Monday 2nd May, 2022 The government has gone into overdrive to form an all-party interim administration in response to people’s protests, and a request from the Mahanayake Theras. It however has chosen to remain silent on protesters’ demand that their stolen money be returned. Gomi Senadhira, a former diplomat and public servant has, in his […]
My dear Patali Champika,
I thought of writing to you when I heard the news that you had resigned from the ‘
urumaya’ of the ‘
jathika’ type. The announcement came as something of a surprise although we always knew that you were not one to be content with being just a partner in a coalition for the rest of your political life.
The news of your resignation was also lost in the headlines that are generally dominated by the coronavirus these days, what with all the good work done by Gota
maama during the early days of the pandemic being lost by Pavithra throwing pots of water into rivers and drinking ‘