Why Daham Sirisena At UN Is A Big Deal

[netlife007]

Why Daham Sirisena At UN Is A Big Deal

When the first signs appeared of the new Yahapalana (=well-ruled) government going astray some months ago, I tweeted: Good governance must not only be done, but also be SEEN as done .

Optics or appearances do matter. They are especially important in this social media age when every action of the government and its top leadership is closely monitored and commented upon by many citizens.

For reasons of governance and optics, President Maithripala Sirisena taking his son Daham Sirisena to UN General Assembly in New York is wrong. We presume that the young man s travel and accommodation was paid for with public funds. Yet he has holds no public office it was completely out of his league to be seated with the president, ministers and diplomats who had official reasons to be there.

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[u_make_me_sick_]

Yeah, very very good reason to bring back Mahinda, isn't it?

 

[netlife007]

Yeah, very very good reason to bring back Mahinda, isn't it?

Not exactly, we need to make Ponil the President of SL, therefore he does not have any children to accompany them to UN...


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[Sai_baba]

interesting.............

 

[rohan117560]

Not exactly, we need to make Ponil the President of SL, therefore he does not have any children to accompany them to UN...


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[u_make_me_sick_]

Not exactly, we need to make Ponil the President of SL, therefore he does not have any children to accompany them to UN...


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So what is the purpose of the thread then?
If it is not a big deal for first lady to attend to the ceremony, how come it become an issue when daham sirisena does?
it is kind of either first lady or daham but not both. So i don't see an issue there.

 

[netlife007]

So what is the purpose of the thread then?
If it is not a big deal for first lady to attend to the ceremony, how come it become an issue when daham sirisena does?
it is kind of either first lady or daham but not both. So i don't see an issue there.

Grow up.
Other world leader's wives always sit at the audience......not at the assembly. So should Daham

 

[Truth Hurts]

Not exactly, we need to make Ponil the President of SL, therefore he does not have any children to accompany them to UN...


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[u_make_me_sick_]

Grow up.
Other world leader's wives always sit at the audience......not at the assembly. So should Daham

Then again what is the purpose of this thread? In the first post you are saying daham should not have traveled, now you are saying it would have been ok, if he sits at audience?
is it? or something else?

 

[Truth Hurts]

 

[netlife007]

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[netlife007]

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[Sai_baba]

ela lathawa.....

 

[fakerandi]

Not exactly, we need to make Ponil the President of SL, therefore he does not have any children to accompany them to UN...


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well. that escalated quickly

 

[Sai_baba]

bumps again