{"id":121903,"date":"2022-01-07T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=121903"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:44:33","slug":"abort-immediately-the-indian-oil-tank-deal-a-statement-by-the-socialist-vanguard-party-for-the-restoration-of-a-united-and-sovereign-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/01\/07\/abort-immediately-the-indian-oil-tank-deal-a-statement-by-the-socialist-vanguard-party-for-the-restoration-of-a-united-and-sovereign-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Abort Immediately the Indian Oil Tank Deal – A Statement by the ‘Socialist Vanguard Party for the Restoration of a United and Sovereign Sri Lanka’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka Study Circle\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

A\nwild frenzy to sell-off the country\u2019s assets to foreign parties, making\ndishonourable gains in the process and making plans to push off to foreign\nabodes to enjoy their booty, appears to be the sole aim of the members of the current\ngovernment; there appears to be no difference between them and their\npredecessors in treacherously corroborating with the enemy to dismantle and\nbalkanize the Island Nation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However,\nthere is a difference. The current representatives of the people are throwing\ncaution to the winds and recklessly careering on a course of treachery, perhaps\nharbouring delusions that they would not be held responsible for their acts of\nhigh treason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Udaya\nGammampila, at a recent press briefing, said that there are on-going\nnegotiations to give the oil-tank farm in Trincomalee to the Indians. No one\nknows the terms and conditions of the give-away of these priceless and\nstrategic assets of the people; the deal is being negotiated secretly behind\nthe backs of the people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did the\npeople give their representatives the authority and approval to do deals with\nthese oil-tank assets? Not one of the 6.9 million people who delegated their\npowers to the current representatives, gave them authority to sell off even one\nlid of any of the 98 oil tanks.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were\ntenders called for, to \u2018develop\u2019 and to use any of the Trincomalee oil tanks?\nIn the absence of tenders being called, on what basis was India chosen? For\nexample, the Chinese technology in this field is far more advanced than that of\nIndia and, with China being a far wealthier Nation than India, China could\npossibly give Sri Lanka a far better deal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some\nmay erroneously argue that Sri Lanka would be sucked into a deadly Chinese debt\ntrap; this is a fallacy that has its origins in the Western Capitals of the\nworld to whom we owe the largest percentage of our debt; the Chinese component\nof the debt is a mere 10 per cent.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since\nthere has been a complete breakdown of transparency in this sordid affair\nrelating to the oil-tank issue, can the people be faulted for openly alleging\nthat the American-Rajapakse’s and Gammampila are personally profiting from the\nsale of this valuable asset of the people? The people attribute the secrecy\ninvolved and the absence of tender procedure, to the magnitude of corruption\nthat is at the center of this deal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSocialist Vanguard Party<\/strong> <\/strong>for the Restoration of a United and Sovereign Sri Lanka<\/strong> demand that the dubious and secret\nnegotiations for the oil-tank giveaway, without any form of tender procedure,\nbe aborted, forthwith.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nbehalf of the people, the Socialist Vanguard Party demands that a transparent\nand open tender procure be adopted, with Sri Lanka describing in detail the\nterms and conditions of the contract and with Sri Lanka retaining ownership and\ncontrol of the oil-tank farm at all times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\nrepresentatives, illicitly negotiating this dubious deal with India are warned\nthat their conduct is unlawful and that the Sri Lankan people consider any deal\narrived at, as illegitimate.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nIndian party to the deal is advised that if perchance an illicit deal is made\nby the current government representatives in a non-competitive and\nnon-transparent manner, the people will reject it outright and not honour it,\nwhen the current representatives cease to hold office.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Socialist\nVanguard Party for the Restoration of a United and Sovereign Sri Lanka\u201d<\/strong> is\na fast-growing political movement born out of the despair of the Sri Lankan\npeople who are seeing the deliberate destruction of the State in front of their\neyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corruption,\ncronyism and a lack of moral-mettle to stand-up for what is right has made\nbrittle the Administration, the Legislature and the Judiciary, the essence of\ndemocracy and people\u2019s power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nsovereignty of the people has been replaced by a dictatorship of two alternating political parties whose\nleaders dictatorially control the parties and who dance to the tune of their\nlocal and foreign financiers. This is possible because the representatives of\nthe people are not made accountable to the people at the end of their term of\noffice. The Socialist Vanguard Party has concluded that it is time to stem the\nrot, restore our sovereignty and unify the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\nstruggle begins with the oil-tank farm in China bay; this is not the preserve\nof the Indians. It belongs to the people of Sri Lanka. We invite interested\nparties, including the Indians and the Chinese, to make their bids in\naccordance with our requirements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka Study Circle\u201d A wild frenzy to sell-off the country\u2019s assets to foreign parties, making dishonourable gains in the process and making plans to push off to foreign abodes to enjoy their booty, appears to be the sole aim of the members of the current government; there appears to be no difference between them and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sri-lanka-study-circle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121903","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=121903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}