We need a fresh beginning

2015-04-28 09
The article I wrote responding to the political moves made last week by the forces who
wants to bring back Mahinda Rajapakse received positive and negative responses.
Many wanted me to translate the article which appeared in a website to Sinhala and
Tamil languages urging me to take the message to a wider audience including the 225
members in the legislature. Today I am giving expression to the deep
frustration within me as I read the so-called amendments to be introduced at the
Committee stage coined by craftsmen to make crafty moves to further confuse the
proceedings. These amendments are going to be introduced by some senior citizens
of the political world who are incessantly murmuring the mantram that we will come
back in three months.

I hear them assuring their supporters with this promise. Those who bravely decided

to change the political journey of this country knew they were doing so with death
standing at their door-step. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers did not build their
Vampire State for nothing. The high frenzy action mobilisation which is symbolised by
waving a different national-flag should not go unnoticed. Those senior politicians
who led the demonstration cannot tell us that they were so excited and did not know
what happened.
Gammanpila a lawyer and Dulles a seasoned campaigner know the significance of
this unitary state campaign they are launching. This is the game plan as researched
with the support of the Mahinda Rajapakse study circle. They are building the new
manifesto minus the minority and in essence the core political message of the 20th
amendment has to be viewed within this framework. I remain committed to the
manape system. But it is my belief that the present moves by the SLFP are not
moving this amendment because they love neither us nor the motherland. They love
themselves and are besotted by the powers and privileges enjoyed in the past. They
worshipped Mahinda Rajapaksa just twelve months ago and joined President Sirisena
clasping their hands receiving the various Ministrial portfolios.
The level of looting and corruption level of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime is now
symbolised by the value of the ring which got lost (later found) inside the Parliament.
They protested apparently urging the new government to respect their leader.
He betrayed the very General who helped him to win the war? What did he do with the
sacks of gold allegedly robbed from the areas of war, espeicially from Mullaithivu and
surrounding areas? What did he do to protect a poor government servant who was
assaulted by a Cabinet Minister and who was also tied to a tree and forced the person
to admit that he tied himself up? Did he act against this Minister who went on to claim
that he made journalists to flee the country? The former President remained indecently
silent when his own colleague, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed. The
regime even sent sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Department to record a
statement from their erstwhile friend Vasudeva Nanayakkara, the former minister in
effect to threaten others. All Cabinet ministers shut their mouths afterwards. Some
were assassinated in broad daylight like Lasantha and Raviraj. Raviraj and Joseph
Pararajasingham were parliamentarians. Whose privileges were violated then?
These political leaders had no backbone to launch a satyagraha when Mahinda
Rajapaksa sold thousands of hectares of land to China. Where were they when the
Port City Project was signed? Day dreaming inside the coziness of the Cabinet? What
have they to say about Siriliya Katha, the Dame of Madamulana having some
unbelievable identity card numbers and Bank accounts? Who benefitted from the
Dames Fund? What happened to the funds of the Nil Balakaya and the so- called
gifts given to the youth leader? It was only very recently a former Minister of the
Rajapakse era shared these stories at a local meeting in Kurunegala. SLFPers
present had all left this meeting silently after this revelation.
As I stated in the earlier article Mahinda Rajapaksa avatar knows only one thing. He
knows how to inculcate fear. Muscle power inside the Parliament. We are sincerely

urging him to bring order into the `fake crisis created by MR to capture his lost
kingdom. MR and his lot allegedly violated multiple elections laws, used violence and
bought votes misusing State resources to come to power. Given an independent and
free election dozens in the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) would have lost.
According to the former President they have not robbed the country. They have
administratively over utilised the resources abusing power. Who is covering the
expenses for the mobilisations in support of the brothers and the political thamashas
of MR?
Looking at the rallies and surveys conducted by them now to make plans for the come
back I firmly believe that a conspiracy is on against the sovereign people of Sri Lanka.
They still want to enjoy something more than simple immunity. This is because
Rajapaksa believes in his own lost kingdom theory. Undoubtedly they are fighting
back. This is not a struggle for democracy you and I as simple citizens want to cherish.
If the situation were so simple the Rajapaksa team could have waited until the next
election and contested it. Ordinary people are perplexed. The politicians have become
active. Gammanpila is threatening to come to the streets. These people are meeting
day in and day out. Are they developing strategies to end poverty in Sri Lanka? No.
They want to show force by this type of parliament sittings. They are ready to make
parliamentry democracy a mockery. If they had respected parliamentary Democracy in
2010 the 18th amendment would not have seen the light of day. Look at the way they
are using facilities provided by the new government including their family members.
The MR regime sold the very soul of mother Lanka and her rich resources cheaply
and made her the unique display in the China shop have exposed us to regional
vulnerabilities. Those supporting them are deliberately concealing this conspiracy by
pointing their crooked fingers towards the West.
It is the people who voted for President Sirisena who liberated Sri Lanka from the
clutches of looting forces of the dragon. We have thereby denounced all forces eyeing
our beautiful island. The people of Sri Lanka has taken the proper political decision
always.
Our struggle is to establish democracy and not to bring back Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sri
Lanka needs a fresh beginning. We need a new parliament. The politics of deals
must come to an end Mr President. Let the voters decide the future of the Executive
Presidency. President Sirisena was elected to deal with the matters of the State and
not the matters of the SLFP. He has to deliver the promise given to hold elections. He
has to come before the people and expose the cheating going on inside the political
well as MR forces delays the removal of powers of the executive presidency. This is
his time to prove true statesmanship. Be the leader we all respected as he left the
folds of the rogue regime. Mr President, mother Lanka now need a true leader, a
man who will stand up to these ugly pressures and dissolve the parliament. Mr
President they are waving fake olive branches. They are waving fake national flags
flouting the Constitution. The plot is to send you alive seven feet below into the political
abyss as you lose the popularity and stature becoming a prisoner of the mess that is
SLFP.

We want a better system of governance, peace and reconciliation to be established, to

put an end to abuse of power and corruption. The rape of Mother Lanka including her
daughters have gone unpunished. These criminals have to be brought before the
Courts of the people. Justice and accountability for all have to be established.

The future of our country rests upon building a new vision and activism based on a
new leadership able to end the rogue regime culture that still lives within the cracks
and corners of the Sri Lankan State. We cannot afford the dark ages of Sri Lankan
politics to return again and remain silently for the return of the Vampires.
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