{"id":127639,"date":"2022-08-05T02:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=127639"},"modified":"2022-08-05T02:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:45:31","slug":"rajapaksas-back-to-the-fold-they-desecrated-or-is-this-some-kind-of-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/08\/05\/rajapaksas-back-to-the-fold-they-desecrated-or-is-this-some-kind-of-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"RAJAPAKSAS BACK TO THE FOLD THEY DESECRATED OR IS THIS SOME KIND OF A\u00a0JOKE !"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Insight by Sunil Kumar<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

 Is this some kind if joke that Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam has said that if former<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is willing to engage in politics with the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) after his return to Sri Lanka, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 SLPP will gladly accept him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Or is this some ploy by those who are devious enough to condemn the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 corrupt actions of the Rajapaksa Administration in public but covertly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 hope for their own agendas to succeed and for the” Rajapaksa Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Destructive Scenario” to commence all over again? as it certainly was<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 near nation destructive in the end and the country in a shambles,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 bankrupt, fearful of insurgents perhaps waiting in the shadows towards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 another takeover bid and the IMF as well as other prospective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 supporting sources debating  the pros and cons of supporting a Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 devoid of proper leadership and a solid financial base as a result of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 misappropriations and mismanagement by previous administrations and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 consequently not trusting the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Curiously  the current president, virtually a lame duck clutching at<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 straws and attributing everything to prospective meetings, get<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 togethers, seminars and many wait and see type of promises where to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 date little or nothing had been accomplished through his leadership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 which incidentally was virtually bought not won quite visibly in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 run off to the presidency. Resources like petrol, gas and food items<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 are trickling in but hardly sufficient to appease the vast majority of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 the suffering masses where the backlog could take months to clear  and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 that with much blessings and good fortune if it prevails in Sri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Lanka`s favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Either ways it is perplexing and troubling for Sri Lanka as a return<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 of Rajapaksa to the country he so  fearfully abdicated from could<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 spell further disaster for any chance that remains for Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 rebuilding after the major crisis of the past that left her virtually<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 n international beggar at the mercy of sympathetic sources who have<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 sustained her even in some small measure. It is hardly likely that the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 masses who literally drove him out will tolerate his return without<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 some accountability – Ranil Wickremasinghe`s tough rhetoric<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 notwithstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 So what was the uprising by the masses all about and what was the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 expected end result of relative calm, peace and stability returning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 under Ranil Wickremasinghe beyond a pipe dream where despite his<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 rhetoric he seems to be in favour also of the return of the Rajapaksas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 his erstwhile buddies where severe reprisals could await him far worse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 that what Rajapaksa faced if he made any false moves and he should<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 take heed  to conduct himself in a Nation friendly manner rather than<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 incurring the wrath of the masses all over again as it could be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 curtains for him if lessons were not learned from the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  While President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the US-based Wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Street Journal that it was not the right time for Rajapaksa to return<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 to the country, as it could inflame political tensions there also<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 seems to be a double standard attached as he has been going about<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 covertly illustrating the merits of the Rajapaksas known to be his<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 allies so despised by the general populace. where a comeback by the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Rajapaksas has even been hinted at but with  no confirmation of this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 and of course a near absurdity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Wickremasinghe has remained in contact with Rajapaksa to deal with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 administrative handover issues and other Government business, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 report said which also seems odd with a man of Wickremasinghe’s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 political experience or is this a “De Ja Vue“ of some kind related<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 to the past affiliations between him and the Rajapaksas where at any<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 cost contact needs to be maintained as a subservient dog to a master!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 His exclamation I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s the time for him to return,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Wickremesinghe said in an interview with the newspaper. I have no<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 indication of him returning soon.\u201d could also be interpreted as his<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 long sought after quest for the Presidency he now seems to want to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 hang onto at any cost as many analysts believe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  As a former Sri Lanka President, Rajapaksa certainly has the full<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 right to return to the country which many believe he devastated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 through his policies of mismanagement aided by his corrupt consorts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 and advisors. As a matter of fact it demands the right for him to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 even forcefully brought back to stand trial for criminal liability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 together with his allies who perpetuated Sri Lanka`s near demise and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 plunged the nation into untold suffering for the impoverished and a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 struggle to exist even for those of means!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Quoted Flash back- “Amidst the most drastic economic collapse the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 country has witnessed since Independence, Rajapaksa fled the island on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 13 July following the massive protest demanding his resignation which<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 was attended by millions of people on 9 July in Colombo. During the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 protest, the people occupied the President\u2019s House, and the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Rajapaksa had then been taken to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 a safe location by the Security Forces and he had left for the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Maldives in an aircraft belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force on 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 July. He then flew to Singapore, where he has extended his short-stay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 visa.` -end of quote It would be a Travesty of Justice if Rajapaksa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 and his allies are granted impunity and are free to walk around as<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 though they were the masters of everything they survey as they once<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 did and Ranil Wickramasinghe was their redeeming saviour where angers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 could be easily unleashed again by those who sent Rajapaksa packing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 which does not augur well for the Nation from any perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Insight by Sunil Kumar  Is this some kind if joke that Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)  General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam has said that if former  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is willing to engage in politics with the  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) after his return to Sri Lanka, the  SLPP will gladly accept him?  Or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunil-kumar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127639","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=127639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}