{"id":119913,"date":"2021-11-02T18:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119913"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:40:56","slug":"minister-ali-sabry-should-resign-from-the-post-of-minister-of-justice-immediately-and-also-cease-to-be-an-mp-any-further-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/02\/minister-ali-sabry-should-resign-from-the-post-of-minister-of-justice-immediately-and-also-cease-to-be-an-mp-any-further-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Ali Sabry should resign from the post of Minister of Justice immediately and also cease to be an MP any further."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 3.40 Am on 1st<\/sup> November 2021. Mahanuwara.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Minister Ali Sabry should make a\npublic apology to the Sinhala nation and the Buddhist clergy of this country and\nresign from the post of Minister of Justice immediately in view of his\nfollowing uncalled for anti-government, anti-President and anti-Sinhala Nation comments\npurported to have been made by him that appeared in the Sunday Times of 3.10\n2021 and also broadcasted over the news the same day (if that news is true). If\nhe doesn\u2019t do that the President should immediately sack him and appoint a\nSinhala Buddhist like Wijedasa Rajapaksa to fill that vacancy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because these nasty comments made by\nAli has already ignited a island wide wave of anti \u2013 President, anti-government\nand anti-Sinhala anti-Buddhist tension like wild fire among the communal minded\nand extremist Muslims as already exposed by the communal comments made by a wide\nrange of Muslim extremists, as if they are living in an Arabian country.  I am still waiting to see the wave of statements\nfrom people like Rauf Hakeem and ilk such as Asad Sali, Abdul Rahuman and\nHisbulla within the country and the reaction including protests and even trade\nembargoes and diplomatic interference from Muslim countries the world over,\ntarnishing the image of this country and the GR Government putting the country\nand its economy from the prying pan to the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just imagine for a movement as to how\nAli Sabry an unknown man becoming a key personality in the country and the\nwhole world overnight thanks to President as he was appointed as the Minister\nof Justice in this country by him in 2019. He is not even a MP elected by the\npeople. Therefore he was not responsible to the people but only to his Party\nleader. This is a very good example to  where\nan appointed MP becomes not answerable even to his own Party leader who has\ngiven his\/her job when it comes to his personal and communal interest. This is\nanother strong reason as to why the National list should be abolished. In this\ncase now it appears that Ali Sabry is not responsible even to his Party leader He\nwas brought to Parliament by GR through that rogue list of the so-called\nNational list which I have been agitating all governments to do away since it\nis utterly undemocratic and unconstitutional to have a backdoor list like that\nin a democratic society.  I just can\u2019t\nimagine as to how he could be so ungrateful to the President.  If the President had not brought him he would\nnever have been even a back bencher MP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a way I am not surprised on his\nbehavior as a Muslim who is only a descendant of another itinerant Muslim\ntrader who had come to this paradise Island of gems and ivory of the Sinhala\npeople as a wondering sea farer for trader in the distant past, either from\nIndia or the Arab world who were welcomed by the foolish Sinhala Kings of the\nyore, the same way present day politicians do, not only with gems and ivory but\nwith land and even local women to be married as their wives. These were the\npeople who had been spying against the Sinhala people as a community right\nthroughout history. As a community they are worse than any other as an\nungrateful set of people. The best example is the Muslims in the Panama Pattuwa\nin the Eastern Province who descend from Muslim refugees descending from those\nwho were settled there by King Senarath in his magnanimity in 1665 when they\nrushed in to him and pleaded for protection after mass scale killing by\nPortuguese in the SW coastal belt, now claiming a separate Muslim kingdom. So\nhistorically right throughout, Muslims were an anti- Sinhala community \u2018eating\nthe ear while resting on the horn\u2019 as the famous Sinhala saying goes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore there is nothing new or\nsurprising in Ali Sabry\u2019s inherent behavior that is a common trait to all\nMuslims in this country that never disappear until and unless they also\ndisappear from this land of the Sinhala nation. What I can\u2019t understand is the\nfolly and the inability of the Sinhala leaders to realize this gospel truth. Starting\nfrom the 2019 Good Friday carnage Ai Sabry had been supporting the Muslim\nterrorist and the Muslim community at large although GR does not know it or\npretends to be so.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in this case the fault is with the\nPresident and nobody else. He should be ashamed for appointing Ali Sabry in the\nfirst place as a National list MP and then as the Minister of Justice in this country\nof all the Cabinet positions, in this time tested and historically proven\nbackdrop in this country which had been a Sinhala Buddhist Kingdom for more\nthan 2500 years. In fact I as a person who had canvassed widely and wrote\nvolumes for him and who had also voted him and as the first man and perhaps the\nonly person to predict his victory long before the Presidential  Election that he will definitely win the\nElection with a thumping majority. I had had also predicted him of this\nappointment as Minister of Justice is going to be a political suicide and it\nmight end up even in a collapse of the Government. But unfortunately he didn\u2019t\ncare a penny as he thinks he is always right.  I, as a person who has worked with people like\nMrs Bandaranayka,  Lalith Atulathmudala\nand President Premadasa, was perplexed to have this bitter experience as long\nas he is surrounded by the present set of Advisers I can assure, that he can\nnever get out of this trap and continue rapidly to his downfall unless he bring\nabout some radical changes replacing his present set of selfish and- self-seeking\nadvisors  and Ministers like Ali Subry,\nAluthgamage and Keheliya Rambukwella with some saner blood who put the country and the people first<\/strong>, rather than their purses , the day the entire 6.9 million voter base\nturning against him is not that far<\/strong>.  If he fails to take immediate corrective\nmeasures,  I  would like to remind him of a famous saying\nby Mao Tsetung  it is with the same\nhands that put you on the thrown that the people will again lift and throw you\non the ground\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A word about the Ulamas and Bassaas,\nwho have declared war against the President on this Task force and for\nappointing Ven Galaboda Atteas its Gnaanasara as its Chairman as already they  live in a Muslim country.  These Muslims should at least understand that\nthis is not Ssaudi Arabia or another Arab country. This was and still is the\nLand of the Sinhala Buddhists eternally protected by the Buddhist monks as it\nhad been for the past 2500 years at least from 307 BC since Buddhism was\nofficially declared the State Religion of the King and the subject alike. You are\nonly descendants of a migratory community of wandering birds who have to understand\nthat gospel truth and adjust to that social milieu if you need to enjoy the\nsalubrious life here without madly conspiring to create a Muslim Kingdom here.\nWithin that scenario there is no room for separate laws or administration for\nMuslims or any other, for that matter. Therefore One Country and One law should\nbe the Law of the Land and that has to be Sinhale and Sinhala Law as that was\nthere for 2500 years, with suitable adaptations to suit the present day needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you examine carefully you will see\nthe only nation on earth who does not have their own law is the Sinhala nation.\nThe Sinhalese, the Bhoomiputra Sinhalese are the only people in this country who\ndon\u2019t have a law of their own. They are governed under the Roman Dutch Law,\nwhile introduced by the Dutch in the 17th<\/sup> century and the British in\n1852. On the other hand the Tamils and Muslims have been given their own Laws\nby the Colonial powers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact we have to add few more\nthings like one language also to that list. Since this country had been a\nSinhala Buddhist Kingdom at least from 307 BC, no one should dare to disturb\nthat cultural rock foundation. If there is anyone who cannot concede to that\ninalienable truth, whether he is Muslim or Tamil and is not prepared to coexist\npeacefully within that framework then he\/she has no alternative but to go back\nimmediately to the motherlands where the hell he\/she had come from, without\ncreating headache for us the Sinhalese, the Bhoomiputras of this Land from the\ninception of history. AS THE FAMOUS Sinhala say goes \u2018Wavulage magul gedara\ngiyaanam wavulek wage hasirenta one\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then on the other hand no Sinhala man\nor woman who cannot say this boldly and openly and act accordingly and is still\ndreaming to be the leader of this country while sleeping with lice for personal\nbenefits and votes having got elected by the Sinhala votes can also say good\nbye to this country and fly or sail to the countries of those lice along with\nthem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now as far as the appointment of Ven\nGalabaodatte Gnasara Thero as the Chairman of this Committee I don\u2019t think the\nPresident could have done better. In spite of his other blunders  like the mad Organic Fertilizer rush, the\nmessing up his heart of the vote base the farmer in the village ,  the silence on the truant teacher strike and\ncertain appointments bot at home and abroad, I congratulate him for this\nappointment. In my view he is the best person for that job. He is blessed with\nall the faculties including knowledge, personality and erudition to lead any National\nCommittee or movement in this country even by virtue of the simple fact that he\nis an outstanding and outspoken Buddhist prelate, since it were the Buddhist prelates\nwho had given the national leadership to Kings and Queens in this country right\nthroughout the history of this country. In fact they were the people who had\nmade and unmade rulers in this country and they were the cornerstone of the\nentire cultural fabric of this Island nation. Any person who cannot concede to\nthat fact should never aspire to be a permanent citizen here apart from\nbecoming a national leader. In this backdrop anyone who criticizes his\nappointment is an utter mutt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Dr. Sudath Gunasekara was a former\nPermanent Secretary to Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and the President Mahanuwara\nSinhala Buddhist Senior Citizens Movement and was also the President of the Sri\nLanka Administrative Service Association (1991-1994) who saved the SLAS from\nits demise in 1992 from an attempt to amalgamate the Divisional Secretaries\nOffices and Pradesiya sabha and appoint Div Secs as the Secretaries to the PS\nchairmen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News item referred\nabove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One country,\none law: Justice Minister Sabry not consulted about task force, not happy over\nmove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Chris Kamalendran<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muslim\nmembers claim they were unaware who was to head it implies that they have to be\nconsulted before <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Justice Minister Ali Sabry said he\nwas unaware of the setting up of the One Country, One Law\u201d Presidential Task\nForce headed by Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda-aththe\nGnanasara Thera. This also implies that the President has to get his permission\nbefore such a task force is appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Sabry told the Sunday Times he was\nnot consulted on the setting up of the Task Force. I am not happy about the\nmove,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a\ngazette notification on Tuesday announcing the appointment of a 13-member\nPresidential Task Force for One Country, One Law,\u201d with Ven. Gnanasara Thera\nappointed as its chairperson. The task force\u2019s other members are Prof.\nDayananda Banda, Prof. Shanthinandana Wijesinghe, Prof. Sumedha Siriwardana,\nN.G. Sujeewa Panditharathna, Iresh Senevirathne, Sanjaya Marambe, Eranda\nNavarathna, Pani Wewala, Moulavi Mohomad, Mohomad Inthikab, Kaleel Rahuman and\nAzeez Nizardeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sunday Times understands that\nnone of the task force\u2019s Muslim members was aware that the task force would be\nheaded by Ven. Gnanasara Thera or even that he was going to be a member. Does this means that the President has to\nget their consent before the President take a decision mean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colombo Municipal Councilor Kaleel\nRahuman claimed he was not informed\u201d that he would be appointed to such a task\nforce and only found out about his inclusion only through the media. Does this\nmean the President has to get his consent before he is appointed to that a\ncommittee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Rahuman had been elected to the\nCMC from the United Peace Alliance (UPA). Its party leader Basheer Segu Dawood\nsaid they would meet next week to discuss the issue. Mr Segu Dawood said the\nparty would take disciplinary action against Mr Rahuman if he chose to accept\nthe position of task force member under Ven. Gnanasara Thera. That means Mr\nSegu Dawoodis against Mr Rahuman\u2019s appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, during the government\nparty leaders\u2019 meeting at Temple Trees on Thursday, Ceylon Workers\u2019 Congress\n(CWC) Vice President and former Provincial Councilor Senthil Thondaman raised\nissue over non-representation of the Tamil community in the Presidential Task\nForce. Mr Thondaman told the Sunday Times President Rajapaksa had asked them to\npropose names of Tamils who should be on the task force and assured that he will\nappoint Tamil members to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issuing a statement, the All Ceylon\nJamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) said it was shocked and dismayed by the establishment\nof the \u2018Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law\u2019 under the leadership\nof a controversial individual.\u201d This\ndemonstrate Ulamas objection as well. I wonder whether he can mention any\npublic figure who is not controversial.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACJU statement, issued under by\nits Secretary Ash Sheikh M. Arkam Nooramith, did not mention Ven. Gnanasara\nThera by name, referring to him only as a controversial individual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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