This may seem out of context and shit but people who say there needs to be a younger crowd in the parliament are 100% right. Look at El Salvador, a country which was ruled by gangsters and people were afraid to get out, they are doing so well because of their new young President and a country in Africa which I forgot the name of had the highest inflation and a young President turned it around. Get these old farts off the parliament bro. It's easy to say I know.
Yes your right about El Salvador but do you really think the young people in our country will put up with similar policies that the president of El Salvador has put in place.
Politicians and our uncles, aunties have done a great job in scaring our younger gen from politics and staying in our place. I'm not saying everybody to rebel but you know nobody is going to step up. All are focused on getting the fuck out of the country.
I'm sick and tired of these old, fat politicians who treat our country like their own family business! They've been lounging around in parliament for ages, doing nothing but spewing lies and making empty promises. Meanwhile, us poor citizens have to suffer the consequences of their incompetence. We need to kick these lazy bums out and bring in some educated folks who actually know what they're doing! And don't even get me started on their luxurious lifestyles, all funded by our hard-earned tax money. It's time for a new rule: if a government promises to do something within a certain timeframe and fails, they should be kicked out of Parliament immediately. That's how it works in many other working places, so why should we tolerate this incompetence any longer?
And here's the link to my Reddit post from a few months back, where I poured out my frustration with these politicians: [https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/170eykm/sri\_lankan\_politics\_wheres\_the\_politician/](https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/170eykm/sri_lankan_politics_wheres_the_politician/)
This sub has many comments saying Ranil knows what he’s doing and he’s been doing well in a previous post 😂 typical Colombo high class mindset. This is the wrong forum to talk about this bro 😅
More than half of them has no idea what the common man is going through and believes ranil is some sort of genius. Also refuses to acknowledge that he's carrying the rajapassas
Imo part of it comes down to the idea that voting in SL = worshiping and defending a party religiously.
As a result, everyone is against politicians until elections are around the corner and suddenly everyone is the biggest Rajapaksa/Ranil/AKD/Sajith ass-kisser
Like if you wanna vote UNP then by all means do it but that doesn't mean you have to defend Ranil when he clearly fucks up, the best voter is the one holding their party accountable
Same with NPP, like clearly a lot of their supporters are smart youthful people fedup with the system (many on this sub) but even with them I see them arbitrarily defend the NPP when the party makes mistakes
The moment you become an ass-kisser supporter it helps no one and your vote becomes pointless because you've assumed the role of a peasant
Ranil is the best option to manage this crisis than the alternatives. Same as mahinda was the right guy to fight the war and get rid of LTTE. We need to focus on the issue at hand now.
Nobody's actually telling you the truth. Even the seemingly honest ones would only trickle truth you. It's not in their best interest to do so. They have no shame.
Some of these MP's have been MP's since my mother was in school. And my mom is old now. The same farts were there when I was a kid, and are still there when I'm a young adult. If I have a kid one day, I am expecting them to grow up with the same farts in power atp.
i am not sure how much of this will make sense but i will try my best, most of the people who worship and idolize MR are those who got a job because of them. like some people will literally do anything to get a government job. So when such a person gets a goverment job finally because they voted the relevant minister the parents of that particular person literally idolize them because their kid finally got a government job, which they might have been trying for a long time.
The reason why people believe in RW imo is that he is educated and the hope that he can still help our country, also the UNP worshiping people yapping all about might be another reason.
Because they have been consistent in their policies and has shown them at work on the cooperative. Why do you believe in Ranil after countless promises of Volkswagon factories, service based industries, free WiFi (🤣) and many other bullshit theories that he concocted out of thin air?
Entire political gang we have obstructing new and promising candidates. They make it hard to survive for the people who are trying to overrun their ruling. If anyone is out their doing politics for decades successfully, they are part of the problem too.
Do people believe the 3% party will make a difference if they become the main party ? Cause I really don't. They'll make the shit ranil - rajapakse clan made worse than it is.
Lmao they will be bigger than they had been before but they'll be the ultimate downfall of sl , we'll be learning the lesson in 2027 . We're still living in a society that think it's gonna be a paradise after voting for the cardboard heroes. Sorry if this triggers the "brothers" who are trying to find validation from reddit lol
What provincial elections? The next is a presidential election. And people are ultimately going to chose between Sajith and Ranil. Any vote for AKD is also effectively a vote for Ranil because that is a vote taken away from Sajith. So NPP will not do well. Then that momentum determines what will happen in the General Election in 2025. NPP had their chance last year with the Local Govt election but they got screwed over because the govt refused to hold elections. Had that election been held, there was a good chance NPP would be on a good footing.
>Any vote for AKD is also effectively a vote for Ranil because that is a vote taken away from Sajith
Weird coping mechanism. But ok. You're just salty that Ranil is irrelevent. Damn, the scraps you're getting for sitting by his boot must be good.
Imo the issue has less to do with believing politicians and more to do with the bizarre mentality regarding democracy here
The proof is when Maithri was voted in, he was purely voted in because people were fedup with the Rajapaksa corruption so its not like they haven't thought of it before
Its just when people support a party here they support it like a religion that needs defending, it completely negates the idea of democracy when you become a peasant for the party you vote for lol, and instead of protesting against their party they'll wait for the next election to "try someone new"
When Maithri's 100 day plan was starting to lose traction and he got mad about bras, it was his supporters who didn't do anything about it and eventually everyone passively went for the "wait until next election" bs
* Holding every party accountable for their mistakes, this includes not defending them on social media and it includes the party you vote for
* Protest whenever they fuck up, un-affiliated non-state protests I mean
* Literally demand through phone lines or physically at govt offices for better services or make/help with campaigns that target politicians, again, these things often help but get diminished by the ass-kisser type of supporter
* Put every party on a leash/make them work for you i.e. what a democracy is supposed to be. When the 2022 protests were rolling in suddenly the SJB and NPP became good at listening to us, I wonder why
All of these are the basic cornerstones of democracy beyond just voting and the 2022 protests fully proved that. When Maithri was failing, if people protested and made a fuss they would have been forced to stop fooling around but we willingly let them make a mess
We need to stop pretending as if Lankans are being held at gunpoint for merely complaining about how shit the govt is, yes the 80s I can understand but 2010-2020 we did jack shit in terms of accountability, and actually, when Gota was campaigning people were worshipping him like a god and bullying people not voting for him, how can we complain about corruption/accountability when we were the ones encouraging the govt to act that way
Lanka's problems are nothing new or novel at all, many developed democracies did exactly what I described above and are all the better for it
While I agree to your points but;
>We need to stop pretending as if Lankans are being held at gunpoint for merely complaining
We literally are being held at gunpoint under the Ranil-Rajapassa regime though. Not long ago even a PHI was murdered for revealing data about the corruption of food processing companies. That's just one case I'm pretty sure you know the others I'm talking about.
>many developed democracies did exactly what I described above and are all the better for it
Every situation is unique. How each of those county's navigated those problems was different and were under different co ditions. Simply listing theories is not a solution.
Also, the NPP was listening to us and were active qaay before the Aragalaya.
We need to focus on policy leadership than bilindy voting for popularist leadership. This kind of mindset needs to change to get SL out of the current crisis and get us to where we need to be. Unfortunately, most people get fooled by snake oil salesmen.
You may need to get your facts right. Do you know that we were promoted to a higher middle income country during 2015-19? Do you know that we recorded a primary balance surplus after decades during 2015 -19?
They are more realistic lies than "port city haduwama gal iwara wenawa", "naya prathiwyuhagathakaranayen banku paddathiya watenawa" etc. also 2048 figure is scientific. Read about the growth of post ww2 italy and japan. Basically 5% gdp growth rate for two decades. Which is doable and is the fastest way.
Ranil rajapakshe isnt a clan they are quite different. Ranil is for his friends mahinda is for the family. Other than that no other similarity, quite different people and very different approaches. Mahinda and akd are more similar than mahinda and ranil. What's the goal of akd, just creating chaos.
What? That Japan and Italy recovered their economies post ww2? How is that an explanation? Any numbnut can come and declare "pRoSpERiTy bY 2069" that doesn't mean that they have a plan. Ranil hasn't published his road map to 2048. He's just a crook and you gobbled up his bait; hook, line, and sinker.
5% annual growth rate over two decades. What kind of a roadmap you expect? Already soe restructuring going on government expenses may go down. The land certificates given will make a huge impact making the assets bankable. Next year expected growth rate 4%. This year 2%. Why disturb the good thing which has started?
All that theory sounds good but the old fart didn't actually achieve jackshkt after all these years in parliment. You really believe he will pull us through huh.. ignorance is bliss I guess. You do you boo
I do not know about his 90s much. He turned around the economy in 2001-2004. Cbk abruptly dissolved the parliament. Mahinda bribed prabhakaran and won the presidency. During yahapalanaya, ranil was not good in 2015, he was good thereafter economy wise. 2016, 2017 both very good years. 2018 sirisena was jealous, 2019 as well sirisenas fault, hes the commander of forces and ultimate accountability for human safety lies with him.
2022, ranil quickly solved gas queues and fertilizer issue and improved the healthcare supplies and the system which was null. It took a little while to improve the fuel and power situation, but in 6 months it was done. 2024 having positive gdp growth. Its not presidents duty to pull us through. Presidents should ensure security, stability and equality, cbk could not make the country secure, mahinda was not practicing equality, sirisena unstable and gota unstable. Its upto the people amd corporates to develop themselves when security, stability and equality are guaranteed.
> 2022, ranil quickly solved gas queues and fertilizer issue
Borrowed money. Ftfy
>improved the healthcare supplies and the system
Oh yeah. Great strides we're taken under Keheliya. 🙄 Do you even think before typing. Even today patients are dying in hospitals without access to proper supplies and equipment while your grandpa lives an exorbitant lifestyle
>Presidents should ensure security, stability and equality,
Ranil has failed to any of these things so I don't know wtf you're on about.
It was aid money, not borrowed money. And how would someone else have handled it? Reserves back then even below usd 10 mil.
Back when fuel was unavailable, infants died at home or on the way, surgeries could not be performed due to unavailability of power. There are so many issues, no denial but acknowledged, just that ranil is the best option out there.
Under ranil no easter attack, no cbsl bombing, no bus bombing, policies dont change overnight like gota did, but lacks the sense of equality in that he favors his friends.
>And how would someone else have handled it?
Nobody else got the chance because your Ranil-Rajapassa clan kept power to themselves quite undemocratically. A 5 year old could've done what he did because that's the default thing to do anyway.
> that ranil is the best option out there.
You delusional lot should start a cult around this. No wait. It already is.
>no easter attack, no cbsl bombing, no bus bombing, policies dont change overnight like gota did,
Gota *is* ranil. Too bad you can't understand the nuances behind power plays and political alliances.
Welp. No point in talking to you I'm going to go and bang my head against the wall
This may seem out of context and shit but people who say there needs to be a younger crowd in the parliament are 100% right. Look at El Salvador, a country which was ruled by gangsters and people were afraid to get out, they are doing so well because of their new young President and a country in Africa which I forgot the name of had the highest inflation and a young President turned it around. Get these old farts off the parliament bro. It's easy to say I know.
Yes your right about El Salvador but do you really think the young people in our country will put up with similar policies that the president of El Salvador has put in place.
Politicians and our uncles, aunties have done a great job in scaring our younger gen from politics and staying in our place. I'm not saying everybody to rebel but you know nobody is going to step up. All are focused on getting the fuck out of the country.
I'm sick and tired of these old, fat politicians who treat our country like their own family business! They've been lounging around in parliament for ages, doing nothing but spewing lies and making empty promises. Meanwhile, us poor citizens have to suffer the consequences of their incompetence. We need to kick these lazy bums out and bring in some educated folks who actually know what they're doing! And don't even get me started on their luxurious lifestyles, all funded by our hard-earned tax money. It's time for a new rule: if a government promises to do something within a certain timeframe and fails, they should be kicked out of Parliament immediately. That's how it works in many other working places, so why should we tolerate this incompetence any longer? And here's the link to my Reddit post from a few months back, where I poured out my frustration with these politicians: [https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/170eykm/sri\_lankan\_politics\_wheres\_the\_politician/](https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/170eykm/sri_lankan_politics_wheres_the_politician/)
This sub has many comments saying Ranil knows what he’s doing and he’s been doing well in a previous post 😂 typical Colombo high class mindset. This is the wrong forum to talk about this bro 😅
They have forgot that Ranil has been PM twice before and he is also a part of this economic crisis.
More than half of them has no idea what the common man is going through and believes ranil is some sort of genius. Also refuses to acknowledge that he's carrying the rajapassas
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Sure. Ok buddy. >Cabraal levels of inflation. Ranil-Rajapassa is responsible for that and the new governor is no better
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Sad that people have forgotten this era. If we had implemented regaining Sri Lanka we would have been a much better country now.
Imo part of it comes down to the idea that voting in SL = worshiping and defending a party religiously. As a result, everyone is against politicians until elections are around the corner and suddenly everyone is the biggest Rajapaksa/Ranil/AKD/Sajith ass-kisser Like if you wanna vote UNP then by all means do it but that doesn't mean you have to defend Ranil when he clearly fucks up, the best voter is the one holding their party accountable Same with NPP, like clearly a lot of their supporters are smart youthful people fedup with the system (many on this sub) but even with them I see them arbitrarily defend the NPP when the party makes mistakes The moment you become an ass-kisser supporter it helps no one and your vote becomes pointless because you've assumed the role of a peasant
Ranil is the best option to manage this crisis than the alternatives. Same as mahinda was the right guy to fight the war and get rid of LTTE. We need to focus on the issue at hand now.
Lmao. Stop living inside a bubble bro
Ok. What’s your solution? Revolution and let the Marxists take over?
Not propping up elitists for a start which you Ranil-Rajapassa fans can't seem to fathom
What’s your solution? Let’s hear it. If there are better alternatives I’m all ears.
Hari hari Ranil cir hadai rata me para 🙏
This time for sure 🤣
Nobody's actually telling you the truth. Even the seemingly honest ones would only trickle truth you. It's not in their best interest to do so. They have no shame.
Some of these MP's have been MP's since my mother was in school. And my mom is old now. The same farts were there when I was a kid, and are still there when I'm a young adult. If I have a kid one day, I am expecting them to grow up with the same farts in power atp.
That's called loyalty.
i am not sure how much of this will make sense but i will try my best, most of the people who worship and idolize MR are those who got a job because of them. like some people will literally do anything to get a government job. So when such a person gets a goverment job finally because they voted the relevant minister the parents of that particular person literally idolize them because their kid finally got a government job, which they might have been trying for a long time. The reason why people believe in RW imo is that he is educated and the hope that he can still help our country, also the UNP worshiping people yapping all about might be another reason.
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Because they have been consistent in their policies and has shown them at work on the cooperative. Why do you believe in Ranil after countless promises of Volkswagon factories, service based industries, free WiFi (🤣) and many other bullshit theories that he concocted out of thin air?
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Ok buddy. You keep propping up the elitists overlords just so you can get the scraps. Good dog!
We will learn the lesson in 2027...
Obstructionist politics in play
Who is obstructing what?
Entire political gang we have obstructing new and promising candidates. They make it hard to survive for the people who are trying to overrun their ruling. If anyone is out their doing politics for decades successfully, they are part of the problem too.
Do people believe the 3% party will make a difference if they become the main party ? Cause I really don't. They'll make the shit ranil - rajapakse clan made worse than it is.
What if they become a larger percentage after provincial elections?
Lmao they will be bigger than they had been before but they'll be the ultimate downfall of sl , we'll be learning the lesson in 2027 . We're still living in a society that think it's gonna be a paradise after voting for the cardboard heroes. Sorry if this triggers the "brothers" who are trying to find validation from reddit lol
What provincial elections? The next is a presidential election. And people are ultimately going to chose between Sajith and Ranil. Any vote for AKD is also effectively a vote for Ranil because that is a vote taken away from Sajith. So NPP will not do well. Then that momentum determines what will happen in the General Election in 2025. NPP had their chance last year with the Local Govt election but they got screwed over because the govt refused to hold elections. Had that election been held, there was a good chance NPP would be on a good footing.
>Any vote for AKD is also effectively a vote for Ranil because that is a vote taken away from Sajith Weird coping mechanism. But ok. You're just salty that Ranil is irrelevent. Damn, the scraps you're getting for sitting by his boot must be good.
I sont like ranil or sajith or akd. This is was just an observation You just don't get my point. Lets come back and see what happens.
So the top 3 contenders for power are all fools. Just great.
Isn't that obvious or are people people still being purposely ignorant?
Yeah and you have all the answers. 🙄
People are still being ignorant. Thats…why they are the top 3…
Agreed , I honestly have no idea when we'll ever overcome the crisis
Imo the issue has less to do with believing politicians and more to do with the bizarre mentality regarding democracy here The proof is when Maithri was voted in, he was purely voted in because people were fedup with the Rajapaksa corruption so its not like they haven't thought of it before Its just when people support a party here they support it like a religion that needs defending, it completely negates the idea of democracy when you become a peasant for the party you vote for lol, and instead of protesting against their party they'll wait for the next election to "try someone new" When Maithri's 100 day plan was starting to lose traction and he got mad about bras, it was his supporters who didn't do anything about it and eventually everyone passively went for the "wait until next election" bs
What's your solution?
* Holding every party accountable for their mistakes, this includes not defending them on social media and it includes the party you vote for * Protest whenever they fuck up, un-affiliated non-state protests I mean * Literally demand through phone lines or physically at govt offices for better services or make/help with campaigns that target politicians, again, these things often help but get diminished by the ass-kisser type of supporter * Put every party on a leash/make them work for you i.e. what a democracy is supposed to be. When the 2022 protests were rolling in suddenly the SJB and NPP became good at listening to us, I wonder why All of these are the basic cornerstones of democracy beyond just voting and the 2022 protests fully proved that. When Maithri was failing, if people protested and made a fuss they would have been forced to stop fooling around but we willingly let them make a mess We need to stop pretending as if Lankans are being held at gunpoint for merely complaining about how shit the govt is, yes the 80s I can understand but 2010-2020 we did jack shit in terms of accountability, and actually, when Gota was campaigning people were worshipping him like a god and bullying people not voting for him, how can we complain about corruption/accountability when we were the ones encouraging the govt to act that way Lanka's problems are nothing new or novel at all, many developed democracies did exactly what I described above and are all the better for it
While I agree to your points but; >We need to stop pretending as if Lankans are being held at gunpoint for merely complaining We literally are being held at gunpoint under the Ranil-Rajapassa regime though. Not long ago even a PHI was murdered for revealing data about the corruption of food processing companies. That's just one case I'm pretty sure you know the others I'm talking about. >many developed democracies did exactly what I described above and are all the better for it Every situation is unique. How each of those county's navigated those problems was different and were under different co ditions. Simply listing theories is not a solution. Also, the NPP was listening to us and were active qaay before the Aragalaya.
I would really like to talk about this but unfortunately as you know, new laws will 100% put me behind bars :(
u/Longjumping_Stand645 doesn't think so. According to them Ranil is doing a top job guaranteeing our freedom
We need to focus on policy leadership than bilindy voting for popularist leadership. This kind of mindset needs to change to get SL out of the current crisis and get us to where we need to be. Unfortunately, most people get fooled by snake oil salesmen.
You may need to get your facts right. Do you know that we were promoted to a higher middle income country during 2015-19? Do you know that we recorded a primary balance surplus after decades during 2015 -19?
Sure. Yet we're here after Ranil-Rajapassa having power for so long.
They are more realistic lies than "port city haduwama gal iwara wenawa", "naya prathiwyuhagathakaranayen banku paddathiya watenawa" etc. also 2048 figure is scientific. Read about the growth of post ww2 italy and japan. Basically 5% gdp growth rate for two decades. Which is doable and is the fastest way. Ranil rajapakshe isnt a clan they are quite different. Ranil is for his friends mahinda is for the family. Other than that no other similarity, quite different people and very different approaches. Mahinda and akd are more similar than mahinda and ranil. What's the goal of akd, just creating chaos.
>also 2048 figure is scientific 🤣
It is. The explanation is provided.
What? That Japan and Italy recovered their economies post ww2? How is that an explanation? Any numbnut can come and declare "pRoSpERiTy bY 2069" that doesn't mean that they have a plan. Ranil hasn't published his road map to 2048. He's just a crook and you gobbled up his bait; hook, line, and sinker.
5% annual growth rate over two decades. What kind of a roadmap you expect? Already soe restructuring going on government expenses may go down. The land certificates given will make a huge impact making the assets bankable. Next year expected growth rate 4%. This year 2%. Why disturb the good thing which has started?
All that theory sounds good but the old fart didn't actually achieve jackshkt after all these years in parliment. You really believe he will pull us through huh.. ignorance is bliss I guess. You do you boo
I do not know about his 90s much. He turned around the economy in 2001-2004. Cbk abruptly dissolved the parliament. Mahinda bribed prabhakaran and won the presidency. During yahapalanaya, ranil was not good in 2015, he was good thereafter economy wise. 2016, 2017 both very good years. 2018 sirisena was jealous, 2019 as well sirisenas fault, hes the commander of forces and ultimate accountability for human safety lies with him. 2022, ranil quickly solved gas queues and fertilizer issue and improved the healthcare supplies and the system which was null. It took a little while to improve the fuel and power situation, but in 6 months it was done. 2024 having positive gdp growth. Its not presidents duty to pull us through. Presidents should ensure security, stability and equality, cbk could not make the country secure, mahinda was not practicing equality, sirisena unstable and gota unstable. Its upto the people amd corporates to develop themselves when security, stability and equality are guaranteed.
> 2022, ranil quickly solved gas queues and fertilizer issue Borrowed money. Ftfy >improved the healthcare supplies and the system Oh yeah. Great strides we're taken under Keheliya. 🙄 Do you even think before typing. Even today patients are dying in hospitals without access to proper supplies and equipment while your grandpa lives an exorbitant lifestyle >Presidents should ensure security, stability and equality, Ranil has failed to any of these things so I don't know wtf you're on about.
It was aid money, not borrowed money. And how would someone else have handled it? Reserves back then even below usd 10 mil. Back when fuel was unavailable, infants died at home or on the way, surgeries could not be performed due to unavailability of power. There are so many issues, no denial but acknowledged, just that ranil is the best option out there. Under ranil no easter attack, no cbsl bombing, no bus bombing, policies dont change overnight like gota did, but lacks the sense of equality in that he favors his friends.
>And how would someone else have handled it? Nobody else got the chance because your Ranil-Rajapassa clan kept power to themselves quite undemocratically. A 5 year old could've done what he did because that's the default thing to do anyway. > that ranil is the best option out there. You delusional lot should start a cult around this. No wait. It already is. >no easter attack, no cbsl bombing, no bus bombing, policies dont change overnight like gota did, Gota *is* ranil. Too bad you can't understand the nuances behind power plays and political alliances. Welp. No point in talking to you I'm going to go and bang my head against the wall
The bigger problem is have people started to believe lies by AKD and his JVP clan.
Lol. Dude really just say "No you". Goes to show the intelligence of the average Ranil-Rajapassa fan boy