{"id":51511,"date":"2016-01-27T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T21:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=51511"},"modified":"2016-01-27T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T21:16:01","slug":"it-is-sheer-madness-to-write-a-new-constitution-to-sri-lanka-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/01\/27\/it-is-sheer-madness-to-write-a-new-constitution-to-sri-lanka-now\/","title":{"rendered":"It is sheer madness to write a New Constitution to Sri Lanka now."},"content":{"rendered":"

By Charles.S.Perera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The President Sirisena and Prime Minster Ranil Wickramasinghe are overwhelmingly happy they have brought democracy back to Sri Lanka and opened\u00a0 the country to the friendly Nations of the West. The USA and the West reciprocate with gratitude the part played by the duo along with their sleeping pawn Chandrika who awakens at the click of fingers by her USA and western masters to carry out their agenda of regime change to make Sri Lanka one of their puppet States of the developing countries.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka is nominally run by the UNP in partnership with the traitors of the SLFP, the\u00a0 pseudo Marxist JVP in partnership with capitalist UNP, the Tamil\u00a0 TNA and the Muslim SLMC, but they are activated behind scene by USA and the West. President Sirisena in an interview with the BBC said categorically that he will not allow courts run by foreign Judges, lawyers, and prosecutors to adjudicate the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka for war crimes if committed in the final phase of the terrorist war. He said he has confidence in the Judicial System of Sri Lanka to have its own courts for the purpose.<\/p>\n

It is rightly so, but\u00a0 his Prime Minister\u00a0 and his Foreign Minister\u00a0 had in their extreme foolishness sponsored the USA resolution that demanded the establishment of such courts to bring to trial the Sri Lanka Armed forces. But USA refuses to take no for an answer and insists through its Ambassador to the UN HRCouncil Keith Harper that Sri Lanka must have foreign judges in the accountability process to make it credible.<\/p>\n

President Sirisena should stand on his determination to have the accountability process conducted in his way without giving into the high handed method used by USA. Sri Lanka should\u00a0 inform USA that if\u00a0 it continues its undue pressure on Sri Lanka with regard to the resolution it had passed at the UNHR Council in Geneva, \u00a0Sri Lanka will help Pakistan in the resolution\u00a0 it proposes to present at the UNHR Council against \u00a0USA for the violation of human rights and civilian death by use of unmanned Drone attacks.<\/p>\n

USA should not be allowed to go Scott free without getting it to first account for its many violations of human rights and civilian deaths in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq,\u00a0 Libya etc.\u00a0 It is time that USA is confronted with opposition by developing countries which are continued to be harassed by USA, and the West with its NATO Forces.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka Government of Sirisena-Ranil after the change of regime has gone haywire with its delirium to make the previous regime of Mahinda Rajapkase unpopular amoung the people, by scaling down strong \u00a0security measures\u00a0 the previous government of President Mahinda Rajapakse had set up to stop any untoward incidents that would be rehearsed by \u00a0the TNA, the pro terrorist Tamils of the diaspora to carry out a division of Sri Lanka into Communal Groups.<\/p>\n

Mahinda Rajapakse was seeking for a reconciliation of the Communities, the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims, as a one Nation of people removing from their minds \u00a0their ugly Communal separatism.<\/p>\n

To day with the military being weakened in the North and East, and many important ministries in the hands of the Tamils and Muslims, the TNA and allied Tamil politicians are taking advantage of the situation\u00a0 to have a separate Eelam or as a first step to separate\u00a0 a region for Tamils.\u00a0 The demands of the Tamils for separation \u00a0has increased.\u00a0 If left without firm action to stop the trend the situation will be uncontrollable and writing a new Constitution to Sri Lanka will be giving into these separatist Tamils.<\/p>\n

Danger signals begin to appear. Wigneswaran the Chief Minister of the NPC calls for shared sovereignty : \u2026\u2026.The principles and specific constitutional provisions that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) considers to be paramount to the resolution of the national question relates mainly to the sharing of the powers of governance through a shared sovereignty amongst the peoples who inhabit this island\u2026\u2026.. And devolution of power on the basis of shared sovereignty shall necessarily be over land, law and order, socio-economic development including health and education, resources and fiscal powers,\u201d .\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

While \u00a0Sumanthiran of\u00a0 TNA, says that the only solution, to the national problem\u00a0 could be the\u00a0 devolution of power.\u00a0 He adds, ..we hope the new Constitution will address this issue , \u2026 the need for a new constitution is felt by all in that the process will lay the ground\u00a0 for a new arrangement.\u00a0 The minority seeks power devolution arrangement to give autonomy to the traditional Tamil regions in the North and east of the Island.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this climate of enhanced vociferous Tamil demand for separatism it would be madness to take the question of writing a New Constitution to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

If there would be opposition in the South to giving into Tamil demands, there may be dormant\u201d terrorists who may wake up for a resurgence of still un-concluded terrorism.<\/p>\n

Is this what the President Sirisena wants ?<\/p>\n

Ranil Wickramasinghe will not mind the after effect of his haste for a new Constitution to please the demands of the West. The intension of the west and USA is the fulfilment of \u00a0its agenda of separatism with a separate Tamil only region in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

This intension of the West is highlighted by Yasmin Sooka\u2019s demand for Tamil minority rights repeating continued sexual harassment of Tamil women in the North and East.<\/strong> Yasmin Sooka calls for international action to stop ongoing sexual violence by the security forces against Tamil Women, which she stresses is \u00a0“not random” but “systematic\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sooka is a good friend of\u00a0 the former UN High Commissioner of Human rights Navi Pillai, and the UNHRCouncils 250 page report is undoubtedly Navi Pillay\u2019s work.\u00a0 Sooka is working\u00a0 to make Navi Pillay\u2019s dream come true.<\/p>\n

Sooka\u2019s intension is to make the International Community aware of difficult conditions the Tamils are going through in living in a country with a Sinhala majority and to make the International Community intervene\u00a0 with the Government of Sri Lanka to inform of the right of the Sri Lanka Tamils for\u00a0 self determination, and set up their own Eelam State. Intention is clear and no new Constitution will stop this continued agitation for separation.<\/p>\n

The only way for a real reconciliation of the different Communities in Sri Lanka is through a mental adjustment to reconciliation, which is not possible through political solutions.\u00a0 Such a change of mental adjustment to seek reconciliation as human beings is not acceptable to Tamils.\u00a0 Therefore there is no alternative for the government and the Sinhala majority other than to treat the Tamils in the same manner, and refuse to reconcile with the \u00a0Tamils under their conditions.<\/p>\n

In Derana TV Debate Salakuna Dilan Perera, the State Minister \u00a0of Highways stated that he is against anti Tamil and anti Muslim demonstrations, and he says he would counter the new Sinhala National formation of Sinha Le\u201d by distributing badges\u00a0 saying the blood of the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims is the same.<\/p>\n

That is the failure of the Sinhala majority to understand unreasonable demands of Tamils and the thirty years of terrorism.\u00a0 The State Minister \u00a0is trying to be reasonable without understanding \u00a0the stubborn mental makeup of the Tamils.\u00a0 The Tamils are like Shylock in Sakespeare\u2019s Merchant of Venice.<\/p>\n

The Tamils want separation and nothing else, and if the Sinhala people keep on pacifying the Tamils hoping that they will change their minds, \u00a0it would be a continued error of comprehension of Tamil minds.\u00a0\u00a0 That was the mistake\u00a0 Mahinda Rajapakse did by contributing\u00a0 to the North\u00a0 by infrastructure development, building Hospitals, schools and even preparing projects to divert fresh water to Jaffna, hoping that Tamils are susceptible to change\u00a0 in the face of\u00a0 kindness and generosity.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tamils will never understand that the essential human nature is to be selfless for the greater object of unity with the rest of the people.\u00a0 It is a waste of time trying to win over the Tamils.<\/p>\n

The Sinhala Buddhists know that form and mind are two different items .\u00a0 The form is essentially of impermanent nature, and that it is the mind that should be utilised for\u00a0 being\u00a0 in relation with others.\u00a0 The Tamils, Muslims or Christians will not understand that having \u00a0been taught to understand that the human relation is outside self through the intervention of \u00a0a greater being.<\/p>\n

The Sinhala Buddhists have tried to instil in the minds of the Tamils that \u00a0the essential human nature is within them.\u00a0 Bu it is like throwing pearls before swine.\u00a0\u00a0 Hence they have to be told that there is Sinhala Opposition to impossible demands of the Tamils and Muslims.\u00a0 Therefore Sinhala Buddhist Movements against Tamil and Muslim demands should be accepted and encouraged.<\/p>\n

It is time that the President Maithripala Sirisena too understands this\u00a0 before it is too late.\u00a0 He should give up his hunt for thieves and\u00a0 the corrupt in the Rajapaksa family and\u00a0 turn to get rid of the greater danger to Sri Lanka by putting both Tamils and Muslims in their place.<\/p>\n

There is no immediate necessity to write a new Constitution to Sri Lanka.\u00a0 Ranil Wickramasinghe has not been given a mandate by the people\u00a0 to write a new Constitution.\u00a0 If one \u00a0looks up the map of Sri Lanka voting trend\u00a0 at the General election of August,2015 one would see \u00a0who had voted UNP at the General election.<\/p>\n

It is \u00a0clear the votes have come from the North , East and Muslims from\u00a0 other places in Sri Lanka.\u00a0 The Majority of the Sinhala Buddhists have not voted for UNP and therefore\u00a0 Ranil Wickramasinghe cannot decide to write a Constitution before consulting the people.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 present Constitution\u00a0 had been of great use in the fight against terrorism.\u00a0 The Executive Presidency should be maintained for some more time.\u00a0 The 13th<\/sup> Amendment should be totally removed.\u00a0 And in implementing the 19th<\/sup> Amendment the Police Commission should act immediately to remove\u00a0 Ranil Wickramasinghe\u2019s FCID.\u00a0 The police can take over its work; FCID has become an institution \u00a0hors norme\u201d-above the Police and the Judiciary.\u00a0 It creates fear in the people which is against democratic norms. FCID \u00a0makes \u00a0\u00a0Sri Lanka \u00a0a Police State.<\/p>\n

Writing a new Constitution would be to open the Pandora\u2019s box.\u00a0 Therefore, President Maithripala Sirisena putting his undue gratitude to Ranil Wickramasinghe and Chandrika for his election as the President, should wake up to his duty towards his country Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The present constitution is still workable and any issue \u00a0not covered in the present Constitution \u00a0could be added to it by Amendments, or any\u00a0 unworkable provision deleted as well. \u00a0Ranil Wickramasinghe should not be allowed to decide \u00a0to write a New Constitution to Sri Lanka now.<\/p>\n

A Constitution in any Country is for the Majority and to safeguard the culture and religion of the majority.\u00a0 The minorities have to accept the Constitution of the country.<\/p>\n

There is much talk about Ekneligoda\u2019s case \u00a0and many Soldiers and Officers of the Armed forces are unnecessary taken into custody.\u00a0 Ekneligoda was known to have had connections with the LTTE and his wife\u00a0 accuses Sri Lanka armed force for having arms of mass destruction.\u00a0\u00a0 There should be a dead body or\u00a0 credible eye witnesses of the killing to take any one to custody.\u00a0 But in the case of Ekneligod\u2019s death\u00a0 there was neither a dead body nor credible eye witnesses.<\/p>\n

It is time that\u00a0 Maithripala Sirisena steps in as an intelligent man and stop the unnecessary comedy of Ranil and UNP, \u00a0to govern Sri Lanka for which purpose whoever had elected him.\u00a0 The President Sirisena cannot continue in his office\u00a0 showing gratitude to Ranil and Chandrika.\u00a0 He has to wake up and take reins of government into his hands and stop\u00a0 Ranils\u2019s determination to write a new Constitution for which he has received no mandate from the people.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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