Dr.Levins T.C.Rajaratnam LL.B(SL).,LL.M(Lond).,Ph.D(Lond)., Barrister & Solicitor(Australia) Solicitor(England & Wales) Attorney at Law (USA & SL)

Civil allegiance is the duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen. The word ‘allegiance’ is a derivative of liege, free and historically it signifies the service which a free man owed to his liege lord. Every citizen owes the duty of loyalty to the state where he is a Citizen.

Allegiance is the tie which binds the subject to the Sovereign in return for that protection which the Sovereign affords the subject. It was the mutual bond and obligation between the King or Queen and his or her subjects, whereby subjects are called his liege subjects, because they are bound to obey and serve him.

At Common Law, allegiance is a true and faithful obedience of the subject due to his Sovereign. As the subject owes to his King his true and faithful allegiance and obedience, so the Sovereign is to govern and protect his subjects, regere et protegere subdititos suos, so as between the Sovereign and subject there is : duplex et reciprocum ligamen; quia sicut subditus regi tenetur ad obedientiam, ita rex subdito tenetur ad protectionem:merito igitur ligeantia dicitur a ligando, quia continent in se duplex ligament. Allegiance is owed both to the Sovereign as a natural person and to the Sovereign in his or her political capacity. Loyalty requires affection also to the office of the Sovereign, attachment to royalty, attachment to the law and to the Constitution of the realm and he who would by force or fraud endeavour to prostrate that law and Constitution, though he may retain his affection for its head, can boast but an imperfect and spurious species of loyalty.

 1. “I am a Four Star General, I was not given promotion as Five Star General. Had I got it I will still be wearing the Uniform” What a silly statement unbecoming of an Officer and a Gentleman. An Officer in the army is expected to serve Head of State and the Nation without expectations of material gain. He should have realized that the Airforce and the Navy too played significant roles together with the police. This controversial personality is craving for the post of President which he will never be in his wildest dreams but he has certainly qualified himself as an unpatriotic, dishonest traitor who has ever lived in this country. Whilst he make remarks about Our Patriotic son of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa by asserting that as a civilian he has a right to contest the elections, by what right has that ordinary civilian the right for additional security personnel. He would have been entitled to additional security personnel had he maintained the dignity and decorum of a retired Army General and not behave like a savage. No right thinking soldier should protect him. If there is any patriotic soldier or Armed forces personnel they must refuse to be in his security squad to give him protection or refuse to be on his squad lest he makes insinuous remarks of his own body guards.

 It is the duty of the State and the President to disqualify him as a Candidate if he is trying to bully the Nation with the unseen foreign power with NGO’s and INGO’s .

 The Election Commissioner should disqualify him as he holds foreign residence permit (Green card) and is unfit to contest the Presidential election. We must enact a law to prevent foreign interests and invasion.

 It was President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s leadership which wiped out terrorism with the able directives of Dr.Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and the analytical advise given by Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa. An officer who lifts his hand to salute the Head of State should not try to challenge the Head of State or point a finger at him. Probably after losing the elections, as a Green Card holder he may migrate to USA.

 2.On submitting his resignation papers he stated “ I will make my comments after I remove my uniform. As an ordinary citizen, I have the rights of the citizen to contest”. If so why is he  trying to exploit the resources given to a retired General. Are you upholding the dignity of a retired General? Instead he is  now trying to become a political henchman of vested interests and some disgruntled politicians. What a shame. He was injured. Who sent him  for medical treatment ? Has he forgotten Article 3o(1) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka which states that the President is the Head of State and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces”. Has he observed and obeyed order as an officer and a gentleman ? Has he not qualified himself to be court martial led for his conduct unbecoming of an Officer?