Really CHOGM is not just a failure it is an unmitigated Disaster!!!

The Govt. is really trying to put the best foot forward to cover up from the absolutely disastrous showing at CHOGM. We have gone out of our way and paid for people to come, by giving them so many freebies, that I would have thought there were sufficient foreigners willing to taste a freebie and arrive as VIPs for CHOGM and I know I would partake just to enjoy the show.

So it is with great regret that I can see, that the no shows outnumber the ones who come to CHOGM. Sri Lanka has gone out of its way in spending an inordinate amount of money, I bet it is more than any past CHOGM to showcase the Country. Still no one appears to care a toss, and have skipped this event.

After all 31 of the 54 Commonwealth Countries have less than 1.5M people, in short a village of sorts. Even those villagers have opted out of sending their leaders, and sending some second string people to enjoy the loot. So let us just look at the remainder! You tick your box on how much they care. Even from the UK Cameron is showing his face only for the opening session at Nelum Pokuna on Friday, and then making a beeline to Jaffna to spend most of the rest of the day there before flying out the following day not even waiting for the Waters Edge Retreat!

UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Singapore, Ruwanda, Mozambique,Cameroon, and Sierra Leone making up the Countries with Population of more than 1.5M

Just look at who will be here as far their Heads of Government of the remaining 22 is concerned, and make up your mind. I know already of 6 of the above who will not send their HOGs! So 5 more and not even half of this lot will come! Bad show President Mahinda Rajapakse for your leadership. None appears to wants a photo opportunity with you, after you Photoshopped the photo of the Queen at her 60^th at her dinner party, as the world saw : “Her majesty was not amused” even though you were tickled pink to show the local audience by way of a forced insert into all the papers. Was it the same with the Obamas? I would not be surprised!

How can a proud nation such as ours, stoop so low due to the behavior of our elected leaders, who do not know the word called, low key modesty, which shames a nation replete with huge cutouts on the way from the airport to have to suffer this gross indignity in the eyes of the world for the egos of a few!