{"id":105229,"date":"2020-08-03T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=105229"},"modified":"2020-08-03T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:41:47","slug":"it-is-time-sinhalese-people-should-take-full-control-of-the-political-democratic-process-in-sri-lanka-the-slpp-should-treat-this-as-an-open-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/08\/03\/it-is-time-sinhalese-people-should-take-full-control-of-the-political-democratic-process-in-sri-lanka-the-slpp-should-treat-this-as-an-open-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"IT IS TIME SINHALESE PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SRI LANKA.-THE SLPP SHOULD TREAT THIS AS “AN OPEN LETTER”."},"content":{"rendered":"

By Noor Nizam,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP\/SLPP Stalwart and Convener \u2013 The Muslim Voice\u201d,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>August 3rd, 2020.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL\nBASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE\nMAJORITY SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES\nIMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THIS\n\u2013  ALL SINHALA FORCES, INCLUDING THE MAHA SANGHA, THE SLFP, UNP (those who\nlove the maathruboomiya\u201d), JVP AND OTHER PATRIOTIC POLITICAL PARTIES INCLUDING\nTHE SLPP\/JO SHOULD GIVE THEIR FULLEST SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SEVENTY FOUR\nPERCENTAGE (74% ) SINHALA MP\u2019s (voters) CAN EASILY DO THIS. MINORITY\nREPRESENTATION SHOULD ONLY BE IN THE NATIONAL PARTIES BY MEMBERSHIP AND BY\nBEING ELECTED FOR OFFICE IN THOSE PARTIES. If the SLPP will get 2\/3 majority on\nAugust 5th., 2020 at the general elections, this should be a “priority\ntask” for the new government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS\nIS THE ONLY WAY VOTE BANK CREATION BY MINORITY COMMUNITY POLITICAL LEADERS (THE\nMUSLIMS AND TAMILS) WHO TRADE THE VOTE BANK FOR SELFISH PERSONAL BENEFITS,\nFORGOING THE REAL BENEFITS FOR WHICH THE MINORITY GROUPS, ESPECIALLY THE MUSLIM\nVOTERS CAN BE SURE TO REAP THE TRUE BENEFITS OF THEIR POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND\nINSPIRATIONS, BE MADE POSSIBLE \/ A REALITY. A good example is the confession\nmade by Rauf Hakeem when Rauf Hakeem admitted that he took money from Mahinda Rajapaksa,\nthen President, to vote in favour of the 18th., Amendment Bill to the\nconstitution on September 8th., 2010. One of the SLMC stalwarts, Segu\nDawood exposed this incident and Rauf Hakeem admitted it in public. Browse\nthis web link and learn how this political leader (MP. Rauf Hakeem) got money\nto vote for the 18th., Amendment in parliament on 8th., September 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.jaffnamuslim.com\/2016\/07\/blog-post_144.html<\/a> \n(for Muslim tamil readers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\n1994, when the SLMC found an opportunity, supported by R. Premadasa to reduce\nthe cut-off point in proportional representation from 12.5 to 5 per cent, in\nreturn NOT to field a Muslim candidate as a Presidential candidate, to stop the\nMuslims voting Premadasa, the SLMC joined the UNP. (Rishad Bathiudeen) and\ntheAtthaullah, regional Eastern province Muslim party), began to adopt THIS\nPOLITICAL TRADING OF THE MUSLIM VOTES\u201d and making DEALS\u201d that was of NO\nBENEFIT, BUT DETRIMENTAL TO THE MUSLIM FACTOR\u201d which were supported by the All\nCeylon Jamiyathul Ulema and so-called Muslim Civil Society groups, whose\nleadership also were given a SHARE\u201d of these SPOILS and BENEFITS\u201d, became the\nNORM\u201d of the SLMC, ACMC, NATIONAL CONGRES, ACJU, THE NATIONAL SHOORA COUNCIL\nand the MUSLIM COUNCIL OF SRI LANKA, in the equation of Minority politics in\nSri Lanka since 1994\/1980. As a result of these deceptions, the Muslims in\nSri Lanka do NOT have a voice \u2013 a POLITICAL VOICE\u201d for that purpose. The Muslims\ndid not benefit to resolve their economical, employment, development, land\neducation and fundamental rights issues by VOTING the SLMC, ACMC or THE\nNATIONAL CONGRESS. The Muslims became POLITICAL ORPHANS\u201d in Sri Lanka at last.\nToday this has become a MENACE and a SICKNESS in the democratic political\nprocess of our country. Not only has it affected the Sri Lanka Muslims, but\nalso PRALALYSED THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY SINHALA COMMUNITY WHICH IS\n72% OF THE NATION TO MAKE ANY DECECIVE POLITICAL CONCLUSSION BENEFICAL TO THEIR\nAND OUR MAATHRUBOOMIYA\u201d OR TO AMEND \/ ADJUST THE CONSTITUTION TO THEIR NEEDS\nFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND OUR MAATHRUBOOMIYA\u201d. The present\nconstitutional conflict in parliament is a result of this POLITICAL PLIGHT\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nthe media uncovering the corruption and deception of the Muslim political\nleaders in recent times and exposing these DECEPTIVE AND HOODWINKING\u201d Muslim\npoliticians and their operating beneficial gangs, the Muslim political culture\nhas begun to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the\nMuslim Minority Community, the fact remains NOW, they do NOT wish to be\nrepresented by these MUNAAFIKK and DECEPTIVE MUSLIM POLITICIANS\u201d. THE SLMC AND\nACMC MP\u2019S SHOULD ALSO ACT ON THEIR OWN NOW and decide to support the new\ngovernment, Insha Allah. We Muslims should set an example like our predecessors\nwho TRUSTED\u201d the majority community in the wake of the British trying to delay\ngiving us independence in 1948. The role of Dr. T B Jayah becomes paramount at\nthis moment to recollect, because had he, or the Muslim community, sided with\nthe British at that time, granting of Independence to Ceylon would have been\npostponed. It is only because the minorities agreed that there was a United\nFront of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims asking for Independence. But one man was\nagainst it. That was G G Ponnambalam who tried to extract his pound of flesh.\nHe said I will sign on the dotted line only if you agree to Fifty Fifty\u201d. That\nis 50% of the seats for the Sinhalese and 50% for the minorities. Only if you\nagree to that, he told D S Senanayake, will I support the call for\nindependence.  Thereby T.B.Jayah totally undercut G G Ponnambalam\u2019s\nfifty fifty\u201d cry. That was the death knell of Fifty Fifty\u201d. If Jayah joined the\nfifty fifty\u201d cry at that time, Independence would have been postponed. One has\nto remember that even the word Sinhala was erased from the political lexicon. S\nW R D Bandaranaike ditched the idea of the Sinhala Maha Saba and he first\njoined the UNP and later set up the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which too did not\nhave racial connotations. Everybody felt that communal parties were\ncounter-productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is time up\nthat a NEW POLITICAL FORCE\u201d that will be honest and sincere that will produce\nCLEAN\u201d and diligent Muslim Politicians to stand up and defend the Muslim\nCommunity politically and otherwise, especially from among the YOUTH has to\nRISE\u201d, and this NEW POLITICAL FORCE\u201d has to support the new government formed\nunder President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and the majority\nSinhalese citizens notwithstanding the fact that the Tamils of the North and\nEast and the Upcountry Tamils and all minorities should be equally respected,\npolitically, for a better Sri Lanka, God willing, Insha Allah. Muslims should\ndecide to vote in support of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the New President of Sri Lanka\nand PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and the SLPP\/SLFP Alliance on August 5th., 2020\nwholeheartedly, and be part of the VICTORY OF THE SRI LANKANS in helping to\nform a 2\/3 majority government by those who love our MAATHRUBOOMIYA\u201d, Insha\nAllah.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Noor Nizam,\u00a0Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP\/SLPP Stalwart and Convener \u2013 The Muslim Voice\u201d,\u00a0August 3rd, 2020. POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL BASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE MAJORITY SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES IMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THIS \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}