The Budget's Approval A Moral
Victory For The Rajapaksha Administration And The Nation With Thanks
To The JVP And Others In Support.
© Insight By Sunil
Kumara for LankaWeb` Dec.14th 2007
As the saying goes "He laughs best who laugh's last" albeit
the last laugh is by no means in the vicinity towards Sri Lankan Posterity
just yet. A few laughs need to be had however at the expense of the
likes of Lal Kantha, Anura Bandaranaike, Rauf Hakeem and Arumugam Thondaman
whose collective efforts to bring down the Government via the misguided
directions of the Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremasinghe ably
backed by the LTTE it is rumoured, has failed miserably as well as statistically.(114
for 67 against)
In Colombo Sri Lanka, the President's ruling party in Sri Lanka on Friday
14th Dec.2007 survived a crucial budget vote in Parliament despite attempts
by the main opposition to influence parliamentarians to vote against
the Budget's 3rd Reading which could have projected fresh elections
had it been defeated and a moral victory for the Ruling Party has ensued.
They do have the commonsense of the JVP also to thank whose membership
abstained from voting ( perhaps with the exception of Mr Kantha!) in
order to prevent their own loss of face as it seems, as had they reneged
on their previous stance of voting with the Government it would certainly
have tarnished their image as a worse case scenario but the lackey mentality
of some such as Rauf Hakeem, Arumugam Thondaman and Anura Bandaranaike
need to be highlighted here as they have once again revealed their true
colours of being not only opportunists but a bunch of unreliables in
whom the Government should never pin their faith ever in the future.
This is a testing time for the Administration perhaps to draw up a roster
of all the Parliamentary deserters especially the likes of Anura Bandaranaike
who it has to be remembered came begging in tears to the President who
took sympathy on him to reinstate him having fired him from his cabinet
post previously!
It appears that in addition to commonsense, true loyalties and patriotism
has prevailed in the best interests of the Nation despite the circumspect
outcome anticipated as well as the bragging of some of the opposition
big mouths to which Lal Kantha of the JVP seemingly a renegade and a
traitor in every respect added the icing on the cake and now needs to
eat a bit of crow! At the final count on the 3rd reading of the budget
vote on Friday evening in the 225- seat parliament, 114 members voted
in favour of the budget and 67 voted against while 38 abstained and
six more were absent. The speaker was not called upon to vote as there
was no tie.
The success of the Budget vote augurs well for the Nation in terms of
the carte blanche it provides for the continued elimination of the LTTE
terrorists as the Government has suceeded in obtaining the budget's
approval with a convincing majority with those in the truest sense loyal
to the country behind it.
The government had previously declared that any attempt to defeat the
budget would mean that the current military operations against Tamil
rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will be interrupted
and has surely played a role in the mindset of those who abstained and
the Administration must feel a sense of smug satisfation that despite
the differences as well as disagreements they do know who their real
friends are.
This of course spells further apprehension and doom for the terrorists
as well as the motley crew of the Wickremasinghe bandwagon as their
futures are not only uncertain but it is indicative of the mood of the
country which might well have projected itself in Parliament somewhat
inadvertently but the reality has to be acknowledged~ that the Nation
is indeed supportive of the concept of eliminating the terrorists completely
and there should be no hesitations or prevarications towards the task
despite the rhetoric from all the unacceptable sources which might even
extend to the recent observations of UK Ambassador Chilcott who should
take note of what has happened towards muffling his personal rhetoric
which sounded LTTE friendly although he has been quick to deny it.
All in all the success of the budget vote is indicative of Governmental
support from all the right quarters where a sense of victory seemed
to prevail throughout the Nation and bears testimony to the reality
that this Administration has done well for itself although the road
ahead is by no means a smooth one but the rigours of coasting it comfortably
could be made that much easier if there is overwhelming support for
the direction of the Rajapaksha Administration where all other shortcomings
the Nation has faced will be augmented towards success and a better
Sri Lanka.
This victory needs to be felcitated by the entire Sinhala Nation on
a congratulatory note!
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