All hail!

by admin
Jul 18, 2011

In glowing reports on President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to Jaffna on Monday, the state-owned Daily News said he addressed a “mammoth rally” at Velanei, where he received a “rousing welcome by thousands of cheering people. Here’s a picture of them:

Velanei, by the way, is on Kayts island, which has for decades been dominated by Sri Lankan military bases and is also the bastion of the pro-government Tamil paramilitary group-cum-political party, the EPDP, led by Douglas Devananda, pictured (r) with President Rajapaksa.

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