{"id":40958,"date":"2015-01-20T22:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=40958"},"modified":"2015-01-20T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T22:32:04","slug":"mud-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/01\/20\/mud-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud Governance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Dilrook Kannangara<\/h2>\n
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Voters are already in for a great disappointment. Instead of promised good governance and “Maithri Palanaya” before the election what is delivered after the election is mud governance and “Vairi Palanaya”. Is it the natural response to the inability to deliver on the promises made during the election campaign? Where is the salary increase promised to public sector employees? Where is the price reduction of food items and petroleum products? Has president Sirisena taken his voters for a ride?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In short this is not good governance at all! At most it is mud governance \u2013 governance of the nation using mud slinging tactics. It is not sustainable. At some point the voters are going to demand the promises and there will be strikes, public demonstrations and other public display of anger. It is the task of the Opposition in parliament to agitate the public to get their demands.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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No Constitution Change<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
However, there is a tactical plan at work in mud governance. It is to distance the UPFA. By distancing the UPFA, the UNP led government will be unable to pass promised Constitutional amendments. UNP was never keen on any of the constitutional amendments promised. Now they are looking for excuses not to do them. The best excuse is the non-co-operation of the UPFA. It can be achieved by antagonising the UPFA through hate tactics which are underway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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UPFA has the good opportunity to bring its own motions to parliament to abolish executive presidency altogether. It will have two thirds majority support and it will expose the UNP’s dishonesty. It will also elevate UPFA’s popularity helping them win the General Election.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Chandrika-Ranil War 3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
On two previous occasions (2000 and 2003) when these two tried to cohabitate politically, they ended up falling out with disastrous political consequences for both. It is their war number 3 this time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The brewing Chandrika-Ranil war is already getting out of hand. While Chandrika wants her UK educated son to win the election and become Prime Minister, UNP is opposed to it. UNP and Chandrika are also fighting over the credit for the election win. This is crucial for the upcoming General Election. Appointment of ministry secretaries displays this growing rift that can tear apart the fragile coalition. While most ministers are from the UNP, the President keeps a firm hand of all ministries by appointing ministry secretaries loyal to Chandrika.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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March 2, 2015<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
March 2, 2015 is an important day. It marks 200 years of Sri Lanka losing its independence for the first time in history. Never did the island nation lose its independence completely in the past except in 1815. There is a bigger rift within the government over this. UNP wants to let it pass without a noise but the few nationalists within the government want people to remember this unfortunate event so that they learn a lesson from it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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UNP fears that if reminded, it will be electorally disadvantageous for it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It is the task of nationalists in the UPFA to make a huge cry about the event and commemorate the unfortunate event on a national scale drawing parallels with the current state of the nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In 1810 King Rajasingha defeated British troops and stopped further attacks on the Kandyan Kingdom. Following the victory he built the iconic Kandy Lake. However, his disregard of locals and cruel conduct led to his betrayal in 1815. It didn’t take long for the people to realize the change they made (which was essential) was not that rosy. In 1818 people rebelled against the colonials and lost. It was a costly affair. A repetition must not be allowed. Democracy must always rule this island nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Dilrook Kannangara Voters are already in for a great disappointment. Instead of promised good governance and “Maithri Palanaya” before the election what is delivered after the election is mud governance and “Vairi Palanaya”. Is it the natural response to the inability to deliver on the promises made during the election campaign? Where is the salary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dilrook-kannangara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40958","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=40958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}