LANKAWEB EDITORIAL.

The tremendous asset that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has proved to be both in the past, as well as today, is portrayed visibly through his actions and words which resonate to a great extent and permeate the minds of his respectful subjects – the citizens of Sri Lanka irrespective of their backgrounds or origins.

Today they live in relative trouble and worry-free environment both in the face of the COVID19 Virus and the terrorist threat where fortifications have been set in place comprehensively to safeguard the people.

When  says ” he will not leave any room for any form of extremism, or violence from any extremists to be unleashed on the Sri Lankan people again and assured that the true perpetrators responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks will be identified and brought before the law.”

it is a comforting thought for the Nation and an object lesson perhaps for the rest of the world to emulate.

 On the first anniversary of Easter Sunday attacks as quoted from a media report “The President stated that exactly a year ago, on April 21st, 2019 a group of extremists, bent on a macabre agenda unleashed a sequence of terror targeting Catholic churches and tourist hotels.

I deeply empathize with the families of all those who lost their lives and sustained grave injuries, the Catholic community and entire Sri Lankan citizenry who were terrorized by these horrifying massacres,” he said.

Around 270 people were killed and about 500 were gravely injured in Easter Sunday attacks. Some who survived, later succumbed to their injuries after months of suffering. Some others will be disabled for life Even though Catholics were targeted, this was a terrorist attack against all Sri Lankan citizens.” This heinous crime against humanity needs to be condemned by all without any tolerance towards this extremist ideology”  in the words of the President as he continues to pilot the Nation at its helm in an equitable manner dispelling all apprehension of a Nation once gripped in the dread of terrorism and today facing all the perils of a deadly virus and directing his team in his inimitably disciplined manner towards dealing with it.

He has also referred to the salient reality that “the mechanisms that were in place to ensure national security were once compromised and dismantled. and that when anarchy prevails, it is only natural for extremism, terrorism and all kinds of violence to raise its despicable head.”

The world today knows that it was through the concerted efforts of his brother Mahinda- then President and his efforts as Defence Secretary at the time that the evil of Tamil Tiger Terrorism was eliminated in its entirety to which the Nation should be unquestionably grateful for all time.

Today as a result of the President’s judicious handling of the issues confronting him he has won the admiration and respect of many world leaders and may his regime be long-lived as he continues to guide the people of Sri Lanka.towards her ultimate destiny.

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA

Continuing with his opinions the diaspora proxy Sumanthiran said that the COVID-19 threat could last for several months, if not a year or two. In such a context, it is absolutely essential that all arms of government function effectively to meet this threat. Parliament must immediately deal with the question of laws needed to meet the new threat. Even if the State of Emergency is declared by the President under the Public Security Ordinance, that must be approved by Parliament. Previously during the period of war, Parliament met under Article 70(7) to extend Emergency. If Emergency Regulations are promulgated, they must be laid before Parliament without delay…

Referring to North and East he said that the situation in the North and the East is precarious at the moment and some people are nearing starvation. Local authorities are the best-equipped bodies to deal with this situation are not being allowed to uplift the funds they have saved and kept precisely for situations like this! I have spoken to the Governor of the North while R. Sampanthan had spoken to the Governor of the Eastern province, but so far, they have not granted their consent. Either the government must grant relief to the most vulnerable sections or at least allow the local government institutions to do that. He said that the local authorities in the North and East have emergency funds in fixed deposits for situations such as this. However, they need the concurrence of the Commissioner for Local Government (CLG) to uplift or withdraw them. So far, the Governors of both provinces have refused to permit the CLGs to uplift those funds.

The prat-fallen Janatha Vikurthi Peramuna too has opposed holding of elections and it is merely in fear that their popularity percentage will further decrease if elections are held.  The leader of this Vikurthi Peramuna who is now called Mr. 3% has called EC head for an appointment to discuss the polls.  A former MP of this outfit Bimal (Biyagulu) Ratnayake has said that the government must not use the election in South Korea as an excuse for holding the parliamentary polls before the COVID-19 crisis was over. He has said that the South Korean health authorities have issued a fresh warning that the next two weeks would be crucial after their election on April 15. So those who speak of holding elections, talking of the Korean experience, should take all factors that prevailed during the elections in that country should take into consideration,” he has said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a comprehensive message covering the Corona Virus situation in the country. Steps being taken by the government to control the spread of the epidemic and on the success that has been achieved, the sabotage being made by the opposition to curtail food, essential items, and medicine distribution, and on the election phobia of the opposition,

The prime minister says that the Coronavirus pandemic hit countries like the USA, India, and Bangladesh in a situation where their economies had been experiencing strong growth for years. In contrast, Sri Lanka has had to face this crisis in a state of economic ruin. During the five years of yahapalana misrule from 2015 to 2019, our debt burden increased by 71%, the Rupee lost one-third of its value and economic growth had plummeted to 2.7%. Furthermore, though we had won the presidency in November 2019 and formed a government, we did not have a majority in Parliament and were not able to get a vote on account passed even to pay off the previous government’s debts to suppliers of fertilizer and medicine.

The financial powers vested in the President under Article 150(3) of the Constitution were the only saving grace in this situation. It was with all these debilitating disadvantages that we had to face the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Prime Minister explains that after the first Coronavirus patient was discovered on 11 March, we introduced a raft of measures to control the disease including early detection, isolation treatment of patients, quarantine for those exposed to risk, the tracing of patients’ contacts and social distancing measures. An operation like this has not been seen in our lifetimes. Curfews lasting for weeks on end had to be imposed to prevent the spread of the disease.

He states that people unable to go out of their homes had to be supplied with essentials like foodstuffs, medicines, and even cash throughout the country. Aid had to be provided to low-income earners. The produce of paddy and vegetable farmers and fishermen had to be bought to keep the production process going on. The fact that all these tasks were dealt with simultaneously at short notice is nothing less than a managerial miracle and today, the whole world acknowledges Sri Lanka’s success in containing the coronavirus pandemic.

Commenting with gratitude about the contributions made and being made by our public officials he says that the President’s leadership in this regard has to be commended. Our government doctors, nurses, and health service workers have come to the attention of the entire world. The skill and dedication of the intelligence services in tracing the contacts of patients, the efficiency of the armed forces in implementing quarantine and lockdown measures have prevented the spread of the disease. The Police and government officials at all levels have all contributed to the success of the anti-Coronavirus campaign. Today, our country is one of the safest places to be in the whole world. We have achieved this despite an economy that had been driven into the ground, and an unpatriotic and opportunistic opposition bent on undermining our government at every turn.  

The Prime Minister claims with disdain that the opposition leader tried to sabotage the anti-coronavirus campaign at the very outset by personally encouraging protests against the quarantine process. Then they tried to undermine government services including the health service with the argument that the President had no power to allocate funds for government services after the dissolution of Parliament and now they say that the Gazette dissolving Parliament should be rescinded the as the new parliament has to meet before the 2^nd of June, and the parliamentary election cannot be held before that.

He reminds us that the yahapalana government delayed local government elections by nearly three years. Their attempt to postpone that election indefinitely by moving courts failed only because the Elections Commission declared they would hold elections to the institutions that were not involved in litigation. With just days to go for the dissolution of the provincial councils in 2017, the yahapalana government changed the provincial councils’ elections system to prevent elections from taking place. When the Attorney General held that a two-thirds majority in Parliament was required to pass that amendment, they bartered policy for votes in the corridors of Parliament to obtain the required majority.

As a result of that unprincipled political horse-trading, the local government elections law which was passed on 25 August 2017 has 40% proportional representation whereas the provincial councils’ elections law passed four weeks later has 50% proportional representation! Sri Lanka is also the only democratic country in the world where political parties petitioned the Supreme Court to get the declaration of a parliamentary election annulled. The present scramble to have the parliamentary elections put off is a continuation of that deplorable past.

The Prime Minister emphasizes that things have to come back to normal sooner or later and in eleven of the 25 administrative districts, there have been no coronavirus patients at all. In another seven districts, there have been only one or two patients and five to seven patients in two more districts. Only five districts have a high incidence of coronavirus patients.

In the conclusion of the message, the Prime Minister explains that on 2 March the President dissolved Parliament and fixed 25 April for the poll and 14 May for the first meeting of the new Parliament. Ten days later, when the first Coronavirus patient was found, the President did not have the power to postpone the poll. Under Section 24(3) of the Parliamentary Elections Act No: 1 of 1981, when the poll cannot be held on the day fixed by the President, the Elections Commission is mandatorily required to fix another day for the poll. They have no power to postpone the poll without fixing another date. Such mandatory legal requirements cannot be ignored on the basis of speculation as to what may or may not happen weeks and months into the future. The Elections Commission should first fulfill its duties under Section 24(3) and thereafter take up for discussion any outstanding issues.   

Infuriated and dismayed by the above-referenced statement of the Prime Minister which binds the Election Commission with no room to allow SJBandits and their cohorts to play around and demand further for postponement of elections, force the EC to attend to their constitutional responsibility, the SJBandits have issued a statement-making various baseless, illusory and fanciful allegations completely forgetting the hardships forced upon the people by the Sirisena/Ranil regime in which the SJBandits and their cohorts were the kingmakers.

The very first and horrendous act by the despicable regime was quisling Mangala Samaraweera blindly co-sponsoring the American initiated UNHRC resolution No. 30/1 without the consent of the President and without informing the Cabinet of Ministers. This nincompoop didn’t care that the said resolution was inconsistent with our constitution and it violated the sovereign rights of our country.  What he wanted was to be in the good book of the Amer4icans.

Their ravage activities during the 4 ½ years of Black Rule in the country included unprecedented corruptions and gross misuse of power practiced by them on a level never seen in any country in the world, which  included sale of valuable national assets and making arrangements to sell all Sri Lankan assets and subjecting several future generations to slavery under foreign countries, allowing the terrorist diaspora elements and despicable tyrant western nations cabal to witch hunt our gallant war heroes and national liberators and  imprison them and enacting legislations to hand them over to war crime tribunals, depriving pension rights and disability allowances for disabled war heroes and forcing them to spend days and days in front of Fort Railway Station and shuttle to and fro the Presidential Secretariat,  completely denying the liberty for our war heroes to travel abroad, officially robbing from the Tils in the Temples which had never happened in  the 3,000 year old history of Sri Lanka, arrest and imprisonment of joint opposition politions, their family members and supporters and even much venerated Buddhist priests and holding tjhem in remand prison for several months on cocked up charges, allowing the racists in the North to destroy ancient archeological sites and prevent any new settlements there and even deny carrying out of funeral rights of Buddhist priests in that part of that country , MPs poisoning the innocent participants of opposition rallies by distributing poisoned milk packets, making Sri Lanka second only to Mexico in consumption, distribution of drugs and allowing drug peddlers to sell drugs and narcotics freely to school children, Ministers and MPs of the government without any hesitation and shame demanding huge commissions from contractors and potential foreign investor, suspending work on all ongoing projects launched by Mahinda Rajapaksa government and thereby de-employing and retrenching from work several thousand innocent persons,  until they were forced to recommence work on these projects following demands for huge amounts of compensations were demanded by the foreign partners of the said projects.

The Speaker of Parliament contrary to the much respected and admirable personalities who hel this hallowed office in the past, allegedly was the worst Speaker ever had by Sri Lanka who appointed the leader of a minority party in the opposition as the Leader of the Opposition, a leader of a party that had only 6 MPs in the parliament as the Chief Opposition Whip, and making this individual a member of the Special Advisory Committee functioned from Prime Minister’s Office and allocating most of the debating time reserved for opposition was allocated to this individual and severely restricted debate times for the joint opposition and continuously and arrogantly interrupted the speeches of the joint opposition members and made the parliament similar to  a fish market, government MPs brought weapons to parliament with the reported concurrence of the worst Speaker and when it was reported to him his response was that he doesn’t mind even if one or two murders take place in the parliament,  this overtly biased Speaker misused his powers and made political appointments to the so-called independent commissions and Parliament Committees – For instance appointment of vicious Tamil separatist Ranjan B.Hoole as a member of the Election Commission, terrorist proxy Sumanthiran as the Chairman of the Higher Posts Approval Committee and so on.

They deliberately ignored credible foreign intelligence reports about the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks, sharing the information only with Ministers and government MPs and thereby causing the death of over 500 innocent people and injuring a similar number of whom some are still undergoing treatment, taking no action against a government Minister who has held discussions with the main suicide bomber and who has made a hospital visit to see the brother of the main suicide bomber as it had been shown in several video clips, adopting the Horaage ammagen pena ahanawaa” (seeking divine revelation from the mother of the thief) appointing this alleged Minister as a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee  appointed to investigate on the Easter Sunday Carnage

Even many of them who entered Parliament as bicycle politicians wearing rubber slippers got infected with back pains and wanted to have super luxury vehicles worth several hundred million dollars and even for the travel of their spouses.  If they have continued to be the members of parliament further they may have even requested personal helicopters.  They were receiving millions of rupees as various allowances which included attendance allowance, office maintaining allowance for Colombo and the same for their electorates, in addition to various other perks and privileges. 

Some of these bicycles and betel and laveria seller politicians became big businessmen and business partners of major companies. Many of them were well-known drug peddlers and wine shop owners. When the import of drugs was found in containers that brought other goods to State institutions no investigations were carried out to take legal actions against those responsible.

They ruined the agriculture sector, suspended the fertilizer subsidy and encouraged the paddy farmers to grow maize or other crops or fill the paddy lands and sell them for building/house construction. Cultivators of pepper, cinnamon, and tea were made paupers by importing low-grade qualities from Vietnam, Kenya, and some other countries and exporting adulterated products and gaining he profits while depleting the prices for the local products drastically. 

Nepotism and political favoritism reigned high.  Several Ministers filled their Ministries and the departments under their Ministries with their spouses, paramours, siblings, and even distant relations.  They included Lakshman kiriella, Arjuna Ranatunga, Rishad Bathiudeen, Rauf Hakeem, etc.    

Promises made in the budgets were never implemented.  Dreams held by A/L students to get personal Tabs passed as bad dreams.  One thing they encouraged was creating boozers in the country.  Mangala Samaraweera even attempted to sell liquor to women, employ girls in night clubs and Bars and keep Wine Shops opened on Poya and other Holidays.  He said that keeping these shops closed on holidays deprives the freedom of foreign tourists. 

People were made to lose the trust they held in our Courts and the judicial system. Ranjan Ramanayake’s recorded tapes vividly expose how politically motivated cases were filed, how judges were threatened and were forced to spin their judgments etc. 

When the presidential election was to be announced, probably getting the information from their proxy Hoole in the EC, many Ministers made quick appointments in Departments and Corporation coming under their Ministries.  Only such appointments in the Kallathoni descendant Ganeshan Ministry and National Savings Bank under the Finance ministry got suspended/cancelled by the EC due to delays caused by delay in issuing appointment letters.  In addition to this, there were several hundred people getting salaries without work from Sajith Premadasa’s Ministry (appointed on the basis security if tall and labourer if short”) and nearly one hundred persons as road construction including some Buddhist monks from Kiriella’s Highways Ministry.

Plantation laborers were made to stage demonstrations demanding salary increases for several months and many disgruntled plantation youths left the Estates for labor jobs in Colombo and other towns..

University students and their parents who joined in their demonstrations presenting reasonable and justifiable demands and who are destined to be our future leaders, doctors, engineers, scientists, professionals and administrators were inhumanly harassed, beaten, subjected to high pressure water cannon assaults, tear gassed and many were hospitalized with severe injuries. These assaults were carried out on the insistence of certain prominent rogue Ministers.

The government was completely appeasing the Sambandan/Sumanthiran cabal.  Several Bills were passed pleasing this duo fulfilling the commitments that had been made under UNHRC resolution 30/1. Sometimes people were even wondering whether these two vagabonds were the President and the Prime Minister of this country. Video clips on Parliamentary proceedings showed once Sumanthiran walking up to the Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella and strongly instructing him on certain things and the Ministers and government MPs staying ‘bakan nilagena’ (nikan valaafena – just watching motionless.  The only thing these racist duos could not get achieved was to get a new constitution, a federal and secular constitution adopting repealing the existing constitution although the draft was ready and that was because to adopt a new constitution it is mandatory to have it approved with a two-thirds majority in Parliament followed by a referendum.  However, they would have made an alternate arrangement and got it approved similar to what they did in respect of postponing the provincial council elections if parliament was not dissolved early by the idealistic President. 

These are some of the misdeeds carried out by the previous government and those who were mainly responsible for these acts are now in the fold of Shameless Jabbering Bandits (SJB) group and among their cohort.  Most of them are uncertain of returning to Parliament from the ensuing elections and suffering from an acute election phobia and hence desperately attempting to reconvene the parliament to complete its full term and become eligible for pension rights.

Sunday Times Political Editor revealed in his column week that Basil Rajapaksa, General Secretary of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Nidhas Sandanaya, told them that he doesn’t want to comment on the parliamentary elections as it is a matter for the Election Commission. However, he was surprised by the position taken by some parties which had earlier introduced legislation to put off Provincial Council elections. They also periodically put off local government elections. He has further stated that these parties they fear for elections know that the government has ensured almost near normalcy on the virus situation.  Referring to South Korea, he has pointed out that they held elections there and the turn out despite their being affected badly by the Covid-19 pandemic was more than their previous poll.

The news item stated that Mr. Basil Rajapaksa recently told Election Commission Chairman Deshapriya to avoid resorting to any action that would institutionalize the present stalemate” and then blame them for the situation.” In other words, the news item explained the President’s Special Envoy was making clear that an indefinite delay in the conduct of a parliamentary election would mean the indefinite continuance of the Presidency without an elected government and it means no Parliament and priority matters like amendments to the constitution will then be difficult. In this setting, some Buddhist prelates have even said that President Rajapaksa should continue in office without worrying about elections.

The strong messages are given to Deshapriya by the Prime Minister and after that Mr. Basil Rajapaksa have put him in an awkward position unable to dodge anymore despite reluctance from the pro-separatist and racist member in the Commission Ratnajeevan Hoole and forced him to hold discussions with health authorities, security services, district administrators who will act as returning officers and issue a gazette notification announcing a new date for holding the elections. 

Fortunately, we will now be electing a new government on Saturday 20th June.  I hope it will be a government with a two third majority and only such a government will be able to reverse many of the damages that had been caused by the so-called yamapaalana government during the 4 ½ years of Black Rule. 

නීති පරීක්ෂණ කණ්ඩායම

අප රටේ

1. ඉඩම් ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය 2. ඉඩම් නීති 3*. ඉඩම් ආයතන සියල්ල වෙනස් කිරීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරති. මෙසේ කිරීමට ආධාර ලබා ගැනීමට අත්සන් තබන අන්තර්ජාතික ගිවිසුම් වල කැපීපෙනෙන කොන්දේසියක් වන්නේ ඉඩම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණයට ඇති බලය අහෝසි කර ඉඩම් හිමියන්ට උසාවියට පිවිසීමට ඇති මූල්‍යමය අයිතිය අවම කිරීමය.

මෙය ගෝලීකරණ වැඩසටහනේ කොටසකි. ශේ‍්‍රෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරයෙකු වූ එ්.ආර්.බී.අමරසිංහගේ බුද්ධිමත් වචන…………”අන්තර්ජාතික සංවිධානයන්ගේ ක්ෂණික උවමනාව වන්නේ, ඉඩම් විකිණිමට බාධා කරන සියලූ නීති හා ආයතන අහෝස් කොට, කඩිනමින් ඉඩම් විකිණීමේ හා උකස් කිරීමේ නව නීති හඳුන්වාදීමය.” (1970 වර්ෂයේ ”ටයිටල් ඉන්ෂුරන්ස්” නමැති පොතේ පෙරවදනයෙන්*

ලෝක බැංකුවෙන්, මි්ෂෘ, ඇමරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය සහ වෙනත් ඇමරිකානු ආයතන වලින් ආධාර ලබා, පුරවැසියන්ට කිසිදු දැනුම් දීමක් නොකොට, විදේශ රටවල ඉඩම් නීති හඳුන්වාදීම දැනට සිදුවේ. බිම් සවිය ඉඩම් නීතිය ඉන් පළමු ස්ථානය ගනි.

1*. බිම් සවිය ඉඩම් නීතිය හා අධිකරණ බලතල අහෝසි කිරීම.

බිම් සවිය නීතිය පැනවුයේ 1998 – අංක. 231 පනතින්ය. මෙම ”පනතේ” බිම් සවිය නාමය කොහේවත් සඳහන් කර නොමැත. 1998 – අංක. 21 පනතින් ලංකාවට හඳුන්වා දී ඇත්තේ විදේශීය නීතියකී. මෙම නීතියේ අන්තර්ජාතික නාමය ‘ටෝරන්ස් නීතිය’ නොහොත් ටයිටල් රෙජිස්ටේ‍්‍රෂන්ය’. අන්තර්ජාතික නාමය භාවිතා නොකිරීමෙන් මෙම නීතිය පිළිබඳ දැනුම ඉඩම් අයිතිකරුවන්ටත් නීතිවේදීන්ටත් ලබා ගැනීමට අපහසුවී ඇත. ( Therefore refer to Torrens law or Title Registration on the internet – Few references are mentioned below බිම් සවිය යන නාමය භාවිතා කරන්නේ මහජනයා නොමඟ යැවීමට ද? නීතිය රටට නොගැලපෙන විදේශ නීතියක් යන්න වසා දැමීමට ද?

බිම් සවිය නීතිය ඉඩම් හිමියන්ට මහත් පුදුමයක් විය හැකිය. ලංකාවට හඳුන්වා දී ඇති මෙම නීතිය නව ලිබරල් ආර්ථික ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය මත සැදුනු නීතියකි. එනම් ගැණුම්කරුවන්ට, උකස්කරුවන්ට ලෙහෙසියෙන් ඉඩම් වල අයිතිය සොයා ගත හැකි, නව ලියාපදිංචි රෙජිස්ටරයක් සකස් කිරීමයි. කඩිනමින් විකිණීම හා උකස් කිරීම, ආර්ථිකය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීමේ හා දුප්පත්කම ඉවත් කිරීමේ මාර්ගයයි
යන්න නව ලිබරල් ආර්ථික ප‍්‍රවීනයන්ගේ ප‍්‍රකාශයයි.

බිම් සවිය නීතිය අනුව රෙජිස්ටරයේ ඇති අයිතිකරුවන්ගේ අයිතිය විභාග කිරීමට උසාවියකටවත් බලයක් නැත. මෙම බලගතු ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමට ‘සබාැෙැ්ිසඉකැ’ (වෙනස් කල නොහැකියි* යන නාමය භාවිතා කරනු ඇත. එබැවින් වංචනික ඔප්පුවක් මත හෝ නීතියට පටහැනි ඔප්පුවක් මත රෙජිස්ටරයේ නම ලියාපදිංචි කරගතහොත්, වංචාකරුට ඉඩම අයිති වේ. (මෙය ඇතුලත් කර ඇත්තේ අංක.21 පනතේ 33 වගන්තියේය.* උදාහරණයක්……..සරෝජාගේ ඉඩම නිමල්ට විකුණු පසු සරෝජාගේ නම මැකීයයි. නිමල්ගේ නම පමණක් රෙජිස්ටරයේ සඳහන් වේ. උසාවියට පිවිසීමේ මූලික අයිතිය සරෝජාට නොමැත.

තවද පනතේ 73 වන වගන්තිය අනුව, අංක. 21 පනත වෙනත් ලිඛිත නීති කිසිවක් නොතකා සියලූම නීති වලට වඩා ඉහලින් පවති. එබැවින්, අංක. 21 පනත පුද්ගලික ඉඩම්, රජයේ ඉඩම්, පූජනීය ඉඩම්, දේවාල ඉඩම්, කුඹුරු ඉඩම්, වගාව හුවමාරු කිරීමට අදාල හා පොළව යට සම්පත් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට යොදා ඇති නීති සියල්ල බිම් සවිය නීතියට යට කරන්නේය. රෝම, ලන්දේසි නීතිය, අවුරුදු 100ක් පැරණි උසාවි තීන්දු, ( Judicial Precedence ), බෙදුම් නඩුු පනත, ( Partition Act , හවුල් අයිතිවාසිකම් ( Co-ownership භුක්තිය පිළිබඳ නීතිය ( Prescription Ordinance , තහනම් නියෝග වාරණ ( Inunction මේ සියල්ල අහෝසි කරන්නේය.

බිම් සවිය නීතියෙන් ඉඩම් වලට අදාල අවුරුදු සියයක් පමණ පැරණි රටේ නීති මෙසේ අහෝසි වන බව දැන සිටින්නේ සුළු පිරිසකි.

ලංකාවේ පන්සල් වල ඉඩම් වලට මෙම නීති කිසිසේත් නොගැලපෙන බව අස්ගිරිය ගෞරවණීය මාහිමියන් විසින් ප‍්‍රචාරය කර ඇති අතර පන්සල් හා දේවාල භූමි මෙම නීතියෙන් වහාම ඉවත් කරන ලෙස අණකර ඇත. we;’https://srilog.com/sri-lankan-chief-prelate-threatens-to-launch-protects-over-government-failure -to-amend-land-laws3206.htmlSri Lankan Chief  Prelate threatens to launch protects over government failure to amend land laws  

විදේශ රටවල ඉඩම් නීති ලංකාවට හඳුන්වාදීමේ දී ගෞරවණීය බෞද්ධ පූජක පක්ෂයටත්, වෙනත් ආගම් වල ගෞරවණීය පූජකවරුන්ටත් මහජනයාට පැහැදිලි කිරීම ඉතාමත් අවශ්‍ය වූ නමුත් එය එසේ නොවේ.

ලංකාවේ අවුරුදු සියයක් පමණ පැරණි පෙළපත ලියවු, ලියාපදිංචි පොත් අහිමි වේ.

අංක. 21 පනතේ, 53 වන වගන්තිය අනුව පසු ගණුදෙනු ලියාපදිංචි ලේඛණ විනාශ කෙරේ. ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරු 45ක් ලංකාවේ ඇත. මෙහි ලක්ෂ දෙකක් පමණ පොත් ගබඩා කොට ඇත. මෙම පොත් වල 18 හා 19 ශත වර්ෂයන් වල සිට මේ රටේ ඉඩම් වල ඉතිහාසය සහ පසු ගණුදෙනු සටහන් කර ඇත. එනම් ඉඩමේ පැටිකිරිය නොහොත් ඉඩම් පැවතආ ආකාරයයි.

ලංකාවේ ඉඩම් නීතිය බිම් සවියට වෙනස් කල විට අයිතිකරු පමණක් බිම් සවිය නීතියෙන් ලියාපදිංචි පොත්වල පෙන්නුම් කරයි. මුල් ඉඩම්කරුවන්ගේ නම් මෙම නීතියෙන් සම්පුර්ණයෙන් අස්කරයි. මේ රටේ ලාංකිකයන්ට තමාට ඉඩම ලැබුනේ කෙසේ ද යන්න සොයාගත නොහැකි වේ.

ඉඩම් අයිතිකරුවන්ගේ පෙළපත ඉතිහාසගත වන පොත් වලට යන ඉරණම ගැන රජයේ නිලධාරින්ගේ ඉල්ලීම.
https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/performance-report-land-title-settlement-department-2017.pdf ඉඩම් අයිතිකරුවන්ගේ පෙළපත ඉතිහාසගත වන පොත් ගණන ලක්ෂ දෙකක් (200,000* පමණ වේ. බිම් සවියෙන් පසු ලංකාවේ ඉඩම් ඉතිහාසය ලියා ඇති පොත් විනාශවීමට ඉඩ ඇත.

පොත් වල ඡුායාරූපයක්
නොසලකා හරි ලද පොත් ගබඩා….පොත් අහුරා තිබෙන්නේ මෙසේය…..

https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/performance-report-land-title-settlement-department-2017.pdf

ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරුවේ පොත් සංරක්ෂිත කළ යුතුය. ……… ඉඩම් හිමිකම් නිරවුල් කිරීමේ කොමසාරිස් ජෙනරාල් මෙසේ කියයි. 2017 වාර්තාව ……… ”දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ වාර්තා කාමරය ජාතික වැදගත්කමක් ඇති මුල් ලේඛණ සහිත ස්ථානයකි. එහි ඇති ලේඛණ නිසි ලෙස පරිලෝකනය කර සුරක්ෂිත කල යුතුය. කෙසේ වෙතත්, මේ සඳහා අවශ්‍ය භෞතික, මානව හා මූල්‍ය සම්පත් මෙන්ම අවකාශයන් ද ඉතා සීමිතය. එ් අනුව, එක් එක් ලේඛණයේ ස්කෑන් කරන ලද පිටපතක් ලබාදෙන ලියකියවිලි භාරගෙන සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා ජාතික ලේඛණාගාර දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සමඟ අවශ්‍ය සාකච්ඡුා පවත්වන ලදී. එහි ප්රති සෙකැි ලයක් ලෙස ලිපිගොනු 650ක් ඔවුන්ට ලබා දෙන ලදී. ලිපිගොනු 200,000ක් වාර්තා කාමරයේ ඇති බැවින්, මෙම ක‍්‍රියාවලිය වේගවත් කල යුතු අතර, ජාතික වැදගත්කමක් ඇති ව්‍යාපෘතියක් ලෙස සැලකිය යුතුය”.

ඩිජිටල්කරණය

දියුණු රටවල මෙම වෙනස්කම් කරන්නේ, නීතිය හා පරිගණක භාවිතය ගැන පර්යේෂණ කිරීමෙන් හා මහජනයා දනුවත් කිරීමෙනි. හොන්කොන් වෙනි රටවල් මෙයට අවුරුදු 12 පමණ කාලයක් ගත කලේය.

අවුරුදු 100ක් පැරණි පොත් සංරක්ෂිත නොකොට, ඉඩම් ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරු සකස් නොකොට විෂයේ විශේෂිත වූවන්ද නීති පොත් ද නොමැතිව, අප රටේ නීති උපදෙස් හා අපගේ පනත් භාවිතා නොකොට මෙවැනි දැවැන්ත වෙනස්කම් කිරීම ‘කරත්තය ගොනා ඉසරහෙන් සිටින්නා’ සේය කියා මා හට පෙනෙන්නේය cart before the horse .

පුද්ගලික හා ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉඩම් ගණුදෙනු සියල්ල රෙජිස්ටරයේ සටහන් වී ඇති අතර, ව්‍යාජ ඔප්පු තැන්පත් වී ඇති බව රෙජිස්ටාර් ජෙනරාල් කියා සිටී. මේ සියල්ල මගහැර හිමිකම් පරණ රෙජිස්ටරයෙන් ඉ රෙජිස්ටරයට පිටපත් කිරීම ඊ රෙජිස්ටරයේ තත්ත්වය කුමක් ද ? අප රටේ පර්යේෂණ සමග උත්සාහයක් නොකරන්නේ සියල්ල පැවතෙන්නේ විදේශ මුදල් හා විදේශ පර්යේෂණ මත බැවිනි. අප රටේ රහසිගතව පනත් ඉදිරිපත් කරන බැවින් ( බිම් සවිය එසේ පැමිණි නීතියකි.* ඉඩම් හිමියන් පමණක් නොව නීතිඥවරුන්ට මේ සම්බන්ධව එතරම් දැනුමක් නැති බව පෙනි යයි.

දැනට බිම් සවිය රෙජිස්ටරය සකස් කලාට පසු, දෙවනුව ඉඩමේ නම වෙනුවට ඉල්ලක්කම් 12කින් යුතු නොම්බරයක් 12 digit number අයිතිකරුට ලැබෙන්ට සලස්වයි. කඩදාසි ලේඛණ යුගය අවසන් වන අතර ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරුවල පරිගණක යුගය මෙතැන් සිට ආරම්භ වෙයි.

මෙම හදිසි තීරණ වල බලපෑම් කුමක් වේද යන්න දැනට යටපත් වී ඇත.

මේ සම්බන්ධව කිසිම දැනුමක් මහජනයාට නැත. අප රටේ නව නීතිය (බිම් සවිය* සම්බන්ධයෙන් සහ පරිගණක ඉඩම් ලේඛණ පිළියෙල කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු නීති පොතක් නැති අතර, දැනුම ලබා දීමට උගතුන් ද නොමැත. අපි සම්පුර්ණයෙන් විදේශීය උපදේශකයන්ට සහ බාහිර කොන්ත‍්‍රාත්කරුවන්ට බාරදී මේ වෙනස්කම් කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමු.

මේ සියල්ල කෙරෙන්නේ එකම මතයක් උදෙසාය; ව්‍යාපාර දර්ශකයේ ඉහළට නැගීමටය. Doing Business Index ඉඩමට නොම්බරයක් තබා ලේඛණ පරිලෝකනය කරන්න, කඩදාසි ලේඛණ නැතිව ඉඩම් ගණුදෙනු කරන්න ‘ ඩිජිටල්කරණය’; ඉඩම් නීති විදේශ නීති වලට පරිවර්තනය කිරීම සියල්ල සිදුවන්නේ අන්තර්ජාතික සංවිධාන පිරිණමන තෑගි (ඵක්‍ක්‍* සහ ණය පිළිගැනීමටය.

මෙහි ඇති භයානක කම වෛරස් සහ සයිබර්ක‍්‍රයිම් වලට ගොදුරු වීමය. එවැනි දෙයක් සිදුවුවොත් අප රටට ඉඩම් වල අයිතිය රැුකගන්නා ශක්තියක් තිබේ ද ?

2*. බිම් සවිය ව්‍යාප්ත කිරීමට………දෙවෙනි වරටත් අධිකරණ බලතල අවලංගු කරන තවත් ගිවිසුමක් ඉදිරිපත් වේ MCC 6.8

අවුරුදු 5කට දිස්ත‍්‍රික්ක 7ක අධිකරණයේ බලය ඉවත් කොට බිම් සවිය ලියාපදිංචිය සහ ඉ රෙජිස්ටර සකස් කිරීම විදේශිකයන්ට බාරදීම.

පජජ සහ එක්සත් ජනපද රජය මෙම සංයුක්තය යටතේ සිදුවන ක‍්‍රියාකාරකම් හෝ අතපසු වීම් හේතුවෙන් පැන නගින කිසිදු හිමිකම් පෑමක් හෝ අලාභයක් සඳහා කිසිදු වගකීමක් දැන්නේ නැත. මෙම සංයුක්තය යටතේ සිදුවන ක‍්‍රියාකාරකම් හෝ අතපසුවිම් හේතුවෙන් ඇතිවන පාඩු හානිය, තුවාල හෝ මරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය විසින් එම්.සී.සී. හෝ එක්සත් ජනපද රජයට හෝ වර්තමාන හෝ හිටපු නිලධාරියෙකුට හෝ එම්.සී.සී.එවැනි අලාභයක්, හානියක්, තුවාලයක් හෝ මරණයක් සඳහා ඉහත කිසිදු ආයතනයකට හෝ පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහිව කිසිදු ආකාරයක හිමිකම් පෑමක් හෝ නෛතික ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ගයක් ගෙන නොයනු ඇත. එම්.සී.සී. සහ එක්සත් ජනපද රජය හෝ එම්.සී.සී. හෝ එක්සත් ජනපද රජයේ වර්තමාන හෝ හිටපු නිලධාරියෙකු හෝ සේවකයෙකු ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ සියලූම අධිකරණ හා විනිශ්චය සභාවල අධිකරණ බලයෙන් නිදහස් විය යුතු බවට රජය එකඟ වේ.

විදේශිකයන්ට අප රටේ ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරු බාරදීම

ඉඩම් රෙජිස්ටරය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ විශේෂ නීති තිබේ. වෙනත් රටවලත් එසේමය. (රට වලට ගිය අපට පෙනීයන්නේ ඇතුල්වීම තහනම් බවය.* මන්ද යතහොත්, ඉඩම් ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරු වල රටේ ධනය (රටේ ඉඩම් වල විස්තර* ගබඩා කර ඇති බැවිනි. එවා රහසිගතව තබා ගත යුතු බැවිනි.

රටේ ඉඩම් නීති වෙනස් කිරීම හා ලියාපදිංචි කන්තෝරු වල අවුරුදු 5ක් රටේ නීති වලට යටත් නොවන ආකාරයට සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම නිදහසේ ඇතුල්වීම විදේශිකයන් අතට පැවරීම කණගාටුදායකය.

විසඳුමක්

නීති සංගමය සහ ගරු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ කොමිටුව පිළියෙල කල නීති පිළිගැනීම. බිම් සවිය වැනි අධිකරණ බලය නැති කරන නීති අප රටට හඳුන්වාදීම අවම කල යුතුය. මේ සියල්ල සම්බන්ධයෙන් රූපවාහිණීය හා පත්තර මහජනයාව දැනුවත් කලයුතුය.

ඉඩම් ඔප්පු දුප්පත් අයට පරිනමා ඔවුන්ට ඉ රෙජිස්ටෙරය භාවිතා කොට විදේශිය නීති අනුගමනය කරන්නට කීම ඔප්පු නුදුන්නාසේය.

ඉහත කරුණු උපුටාගත්තේ

1. වෙනත් රටවල් Torrens Law බිම් සවිය හඳුන්වාදීමෙන් අධිකරණයට සහ ඉඩම් හිමියන්ට සිදුකල බරපතල ගැටළු දැක්වෙන අධිකරණ වාර්තා…………

A] Mlaysian experience …….උදාහරණයක් වශයෙන් එම රටේ ඉඩම් දැන් වංචාකරුවන්ට බිම් සවිය නීතිය හරහා බාරදෙයි. මෙසේ සිදුවී ඇත්තේ අවලංගු ව්‍යාජ ඔප්පු ලියාපදිංචිකරුවන්ට, විරුද්ධව ඉඩමි හිමියන්ට උසාවියට යෑමට නොහැකි වීමය.

http://www.hba.org.my/laws/CourtCases/2000/adorna.htm. —- Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd -vs-Boonsom Boonyanit] ……….. නඩු පවරු ඉඩම්හිමියාට මැලේසියාවේ උසාවියට උදව් කිරීමට නොහැකි වීමේ නඩු තීන්දුව.

B)UK experience …………. අවලංගු ව්‍යාජ ඔප්පු සම්බන්ධව එංගලන්තයේ අධිකරණය මෙම නීතියට හිරවී ඇත. එහි නඩුකාරවරු නොතාරිස්වරුන්ට Solicitors වන්දි ගෙවන ලෙසට තීන්දු දී ඇත. නොතාරිස්වරු මවිත කෙරුණු, ඉතිහාසය ගතවන නඩු තීන්දුවක් 2018 ප‍්‍රථමවරට ඉතිහාසගතවනු ඇත. https://www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/insights/blogs/real-estate-law-blog/property-fraud-after-dreamvar-v-mishcon-de-reya

C) Singapore experience ………. බිම් සවිය නීතිය වංචාකරුවන් සඳහා අදහස් කරන ලදී…..? https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2325/

2) what happened Papua New Guinean?—-judicial assault on the citadel of indefeasibility of title under the Papua New Guinean Torrens System of conveyance By John Mugambwa [*]http://www.paclii.org/journals/fJSPL/vol05/2.shtml

3] Evaluating Land Governess Issues by B Kirubanathan 2013

https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/librarywww/papers_2013/msc/la/kirubananthan.pd

4] Title Insurance book by Justice A.R.B.Amerasinghe

5] Equality and Freedom book by Justice C.G.Weeramantr

6] New Perspectives On Land Registration contemporary problems and solution by Amy Gaymour Stephen Watterson NAD Martin Dixon https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/new-perspectives-on-land-registration-9781509906031/

7]  World Bank reports land title project Sri Lanka –see web sites years 2002 and 2007 and 2016

8]  Annual reports of the Commissioner of Title and Survey General Sri Lanka see web sites

9]  Australian Torrens system –https://api.research- repository.uwa.edu.au/portalfiles/portal/34721286/ Thesis_doctor_of_philosophy_Carruthers_Penelope_Jane_2018.pdf

10]  http://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_reps/MCC.pdf Millennium Challenge Compact

මීළඟ ලිපිය Mcc හා බිම් සවිය

ඒ.ජේ.එම්.මුසම්මිල්

පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයෙන් විපතට පත්වූවන්ගේ ජීවනෝපයන් ගොඩ නැංවීම සඳහා ලෝක මුස්ලිම් ලීගයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලබාදුන් රුපියල් කෝටි 90ක මුදලකට සිදුවූයේ කුමක්ද යන්න ආචාර්ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියෝ විසින් මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශයකට පිළිතුරු වශයෙන් වයඹ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර ඒ.ජේ.එම්.මුසම්මිල් මහතා විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශයක ඒ මහතා මෙසේ සඳහන් කර ඇත.

ආචාර්ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් යනු මා ඉතාම ගරු කරන භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේ නමකි.  උන්වහන්සේ විසින් සිදු කරන ලද මෙම ප්‍රකාශයට පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් සිදු කිරීම මාගේ වගකීමක් ලෙස දකිමි. මෙම ම්ලේච්ඡ ප්‍රහාරය හෙළා දැකිය යුතු ප්‍රහාරයක් සේම අදටද අමතක නොවන සිදුවීමක් ලෙස මා දකිම් .

පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයෙන් පසුව රටේ ඇතිවුණු ජාතිවාදය තුරන් කිරීම දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක්ව තිබූ බව අප කවුරුත් පිළිගන්නා කරුණකි.  ඒ අනුව සියළු ජාතීන් අතර සහයෝගිතාවය සංහිඳියාව වර්ධනය කිරීමේ අරමුණින් ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද ජාතික සමුළුවක් පසුගිය වසරේ ජූනි මස 30 වන දින  කොළඹ නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේදී පවත්වනු ලැබීය.

මෙම සමුළුව කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය සියළුම කටයුතු බාරවී තිබුණේ අබ්දුල් කාදර් අල් මෂූර් මවුලානා නමැත්තා හටය. ඔහු ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෙකු වන අතර ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනයේ මහලේකම් ආචාර්ය මොහෙමඩ් අබ්දුල්කරීම් අල්ඊසා මැතිතුමාගේ සමීපතමයෙකු ද වේ. ආචාර්ය අල් ඊසා මැතිතුමාගේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව මෙම සම්මේලනය කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය කටයුතු  සංවිධානය කරදෙන ලෙස බස්නාහිර පළාත බාර එවකට ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා ලෙසට කටයුතු කළ මාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කර තිබුණි .

ඒ සඳහා වූ ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනයේ  ඉල්ලීම මා වෙත ගෙන එනු ලැබුවේ අබ්දුල් කාදර් අල් මෂූර් මවුලානා කියන මේ පුද්ගලයා විසින්බවද දැන්වීමට කැමැත්තෙමි. ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනය සමග සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම සබඳතා පවත්වමින් මේ සියළුම කටයුතු සඳහා මූලිකවූ එකම පුද්ගලයා මේ කියන මවුලානා නමැති පුද්ගලයා බවද සඳහන් කරමි .

ඉන් පසුව මෙම සම්මේලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතා සමග මා සාකච්ඡා කිරීමෙන් පසුව ඒ සඳහා එතුමාගේ පූර්ණ  සහයෝගය සහ අනුග්‍රහය ලබා දීමටද මා හට පොරොන්දු විය . එ අනුව සියළු කටයුතු සිදු කරමින් මෙම සම්මේලනයේ කටයුතු මා විසින් සියළුම පාර්ශ්වයන් සම්බන්ධ කරගෙන සම්බන්ධීකරණය කරනු ලැබීය .

පසුගිය වසරේ ජූනි මස 30 වන දින  හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන්  පවත්වනු ලැබූ මෙම සම්මේලනයට ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනයේ මහ ලේකම් ආචාර්ය අබ්දුල්කරීම් අල්ඊසා මහතා විශේෂ ආරාධිතයා ලෙස සහභාගි විය. මේ සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණෙන ආචාර්ය අල්ඊසා මහතාට රාජ්‍ය අනුග්‍රහය ලබා දීමටද හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා උපදෙස් ලබාදී තිබුණි. එතුමා ලංකාවට පැමිණියේ ජූනි මස 28 වන දින රාත්‍රියේදීය. ආචාර්ය අල්ඊසා මහතා එදිනම රාත්‍රියේ කාදිනල් හිමිපාණන්ද හමුවිය. එම හමුවේදී ආචාර්ය අල්ඊසා මහතා  මෙම පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයෙන් විපතට පත්වූවන්ට තම බලවත් ශෝකය ප්‍රකාශ කර විපතට පත්වූවන්ගේ සුබසාධනය  වෙනුවෙන් යම්කිසි ආධාරයක් ලබාදීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වෙන බවත් එය මෙම සම්මේලනයේදී ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීමට අදහස් කරන බවත් අල්ඊසා මහතා එම හමුවේදී කාදිනල් හිමිපාණන්ට පවසා තිබේ.

මෙම සම්මේලනය හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති අතර ඊට සියලුම දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයන් සහ ආගමික නායකයින්ද සහභාගි වූහ. එදින ආචාර්ය අල්ඊසා මහතා පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට ගොදුරුවී විපතට පත්වූවන්ගේ සුබසාධනය සඳහා ඩොලර් මිලියන 05 ක් නැතිනම් රුපියල් කෝටි 90ක විශාල මුදලක් පරිත්‍යාග කරන බවට  ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ පොරෙන්දු විය .

සම්මේලනය අවසන් වීමෙන් පසුව එතුමා හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ මේ රටේ අනෙකුත් දේශපාලන නායකයින් රැසක්ද හමුවිය. මේ සම්මේලනයෙන් අනතුරුව මා අවස්ථා ගණනාවකදීම ⁣ආචාර්ය අල්ඊසා මහතා විසින් ලබාදෙන බවට පොරොන්දු වූ ආකාරයට එම මූල්‍ය පරිත්‍යාගය පිළිබඳව මවුලානා මහතාගෙන් විමසා සිටියෙමි. එම මුදල ලැබී නොතිබුණු බැවින් එය ලබා දීමට මැදිහත්වන ලෙසද මා ඔහුට දැනුම් දුනිමි. මා ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසූ සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම මවුලානා මහතා ඒ  පිළිබඳව විවිධ කරුණු නිදහසට කියා සිටි බවද මා ප්‍රකාශ කරමි .

මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කොරෝනා වසංගතය ඇතිවීමට පෙර අගමැතිතුමාද මාගෙන් මේ මුදල සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසා සිටියේය. එම විශාල මුදල මේ රටට ලැබුණාද නැද්ද යන බව මා නිශ්චිතවම නොදන්නා බව එම අවස්ථාවේදී  මා එතුමාට ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටිමි. එබැවින්  ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් මවුලානා මහතාගෙන් විමසිය යුතුබවද මා අගමැතිතුමාට දන්වා සිටියා. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අප මවුලානා මහතා ගෙන්වා ඔහු සමග සාකච්ඡාවක් පැවැත්වීම සුදුසු බවද මා අගමැතිතුමාට සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම් ගාමිණී සෙනරත් මහතාටද දන්වා සිටියා.

ලොක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනය පොරොන්දු වූ මෙම මුදල ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට,  හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හෝ පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පිහිටුවා ඇති යම් සුබසාධන අරමුදලකට ලැබුණා දැයි මා නොදනිමි. මන්ද එහි පූර්ණ වගකීම පැවරී තිබුණේ ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනයේ මෙම කටයුතු සම්බන්ධිකරණය කළ අල් මෂූර්  මවුලානා නමැත්තාටය. එබැවින් මෙම මුදල සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආචාර්ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් විසින් කර ඇති ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේවනවිට මා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සවුදි තානාපති කාර්යාලයට සහ ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනයට මෙන්ම අල්මෂූඩ් මවුලානා මහතාටද දැනුම් දී තිබෙන බවද දන්වමි .

මෙවැනි විශාල මුදල් පරිත්‍යාගයක් ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ සිදුවිය යුතු වන අතර මේවනතෙක් එවැන්නක් සිදුවී නැති බවද මා හොඳාකාරවම දනිමි. එබැවින් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට වසරක් සම්පුර්ණ වන මේ අවස්ථාවේදී ප්‍රහාරයට ගොදුරු වූවන්ගේ සුබසාධනය වෙනුවෙන් ලෝක මුස්ලිම් සම්මේලනය  ලබා දීමට පොරොන්දු වූ මෙම විශාල මුදල අප රටට ලැබුණාද, නොලැබුණානම් එම මුදල රහසිගතවම වෙනත් අයෙකු වෙත ලැබුණාද, එසේනම් ඊට බලපෑ හේතුව කුමක්ද කියා වහාම සොයා බලා ප්‍රසිද්ධ කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි මා ප්‍රකාශ කරමි .

ඒ.ජේ.එම්.මුසම්මිල්

Dilrook Kannangara

President Sirisena was the president, commander in chief, defence minister and the head of the national security council when the Easter Sunday terrorist attack happened. That is a very long list of highly responsible positions concerned with national security. He must take responsibility for the lapse in security provided to the people and he is answerable. He must be questioned over it.

The attack didn’t happen out of the blue. Indications were many. 34 Sri Lankan Muslims trained to become terrorists in Syria and elsewhere and it was discussed in parliament. It was widely known that they were returning home after a beating in Syria. Local intel units repeatedly warned the government about the impending attack. Indian, Turkish and US intel agencies also warned of it. In fact, the government did heed the warning and informed all MPs and their security detail about it. Thawheed Jamaath and other controversial groups were operating in the island freely. Even Tablighi Jamaath which rose to notoriety recently has a very large following in Sri Lanka. Apart from face-save measures, nothing was done against them. How many more of these are there?

Former police chief and the defence secretary were arrested over it but they were mere instruction-takers. They acted according to instructions. Unless justice takes its course, this won’t be the last of offenders. All offending parties must pay for the crime.

Nava Thakuria

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses concern over the infection to a large number of media persons while they went on reporting about novel corona virus outbreak across India. It terms the news of over 50 journalists turning Covid-19 positive in a single city as horrible and requests every scribe on the ground to follow the necessary guidelines.

Local reports reveal that at least 53 media persons including reporters, video journalists, news photographers in Mumbai were tested positive for the deadly virus. Chennai reported two cases of media

Covid-19 positive and Bhopal witnessed one scribe with the corona infection. All affected journalists were reportedly sent for quarantine.

While appealing to all working journalists for maintaining health protocols in the time of a pandemic, we also urge the government to extend the benefits of Rs 50 lakh insurance cover to media persons on duty hours in the line of health professionals, sanitation workers, police personnel etc,” said a statement issued by JFA president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria.

The news media, which has been exempted from the nationwide lockdown to carry out its duty, carries the obligation to inform the people about the Covid-19 pandemic along with the authority’s efforts to combat the catastrophe, JFA preaches the scribes to follow  some recognised guidelines (like those included in the Committee to Protect Journalists site www.cpj.org/2020/02/cpj-safety-advisory-covering-the-coronavirus-outbr.php

or https://cpj.org/coronavirus_safety_advisory_assamese.pdf) for their own safety and securities.

Dr.Sarath Obeysekera

The current and future prosperity of Sri Lanka is intrinsically linked to its marine and coastal assets, with fisheries and tourism being the two main pillars of its economy, gross domestic product (GDP) and source of employment   

Implementation of the Blue Economy, hitherto to be named as” Fisheries and Ocean Development Movement (Deewara saha Sagara Sampath Sanwardane Udawa)

Related Agencies for implementation of above

NAQDA ,CCD .MEPA CFHC.CFC.SLPA .TDA ( Tourism),Ministry of Ports and Shipping DMS ( Merchant Shipping ) ,Ceynor ,DWL ( Wild life) ,Navy ,Coast  Guard .Sri Lanka Customs , Fishery Ministry ,EDB ,MODSIT ,BOI ,Ministry of Trade PDRS ( Petroleum Exploration ). Ministry of Agriculture and Private Boat Builders and Yacht/Leisure boat Operators     

Blue Economy –Area to be developed

• Fishery Sector Needs rapid revolutionary Accelerated Development
  • Private sector to be allowed to deploy several Mother Vessels around the island to help fishermen to store their catch in cold rooms and also assist with First Aid ,Fuel ,Water etc during the week they stay in med sea catching fish
  • Provide Speed Boat  Ambulance Service dedicated for fishermen
  • Develop Cold room services in every fishery harbour with facilities to store fish for Japanese Market ( -60 Degrees for export
  • Training Schools for fishing folks and  provide land plots to build new large multiday fishing vessels with Seawater Ice generating equipment
  • Comprehensive Annual Inspection Service to be managed by Private Boat Building Repair Yards in Colombo .Negombo.Pandura ,Galle ,Mirrissa,Kudawalla  etc and in Oluvil,Trinco  ,Point Pedro and Karainagar etc
  • Establish dedicated Insurance Scheme based on Annual Fitness Check of boats  for Fishermen to cover their families and Boats
  • Establish satellite monitoring system to control boat movement from neighborhood countries
  • Promote more and more Deep Sea Fish Cultivation Farms for export
  • Development of offshore Fish Processing and Canning factories for export and to make Poultry Feed
  • Enhance involvement of Ocean University in Fishery Sector education and boat building with ongoing South Korean Financing
  • Enhance Cold Chain logistics to transport fish into hinterland for local use at affordable prices
  • Establish laboratories to perdiodically check fish quality and monitor harvest of fish
  • Development of Organic Vegetable growing technology using the principle of Aquaponics, a hybrid between aquaculture and hydroponics, uses organic fish waste to fertilise vegetables growth. Aquaponics works on a circular system where water from fish tanks is filtered by the growing medium and the plants as they grow. The water is then returned to the fish tank cleaner than when it left. As a result, aquaponics uses only a small amount of water compared to traditional soil based farming and zero artificial fertilisers or pesticides.

• Nautical Tourism –Development using the 20 numbers Fishery Harbours and other protected lagoons around Sri Lanka by promoting mini Marinas
  • Speedy Implementation of Harbour Village Concept where lands around fishery harbours and other lagoons to be developed for Tourism Related services and real estates and Coastal Urban Development by encouraging real estate development near marinas
  • Grow Boat spearheaded by Export development Board need accelerated development ( Individuals to own their own boats with facility to anchor in the mini marinas right around the island
  • Promote local Yacht /pleasure boat building by taking away VAT /NBT etc
  • Expedite issuance of local boat building rules and regulations to help boat the builders

• Expediting Exploration of Oil and Gas in Manar and Covery Basin and Eastern Province

• Accelerated Development of Marine Renewable Energy Development of power generation of offshore wind farms and wave energy

• Development of Ship  repair /Underwater Hull cleaning in Deep ocean during voyage of super tankers from Middle east to Far East

ගෙවිඳු කුමාරතුංග සභාපති – යුතුකම ජාතික සංවිධානය

පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප‍්‍රහාරය සිදු කෙරුණේ ඇයි, ඒ සඳහා පාස්කු ඉරිදා ම තෝරාගැනුණේ ඇයි, ඒ සඳහා මූලික ව ම කතෝලික දේවස්ථාන තෝරාගැනුණේ ඇයි යන ප‍්‍රශ්නවලට නිශ්චිත පිළිතුරු ඒ ප‍්‍රහාරයන්ට වසරක් පිරෙන මේ අවස්ථාවේ දී ද අපි නොදනිමු. එහෙත් ප‍්‍රහාරකයන් යම් අවස්ථාවක දී බෞද්ධ මුහුණුවරක් ගැනීම පිණිස සිවුරු හා සිල්රෙදි රැස්කර තිබූ බව, පාස්කු ප‍්‍රහාරයත් සමඟ ම ජාත්‍යන්තර මාධ්‍ය අන්තවාදී බෞද්ධයන් ගැන අදහස් පළ කළ බව සැළකිල්ලට ගත්කළ කුපිත වන ජන සමූහයා අතින් පැන නගින ගිනිජාලාවන් මතින්, ලේ ගංගා මතින්, මළමිනී කඳුමතින් බෞද්ධයා වගකිවයුතු කළු පාස්කුවක් සැලසුම් වී තිබෙන්නට ඇති බව පෙනීයයි. දෙමළ ජනවර්ගයට හා නව ක‍්‍රිස්තියානි ලබ්දියකට අයත් වන එම්.සුමන්තිරන් මන්ත‍්‍රීතුමා වරද බෞද්ධයන් පිට පටවමින් මේ ප‍්‍රහාරය සාධාරණීයකරණය කිරීමට නිර්භීත (නිර්ලජ්ජිත) වූ බව ද අප අමතක නොකළ යුතු ය. අතිඋත්තම මැල්කම් රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමා ගේ ජනයා සන්සුන් කළ මැදිහත්වීම, ලබාදුන් විශිෂ්ට නායකත්වය නොවන්නට මේ ම්ලේච්ඡු සිහින සැබෑවනු ඇත.

ඒ අඳුරු මොහොතේ සෑම සියලූ ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකිකයෙකු ගේ ම හදවත්හි රැුව්දුන් දයාවේ, සාධාරණත්වයේ හා යුක්තියේ හ`ඩ ඉතා සන්සුන් ලෙසත් තිරසාර ලෙසත් නැගීමට උන් වහන්සේ සමත් වූ බව අප සිහිපත් කරනුයේ කෘතඥපූර්වකව ය. මේ නිසා ම පසුගිය වසර තුළ ම්ලේච්ඡු ප‍්‍රහාරකයන් ගේ බලාපොරොත්තු සුනුවිසුණු කරමින් බෞද්ධ කිතුණු සමගිය අද අන් කවරදාටත් වඩා ගොඩනැගී ඇත. සුළු වාර්ගිකයින් ගේ, සුළු ආගමිකයන් ගේ බලාපොරොත්තු ඉෂ්ට කරගැනීම බෙදීම, වෙන්වීම මගින් නොව, මේ රටේ ප‍්‍රධාන සංස්කෘතිය හා එක්වීමෙන් බව කාදිනල්තුමා මේ තීරණාත්මක මොහොතේ දී ද පෙන්වාදුනි. ඒ එක්වීම තුළ, ඒ සහෝදරත්වය තුළ ප‍්‍රධාන සංස්කෘතිය ද ඒ අන්‍ය ආගම්හි සාරධර්මයන් ගෙන් පෙරලා පෝෂණය වී සැමට අපේ යැයි කිවහැකි මහා සංස්කෘතියකට මගපාදනු ඇත.

බෞද්ධ, කි‍්‍රස්තියානි සමගිය බෞද්ධ, ක‍්‍රිස්තියානි, හින්දු, ඉස්ලාම් සැම ගේ සමගිය පිණිස පදනමක් සපයන්නේ නම් එය පාස්කුප‍්‍රහාරයෙන් අහිමි වූ සෑම ජීවිතයකට ම සදාතනික අගයක් ලබාදීමක් වනු ඇත.

ගෙවිඳු කුමාරතුංග
සභාපති – යුතුකම ජාතික සංවිධානය

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US offers to help fight terrorism and the Catholic church reiterates commitment to religious harmony

Colombo, April 21 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in his message to make the first anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in the island nation that he will identify and bring before the law the true perpetrators” of the massacres.

I will not leave any room for any form of extremism, or violence from any extremists to be unleashed on my people again. I also assure you that the true perpetrators responsible for this Easter Sunday massacres will be identified and brought before the law,” the President said.

It is most unfortunate that the mechanisms that were in place to ensure national security were dismantled (by the then regime). When anarchy prevails, it is only natural for extremism, terrorism and all kinds of violence to raise its despicable head,” Gotabaya added.

I deeply empathize with the families of all those who lost their lives and sustained grave injuries, the Catholic community and entire Sri Lankan citizenry who were terrorized by these horrifying massacres.”

Exactly a year ago, on April 21, 2019 a group of extremists, bent on a macabre agenda unleashed a sequence of terror targeting Catholic churches and tourist hotels. Around 270 people were killed and about 500 were gravely injured in Easter Sunday attacks. Some who survived, later succumbed to their injuries after months of suffering. Some others will be disabled for life.”

Even though Catholics were targeted, this was a terrorist attack against all Sri Lankan citizens. This heinous crime against humanity needs to be condemned by all without any tolerance towards this extremist ideology,” the President said.

In conclusion, he said: I once again commiserate with all those who were adversely affected by the Easter Sunday massacres and all Sri Lankans who were deeply shocked by these barbaric acts.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Message

In his message, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: Today we mark the anniversary of the terrorist bombings that shattered the peace of Sri Lanka and the world on Easter morning one year ago. These malicious attacks targeted churches and hotels, places where people had gone to worship and to enjoy time together on a holiday. We remember the more than 250 victims of these ISIS-inspired attacks, including five U.S. citizens, and extend our deepest condolences to their families and friends. We stand in solidarity with the survivors of this brutality, and pray for their healing. Just as the Government of Sri Lanka works to hold those involved to account, the United States will not rest in its pursuit of justice for those who commit such atrocities.

Together with our Sri Lankan friends and partners, we reaffirm our shared commitment to countering terrorism while respecting civil liberties, to ensuring sustainable development for all, and to freedom of religion and belief that supports mutual respect.

Cardinal Ranjith reiterates Catholic church’s commitment to religious harmony

In his message Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith saidL On this occasion when we commemorate the dead and pray for the wounded of the Easter Sunday bomb attack in April 2019, on its first anniversary, I wish to express our sincere thanks to all those of you who stood by the victims showing your solidarity with them and for assisting them in every way possible. These victims belonged to all ethnic and religious groups in Sri Lanka and included foreigners.”

We honour specially all those, who lost their loved ones and those who were injured, for their spirit of magnanimity in not reacting in anger and hatred. What was remarkable in that, was the resolve to stay calm and peaceful so that an evil plot to destabilize Sri Lanka with racial or religious riots was defeated by all Sri Lankans.”

I wish to commend all those who espoused the cause of peace and extended a helping hand to those injured and to the families of the victims in many ways. We also call to memory and pray for the 42 foreigners who came with their families to visit this beautiful and peaceful Island and lost their lives in this heinous attack.”

First of all I wish to extend our grateful thanks to the Holy Father Pope Francis who was one in spirit with us during this time and sent his special envoy to convey his closeness to our country and its people. We are also thankful to the foreign missions in the country, particularly the High Commissions of all the Islamic Republics for their prompt visit to me after the attack, to convey their solidarity with our nation. I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the many foreign countries and their citizens who sent messages of condolences, support to the Relief Fund and the assurance of prayers.”

For example, the Eiffel Tower switched off its lights at midnight on 21st April and the Burj Kalifa in Dubai was lit up with the colours of the Sri Lankan flag, in honour of the victims. We are also grateful to the many other countries, who showed similar gestures of solidarity with our people and also to the local and foreign business entities and individuals who generously supported the Relief Fund established to help the victims.”

We are thankful to the International Media, especially those who interviewed me locally and via phone, for reporting the true facts to the international community. I wish to state that even in the future we need you to support us in reporting to the international community the true facts and the true image of our beautiful Island Nation which has been called the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.”

We are grateful to those friendly nations that generously shared their intelligence information prior to the attack on several occasions, which our political leaders did not take seriously. We are aggrieved that those responsible for governance at that time, did not take seriously the repeated warnings received concerning these attacks and so, not only allowed this massacre to take place but also sought to hide their culpability in different ways after the attack.”

Still more serious is the responsibility of all those who masterminded these attacks, by planning, funding and encouraging the perpetrators and deliberately covering up the facts of the case. Some of them surely knew this was coming.”

We thank the incumbent President for his insistence in investigating these attacks thoroughly and for ensuring that those responsible are brought to book. We are indeed sad and shocked to hear that some educated and elitist people, some of whom are connected to the legal sphere, are trying to bring pressure on the President to cover up these investigations and possibly hide the authors.”

What are human rights when they try to use such to cover up the perpetrators and associates of those who violated the basic right to life of so many innocent human beings ,men, women and children?”

We also wish to affirm our confidence in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed for this purpose and we are hopeful that we will be able to ascertain who orchestrated these attacks and who shirked their responsibility to prevent them and why.”

At the same time we Catholics wish to affirm our commitment to live harmoniously with the other religious groups, conscious of the common culture that has been enriched by the teachings of Buddhism to a very large extent and in which culture we find a high level of acceptance and tolerance. Our challenge would be to work amicably with all our fellow citizens and to ensure a spirit of true acceptance and integration within the national fabric of cultures for a peaceful and prosperous new Sri Lanka free of all divisions, and petty mindedness.”

Finally even though it is difficult to comprehend the Will of God, as a ray of hope that miracles do happen, I wish to mention that the Danish family who lost their children in the bomb attack, has been blessed with twin girls on 11th March 2020. This indeed is a new beginning for them and a new hope for all of us, that life is precious and we need to be responsible and live in harmony with one another.”

I end with the words of our Lord Jesus: Love one another as I have loved you” and do unto other as you would have them do to you.”

Vatican’s Message to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith

Courtesy The Daily Mirror

The Peliyagoda fish market will be closed for three days from tomorrow, Business Association of the Peliyagoda Central Fish Market said.

The decision was taken after a fish vendor, who had visited the Peliyagoda fish market, contracted Covid-19.

President of the association said that health authorities has informed them that all the employees and fish stall owners of the Peliyagoda fish market would be subjected to PCR test tomorrow.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror

Health authorities had taken step to quarantine 66 individuals from eleven families in Piliyandala MOH area after a patient infected with COVID-19 was identified today.  

Dr. Indika Ellawala said the individuals placed under self quarantine were those suspected to have associated the patient.

He said the patient was fish seller who brought fish from Peliyagoda fish market and sold them in Kahatuduwa, and Polgasovita areas.

The MOH said he received information that the patient had visited a house of a vegetable trader, a Grama Niladhari, a lawyer and several of his friends.

 Dr. Ellawala said the elder brother of the infected patient had returned from Australia on March 14 and placed under 14 day quarantine till March 28 and that he had not shown any symptoms of Corona virus infection and that it was in question how his brother contracted the disease.

He said the patient was admitted to the Kotalawala Medical Faculty hospital on Monday evening and transferred to Mulleriyawa Infected Diseases Hospital (IDH). (H.M.Dharmapala)

Courtesy The Daily Mirror

More than 1,000 people belonging to 242 families from Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo 12, have been sent to quarantine centres, the Army said.

Accordingly, a total of 1,010 people would be sent to quarantine.

Army said the decision was taken after 57 Covid-19 patients were reported from the Bandaranayake Mawatha.

Courtesy Adaderana

Another person has tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total count of positive cases to 310, the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed this evening.

This patient has been reported from Warakapola and according to reports he has had close contacts with another COVID-19 case.

In the meantime, five other coronavirus cases were identified from Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo 12 today. This area confirmed a record surge of 33 positive cases on Monday (20).

According to the Epidemiology Unit’s tally, another two patients have recovered from the virus as of today and the total number of recoveries has now climbed to 102.

At present, 201 active cases are under medical care at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Welikanda Base Hospital, Colombo East Base Hospital and Iranawila Hospital.

Courtesy Adaderana

The Government would bring all culprits who planned, financed and supported the Easter bombing carnage that killed over 270 and wounded over 500 innocent people on last year’s Easter Sunday, to book soon, Defence Secretary Major General (Retired) Kamal Gunaratne has said.

Issuing a statement yesterday that marked one-year of the coordinated bomb blasts carried out by a local Islamic extremist group that blew three Christian churches and three hotels in Colombo, he said there would not be any space for any group or individuals to spread extremism in the country.

We will bring all those who involved in those bomb blasts, irrespective of their social status, political affiliations, ethnicity or religion to book,” the Defence Secretary has said referring to the on-going investigations into Easter Sunday attacks.

He said under the leadership of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had pledged to give the top most priority to national security, country’s people would be protected from terrorism and extremism.

We will not let our people to die and suffer in such unfortunate incidents. We have taken all precautionary measures to identify such acts of terrorism or extremism at early stages and taken all necessary actions to bring them before the law,” the Defence Secretary said.

Highlighting the importance of public support and contribution of the intelligence agencies in curbing extremism, he said under the directives of the President the intelligence agencies had been strengthened under a system that brought all intelligence agencies in the country into one fold.

The Government will do the justice for the people, including the children, who died and living with deadly scares and their families by punishing the culprits and also strengthening the national security,” he said.

The Defence Secretary said according to an assessment done by the President Secretariat and Defence Ministry, the Easter Sunday bomb blasts occurred year was mainly due to negligence to maintain national security.

Courtesy Adaderana

Sri Lanka today commemorates the one-year anniversary of the coordinated terror attacks that left the country devastated on the 21st of April 2019.

A two-minute silence was observed at 8.45 am in remembrance of the victims of the tragic carnage which killed over 250 including foreigners and injured at least 500 people.

On Easter Sunday last year, in a coordinated move by a local militant group called National Thowheed Jama’ath, bombs were detonated at St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapiriya, Zion Church in Batticaloa, Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La hotels in Colombo, a guest house in Dehiwala and at a housing complex in Dematagoda.

Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency immediately after the bombings and the probes launched into the incident led to the arrest of many who have had links to the suicide bombers.

Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith recently appealed to all Sri Lankans to observe a two-minute silence at 8.45 am in remembrance of those who were victimized by the catastrophic attacks.

In his sermon at a Mass celebrated at his residence for this year’s Easter Sunday, the Cardinal said Some misguided youths attacked us and we as humans could have given a human and selfish response,” adding that we mediated on Christ’s teachings and loved them, forgave them and had pity on them.”

In the meantime, as Sri Lanka is currently under curfew owing to the local outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, all public congregations to commemorate the Easter Sunday attacks have been called off.

The general public was, hence, requested to light a lamp and observe religious practices at homes.

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS

The world economy has been radically changing since the great depression experienced in the 1930s, meantime, the cold war also supported control of consumer demand and the market economic system forcing many countries to spend for defense activities than investments in development projects. The war mentality limited the production in various areas thereby increased unemployment and excess capacity. The classical economists looked at this situation considering that the wage cut would positively support to increase wage funds and provide more employment opportunities, but Keynes viewed that the idea of the classical economists would negatively impact the effective and aggregate demand thereby creating more unemployment. The other significant point that should be considered by policy-makers is can helicopter money concept get the world out of the depression from the downturn originated from the corona pandemic. My feeling is there is no difference in the helicopter money concept and deficit budget concept of John Meynard Keynes.

The view of Keynes accepted many countries and presented deficit budgets to achieve full employment level.  However, we can see that the views of economists have been changed since the late 1980s especially Chicago economists understood that deficit budget would support hyperinflation and proposed to an inflation tax to take out excess money from the economy.  The current situation is how to off excess money from the helicopter money in the economy and should the world go to a new tax regime in 2022. The World Bank and IMF and other international monetary institutions attempted to correct policies of the world and advantages of such efforts of international financial institutions have gone to developed nations and lower-income countries relegated to a debt trap and to agree with trade policies which were supported to secure the advantages of international trade to developed nations. A higher volume of national income of lower-income countries goes to debt repayment than the investments in economic activities for stability, creating employment and reasonable distribution of national income. Injustice in the distribution of economic gains augmented in the world.

Economists in the IMF predict that the world economy will be recessed by 5% in 2021, which means the corona pandemic will negatively impact all over the world and unemployment has already risen to more than 10% in the developed world as well as in lower-income nations. The prediction of the IMF will have a difficult to abide by lower-income countries and injustice in the world is dominating. The powerful nations did not listen to the cry of lower and middle-income countries and developed nations organized conferences to discuss the matter than taking action to give justice to lower and middle-income countries.  Many people talk about injustice and some predict that the corona pandemic would be an abstruse blessing to recorrect the world. However, people don’t want to go to the Malthus theory, but they want justice.

The COVID 19 pandemic and related economic crisis seem to be directing the world economy back to the classical era giving a new interpretation to economic theory that a pandemic also can push the world economy to depression and nobody can predict about the concussion of a pandemic without inventing an effective medicine to control it. Economists are poor when depression is created by a pandemic because they cannot model and effective way out of the problem.  Economic students never learned this idea before and they were limited to a few points based on experience interpreting the reasons for an economic depression.  Economists never believed such a new interpretation and during the classical era, there were theories relating to all production factors and modernization, during the past three decades economists attempted to a new interpretation for economic growth and development but they reluctant to talk on the difficulties of the poor.

With strong speculation that the world economy will recess or downturn, the temporary policy direction of high-income countries is to recorrect the market demand giving incentives to consumers and the policy of developed nations motivated developing nations such as Sri Lanka to offer few incentives to poor people for their survival. The International Monetary Fund has focused to provide credit facilities rather than to suggest justice in the distribution of economic advantages to lower and middle-income nations.  The most significant support in the pandemic situation is to help them to enhance the exchange value of currencies in lower-income countries to enable them to manage imports, increase foreign exchange reserves and the quality of human life. Neither the IMF nor other international financial institutions are being considered this point.  Many economists feel that it needs restarting North-South dialog or globalization as the corona pandemic crystallizes the disadvantages of or injustice to lower and middle-income countries. The justice to poor nations is not helping to carry begging bowl, but to help them stand on their feet.

 If it looks at the changes initiated in the early 1980s with the invention of microcomputers and mobile phones the automation has been supported by the technology in all areas of the economy conscripted job losses to poor people and to work more times to gain fewer returns. Quick innovations in technology and product developments such as the internet-based UTUBE, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile communication in Whatapp and Viber and other new electronic products have contrived the young generation to follow the technology like mad dogs and spend the assets and revenue to purchase technology.  The advantages of technology and new products have gone to a few rich people.

When analyzing the spending pattern of the household more than seventy percent of monthly income must spend on technology, renting, and debt repayments and people have no opportunity to spend hard earn income on food and other essential requirements such as educating and skills development of kids.  Young kids spend all earning from part-time work on mobile communication and few capitalist owners of electronic products gain billions from poor and it is a clear injustice in the world. Few investors persistent to make new products and exploit the young generation and the economic advantages of innovation go to a few people and poor people push to further difficulties.  Technology (Mobile phone) use to present an immoral presentation and poison brains of people and finally, payments for these presentations go to pockets of limited rich people. It seems that new electronic products such as Facebook, Utube, and many other users to change political opinion and against laws and regulations in countries, but the governments cannot react because the authority is with the owners of products.  They are contrary to democratic rights.  

Before the great depression 1930s, to build a house in developed countries as well as in lower-income countries had an opportunity to poor people and to buy a small piece of land for less than $ 10000, now it has gone to more than a half-million and poor people in developed countries struggle their entire life to repay housing loans, personal loans, and credit card debt while rich people build high rise apartments for renting and exploit poor people.       

After the recession incurred in the 1990s international financial institutions insisted hard conditions to provide credit facilities to lower and middle-income customers. When analyzing the post-pandemic era, the opinion expressed by Victoria Wisnieskey Otero in the South China Morning Post on 18 April 2020 gives valuable points. According to her opinion Corona Pandemic is not a great equalizer, but it could be a force for good if we learned a lesson for the post-pandemic era.” She mentioned two vital points (a) unprecedented livelihood relief measures would work to reduce social inequality, and (b) we must invest not only in supporting individual needs, but also strengthening the fabric of the community.” The spending patterns in the developed world don’t reflect that they are with social inequality and investing in strengthening the fabric of the community.  My feeling is developed countries invest to secure the market that is the source of wealth and they haven’t a genuine concern on social equality. Now developed nations are looking for strategies to regain the lost market and regain assets.  Economic policy-makers in the world need to look back at the practical implementing of policies like a repenting sinner and reduce social inequality.

Going back to the classical era is not the wish of modern people or an option to correct policy. It is seen that some leaders urge supporters to liberate states encouraging protest coronavirus restrictions. Innovation, modernization, and technology are exigencies to the world and all these must be operated in a just society, which means advantages of modernization must reasonably go to rich and poor.  After the great depression during the 1930s a large volume of economic benefits from technology, modernization and innovations went to a small number of rich people in a country. In Sri Lanka, the economic benefits of the service industry attracted to a small group of rich people.  There is a disparity in development between urban and rural areas.

Policy-makers of Sri Lanka need to focus on social equality and the fabric of the community.  The restriction of modernization is not the answer, but it needs expanding modernization to the rural community and supporting for equalizing them with urban people by more investment in the rural production process and creating employment opportunities.    

On 21^st April 2019 the people of Sri Lanka stood shocked. Exactly 10 years after defeating 30 years of terror Sri Lanka was to face a new form of terror. What is peculiar and notable about the Easter Sunday multiple mass murders was that the attacks on Catholic churches and luxury hotels by very rich Muslim suicide bombers did not have any demands. No one still knows why they committed the attacks. This question one year on remains unanswered still. While we are searching for the answers and the masterminds behind the attacks and inspite of two commissions being appointed to find the answers, while understanding the Muslim sentiment given that all suicide bombers were Muslims, it is good for the Muslim minority to look inward & also search for answers as to why an increasing number of Muslims are killing more Muslims than non-Muslims as statistics now reveal.

The Muslim population globally is 1.8billion making up 24% of the world population. This also means there are 1.8billion Islam adherents.

There are 53 majority Muslim nations in the 57 Muslim organization calling itself the OIC – Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Ironically majority of Muslims do not live in the Middle East but in the Asia-Pacific region (South & South East Asia) which accounts for 62% of the global Muslims.

Incidentally 1.2billion of the 1.8billion Muslims live in 10 countries (Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Algeria and Iraq) Of this 10 only in India despite Muslims being 194million, they are a minority.

A little over 600million Muslims are spread across rest of the Muslim majority countries but mostly in non-Muslim majority countries.

In Europe, Muslims comprise 8% of the population in France (5.8million) while in UK Muslims make up 5% (2.6m) however it is in newly created Kosovo where 90% are Muslims and Albania where 82% (2.6m) are Muslims that make the only 2 Muslim majority countries in Western Europe.

The Muslim population in the US is 1% while Israel has a Muslim population of 18% (1.6m)

Islam spread after the 7^th century. Islam is broken into 2 main groups – Sunni & Shia with Shiites making only 10 to 15% of the 1.8billion Muslim population. Shiites are concentrated mainly in Iran, Southern Iraq, South Lebanon and there are Shiite communities in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan & India. Shiites also dominates where there is oil – Iran, Iraq, Eastern Saudi Arabia. The sufi’s are another group. There are in all around 73 denominations. Iran, Pakistan, Saudi, Afghanistan, Mauritiana, Yemen make up the major Islamic states. Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, and Brunei Islam is considered a state religion.

However, there has been a split between Shias and Sunnis since 632. The split was over the question of succession after Muhammad – Shiites preferred succession to remain in family (Ali married to Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah) while Sunni’s wished to have the elite select a suitable leader. Sunni’s demand prevailed but Ali became the fourth caliph but he too was killed in 661. Ali’s son Hussein led the Shiites caliph against the Sunni caliph. Shiites refer to their leaders as imam – Ali being first and Hussein being third. The reference in usage of ‘imams’ & reverence further divides the two groups. Shiites held Persia while Sunni’s the Ottoman Empire

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sunni-shiite-violence_n_5617767

https://www.cfr.org/timeline/modern-sunni-shia-tensions

So we see two factors at odds with each other.

The friction since 632 continuing through sectarian violence between Muslim-Muslims causing more deaths than non-Muslims killing Muslims and then armed conflicts of which majority are committed by Muslims and majority of victims are also Muslims.

The religious element to these conflicts is affecting Muslims more than others.

Muslims & Armed Conflict

Of the major conflicts around the world majority are Muslim, majority of fatalities and injuries are to Muslims, majority are in Muslim nations and majority of the perpetrators are Muslims. This is a strange scenario – the victims are Muslim and the perpetrators are also Muslim.

According to Pew Research out of 49 Muslim countries 41% have experienced civil war. Of the over 400 insurgent organizations recorded since 1945 more than 200 are Muslim. Ironically all of these groups are being armed and trained by Western intelligence who are manipulating Muslim terror groups for their geopolitical advantage. If this is well known, why are Muslims joining groups that end up only killing Muslims?

Of 167,221 terrorism-related fatalities reported from 2001 to 2015, almost all — 163,532 or 98 percent — occurred outside the United States and Western Europe, according to the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database (GTD). GTD data on 25 Muslim-majority countries from Iraq to Malaysia reveal that these countries account for 75 percent of all fatalities from terrorist attacks from that period. The past 15 years Iraq has accounted for over 50,000 sectarian deaths. In Pakistan between 1987–2007 – Sunni-Shia sectarian rivalries has caused 4000 Muslim deaths.

Iran-Iraq war in 1980s is said to have caused over 500,000 deaths.

All of the conflicts where Muslims are armed, the use of violent parts of Islam is used to justify their killing.

Contrary to Samuel Huntington’s Clash of the Civilizations implying a showdown between Christianity & Islam, its looking more a Muslim-Muslim confrontation.

Leading OIC member states (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey) have provided direct and indirect support (intelligence, weapons financing, territorial respite) for members of Hamas and ISIS” (globalgovernancewatch)

While much furor over anti-Muslim and Islamaphobia is projected and promoted by Muslims, the Muslim-Muslim killings that account for lakhs more deaths among their own is silently ignored.

Libyan conflict has allegedly caused death to some 25,000 Muslims. Irrespective of whether the deaths were pro-Libyan or rebel … all were Muslims. Lakhs of people remain displaced also. It is good for the Muslims to remember that it was the non-Muslims globally that decried the manner that the Libyan leader was ousted and killed and how Western leaders laughed after helping kill him. This writer was one of the first to write against Gaddafi’s murder. Karma has killed the rebel leader responsible for Gaddafi’s death by coronavirus!

The Syrian conflict has caused the death of over 400,000 Muslims – again irrespective of whether they were Syrian government forces or rebel – all the dead were Muslims.

https://www.france24.com/en/20200104-syria-death-toll-tops-380-000-in-almost-nine-year-war-monitor

Yemen conflict has resulted in 100,000 dead Muslims and almost 16million Yemeni’s in hunger. Who are bombing Yemen? The Saudis.

Thus, none of the anti-Muslim incidents often repeated come anywhere remotely close to the number of casualties, displacements, fatalities and injuries caused by Muslims on Muslims the world over. This should be more of a concern to all Muslims than the attention they divert towards presenting an anti-Muslim Islamaphobia image. Uniting against non-Muslims but divided amongst their own.

There is another area that Muslims must also look at.

The 57 Muslim member states of the OIC contributed $6.425trillion to the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016 (World Bank). This $6.425trillion is just 8.5`% of world GDP. OIC’s contribution to world GDP is not proportionate to its population size (1.8billion or 24% of the world’s population)

But out of the 10 richest countries in the world 4 include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Kuwait. The Gulf State Qatar is the richest Muslim country in the world which has GDP per capita 93,714 USD.

https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/worlds-richest-and-poorest-countries

Qatar gained independence in 1971 from Britain and from 1971 ($387.7m GDP) Qatar has increased GDP to $156.6billion by 2016. Qatar’s growth is reliant on natural gas reserves, oil and migrant workers. In 1971 its population was 119,000 today its over 2.5million. 2.2million migrant workers comprise 90% of Qatar’s population & workforce. Per capita income published by Qatar is based only on incomes of native Qatari citizens whose population is just 250,000

10 highest GDP countries in the OIC are – Indonesia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Iran, UAE, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan & Bangladesh (highest to lowest)

According to Islamicmarkets.com 25 of the OIC member states are placed amongst the 56 most poverty-stricken countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. One in every five citizens of OIC countries — 21% Muslims that is 350million Muslims live below US$1.90 per day world poverty line.

21 OIC member countries routinely appear on the World’s Least Developed Countries. Yet OIC nations possess 70% of the world’s energy resources & 40% of the world’s natural resources. Why is the wealth not shared even amongst the Muslim countries by the Muslim countries?

Irony is that the Islamic empire boasts of a civilized and advanced world for over 1000 years. What happened to the Golden Age of Muslims contributing to the arts, sciences and culture? There have been 3 Muslim Nobel Prize recipients and all three made their names living in Western countries.

According to Al Jazeera it is estimated that around 20% or more of the 34 million Saudi citizens live in poverty. More than two-thirds of Saudis are under 30, and nearly three-quarters of all unemployed Saudis are in their 20s, according to government statistics. (UK Guardian) Saudi Arabia’s population is around 33 million. In 2019, Saudi Arabia’s estimated unemployment rate amounted to approximately 5.92 percent.

The Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka was committed by suicide bombers who were not poor and belonged to rich and affluent Muslim families. This is the first time suicide bombers from rich families have committed suicide, it’s also the first case of mass suicide and mass murder in Sri Lanka by Muslims. People naturally have genuine questions given the magnitude of the tragedy. These questions cannot be silenced by diverting attention and presenting a global image of islamophobia and attacks upon Muslims. The above examples show if attacks on Muslims is a key issue for Muslims, then it is Muslims who must save Muslims from Muslims and stop the growing sectarian and terrorist violence taking place globally, though funded and armed by non-Muslims, the acts of terror are committed by Muslims on Muslims. This is the reality that Muslims should finally come to terms with. The answers are found with them among their own.

Shenali D Waduge

A.A.M.NIZAM

The imbecile Sajith Premadasa’s Shameless Jabbering Bandits (SJB) suffering from an acute election phobia following mass isolation by credible political personalities in the village level is making desperate efforts to get the forthcoming election cancelled or to get it indefinitely postponed.  All the Bandits who played leading roles in getting the local government elections postponed by more than 2 years and suspend holding the Provincial Council elections by resorting to unconstitutional methods during the Sirisena/Ranil regime are now in the SJB and they shiver when the mere mentioning of election is made.

The imbecile self assumed leader was so power hungry and attempted to completely destroy the UNP if he could not get the leadership of that party, as attempted by his harrowing father to grab the power of that party from Dudley Senanayake who was held in high esteem by party members forming a frontline outfit named ‘Citizen’s Front. The popular fable those days was that this man’s harrowing father went to Malayalam exorcist in Kerala and invoked a charm (a hoonium) that led to the death of Mr. Senanayake and when he visited Woodlands to see Mr. Senanayake’s body the angry UNPers attempted to crush him and Mr. Robert Senanayake , Dudley’s brother saved him.  It was also in the grapevine that it was the grapevine that a Kerala astrologer who read Sajith’s horoscope and said the horoscope belonged to the son of a former Prime Minister.    This Bandit leader, the son of that harrowing father who got crackers lit and kiribath served by the UNPers when he was killed made several unsuccessful attempts to grab the leadership of the UNP through inside rebellions and even by street demonstrations (Cinnamon Pole encounter). 

At the initial outbreak of the Corona pandemic in Sri Lanka these Bandits whose leader and other prominent members who were responsible for taking no action for preventing Easter Sunday carnage even though they knew well advance about the impending disaster through credible intelligence reports.  (former Minister Harin Fernando’s self-confession suffice) blamed the government for delaying action to curbing the spread of the pandemic.  These Bandits were profusely delighted about the outbreak and assumed that the government would collapse being unable to curb the virus.  These Bandits never anticipated even in their dreams that the government similar to it faced the terrorist onslaught and wiped it out was firmly determined to face the calamity and they did not know that in this instance the government had the dedicated service of our health sector and the public servants manning essential services in addition to the backing of our legendary security forces.

When the shark that swallowed and ruined the well established Sathosa sales network and the Marketing Department purchasing and processing network, became the first Finance Minister of the Sirisena/Ranil regime he wanted our farmers to give p paddy farming saying that it is cheaper to import than cultivating it locally and asked them to either to cultivate maize or fill the paddy lands and sell them for building/house constructions.  As a result of this many farmers gave up their vocation of cultivation which they had been following for generations and some even went to the towns as coolies or helping hands.

It must be recalled that during the Mahinda Rajapaksa presidency, fertilizer subsidy and other concessions were granted to the farmers considering them as investments for the future which highly encouraged farmers even to barren lands that had been left out for several decades and the country became not only self sufficient in rice but an excess rice producer, perhaps after the reign of King Parakramabahu.

Unlike America which destroys excess wheat productions to maintain price levels without falling, Sri Lankan did not resort to such methods and exported the excess rice production to several African countries and also donated a large quantity of rice to the World Food Program (WFP) for feeding the hungry mouths of several people suffering from malnutrition in certain countries. 

Fortunately, when Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Govi Raja got appointed as the Prime Minister in October 2018 the first thing he did was to revive the agricultural sector by resuming the fertilizer subsidy and granting loan facilities and several other concessions to farmers which gradually opened up the paddy mills that had been closed down.

If the country had remained in the ship to mouth for food requirement situation created by Ravi Karunanayake at the time of the Corona Virus outbreak by now there would have been food riots all over the country with people killing each other for a loaf of bread or a plate of rice. 

Recently several weeks after this government came to power the alleged drug peddler Mujibur Rehman and another SJBandit MP brought some vegetable items to Parliament and wasted the precious parliament making long lectures saying that people suffering from many hardships as they are unable to feed their children even with one meal a day.  When they now see the excess fruit and vegetable production in the country most of which are being distributed free by some voluntary organizations these two MPs should quit politics forever or hang themselves in the parliament building.  Among the items in excess production was several tons of WaterMelon for which on the request of the President some food-exporting firms have come forward to purchase all excess production and export them to their customers in the U.S. and in European countries. 

With these setbacks and hopes shattered the imbecile self-assumed leader of the Shameless Jabbering Bandits (SJB) while praising the illustrious work done by the Health sector personnel and the Police in curbing the pandemic has said that holding an election at this juncture would be a great injustice done to the country and has repeated his mania of getting the parliament reconvened which the President has firmly rejected.  

The SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris gas meanwhile assured that the government wouldn’t do anything to endanger the lives of the people or undermine the ongoing battle to bring covid-19 epidemic under control. Responding to Opposition accusations that the government planned to conduct the parliamentary election before the crisis caused by the pandemic was brought under control he has recalled how the Sirisena/Ranil government delayed Local Government polls till Feb 2018 and also sabotaged Provincial Council polls and now, they sought to delay scheduled general election as much as possible citing covid-19, He has pointed out that the Opposition never recovered from the humiliating defeat it suffered at the November 16^th polls and hence utterly scared to face the electorate.

The rogue Dr. who dialed G.C.E.A/lL twice and has purchased a doctorate from the U.S.A and is a prominent member of the SJBandits gang Harsha de Silva has said that the wisest thing to do was to pave the way for parliament to meet again by rescinding gazette that dissolved the House.


This rogue Dr. (Hora Archatiya) is among the majority pf SJBandits who have lost Parliament pension as a result of President’s early dissolution of Parliament, has pointed out that parliament could continue till late August 2020 as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved parliament, six months ahead of the completion of its term, in accordance with the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

Referring to South Korean elections this SJB has said t5hat the President should not get swayed by the South Korean elections and it was held after that country became confident of the ground situation. He has further stated that South Korea took tangible measures to ensure the safety and security of voters, as well as the polling staff, and has urged the government to examine the two situations carefully without resorting to a disastrous course of action and South Korea polls shouldn’t be under any circumstances a reason to justify parliamentary polls, in Sri Lanka, amidst he says the continuing spread of coronavirus.

This bogus Dr. SJBandit who is suffering from a publicity craze and tries to be showy and afflicted with a superiority complex perhaps after see3ing TV clips about Kallathoni descendants 50,000 claims has called a media conference and that there are more corona patients in the country as per an Austrian report and 6the Health sector figures are false.  

The notorious wild cat (Kala Wedda) who was defeated by Mr, Mahinda Rajapaksa by a majority of 1.9 million votes, a leading figure of the SJBandits, Sarath Fonseka has said that it is better to maintain the Parliament with 225 members rather than maintaining one dictator.  Maintain Parliament with several hundred million worths of super luxury vehicles in addition to numerous perks and privileges s amounting to another several hundred million rupees per month for each member? It was this jabberer who said that both Messrs Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa will be hanged at Medamulana after the November 16^th election. It must be reminded that the Prime minister of India, the country with the world’s highest population uses only a locally manufactured Ambassador Car.  It is difficult to imagine what the people of the historical Kelaniya electorate will do to this Kala Wda after election since they chased out JR Jayawardene to Colombo and proudly held R.S.Perera as their beloved leader until his death. 

Sri Lanka’s worst quisling and sworn enemy Mangala Samaraweera who is also a prominent SJB has warned against rushing into the election.  In a sudden sympathy, he has evolved about the people of this country, who are non-Buddhists and non-Sinhalese under his Mangalism theory, he says the election should be held on a day in which the people of this country can feel 100% secure in leaving their homes and the Election Commission, health authorities, other responsible officials and the Government can give an all-clear assurance. He has said an election does not only entail people going out and casting their votes but also means candidates having the freedom to campaign freely so that they can reach out to voters.

Meanwhile, the Kallathoni descendant Mano Ganeshan , a champion of the SJBandits’ coarse has rejected statistics being given by Health Sector and Police sources and has said that there are more than 50,000 corona patients in Sri Lanka and this statement has been vehemently condemned by Health authorities and many politicians and civil service organizations.  Many have asked this windbag fellow was referring to Corona patients in his ancestral homeland Tamil Nadu? For the reference of this  nincompoop’s and other SJBandits and their cohorts extracts from a statement issued by the Australian Institute of Management Accountants which  commissioned a global research to evaluate the response and leadership shown in each country to develop the report titled Global Response to Infectious Diseases (GRID)Index

The ICMA said it was of the view that a country’s ranking on the index could be a motivator to a country in terms of being prepared for the next global pandemic or crisis.

Sri Lanka has been ranked 9th in the index and shared the rank with Hong Kong, UAE, Japan and Taiwan.

The index, in its introduction to Sri Lanka, said Sri Lankan authorities started to take vigilance in stopping the potential danger as the origin of the novel corona virus in Wuhan was announced.

It says “The military forces and the national intelligence service were put on high alert. The government created specialized aviation and border control expert teams, to track the movement of all inbound tourists and with a potential threat. Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to send rescue missions to Wuhan to evacuate 33 Sri Lankan families. The families were brought down via an exclusive carrier and quarantined in a unique quarantine military facility. All potential contacts were observed continuously under quarantine. Those in the military facility were given full access to information; and there was no government control of information, hence increasing its reliability.

The reason Sri Lanka responded so well is that Sri Lanka has a well maintained public health system thousands of well-qualified healthcare professionals and paramedical workforce for many decades through well-regulated and state of the art medical faculties covering all regions of the country; all free of charge. The doctors and paramedical staff receive post-graduate training and continuous medical education throughout their career. The life expectancy is highest in the region. The nation is 100% vaccination covered, and all treatments under the extended program of immunization are administered free of charge,”

It said arguably the worst response was from the United States.

Revisiting IndianOrigin Tamil (IOT) Ganesgab’s felony the Director General of the Health Services Specialist Dr, Anil Jasinghe has profusely and painfully rejected the allegation saying that such malicious accusations can only be made by persons who do not have the basic knowledge of medical science.  Many others have said that Ganeshan due to lack of power was suffering from dementia and he should soon be admitted to a mental hospital.  

It is sad to note chameleon Rajitha Senaratne who unsuccessfully attempted several times to join the government,  then carried out a great effort to patch up differences between Ranil and Sajith and now firmly anchored in the SJBandits gang, despite being a former Health Minister has for some political reasons endorsed the views expressed by the nincompoop Ganeshan. It is strange that this tongue twister could not find some bearded van drivers to hold a news conference and get attested by them that the President or the Prime minister killed corona patients.       

The gigolo Hakeem who has no moral right under Islam even to lead a family until he gets acquitted by facing lashes stipulated in Soorah(chapter) Al-Noor of the Holy Quran for the illicit Mary Cooray Affair and who now heads the political outfit called Sri Lanka Muslim Con-gross the objective of this outfit is to create rivalry between Muslim and Sinhala communities and gain political mileage over it, and who unilaterally made that political outfit as a constituent of the SJBandits has requested the Chairman and Members of the Election Commission not to hold parliamentary polls, amidst the cooked up corona virus epidemic threat. He has said that requested the EC not to hold elections until the authorities, including Health and Police, provide complete clearance for free movement throughout the country and an assurance that the spread of the said contagion has been fully halted or eradicated from Sri Lanka.

He has also requested the EC to convene a Party Secretaries’ meeting at their earliest convenience saying that at this meeting many matters and matters of concern could be discussed.

Now let us observe the position of the Tamils of Sri Lanka whose diaspora servile party TNA is reported to be fractured and some members of this outfit have joined the party of extremist racist Vigneswaran.  The diaspora proxy Sumanthieran who is the worst racist wholeheartedly following the father of Tamil racism in Sri Lanka, Ponnambalam Arunachalam has given an interview to the racist foreign-based scribe D.B.S.Jeyaraj and in this interview, he emphasized about Tamil objectives and their objection to holding elections. Relevant extracts of the interview are given below:

Initial steps to curb the spread of the corona Virus ought to have been taken well before March 20. had it been done; we wouldn’t have been in the present position now. In his anxiety to somehow hold the Parliamentary Elections (he reflected this in the video conference held between SAARC leaders in mid-March), the President faltered in not taking action to combat the COVID-19 threat from the time it became clear that such action was necessary. If he had revoked the Gazette dissolving Parliament (better still, if he had not dissolved Parliament at all) Parliament could have been met then and put many laws into effect.

I must concede that subsequent actions by the government have been fairly satisfactory. However, food and other essential items being distributed, daily wage earners’ welfare is looked at and many other aspects including striking the balance between staying at home and going out to keep the economy going, are matters that haven’t been adequately and satisfactorily addressed.

At the time we called for the postponement of the Polls, it was clear that elections could not be held for quite some time under the prevailing conditions. The nature of the Pandemic is such that ‘Social Distancing’ is the key to the containment of the virus spread. No election can be held while exercising ‘Social Distancing’. Electioneering is the very anti-thesis of social distancing. One has to ‘socialise’ with the electorate and that is a fundamental feature of free and fair elections. A period of free campaign is absolutely essential.

To be continued…..

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B, Ph.D.

යහපාලන ජනාධිපති සිරිසේන මහතා යටතේ මාස 11 ක් උතුරු පලාතේ ආණ්ඩුකාරයාව සිටි, තමන් බෞද්‌ධයෙක් කියනා සුරේන් රඝුවාන්, ලහිරු මුදලිගේ හරි ටීවී හරහා පුදුම (අද්භූත?) ඉල්ලීමක් කලේය (අප්‍රියෙල් 17). දෙමළාට නිවන අකැපද යන ප්‍රශ්ණය නඟන රඝුවාන්, ලංකාවේ හාමුදුරුවරු උතුරේ දෙමළ ජනයාට බුද්‌ධාගම බෙදාදීමෙන් (ප්‍රචාරය) වැළකී සිටින්නේ ඇයිදැයි විමසා සිටී. මේ වනාහී මේ අබුද්දස්ස කාලයේ ඇසෙණ කතාය. රඝුවාන් දැන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්‍ෂයේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තුවට නම දමා ගෙන සිටී. පරණ ජේවීපී කාරයෙකු‌වූ රෙජිනෝල්ඩ් කුරේට, විග්නේෂ්වරන් ජාතිවාදී, බෙදුම්වාදියෙකු බව තේරුම් ගන්නට කාලයක් ගියේය. කුරේ යාපනේ ජනප්‍රසාදයට ලක්‌විය. ඔහු වෙනුවට යැවූ රඝුවාන් දෙවන විග්නේෂ් කෙනෙක් විය. උතුරු-නැඟෙනහිර <සිංහලීකරණයක්> තිබෙනවා යයි කීමට රඝුවාන්ට ගතවූයේ දිවුරුම්දී සුළු කාලයක් පමණය! එහෙත් කොළඹ නගරයේ දෙමළීකරණයක් හා ඉස්ලාමීකරණයක් වෙලා කියා සිංහලයින් නහයෙන් අඬන්නේ නැත.

උතුරේ දෙමළ බෞද්ද්ධයින් 40,000 ක් පමණ සිටිනවා කියන රඝුවාන් <දෙමළා නිවන් යායුතු නැද්ද> කියා අසමින්, දමිළ බෞද්‌ධයින් අඩුවීමට හේතුව සිංහල හාමුදුරුවරු ධ‌ර්‌ම ප්‍රචාරය සඳහා උතුරට නොේම යයි මැසිවිලි කියයි! මොහු ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් වල ඉගෙන ගෙන ඇත්තේ මොන බුද්‌ධාගමද කියා සිතෙන්නේ මේ නිසාය. ඒහි පස්සිකෝ මිස, එව අදහව, කියා බුදු දහමේ නැත. ලක්‍ෂ ගණන් ඩලිත් ජනයා බුදුදහම වැළඳගත්තේ අම්බෙඩ්කාර්ගේ මඟපෙන්‌වීමෙන් අයුරු, මේ රඝුවාන්ටද එය කල නොහැකිද? ඔහු කල යුතු චතුරාර්ය සත්‍යය සරලව දෙමළ ජනයාට කියා දීම පමණය. ලංකාවේ හාමුදුරුවරු, බලවත්සේ ක්‍රිස්තියානිකරණයට ගොදුරුවූ ඩලිත් ජනයා හෝ, වෙල්ලාල කුලය විසින් පාගා ගෙන සිටින යාපනේ කුලහීන යයි කියන ජනයා හෝ (ආදි සිංහල වැසියන්?), බුද්‌ධාගමට හරවා ගන්නට සිතුවේ නැත. බුදු දහම, කඩුවෙන් පතුරන හෝ, දවසට පස් සැරයක් මක්කම පැත්තට හැරී අල්ලා වඳින ගනයේ දෘඨ දෘෂ්ඨිවේදයක් නොවේ.

අනිත් අතට ඔහු චෝදනා කරන්නේ ලංකාවේ භික්‍ෂූන් ප්‍රචන්ඩත්‌වයට නායකත්‌වය දෙනවා කියාය. සිංහලයින් බුද්‌ධාගම තමන්ට අයිතිය කියා සිතන බවත් ඔහු කියයි. මෙය රඝුවාන්ලා විසින්ම සිතෙන් මවා ගන්නා දෙයක් මිස බුද්‌ධාගමේ අයිතිකාරයෙක් මට නම් මුණගැසී නැත. ලෝකයෙන් ථේරවාද බුද්‌ධාගම නැතිවී යාම වැළකුණේ ලංකාවේ හාමුදුරුවරුන් නිසාය යන කරුණ දෙස බෙදුම්වාදී දේශපාලන ඇසෙන් බලන විට මෙවැනි විකෘති තර්‌ක, දවල් හීන මතුවේ, ඇතිවේ. මීට පෙර මා විසින් ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් ලියූ ලිපියකින් රඝුවාන්ගේ කුහක හැසිරීම එලිකර එහි කොපියක් ඔහුටද ඊමේල් කර යවන ලදී. එම ලිපියට ලින්ක් එක මෙහි පහතින් ඇත.
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2019/02/26/brother-charles-governor-raghavan/

එම ලිපිය ලිවීමට හේතුව වූයේ උතුරේ සීංහලීකරණයක් තිබෙනවා යයි රඝුවාන් ආණ්ඩුකාරයා විසින් කල ප්‍රකාශය නිසාය.

මේ මතයම ඔහු විසින් 2013-14 කාලයේ ලියු ලිපිවලින් එලියට දැම්මේ, ලංකාව, ඊශ්‍රායලය මෙන් සයනිස්ට් රටක් යයි ලියමින්‌ය (Buddhist Zionism, pure nation). සිංහලයින්ගේ හා යුදෙව්වන්ගේ අරමුණු එක සමානය යන්න ඔහුගේ පණිවුඩය විය. එය මේ පලවෙනි උතුරේ දෙමළ ආණ්ඩුකාරයා විසින් කල, පුදන කොටම කාපි යකා නොහොත් සංහිඳියා විරෝධී මුල්ම ප්‍රකාශය විය. ඔහු, විග්නේෂ්වරන් නම්, මධ්‍යස්‌ථ මතධාරී දෙමළෙක් යයි කොළඹ සිංහලයින් විසින් සිතා සිටි, දෙමළ මහ ඇමතිට වෙනස් චරිතයක් නොවීය. විග්නේෂ්වරන් කිව්වේ ලංකාවේ කොළඹ ආණ්ඩුව දෙමළ ජනසංහාරයක් කරණවා කියාය. දෙන්නාගේ මේ කියමන් දෙක එකිනෙකට පෑහේ. රඝුවාන් ඇත්තටම බෞද්‌ධයෙක් නම් මෙවැනි කතා කියන්නට පුළුවන්ද?

අපට වරින් වර මෙවැනි අඥාන කතා ඇසෙන්නට ලැබේ. උදාහරණයක් වශයෙන් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ තුප්පහියා වෙබ් අඩවියේ මයිකල් රොබට්ස් කියා සිටියේ, සිංහල ජාතිවාදය ආරම්භ‌වූයේ 1912 දී අනාගාරික ධ‌ර්‌මපාලතුමා විසින් එක් ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් ලියූ ලිපියක අපි සිංහලයින් <වී සිංහලීස්> කියා ලිවීමෙන් බවය! ඇමෙරිකාවේ ජීවත්‌වන එච්. එල්. සෙනෙවිරත්න ඔහුගේ ද වර්ක් ඔෆ් කිංස් යන පොතේ කියන්නේ ලංකාව විනාශ කලේ වල්පොල රාහුල හා යක්කඩුවේ ප්‍රඥාරාම යන හාමුදුරුවරුන් දෙන්නා යනුය! ඔහු ලඟදී යෝජනා කලේ තරුණ භික්‍ෂූන් විසින් විප්ලවයක් කර රට නැවත 1956 ට පෙර තිබූ අගනා යුගයට ගෙන යා යුතු බවය. රඝුවාන්ද මේ තියොරි එකම ගෙනාවේ වැඩි ඈතකදී නොවේ. ස්ටැන්ලි තම්බයියාට තිබුණ ප්‍රශ්ණය නම්, බෞද්‌ධයින් මිණී මරන්නේ ඇයි යනුය. රඝුවාන්ද මේ අයගේ ගෝලයෙක් පමණක් නොව කුහක පුද්ගලයෙකි. ඇල්ලේ ගුණවංශ හාමුදුරුවන් විසින් 1990 ගණන් වල රණවිරුවන් දිරිගන්වමින් සිංදු 50 ක් පමණ ලිවීම රඝුවාන් දකින්නේ එය පිරිසිදු සිංහල ජාතියක් හුවා දැක්‌වීමක් ලෙසය.

මගේ කලින් ලිපියෙන් පෙන්‌වා දුන්නේ රඝුවාන් මහාවංශ විරෝධී ස්ටැන්ලි තම්බයියාගේ හා ද වර්ක් ඔෆ් කිං පොත ලියූ එච්. එල්. සෙනෙවිරත්නගේ අනුගාමිකයෙක් බවය. දයාන් ජයතිලක, රඝුවාන්ව හැඳින්‌වූයේ චන්ද්‍රිකාගේ සිංහල බෞද්‌ධ විරෝධී කල්ලියේ සේවකයෙකු ලෙසය; පටු සමාජ-දේශපාලන දැණුමක් ඇත්තෙක් ලෙසය. මෙවැන්නන්ට නොයෙක් දේශපාලන ප්‍රකාශ කර සුදනන් මෙන් ගැලවීයාමට දිය යුතුද? ඉඩම් හා පොලිස් බලතල ඉල්ලන රඝුවාන් බුද්‌ධාගම පිරුවටයක් කරගෙන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට යාමට වෑයමක් දරයි. කාරණා නොදන්නා නාගදීපේ හාමුදුරුවන් රවටා ගැනීම පමණක් ඒ සඳහා නොසෑහෙන බව ඔහු දනී.

ගුරුකන්දේ හාමුදුරුවන්ගේ ආදාහනයට ටී.එන්.ඒ මන්ත්‍රීන් හා පාස්ටර්ලා විරුද්‌ධව පෙලපාලි යනවිට මේ රඝුවාන් ආණ්ඩුකාරයා සිටියේ කොහේද? විග්නේෂ්වරන් උතුරට බුදු පිලිම එපා කියන විට ඔහු කලේ කුමක්ද? විග්නේෂ්චරන්ගේ දේවානම්පිය තීෂන් කතාවට රඝුවාන් එකඟද? මේවා ගැන වචනයක්වත් කතා නොකල, උතුරු-නැඟෙනහිර බෞද්‌ධ නටබුන් සංහාරය හා ආක්‍රමණ ඉදිරියේ නිහඬව සිටි රඝුවාන්, හාමුදුරුවරු උතුරට බුද්‌ධාගම ගේන්නේ නැතැයි මැසිවිලි කියයි! පොලොන්නරුවේ ශිව දේවාලය යට තිබී හමුවූයේ දෙමළ බෞද්‌ධ විහාරයක නටබුන්ද? අයෝධ්‍යාවේ බැබ්‍රි මස්ජිද්-රාමා දේවාලය යට තිබී හමුවුන බෞද්‌ධ නටබුන් දෙමළද, හින්‌දු ද?

මේ දෙමළ බෞද්‌ධයා කතාව අහිංසක අතීත ඉතිහාස කතාවක් බෙදුම්වාදී දේශපාලනයට අතකොළුවක් සේ හරවාගැනීමට දරණ වෑයමක් පමණය. බුදුහාමුදුරුවන්ගේ කාලයේ දකුණු ඉන්දියාවේ බෞද්‌ධයින් සිටි බව නිසැකය. විහාර දාගැබ් වල නටබුන්ද පොලොවෙන් නිතරම හමුවන බවද සැබෑය. එහෙත් අවුරුදු 2,500 ක් නොව, පසුගිය අවුරුදු 100 ක හෝ 200 ක අඛණ්ඩ පැවැත්මක් තිබෙන ක්‍රියාත්මක පන්සලක් සමස්ත ඉන්දියාවේම තිබෙනවාද? මෑතක සිට සාංචියේ වුනත් පන්සලක් තිබෙන්නේ ලංකාවේ හාමුදුරුවරු නිසාය. මේ දෙමළ බෞද්‌ධයා කතාවේ මතය ආරම්භ වූයේ, සුනිල් ආරියරත්න හා නන්දා මාලිනී චෙන්නායි වල සැඟවී සිටි කාලයේදීය. මේ සම්බන්‌ධව කෘතියක් කොලට් සේනානායක හා නාරද කරුණාතිලක විසින් ලියා පලකර ඇත. ලංකාවේද මහින්දාගමණයට පෙර බෞද්‌ධයින් සිටින්නට ඇතත්, සුනිල් ආරියරත්නගේ දෙමළ බෞද්‌ධයා නම් පොත විග්නේෂ්වරන්ලා භාවිතාකරන්නේ ලංකාවේ මුල් පදිංචිකරුවන් දෙමළ ජනයාය යන ඊළම් තර්‌කයක් සඳහාය. බර්‌ගර් ජාතික වැදගත් බෞද්‌ධයින් ලංකාවේ සිටියේය. එහෙත් බර්‌ගර් බෞද්‌ධයා (හෝ මුස්ලිම් බෞද්‌ධයා) කියා ලාඩම් ගැසීමක් සිදුවූයේ නැත.

මේ නිසා භාෂාව ඉස්සරහට නොදමා යම් පංචස්කන්‌ධයක් මහණවීමට කැමති නම් එය කිරීමට මේ බෞද්‌ධ රඝුවාන්ට මැදිහත් විය නොහැකිද? ත්‍රිපිටකය සිංහලෙනුත්, ඉංග්‍රීසියෙනුත්, දෙමළෙනුත් එකම ත්‍රිපිටකයමය. හාමුදුරුවරුන්ට දෙමළ ඉගෙන ගන්න යයි ඔහු කියයි. නිර්‍මාල් රංජිත් දේවසිරි නම් ජේවීපී සපෝටර් කියා සිටියේ 2015 ජනවාරි 8 දා සැමරුවේ සිංහල බෞද්‌ධයාගේ මළගම කියාය. ඔහු මෙන්ම රඝුවාන්ද දැන් අතරමංව, අන්ද-මන්දව සිටී. මේ, දෙමළාට නිවන් ගෙන ඒමේ බැලුම ඒ නිසාය. ඔහුට කියා දිය යුතු ඉතිහාස කතාවක් ඇත. එය පටන් ගන්නේ 1980 දී පමණ කැනඩාවේදී මා ලත් අත්දැකීමක් සමඟය. මහ ප්‍රභාකරන්ගේ (ඥාති?) සහෝදර තවත් ප්‍රභාකරන් කෙනෙක් මා සමඟ කනඩාවේ එකට ඉගෙන ගත්තේය. ඔහු කියා සිටියේ කහ සිවුර (තට්ටයෝ) යාපනේ ඇවිදිනවා දැකීම ඔවුන්ට ලොකු තර්‌ජනයක් බවත්, ඔවුන්ව යාපනෙන් එලවා ගතයුතු බවත්‌ය. වෙසක් දින නිවාඩුවක් යාපනේට අනවශ්‍ය බවය. ඔවුන් යාපනේ තිබුණ එකම සිංහල පාසැල බලෙන් වසා දැම්මේය.

මෙවන් පසුබිමක් යටතේ හා අනුරාධපුර ශුද්‌ධ නගරයේ බෞද්‌ධ පුරාවස්තු රැකීමට ඩොනමෝර් කාලයේ රජයෙන් සුළු මුදලක් වෙන් කල විට, ජී. ජී. පොන්නම්බලම්, එය ජාතිවාදී ක්‍රියාවක් (දෙමළ සුළු ජනයාට කල වෙනස් කමක්?) යයි සෝල්බරි කොමිෂමට චෝදනා කල කාලයේ සිට හාමුදුරුවරු යාපනේ යාම නාගදීපයට සීමා කලේය. ගමන් නතර කලේය. මැත් ප්‍රොෆෙසර් සුන්දරලිංගම් යාපනේ කුලහීන ජනයාගෙන් කෝවිල් දූෂණය වීම වැළැක්‌වීමට යකා නැටූ කාලයේදී, අගමැති බණ්ඩාරනායක විසින් 1957 දී, ඊට විරුද්‌ධව නීතියක් ගෙනා අවස්ථාවේ වත් හාමුදුරුවරු මේ කුලහීන ජනයා බුද්‌ධාගමට හරවා ගන්නට ගියේ නැත. බුද්‌ධාගම අවස්ථාවෙන් ප්‍රයෝජන ගන්නා, බැටළු පැටවුන් සොයා යන ආගමක් නොවේ. රඝුවාන් කරන චෝදනාව, එනම්, ඉතා අමාරු ස්වීඩන් භාෂාව පවා ඉගෙන ගෙන හාමුදුරුවරු යුරෝපයට, ජර්‌මනියට, ඇමෙරිකාවට ගියා, යාපනේ අමතක කලා, යන කතාව නොදන්නා කමට කල කතාවක් ලෙස මිස වංචාකාරී කතාවක් ලෙස මා නොසිතන්නේ ඔහුගේ ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් ආචාර්ය උපාධිය ලංකාවේ හාමුදුරුවරුන්ගේ දේශපාලනය ගැන ලියූ එකක් නිසාය. පෙඩරල් පක්‍ෂයට නටන්නට තවත් ශ්‍රී අකුරක් ලබාදීමට හාමුදුරුවරුන්ට අවශ්‍ය නොවීය. කෙතරම් හාමුදුරුවරු නොබියව ටයිගර්ලාට මුහුණදී යුද ප්‍රදේශවල සිටියාද? සංස්කෘත භාෂාවට වඩා අමාරු යුරෝපා භාෂවක් තිබේදැයි මම නොදනිමි. මේ හමුදුරුවරු යුරෝපයට ගියේ ඔවුන් සඳහා, රඝුවාන්ගේ භාෂාවෙන් කියනවා නම් <ඉල්ලුමක්> තිබුණ/තිබෙන නිසාය. මෑතදි, විශේෂයෙන් 1983 ජූලි වලින් පසු, දෙමළ ජනයා ලංකාවේදී ඔවුන් මරණවා කියා යුරෝපා රටවලට ගොස් සිංහල වෙනුවට ඒ රටවල භාෂා ඉගෙන ගෙන කම්කරු රැකියා කරනවා මෙන් නොවේ.

රඝුවාන් විසින් චාල්ස් තෝමස්ගේ කඳුල වැඩසටහනෙන් ඉගෙන ගතයුතු පාඩමක් ඇත (ඉංග්‍රීසි ලිපියේ ඇති වීඩියෝ දෙක රඝුවාන් බැලිය යුතුමය). එය නම් යමෙක් අවංකද, නැද්ද යන්න යමෙකුගේ ක්‍රියාවෙන් ඔප්පු වෙන බවය. චාල්ස් විසින් යාපනයේදීත්, ලන්ඩන් වලදීත් ලුණුැඹුල් සහිතව කියන්නේ දෙමළ බෙදුම්වාදය එක්තරා කල්ලියක් විසින් යාපනේ අහිංසක ජනයා රවටන කැත ව්‍යාපාරයක් බවය. ඔහු යාපනේ කරන තල් ගස්/පොල් ගස් වැවීමේ සේවයට රඝුවාන් දුන් සහයෝගය කුමක්ද? ප්‍රේමදාස, රනිල් යන අයගේ සේවකයෙක් හා ස්වාමියෙක් යන රඟපෑම් දෙකම කල පාස්කරලිංගම් මෙන් රඝුවාන්ද හීතල හොරෙකි. සමස්ත ලංකා හින්දු සම්මේලනය, අරුණළු ජනතා පෙරමුණ, ආවා කට්ටියේ සිටි නාගානන්ද කොඩිතුවක්කු සමඟ එකතුවූ පිරිස රඝුවාන්ලාටත්, සුමන්තිරන්ලාටත් අභියෝගයකි. යුද හමුදාවට යාපනේ ජනයා දක්‌වන ප්‍රසාදය අව්‍යාජය. බොදු බල සේනාව හා හින්දු සම්මේලනය අතර ඇති සම්බන්‌ධය ඔවුන්ට හිසරදයකි. මේ සියල්ලටම වඩා 2019 චන්දයේදී චන්ද කොට්ඨාශ මට්ටමින් ගෝඨාභයට ලැබුණ උතුරේ දෙමළ චන්ද සංඛ්‍යාව ටී.එන්.ඒ ඊළම් මළබෙරයේ හඬය.
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Dr sarath obeysekera 

The whole country has been grateful to Gotaghata Rajapakse when he spearheaded the war against tigers. Though some others have tried to take credit I believe that his tough decision making has been the reason for winning the war

Now possibly after beating Corona spread and saving the country, he wants agro-based economy which should have been done a long time ago.

That means the farmers should be treated well to

Give real meaning to Goviya Can he a King 

One more aspect HE president should ponder is to develop Fishery Sector at high gear 

Fishery sector was not only neglected but development was stalled due to mismanagement by every successive minister 

Most of them living or dead were benefitting from

Fishery budget but nothing has been given  to fishermen 

Developing fisheries will provide food to people but also make way to earn much needed foreign currency

Building state of the art new fishing vessels will provide employment to youth

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera
CEO Walkers Colombo Shipyard
Colombo
Sri Lanka

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මේ දින වල ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් පිලිබඳ Netflix හි කතා මාලාවක් බලමි. එහි බොහෝ අතිශයෝක්තියන් තිබේ.  

මනෝ විශ්ලේශණය (Psychoanalysis )පිලිබඳව මා ඉගෙන ගත්තේ නැගෙනෙහිර යුරෝපයේ මහාචාර්‍ය වේව්ස්කයා(1992) , එංගලන්තයේ බාන්ස්ලි විද්‍යාලයේ ස්ටීවන් හීත් මෙන්ම කැන්සාස් හි Colmery O’neil Veteran Hospital වෛද්‍ය මහසෙන් ද සිල්වා (වෛද්‍ය මහසෙන් මනෝ විශ්ලේශනය ඉගෙන ගත්තේ ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් ගේ සිසුවෙකු  වූ කාල් මැනිංග වෙතිනි) , මෙන්ම යෝක් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ මහාචාර්‍ය ජිම් ඇල්කොක් හරහාය.  මේ වන විට මා සිංහලෙන් සහ ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් මනෝ විශ්ලේශනය පිලිබඳව පොත් 4 පමණද පරියේෂණ පත්‍රිකා කීපයක්ද ලියා තිබේ.  එහෙත් මනෝ විශ්ලේශණය ඉතා ගැඹුරුය. එය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීමට තව වසර ගනනාවක් එය හැදෑරිය යුතුය.  

ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් ගේ බහුතරයක් රෝගීන් හිස්ටීරියා තත්වයන්, වඩාත් නූතන අර්ථකථනයෙන් කියන්නේ නම් විශාදය , කායික රූපී ආබාධ somatization  , සංවර්තන ආබාධ conversion disorders , ක්ලමථ ආබාධ stress disorders  , ක්‍ෂිතිමය ආබාධ වන පශ්චාත් ව්‍යසන ක්ලමථ අක්‍රමතාවය PTSD , අධි පශ්චාත් ව්‍යසන ක්ලමථ අක්‍රමතාවය C PTSD / DESNOS ,  Rape Trauma Syndrome වැනි තත්ව වලින් පෙළුණු රෝගීන් වූහ. ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් මෙම රෝගීන් ගේ රෝග මූලයන් පිලිබඳ ඉතා ආසන්නව නිවැරදි විස්තර ලබා දීම මානසික රෝග පිලිබඳව ඔහු තුල තිබූ ගැඹුරු දැණුම පෙන්නුම් කරයි. ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් වසර පනහකට පසුව උපත ලැබුවේ නම් මිනිස් මනස පිලිබඳ මීටත් වඩා ගැඹුරු විවරණයක් කරනු ඇත.  

උතුරු ඇමරිකාවේ සහ යුරෝපයේ  (විශේෂයෙන් ප්‍රංශයේ ) පුහුණු කෙරෙන මනෝ වෛද්‍යවරු සඳහා මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය අනිවාර්‍ය විෂයක් වෙයි. මනෝ චිකිත්සනය සඳහා ඔවුන් ෆ්‍රොයිඩියානු මෙන්ම නියෝ ෆ්‍රොයිඩියානු මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය හදාරති. ලංකාවේ මනෝ වෛද්‍යවරුන්ට මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය පිලිබඳව ඇත්තේ මොන්ටිසෝරි දැණුමක් බව දීප්ති කුමාර ගුණරත්න පවසයි. නමුත් ඔහුගේ ප්‍රකාශය සියයට සියයක්ම නිවැරදි නොවන බව මගේ අදහසයි. මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය ගැන ගැඹුරු දැණුමක් තිබූ මනෝ වෛද්‍ය  නීල් ප්‍රනාන්දු ,  මනෝ වෛද්‍ය දයා සෝමසුන්දරම් වැනි වියතුන් සමග මා අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගෙන තිබේ. එසේම මා විසින් ලියන ලද Between Literature and Psychology  මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණාත්මක කෘතියට ඔවුන් ගෙන් ද මනා අදහස් ලැබුණි.   එහෙත් මෑතකාලීනව ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයට එකතු වූ තරුණ මනෝ වෛද්‍යවරු තුල මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය ගැන තිබෙන ඌණ දැණුම මගේ අවධානයට යොමුවී තිබේ. යන්තම් ෆ්‍රොයිඩ් ගේ අවිඥාණය ගැන සඳහන් අයිස් කන්ද සහ ඉඩ්, ඊගෝ , සුපර් ඊගෝ යනව වචන කට්ටලය ඇරුණු කොට මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණය පිලිබඳ ගැඹුරු දැණුමක් ඔවුන් බොහෝ දෙනෙකු සතුව නොමැත. එසේම මනෝ විශ්ලේෂණ ආකෘතියකින් කිසිම පරියේෂණ පත්‍රිකාවක්වත් මොවුන් එළි දක්වා නොමැත. මෙය ශ්‍රී ලංකා මනෝ වෛද්‍ය ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයේ තිබෙන බලවත් අඩුපාඩුවකි. මෙම අඩුපාඩුව මඟ හරවා සඳහා පියවර ගැනීම සුදුසු වේ.

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            සුනාමිය නොහොත් මුහුද ගොඩ ගැලීම සිදු වන කල්හි එවකට සිටි පාලකයන් එම ව්‍යසනය කළමනාකරණය කරන ආකාරය දැන නොසිටියහ. අතීතයේ සිදු වූ මුහුදු ගොඩ ගැලීම් ඉතිහාසයට පමණක් සීමා වීම නිසා දේශපාලකයන් ඒ බැව් නොදත් බව පැහැදිලිය. සුනාමියට මුහුණ දෙන්නට අවශ්‍ය සංනිවේදන උපක්‍රම සූදානම් කර ගැනීමට මෙන්ම ආරක්ෂාව කල් තියා යොදා ගන්නට  ලක ලෑස්ති වීම සිදු වූයේ විනාශයෙන් අනතුරුවයි. මුහුදෙන් වටව තිබෙන දූපතක් වශයෙන් පවතින වාසි අවාසි ගැන තක්සේරුවක් කෙදිනකවත් ලක් රජයට තිබුණේ නැත. වසංගත රෝග වලින් මිදීමට මේ දූපත් ස්වභාවය අතීතයේ සිට යොදා ගන්නට ඇතිවාට නිසැකය. දාසය වන සියවසේ සිට පැතිරුණු ඇතැම් වසංගත ලංකාවට බලපෑම් කරන ලද්දේ විදේශිකයන් මුහුදු බඩ පළාත් අල්ලාගෙන සිටි බැවිනි. ඒ අත්දැකීම් පිලිබඳව හෝ දැනුමක් වත්මන් පාලකයන්ට ඇතැයි සිතිය නොහැකිය. කෙසේ වෙතත් කොරෝනාව වැළදී ඇතැයි සැකකරන විදේශ කාන්තාව හමුවුණ සැනෙකින් දිවයිනට පැමිණෙන මාර්ග වසා දමන්නට රජය නොඑළඹණු බව අපි දනිමු. එයට තරයේම දොස් නැගිය නොහැකිය. රට පත්ව සිටින ආර්ථික අහේනිය ඊට හේතුවයි.පස්වසරක් තිස්සේ රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ රජය විසින් කරන ලද ආර්ථික ඝාතනයන් අපට මතක නැතිවා නොවේ. ඒවා හිතාමතාම කළ මෙහෙයුම් බවට නිසැකය. ඇමරිකාවේ බලපෑම මත කළ ඒ දේවල් කොරෝනාව නිසා ජනතාවට දැන් මතක නැත.කෙසේ වෙතත් වසංගත රෝග ඉතිහාසය නොදැන සිටීම ගැන නම් පාලකයන්ට සමාව දිය නොහැකිය. පැරණී රජවරු පාලකයන් බවට පත් වන විට ශිල්ප රාශියක් ප්‍රගුණ කර තිබුණි. ඒ අතර තමන්ගේ රටේ ඉතිහාසයද විය.නමුත් වත්මන් පාලකයන්ට වඩා වැදගත් වනුයේ බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යන් අප මත බලෙන් පටවා ගිය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයයි. වසංගත අභීයෝගය ඉදිරිපස මැතිවරණ සිහියෙන් කටයුතු කිරීමද නාමයොජනා සඳහා රට සූදානම් කිරීමද සිදු වන්නේ මේ නිසාය. මේ පසුබිම මත  විදෙස් අසාදිතයන් රට පුරා පැතිරුණු බව පෙනේ.

           කෙසේ වෙතත් වසංගත තත්වය හමුවේ රට ඇඳිරි නීතිය මගින් වසා ගැබීම දිගින් දිගටම කළ නොහැකිය.නොයෙකුත් වෙළඳ ව්‍යාපර වලින් සහ ජනතාවගෙන් රජයට එකතු විය යුතු බදු මුදල් මේ තත්වය හමුවේ ලැබෙන්නේ නැත. මධ්‍ය ගත පාලනය ක් යටතේ සියලු දෙනහට මූලික අවශ්‍යතා සපිරීමද සෑමදා කල නොහැකිය.හමුදා මෙහෙයුම් සාර්ථක වුවද එයටද සීමාවන් ඇතිවේ. එම නිසා ඇඳිරි නීතිය ලිහිල් කරලීමට රජය තීරණය කර තිබේ.ජන ජීවිතය මේ පසුබිම තුළ නැවත ඉක්මනින්  යථා තත්වයට පත් වේ යැයි සිතිය නොහැකිය. ඒ සඳහා ඉතා කඩිනමින් රටේ  නිෂ්පාදන කටයුතු ආරම්භ කළ යුතුය. ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය බෙදා හැරීම සහ මිලදී ගැනීම වැනි කටයුතු වලදී  ඇඳිරි නීතිය සමයේ දී ආණඩුව දැක්වූ අසමත් බවට හේතුවද පක්ෂ දේශපාලනයයි.නැවත රට ගොඩ නැගීමේ දී පවා මේ අසමත් බව ප්‍රදර්ශණය වීම වැළැක්විය නොහැකිය. ආර්ථික කටයුතු වලදී ප්‍රමුඛතාවය ගත යුතු කරුණු පිළිබඳ රජයට දැක්මක් නොමැත.අප දන්නා පරදි මේ වන විට යල් කන්නය ආරම්භ වී තිබේ ගිය මාස්කන්නයේ වී මිලදී ගැනීම අහවර ව තිබුණද නිෂ්පාදන ආර්ථිකය එතනින් නවතින්නේ නැත.යල් කන්නයේ නියමිත වේලාවට ජලය නිකුත් කළ යුතුය.එයට හේතුව මාස් කන්නයට වඩා  යල් කන්නයේ දී පලිබෝධ හානි පැතිරෙන බැවිනි.

         .රටේ ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය දීර්ඝ කාලීනව තහවුරු කරලීමට නම් මේ රටේ වී අස්වැන්න මෙන්ම අනෙකුත් භෝග ඇති පමණට වගා කළ යුතුය. විදෙස් වලින් ආහාර ගෙන ඒම කලකට අත්හිටුවා ලීමට නිසැකවම සිදු වේ. විශේෂයෙන්ම පරිප්පු උඳු කුරහන් වැනි ධාන්‍ය වර්ග පමණක් නොව තිරිඟ පිටිද ආනයනයට නිතැතින්ම බාධක ඇති විය හැකිය. එම නිසා මෙම ධාන්‍ය මෙරට වගා කිරීම කෙරෙහි උනන්දුවක් ඇති කළ යුතුය.ඇඳිරි නීති සමය තුළ එවැනි සැලැස්මක් ගැන රජය සාකච්ඡා කල බවක් පෙනෙන්ට තිබුණේ නැත.  ඒ සඳහා කෘෂීකර්ම බලධෘරීන් ගේ ඇස් ඇරුණේද නැත. එළවලු පිළිබඳ දැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කර තිබුණද බහුතරයක් එළවලු වගා කරන්නන් ධාන්‍ය වගාවට යොමු කරලීම කෙරෙහි සැලැස්මක් මේ කෘෂි විදයාඤයන් අතින් ඉදිරිපත් විය යුතුව තිබුණි.විශේෂයෙන්ම බඩ ඉරිඟු වැනි පිටි ආදේශකයන් මිනිස් පරිභෝජනයට වගා කරලීම කෙරෙහි උනන්දුවක් රට තුළ ජනිත කිරීම ඔවුන් ගේ වගකීම වෙයි. තිරිඟු පිටි වලට සීමා පැනවෙන කල්හි. ඉරිඟු පිටි සහ යම තරමකින් හෝ සහල් පිටි මේ අඩුව පුරවනු නිසැකය. නමුත් අවාසනාවකට මේ නිළධාරීන්ද නිවසට වී සිටියා පමණකි. දේශපාලකයන් ඉදිරියේ මුණිවත රකින ඔවුන් ගෙන් රටට සේවයක් සිදු නොවන බව පැහැදිලිය..

    පරිප්පු සුදු ලූණු වැනි අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ද්‍රව්‍ය වගා කිරීම ලෙහෙසි නොවන නමුත් කල හැක්කක් නොමැත.විශේෂයෙන්ම මහවැලි ගොවිබිම් සුදුසු තන්හි එක් කන්නයක මේ ධාන්‍ය වගාවෙන් විශේෂයෙන්ම පරිප්පු කුරහන් සහ මෙනේරි ප්‍රචලිත කළහොත්  ආහාර සුක්ෂිතතාවය පිළිබඳ අපට බලාපොරොත්තු තැබිය හැකිය. නමුත් සිදු වන්නේ කුමක්ද ආණ්ඩුව මැතිවරණය ඉලක්ක කර වැඩ කිරීමට පෙළඹීමයි. එයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ තිබෙන ප්‍රධාන දුර්වල කම්ය.19 වන සංශෝධනය මූලික නීතියක් බවට පත්ව නැති අවස්ථාවක මැතිවරණ කොමිසම මත යැපීම මගින් ව්‍යාජ ව්‍යවස්ථා අර්බුදයක් මවා තිබේ. ව්‍යවස්ථාවන් සකස් කර ගන්නේ ජනතාවගේ සුභ සිද්දිය උදෙසාය. ඒවා පිලිපැදීමෙන් ජනතාව අසීරුවට පත් වන්නේ නම් එම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් වැඩක් නැත. මැතිවරණයක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර තිබෙන අවස්ථාවක හදිසි තත්වයක් යටතේ එය කල් තැබීම සාධෘරණය.  ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකයක් නැති මොහොතක නිතැතින්ම  මහ ජනතාව ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකය බවට පත් වේ. ජනතා පරමාධිපත්‍ය සැමට ඉහළින් පවතී. එම නිසා මැතිවරණ තැබීම කෙරෙහි ජනතාව  ගේ උනන්දුව ඇති කරලීමද පක්ෂ දේශපාලනය තුළ නැවතත් ජනතාව අසහනයට පත් කිරීමද කළ යුතු නොවේ.මෙවැනි සමයක විශේෂයෙන්ම ජනතාව බියෙන් සිටින සමයක චන්දය පිළීබඳ උනන්දුවක් ඇති නොවන අතර ලැබෙන චන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයද අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම පල්ලම් බහී. එයින් සිදු වන්නේ ඇතැම් විට අන්තවාදී චන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයන් ඉස්මතු වීමයි. පසුගිය පස් වසර තුළම රට බෙදීමට මෙන්ම රට ඇමරිකන් කොළ ණීයක් කිරීමට වලි කෑ කල්ලි වලට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට හොඳ තණ තිල්ලක් ලබා දීම මෙයින් සිදු වේ. දැනටමත් ඇතැම් කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධානයන් ජනපති වරයාගේ කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයට කිට්ටු වී ආර්ථික උපදේශ සපයන බව රහසක් නොවේ.නැවත M C C වැනි ගිවිසුම් බල ගැන්වීමට ඔවුන් වලිකනවා විය හැකිය. ජාන තක්ෂණයන් මගින් මුලු ලොව යටපත් කිරීමට උත්සාහ කරන නමුත් බිඳ වැටෙමින් තිබෙන නව ලිබරල් වාදී ගෝලීය ආර්ථික මොඩලයන් තව දුරටත් වලංගු නොවන බව වත්මන් පාලකයන් දැන්වත් තේරුම් ගත යුතුය. මෙම වසංගත තත්වයෙන් අපට කියා දෙන පාඩම එයයි

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්

Courtesy HomeopathyPlus

India is not the only country using homeopathy as a preventative for COVID-19.

Cuba with its population of 11.34 million is doing the same.

Since early April, the Cuban Ministry of Health has been rolling out the combination remedy PrevengHo®Vir as a way to increase resilience in its population to viral diseases and respiratory infections.

PrevengHo®Vir consists of the remedies: Anas barbariae 200; Baptisia tinctoria 200; Bacillinum 30; Pyrogenium 200; Eupatorium perfoliatum 200; Influenzinum 200; Arsenicum album 200.

The head of the Department of Natural and Traditional Medicine when speaking on state television, It is not a product that has been specifically registered for the coronavirus but is used in the prevention of viral illnesses and acute respiratory diseases.”

The treatment is being distributed to the entire population through the primary health system and the ‘family doctor’, a professional assigned to each Cuban neighborhood and who directly cares for an average population of about 600 people.

In spite of a late start, how is Cuba progressing in its fight against COVID-19?

Wordometer shows that, like India, it still has a surprisingly low incidence of infections in comparison to other highly developed and affluent countries.

As of today’s date (20th April, 2020) Cuba reports 91 infections per million of population. In contrast, the US reports 2,309 per million and the UK reports 1,769 per million. India still impresses with 13 per million.

This is not the first time Cuba has used homeopathy for the treatment and prevention of epidemics.

PrevengHo®Vir was also rolled out for the Influenza A (H1N1) epidemic while other homeopathics are regularly used in Cuba’s outbreaks of cholera, Dengue fever, and leptospirosis.

(In tomorrow’s newsletter we will explain why several different homeopathic remedies rather than just one are being suggested and used by doctors and goverments for COVID-19.)

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia

Lankan Foreign Minister requests help to bring back Lankan students from India

Colombo, April 20 (newsin.asia): The Acting High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Vinod K. Jacob called on Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo on Monday.

During the meeting, the Acting High Commissioner briefed the Lankan Foreign Minister on India’s efforts to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic. The Lankan Minister in turn briefed the Acting High Commissioner on steps taken by Sri Lanka to fight the global pandemic, the Indian High Commission said in a release.

They expressed happiness with the ongoing bilateral efforts to fight against the COVID 19 and agreed to continue to work together in this regard. They agreed that while countries are dealing with the pandemic in their own manner, the post-pandemic economic revival requires a substantial collective effort.

The Lankan Foreign Minister thanked India for its support in bringing back stranded pilgrims from India in March. He also expressed appreciation for the gift consignment of over 13 tonnes of essential life-saving medicines supplied by India to Sri Lanka in early April. He sought further cooperation for bringing back Sri Lankan students from India.

The Minister and Acting High Commissioner discussed the state of bilateral relations and agreed to take forward the understandings reached during the visits of President H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa to India in November 2019, Prime Minister Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa in February 2020 and Foreign Minister Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena in January 2020.
(The picture at the top shows the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry)

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe/Ceylon Today

The answers are already in WHO’s guidelines, points out Shivanthi Ranasinghe

Last week the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmad Shaheed wrote to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to emphasize the importance of upholding the right of freedom of religion or belief as well as the rights of the minorities even during this challenging time. His concern was precipitated by the decision of the Ministry of Health (MoH) to cremate all who had succumbed to the COVID-19 virus, including those who were suspected to have been compromised.

The letter exemplifies the failure of the UN to honor its mandates.

People in countries like Sri Lanka often mistake the UN as an apex body that has overriding rights over sovereign countries. This is inadmissible. The UN is simply an assembly of member States to present their issues at a global forum that is essentially made of sovereign states. After all, the UN was formed after the World War II with the clear objective to ensure that relationships between countries do not deteriorate to warrant a similar catastrophe.

Therefore, UN officials prying on internal matters of a country and worse, dictating terms to governments, is an antithesis of its mandate.

It certainly does not help when, as illustrated by Shaheed’s letter, UN officials react after jumping to erroneous conclusions based on ill-founded information. Shaheed is under the misunderstanding that the Sri Lankan government is discriminating against Muslims by not allowing them their final rites. He has come to the ridiculous conclusion that the MoH has decided on cremation arbitrarily. He has hinted that this decision could perhaps be due to a racist” agenda.

He has completely missed that final rites are denied not only for Muslim COVID-19 victims, but all victims of the virus. Sinhala Buddhists are the majority in Sri Lanka and yet, they too have been denied paansakulaya which is just an issue for Buddhists as cremation is for Muslims or for that matter Catholics. Yet, these communities are not at this point prioritizing religion when the issue is a national medical emergency.

In his letter Shaheed writes: We are concerned that the amendment is inconsistent with the infection prevention & control for the safe management of a dead body in the context of COVID-19 guideline provided by the WHO. Furthermore, we are concerned about the lack of consideration provided and the lack of sensitivity in the MoH guidelines to differentiate communities and their religious and cultural practices. The legitimacy for such amendments should be based on the principles of legality, necessity, proportionately and non-discrimination.”

He thus highlights two issues regarding the MoH decision to only cremate. One is that the MoH decision is arbitrary as it fails to comply with WHO guidelines. The other is that the decision is discriminatory, when in fact the same regulations are followed in the case of all, in complete disregard of ethnicity or religion.

Shaheed extensively quotes the WHO guidelines as if any opinion outside these guidelines would be heratic. On this basis, he had questioned a Head of a sovereign nation, with the clear expectation of a prompt response. This Head, however, may not respond because he has bigger concerns than correcting a mere UN official who has failed to do his homework.

It was not by accident that in the Global Response to Infectious Diseases index, Sri Lanka and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa have been ranked ninth. This is an index to measure the leadership given to preparing the country to deal with COVID-19. It is noteworthy that this particular Head foresaw the dangers of COVID-19 as early as January 03, 2020. On the other hand, WHO was too busy ensuring self-preservation.

It was only on March 11 that finally WHO plucked the courage to change the warning from a public health emergency of international concern” to a pandemic”. By this time, more than 118,000 people were infected in 114 countries, and 4,291 had succumbed to the virus.

This delay to warn the world of the pandemic is costing many countries. They were not ready for the highly infectious disease or for the possibility of its widespread community transmission. Therefore, their travel policies were not amended on time, nor were cities or countries ready with quarantine facilities and for social and economic disruptions.

Most countries, including those with highly advanced healthcare systems, were woefully under-prepared with adequate medical and healthcare facilities. Many patients die today simply because the capacities in these countries are overwhelmed.

Thousands are dying daily and WHO, a body of the UN, cannot absolve itself fully from culpability. Amidst this chaos, a UN official is focusing his energy on just three victims and calling for explanations from the President of a sovereign nation.

When studying the WHO guidelines, it is clear that WHO does not make a presumption to be all-knowing. In fact, WHO is very candid that it does not have enough information to offer concrete advise to nations. Hence the guidelines” and not regulations.”

COVID-19 is a new virus and a new experience to the world. WHO is also still learning about this virus. Almost daily, our understanding of it is being challenged. We do not even know whether the virus itself is evolving making our current knowledge of it obsolete or whether we had underestimated its capabilities in the first place.

Therefore, WHO is basing its guidelines based on its past experience with similar diseases and not from a full understanding of this particular virus. Based on its past experiences with similar viral infections, WHO notes that: It is a common myth that persons who have died of a communicable disease should be cremated, but this is not true”.

However, WHO stops short of assuring that the virus will not be transmitted by dead bodies. Instead, WHO simply observed that to date, there is no evidence of persons having become infected from exposure to the bodies of persons who died from COVID-19”. WHO was correct to be reserved in its opinion for a case has recently emerged from Thailand of a care worker succumbing to the virus after getting infected from a corpse.

Shaheed who is extensively quoting WHO guidelines, seems to have missed the warning WHO had issued with the guidelines. WHO clearly states that as this is a new virus whose source and disease progression are not yet entirely clear, more precautions may be used until further information becomes available.”

At the very least, Shaheed had not even bothered to support his presumption that Muslims are being discriminated with parallel evidence. He ought to have checked if Muslims were discriminated in treatment or denied facilities available to others. If Muslims are not maltreated while living, and same efforts are made to save them as the next patient, what is the objective of discriminating them in death needs to be answered.

In his letter Shaheed is advising President Gotabaya that when cultural or religious sensitivities are involved, an inclusive and participatory dialogue or consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the civil society and different ethnic or religious communities must be conducted before a decision is taken”.

To strengthen his case, he notes that WHO guidelines clearly outlined that one of the key considerations is to avoid hasty disposal.”

Yet, WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, notes on March 12 that we have to humbly acknowledge that COVID-19 is a fast evolving situation. We may not always have the best evidence at hand on which to base our decisions, but we do not have the luxury of time to wait until better evidence becomes available….. if we all pull together and recognize that this is a time to put health first, above all other considerations, we can overcome this difficult and challenging moment.”

President Gotabaya need not respond to Saheed because WHO itself, through Dr Kluge’s statement, has already done so.

(The picture at the top shows Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief)

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The COVID-19 outbreak is a good economic opportunity for the country, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

He mentioned this at a special discussion held with Chief Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga this evening (20), on the effects of COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

With the halt of the industries that generate foreign exchange, provide employment opportunities,  open self-employment and SME opportunities – such as tourism and apparel industries –,industries that are linked with importation, or deal with foreign investment have seen a major setback with the virus outbreak, the President pointed out.

However, this is a great opportunity to change Sri Lanka’s economic system and move towards a more local economic plan, said President Rajapaksa.

For a long time, we have imported things that we could manufacture within the country. Due to cheaper imported goods, the local manufacturers, industries got shut down.”

Pointing out that ways to increase the income of farmers have always been a topic of interest, the President said that a good opportunity has presented itself to develop this sector with the use of new technology.

We must change the local economy, the complete economic model”, said President Rajapaksa.

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is considering the idea of creating a new mechanism to purchase, store and distribute agro products by combining all districts in the country, stated President’s Media Division.

Making observations during a meeting with the District Secretaries held at the Presidential Secretariat today (20), the President emphasized that government agents should take this mechanism forward.

President commended the cooperation extended by the District Secretaries for the success of measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19. 

The fact that those who are identified as infected on a daily basis are either from quarantine centers or from isolated areas is a testimony to the success of the efforts of combating the virus, President pointed out.

The Government is gradually easing curfew restrictions in order to restore normalcy in civilian life with the aim of economic revival. 

The national economy has to be strengthened while giving priority to the agriculture sector to achieve this objective, said the President. 

Further, attention should be paid to develop indigenous industries and other production sectors at the district level, the President said. President also emphasized the necessity of encouraging entrepreneurs by providing necessary assistance.

Attention was also drawn to the importance of establishing an institute similar to Fisheries Corporation to purchase agro products, according to the PMD. It has been agreed to formulate a practical methodology to promote recommendations of the researches conducted by the Post-Harvest Institute among the public and the farmers and their implementation. 

Given the prevailing situation, many tend to sell agro products purchased from farmers directly to the customers. Government agents, pointing out benefits of this system, said this has helped both the farmer and the consumer. They also emphasized the importance of developing a legal structure to strengthen this process.

They also pointed out the necessity of setting up cold rooms and storages.

The importance of encouraging farmers to cultivate uncultivated lands with the support of security forces and prison inmates and cultivating other crops in close proximity to paddy fields was also discussed at the meeting.

Increasing rubber production, promotion of local industries including textile, dairy products and the development of several other sectors were discussed in length.

Secretary to the President P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Prime Minister Gamini Senarath, Cabinet Secretary S. Amarasekara, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance S. R. Attygalle, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration S. Hettiarachchi, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Bhadrani Jayawardene, Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva and Acting IGP C. D. Wickramarathna were also present.

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One more person has been confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus, stated the Ministry of Health.

The newly identified patient is a fish vendor from the Piliyandala, said the Ministry.

Sri Lanka has reported 33 new COVID-19 positive cases as of 7 pm today (20).

This brings the total count of COVID-19 cases in the country to 304 cases.

Currently, 199 active cases are under medical care at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Welikanda Base Hospital, Colombo East Base Hospital and Iranawila Hospital, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says.

The total number of coronavirus recoveries in the country stands at 98.

Sri Lanka has so far confirmed 7 fatalities from the novel coronavirus.

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අද වාර්තා වූ 33 වන කොරෝනා රෝගියා පිළියන්දල ප්‍රදේශයේ පදිංචිකරුවෙකු බවට වාර්තාවනවා.

ඔහු පිළියන්දල, නිවන්තිඩිය ග්‍රාමෝදය මාවතේ පදිංචි 33 හැවිරිදි අයෙකු බවයි සෞඛ්‍ය අංශ ප්‍රකාශ කළේ.  

මාලු ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකු වන මොහු ඇදිරිනීති බලපත්‍රයක් සහිතව නිවෙස් වෙත මාලු බෙදා හැර ඇති අතර ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශේෂ පරිෂණයක් සිදු කරන බවද සෞඛ්‍ය අංශ වැඩිදුරටත් ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා.

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