Posted on February 22nd, 2021 By The Sri Lanka Study Circle The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind.” —Joseph Stillwell Who is Colombage? Monkeying around on the seat of the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is a rank outsider and interloper, Pastor Colombage, described by many insiders as the ineptest Secretary in the history of post-independence Sri Lanka; these insiders are unable to perceive whether Colombage is just an opportunistic nincompoop or a cunning fifth columnist operating within the Ministry. These opinions are based on the born-again pastor’s preposterous gaffes, conflicts of interest and his membership in ultra-right American funded