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The\nregime change that took place in January 2015 has brought about unprecedented\nand shocking changes to Sri Lanka at virtually every level. In all probability\nthose that make up what we were then promised was good governance \u2013 yahapalana,\nmaybe themselves grinning & bearing the changes which they too know are\nthreats to Sri Lanka\u2019s sovereignty. Their pride will never allow them to admit\ntheir folly or will to reverse them or probably the exposure of the handouts\ngiven may be used as threat against them. Be that as it may it is important we\ntake stock of the situation. We cannot allow an island nation with such a proud\nhistory to become a slave state when at no time in history Sri Lanka had been\ninvaded except for those that gifted the island nation to foreign forces for\ntheir own personal gains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Infiltration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nis clear that every public office has been infiltrated with their stooges\nplaced in important positions leaking classified information, helping obtain\nsensitive information etc. We have noted the traitors in foreign ministry,\nelections commission, parliament, important ministries, even secretaries &\nsenior officials have probably been tapped. All of them must be investigated at\na future date & exposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreigners drafting our Legislations <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nrevelation by the Central Bank Governor at the PSC confirmed that the CB was\nnot consulted on the monetary exchange bills passed in parliament &\nimmediately raises the question \u2013 who then drafted the Bills that Parliament\ncontroversially passed often without a majority vote? The land privatization\nact is another such Bill that had been drafted by foreigners with local names\nplugged for cosmetic purposes. Bills have got passed controversially and its\nremoval now requires 2\/3 majority. This cannot be accepted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We\nhave to also realize that all those who planned, funded & executed the\nregime change of January 2015 did so with a bigger plan and it was far more\nthan getting rid of Rajapakse. These plotters are unlikely to wish to give up\nall that they had spent time & money on. Understandably, they have\nincreased the accelerator to fast forward their plans & implement them\nthrough the puppets they have placed in power before the puppets are overthrown\nat the next election. So we have to now be more conscious of what they will\nplan to do next \u2013 obviously they are playing with different sets of plans,\nputting forward different groups of people, all with back up plans as well. We\nneed to begin guessing what these likely scenarios are and how to handle them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition has a formidable task ahead of them. They cannot do this alone but\nthey must take the stewardship on behalf of the people. Staying silent so as\nnot to anger the external parties plotting against the country is something our\nvoters are today smart enough to read through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition must be mindful that just as the voters are fed up with the ruling\ngovernment they are not so gaga about the Opposition unless they present a plan\nfor how they are going to take Sri Lanka out of the mess the present government\nhas put the country in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition must also take into account that various initiatives are already\nbeing rolled out to break the votes. The Opposition must ensure that the voters\nare not taken for another ride of lies and bogus promises like last time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n How\ndo we address this? Firstly, it is important for all to realize that the\n\u2018ethnic\u2019 \u2018minority\u2019 card will be used in different formats closer to elections\nwith more power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nSinhalese are today quite disgusted with how the minorities have misused and\nabused the Sinhalese. Yes, in 1983 Tamils were attacked. No, the Tamils were\nnot attacked by Sinhalese. Yes, the Tamils were attacked by goons despatched by\nthe UNP. These thugs did not have any ethnicity or religion \u2013 they were just\noverjoyed about looting homes. Yes, Tamils got an opportunity to go overseas as\nrefugees. No, the Tamils that went as refugees were not ALL victims of 1983,\nthey just made use of the slogan to apply & gain refugee status. This\n\u2018discrimination\u2019 sing song has been drummed enough & more times. Sinhaless\nhave kept silent because they knew that minorities were simply wanting to go to\na western country & start a better life & help their families. But, when\nthis lie is repeatedly told & now people are paid to be trained to cry\n& accuse Sinhalese of crimes they did not commit, we think it is now time\nto stop the lies. Sinhalese are really fed up being used as a battering ram for\nother people\u2019s agendas. It\u2019s just not fair by the Sinhalese and we are thankful\nthat some minorities are also realizing this now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ask the minority alliances to produce evidence of\ndiscriminations & their solutions (begin a dialog before coming to power)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition having made alliances with various minority ethnic parties must\nimmediately assign them to present what they perceive are minority grievances\n& what they perceive to be the solutions based on the premise that no right\ncan be demanded if it infringes on the rights & freedoms of others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\ndocument is important for it should be used as a basis for the Opposition to\nreach out to the minorities & present to them what their own people have\nproposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwould be good for the Opposition to prepare a list of questions that these\nminority alliances must answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We\nneed to somehow put to rest this bogus notion of minorities being discriminated\nor facing discriminations because they are a minority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis also a good way to filter minority parties who for political advantage are\npart of the Opposition and not for any other reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nis important for the Opposition to implement this for this will nullify any\nattempts by external forces to drum ethnic racial beats closer to elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Report on every Bill passed by Yahapalana since January\n2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition must also appoint a high-profile Committee of experts to study every\nBill that the Yahapalana Govt has passed in Parliament and circulars or gazette\nnotifications issued so that a clear picture will be seen as to who drafted the\nproposals and to whose advantage these proposals are and it will be crystal\nclear that all of the proposals passed as Bills have been produced by foreign\nlawyers, foreign experts, IMF\/WB\/ADB officials and a plethora of transnational\ncorporate lobbyists who are experts are implementing neocolonial agendas in\ndeveloping nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All\nof these Bills that the government has happily implemented via the budgets\npresented have nothing of value for Sri Lankan citizens except for some $\nhandout shown as investment after which the foreign companies end up draining\nSri Lanka of its resources and plundering whatever we have left. Money is\nslowly eating up our sovereignty because we have a bunch of politicians unable\nto understand how the global sharks function. The dangerous implications of the\nBills passed simplified & presented to the People will make them understand\nthe plight the country is in & who brought the country to this status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Opposition must now NAME & SHAME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis no time to be playing buddy buddy with politicians in Parliament. The\nOpposition has a major role to play and it is not to simply come to power. From\nthe 19a to all of the illegal and dangerous Acts that have been passed the\nOpposition MPs must divide subject matter and bring out these treacheries to\nthe public. This is far better election campaigning than simply shouting and\npointing fingers at each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n People\ntoday want facts & evidence, the Opposition must now give them that. With a\nrising floating vote, people disillusioned and angry with the CHANGE that was\npromised & was never meant to be given, the People are waiting for an\nopportunity to take their revenge. The Opposition must now educate the voters\nto help them decide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If\nthe Opposition wants to come to power, they must realize that winning an\nelection is not enough. They must have a plan to either nullify all of the\ndetrimental agreements signed or a means to neutralize their effect on Sri\nLanka & its people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOpposition is dreaming if it thinks that the People are voting for them just to\nget rid of the present government if the Opposition plans to continue all that\nthe present Government has passed. The people are not interested in exchanging\nthe pillow unless the contents of the pillow they are changing has something\nbetter to offer them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Opposition Leader,\nOpposition Presidential Candidate & Opposition – The ball is in your court <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The regime change that took place in January 2015 has brought about unprecedented and shocking changes to Sri Lanka at virtually every level. In all probability those that make up what we were then promised was good governance \u2013 yahapalana, maybe themselves grinning & bearing the changes which they too know are threats to Sri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1498,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenali-waduge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91746","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\/1498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}