Dictatorship can’t be measured by elections - UNP

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today said holding elections regularly did not mean that a country’s ruler was not a dictator.“There are dictators who hold elections regularly. It is the manner, in which they hold elections that determine whether they are dictators,” UNP MP Harin Fernando told a news conference.

Mangala speaks of Govt's double face on Pillai's visit

UNP communications chief MP Mangala Samaraweera says that the Rajapaksa regime is trying to depict international human rights as instruments of oppression used by the west to control developing countries, thee Govt itself is using the violation of such rights to oppress and control its own subjects inside the country as it was seen in Weliweriya and Grandpass.

UNP calls for Independent Police Commission

The United National Party today said the Police Department could not be streamlined and depoliticized just by bringing it under the purview of a new ministry.The UNP said for this to happen it was essential to set up the Independent Police Commission.

I like to think the old Mahinda is dormant within him

 One time government strongman and a man who was considered one of the most powerful Ministers during the tenure of the Former President, and now one of the current regime’s most vociferous critics, speaks to Daily Mirror on the current regime, the alternative he proposes, the fallacy of the 'computer jilmart' and President Mahinda Rajapaksa, his friend.

UNP Shows the way to be free from Pillay

UNP says that if the Govt objects to re-enact the 17th constitutional amendment,it means that the Govt themselves have proved the statement made by the UN human rights high commissioner Ms. Navi Pillay that Sri Lanka is walking towards dictatorial regime.

COPING with COPE : a message of hope

Quintessential banker (former) and silent activist, I have observed from afar Eran Wickramaratne for his silent pursuit of a brand of politics that is appealing to the intellectual and petit bourgeois and inspirational to the working class.

Norochcholai Power Project cost of US$ 268 mn. Re-negotiated for US$ 568 mn. – Ravi K

Spare parts worth Rs.2.3 billion imported for Kerawalapitiya Power Plant
*Krrish Towers down to 71 floors from original 91
The Norochcholai Power Plant contract which was finalized at a cost of US$ 268 million during the last stages of President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s rule, had been re-negotiated within a year after she had left office by the Rajapaksa regime for US$ 568 million, an Opposition legislator charged yesterday.

Will tell everything on 31st - Pillai tells Ranil

UNP delegates including the party leader Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe met the UN High commissioner for human rights Ms. Navi Pillai today to discuss the steps that should be taken in order to re-instate democracy in Sri Lanka.

Sajith slams Navi Pillai

Accusing the Govt for inviting the UN High commissioner for human rights Ms. Navi Pillai to Sri Lanka, UNP MP Sajith Premadasa says that Ms. Pillai is a person who kept sleeping while the LTTE organization was spreading daylight human rights violations all around.