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Sri Lankan Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, the co-chairman of the Hambantota 2018 bid for the Commonwealth Games, has dismissed the Channel 4 documentary as �completely false� adding that it has no bearing on the Hambantota 2018 bid for the Commonwealth Games.The timing of the documentary is highly unwelcome in Sri Lanka as the Hambantota 2018 Commonwealth Games bid is currently entering its most crucial phase with their vital four-day inspection from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission beginning today but Aluthgamage has dismissed the videos as fabricated.
�The Channel 4 documentary is a completely false documentary,� Aluthgamage told insidethegames.
�The footage shown in it has been fabricated and we will not be affected by lies.
�It was simply false and it has no bearing on the Hambantota 2018 bid for the Commonwealth Games at all.�
Aluthgamage�s comments to insidethegames come after British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Alistair Burt claimed he was �shocked by the horrific scenes� in the documentary, which he said contained �convincing evidence of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.�
The five-person Commission, chaired by Scotland�s Louise Martin, have just completed their four-day inspection of Hambantota�s only rivals for the 2018 Commonwealth Games the Gold Coast in Australia and are now in Sri Lanka undertaking official proceedings in the Asian country.
They will be based in Colombo for the majority of the visit due to the lack of facilities currently in place in Hambantota but will spend a day in the bid city to look at where the venues for a potential 2018 Commonwealth Games will be built.
Following the visit to Sri Lanka, the Commission will release a report for voting delegates on the two bid cities in September shortly before the vote for the Games at the Federation�s General Assembly in St Kitts and Nevis on November 11, insidethegames reports.
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This is a Public Forum. Please use this forum responsibly to express your views and opinions. Comments that use foul and abusive language will be edited/deleted. Comments containing slander, vulgarism and derogatory statement will be deleted. Reader comments posted are the opinion of the comment writer, not Ada Derana. Help us protect the freedom of expression.a.vote_up, a.vote_down {display:inline-block;background-repeat:none;background-position:center;height:16px;width:16px;margin-left:4px;text-indent:-900%;}a.vote_up {background:url("js/reddit_vote_tut/src/images/thumb_up.png");}a.vote_down {background:url("js/reddit_vote_tut/src/images/thumb_down.png");} June 27, 2011 01:36 pm Wishing best of luck to Gold Coast for winning the BID, which saves 4 billion rupees. This Gov is absolutely insane. Rathnayake
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June 27, 2011 01:46 pm Dear Mr.Mahindananda, why do you talk about C4.Do you agree?.However we are going to waste Billions of rupees for this campaign.We are fighting against Australia.Have you got little bit of brain tissue in your Big head?. Without wasting mega money, first develop the country. We had enough mega projects!.Look at H´tota lake.The chairman of the port authority announced in Feb 2011 that first OIL shipment strating in JUNE 2011.I have not seen even a boat in H´tota sea. You are wastiing our money.This is a SIN minister.! migida +35 -22
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June 27, 2011 03:04 pm It is ok to give it a try. If SL wins it is a big factor for developments. Rani +19 -21
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June 27, 2011 03:38 pm You people told the same before IIFA but how many millions we lost. Money should be spent on development projects and production not to fancy insane stuff like this. Rathnayake +3 -2
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June 27, 2011 09:21 pm @Rani,Yes you may be correct.Remebmber recent World Cup.We were hosting and earned millions of rupees. What happend to that money?. migida +5 -1
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June 27, 2011 03:13 pm You are 100% correct. We already have paid few millions of US $ to a UK company to make the bidding campaign. We have very recent experience in co-hosting ICC World cup. What was the result? Now SL Cricket has lost over 63 million US $. Just Imagine how much we will lose if we host CWG. All corrupted ministers & officers from top to bottom are sucking our poor people´s money. So pathetic. S.Dilruk +8 -1
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June 27, 2011 01:54 pm What is most disconcerting however is the statement issued by the Commonwealth Secretariat expressing concerns about the civil war in Sri Lanka based on the Channel 4 programme, especially at the same time as when the CG Evaluation Team is in Sri Lanka. Ironically, the Sec General & Political Adviser of the Secretariat are both former Indian Diplomats. Is somebody scared that we will conduct the Games more efficiently than India did in 2010? There was not a whimper of protest from the Commonwealth Secretariat when Sri Lankans were being slaughtered by Tamil Terrorists during the past 30 years. Nor when India chose to invade our airspace and drop weevil-infested parippu on Jaffna. They have woken up only when Sri Lanka indicated an interest in vying for the Games in 2018. Why is it that I get a strong smell of Gingelly Oil emanating from the Gold Coast in Australia ? Son of Lanka +12 -5
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June 27, 2011 01:56 pm Ok.... Daham D. +1 -1
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June 27, 2011 02:39 pm you will see more horrific scenes in Texas chainsaw massacre also. CH4 claims it is documentary not a filmbut both are films to shock the audience.only LTTE diaspora scumbags who funded the film for CH4 says it is a documentary. THURSTONITE +8 -6
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June 27, 2011 02:55 pm First time I have seen University Lectures protesting demanding small amount of salary increase.Gov could do it by spending 5% of what they spending for the commonwealth useless bid. Ane Apoi +20 -11
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June 27, 2011 03:44 pm very true. Rathnayake +0 -1
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June 27, 2011 02:55 pm What a joke!They are going to inspect the potential venues.If Sri Lanka was serious,they should have made Colombo the venue.Malaysia had it in KL & India in New Delhi,both their capitals & not in a remote town where billions of dollars will be spent. girigoris +21 -10
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June 27, 2011 03:40 pm Hambanthota is the only district in Sri Lanka, so buy it. Fake patriot +0 -0
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June 27, 2011 05:10 pm follow the bid closely are just shut upNew delhi was a failure and sri lanka will not repeat those same mistakes delhi did.Colombo doesn´t have space even to build a car park how are we going to host the games. sam +0 -0
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June 27, 2011 06:50 pm You are correct, as for this report Gvt don�t have facilities in Hambanthota for accommodate these few visitors. So how come Gvt or Privet sector going to build 5*, 4* hotels to accommodate 2018 games from 6-7 years for min 200000 visitors. A Silva +0 -0
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June 27, 2011 03:12 pm Pissu double !!! rosh +0 -0
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June 27, 2011 03:19 pm Then Australians too should be shame of killing thier Indegeniuos People since 1700 till 1985. They killed more than 300,000 Aboriginies through vaviuos means. yes ofcourse there is something diffrent in Australia. (1) Their Opposition never sell the countries dignity like as JVP and UNP (2) Thier media love thier country unlike our Media.That´s why these issues never comesup when Australia Biding for a event like this. because they stand as a one nation together with their Opposition Liberal party to win this event for thier country. Ranjith Dezoya +1 -0
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June 27, 2011 03:23 pm When we have less educated Ministers they make statements without realising the repercussions they would have. This brainless statement will certainly cost us the games if we had a slightest chance. I wonder how he was able to converse with the evaluating committe of the Commonwealth Games, and explained matters. It would have been very embarassing to others ranjan +3 -0
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June 27, 2011 03:36 pm balagena inna hambu wi. Chinthaka +1 -0
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June 27, 2011 03:53 pm Well said Migida!!! yes these fools have mixed up prorities.Atula athula +1 -0
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June 27, 2011 04:00 pm Sri Lanka needs to catch up for over 50 years of being backward. Some may not understand the significance of a bid such as this some may criticize it based on politics. This type of exposure is required to instill confidence in the economy which is an integral part of development and develop the tourism industry not to mention interest in sport! Kadira +2 -2
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June 27, 2011 04:06 pm Mahindananda will secure us the Commonwealth. I like the way he looks Rathnayake +1 -7
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June 27, 2011 04:10 pm I heard from the some other source that SL govt is going to spend around 4 billion US$ for such a big event. Let�s compare it with our population. We have 20 million people and then one person should contribute at least Rs. 20,000 to target the above expenses within six or seven years. It�s mean Rs. 2,850 per year. Let�s calculate with average household size like 4.2, then at least a family should contribute Rs. 11,970 per year until 2018. Mr. President if you area a patriotic gentlemen please think twice how can our majority of people can afford this expenses. I totally agree with you if you could spend this money from your own pocket. DS +4 -1
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June 28, 2011 02:18 pm How many dollars per medal..I doubt however we would be able to win even 1 gold medal...this is a good get rich quick for the political stooges...whilst the taxpayers will have to pay for this for decades. banana republic +0 -0
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June 27, 2011 06:21 pm We wish you good luck Sri-Lanka. We must devolope Sri-Lanka transport syestem,Bus services (Comferteble) Railway with electric trains eqvelent to europe.We have to have nice clean cties definitly we can try not only Commenwealth but Olyimpic games too. Good luck Minister. Ratawasiya +0 -3
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June 27, 2011 06:34 pm Hope Gold coast will win the bid, this will save SL public mega milions. this is an effert to make government goons billioners my awarding unlawfull contracts. look at the Rajapakse stadium which made rich SL cricket board a begger. Wijebahu +5 -1
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June 27, 2011 07:07 pm The commonwealth is a has been organisation run for the benefit of past colonialists and has no relevance in today´s world. Is the sri-lankan tax payer going to spend 4 billion, a collosal waste of money on this? I sincerely hope not. Besides the commonwealth secretary general just made adverse comments about sri-lanka based on the channel4 fictional TV programme. Why should the sri-lankan taxpayer ever consider being even part of this ´colonialists club´ I cannot imagine. Besides the wild areas of hambantota like yala, kumana, bundala would be very adversely affected if the commonwealth games are ever held there. I hope for the sake of our wildlife we don´t get these useless games. Our wildlife should come first not useless games. sunil +2 -1
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June 27, 2011 08:26 pm Hambantota city does not deserve this honour - not yet. It would be inappropriate for the 2018 CWG to be held in SL given the country´s widespread corruption. Awarding the game would reward bad governance, social injustices and the denial of civil rights to some. Siripala +3 -1
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June 28, 2011 03:06 am You ,me mahinda we all know that we not gonna win. what they doing is just the anotherway to cheat the people. ron +3 -1
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June 28, 2011 05:30 am Is the Minister ready to take the Commission to the IDP Camps, and show them how well the IDPs are being treated, even 2 years after the end of the War? Couldn´t the proposed expenditure be better used for their Rehabilitation and Reconciliation? This will ensure a more Enduring Peace than grandiose schemes in the South. Lankikaya +3 -1
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June 28, 2011 07:13 am If Sri Lanka did not contain the terrorists what we will see today is high powered C4 plastic explosions detonated by the terrorists killing scors of innocent Sri Lankan citizens on a daily basis.C4 documentary is an attempt by the remenents of few terrorists to sooth their pain of mind& this C4 the common wealth secretariot will agree is better than actual C4 plastic explosins all ower Sri Lanka.Further in the latter case 2018 common wealth games bid would never be taken seriously due to terrorist threat as no forigner for obvious reason would liked to get bombed. s.lankan +1 -0
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June 28, 2011 10:02 am The world will see the present Human Right violations of the country. The dissidents are jailed? The protests are attacked, tear-gassed? The uni students are attcked by govt goons, The Media organisations are attacked, burnt and nobody charged. The journalists are attcked, abducted and murdered and nobody charged. Corruption is at its highest. rana +4 -1
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