L. Jayasooriya

What MR should realize is that this is not a contest between him and SF but a contest between him and Ranil Wickramasinghe (RW) in which SF is the symbol instead of the Elephant.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Though during these few weeks SF has demonstrated that he can speak like a seasoned politician credible to the masses (and that is what matters) he has also proved with his many contradictions (that do not matter to the masses) that he has no credible policy but instead of him fading away he seems to be gathering momentum. The latest to join him are Auruddha Ratwatte, his former boss and Sarath N de Silva the former Chief Justice who gave a prepared speech damaging to the President giving reasons. The fact that SF has no credible policy does not matter to the masses and one cannot therefore say that he has no political experience to get the vote. Getting the vote is what matters. Nothing else matters for the man or woman who gets the votes. Could anybody real or imaginary have messed up this country more than what Ranil or Kumarathunge has done?ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  So any talk that a man must have political experience and a character to get to the top is a myth. Ranil got there because of his connection to JR. Kumarathunge got there for two reasons , one she hijacked her mother and second she lied to a gullible brainless people that she would abolish the executive presidency. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ SF got there because he was shining in the limelight.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ No one can have any objections for SF deciding to run for President but when he had the choice of using LalithƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s unused party and finding a few good UNP men to join him he chose to join a gang of the most despicable traitors the country has ever known. This is the gang that betrayed the country by revealing our long rangers all of whom were killed and entered into a CFA with the LTTE to finish us off to the satisfaction of the West. Can there be any act more despicable on the surface of this earth than that? And yet, our government has never at any time explained to the masses the deep implications of the CFA including the ceding of territory to the LTTE and neither have they explained in full the betrayal of the long rangers by Ranil and that they were all killed by the LTTE as a result of their identities being divulged. Either the people in charge of disseminating this information are not efficient at their job or the people hired for the job are CBK men.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Ranil Wickramasinghe entered into this CFA with the complete and full backing of Kumarathunge though she did not sign it but could easily have prevented it. I have said before that as proof of her backing the CFA, she used it against Karuna at the very early stages when he was attempting to contact the government through a correspondent of the Island. Karuna will never forget it. He is not dead. Please ask him once again, please!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ So in addition to SF having no credible policy he has also displayed that he has no self-respect when he agreed to be a puppet under the control of Ranil Wickramasinghe. Therefore clearly Ranil has no respect for SF. That is why Ranil Wickramasinghe was able to reduce him to a mere symbol replacing the elephant so that when SF loses the elephant has not lost but only the catƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s paw that Ranil used.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Apart from the innumerable contradictions made by SF none of the extremely serious allegations against him by Asian Tribune have been investigated by the government even though Mr. K. T. Rajasingham of the Asian Tribune has said that he can prove them. Such serious allegations will never be made unless they can be proved. Now SF has come up with something very damaging to Gota but the government that has the means to investigate this as well as the allegations made by Asian Tribune has not done so. If the government does not investigate then credibility will shift towards SF.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Take the case of the 12 innocent labourers who were not allowed to flee by their employer a French NGO and as a result were massacred by the LTTE. The government neglected to investigate and a couple of years later it blew up into international dimensions. It was only then that the government woke up and proceeded to prove its innocence and the NGO responsible did not press the case when evidence mounted against it and the matter dropped but the world has heard otherwise. Why did the government not pursue it to the limit? This is what I do not understand. If the government does not pursue this very latest incident immediately, the same thing that happened to the 12 innocent men could happen and the Sri Lankan army could be charged with war crimes that America is eager to do. As Wimal Weerawansa said America has now got the evidence from the mouth of the chief of the army himself. America is now working on the next step, Wimal Weerawansa warns. I agree and those who advise the government probably CBK men may be advising not to proceed with investigations and telling MR that Ranil will be reduced to 20%.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ On top of that there is one very serious matter and that is the government telling India that the constitution will be amended to include all the wishes of India. This has sent shock waves to all patriotic Sinhalese and they will never allow the government to have a two-third majority. They will never vote against MR but will keep out to ensure that there will be no two-third majority. That could result in Ranil being able to form a government. So serious could be the repercussions on this. What we the Sinhala patriots want to hear from the government is that we will abolish Provincial Councils and compensate the employees with a lump sum payment of say three years salary and a pension for life based on the number of years service and that there will be not one nanometre of devolution let alone an inch. The smallest known virus is 35 nanometres but the Indian virus could be so much smaller that it will remain a permanent threat to us and we should enlist more to maintain our ability to liquidate any invader.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Devolution on an ethnic basis is in the air everywhere. Palitha Kohona said on Monday night (14/12/2009) at an interview with CNN Amanpour that Sri Lanka is already in the process of devolution while the LTTE spokesman said that the Tamils are being discriminated against by the Sinhalese and that they want self determination. The main guest was Sir John Holms of John Holms fame who came to see us. When Amanpour asked Sir John Holms whether elections that will be taking place soon are democratic he said of course elections are democratic but in very cleverly chosen words gave the impression that the Tamils may not get the chance to vote. The government can log on to AmanpourƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s website and get the exact wording used. They should ask Kohana to supply the exact wording used and study it.

Devolution means eventual breaking up of the country to the benefit of India and America to gain access to the main East-West shipping routes. Sri Lanka will very soon be receiving the largest single investment ever made for a steel plant or something like that to be built in Trincomalee by an Australian company. They have stated that the reason for coming to Trincomalee is to make use of the hub of the East-West shipping lanes. By destabilising Sri Lanka through devolution India hopes to divide the country and get a foothold here to annex us and also to control the Indian Ocean. They will never give up that idea even after they die. We have to be prepared. America wants to get a foothold to destabilize the whole of South Asia and also to finish off with the R&D program of India.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ RanilƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s vote bank at the last election was 47%. There are several individual candidates for the Presidential elections and a few may get a substantial amount of votes, almost all of which would otherwise have gone to MR.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  RW claims that if the Tamils in the North and the East were permitted to vote he would have won last time and that may be so because of the very tight margin. The UPFA today claims that it could get 40% of the Tamil vote in the North and East which means Ranil will get 60% but I think MR should be able to get more than 40% though I have no figures to prove it. I also think he will also get the estate vote. One thing that both MR and SF can be sure of is that none of them will get a single vote from Colombo Tamils but SF can bank on the bulk of the Christian vote except a few whose numbers can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The Muslim vote is as we all know very unreliable. I do not understand why MR should cater to men like Douglas Devananda and other separatists when MR could get the estimated Tamil vote in the North and East together with the estate vote while the Colombo Tamils keep out of this.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ If that analysis is correct then it will be the Sinhalese Buddhist vote that will decide. Of them there is a very substantial chunk that MR will lose. These are the votes of the poor peasant Sinhalese Buddhists in rural areas whose basic rights have been denied by provincial councillors and government servants due to corruption. Details of how these basic rights have been denied have been given daily for years and years by MTV and Srisa. Even at this late stage if MR were to investigate what the MTV and Sirasa are saying daily in their ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Action TVƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ program and take firm legal action against the offenders who are politicians both of the UPFA and the UNP and government servants demanding jail sentences it would help provided it is done genuinely. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ If such sentences could be had and if wide publicity is given to the undesirables in the UPFA and the government servants then MR could get the votes of these innocent people provided he restores their rights. The whole country is fed up with politicians who abuse their powers and government servants who do not do their duty because they know a politician who could protect him. Apathy has already set in and many may not vote.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Finally there is this question of the JHU vote which is half a million. The JHU will cease to exist after parliament is dissolved in April because the JHU knows that it ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ will not get a single seat if they were to contest. If the UPFA were to absorb any of the men who hijacked the original JHU the half million may not vote UPFA because feelings run so high against the JHU. They will most certainly not vote UNP but in all probability could abstain from voting. There could be others who could abstain from voting due to other reasons given above. If that scenario is realistic it would be disastrous.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Not withstanding all this MR could get that full complement of the JHU vote of half a million if Wimal Weerawansa formally declares to adopt the policies that the JHU promised but did not carry out. In other words Wimal Weerawansa could replace the JHU and contest the parliamentary elections under his partyƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s name. Half a million votes are there for him just for the credible promising to carry out what the JHU promised but did not carry out. Such a thing has not happened in the whole of history where one man has taken over the entire vote bank of another party. Under such circumstances Wimal Weerawansa could have a substantial party in parliament but only for one term if he does not keep his promise.