By :  A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA.

Sri Lanka’s worst and abhorrent quisling MangalaSamaraweera’s earnest and sadistic desire is to see the people of this country die in scores as in the United States, Italy and Spain uncared by the government and people suffer immense hardship due to lack of food and medicine.  This sadist who does not have proper knowledge of Sri Lankan culture has never read or studied Ummagga Jathakaya, Selelihini Sandeshaya, Subashitaya, or Mahawamsa which are a few cornerstones of the Sri Lankan culture is not aware that Sri Lankans are inherited with a spirit of spending their last cent and even selling or pawning their last dress or article to save the life of their kith and kin. 

This nincompoop whose only objective is to topple this government through whatever  Bandits possible and install a neo-liberal, western slavish government under an imbecile puppet-like SajithPremadasa the present self-assumed leader of Shameless Jabbering Bandits (SJB) has said that the President spending funds to combat the spread of Corona Virus are unconstitutional.  

Issuing a lengthy statement this quisling has said that since there was an interim budget up to April 2020 the President has no constitutional power to approve any additional expenditure.

He says that it is the Parliament that has the sole administrative authority on Fiscal Assets of the State and it is mentioned in the first sentence in the Chapter relating to Fiscal matters in the Constitution. In the Interim Expenditure Account approved up to 30^th April by the Parliament details of State revenue, expenditure and the limit of loans obtainable have been stipulated and it is under this legal framework that the State fiscal activities should be carried out.

This former lingerie designer who accidentally became the Finance Minister of this country and who acknowledged on the very first day of his appointment his unsuitability to the post compared to those who have held this post in the past states that the President cannot approve an interim expenditure account and it is only Parliament that can do it.  He accuses the President of violating the constitution and illegally approving the interim budget particularly to meet the expenditure needed to combat Corona Virus related activities.

It is obvious that this quisling has made these allegations against President violating fiscal restrictions stipulated in the constitution by becoming annoyed and furious about the detailed announcements made by the former Minister Basil Rajapaksa in the Derna 360 programme om Monday 30^th March.  In this programme the former Minister who heads the 40 member Special Task Force said that Rs. 5,000 each will be given to several hundred thousand people including daily wage earners, three-wheel, truck and van drivers, Samurdhi recipients and many other categories in addition to home-delivered food, essential items, and medicines. 

This furious and envious quisling who does not want to see people of this country living happily  and that was why he through his 2018 budget reduced the price of beer and arrack when there were many things that needed price reductions since he wanted to make the people of this country including ladies drunkards has also taken the opportunity for demanding to re-convene the parliament, a pet slogan of theirs, which has been dismissed by many legal luminaries and experienced politicians as a futile and unwanted measure

He also blames the President for approving funds more than what is required as capital expenditure for the government completely ignoring the country’s duty and responsibility to meet the expenditure required to combat the spread of the virus and care for the affected patients. He has also criticized the President for reducing taxes that had been imposed by him many goods and VAT and for providing tax relief for several manufacturing industries as bad economic management. 

What this Gehenu Jangiya implies is that we Sri Lankans too like his inhuman zealots in America, Italy and Spain should leave virus patients to die unattended.  It may be the culture of his white skimmed dry toilet user partisans but not that of Sri Lankans.

This quisling predicts a very bleak economic prospect for Sri Lanka and there is every possibility that they would do everything possible to create more hardships to the people and make the country ungovernable.  It was not to destroy this country by the ilk of this quisling that people waited for the dawn of November 16^thand voted on that day to get rid of the foreign and terrorist servile government.

There is every possibility that this quisling whose earnest frenzy is to topple this government by whatever means regardless of whatever hardships that may befall on people of this country will resort to all possible mechanisms to spread the virus situation and achieve their objectives over the cadavers of corona victims.   For this purpose, all the politically ditched guys such as Sajith Premadasa, Rodee Ranawaka, Kallatoni descendent Gameshan, Hakeem, alleged Jungle eater Bathiudeen and their ilk will get together as many of them could get eclipsed in the ensuing election.  It may be a rehearsal of this vicious arrangement that Rodee Ranawaka held a clandestine meeting at his residence recently.

At a time each and everyone in this country, as it is happening throughout the world, needs to join hands and make all efforts to defeat the spread of virus devoid of the party. color, ethnicity and religion,  the politically discarded treacherous elements are all out to create divisions among communities and disrupt health sector services.  The Hakeem and Mujibur Rahman have tried to espouse the Muslim sentiments against the mode of holding the funeral of deceased Muslim patients.  At the same time, it is sad to note that attempts are being made at this critical hour to dissociate health and public sector employees from attending to corona containing activities and instigate them to resort to boycott or strike measures demanding for their long-standing grievances by taking this opportunity as the best time to get their demands achieved. 

If these traitors launch such a situation the government should mobilize the people to take over health and other activities and our educated and patriotic masses will enthusiastically respond to government’s mobilization call as they did in 1971 to curb the JVP uprising by guarding Police stations and launching search operations to apprehend the JVPers.  In this instance, it will not be difficult for our educated girls and boys and even the elderly persons to join this mobilized battalion and attend to even health-related activities such as measuring the temperature, blood pressure of the people and perform other activities under the guidance of our dedicated doctors. 

There is every possibility that a misbegotten discarded political gang could instigate the innocent people and some public servants in the essential service sectors for their vicious motives.  The government should give firm instructions to security services personnel and the Police to deal harshly with such demonstrators and particularly with those who instigate the people to demonstrate. 

Moreover, these mavericks should be reminded that President Xi Jinpeng of China has already expressed China’s readiness to send a team of Doctors and health staff who have gained experience in combatting Corona at any time Sri Lanka need their services.  Therefore, the government should make urgent requests to China, Russia, and Cuba to send teams of doctors and health staff to curb the Coronavirus situation in this country.  Already Russian and Cuban doctors and nurses are carrying Corona combat activities in Italy successfully.  

In the meantime, the abhorrent INGOs have launched measures to defame Sri Lanka saying that Sri Lanka uses pandemic to curtail free expressions and Police have been ordered to arrest critics in Military-Led COVID-19 Response.  China has in its own initiative send a planeload of testing kits last week and another planeload of testing kits and other materials are due to arrive this week.

Another gang of treacherous misbegotten fellows has found to have opened a new front against the government and being involved in a well-planned conspiracy of spreading fake news and frightening the people deploying mercenary scribes using the social media avenues.  The Police have already taken into custody 16 of such fake news propagandists together with their computer accessories.  The Police should not just merely stop by taking these front line guys but should go deep into investigating and apprehend the main culprits behind the curtains.  It is a well-known fact that quisling Mangala Samaraweera who follows Goebel’s policy of repeating a lie several times to make people accept the said lie as a truth used to operate several fake news media websites in the recent past which gained popularity among internet users.       Meenakshi Ganguly of the Human Rights Watch in collaboration with a Sri Lankan named Eranga Jayawardene has said that Sri Lanka’s inspector general has ordered police to arrest those who criticize” officials involved in the coronavirus response or share fake” or malicious” messages about the pandemic, She says that according to the order, issued on April 1, officials are doing their utmost with much dedication to stop the spread of COVID 19,” but those officials’ duties are being criticized, minor issues are being pointed out,” and messages are being posted that scold” officials, thus severely hindering” their duties.

The article says that as of April 2, Sri Lanka had 151 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths. So far, more than 10,000 people have been arrested since a curfew intended to slow the spread of the virus was imposed on March 20 and adds that the global pandemic is a challenge for authorities as they try to protect the population with necessary public health measures. However, criticism will not hinder their work, even if some find it aggravating or unjustified.

She states that blanket censorship and threats of arrest for speech not only violate Sri Lanka’s obligations under international human rights law, but are counter-productive and officials who need to know of shortcomings to address gaps in their response will not be helped by the withholding and censoring of information

Meenakshi further states that during curfews and lockdowns, many citizens will need help obtaining basic necessities, and they should be able to share their views and exchange information and Sri Lankans’ concerns that their rights will be respected are particularly crucial since President GotabayaRajapaksa has assigned the army chief to lead Sri Lanka’s coronavirus response. She states that Gen. Shavendra Silva, who heads the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak, faces credible allegations of war crimes during the final months of Sri Lanka’s long civil war and ethnic Tamils, Muslims, and critics of the government, who have long borne the brunt of security force abuses, will be especially concerned that their civil and political rights will not be respected.

Continuing further she states that a rights-respecting response to COVID-19 needs to ensure that accurate and up-to-date information about the virus, access to services, service disruptions, and other aspects of the response to the outbreak are accessible to all and a failure to uphold the right to freedom of expression during the pandemic undermines basic human rights and could undermine trust in government actions.   While a great majority of the people feel ashamed and disgusted for having elected by them the biggest quisling in the country they also feel proud and honoured for having elected the young politician of the district former State Minister KanchanaWijesekera who urged the President on 19th March to impose Martial Law at least for a short period to combat the spread of the virus situation.  This view has been echoed by the GMOA and many civil organisations and politicians and many people have warned that there are clandestine attempts to politicise the situation by encouraging the spread of Corona as a vicious move against the government. Several scribes have also written articles endorsing this view.

As it seems opinion in favour of Mr.KanchanaWijesekera is gaining momentum let us see what is meant by imposing Martial Law, its possible implications on the society, and how countries in the world used this Law to deal with emergency situations in their countries.

Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions by a government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in occupied territory. It can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public, as seen in multiple countries. Such incidents may occur after a coup d’etat; when threatened by popular protests; to suppress political opposition, or to stabilize insurrections or perceived insurrections; in cases of major natural disasters, etc.

Martial law has also been imposed during conflicts and in cases of occupations, where the absence of any other civil government provides for an unstable population. Examples of this form of military rule include post World War II reconstruction in Germany and Japan, the recovery and reconstruction of the former Confederate States of America during Reconstruction Era in the United States of America following the American Civil War, and German occupation of northern France between 1871 and 1873 after the Treaty of Frankfurt ended the Franco-Prussian War.

Typically, the imposition of martial law accompanies curfews; the suspension of civil law, civil rights, and habeas corpus; and the application or extension of military law or military justice to civilians. Civilians defying martial law may be subjected to military tribunal (court-martial).

To be continued…………………