Dayan Jayathilake (DJ) is now Sri Lanka's new ambassador to the Russian Federation. DJ is indeed an opportunist to his bones. He is equally very cunning. So there should be something big forthcoming. Sirisena is a sinking ship and there are signs that rats would soon start jumping to sea. It is true DJ is at odds with what he calls "Alt Right" in Gotabhaya Rajapaksha's (GR's) camp which includes, according to him, racist Buddhist monks and ex-military guys such as Admiral Sarath Wijesekara. Therefore, he is now openly criticising GR's candidacy. Has he abandoned MR and GR who undoubtedly enjoy a huge popularity among people and joined a sinking ship?
Either DJ simply wants to add another colourful feather in his cap as a diplomat and a "political scientist' in his twilight years in the former domain becoming the Ambassador to Putin's Russia considered be the biggest force against the West's neo-con hegemony in the world or Sirisena is still a force to be reckoned with despite his zero popularity among people. The most likely scenario is the latter assumption. In other words Sirisena is again likely to be the "Common Candidate" in the upcoming Presidential election. This may again be a game plan by the West and India to block MR and GR as there is no one in sight to compete the latter.
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