{"id":71141,"date":"2017-10-28T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=71141"},"modified":"2017-10-28T14:51:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T21:51:25","slug":"the-treacherous-conspiracy-facing-sri-lanka-part-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/10\/28\/the-treacherous-conspiracy-facing-sri-lanka-part-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Treacherous Conspiracy facing Sri Lanka \u2013 Part VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

By : A.A.M.NIZAM \u2013 MATARA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It has become very clear that the separatist Tamils who coud not manipulate the constitutions of Madam Sirivo Bandaranaike (1972) and J.R,Jayawaedene (1978) have got the best ever opportunity to manipulate the formulation of the proposed constitution through this Tamil slavish government with the backing and coercion of the western powers, hegemonic India and rhe Tamil diaspora.\u00a0 The government seems to be totally unmoved by the mounting opposition to the constitution by the Maha Sangha, religious leaders, professionals, academics, artistes and the patriotic masses. Although it is surprising to note that many foul mouthed loquacious (original or conveniently turned) UNPers in the government including Rajitha, Pacha Ranawaka Kabir Hahim,Etc, keep silent on making comments in favour or to defend this despicable constitution it seems that the party has restricted to speak about it only to a few individuals including the accidently born Sinhala Ranil Wickremasinghe. Jayampathi and Mangala clan.<\/p>\n

Under these circumstances many organizations have emerged determined to obstruct and defeat the constitution formulating process.\u00a0 Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa\u2019s Eliya\u201d is one such organization.\u00a0 Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the Eliya’s mission is to gather patriotic forces and national organizations to educate people about the danger of allowing a new Constitution to be introduced by the present rulers. He has said that after defeating 30 years of terrorism that scourged our country, we cannot allow our victory to be betrayed through the Constitution or Parliament, and that’s why, the members of the Maha Sangha, academics and professionals from numerous fields decided to organize the \u00a0Eliya movement to educate the public the danger of the proposed constitution. He has said that Eliya is an organization determined to do everything necessary to prevent this move for a new Constitution.<\/p>\n

The former Defence Secretary has pointed out that it is the same international organizations and foreign governments who opposed the military efforts against terrorism that are trying to bring in a new Constitution aiming to meet the needs of the Tamil separatist politicians.<\/p>\n

Ven. Medagoda Abhayatissa, Ven. Induragare Dhammaratana, Fr. Vimal Tirimanna, Tamara Kunanyakam, Dr. Prasanna Gunasena, Dr. Seetha Arambepola, Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekera, Major General Kamal Gunaratne, President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva, Attorney-at-law Rushdhie Habeeb, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, C.A. Chandraprema, Sriyantha Mendis and Neela Wickremasinghe were among the mix of professionals, academics and artistes who attended the launch of this vital national movement.<\/p>\n

The Eliya movement without confining to holding its seminars to Cilombo should hold regular seminars in outstations to muster the outstation people to get into the streets and hold protest demonstratins against the proposed constitutions.<\/p>\n

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Similar to the opposition of the Maha Sangha outlined in Part V of this Article series, Parliametarians in the joint opposition have also expressed their firm opposition to this loathsome and unwanted constitutional process.<\/p>\n

The lader of the National Freedom Front Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa in one of his numerous anti Constituition speeches said that we should face the first encounter against this despicable constitution.\u00a0 That is not to allow it to go for a referendum and defeat it in the Parlament itself.\u00a0 He said that all effots should be made to deny it a 2\/3 majority in the Parliament.\u00a0 He ponted out that as a first step of this move a people\u2019s uprising or people\u2019s resentment should be created throughout the country to force those who contested elections under the symbol of the Betel Leaf and entered Parliament by winnng or through the illegal National List and chewing bones at the UNP kitchen to vote against the constitution.\u00a0 He said that this is the central struggle facing the people of the country today. He said that the atmosphere should be created for making it impossible for these Parliamentarians to go to their eelectorates if they do not join the people\u2019s uprising against the proposed constitution. He also called upon the student community to take up this struggle into their hands and pointed out that if the separatists win this struggle they will dig the graves of the free education and there will be 8 separate educational systems under each 8 federal administrations.\u00a0 He said that the uniform educational system will be buried for ever.<\/p>\n

In another discurse Mr. Weerswansa also stated that if the Parliament approves the Constitution by a two-thirds majority leading to the division of the country regardless of the mounting opposition throught the country there is no need for this moribund parliament and it should be bombed from the air.\u00a0 The constitution merchants and NGO vultures who want somehow to get the new constitution approved have expressed stern opposition to this statement making Mr. Weerawansa as a punching bag to vent their eternal ideological resentment against him while many erudite personalities including Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero and some SLFP Ministers in the government have concurred with his statement and have said that the statement should not be taken on its superficial meaning but on the fact of Parliament becoming obsolete even in respect of matters affecting the very existence of this country.<\/p>\n

The veteran journalist Dr. Tilak S.Fernando in his latest article, Ceylon today of 28th<\/sup> October, which is relevnt to the above rreferenced subject points out that politics in\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 at present has stooped to gutter level with corruption spearheading like a contagious disease while many Sri Lankan politicians entered the political arena in the past out of sheer patriotism and the yearning to work for the people besides, many of them were icons of wealthy families who died after spending all their fortunes in trying to serve the country. He says that most present-day Parliamentarians tend to display a certain amount of vulgarity and they arrive at the Diyawannawa camp, ‘purely to enjoy the subsidized, sumptuous ‘Parliamentary canteen meal’, some are seen falling asleep in their chairs while debates are in progress and some do not bother to attend, even after receiving a payment of Rs.100,000 as a special allowance. \u00a0<\/strong>He asks <\/strong>whether the government politicians take the intelligent voters to be utter nincompoops?<\/p>\n

Another stern critique of this obnoxious constitution is Attorney at Law Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila who has in many of his discourses explained the imminent dangers of the new constitution in simple legal terms capable of understanding even by an ordinary person. He says that at the very beginning of the steering committee report it starts with a lie similar to the adage Eaten by the devil while offering worships\u201d (Pudanakotama Kaapi Yaka) by saying in the very first page of the steering committee report it says the word \u2018Unitary Staate\u2019 is not suitable for use in the case of Sri Lanka. The reason givem is that the Northern Ireland and Scotland have conditions at present to separate from the United Kingdom.\u00a0 This is a malicious lie.<\/p>\n

He explains that the Unitary Status of the Unitted Kingdom is more powerful than the Unitary Status of Sri Lanka.\u00a0 In Sri Lanka, he points out that a 2\/3 majority in the parliament is required to remove the powers of the Provincial Councils and to annul the Provincial Councils.\u00a0 In the United Kingdom this can be done by a simple majority in the Parliament and with a simple majority it could not only rrevise any legislation approved by the Irish Parliament but also can completely abolish the Irish Parliament. It is because there is a strong Unitary State in the United Kingdom this government is trying to remove the phrase Unitary Status.\u00a0 The reason is that if it remains a Unitary State it will become a hindrance to their Federal Conspiracy.\u00a0 Therefore they have removed the phrase Unitary Status by uttering a blatant lie in the very first page of the proposals.\u00a0 They have dephrased the Unitary Status.\u00a0 Not only the Supreme Courts of Englad, India and Australia but even in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka cases are heard in the English language. Therefore in all these places verdicts of court cases have been based on the phrase Unitary Status.\u00a0 There is no history for the term Unitary Status. When the 1972 consitution draft was being translated into Sinhala from English the phrase \u2018Aekeeya Raajya\u2019 was used first.\u00a0 The meaning of the \u2018Aekeeya Raajya\u2019 is one country.\u00a0 When you say a \u2018federal state\u2019 it means several governments in a single country.\u00a0 Therefore the use of \u2018Unitary State\u2019 is more important for us than the phrase \u2018Aekeeya Raajya\u2019. The Sinhala meaning of the Unitary State is one country and not one governmet.\u00a0 Jayampathi Wickremaratne told in a TV debate rrecently that the Tamil word Ottraiarchchi\u201d was removed because it means one governmet and since it does not tally with the word \u2018Aekeeya Raajya\u2019. The proposals have scrupulously used the Tamil word Orumitta Naadu\u201d with federal mening when there is the best meaning for the Unitary Status Ottraiarchchi\u201d is available.<\/p>\n

In another discourse Mr. Gammanpia states the Mahanayake Thero of the Malwatte Chapter has said that because he reposes trust on the President and the Prime Minister there will be no harm for Buddhism from the new constitution.\u00a0 He points out that the Mahanayake Theros assertin is contradictory to the teachings of the Lord Buddha.\u00a0 He points that in the Kaalaama Sutra\u201d Lord Buddha has taught don\u2019t believe simply because something is said by your father or mother, don\u2019t believe in something just because it is taught to you by your teachers, even don\u2019t believe in something just because it is said by me, the Buddha. Believe in anything only after properly analysing it and realising the reality\u201d.\u00a0 He said that if the Lord Buddha is alive today he would have certainly changed the Kaalaama Sutra\u201d inserting the phrase don\u2019t believe just because it is said by the President and Prime Minister and analyze it\u201d From whom the President is asking whether the constitution is harmful to Buddhism or not? It is from Jayampathi Wickremaratne who is an agnostic and who firmly believes that religion should be separated from the government.\u00a0 It is something placing cats to safeguard the milk.\u00a0 He said that he requests Mr. Jayampathi to read the explanation given by Dr. Clvin R.de Silva in formulating the 1972 constitution, why Buddhism should be given the prominent place.<\/p>\n

Also presented in this article are views expressed by the prominent Buddhist mnk Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thero as to why the MPs shouldn\u2019t support the steering committee report.<\/p>\n

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Ven, Elle Gunawansa Thero<\/span><\/p>\n

Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera asked the government not to deceive the people with regard to the Steering Committee report and urged the MPs to avoid supporting it when presented in Parliament. The Ven. Thero addressing a media conference organised by the \u2018Yuthukama\u2019 Forum said that MPs especially those from the two factions of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) should not support the interim report.<\/p>\n

He said that by all means, the MPs can keep the vehicles and all privileges they enjoy but should not support this enormouss sin. He warned that he will visit constituencies represented by these MPs and make the people aware of the dangers if this report is approved.<\/p>\n

The Ven. Thero said that he has no faith in any political party and said politics had dragged the country to an abyss and it was clergy and the laity who were maintaining this country.<\/p>\n

He said neither the Prime Minister nor anyone else has the right to question the statement made by the Karaka Sangha Sabha.<\/p>\n

With regard to the proposal to abolish the executive presidency, the Ven. Thero said the 13th Amendment forcibly imposed to the Constitution should be abolished before pruning the powers of the presidency.<\/p>\n

As it has been urged by the Ven.Thero for the MPs not to support the envisaged constitution, people throught the country should make every effort to prevent or forcibly obstruct or even abduct their relevant MPs and thereby prevent them gointg to vote for the constitution. The security personnel detailed for MPs should assist in this measuee as it is a crucal turning point for the future of this country.\u00a0 It can also be expected that the bias Speaker of Parliament will make every effort to delay the voting untl the arrival of the MPs as he did in respect of the Provincial Council Amendment Bill voting.<\/p>\n

(To be continued)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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