ELECTION COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA IS PLAYING GAMES
Posted on June 25th, 2020
By M D P DISSANAYAKE
The Election Commission was back to the wall after the Supreme Court decision. No doubt its members were disappointed. Now the EC is ostensibly trying to curry favour the President.
The Health Department Guidelines on the Covid19 to hold the elections were discussed at length and agreed. The Covid 19 guidelines in a country faced with a pandemic will not be an ever lasting solution. For example, the State of Melbourne, which was performing well 3 weeks ago, is now under the spot light. This could happen in Sri Lanka as well.
The EC would prefer the escalation of Covid19 within next 40 days. Therefore, it is now finding ways and means of exposing the President by virtually forcing him to make directives that will help their aims.
Last time, the EC has asked the President to seek the Supreme Court determinations on the recalling of the defunct Parliament. That was none of their business. The President asked them to MYOB (mind your own business).
Now they are requesting the President to issue a Gazettte in respect of the Health Guidelines issued by the Department of Health in respect of the General Election.
If a Gazette is issued as per existing guidelines, then due to unforeseen circumstances where situation change for better or worse, the EC will request to amend the Gazette.
For example, some political parties are demanding to increase the number of participants in political gatherings from 100 to 500. The EC commission is more than likely to endorse the request, but will announce that the Gazette must be amended to increase the maximum stipulation from 100 to 500. This will be a never ending saga of amending Gazettes, similar to actions of former President Maithreepala Sirisena.
The President has already thrown the previous request of the EC to seek Supreme Court determination to WPB (waste paper basket).
JUST AS MUCH AS EC is trying to make the job difficult for the President, the President need to keep the untrustworthy institutions and its personnel in the right place.
June 26th, 2020 at 5:12 am
THAT WILL BE 500 **PASSENGERS **LEECHING ON THE PEOPLE.
June 26th, 2020 at 7:29 am
THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION IS ALL AMENDMENTS. WE ARE TREADING ON THAT PATH.
June 27th, 2020 at 6:17 am
CHANGING WITH TIMES. NOTHING WRONG.