Dr Sarath Obeysekera

All the problem effecting our day to day life is caused by the inability of the government to impose sustainable rules and regulations. I will start with Garbage problem

CM and another Minister talked big and imposed a rule to have all the garbage sorted be out as perishable and burnable and collected from household. When you visit Karadiyana and Meethotamulle dumping grounds one can see that most of the garbage collected is dumped again together .There is no purpose of segregating if the collected garbage is not  kept separately and treated . There is still no solution to treat both types of garbage .
Dumping garbage everywhere is rampant. If you drive along less affluent Kelani Valley and North Colombo which is the constituent of the countries’ finance minister is in pathetic state .No action taken by authorities.

Encroachments along road reservation and state lands is taking place with no fear .I informed the state agencies about an obvious encroachment along Pelawatte –Kottawa road near  the man made lake near Jayawardane Gama  and nom action taken. Environment police is defunct.

Traffic problem is an another example .Lane rule was imposed with notice boards hanging or placed by road side .Government boasted that they collected massive amount of fines from lane Violators” .Every day I see Three wheelers, school vans and buses again violating rules .Traffic cops who are tired of imposing traffic rules keep watching with no action .Traffic is becoming a menace and ministers in charge of transport are sleeping” or flying

I started seeing convoy of back up cars flying passing traffic snarl without  slightest regard to motorists where back up  police wielding while batons and while gloved hands to desperate drives  to pave way for ministers .Once I blasted a backup police officer and he gave me a threatening look .Minister sits in a  car with dark window glasses would have seen me .He should be ashamed .

One foreigner told me that we are becoming a Banana Republic again .Simplicity and leaders eating lunch on Banana leaves should be ashamed of the status of the country .

Punishing the people involved in corruption was in the news for the last three years before and after the elections. Accused are freely roaming around conspiring  and nothing is happening .People are questioning about the truthfulness of the statements made by the current ministers at that time .Today some of the accused are in the government and no action taken.

Accused terrorist leaders who were obviously involved is arrested for misuse of government vehicle. FCID and CIABOS is almost defunct .People are questioning when they see that one of the terrorist leader who is accused of killing many Buddhist monks was arrested for only misusing a official car .Only solace is the terrorist and the STF head are accused of same violation .

What a joke .It looks like the court jester ( Andare as in Sinhala Falk stores ) has taken  over from the Rogue King”

I am sorry being blunt .When I see the news where a young boy who has hacked into leaders’ website, he is called to the his  office and rewarded .I wonder where is the law and order ?

Dr Sarath Obeysekera