By Kithsiri Athulathmudali, Florida, USA

This article appeared in the on line version of Sunday Leader on September 19^th 2010 http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/19/until-the-%e2%80%98south%e2%80%99-learn

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ If Kusal Perera wrote this article with the notion, that Mahinda Rajapaksa acted within Sri Lankan constitution and did not go an inch outside of the constitution, he will not have a job at the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Sunday LeaderƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. The owners of the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Sunday LeaderƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ would have not allowed him to publish it. Going by the comments of NANABST on the comments section of the article, you get Kappan from a Western NGO. So, my statement above is not applicable. At least in my opinion, this article was written for the consumption of INDIANS and the Colombo Colonial English speaking populace and not for Sri Lankans living abroad, who do not have access to the printed media and have only access to Sri Lanka news on the internet. And this is why you are getting this challenge from a Sinhala American.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Difference between Sinhala and Sinhalese

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ I will write the first two sentences of the article for the benefit of the readers. ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-This is all about politics in the Sinhala South. Sinhala politics that decide the countryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s future. Tamil-Muslim aspirations may live in the periphery, at the mercy of the SinhaleseƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. You start the sentence with Sinhala and end the sentence with Sinhalese. You do this subconsciously because our forefathers were programed in 1815 to call Sinhala Sinhalese. (Ref: Dr. Sudath Gunasekara: ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ September 20^th 2010ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-The Kandyan Convention and the legality of the Royal Proclamation and Constitutions enacted thereafter?ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/09/20/) I refer to the above article, on item 3. After the surrender to the British in 1875, all lands were made to own by the British Crown. A man, whose land was taken over by the British, wrote a letter to the Government Agent (GA) stating that this property was given to him by the Sinhala King. The Government Agent, in his reply not only stated that this land is now owned by the British Crown and also this man cannot refer to himself as SINHALA, because Ceylon is now owned by the British and SINHALA has a lease to the lands in Ceylon. In future written communications, you must refer to yourself as SINHALESE. This is because you SINHALA have a lease to Ceylon and any citizen can be deported to another country just like the way we deported your king Sri Wickrama Rajasinha. This Government Agent (GA) went further by issuing a Memorandum to this effect and got a Magistrate to notarize it. The funny side of this story is that this DUM ENGLISH GA and the DUM ENGLISH MAGISTRATE could not spell. What they wanted on it was SINHALEASE and not SINHALESE. I got this from ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Kata-KathaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ handed down from generation to generation and do not have solid proof of it, but this memorandum is achieved in the British museum, in an area where no researcher can have access to.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Mudisooda MannanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Kingdom, Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Why I brought this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-SINHALAƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ issue to the open; is to highlight the evolutionary process; which takes a painstakingly slow movement, took a dramatic turn starting in and around 2005 to a lighting fast speed in January 2009 to create a historic milestone for the SINHALA on May 19^th 2009. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Pre May 19^th 2009, one could argue that Sinhala lived in an imaginary world thinking that they had the whole country to themselves. On the contrary, they were living in, which I call a Virtual Reality. To explain this further, I refer to a speech by Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, on July 2010 as reported in the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Outlookindia.comƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ I quote from the web site http//:news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?687850 as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Slain LTTE Leader V.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Prabharakeran, would have been Mudisooda Mannan (Un Crowned King) of Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka had he accepted the 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan agreement or escaped to Tami Nadu during the final stages of the warƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. He said this to a cheering crowd in Virudhunager on July 17^th 2010. He also said Prabhakeran was Not INDIAƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢S ENEMY, but a respected friend. Mudisooda MannanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Kingdom was Real and the Virtual part is Sinhala thinking that whole of Sri Lanka belongs to them. This kingdom had its army, navy and an Air Force. Also civil law courts, Police and tax collection, and a banking system with its own currency. Banking system was masterminded by Hatton National Bank where money laundererƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s like Pramadase and Chindrica had bank accounts.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  I hope the reader can now understand what Virtual Reality means. On this great day May 19^th 2009, brave Sri Lankan armed forces killed the Mudisooda Mannan and captured his kingdom, thus shattering the dream of Jawaharlal Nehru, to create the GREATER TAMIL NADU.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sinhala South

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Now to the next part of the sentence. You state ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-it is all about politics in the Sinhala SouthƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. This Sinhala South came to light only after Mahinda Rajapakse became the president. CanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t you see Sinhala living in other parts of the country voted for him? His former Prime Minister is from Western Province and present Prime Minister is from Kandy. How could this be southern only Sinhala Politics? In the next sentence you state ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Tamil Muslim AspirationsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ This matharay you picked up from Robert Blake but his comments were slightly different he did not add Muslims. It was Tamils and Tamils only. I hope you read the comments by an angry Muslim on your web site. I will write his comments for the readers benefit. Comments by Nanabst: ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Why the hell you try to drag Muslims to your mess? When did we Muslims try to buckle this countryƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s development? All Tamil aspirations are breaking this country in to two which is their dream and we all know that. For god sake leave us alone, when you work in western NGO tracks.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Political Chivalry Man- Ship of J.R. Jayawardena and Mahinda Rajapkse

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Now to the next paragraph. I will write it again for the benefit of the reader. ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-No elected MP to the Parliament was provided with even a copy of the 18^th Amendment in AdvanceƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. This is called political Chivalry-Manship and certainly not chicanery, as you portray this act.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Mahinda took a page from J. R. JayawardenaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s play book and modified it to fit the present day situation with the Indians, and played it according to the play book rules. Why did Mahinda go to India few months ago, it was to show the 18^th amendment to the Indian clowns.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Remember what J. R. Jayawardena did when Rajiv Gandhi gave an ultimatum to him and said that if you do not pass the 13^th and the 17^th amendments India will occupy the whole of Sri Lanka and nullify your constitution. J.R. Jayawardena did not know what to do other than to show the amendments to the members of the parliament on the same day, the voting was carried out in the parliament.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  With J.R. JayawardenaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Chivalry-Manship, he master minded for the benefit of Sinhala; generations to come will not be able to implement these two amendments because they contradict the constitution. At least in my opinion, he would have thought, one day a president will emerge to attack, kill ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Modisooda Mannan and capture his Kingdom. (The, so called Northern Province) No Sri Lankan media person can understand the value of the Sri Lankan Constitution. Late J. R. Jayawardena and his unique cabinet formulated it to create a unique electoral process where the elected leader is by the people and for the people and not by a committee of elected parliamentarians who can be bought and sold in the open market. First to adapt a constitution that elected its leader by the people was United States of America. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Parliamentary system was created originally to safe guard the Monarchy. Monarchs are buffered by the parliament and a Prime Minister thus, if there is an uprising, it is directed to the Prime Minister.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Mihinda Rajapkse did not act out side of the constrains, that were laid down by the Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Great Constitution.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ One has to go deeply in to the Sinhala thinking process and try to figure out why this great constitution is called ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Bahubutha ConstitutionƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. Why, it is because they could not comprehend the value of their Sovereign State.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Up to the day, the new constitution was passed; Sinhala lived in a de-facto state without knowing that Sri Lanka is not a Sovereign State. What J.R.Jayawardena did was to create a Real State from a de-facto state. To achieve this Real State, he and his cabinet realized that there must be a real democratic constitution elected by the people and for the people. At that time J.R. Jayawrdane or any one in his cabinet did not envisage that India will sabotage this newly created constitution and make it a ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-BhuboothaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ constitution. Taking this to account, one cannot put the blame on J.R. Jayawardena and his cabinet not letting the people know the difference between the de-facto state and Real State is; and what this new constitution is all about. Then, explain to them that the whole country, Republic of Sri Lanka did not belong them and they will have to fight and get it back. Before the British came and captured the Kingdom in 1815, there were many Sinhala villages in existence in the Northern Province. Today there are no Sinhala villages in the Northern Province.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ At the time of establishing the new constitution, Tamil Nadu Tamils did not want this conversion of de-facto state to Real State because if it becomes strong, like today, they will have no chance of creating the Greater Tamil Nadu. India tried to derail the Sri Lanka government in legal and illegal methods, starting in 1939 Jawaharlal Nehru who wrote a constitution to create a Tamil Only areas in Sri Lanka. Since 1939 what India has done so far to destabilize the country and the constitution has failed and Sri Lanka is a Sovereign State which is now under threat of economic sabotage by Indians. For the Sri Lankan media to understand the transition that took place on May 19^th 2009, they will have to understand a subject called Augmented Reality (AR) and it is beyond the scope of this article, even with a simple explanation. If one understands this subject then one can compare the Indian Constitution to Sri Lankan constitution and show that the Indian constitution is description of a loosely coupled system where the actual citizen has no say in how the government functions.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ One last thing that irate me was the following sentence: ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-UNP is a party that was structured by JRJ to go along with his 1978 Constitution and for 32 years, had no democratic functioning. The Athulathmudali-Dissanayake led revolt against Pramadasa in 1991 was precisely due to Pramadasa the party dictator.ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ Now, like the Muslim who left a Comment for your article, Nanabst, who was very angry because you dragged the Muslims into your article. You dragged Lalith and Gamine to your one sided ill-informed article as a filler. Again to write about what happened in Pramadasa time; is beyond the scope of this article. In brief what happened at that time was as follows:ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

1. Pramadase went to J. R. JayawardenƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s secretariat with his armed guards and told him to his face, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-If you do not give me the presidency, I will set fire to the whole country and ask IndianƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s to take over the parliament. ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…- J. R. Jayawardena could not move in any way, but to heed to Premadase. This is why J. R. Jayawardena resigned from the UNP and retired.
2. If Pramadase was impeached; then the army Premadase had inside the army, would have taken over the country and proclaimed Pramadase as the civilian head of the country and nullify the constitution
3. Lalith would have won the election easily without any doubt. If that happened Pramadase knew he would be charged with treason for giving military equipment to Prbhakeran when Ranjan Wijayatne was out of the country in Pakistan, buying military equipment for the SL army.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He would have been jailed for life or hanged. What options did Pramadse have other than to kill Lalith? Which he did successfully. He did the same to Garmine and Mr. Pramachandra.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ To conclude, if the comment written by NANABST is true, then you are in the pay roll of INDIAN RAW.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  To summarize; in your article you attempted to confuse the reader and offended many.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

1. You insulted Mrs. Bandaranayake, (Katcheve Island hero) by fabricating a story of the state pharmaceutical Corporation. Then you used the word ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Drug CartelsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ to refer to some factious entity. We in America use this word to refer to narcotics and crack cocaine dealers in South America. Pharmaceutical companies are not referred as drug cartels.
2. You insulted the Sri Lanka Constitution. If not for this constitution there would be suicide bombers every week, every month. Do you want your democracy you describe and suicide bombers or you want the democracy, by the people for the people that gave the vested power to the elected president to wipe out the suicide bomber out of the face of Sri Lanka?
3. You insulted J. R. Jawardena who fathered the Constitution and to bring it to a fruitful conclusion, he had to overcome internal and external saboteurs. Two crooks in the cabinet, Pramadase and Ronie de Mel (Hunter & Company fame). Then the external threat, Rajiv Gandhi determined to make fun out of Sinhala majority and their leader wrote the 13^th and 17^th amendments and forced it down the throat of J. R. Jayawardena and told him; we can conquer you country in two hours.
4. You created a platform to attack Mahinda Rajapkse. Ask yourself this question; who attacked and captured the rest of the country (Mudisooda MannanƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Kingdom) , so the Sinhala as a whole can be proud to say that the whole country is now ours and specifically Tamils can live as a minority with all the minority rights they have now. This victory or the 18^th amendment has nothing to do with Southern Sinhala.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ In the days before Ceylon became independent, planned demise of Sinhala by Jawaharlal Nehru and his family tree up to the great granddaughter Priyanka shows the implied ignorance of Sinhala history. Therefore Tamil Nadu Tamils and an average Indian thought Sinhala could not wake up one day and take back their country. Unfortunately Kusal Perera is blind folded by his paymasters.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ I am a Sinhala American, so when a challenge is put forward, it has to be answered. So, Kusal please send your rebuttal to editor@lankaweb.com they will certainly publish it.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Disclaimer: I do not know President Rajapkse, I have never met him, and I do not know any of his family members. I am not a relative of Mahinda Rajapkse. Quit rightly, I am defending the Sri Lanka Constitution, the Sri Lanka Presidency, founder president of the republic and the current elected President.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚