{"id":105538,"date":"2020-08-15T16:07:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T23:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=105538"},"modified":"2020-08-15T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T23:07:45","slug":"majority-verdict-and-bewailing-of-nihilists-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/08\/15\/majority-verdict-and-bewailing-of-nihilists-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority Verdict and bewailing of Nihilists \u2013 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

By : A.A.M.NIZAM \u2013 MATARA<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

On the eve of the August 5th historical General Election there was a surge of articles written by reactionary scribes and those who self proclaim as political commentators, particularly by those who mushroomed in the latter part of 2014 to launch Sri Lanka\u2019s hitherto worst fake news campaign to oust the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime and in the 2020 General Election too they re-emerged and were painting a bleak future for Sri Lanka in the event of SLPP gaining a 2\/3 majority as it was being envisaged by the SLPP and these doomsday pundits warned and earnestly urged the voters to take all measures for what they said to prevent a calamity that could befall on Sri Lanka if the SLPP achieve its objective.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor\nIvan, the man who was responsible in the 1970s for introducing bomb manufacturing\nculture to Sri Lanka and radicalizing the youth of this country to shun the\nParliamentary system writing an article titled \nThe post-election Saga\u201d said that if the government fails to achieve a\nfavourable result conducive to enhancing the trust of the people at\nthe parliamentary election, it might lead to weaken the dominance the\ngovernment has established at ideological level and after the election, it is likely that the\npolitical system of Sri Lanka in its entirety including the President, the\nPrime Minister, the ruling party and the opposition will end up in a severe deadlock.         <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article this silly doomsday pundit stated: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Whatever the strength of the result of the\nparliamentary election secured by the government, it would be unavoidable that\nnot only the affairs of the government, but also the standard of living of the\npeople will fall into a major crisis <\/li>
  • The government will be compelled to pay\nthe salaries of public servants from loan overdrafts obtained from state banks\nthrough the Central Bank and his system cannot last long. <\/li>
  • The collapse of the economy is unlikely to\nbe rectified and restored soon. <\/li>
  • The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has\nmade on the world economy tends to have its depressing repercussions on the\neconomy of Sri Lanka as well.<\/li>
  • The job opportunities of migrant workers,\nespecially those employed in the Middle East, which has been the main source of\nforeign exchange earnings of Sri Lanka, is at a severe risk. <\/li>
  • It is estimated that around 500,000 jobs\nmight be lost resulting in a steep decline in the transition income Sri Lanka\nused to receive from migrant workers, which is unavoidable.<\/li>
  • The tourism industry, another major source\nof foreign exchange earnings, is also in a state of total collapse. <\/li>
  • The garment industry is also in a similar\nsituation. A large number of jobs in the garment sector have already been lost.\nThe risk of losing more jobs persists. <\/li>
  • The government will be compelled to impose\nmore and more taxes to meet its needs and to cover the expenses which in turn\nwill oppress the people who have already been hit hard by the economic\ndownturn. <\/li>
  • The lives of those living on interest\nearned on savings will become miserable. The cuts in wages, overtime and the\nother allowances will result in making the lives of those who are employed also\nequally miserable.<\/li>
  • The socio-economic atmosphere will lead to\nconflicts, labour disputes and public unrest. Theft, robbery and crime will\nincrease in the country.<\/li>
  • The crisis of balance of payments amidst\nthe potential scenario outlined above will have serious repercussions. <\/li>
  • If the country fails to pay at least one\ninstallment due on commercial borrowings obtained from international capital\nmarkets on commercial terms, Sri Lanka is likely to be declared a bankrupt\ncountry. <\/li>
  • If that happens Sri Lanka will fall into\nan abyss from which it cannot recover easily.
    \nSuch an eventuality could be avoided only by pursuing a policy of selling\nvaluable resources of the country to foreign powers. <\/li>
  • Sri Lanka cannot be described as a\ndemocratic country merely because it conducts elections regularly. <\/li>
  • We did not have mature leaders; mature\nleaders should have emerged through a freedom struggle. <\/li>
  • All the Heads of State from the time of\nthe first Prime Minister to the present day can be considered as\nunconscientious leaders who have violated the Constitution of the country. <\/li>
  • Even the judiciary, the supposed protector\nof the Constitution tends to be encouraging its violation by the politicians. <\/li>
  • This reflects the level of degeneration\nand the extent of unconscientious and uncivilised character of political and\nbureaucratic structures of Sri Lanka. <\/strong><\/li>
  • The failure to build a modern nation\ndisregarding the recognition accorded to ethnic, religious and caste\ndifferences can be considered as the main reason for the failure of Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/li>
  • The compensation the country has paid for\nthe violent conflicts that arose as a result thereof was enormous. The damage\ncaused by violent conflicts has been estimated as $ 200 billion. <\/strong><\/li>
  • The next reason for the failure of Sri\nLanka can be attributed to the rapacious policy of large-scale plundering of\npublic property pursued since 1978, by people\u2019s representatives elected by\npublic vote, when they were under their temporary custody. <\/strong><\/li>
  • The State of Sri Lanka can be considered\nnot as a democratic State but a State of pirates and bandits.<\/strong><\/li>
  • The opportunism and impotence shown by the\njudiciary of Sri Lanka can be considered as another important factor affecting\nthe failure of Sri Lanka. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The above comments\nshow to what an enormous extent this self proclaimed political commentator who\nattempted to destabilize this country, once directly and several times\nindirectly has a grudge against this country. \nIt is hilarious to find that this individual has remained blind and\ntongue tight about the enormous progress and services done by President\nGotabhaya Rajapaksa to this country since his election to presidency on 16th<\/sup>\nNovember last year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Listed below are\nsome of these remarkable services initiated by the President:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • When it became known about the outbreak of\nthe Coroona-Virus immediate steps were taken to prevent it affecting Sri\nLankans and a Task Force was formed comprising the armed forces, Health sector\nofficials and it was given complete liberty to formulate strategy to combat the\nspread of virus which all developed countries such as America, U.K and evem the\nneighboring India were incapable to do. <\/li>
    • Established 45 quarantine centres and\nsuspected positive patients were subjected to a minimum of 14 days quarantine\nand areas that were found to be congested with suspected patients were locked\ndown and each and every person in such areas were subjected to strict\nquarantine measures.<\/li>
    • While Corona death toll in theso-called\nworld\u2019s super developed country America exceeded millions and the neighboring\nIndia several thousand Sri Lanka was able to restrict the death toll to only 11\npersons and became one of the best Corona controlled country among the 230\naffected countries in the world.  <\/li>
    • Special flights were operated to bring in\nSri Lankan nationals who were stranded in airports all over the world and all\nthose who arrived in this manner were subjected to PCR tests at both BIA and\nMattala airports and all of them were directed to quarantine centres to undergo\nthe required quarantine period;<\/li>
    • Similarly thousands of students who were\nin foreign countries all over the world were also brought in and thy too were\nsubjected to PCR tests and quarantine. It should also be mentioned that most of\nthese students had been sent to overseas Universities by their parents to save\nthem from Sirisena\/Ranil government\u2019s brutal water cannon, tear gas and baton\ncharge attacks;<\/li>
    • Many of the world leaders including the\nPresidents of the United States, Russia and China and Prime Ministers of U.K,\nIndia, Pakistan and Bangladesh and the World Health Organization commended the\nPresident for making Sri Lanka one of the least affected Corona Virus countries\nin the world.  <\/li>
    • Another Task Force led by Mr. Basil\nRajapaksa was formed to look into humanitarian issues. <\/li>
    • A cash payment of Rs. 5,000 per month was\npaid to each deserving family on the recommendations of the Grama Niladari\nofficers without any form party, ethnic or \nrekigious discriminations\u2019<\/li>
    • People\u2019s movements were controlled by\ncurfew measures;<\/li>
    • Wearing face masks and maintaining\ndistance between the people and hand wash while entering places were made\ncompulsory;<\/li>
    • Holding public meetings were banned and\ngatherings at weddings and other very important functions were restricted;<\/li>
    • Banks, Leasing, Insurance and other\nfinancial institutions were ordered to make deferment of acceptance of lease\ninstallments for buildings, all kinds of vehicles and three-wheels and loan\ninstallment payments;<\/li>
    • Banks were instructed to grant special loans\nwith only 4% interest all businessmen, industrialists, exporters, tourist\nindustry personnel and manufacturers;<\/li>
    • Steps were taken to provide employment to\n50,000 unemployed graduates and 100,000 from low income families but it was\nsuspended by the Election Commission saying that it would tantamount  to election bribe and now it has been decided\nto provide this 150,000 employments from next month (2nd<\/sup>\nSeptember)..   <\/li>
    • Schools, Universities and other\neducational institutions were closed down to protect the children and they were\nreopened on a scattered basis this month;<\/li>
    • Advanced Level and Grade 5 scholarship\nexaminations usually held in the monthy of August were postponed to the month\nof October provide the concerned students sufficient time to prepare for their\nexaminations;<\/li>
    • Police, Excise officials and STF were\nentrusted to carry out sweeping raids under Opertationj Underworld\u201d to\napprehend drig peddlers, illicit brewers, under-ground contract killing\noperators, money launderers and under these operations king-pins of drug and\nnarcotic trade, Police and Prison officials assisting these activities have\nbeen taken into custody for the first time\u2019 The drug peddlers and the\nunderworld were ruling this country under the Sirisena\/Ranil government thereby\nSri Lanka becoming another Mexico and several high ranking Ministers\npatronizing these anti-social elements;<\/li>
    • Train and bus services were also suspended\nfor several months to prevent the spread of the Virus and re-started last month\nunder strict supervision of maintaining required between passengers, wearing\nface masks and adhering to other safety measures.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This reactionary\ncommentator in his desperation over the mammoth and historical victory achieved\nby the SLPP has written another controversial article titled The dilemma of\nthe Victory\u201d although it may be a dilemma for him and his ilk of traitors but\nit is a jubilation for the majority of the people of this country similar to\nthe celebration they had on 09th<\/sup> May. 2009 – the day that ended the\n30 years of terrorist aggression against this country. .  .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In this article\nIvan laments that undoubtedly, the Government has acquired\nenormous power, it is huge and miraculous, and the enormity of power alone will\nnot be a solution to the crisis Sri Lanka is facing and it can only be\novercome if there is a greater creative wisdom that transcends\nthe magnitude of power. He says that had there been a First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system\ninstead of the current system of Proportional Representation, the result achieved\nby the SLPP could have been much greater than the result achieved by the United\nNational Party (UNP) in 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The landslide victory of the UNP at the \u201977 election\nresulted in weakening the Opposition movements in the Sinhala south<\/strong> (displays his divisive desires by referring to South\nas Sinhala South and thereby implying North as Tamil North)  to a maximum and creating a single party\nhegemony. The political outcome of the result of the recent election is more or\nless similar to that of the \u201877 election.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This sycophant describes the government that existed before\n1977, which unleashed an admirable policy of making the country self sufficient\nin food and many industrial products and ended the status of ship to mouth life\npattern as a repressive economic policy that had a significant impact on the\nvictory of the 1977 Parliamentary Election by the UNP. He adds that the current\nsplit of the UNP led to the enormity of the victory of Pohottuwa this time.
      \n
      \nHe admits that the massive victory of the UNP in 1977 changed the overall\ntrajectory of the country, and the economy was opened up, plundering the\nresources of the country by government MPs and their cohorts started and Sri\nLanka was turned into a country of incessant bloodshed. 
      \n
      \nReferring to the JVP hooligans whom he was partly responsible for creating in\nthe past, Ivan says that the JVP demanded for J.R\u2019s his head publicly, but neither\nthe JVP nor the LTTE were able to assassinate him, but he was unfortunate to\nwitness several of his best loyalists and close confidants being assassinated\nwhen he was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


      \nHe asks wat is the present Government which has got an almost similar power\ngoing to do now? Will it make Sri Lanka which has been rendered miserable, a\nparadise? Or will it make it a hell?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This sycophant in his desperation\nblames Sirisena\/Ranil government for eventually pushing the country into a\nstate of extremism and states that if the two leaders of the UNP, Ranil\nWickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa, had managed to maintain the unity of the\nparty subsequent to the defeat at the last Presidential Election, though it was\nnot possible to prevent the Pohottuwa winning the election, at least its\nvictory would not have been so huge.
      \n
      \nThis reactionary lackey blames UNPcand says that there were no serious or\nconcrete reasons for the split in that party and adds that it occurred because\nof the arrogance of the two leaders and the stupidity of their main supporters,\nand find faults with Ranil for not making a serious attempt to defuse the\ntension that arose on the issue of the party leadership and prevent a rift in\nthe party while safeguarding his authority in it. He says the end result of\nthis split has been the demise of the UNP as a political entity together with\nthe political career of Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Sajith becoming a leader who\nhad lost the strength of the UNP to a large extent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Writing about the JVP, he says that JVP\nis a movement that, after a massive armed struggle, has re-entered the\ndemocratic path effectively and it could be described as a political movement\nwhich has failed to mobilize itself on a new path creatively and says that  It has to deal with a distorted and corrupt\npolitical system. He blames the JVP for not asserting itself strongly for\npragmatic reforms to bring about a positive change in the system except for\ncontemplating shortcuts to seize power under the existing system. As a result,\ninstead of becoming an effective alternative, he says it has fallen victim of\nthe cruel system itself, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Referring to TNA this bootlicker\nsays it has suffered a great deal due to its close involvement in the\nYahapalana Government, and it refrained from playing a strong role in solving\nthe burning issues of Tamil people and hence it had to pay a huge price for\nthat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This backscratcher who was\nresponsible with terrorist proxy Sumanthiran for drafting ignoramus Sajith\nPremadasa\u2019a presidential election manifesto says that the Samagi Jana Balavegaya,\nthe party led by Sajith, stands as the main force among the Opposition parties\neven though it has not been able to acquire a strong position. He expresses\ndouts about Sajith Premadasa possessing a strong vision and courage to bring\nall Opposition movements together under one banner?
      \n
      \nReferring to minorities he says that the minorities are the most distressed\namong the people of Sri Lanka and a significant share of votes polled for the\nSamagi Jana Balavegaya of Sajith Premadasa (SP) consists of the votes of Muslims\nand Up-Country Tamils and under the circumstances, if SP fails to pursue a\nbalanced policy that strongly safeguards the interests of the minority\ncommunities in a manner that would not undermine the confidence of the majority\nSinhala community, certainly it might result in a major depletion in the\nsupport base of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Only a strong leader who possesses\nthe self-confidence to speak out strongly against repressive actions of the\nGovernment and the ability to gather together all Opposition movements under\none flag and provide a practical solution to the crisis facing Sri Lanka can\ncreate a strong Opposition movement against the ruling party, he says and we do\nnot know what is the illusory \u2018crisis\u2019 he is referring to\/.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This cynic says that the entire\nsocio-economic and political system is in disarray and the Government is\nconfronted with a situation in which it finds it difficult to pay at least the\nsalaries and pensions of public servants and $ 3 billion has to be paid this\nyear for the foreign debts obtained. Once again this foreign stooge asserts\nthat the only solution available would be to sell the country\u2019s valuable and\nscarce resources to foreign powers on a large scale and stupidly asks whether\nthe Government have an alternative solution for that?  In conclusion this nincompoop says the\nGovernment should explain it to the country and if the Government has a\nsolution for the crisis, which is sound and practical, then it should be\nsupported by everyone to implement it irrespective of differences and without\nundue obstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      To be\ncontinued\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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