Rajapaksa is the ‘genuine’ common candidate: BBS

When I read this & listen to his speech, I start laughing at myself wondering what has happened to this country. Spin is defined as below in Wikipedia:-

"In public relations, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor or against a certain organization or public figure. While traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, "spin" often implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or highly manipulative tactics.

Politicians are often accused by their opponents of claiming to be honest and seek the truth while using spin tactics to manipulate public opinion. Because of the frequent association between spin and press conferences (especially government press conferences), the room in which these take place is sometimes described as a spin room. A group of people who develop spin may be referred to as "spin doctors" who engage in "spin doctoring" for the person or group that hired them."

Now the problem is who is spinning whom!!!!

As the government represents people from all social and ethical backgrounds, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the ‘genuine’ common candidate of the nation, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization Ven. Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero said.

The observation was made during a press conference held in Colombo, this morning.

While refusing that he would become the common candidate for the upcoming Presidential election, Gnanasara Thero said “By any mean, it is not our duty to contest for the elections. Even in the history, it was monks who guided their successors to the throne. Likewise, we do the same,”

The BBS will decide on who to support in the forthcoming elections, once we get to know the opposition candidate. “It is confirmed that President Rajapaksa to contest from the ruling party. But the others, they just play hide and seek games. The time has come people to know who the common candidate is,” Thero added.

Gnanasara Thero went on saying some groups try to indicate that the Government lost Muslims’ votes in the Uva Provincial Council elections owing to activities of the BBS. “There is no other country that treats the Muslims so good like in Sri Lanka. If so, I ask the Muslims what reasons led not to vote for the government,”

He pointed out that even top governmental bodies including Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce are led by Muslim politicians. “This would never happen in other countries. Sri Lanka is the country in which the Muslims are treated well,” said Gnanasara Thero.

He also said that the government should consider the constitutional amendments introduced by the Jathika Hela Urumaya.

With input from Adaderana.lk