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Demoted
After the new head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Major
General Trond Furuhovde met with President Chandrika Kumaratunga
on Thursday, the President' s office issued a press release giving
the names of those present on the occasion. In the process of releasing
the names, the Secretariat also demoted Lieutenant General Lionel
Balagalle to the rank of Major General Balagalle.
A
foretaste?
Early on Friday, a drunken motorcyclist knocked down a
policeman at Slave Island. This was followed by a heated argument
between the slightly injured policeman and the motorcyclist was
sent away. Soon after the Police received a call from a the newly
appointed PA organiser for Colombo Central informing him the arrested
man was one of his friends and there was no need to follow up the
case.
If
this is their behaviour while out of office, we can only imagine
what their behaviour would be like if they are ever elected.
Holding
empty plates
Scribes who were covering a press conference given by
two Cabinet Ministers at the Gramodya Centre on Tuesday were handed
side plates even before the briefing commenced.
The
conference started and continued for about an hour but throughout
they were left holding the empty plates. It was only once the briefing
was over that they were asked to go outside and serve themselves.
More
sheaves to come
The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was finally
allocated the betel leaf as its party symbol by the Elections Commissioner
last week. The two earlier choices of the lotus flower and the butterfly
were rejected. Alliance members will be hoping this will be the
first of many a bulath ath they will be receiving in the days and
months ahead.
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