{"id":107307,"date":"2020-10-05T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=107307"},"modified":"2020-10-05T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T23:23:09","slug":"why-cardinal-malcolm-ranjith-pressing-panic-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/10\/05\/why-cardinal-malcolm-ranjith-pressing-panic-button\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY CARDINAL MALCOLM RANJITH PRESSING PANIC BUTTON?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

In regard to\nlast year Easter Sunday terror attacks, the President Gotabaya Rajapakse has\ninitiated two separate bodies to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traditional\ninvestigations by the Colombo Crime Division, Criminal Investigation Department\nand the Terrorism Investigation Department  combined to nail down the\nculprits, so far it is reported more than 200 suspects have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 In\naddition to this ongoing investigation, the new President Gotabaya Rajapakse\nhas appointed a Presidential Commission with the widest terms of reference to\ndetermine the circumstances, culprits, financers  and gather a larger\npicture of this incident and make recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\ndid Ranil Wickremasinghe do immediately after the Easter Attack? He appointed a\nParliamentary Select Committee headed by Ananda Kumarasiri, Rajitha Senaratne, Rauf\nHakeem, Ravi Karunanayake, Sarath Fonseka, Jayampathy Wickremaratne,\nSumanthiran and Nalinda Jayatissa.  Some of these guys have the lost the\nelection, some others left the country and few others selected Sajith\nPremadasa as a safe heaven, leaving Ranil Wickremasinghe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Couple\nof weeks ago, three Bishops named, Maxwell Silva, Anthony Jayakody and Anton\nRanjith were recalled at the Presidential Commission and the Commission had\nissued a stern warning to them to   refraining  from making\ncomments on the proceedings of the Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nenthusiasm displayed by the Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith since the incident varies\nwidely between the two periods under Ranil Wickremasinghe vs Gotabaya\nRajapakse. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri\nLanka had many terrorists attacks against Buddhists, Catholic and Muslim places\nof worship and devotees.   As a government, the President has not\npressed the panic button.      Neither the President\nnor the Prime Minister running an unorthodox Special Investigation Squad from\n the Temple Trees.  They have no short-list of persons to be\narrested.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nis a fact finding mission, those in high office should not create conflicting\nsituations in the society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nDalada Maligawa was attacked by Tamil Terrorists, killing hundreds of men and\nwomen observing Ata Sil on full moon day   at the  Anuradhapura\nSri Maha Bodhi and      Aranthalawa massacre, 33\nbuddhist monks were killed by LTTE. The list is endless.   Did\nMalwatte-Asgiri Chapter Maha Nayake theros called for a summit of the\n Buddhist members of the parliament to meet the monks.  Could that be\ninterpreted as an act of provocation and create further unrest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCardinal has now called for a meeting or a summit of all catholic MPs to meet\nhim.  (It is hoped that the Rt Hon Harin Fernando, a national list\nMP will also be present at the proposed summit).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CROSS-WALK.COM.BIBLE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. <\/strong>Romans 8:25<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But if we\nhope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. <\/strong>Romans 12:12<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rejoice in\nhope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DHAMMAPADA\nVERSE 184<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khanti paramam\ntapo titikkha
\nnibbanam paramam vadanti buddha
\nna hi pabbajito parupaghati<\/em>
\nna samano hoti param vihethayanto.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patience\u2019s the\nausterity supreme,
\nNibbana\u2019s supreme the Buddhas say.
\nOne who irks or others harms
\nis not ordained or monk become.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation: <\/em><\/strong>Enduring\npatience is the highest asceticism. The Buddhas say that imperturbability\n(Nibbana) is the most supreme. One is not a renunciate if he hurts another.\nOnly one who does not harm others is a true saint (samana).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE In regard to last year Easter Sunday terror attacks, the President Gotabaya Rajapakse has initiated two separate bodies to investigate the incident. The traditional investigations by the Colombo Crime Division, Criminal Investigation Department and the Terrorism Investigation Department  combined to nail down the culprits, so far it is reported more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107307","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=107307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}