We are sick of hearing corruption allegations now being made against the former President Mahinda Rajapaksha. There, we see nothing but mere mud-slinging. Corruption and vices sprang in this country with the open economy we got under J.R. Jayawardena regime. When Mr. J.R. Jayawardena made the present constitution his desire was this: the Auditor General must be committed not to the constitution but to the Government of the day<\/strong>. We must not take things in politics at it\u2019s’ face value.\u00a0 Every issue in politics should be studied in conjunction with some other issues in politics. Things in politics are not easily understandable by the typical village farmer for he is not politically enlightened. There is nothing novel about trying to lay the blame at somebody else’s door and excite the base instincts of the ignorant people. It is against this background that analysis of Rajapaksha Government needs to be made.<\/p>\n See Article 154 (1) (2) (3) of the present Constitutions. This Article empowers the Ministers to appoint its’ own auditors to audit the accounts of their respective Ministries in consultation with the Finance Minister. Further Article 154 (3) says\u00a0 ‘ the Auditor General shall also perform and discharge such duties and functions as may be prescribed by Parliament by law.<\/strong><\/p>\n Whereas under the Soulberry Constitution Auditor General was a person independent of Parliamentary politics. See Article 71(2) of the soulberry constitution:\u00a0 it says that the Auditor General shall report annually to the House of Repersentatives of the exercise of his functions under this Order<\/strong>. As the things stand at present, Business tycoons, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Parliamentarians and even cabinet Ministers often become involved in scandalous affaires linked with underground business. Why are we selective about persons, when it comes to the question of making corruption allegations? There were serious corruption allegations against all Rajapaksha predecessors who ruled this country in the past. Why then we blame Rajapaksha alone?<\/p>\n We must not waste too much time in exposing and demolishing false authorities and stereotypes of thinking. Here what we need is a logical analysis of fax.<\/p>\n The article said above has been framed in such way that it serves the narrow interest of corrupt politicians. In other word it is a door opened to corruptions. With the presence of such a provision as this in the constitution the public would become despondent with politics. Those UNP politicians who are very vociferous about wiping out corruptions have forgotten how corruptions were promoted by the previous \u00a0UNP regimes in the past.<\/p>\n Hence the most appropriate advice we can give them is that they should read<\/p>\n Ven. Ranasgalla Theros Lokopakaraya\u201d<\/p>\n One who advises others to be virtuous <\/em><\/p>\n Should first conduct<\/em><\/p>\n Himself accordingly, Advices given by those with<\/em><\/p>\n Misconduct are just like <\/em><\/p>\n Bana\u201d\u00a0 (Doctrine of Lord Buddah)<\/em> \u2013<\/p>\n preached by Veddah ( who kills for their living)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Chandrasiri Atukorale We are sick of hearing corruption allegations now being made against the former President Mahinda Rajapaksha. There, we see nothing but mere mud-slinging. Corruption and vices sprang in this country with the open economy we got under J.R. Jayawardena regime. When Mr. J.R. 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