{"id":66233,"date":"2017-05-18T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T04:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=66233"},"modified":"2017-05-18T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:45:43","slug":"whither-sri-lanka-can-the-sri-lankans-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/05\/18\/whither-sri-lanka-can-the-sri-lankans-think\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITHER SRI LANKA? CAN THE SRI LANKAN\u2019S THINK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>BY DR JANAKA GOONETILLEKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sri Lanka before colonialism exhibited a society that showed religious tolerance, communal harmony and acceptance of economic migrants. Was it not King Senerath who gave refuge to the Muslims in the east when they were discriminated by the Portuguese? Was it not the Sinhalese who gave refuge to the Catholics in wahakotte when the Dutch persecuted them? Thousands of economic refugees be it fisherman, Cinnamon peelers and toddy tappers were graciously accepted and even given areas in the Buddhist temples to worship Hindu gods. Ironically today the most pious Buddhists are from these communities. \u00a0\u00a0The only destabilising factor was the devastating Indian invasions and occupations that were overcome by marrying into Indian royalty. Even today the remnants of Hindu Kovils for the Queens is seen in the big temples of Kandy such as Lankathilake.<\/p>\n<p>With such a great inheritance today the country is divided on communal, religious and class lines. And the country is in dire straits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COLONIAL PERIOD <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a subjugated colony the colonial power deprived the majority of their rightful place in society. They were deprived of a English Education the medium of the public service, Took over land by a waste lands act of the Sinhala Buddhists and sold them to Sinhala Christians from families like the Bandaranaike, Obeyseakera etc. to use them as a tool against the poor Sinhala Buddhists masses. Economically pauperised they were also deprived of leadership as the men over 16 years of the Aristocracy were killed by the British after the Uva Wellessa uprising. The Sinhala land was divided into 9 provinces in such a manner that the Sinhala people, were ethnically marginalised by the establishment. This was following the Col Brook Commission around 1829. \u00a0The original TRI SINHALE was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Economicaly destroyed after the UVA Wellassa Rebellion deprived of their land and education\u00a0 and their religious order impoverished by the temple lands act the Sinhala Buddhists were the main group subjugated.<\/p>\n<p>This pauperised group were suddenly given power after 1948 that led to what was a rebellion in 1956, which lacked foresight and vision that has led to the present predicament.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PRE INDEPENDENCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With great nationalists such as D B Jayethileke. F R Senanayake, E W Perera started what was a very buddhistic social policies of Free Education and free health . even 2 measures of rice free for the poor. Unfortunately the very noble principles are gradually eroded as a part of the Legacy of the evil J R Jayawardena.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>INDEPENDENCE IN 1948<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With out bloodshed Sri Lanka obtained its independence from colonialism on the back of Indian Independence. The advice of the Colonial Governor Lord Soulbury to a macaulaite first prime minister was never to appoint a Sinhala Buddhists into positions of power if they wish to survive. Thus it took almost 15 years before a Sinhala Buddhist army commander was appointed longer for the other two forces the Navy and the Air Force. Thus the seeds of disharmony was created using men who had been brain washed by a Christian education system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CONTINUATION OF THE COLONIAL PRINCIPLE OF DIVIDE AND RULE and MIGHT IS RIGHT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Sri Lanka achieved Independence in 1948 from the day of independence the colonial cancer of divide and rule persisted with the Christian Chelvanayagam demanding a federal state and G G Ponnambalam a Tamil demanding fifty fifty for 12% of the population. His hypocrisy was very obvious\u00a0 when he accepted a ministers post and with that died the unfair demand for 50-50. The Tamils who were the handmaidens of the colonial power felt that they will be deprived of a privileged position. The converted Sinhala Christians had the same complaint.<\/p>\n<p>The Sinhalese Buddhists who were 70% 0f the Population deprived of an education, as the education system was open only to Christians. \u00a0Even the Sinhala Buddhist elite had to become Christians to obtain an education. Thus the free education system was born. In 1956 the converted Christian S W R D Bandaranaike came into power by using the pent up forces of the Sinhala Buddhists of the discrimination of 200 years.\u00a0 He came into power using the Pancha Balavegaya of the farmers, workers,etc on a slogan of implementing Sinhalese as the State language in 24 hours. His hypocrisy was such he saw to it that his daughters went to a catholic school and learnt English an international language. Having misled the Sinhala population into believing wrongly that Sinhalese would be able to cater for the needs of the future generations. His philosophy\u00a0 gave impetus to the Christian Tamil Chelvanayagam to shout of discrimination and cause further disruption of the inter communal harmony. The Muslims at the time did not have any power be it economic or in numbers. They joined the Sinhala majority and gradually built up their educational and economic power in their build up to the present state. Bandaranaike was assassinated by a Buddhist monk in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Thus started the cancer of divide and rule and the colonial mentality of might is right of the political class which has now ended up with the gradual enlistment of the illiterate Thugs and Criminals.( Half of the MPs have no GCE Qualification).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Democratic form of government<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democracy that was hailed as the answer to all ills is an absolute failure. To begin with there is no democracy in the main parties. There is no proper mechanism to elect leaders. It was Anura Bandaranaike first, Namal Rajapakse the next all geared to Family Bandisma and nepotism. There is no proper mechanism of progression dependent on the quality of the Leader. Leaders of today lack character, Vision, and are unproved entity. Once in power they have done nothing to benefit the people except to pauperise the people with foreign and local debt. Generations have been sacrificed to debt and destruction. Essentially they have become leaders of a predatory government and a predatory society who has left the majority of people down trodden with no hope for the future. They are sent by these decrepit leaders to the Middle East as Slaves whose death rate is higher than in Sri Lanka. The daily abuse of these poor workers are a disgrace to the country and its leaders. On that alone they are disqualified as leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THIRTEENTH\u00a0 AMANDMENT AND THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thirteenth amendment at the instigation of geo political interests of India is a disgrace and an insult to the sovereignty of people of Sri Lanka. Signed much against the will of the Members of Parliament and the people held to ransom by resignation letters is a disgrace to the democratic process in this country. The promise of referendum was never held instead it legalised the Sinhala Buddhist ethnic marginalisation of the colonial power. <strong>The only protest against this hegemonic action of India was the attack on Rajiv Gandhi by a naval rating who is much admired.<\/strong>\u00a0 To this present day none of the four Presidents of Sri Lanka has made any attempt to redeem the insult to the people of this country and\u00a0 has legitimised J R Jayawardenas illegal and undemocratic action.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of redeeming the insult to the people , the \u00a0political parties have filled the provincial council with thugs and criminals who have used their privileged position to high jack and corrupt every activity of the provincial council. With it went the standards of health care, Education, Forestry and every social activity has been compromised.\u00a0 The provincial councils are added burden on the people of this country and is a white elephant and should be banned. This will be a thorn on INDO SRILANKAN relationship for decades.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE LEGACY OF J R JAYAWARDENA<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up till 1977 sri lanka endeavoured to carry out a balanced economy with a degree of frugality living with in its means. It was 27<sup>th<\/sup> in the league of well being in the world in the world today according to international assessments 25% of the people are living in a dire state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background of J R Jayawardena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>J R Jayawardena \u00a0got a well deserved nick name as Yankee Dickie and \u00a0has been the cause of all evil in this country. Born to a family according to Dr James Rutnam from a Tamil immigrant from colombothurai who made a fine art of the mechanism of\u00a0 yours obedient servant progressed from a servant at Governor\u00a0 Driebergs house to becoming\u00a0 a part of British Aristocracy\u00a0 in the process changing religion from a Hindu to a \u00a0member of the Dutch reform church\u00a0 to an Anglican and later to becoming a Buddhist. Dr Rutnam comments that if ever this country was controlled by Muslims he would have been a muslim. Dr Rutnams final words were Men like this are dangerous and \u00a0if ever this man became the leader of sri lanka\u201d he said  God Save Sri Lanka\u201d Dr Rutnams \u00a0prediction in around 1958 was spot on! JRJ made one mistake . He said he will achieve a Dharmishta society but what he meant was a Adharmishta society .<\/p>\n<p>Yours obedient servant is now a policy of the government. Political appointees to public servant mostly unsuitable candidates who will follow the political advice right or wrong, car permits for public servants, Ministerial positions, cars for politicians to buy favours for the ruling class is the policy. The best example of the subservience to the politicians is best expressed by the videoed dialog between the Inspector General Of Police and a politician. The poor man only did not go on his knees. This is the power of subservience that the politicians have on public servants. An independent public service with fairness and efficiency have become robots for the dirty work of the Politicians. Democracy, the rule of law, Justice and fair play are now only words. \u00a0No one can go against the Politicians. Recently the Chief Justice was unceremoniously ejected out of her position as she disagreed with the politicians. Even the opinion of the Mahanayake was ignored and races held in the precincts of the Maligawa with half naked women dancing. The politicians care too hoots for any body be it the Buddhist prelate or not.<\/p>\n<p>The poor whose meagre earnings are gradually dwindled by commissions such as the Police commission etc. which do not serve a purpose except to \u00a0show the world the perfect Democracy we have. This is another fraud by the ruling classes imposed on the country.<\/p>\n<p>M<strong>ECHANISMS OPEN FOR LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no way for the people to have their grievances addressed in most occasions with out the intervention of politicians. What ever the pros and cons of the grievances of the JVP and LTTE are there is no mechanism to deal with it. The Police are absolutely corrupt the judiciary is so slow that it can last a lifetime. The public service is resistant to any grievance. Their modus operandi is quite simple. No response to any request. Recently I had to get a report from the police commission even the Presidential secretariat was ignored. This is the state of arrogance and unaccountability of the public service.\u00a0 The ultimate result of the youth is violence as they are frustrated by the arrogance and the inefficiency of the whole of the public service. The result is many decades of war, social disruption and death of about 200000 Tamil and Sinhala youth, disruption of society and economic disruption. Added of course the outside influences that use the destabilisation to imprint their geo political interests. It is said that after a war there is an army of widows, army of disabled and an army of corrupt that has come to roost in Sri lank. The worst is the rise of corrupt criminals in the Political field after the LTTE war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OPEN ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Let the Robber Barons come JRJ said\u201d to which his Permanent Secretary had commented Sir, you will make Barons of Robbers\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barons have come robbed the nation left it with an environmental disaster, economic mess and indebted the country from 500 million in 1977 to 80 billion Dollars in 2017. The Poor people are sold to slavery in the Middle East, every educated person is running away from the country and the Public service is in dire strait as explained the country is virtually run by illiterate criminals.\u00a0 Sri Lankans are paying the price of ignoring the quality of its elected Leaders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>True to his nick name Yankie Dickie followed the advice of the IMF and World Bank to the letter. His pedigree of yours obedient servant\u00a0 and a white worshipper helped the IMF and WB\u00a0 to use him to achieve a open economy to enslave the people in this country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OPEN ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First thing he did was to devalue the currency so that he could sell the best commodity he had to slavery of the open economy. He devalued the currency from Rs 5.5 to Rs 16 to the dollar. 300% devaluation but the public servants were given a meagre rise in salaries. The IMF and the World Bank virtually ran the economy. Thus started the commission based economy, reduction is subsidy of the health care, education and vast development programs with no consideration to the environmental damage and a consumption based economy that was essentially solving the economic problems in other countries as the country was going down the precipice of debt.\u00a0 The middle classes were living it up drinking whisky and going for dances paying thousands of Rupees. Thus the government fritted away the wealth of the country whilst giving the people a false sense of well-being. The educated class gradually started moving away to greener pastures from the sinking ship allowing the country to be run by illiterate men with no vision as time went on others joined the Boat people to countries like Australia. The ruling illiterate class was quite happy as the public servants etc. followed the J R Jayawardena principle of yours obedient servant. These public servants who were attracted by the new kind of life style of educating their children abroad, foreign travel etc.\u00a0 Entrenched in the corrupt predatory commission based economy. Alas the country suffered. Men of class left its shores and left the poor to the present predicament.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Aim of IMF and World Bank<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Encourage a world market based on the monopoly money created by the Dollar based banking system. Its aim is to establish a unitary system of economics so that smaller powerless nations are absorbed into this unitary system, there assets sold and sovereignty of the nation to be dissolved into debt and destruction of its environment. The trading agreements are to entrap nations into this system where by parliaments loose the power to change them for decades. Thus whilst encouraging a system of consumption economics that lacks interests to develop the local economy. Sri Lanka will loose its sovereignty and a chance to choose its path of development. Recently in Quebec the parliament could not change the environmentally damaging programme of a foreign company because of a trade agreement. One has to only look at the policy created by the sri Lankan government in the policy of regaining Sri Lanka. Although the policy has been pursued by governments since few decades at the instigation of the IMF and World Bank immaterial of the party in power vast areas of jungle land has been opened without due consideration of the environment and health sold to individuals and foreign companies. The infra structure development is to sell the citizens to slavery as all corporations will be going for cheap labour.<\/p>\n<p>The other is a megacity project that destroys the rural economy that is the mainstay of any country. The megacity projects only look at the short-term benefits of increased employment and financing an economy based on a housing bubble and debt. The transport. Utility and health care issues are ignored. These projects are created to entrap these unaffordable projects into debt and on the longer-term slavery.<\/p>\n<p>This neo colonial agenda is pursued by the IMF and The World Bank is observed by the yes obedient relicts of J R Jayawardena selling the birth right of the people to foreigners whilst pocketing the commissions. The commission based economy and this corruptive practice is another legacy of the yours obedient servant JRJ.<\/p>\n<p>The final aim is to divide the world into a super power controlled economy and regional powers. India is the regional power who is part of the world wide project and hence needs to be evaluated with care. There interests in manintaining the communal divide is another form of control. Sri Lanka needs to\u00a0 Beware of the trogon horse.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Social Effect<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any economic model must be based on wealth creation and social stability. The majority of the country depends on agriculture and therefore the sector must be improved by helping in the development of the industry. Today the main stay of agriculture water the life giver has been converted to a vehicle of death and destruction by projects like mahaweli. Etc. A short term policy at the advice of the foreign consultants who have absolutely no idea of the environment and the thinking processes of the Sinhala people. In essence the rulers have no proper water resource policy, fertiliser policy and even any idea of the\u00a0 results of genetically modified plant introduction.<\/p>\n<p>The growth of the non productive consumption economics have created a minority based enriched class that has grown at the expense of the majority. Money is broadly borrowed in the name of all the citizenry is given to a minority to make money out of a non-productive economy. The productive economy of agriculture is marginalised paid poor remunerations for their products. This has created communal disharmony and has led to violence in the recent past.<\/p>\n<p>In this new economy the poor have got poorer rich have got richer and at the end of the day the market system will not be able to sustain itself as the markets will shrink with the poor not participating in the market. Today the market system is maintained by borrowing from a much-liquidised monetary system by printing and borrowing. The poor are much in debt and before long they will start to default, the banks will not be able sustain it self with out cooking the books. Ultimately the banking system will become another burden on the people as we have seen in the west in 2008. There trillions of dollars was put into the economy calling it quantitative easing, reduced interest rate to steal from the savers whereby we have realised with time the poor have got poorer and the rich richer. In USA 1% of the people own 70% of the wealth in that country that has created extremism that threatens the whole system. Sri Lankans tackle the problem by selling the country to the Indians and Chinese and of course the IMF that is ruling this countries economy. What right has the leaders got to sell the birth right of the people when they are only elected for five years. \u00a0This is an effect of the yours obedient servant to the IMF who has a well-organised plan for neo colonial system.<\/p>\n<p>It is only possible if the leaders are unaccountable. In SRI Lanka the President cannot be legally taken to court during his tenure. Another trick of JRJ the cunning fox at the expense of the people. He boasted that he only could not change a man to a woman and vice versa but he could do every thing else. No wonder none of the so called power hungry\u00a0 leaders don\u2019t want to change the constitution. This unaccountability is at the expense of the people. What good has this policy brought to the people of this country in the last 40 years?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE OPEN ECONOMY AND RELIGEOUS PRACTICE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The temple was the source of controlling the rulers by getting them to observe the Dasa Raja Dharmaya in the past. Today the temple is also gradually infiltrated and destroyed by a p[political class that has made the temple follow the principle of yours obedient servant. They have lost the purpose of serving society. They are at the behest of the Politicians who have bribed the hierarchy by donating cars etc thus emasculating the power of the temple. Ordinary priests have to work and conduct money making rituals such as Katina pinkamas to maintain the temples. The obligations to society takes a back seat.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 economic non viability made so by the British who took over there property and sustenance by the temple lands act.\u00a0 The Maligawa property was also to be taken over but Sir P Ramanathan took the matter up in the state council and prevented it. In fact it is said that the British taxed the gold casket of the temple of the tooth but\u00a0 one Obeyeseakera retrieved it by paying the tax.<\/p>\n<p>It is sad that none of the Leaders who patronise the temple for political gain has ever thought of compensating the temples for the take over of the lands and sustenance and elevating the temple to safeguard the rights of the people.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THE RULE OF LAW<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rule of law is non existent. The police is absolutely corrupt and is the hand maiden of the politicians. The subservience was pretty apparent in the recent videoed dialog between the IGP and a politician. The IGP saying some one was not going to be arrested. How can one even think of the rule of law if the IGP behaves this way. If ever one goes to the police the inefficiency and practising rules of made up by the officer in charge. The countries rules are not practices in most cases . The corrupt practices of the police are such that people have no choice but to take the law into their hands and is one of the causes of violence in this country. Any complaint to the IGP is either not responded or response is with partial analysis and no legal basis. A recent letter of complaint by me against a senior superintendent of Police of fraud had been sent to a junior officer for investigation with no documents that was attached.\u00a0 The assistant who could not understand anything asked me what it all meant. This is the state of the police and a letter demanding an explanation from the IGP is not addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The judiciary is slow , inefficient that it has made a mockery of the Law and Order in this country<\/p>\n<p>The Bar is unaccountable by a practice of proxies. Advice from the bar in most occasions is geared to not solving but prolonging the case. The bar is so corrupt that with the Police is the cause of long standing cases. The judiciary ,the bar and the police lacks the discipline for the protection of the citizenry. An area the corrupt rulers are quite happy as they control the police and gets away with blue murder.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SECURITY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Security of Sri Lanka cannot be separated from the sub continent. The security cannot be on the basis of yours obedient servant to India. It is for the mutual benefit of the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>OPEN ECONOMY AND DISTRUCTION OF THE ENVIORNMENT AND RURAL ECONOMY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Control the oil, and you control nations. Control the food, and you control the people.\u201d \u2013 Henry Kissinger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The citizenry is exposed to new diseases by deforestation , pollution of air by megacity projects and pollution of water with toxic products imported based on commissions . For instance Dengue is a result of change in biodiversity and deforestation. It has not come from air. Short sighted policies based on unplanned economy that has been based on commission based development by the political class. The cancer rate in sri lanka has doubled in 7 years , People are suffering from kidney disease\u00a0 as a result of the uneducated ruling class. This is a vast subject that cannot be addressed in this comment.<\/p>\n<p>The investment based on megacity projects have deprived the Rural Economy of investment. The western province alone gets 50% of the GDP that deprives the rest of the country . The consequences and its social impact is never addressed. The agriculture based rural economy will be devastated that soon we will need to import more food fro abroad. There goes the second saying of Kissinger control food and you can control the people.<\/p>\n<p>The energy policy dictated to by the present rulers is to sell that to India\u00a0 and with it goes one of the first saying of Kissinger . Control nations control energy (oil, electricity)<\/p>\n<p>Thus the world economy will control both the energy and food thus the dependence and the loss of the independence.<\/p>\n<p>Economic independence cannot be achieved with out a viable rural economy.<\/p>\n<p>Subsidy on education ,healthcare etc were reduced at the instigation of the IMF but does it make any sense if you spend billions of Rupees on education abroad. Many of them do not even return home. Reduced subsidy\u00a0 has had a detrimental effect on the education standards in sri Lanka. Are the rulers thoughtless?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CONCLUSION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka is still a colony with the people much worse off than under colonialism. At least then we were not in debt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economy<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; controlled by the world economy and IMF and World Bank<\/p>\n<p><strong>RULERS- <\/strong>poor quality, Unaccountable, Atleast during colonialism they were accountable to the British Parliment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sovereignty- <\/strong>is been sold daily<\/p>\n<p>People of any quality are migrating<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment- <\/strong>is permanently damaged<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health-<\/strong> of the citizens compromised<\/p>\n<p>We sri Lankans must prey that the educated citizens of this country come forward to save this country. we cannot tread on the present path for too long without exposing our self to self-destruction. Let us strive to achieve the communal and religious harmony we had before colonialism. Let me end this by this famous prayar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Devo vassathu kalena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sassa sampatthi hetu ca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phitho bhavatu loko ca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raja bhavatu dhammiko<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>which in a free rendering into English would read thus\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May the clouds bring timely rain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And the fields be plentiful with grain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May all beings be happy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May the rulers rule justly.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY DR JANAKA GOONETILLEKE Sri Lanka before colonialism exhibited a society that showed religious tolerance, communal harmony and acceptance of economic migrants. Was it not King Senerath who gave refuge to the Muslims in the east when they were discriminated by the Portuguese? 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