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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

We lost creative visionary & national treasure today. Barbara Sansoni’s creation of Barefoot’s colours & designs have carried the beauty and wonder of Sri Lanka across the world. 🤍🌈🙏🏽

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Chanchala Gunewardena

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There's a Starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie #GotaGoGama , he’d have loved you. Happy Birthday Mamma x

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Chanchala Gunewardena

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25 days

May Asia’s oldest democracy continue to ensure and practice her most vital right.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

1/ Bizzare, complicated energy & feelings today. Ammi and I said F-curfew from this false govt & went to be with people of GotaGoGama; but enroute we also watched vehicles be gutted, buses be pushed into the water; & people were eerily organized in asking us not to record.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 years

Gota is apparently at a wedding in the Shangri. Can ‘polite society’ show as much courage tonight as the people of Mirihana? Enough of fete-ing these monsters. #GTFOGota

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@NewsWireLK I want to know if he then is getting paid back by the state? Cos that’s just skipping the tender process and awarding yourself the gig.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@RajapaksaNamal @ShehanKaru "My hope is that in the not too distant future... #SriLanka has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work." Cc: @RajapaksaNamal he’s talking about you #ShamelessSLPP

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

38 days. There is nothing about Buddhism that condones this false arrest and intimidation. She has done nothing wrong. #ReleaseNatasha

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@kanchana_wij Was a fuel price formula used in the latest increase? People need it in effect stat. Also the obvious - renewables.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

#Aragalaya is not the property of a group who do not value or understand democratic principles or economics. @ParliamentLK does need better reps & strengthening of its democratic structures. If you want a part in that, stand up for elections & ask the ppl if they are with you.

Prasad Welikumbura

@Welikumbura

2 years

Well, it looks like someone was in a deep slumber and had woken up suddenly. We do not believe @ParliamentLK has the best interest of the public. We are proposing a combined governing body that involves representatives of the #Aragalaya to address that issue. #lka #SriLanka

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5/ All to say, this could easily go two ways from here. We need empathetic, clear headed & unified leadership now to acknowledge the anger but harness the utopia of unity and peace we glimpsed at all these weeks. Or we risk to lose the moment again.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@Welikumbura @ParliamentLK We hv all marched for the Aragalaya. It is not the property of one group. Trying to co-opt it ro impose some extremist political vision and claim it represents all of us? No way. If you think these ideas hv merit raise them at election.Mob rule games make you as bad as GR & co.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

For today at least Mamma, something to celebrate. #GotaWentHome

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

RW must transition power TODAY. Opp leader & co need to secure letter or plan and convey it to public. FSP/IUSF who also desire extra-constitutional mandate can no longer be allowed to hide behind the peaceful peoples Aragalaya. Accurate & objective comms is VITAL.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Came back from Matara with the #FreedomHub crew to celebrate a vibrant #Pride in Colombo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇱🇰 Come on Lanka, let’s #DecriminalizeLove

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Start with your father and Johnston then @RajapaksaNamal 😏

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

2 years

Discipline cannot be established in the country unless the law is enforced against those who encouraged violence - MP @RajapaksaNamal

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

I’m a long standing #Samahan stan. Carried and recommended it all over. Seems @NaomiCampbell is too. Congrats to #LinkNaturals on this amazing endorsement on @VOGUEIndia 🥳

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 years

Honoured we, @MangalaLK ’s fam & supporters, cld give #RepealPTA the Matara signing-on it deserves. Pleasure to meet @hejaazh & fam, & angering to think they were separated so long, so unjustly 🙏🏽 @MASumanthiran @ShanakiyanR @bfonseka @FernandoNimalka @EranWick @RehanJayawick

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

11 months

Love that @anuradisanayake & NPP have taken such a interest in public transportation. Would have been nice if they cared as much when the stood against the USD 480M MCC grant that aimed to do just that. We could have had some nice buses indeed.

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

11 months

"We will create a political culture where politicians will travel in public transport" NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 years

How did we get here? The plot points seem simple: 1) 2019 (pre-covid populist tax cut) - 25% Gov Rev & 33% of tax base lost 2) COVID. But also shoddy recovery due to deal/moneymaking delaying PCRs & Antigens, Vaccines. Army instead of Public Health leads.Stigmatization cont.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Everyday is a good day to ask what happened to the Itukama fund? This was the last time it was spoken of by a MP. Was it released to be utilized in aid of the people?

Keheliya Rambukwella

@Keheliya_R

2 years

Following discussions at President @GotabayaR 's office, a directive was taken to reroute funds from the #Covid19SL Itukama funds to pay for essential medicines procurement in #lka . I thank the President for his timely decision in this regard as we manage the current crisis.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

We say we have learned the lessons. We say we want system change. It should start by standing up to this violence & violation. It is in protest of this robed thuggery all true Buddhists should stand against.

Manjula Basnayake

@BasnayakeM

2 years

The monk sets fire to the 13th constitutional amendment near the parliament. #Lka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 years

My ammi Jay, @MangalaLK ’s sister, & I will be signing the #RepealPTA petition in Matara tmrw on his behalf. Having pushed for it himself, we hv no doubt he wld hv supported this inspiring nat’l effort against a law primarily weaponized to silence govt critics & target minorities

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Worked on a birthday gift for @MangalaLK that launched this eve: - is a digital space of memoriam & also a hub for ongoing and future projects so that Mangala’s & our collective dream of a united & peaceful & prosperous SL may live on… #TheDreamLivesOn

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Countering 3 bigoted petitioners - 100+ children's, women's & human rights activists, lawyers, orgs & professionals hv written to Pres. @RW_UNP for support for the Penal Code Amendment Bill - ending discrimination of LGBT Lankans. Proud to be among them 🏳️‍🌈 #DecriminalizeLove

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

True north ✨

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

4/ There were parts that I was invigorated by retribution but also hated a version of me that would wish someone dead. The aragalya chant felt proud but also militant.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Insecure free speech policing is not needed to ‘protect’ a philosophy & legacy of compassion that has flourished for 2500+ years. What she said was not incitement. Jerome is a grifter. Investigate him. Iraj & Dan Priysad are inciteful hate-mongers. Hold them accountable.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

28 days

He’s now sympathizing with Gotabaya?! Wowee. Definitely a progressive people’s champion you got right here 🤦🏾‍♀️

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

28 days

“The creator of the crisis was Ranil Wickremesinghe, but the scapegoat was Gotabaya,” NPP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he sympathizes with Gotabaya Rajapaksa for unwittingly contributing to the scheming of past rulers.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

2/ The visuals felt ‘83; but was this was ok because it was ‘for the people?’ Will Johnston feel the loss of the buses in the Beira people say were his? Will they be charged to the people’s account in the end anyway? Didn’t see people hurt but heard wishes of harm everywhere.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Why is this man given a mic? We don’t need to platform racism & ignorance.

Lahiru Doloswala

@officiallahiru

1 year

Give Rasamanickam Cultural Ministry, Sumanthiran Archeology — Dan Priyasad #lka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

22 days

NPP’s women’s movement really is a cornerstone of its success and this respects it rightfully. With 56% of our voter base being women, with women shouldering the labour of many of our largest sectors, with a need to bring more women to the workforce and a global agenda aligning

Azzam Ameen

@AzzamAmeen

22 days

Breaking: NPP MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, a prominent academic and rights activist, has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the 16th person to hold the office

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

3/ Even when people knew some of the govt thugs had come in desperation for little money and threats or naive that MR could still secure them. I heard a father try rationalize to his son the behavior of good guys vs. the bad guys.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 months

Joyful watching Sav @PhuckYou_ cook brilliantly w/ all her heart, light up the screen, & share so eloquently that our curries are a masterful & essential gift to a delicious global table. Kudos to all who cook - on screen and off - and nurture us with their talents

MasterChef Australia

@masterchefau

3 months

Semi-Finals, here they come! Say hello to our Top 3 🙌 Stream #MasterChefAU on 10 Play

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@Dailymirror_SL But why are you there. Go home

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 month

Mangala’s leadership trusted team work. Those who worked w/ him appreciated his respect for their expertise, the ownership he gave to implement. They would share wins & losses. He took FinMin mid-stream & though time restricted led 2 of SL’s 5 primary surplus yrs to date.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 month

Matara spoke loud and clear for Sajith today. Our district candidates really brought it in rallying the troops. Team work matters - it brings in the win 🥇

Jinath Premaratne

@jinath

1 month

The Green vibe is with only SJB. The Green tunes are with only SJB. There is no UNP now. All the UNPers and people from other parties now gathered around #SJB Matara rally, massive crowd 🚀🚀🚀 💚💚💚 #sajithforpresident #lka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

5 months

We are arresting people for serving kanji and not for assault?

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

5 months

“I got angry at that time. I called him and pulled him to the side. I slapped him, that’s true,” State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera to Ada Derana over assault incident at Katunayake Airport

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

🙏🏽 @michelappleton & @sltda_srilanka for felicitating the brill @OfficialSLC 🦁 & @WHITE_FERNS Greatly appreciate your words & actions in fostering greater equity in sports & other areas so as to multiply the prosperity of all. 📸 lucky to fan girl the teams & Capt. Chamari!

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

9 months

That’s @kavindya_T ’s @KidsTilli btw 🫶 Depiste a certain ed rep in Matara couldn’t see the necessity and potential of such programming when we took it there last year, I’m glad HRH & Lady Ridgeway does. SEL is vital, and we hv amazing homegrown innovations to support it.

UK in Sri Lanka 🇬🇧🇱🇰

@UKinSriLanka

9 months

HRH The Princess Royal visited the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo to see a Save the Children programme in practice. HRH observed a session of the 'Tilli' programme, a Social-Emotional Learning toolkit which supports the emotional development & communication needs of children.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Some news: We’re running a Festival in Matara. Inspired by @MangalaLK whose creative start influenced his innovative & empathetic approach to SL’s dev - We are taking a bet that arts & culture can lead Matara’s regeneration. Join! @AzzamAmeen @NewsWireLK

‘Matara Festival for the Arts’ 1st Edition to Kick-off in February 2024 - Newswire

Matara Festival for the Arts (MFA), a celebration of Contemporary Art and Music from Sri Lanka and beyond, will kickContinue Reading

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Why aren’t we having public debates between candidates from all parties. Particularly on economics? This LG is important & I’m for a televised head to head with informed moderators. Someone make it happen? @advocatalk ? @VeriteResearch ?

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

When our economics is values based it resonates. One of the most heartening things about @HarshadeSilvaMP presentation was the understanding of humanity, dignity, anti-divisiveness & inclusion as fundamental to economic growth & sustainability & a successful society.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Thank you to @MASumanthiran for reviving this timely; tragically accurate tweet. Gota’s tax plan and all who implemented it with abandon have put our beloved SL into the fallen state she is in #GoHomeGota .

Mangala Samaraweera

@MangalaLK

5 years

Gota's tax plan wants to set #SriLanka on an Express Train to bankruptcy, default and a Greek style debt-crisis. VAT change alone equivalent to Health, Defence or Pensions budgets. #LKA certainly doesn't need advice from a PR agency conjured 'business community'.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

This Poson grateful that we hv true Buddhist voices such as Ven. Galkande Thero 🙏🏽

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Thrifting, sharing, upcycling , re-using clothes is something of people of all incomes do. As long as it is a personal choice and not a mandate who cares? And yes, it’s good for the planet. With @VraieB on this one. SJB allies picked a silly fight here that hurts not helps.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Had to retweet @aruni_t . Cardinal really has short term memory loss of all the harm his bigotry & selective care for fairness & justice has done (and his protection of the Rs)

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

Beyond newswire’s clickbait headline is a crucial discussion well helmed by @RW_UNP with all stakeholders, asking the arch dept to serve its mandate rather than ethno-nationalist interest in revisionist history & land grabbing.

Shamara Wettimuny

@shamara4w

1 year

Several interesting things going on here. President RW recognizing the historical existence of Tamil Buddhists and the lands they presided over while holding court and delivering a slap on the wrist of the Archaeology Dept. #lkahistory

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@RajapaksaNamal @milindarj They took us all to poverty and now they write books about it. #ShamelessSLPP

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

7 months

Thailand, a 94% Buddhist nation, decides to practice true compassion & also succeed in the economic understanding that being a country where all people feel welcome is a good thing for tourism. What say you SL?

Pop Base

@PopBase

7 months

Thailand passes bill to legalize same-sex marriage, paving the way for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to do so.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

23 days

This is the way forward 👏🏽 Hoping the people of Matara rise to support Rehan to be a voice for them in parliament. He has very genuinely persevered to build his community through all the hurdles of the last many years. Keep going 💪🏾

Rehan Jayawickreme

@RehanJayawick

23 days

I’ve begun visiting the incredible homeowners who so generously opened their doors to us, offering their homes for our meetings when the odds were stacked against us. Their kindness and unwavering support carried us through some of our toughest moments. From the bottom of my

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

8 months

If something is defamatory there is existing legal recourse to ascertain and seek damages. You shouldn’t be able to arrest someone because they say something you don’t like. It’s then subjective tool for those in power - which should never be the basis of a bill. #RepealOSB

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

8 months

Sri Lanka makes first arrest under Online Safety Bill "He is someone who defames us using social media" Minister

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

These goons may be an orchestrated minority but the fact that they seem to operate with impunity is what needs address. Unless we want to repeat the past, they must be condemned and held to account.

Kumanan

@kumanan93

1 year

Tamil member of Parliament @skajendren was attacked by a Sinhala Mobs in presence of the police in Trincomalee Today . #Kajenthiran MP was injured in this attack.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

9 months

A progressive left that understands policy to support an inclusive market for the benefit of more people would be great. But the NPP is never going to get there with this guy. If the NPP wants to be effective not populist, they need to look elsewhere for an actual economist.

Jinath Premaratne

@jinath

9 months

As per @Chathurangaab , and as per #NPP , 1.Nandala is a #IMF agent 2.Restructuring process only will happen after they hang the ppl who responsible for economic collapses. 3.Also, as per #npp lka ppl considered only to be Buddhist. #jvpfun

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

21 days

He would never say this in English. Lankan Women are so done with this small-minded characterization of the value of a woman by men with nothing else to contribute.

Munza Mushtaq

@munza14

21 days

I didn’t vote for the NPP, but Dilith Jayaweera, you have no right to insult Harini Amarasuriya for choosing to remain unmarried. I’d choose her over you any day. At least she didn’t stoop to cheap, racist politics like your media houses did to keep the Rajapaksas in power. #LKA

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

The MCC grant for $480M/LKR89BN at the time was for urban transport, rural road linkages & better land registration. Imagine if we had stood up to the BS patriotism, insecure nationalism & racism under which it was lost.

Deane

@DeaneJ

2 years

Periodic reminder : 🇱🇰 rejected $500 million worth of US aid two years ago, much of it for public transport. #MCC

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

10 months

@RoryStewartUK @clarissaward @RoryStewartUK no ,courageous reporting from Gaza goes well and truly to those like @WaelDahdouh @azaizamotaz9 @byPlestia @Hind_Gaza .

Dr. Omar Suleiman

@omarsuleiman

10 months

My hero @WaelDahdouh . If he wasn’t Palestinian, he’d be the most famous face in the world decorating the covers of every magazine as person of the year. A man who has almost lost his life multiple times, yet never lost the will to keep covering the crimes against his people. When

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@Jamz5251 Who knew they would fail? 😂 Fam & lackey governance since MR built on racism & religious div, huge corruption & no policy know-how; put SL in huge debt w white 🐘 projs; no care for justice or human life; follow econ killing tax cut & MMT despite covid & downgrades. COME ONNN

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

@Kahatapitiya Howard Nicolas and friends. Please do a thread on all the wonderful things they did for the economy from 2019 :)

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

12 days

For a Sri Lanka where our children stand tall.

Jinath Premaratne

@jinath

12 days

හොව්, හෝව් ජෙප්පෝන්ට අනුව තව නොදියු මනස් දෙකක් හම්බ උනා

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Chanchala Gunewardena

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2 years

@tisrilanka estimates 10 yr min to recover stolen funds. Philippines took 36 to get half. It is irresponsible & opportunistic to suggest this is a substitute to building an economy. Also suggests you might not know how to do it 😏 @anuradisanayake #FSP #IUSF

Himal Kotelawala

@himalkk

2 years

@UmeshMoramudali Yeah, this misconception is alarmingly prevalent. It doesn't help that certain parties keep promoting it.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

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2 years

@hirunews 1) Henry Olcott, an American, boarded a boat to SL &energetically involved himself in the Buddhist revival which his mentee Don David (aka A. Dharmapala cont.). So if we are talking about American involvement in Buddhism we better give credit where credit is due first. #History

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

10 months

How is this racist in a robe not in jail?

Kumanan

@kumanan93

10 months

A group of mob led by #Ampittiyasumanarathna Thero, has blocked the road and threatened the Tamil Parliamentarians @GGPonnambalam and @skajendren who went to the occupied #mylathamadu area. 🎥 Ampittiya Sumanarathna

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Sri Lanka, the opportunity to the right thing, to do the economically smart thing - both rest with us letting go of a Victorian lie. Shall we?

CNN

@CNN

2 years

Cuba has legalized same-sex marriage after Cubans voted in favor of a family code that extends greater protection to women, children and the elderly. It now will allow LGBTQ couples to marry and adopt children.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

The amount of absolute hogwash on this thread. They knew exactly the murderer whose image they were laundering to build their ethnonationlist kleptocracy.

Dilith Jayaweera

@Dilith_J

2 years

@nimalhperera If he didn’t take his family in to his “regime”as he promised prior to his victory, and if he didn’t take the “family agent “ PB as his secretary and if he didn’t take Nissanka / Sudhewa / Kingsely as his Media advisors, and if he didn’t allow family to do business etc.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Well brilliant! And lucky translator who has the trust of his straight-shooting boss & the job security to translate these lines with visible glee :)

DailyMirror

@Dailymirror_SL

2 years

Social Empowerment State Minister Anupa Pasqual and his officials were taken to task by South Korea Disaster Relief Foundation (SKDRF) President Cho Sung Lea for getting late by 30 minutes for a scheduled meeting in Colombo. Part 01

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

The gaining of multi-party traction for #decriminalization - via @DolawatteC ’s private members bill, the support of Pres. @RW_UNP , the appt of @RehanJayawick as SJB lead, the support @JeevanThondaman @Dr_HariniA @HarshadeSilvaMP & more - is beyond heartening.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 month

@RehanJayawick bringing together an incredible crowd in Weligama for our district wide women’s meetings yesterday. Both in Weli & elsewhere it’s clear Matara loves RJ :) For the one whose been with Sajith from the start excited for all ahead for you. Loved being part of it!

Rehan Jayawickreme

@RehanJayawick

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SJB Women's wing meeting, Weligama. @Hirunikaconnect @Chamathka_0815 @Chanch_SL

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

The SL far-left 🧭 is the opposite of progressive. Their leaders send their own kids to int’l/pvt schools and even unis abroad but brainwash other students to be close-minded and feel they can’t compete so they protest the expansion of opportunities via mixed systems.

Hasitha Liyanage

@h_liyan

1 year

This is problematic. Quality and certification are real issues -- medical practice requires a lot more regulation than, say IT. However, framing this as a conspiracy to destroy free education and campaigning against private institutions is not the solution.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Kudos on the SL side to @RW_UNP & the team for steering us closer to this essential bailout. Decades of Sri Lankan diplomacy, remainaing strength of civil servants & local experts bts getting us one step closer. We hope for the last bit of good news soon.

Bloomberg

@business

2 years

India will support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring plan, sources say, clearing a major hurdle for the bankrupt nation to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the IMF

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Thankful to all behind the scenes who brought their policy & area expertise & diplomatic prowess on behalf of country over party. Thankful to our allies. Instead of homegrown solutions in the air we will hv a real way forward, & I hope firstly we use it to secure our vulnerable.

Bloomberg

@business

2 years

EXCLUSIVE: China is backing Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring, paving the way for the bankrupt nation to secure a $2.9 billion IMF bailout

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Our pathway to renewables has long been delayed not just by the politicians but by this self-interested mafia.

Rehana Thowfeek | Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇱🇰

@RegularReh

2 years

CEB has blocked over 4,000 MW of new Non-conventional Renewable Energy plant investments between 2017-2019. They could have supplied electricity at the prevailing Rs. 16.07 to 25.09 per kWh tariff, less than the cost of diesel electricity today. #SriLanka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

While external support is mentioned, I am more grateful that the call for decriminalization comes strongly from Sri Lankan citizens who respect the rights of their fellow citizens and finally it has multi-party support. Let’s get this done 🏳️‍🌈

Marianne David

@MarianneDavid24

2 years

Homosexuality to be decriminalised, but Same-sex marriages not permitted #lka #SriLanka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@21stCenturyWire Hey 🙋🏾‍♀️ frm Sri Lanka - this is FAKE news exploiting us for an agenda. We hv issues - mainly a president who won’t resign; but the people across all classes are United in our just protest sans arms against him, his fam, & cronies. Don’t manipulate our real struggle for your needs

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

3 years

‘225 must go’ speaks to anger + disappointment. But it also helped GR to present as a non-political outsider savior. It cld favor military rule. The work of democracy is hard but essential. It starts w/ parliament where the good are few. Let’s work to multiply them instead?

Mangala Samaraweera

@MangalaLK

5 years

Democracy and Parliament insidiously undermined in the guise of fighting C19 ; attacks on PM and 225 MPs originate as ideas from ‘hell’ coordinated by GR confidante. Wake up and unite to reconvene Parliament : NOW! Parliamentary democracy, despite all its flaws is still the best.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

The #NPP does not have economists nor listen to them. Another round of populism experimentation for sake of party over country. If we don’t do necessary reforms, we will continue to be a debt & loan country. If only they had the courage to truly set in place a system that works

Chathuranga Abey

@Chathurangaab

2 years

We all know current tax change is counter productive,it will destabilize lives of professionals & lead to brain drain. #NPP proposes min threshold to be 200k & Max tax to be 24%.To meet IMF expectations we should collect the lost 900Bn.Enable Money laundering ACT.End corruption

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Ok @ParliamentLK now your turn. If you all accept a process is to be followed for 7days can you act like adults, communicate well & help keep calm/try not to incite on the side? You can’t keep asking ppl to do your homework/take out your opponents, cos indeed then you r useless.

DailyMirror

@Dailymirror_SL

2 years

Update: Parliament will meet tomorrow (Saturday) and Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena says he hopes to complete the process to elect a new President in 7 days #SriLanka #ParliamentLK #GotabayaRajapaksha #RanilWickremesinghe

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

1/3 91% of 🇱🇰 own 📞 thanks to @MangalaLK ’s @slt_mobitel reforms. How? 1. Welcome pro-consumer competition - alts providing better quality & price & creates choice 2. Trifurcating ops, policymaking & regulations - NTT Japan 4 management, govt stake < 50%, independent TRC

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@RehanJayawick Public transit should be an core investment.MCC was going to be exactly for that but 🤷🏾‍♀️SLPP prooganda killed it. Highway bus shows our transit can be efficient & safer (esp. for women). There’s also int’l best practices from Brazil: & Guargon India.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

9 months

I know @MangalaLK read plenty horrible things about himself on the internet. Yet he remained committed about not equating that to the right to repress speech & making people fear speaking out. There are other ways to create a genuinely safe online culture if we cared. #RepealOSB

Ambika Satkunanathan

@ambikasat

9 months

I have been subject to online harassment and abuse, but I do not want a law like #OSB to “protect” me. What we need is effective content moderation by platforms and change in socio-political culture and public mindset to prevent online abuse. What we don’t need is #OSB .

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

21 days

Here for the IMF redemption arc (we told ya) 🙋🏾‍♀️ Does this mean we are all neo-liberal evil doers together now :) ? Are we capitalist comrades? Perhaps the center might win after all.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

My grandmother’s gift to her son @MangalaLK - ‘whoever makes you happy, will always make me happy’ . #LetLoveWin

DailyMirror

@Dailymirror_SL

1 year

Pride & Politics… And Family. By: Chanchala Gunewardena Read the full story today: The Weekend Online, Daily Mirror #TheWeekendOnline #DailyMirror #MangalaSamaraweera #ChanchalaGunewardena #SriLanka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

There is the Mangala we were lucky to love up close - the Mangala who supported us, teased us, challenged us, & debated or disagreed with us - and in all loved us back. The lastly anointed ‘Maharaja’ Mangala of Rainbow’s End.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

4 months

Extremely welcome news for our Lanka. A course well steered by @RW_UNP , experts behind the scenes and our int’l allies. Hope it further extends our ability to safeguard our most economically and democratically vulnerable. Then our progress is truly secured.

Shehan Semasinghe

@ShehanSema

4 months

We are pleased to announce that the final agreement has been reached on debt restructuring between Sri Lanka and the Official Creditor Committee on the sidelines of the Paris Forum 2024 in Paris, France. Today we are also in the process of signing bilateral debt treatment

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@Welikumbura @ParliamentLK What? Democracy isn’t perfect! What a new discovery in the world! * Sarcasm* Perhaps you need to consider how racism, nationalist and majoritarian, family interests & also leftist agendas that are xenophobic or over-leveraged to TU leaders vs employees hv also harmed our progress

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

5 months

We cannot continue to pay lip service to reconciliation while continuing to act punitively and illegally towards memorialization. Public security requires us to accept Kanji and honest reflection of the hurt we have caused our own, not to continue root cause suppression.

Kumanan

@kumanan93

5 months

🚨A while ago, Two women were arrested today by the Sampur police in Trincomalee's Sampur area on charges of serving #Mullivaikalkanji (porridge). The police visited their homes at night, threatened their families, and subsequently took them to the police station.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@Nikshazz Also this is dumb. Volunteer or work for no pay is not a privelege everyone can afford. A respectful salary will encourage civil servants who want to work, and ideally discourage corruption. What is needed is mechanisms to discourage/ensure against bribes and commission.

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

The caliber of humans of the likes of Dr. Shafi; and for all the fake Buddhists in this town; many who watched this man torn down for a false religious & ethno agenda- this is part of the selflessness you are meant to cultivate.

NewsWire 🇱🇰

@NewsWireLK

2 years

Dr Shafi receives salary arrears, decides to donate it to purchase essential medicines

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

This is what @GotabayaR , fam & @an_cabraal & co. delivered us. Another sweeping generational loss for our island.

Vindhya Buthpitiya

@vindib_

2 years

this is immensely depressing, but also so many friends have now left for good. | Over 1.1 million Sri Lankans have left the country in 2022 with a monthly average of about 94,000 - only 27.6% of total departures have left for foreign employment purposes

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

11 months

Every year we never learn the lesson. If you want to move forward we must hv the empathy and the courage let people mourn. We cannot move forward by policing and politicizing grief.

Kumanan

@kumanan93

11 months

🚨The Sri Lanka police have halted tamil people heading to the #MaaveerarNaal commemoration at Ampara #Kanchikudichcharu Maaveerar Thuyilum Illam, requesting them to present their identity cards. Police blocked over 35 people on a bus traveling to the commemoration, citing the

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

5 months

Remembering the late Lakshman Kadirgamar who, amongst his achievements as one of Lanka’s finest statesman, had Vesak which commemorates the life, enlightenment & passing of the Buddha, recognized as an intl holiday to share its message with the world.

LKI honours Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar on Vesak Day - The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

1 year

2 years. Forever grateful for all the time he made for family & friends. Grateful he ws idealistic enough in murky & fear-mongering political waters to pursue against tide a vision of a united, dignified & prosperous 🇱🇰. Missed but always with us. @MangalaLK #TheDreamLivesOn

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@ambikasat Who is this Johnney anyway? Strangely beyond his Derana stage name he really doesn’t seem to pop up anywhere… 🧐

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@nimalhperera EN-Projects/Sabre Vision Holdings or any of the below 👇🏽 would a very exciting starting point 🙂

Namini Wijedasa

@nimilamalee

2 years

A Four Corners investigation, in collaboration with Colombo's @TimesOnlineLK also established that Aspen Medical has been embroiled in an international criminal probe into corruption and money laundering. Airing tonight. #SriLanka

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

That’s not even enough for fuel. We are afloat now is because of those giving us credit lines and loans. The ethnonationalist dream they sold has lost us our sovereignty. Today if we don’t stand as a united nation in our hearts and actions we really have nothing.

Ranga Sirilal

@rangaba

2 years

Sri Lanka's usable Foreign Reserves are at less than USD 50 Million-Finance Minister Ali Sabry

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

Kicked off #FreedomHub Matara pilot today with this group of 18. @MangalaLK former office will be base for English, Arts & Entrepreneurship Ed and development for the next 5 months. First 3 weeks of Eng, then a brill group of industry pathmakers join us for guest workshop stints

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

My pleasure to also remind you that PCR is also not a liberal technocrat whatever; rather still a ethnonationlist religious demagogue opportunist & these nice words shouldn’t erase that history.

Patali Champika Ranawaka

@pcranawaka

2 years

Within 24hrs into #ExecutivePresidency Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe @RW_UNP has totally destroyed the image of 'liberal democrat' that he has been portraying of himself nationally and internationally for the past 45 years, and assumed that of an oppressive totalitarian dictator! (1/2)

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

28 days

Pic 1 - SJB at Matara’s Uyanwatta ground on the 13th with full overflow. Pic 2&3 (to be generous) is the Cylinder in the same ground today (last day of campaigning. #OutofGas ⛽️ #VoteSajith

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

29 days

@RehanJayawick bringing out the Weligama full flex 💪🏾for the last two days of campaigning. #TeamSajith

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Chanchala Gunewardena

@Chanch_SL

2 years

@Welikumbura @ParliamentLK You may not like the news that democracy, consensus building, putting in an refining democratic structures & economic building is time and effort intensive and requires work but rather that effort than impose one view of the world by mob rule.

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