{"id":41657,"date":"2015-02-19T22:18:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T04:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=41657"},"modified":"2015-02-19T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:13:27","slug":"slfp-should-appoint-a-new-prime-minister-immediately-inherent-dangers-of-giving-executive-powers-to-unp-leader-before-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/02\/19\/slfp-should-appoint-a-new-prime-minister-immediately-inherent-dangers-of-giving-executive-powers-to-unp-leader-before-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"SLFP\u00a0 SHOULD APPOINT A NEW PRIME MINISTER IMMEDIATELY- INHERENT DANGERS OF GIVING EXECUTIVE POWERS TO UNP LEADER BEFORE GENERAL ELECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The current political\u00a0 climate\u00a0 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 is fast\u00a0 becoming more and more merky.\u00a0\u00a0 The signals disseminated by the new regime are draging the entire country into a political limbo.<\/p>\n

The following are few highlights of issues likely to lead to major crisis\u00a0 in Sri Lanka:<\/p>\n

UNITY GOVERNMENT – YES OR NO<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hon Prime Minister Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe is planning to have an all party Unity Government after the General Election, converting the entire Parliament into a government.\u00a0 In essence, his concept is to eliminate the opposition to the government in the Parliament, thus nullyfying the one of the basic ingredients of democracy.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the newly appointed National Organiser of the SLFP Mr Susil Premajayantha\u00a0 has said the SLFP is against a Unity Government, instead will forge ahead with its plans to form a SLFP led UPFA government after the next general election.<\/p>\n

PRIME MINISTER Vs JUDICIARY:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The entire opposition agrees that the appointment of Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe as the Prime Minister was inconsistent with the Constitution.\u00a0 Yet, no one has so far petitioned for a Court determination on the issue.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a clear indication that the opposition has no confidence in the current Judiciary as the appointment of the current Chief Justice is also under a cloud of disputes resulting from chain of three events.\u00a0 Under such\u00a0 circumstances,\u00a0 it is hard to visualise\u00a0 that a fair and reasonable remedy will be opened through the channels of\u00a0 judiciary to redress the disputed appointments.<\/p>\n

DANGERS OF GIVING EXECUTIVE POWERS TO RW AS PM BEFORE GENERAL ELECTION<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since assuming power through the back door of the Parliament, the Prime Minister Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe has embarked on a journey of looking after old buddies.\u00a0 He has so far appointed 3 Tamils for the key positions in government without any consultation.\u00a0 The appointment of new Chief Justice His Lordship Justice K Sripavan\u00a0 was the first salvo released, immediately followed by the appointment of another Tamil,\u00a0 Mr Arjuna Mahendran as the Head of Central Bank of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

His next deafening salvo was the release of\u00a0 another Tamil who was staying at the Hotel Galadari under the different name, until it became clearer that a person who has been in self-exile for obvious reasons, dubiously known as PASKA or Mr Paskaralingam’s sudden elevation to the role of Advisor to the Hon Prime Minister Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe.<\/p>\n

In Sri Lanka today, the administrative machinery of Justice, Finance and Key Advisory roles are all held by Tamils.\u00a0 The Hon Prime Minister could not unfortunately find any trustworthy Sinhalaese Legal Luminary, Finance Professional or A Grade Technocrat for these key roles.\u00a0\u00a0 If Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe is empowered with Executive Powers, the dangers to the nation cannot be under-estimated.<\/p>\n

CONSOLATION PRIZE FOR PRESIDENT MAITHREEPALA SIRISENA<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the midst of all these musical chairs concert, the President made use of the opportunity to appoint his own brother Mr Kumarasinghe Sirisena as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC.\u00a0 To substantiate this appointment, the entire Curriculum Vitae of Mr Sirisena was released to the public.\u00a0 The colourful list of qualifications are:<\/p>\n

Professional Qualifications :<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bb Master of Business Administration Degree \u2013 2012-2013
\n\u00bb Master of Public Management Degree \u2013 2006\/2007
\n\u00bb Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy & Financial Management \u2013 1997\/1998 University of Sri Jayawardhenapura Department of Accountancy & Financial Management
\n\u00bb Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management 1996 \u2013 The Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM)\u2013University of Sri Jayawardhenapura
\n\u00bb Diploma in Business Management in National Institute of Business Management of Sri Lanka 1998\/1999
\n\u00bb MIOGAF \u2013 Institute of Government Accounts and Finance. Associate Membership of the Institute 1999. The Institute of Public Finance and Development Accounting under the Ministry of \u00bb Finance and Planning. (Fellow member)
\n\u00bb AAT Sri Lanka \u2013 Membership of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka Year \u2013 1993- Index No. 1186 (MAAT\/SAT \u2013 Life Member)
\n\u00bb The Preliminary Examination of the Institute of Charted Accountants of Sri Lanka \u2013 1982<\/strong>
\n\u00bb Course of Sri Lanka Taxation 1993 \u2013 1994 . The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Sri Lanka<\/strong>
\n\u00bb Course on Malaysian Public Sector Accounting and Financial Management Systems 1998 in National Institute of Public Service Department. This course sponsored by Asian Development Bank MOF Funds-Ministry of Finance.
\n\u00bb Selected members of DBFA\u201d Post Graduate of Diploma in Business and Financial Administration. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka public sector wing
\n\u00bb Certificate in Sustainable Forestry Management-Thailand<\/strong><\/p>\n

(It is puzzling whether it is necessary to release to the public the list of highlighted\u00a0 qualifications (IN BOLD)<\/strong>\u00a0 above, for someone who has apparently read upto Masters post graduate level.)<\/p>\n

With “Computer Jilmart” complaints during two previous Presidential Elections, it is interesting to note the probable significance of President’s Brother to head the Institution which is tasked with the release of final results future General Elections.<\/p>\n

APPOINTMENT OF A SLFP MP AS PRIME MINISTER BEFORE GENERAL ELECTION<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SLFP lead UPFA has nearly 130 members of Parliament out of 225.\u00a0 With this majority, the UPFA can toss out the Prime Minister and appoint its own member as the new Prime Minister, together with a UPFA Cabinet of Ministers.\u00a0 If\u00a0 Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe is allowed to draft the changes to the Constitution, he will make it absolutely certain that his current and future positions are safeguarded.\u00a0 Mr Wickremasinghe is a very clever analyst of the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0 He is far the best in the market, well ahead of Prof G L Pieris and others in the ring.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Why should SLFP and UPFA empower UNP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President is within his powers to dismiss the current Prime Minister and allow the Parliament to select a new Prime Minister before the next general election.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Will the President act as a true Leader of Sri Lanka?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The current political\u00a0 climate\u00a0 in Sri Lanka\u00a0 is fast\u00a0 becoming more and more merky.\u00a0\u00a0 The signals disseminated by the new regime are draging the entire country into a political limbo. The following are few highlights of issues likely to lead to major crisis\u00a0 in Sri Lanka: UNITY GOVERNMENT – YES […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41657","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=41657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}