{"id":75659,"date":"2018-03-15T04:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=75659"},"modified":"2018-03-15T04:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:23:29","slug":"stop-talking-and-preaching-and-go-for-action-at-least-now-before-the-curtain-falls-on-this-2500-year-old-sinhala-nation-in-this-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/03\/15\/stop-talking-and-preaching-and-go-for-action-at-least-now-before-the-curtain-falls-on-this-2500-year-old-sinhala-nation-in-this-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop talking and preaching and go for action at least now before the curtain falls on this 2500 year old Sinhala nation in this country."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 15 3 2018.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

I am sending again a list of special privileges given to Muslims by our treacherous and unpatriotic politicians that was first published in Lankaweb (translation by Shenali) around 10th<\/sup> March. I attached this to an article published in the same news site on the 12th<\/sup> appealing authorities to rescind this immediately. I quote my request therein below.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Therefore we should demand the Government and its treacherous leaders to immediately rescind and remove all these discriminatory privileges conferred on one community (Muslims) as discriminatory against all other communities in this country, more especially the the Sinhala Buddhist majority and also illegal and pause a serious threat to law and order and peace and harmony of this country or else<\/strong> pack up and go home so that some true patriotic Sinhala Buddhist leader will emerge to do it<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

What I wanted to do by this call was to open an active public debate which will finally compel the Government to rescind and withdraw this list so that first, the blatant discrimination caused thereby against all other communities will be removed and secondly, all politicians in this country also will be warned not to commit this type of treacherous and asinine blunders in future at least.<\/p>\n

But I regret to note that no one has taken it seriously. Only 2 persons had responded and made some comments irrelevant to the subject. That shows the deep rooted lethargy and the chronic disinterest Sinhaha Buddhists have in protecting their age old traditions from these imminent threats. \u00a0I am also adding few more issues at the end of this list in respect of which immediate action is needed to be taken to restore peace, sanity, law and order and good will among all communities in this country.<\/p>\n

We should demand the Government in one voice to rescind and withdraw this list immediately and also ask the leaders who allowed them to make a public apology to the whole nation for granting such treacherous privileges to minorities to collect their vote and who betrayed the nation.<\/p>\n

The list published on 12.3.2018 in Lankaweb<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When it was mandatory for all citizens to wear a helmet when riding motorbikes, one ethnic group \u00a0\u00a0started riding bikes without helmets<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When it was mandatory for all citizens to show their face in public places, one ethnic group began wearing robes that covered even face.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When common quality standards for food was applicable, one ethnic group began a new standard based on their religious belief which all had to comply with<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When it was illegal for citizens to cut forests, one ethnic group began raping forests and settling their people<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When the law declared a minimum age for marriage, one ethnic group demanded to marry children<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When all citizens had to come under one equal law, one ethnic group is demanding a separate Shariah law for them above that of the common law<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When marriage\/divorce is registered & comes under one common law, another ethnic group wants to marry 4 women and have separate Quazi Courts<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When anyone entering a public & state offices has to remove helmets, jackets another group of people demand to wear a robe that covers everything but their eyes making distinction and recognition impossible<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When motorists were asked to remove full face helmets citing threats to national security, another ethnic group demanded to cover themselves from head to toe including sitting for public exams and having their NIC photos taken in that manner<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When a common banking system prevailed for all citizens, another group of people demanded Shariah Banking<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When people were asked to follow planned parenthood to assist in developing the nation by controlling population growth, another group of people began encouraging more children and has been accused of in promoting drugs and other subtle means of controlling population of others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guess these are a good list for this said group to self-question and realize these may be the irritants that cause threats to peaceful coexistence. certainly none of these features existed before 1990s<\/strong><\/p>\n

New items<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ban all ethno-religious political parties like TNA, SLMC etc Immediately<\/p>\n

Declare that there is only one nation in this country and stop using words like Siyaluma Jatiin, Sema jatiyakatama etc<\/p>\n

Declare that there is only<\/p>\n

One country<\/p>\n

One nation<\/p>\n

One State<\/p>\n

One Government<\/p>\n

One Law<\/p>\n

One official Language<\/p>\n

In this country and write them in to the Constitution as non-negotiable and inalienable as long as this nation exists.<\/p>\n

Additionally<\/strong><\/p>\n

Restore death penalty by hanging so that we could remove such persons from the society and further\u00a0 stop making our prisons being the training grounds for expert criminals at public cost<\/p>\n

Abolish proportional representations at all levels and re-introduce the first-past-the post system for all elections.<\/p>\n

Abolish the cancerous Provincial Councils and the Rajiv \u2013JR Accord of July 29th<\/sup> 1987 at least now<\/p>\n

Remove communal atomic bombs like Hekeem, Rishard Badurdeen, Faiser Musthapa and Ashad Sali Vignesvaran, who flare up communal hatred though subversive communal conspiracies first, from their Ministries and thereafter from politics. This type of Communal extremists should be barred from entering politics for life, whether one is Sinhala Muslim or Tamil. We must get the minority people to spearhead such movements activated against the Tamil and Muslim politicians. The question of removing Sinhala politicians on this ground does not arise fortunately as you don\u2019t get such rabid people among Sinhala politicians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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