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Appointment of Nonis isn’t even a semblance of good governance – Sri Lankans in London bemoan

(Lanka-e-News- 09.March.2015, 11.30PM) The appointment of Chris Nonis who was Sri Lanka’s ex High commissioner to London as advisor on foreign affairs to President Maithripala Sirisena has come in for heavy flak from  the Sri Lankan community in London. This appointment was made a day before the President’s tour of London. Nonis has moved heaven and earth to secure this appointment. He had offered all kinds of bribes to various people in addition to ‘worshipping’ some of them ,not to mention his  crawling on all fours before them . According to  informed sources within SL  this appointment has been made due to the pressures exerted by the husband of Maithripala’s daughter.

It is noteworthy this appointment has neither  received the blessings of the minister of foreign affairs ,nor a majority of the ministers of the government , and specially the officials of the foreign ministry had disapproved it. It is their view , that Nonis is naturally possessed of a barbaric  and evil nature, apart from being  a source of embarrassment and torment to people.

Moreover , as Jayantha Dhanapala ,a rare foreign  diplomat of sublime qualities has already been appointed as foreign affairs advisor , obviously and clearly ,unworthy Nonis has nothing worthy to do there. The critics have questioned , what does Nonis who is a physician  by profession know about foreign affairs which is a vast subject.

Nonis who parades and poses  as having profound knowledge of the commonwealth , could not halt the huge media campaign that was conducted by the commonwealth president Peter Keller against Sri Lanka , when Nonis  was the High commissioner at that time. Even when  Kellner appeared on channel four and attacked SL ,  Nonis  remained clueless and response-less.

During that period , Nonis was the Vice President of that committee , yet he could not win over his President so close to him . In such circumstances , to prove his stupidity and idiocy in relation to his diplomacy , no  more testimony is needed. Later it came to light many members of that body were ill disposed towards Nonis and his conduct.

Moreover , when Nonis was the high commissioner in London , he was tainted by  several charges mounted against him: By leveling weird charges against officers of the foreign service he had  dismissed staff  ; berated the staff in filthy language ; and prostituted  his official position to make money and develop his  illicit businesses, to mention but a few.

The foreign policy of Nonis  therefore was not compatible with those of the present government for good governance . They however  dovetailed perfectly with the obnoxious racial and corrupt policies of the Rajapakse regime  , and use of  filthy language was a favorite occupation of the  Rajapakses.  Though his policies and conduct were backed by the disrespectful racists , he was a disdained  character  and never in the good books of  recognized international communities  or organizations. 

His interviews over foreign TV channels  as a medical doctor notorious  for lack of humaneness , have been frowned upon by civilized  communities internationally. The Rajapakse regime was ridiculed   and looked down on internationally because of individuals  like Nonis.

Nonis also created an ignominious  world record as a High commissioner by  getting assaulted by a monitoring  M.P. of the ministry of foreign affairs while in America . This disgraced the country and left an indelible scar on the country’s image. 

Although the M.P. was at fault , Nonis the High commissioner who slept with stray dogs  is equally at fault , because Nonis should have been aware that if he  sleeps with dogs  you are bound to wake up with fleas . Besides , this incident occurred in a private  house where the party was held.

When a High commissioner goes to a private house of an individual and gets assaulted , it is an insult to his country although a shameless High Commissioner may be accustomed to such insults. While intellectuals generally avoid quarrels and conflicts , Nonis the high commissioner voluntarily invited trouble and got thrashed by creeping into places where he ought not  be  , thereby shamelessly disgracing himself , the lofty position he held and the country. 

Perhaps , the president has given him the new appointment as advisor to learn from him how one can get assaulted when one  associates with uneducated  individuals.

The fact of the matter is ,Nonis  was not divested of his  High commissioner post because he was to be given the new appointment  , and giving appointments to individuals like Nonis is not good governance , the intellectuals of Sri Lanka  opined.

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hi good
-- by ewff fdfefe fewfc on 2014-10-18

On his resignation, Nonis pledged "unswerving loyalty" to MR and (get this) MR's family. Is SL so desperate to appoint such an ass-licker?
-- by Adrian on 2015-03-09

Compare to iniabarathi and many others of former president, he is much more better.
-- by aswin on 2015-03-10

Dr. Nonis is great...we love him. Please dont do this to him...
-- by Amal on 2015-03-13

This is all lies , Dr CN is our hero.Great lion .True Sri Lankan .
-- by Podda on 2015-03-13

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