{"id":76674,"date":"2018-04-22T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T22:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=76674"},"modified":"2018-04-22T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T22:51:29","slug":"executive-presidency-must-remain-and-be-further-strengthened-jvp-a-proxy-of-unp-and-ltte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/04\/22\/executive-presidency-must-remain-and-be-further-strengthened-jvp-a-proxy-of-unp-and-ltte\/","title":{"rendered":"EXECUTIVE PRESIDENCY MUST REMAIN AND BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED – JVP A PROXY OF UNP AND LTTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Having a President like Maithreepala Sirisena cannot be a sound argument to do away with the Presidency.\u00a0 \u00a0That selection \u00a0was a cardinal mistake.<\/p>\n

Sobhitha talked about the Constitution, like a Tyre with 17 patches.\u00a0 Now he is no more.\u00a0 Now we have the same Tyre with 19 patches. JVP want to add another.\u00a0 This motion by JVP is \u00a0a virtual contractual arrangement with the group of UNP, SLMC, JVP, TNA\u00a0 and all anti Sri Lankan forces to abolish Presidency<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Executive Presidency should not be abolished as a punishment to President Maithreepala Sirisena<\/strong>.\u00a0 Restricting the EP for two years was a mistake,\u00a0 the amendment must be revoked.\u00a0 Candidates such as Maithreepala struggling to manage even his first year in his office.\u00a0 Maithreepala will never come to power again as President with a public mandate.<\/p>\n

JVP is a spend force.\u00a0 They are trying as many political gimmicks as possible to rebuild a political image to enhance their vote base. \u00a0JVP is hands in glove with corrupt. <\/strong>\u00a0Former Minister Wijedasa Rajapakse confimed that he has positive evidence of JVP accepting cash from the UNP just before last general election.\u00a0\u00a0 During past couple of years, JVP was part and parcel of the corrupt, inefficient Ranil \u2013 Maithree government.\u00a0 Now realizing the tide is turning away from government, to grab anti-government votes, Anura Kumara and his gang are working on several fronts to improve their image.\u00a0\u00a0 In any 2019\/20 elections, JVP will be wiped out of the political map.\u00a0 They killed Kotikawatte Saddhatissa Thera, destroyed Buddhist temples, killed hundreds of youth. JVP is the substitute for TNA in the South. In the coming Wesak JVP celebrate May day in Jaffna, by courtesy of their proxies, TNA. JVP score card in Presidential Elections were: In 1982\u00a0 Rohana Wijeweera 273,000 votes ( or 4.19%) and in 1999 Nandana Gunatilleke 344,000 votes ( or 4.08%).\u00a0\u00a0 In Parliamentary Elections \u00a02010 441,000 votes ( or 5.49%), in 2015\u00a0 543,000 votes ( or 4.87%) and in 2018 Local Elections 695,000 ( 6.26%). Erosion of vote base of JVP was\u00a0 very similar to the down fall of LSSP in elections in 1947, 1952, 1956, 1960 March, 1960 July, 1965, 1970 and 1977 managing 10%, 13%, 11%, 11%, 8%, 8%, 9% and 3.61% winning no seats in 1977.\u00a0 If Preferential System did not operate in 2015, JVP could have won between 0 and 1 seat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If JVP had any sensible leader in the party, it was none other than Mr Wimal Weerawansa, who is now a highly recognized political national leader of Sri Lanka, with the likes of Mahinda Rajapakse, Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, Gotabaya Rajapakse, Nalaka Godahewa, Basil Rajapakse. DIG Anura Senanayake, Former Air Marshall Chief Harry Gunatilleke, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda etc.<\/strong>\u00a0 Wimal\u2019s contribution in the past for the national agenda cannot be underestimated, he in most instances single handedly made robust and concise analysis of the proposed constitution highlighting its dangers to the Nation, \u00a0well ahead of many other political leaders.\u00a0\u00a0 His predictions, one by one, have come true. <\/strong>\u00a0Wimal in fact set the national agenda for the Joint Opposition, in spite of \u00a0threats for him and his family.\u00a0 Wimal richly deserves\u00a0\u00a0 a long\u00a0 and successful political journey.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

At a time President Mahinda Rajapakse had built a strong and effective Leadership Team for the future of Sri Lanka , it was sad a total stranger and \u00a0a Pawn like Prez Maithreepala was elevated to the rank of Presidency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone, including Rosy Senanayake, talk about making Sri Lanka a country like Singapore.\u00a0 It is now time to stop soft peddling.\u00a0 You are invited to travel on the streets of Serangoon Road on any evening, specially on Wednesdays and Fridays, the Tamils worship at the nearby Kovil and eat their food on Banana Leaves and peacefully leave. They do not spit on the roads. They do not litter streets.\u00a0 They behave like dogs with their tales between the legs.\u00a0 If they ask Little India to be made a separate Eelam, what will happen to the Tamils in Singapore?\u00a0 Will they simply disappear to the thin air next morning!!!<\/p>\n

Sinhalese must be settled in North and East in the same ratio of Sinhala-Tamil-Muslims in South and West.\u00a0\u00a0 Buddhist temples and monasteries must be built in the same ratio to Churches, Kovils and Mosques in South and West.\u00a0 All Tamil and Muslim public schools must be merged with the General Public Schools.<\/p>\n

The tasks ahead for Sri Lanka are enormous.\u00a0 Instead of abolishing Presidency, it must be further strengthened.\u00a0 Future President must have absolute power to revoke any legislation, if in his opinion, counter productive to public interest.\u00a0 \u00a0For example he should have powers to rescind 13 and 19 Amendments, without being challenged in any Court of Law.\u00a0 Some may call it Dictatorship.\u00a0 So be it!\u00a0 But as an appetiser, lets call it GUIDED DEMOCRACY like in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Former Prime Minister Mr S W R D Bandaranaike, had State of Emergency for long periods, to combat trade union strikes organised by the his political enemies and Unions of Dr N M Perera and Mr Bala Thampoe.\u00a0 When asked by foreign journalists as to why he derail democracy in Sri Lanka by using State of Emergency, the Hon. P M said:\u00a0 We in Sri Lanka, if you have a continuous severe head ache, we use HISA KUDICHCHIYA ( an Ayurvedic traditional herbal paste placed on the head of the patient), and that stop the head ache.\u00a0 So what is wrong with it\u201d he asked?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Having a President like Maithreepala Sirisena cannot be a sound argument to do away with the Presidency.\u00a0 \u00a0That selection \u00a0was a cardinal mistake. Sobhitha talked about the Constitution, like a Tyre with 17 patches.\u00a0 Now he is no more.\u00a0 Now we have the same Tyre with 19 patches. JVP want […]<\/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-76674","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\/76674","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=76674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}