Sunday Punch 2
mother, that’s rattharan. The reason for that is because there’s a drought. But don’t worry. We are going to import rice. Within a week you’ll have it at a lesser price. “
Then he asks, “How much is a coconut today? The crowd answers Rs 130.” He says, that’s the problem, there are coconut trees, but no coconuts. But don’t worry. We will be importing coconuts.’ He asks then what about vegetables? How much are beans today? Someone shouts. ‘Its 100 bucks today. He says, “That’s it no, when did it ever rise that much? But we have made arrangements to import it all from abroad. So don’t get worried and don’t blame the government.”
The only thing he did not add to make it replete, “don’t worry we have made all arrangements to send some more women to Dubai to send home the necessary foreign currency to import the nation’s bare necessities.
The following day, the joint opposition fired their guns. Joint opposition Parliamentarian Janaka Bandera Tennekoon said this Tuesday the Elections Commissioner should immediately inquire into the statement made by Minister John Amaratunga.
But co cabinet spokesman Jayasekera and Senaratne immediately rushed to the Amaratunge’s defence. For Dayasiri Jayasekera who condemned journalists who had attacked him as being in the pay of politicians, or who were part of the bond mafia when he himself had been the one who had invited Aloysius to his office for a private one to one meeting and not revealed it to the public until the bond commission’s proceedings revealed it, said Amaratunge’s remarks should not be taken seriously. He said:”Minister Amaratunga is a person with a big frame. He may have said those things without much thinking of the repercussions.”
So the bigger the man, the bigger the reason to excuse him, is it? No wonder Jayasiri is pumping iron. As for Senarath, it was a more a homely truth, ‘ We, politicians, don’t do all what we say all the time.” Food for thought, is it not?
Well, at least it’s something the