{"id":92112,"date":"2019-08-10T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T00:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=92112"},"modified":"2019-08-10T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T00:11:21","slug":"mahinda-rajapakse-branded-product-without-an-expiry-date-challenges-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/08\/10\/mahinda-rajapakse-branded-product-without-an-expiry-date-challenges-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE \u2013 BRANDED PRODUCT WITHOUT AN EXPIRY DATE \u2013CHALLENGES AHEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Today a political newcomer known as Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna is celebrating the announcement of its Presidential candidate.\u00a0 This event will be celebrated throughout the country by the voluntary participation of its supporters by offering traditional sweets and milk rice. The public anticipation is overwhelming to witness its hero none other than President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The masses who voted for a Change 4 years ago have experienced the Change with disgust.\u00a0 The masses have witnessed the outright sale of assets of mother Lanka to foreign vested interests.\u00a0\u00a0 The masses have witnessed the mastermind money laundering at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, by courtesy of Minister in charge of CBSL, viz. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today the nation once again live in fear.\u00a0 The so-called government teams which came to power to bring about Reconciliation, are deeply divided.\u00a0 It’s own hand-picked, head hunted President is no longer in talking terms\u201d with the Prime Minister.\u00a0 The Prime Minister is openly challenged by his own Party deputy.\u00a0 Ministers of Cabinet are attacking each other.\u00a0 Even after 4 years, the Government still recruiting Cabinet Ministers, Deputies and Governors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anticipation of average Sri Lankan for a bright future for them and their families posing a formidable challenge and pressure for the future leaders.\u00a0 \u00a0Masses wait for a clear policy and policy implementation outcomes from the new team. There will be no honeymoon.\u00a0 We need to stop building any more new temples, churches, mosques. We need to build mutual understanding among all communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow\u2019s event should give a clear direction for unifying the disintegrated land and nation. It needs to implement new projects that will increase the revenue earning capacity of mother Lanka.\u00a0 To enhance investor confidence, a rigid but transparent Corporate Governance Regime must be established.\u00a0 Having learned bitter lessons of the current Constitution, Sri Lankans hope for a new Draft Constitution, that will provide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nguarantee\nthe unitary status, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \npride\nof place for Buddhism and Sinhala   Language, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nprotection\nof minority rights, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nright\nof every citizen to live in any part of the island,   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 take-over national assets sold to foreigners and prohibit the future sale of national assets;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nmandatory\nannual declaration of assets, liabilities and pecuniary interests of key\npersonnel and their families to the Inland Revenue Office making it an Annual\nPublic Document,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nEnsure\nuniformity in Law and Order regardless of ethnicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a Special Fund Cash Reserve equal to 5% of Net National Income annually. The \u00a0Reserve must be protected by Statute and prevent any movement of funds without the 2\/3 majority of Parliament and Referendum.\u00a0 This will enhance and stabilise the Exchange Rate of Sri Lankan currency, ensuring an increase of investor confidence and Foreign Direct Investment over a period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Today a political newcomer known as Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna is celebrating the announcement of its Presidential candidate.\u00a0 This event will be celebrated throughout the country by the voluntary participation of its supporters by offering traditional sweets and milk rice. The public anticipation is overwhelming to witness its hero […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92112","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\/92112","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=92112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}