best , as he made this charge with his own tongue in his mouth ? Should he also not take the responsibility of exposing the extortionists, if any in the best interests of the country ?

Irrespective of the stench and squalor in which this Govt. is steeped , the Govt. media has made it a religion to insult and vilify the opposition leader and the opposition members 24 hours of the day , who are maintaining a scrupulously clean record of honesty and integrity.. A standing example is Govt.'s warped thinking squint visionary Hudson Silva better known as �mudson� Silva whose whole time occupation is slinging mud at the opponents of the Govt. using his foul mouth from which never a decent word escapes, Samaraweera stated.

A further 31 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals are being returned to Colombo after failing to meet Australia's international obligations, Australia's Immigration and Citizenship Minister Brendan O'Connor said. The group departed Christmas Island on Wednesday to be flown back to the Sri Lankan capital. Their return takes the number of Sri Lankans sent home to 1161 - 950 of them involuntarily - since August last year. Mr O'Connor said returning the group to Sri Lankans sends a powerful message. 'The Gillard Government is making it crystal clear that those who pay smugglers are throwing their money away and risking their lives in the process,' Mr O'Connor said.

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that it will use a key Commonwealth summit in November to showcase the post-war developments in the country. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Sri Lanka in November this year, and heads of state from almost all the Commonwealth countries, including Britain's Prince Charles, will attend the summit. The Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs said that Sri Lanka will be able to show the developments following a three-decade separatist terrorist conflict and the vast economic opportunities available in the country.

High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha (left) and Minister of Industry & Commerce of Sri Lanka Rishad Bathiudeen at the launch of the Handbook on Indo-Lanka FTA in Colombo. Outgoing Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha says Sri Lanka needed to enter into a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, more so than India did, because economic growth prospects are linked with that of Asia and the ASEAN grouping. "The rest of the world does not wait for us. India has signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) with many other countries. I myself was involved in launching CEPA talks with Japan, Korea and Malaysia and all three came to fruition. Therefore I feel little uncomfortable that there are so many completely baseless apprehensions about a more comprehensive framework in forming business relations with other countries.

The Indian Housing Project was launched on the ground in the Eastern Province today jointly by Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development and H.E. Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India. In events organized at three different locations in Batticaloa district, certificates were handed over to some of the selected beneficiaries. Hon. Basheer Segudawood, Minister of Productivity Promotion, Hon. M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Hon. V. Muralitharan, Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Hon. Rear Admiral (Retd.) Mohan Wijewickrama, Governor of Eastern Province, Hon. Najeeb Abdul Majeed, Chief Minister of Eastern Province and Hon.

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said, in Parliament yesterday, that the government was getting ready to arrest a number of UNP politicians who participated in a workshop coordinated by the Friedrich Neumann Foundation. The Opposition Leader said that the issue would be taken to international fora and the MPs who attended the workshop had been accused of trying to overthrow the government. "Yes, we are trying to topple this government but that is through democratic means, through electoral process, by the ballot. That is our sole right as the Opposition. Now, the government has got the CID to harass our MPs accusing them of trying to topple the government through undemocratic means."

A controversial Buddhist organization in Sri Lanka, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), says that the government had not made sufficient effort to reconnect with the Tamil people following the end of the war. BBS General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero said although the government built roads and developed the infrastructure in the North, it would not win the hearts of the people. Explaining that the war had prevented the Sinhala people from connecting with the Tamil people, the Thero said the BBS wants to build a rapport with the people in the North. According to the Thero, there are over 400 Christian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country, which did "nothing for these people".

A part of the 50,000 housing aid promised by New Delhi for the war-affected people in the North and East is planned to be used for demographic genocide in the East at the village of Kachchat-kodi in the Paddip-pazhai division of Batticaloa district, according to Eastern Provincial council member R. Thurairatnam. The village, which was predominantly Tamil a few years ago and was affected by displacement during the war, now has 2 new Sinhala Buddhist Viharas constructed and a number of Sinhala families brought from outside settled with the assistance of Buddhist priests.

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged in Parliament today that there was an attempt by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take in a few UNP MPs for questioning over their participation in a workshop organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, a German organisation promoting liberal politics in the world. Mr. Wickremesinghe said the UNP as a party, engaged in electoral politics and undertook training on election campaign management under a workshop conducted by this organisation. He said this Foundation had brought down a resource person to conduct the workshop, ahead of the Northern Provincial Council Election planned to be held in the near future.

External Affairs Minister of Sri Lanka Prof. G.L. Peiris has questioned why Canada is relentlessly trying to stop the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from being held in Colombo this year. The Minister has told parliament that Canada's stance was due to the influence of LTTE sympathizers in that country. "Why is Sri Lanka pursued relentlessly and castigated by some representatives of the government of Canada. Even though the LTTE is not presented physically their influence is still there," Prof. Peiris has asked. Minister Peiris noted that since October 2011, Canada has attempted to stop the CHOGM from being held in Sri Lanka but all such attempts by Canada had failed as most countries had supported Sri Lanka.

'Misconceptions regarding Buddhists in Sri Lanka are spread worldwide through websites. Now is the time to change those misconceptions which were being spread for the last 30 years, Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa states. The Defence Secretary made these comments addressing a function after opening a student hostel and a Dana Sala, as well as laying the foundation stone for a new hostel and library at the Pravachamodaya Maha Pirivena in Molligoda. The ceremony was held under the auspices of Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Anunayake Thera .

Sri Lanka Army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners. "We will reduce the existing 17 military camps in Jaffna to just three," Army chief Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said. The fourteen camps pulled out from different parts in Jaffna would be relocated in the main Palaly cantonment, he said yesterday. Lands which located the camps would be handed back to their original owners and lands that would be difficult to be handed back due to national security considerations would be subject to compensation, he said.

Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council's Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which held its 14th session from 13 to 17 May, in Geneva. This is the third time that Ms. Kunanayakam has been nominated by the Non-Aligned Movement for the post, which is an honorary non-remunerated position, and has received the unanimous support of all members of the United Nations for her expertise on the right to development and her remarkable leadership. This, despite attempts last year by Sri Lankan government to prevent her from presenting the report of the Working Group to the Human Rights Council in Geneva and to the UN General Assembly in New York, through a letter addressed to Navi Pillay and in violation of UN rules and procedures, well informed sources told The Island.

The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra is set to address parliament on May 31, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Chandima Weerakkody stated today (May 22). Addressing the parliament today, Weerakkody said that the Prime Minister of Thailand will address the Sri Lankan parliament on May 31 at 2.45pm.

Vanni District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian, Siva Shakthi Anandan, was interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths at the fourth floor, over his alleged mobile phone conversations with Tamil detainees at the Vavuniya Prison. Anandan was grilled for more than two hours from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. yesterday. Informed sources said, the CID sleuths had questioned the parliamentarian as to how he developed mobile phone contacts with the Tamil prisoners, who staged a hunger strike, which finally ended in a prison riot at the Vavuniya Prison last year.

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday it was considering a change in its stance on power devolution and instead opt for a new system of devolution depending on the will of the people. However, it said as of now it would stick to its policy on power devolution based on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told a news conference that his party would listen to the views expressed by the people and propose a system of devolution accordingly. "We will leave this matter to the people," he said.

The TNA yesterday requested the government to take action to "genuinely implement" the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on "Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka and to reverse the latter's current actions pertaining to the land issues in the North and East. TNA Leader R. Sampanthan, moving an adjournment motion in Parliament, said that the government's actions had resulted in deterioration of the human rights situation in the North and East. "Two statements were made on the floor of the House on April 09, 2013 by the Leader of the Opposition and the Minister of External Affairs, pertaining to the resolution No: A/HRC/22/L.1 on 'Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka' adopted by the Human Rights Council.

About 1,473 petitioners, from Achchuveli, Palali, Jaffna yesterday applied to the Court of Appeal seeking permission to add to their writ application that the proposed acquisition of their land, in Palali was to be acquired by the State speedily. The petition said the State had decided to take over 6,813 acres, to construct a Defence Headquarters building in Palali.The petitioners requested the Court to restrain the respondent Minister of Lands and Land Development from going ahead with the proposed mala-fide acquisition.

India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is all set to ink an agreement for the execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka by early next month, as the differences over operation and maintenance charges and issues relating to gross heat rate in the power purchase agreement have been sorted out. "NPTC is all set to take up the project in right earnest. We have deputed a senior official to be posted in Sri Lanka for the project. All issues have been resolved and we are hopeful that a formal agreement will be signed in the first or second week of June," a senior official, who refused to be identified, told The Hindu .

UNP MP Sajith Premadasa says his father gave one group in the LTTE weapons in order to try and create a split in the LTTE. Speaking to the BBC Sandeshiya, Sajith Premadas said that former President Ranasinghe Premadasa had given weapons to an LTTE click led by Mahattaya. "There were allegations my father gave weapons to the LTTE. What my father did was give weapons to an LTTE click he could trust. The LTTE click led by Mahattaya was given weapons to strengthen them and create an uprising against Prabhakaran within the LTTE," he said. Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja also known as Mahattaya was eventually reportedly killed for leaking secrets to India's RAW.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake today claimed that a ship carrying fuel designated for Sri Lanka is reportedly lost at sea and that he doesn't believe Petroleum Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa will be able to locate it. He stated that despite having a total of 9 oil storage tanks in Orugodawatta and Sapugaskanda, the CPC waits till all 9 tanks run dry to import crude oil again. Attanayake further said that the Sapugaskanda oil refinery solely depends on Iranian crude oil and the fact that crude oil for the country was only ordered from a ship which was in international waters is "startling." He stated that as a responsible government food and oil sufficient for the next 3 months should be kept in stocks, however due to the ruling government's "Eda Wela Tours" policy the people are facing grave hardship.