තමන්ගේ උත්සාහෙන් කට්ට කාල අමාරුවෙන් තැනකට ආපු මිනිස්සු![]()
if his “hard work” was for the country, then the civilians would have been enjoying them.
Like it or not, he's the most popular politician in SL even now.
Earning that kind of public approval isn't easy work.
තමන්ගේ උත්සාහෙන් කට්ට කාල අමාරුවෙන් තැනකට ආපු මිනිස්සු![]()
popularity is one thing.
Point is, earning that popularity wasn't easy work. He essentially killed both Bandaranayake and Wickremasinghe dynasties single-handedly and built his own political brand from the ground - the dedication and perseverance that must have went towards that end-result is quite admirable, however you look at it
everyone who became president through democracy was the most popular politician at that time. It doesn’t mean all presidents were equally great. Like I said, setting up his campaigns, strategies are one thing. You cannot use that to measure how useful he was for the country.
yeah මුර්ගයා රොක්ස් !No other president managed to persevere when they lost the popularity and their office. MR went from Executive president to lowly Kurunegala MP, built his own political party when he was kicked out of the party he was leading, won the first election within 6 months, beat both rival parties which had decades to grow their roots - he beat those so thoroughly that those parties essentially ceased to exist! Not only that, his party managed to secure 2/3 of the parliament and brought the executive presidency back. If that isn't impressive work I don't know what is