{"id":97498,"date":"2020-01-08T12:28:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=97498"},"modified":"2020-01-08T12:28:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:28:19","slug":"thoughts-on-2020-one-people-one-destiny-one-anthem-one-future-how-to-fix-sri-lanka-once-and-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/01\/08\/thoughts-on-2020-one-people-one-destiny-one-anthem-one-future-how-to-fix-sri-lanka-once-and-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"THOUGHTS ON 2020 – ONE PEOPLE, ONE DESTINY, ONE ANTHEM, ONE FUTURE – HOW TO FIX SRI LANKA ONCE AND FOR ALL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanley Gunaratne.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

It is my hope that the new President will at least usher in good policies for the country. However, the people who surround him in the current Parliament and some of his ridiculous Indian pandering statements is a cause for concern. The upcoming General Election will be crucial in deciding who the next “policymakers” of the country will be.\u00a0<\/strong>
People need to understand the structural<\/strong> problems this country has and the useless politicians are the root cause of zero progress in this country and why we aren’t another Korea or Singapore. We need to get the BASICS right.\u00a0
I share my thoughts below.\u00a0After 71 years of independence, our nation’s passport languishes amongst the world’s lowest. Our currency virtually worthless. Our country, once a green paradise of ancient times, a model economy under even the colonials and with great promise on the dawn of freedom in 1948, is left as a backward Indianised<\/em> poor country. I hope our citizens ask themselves, what does this country need.
Will any single party\/entity PROMISE to do the following 16 things?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \nAbolish 13th amendment (and Provincial Councils)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. \nAbolish Indo Lanka Accord – no self respecting country would abide by this \n“Anschluss” forced upon us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Scrap \nany perks for elected servants of the people that people don’t have (pensions, \npermits etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. \nInvest in Chinese, Japanese and European high speed ELECTRIC<\/strong> trains\/buses \nand BAN Indian junk trains\/buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Rename \nthe country “Sinhale” or revert back to Ceylon and remove the artificial name \n“Sri Lanka”. Alternatively hold a national debate and referendum on this \nsubject. Seriously consider removing the stripes from the national flag which \nwere added by a committee headed by none other than SWRD \nBandaranaike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. \nEstablish the rule of law in Sri Lanka\/Ceylon with mandatory caning for serious \ncapital offences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. \nAbolish unjust practices preventing defeated candidates from being appointed to \nParliament on the National List. If necessary, separate the Cabinet from \nParliament to ensure total independence of the Presidency (and appointed \nCabinet) and Parliament (whose members cannot be appointed to \nCabinet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \nAbolish the Central Bank to end money printing. Establish an independent \nMonetary Regulatory Authority (like we had pre \n1951) to ensure no auction of non existent resources at elections (like the Hong \nKong or Singapore Monetary Board)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Ban \nethnic parties and throw them into prison (after a thorough caning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. \nSettle Sinhalese, Malays and Burghers in the North and balance the demographics \nislandwide like in Singapore. Make it illegal for any district to not have the \nnational demographics housed in it after a period of 7 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. \nEstablish links with the East (ASEAN, China, Japan) and West (Germany, US, UK, \nItaly, Australia) to counter India – the country which sponsored decades of \nterrorism in this country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. \nAppoint only technocratic people based on suitability for a job, education, \nbusiness experience\n
\n13. Limit cabinet members, irrespective of coalitions, \nto 15 people (including the President) – there is no need for “State Ministers” \nand all this type of nonsense.\n
\n14. Invest in renewable energy based on hydro power, \nsolar power and offshore wind power and energy storage (e.g. the Tesla facility \nin Australia stores solar power and powers and entire city). BAN all fossil fuel \npower generation and CANE any bugger who tries to build coal plants in the \n21st century. \n
\n15. Establish One nation, One People, ONE LAW and zero ethnic \nlaws, regional laws, or treating those who are politically connected above the \nlaw. \n
\n16. RECTIFY the language laws. Frankly in 1948, the \ncountry should have adopted two official languages (Sinhala and English) with \none national language (Sinhala). Given where we are, the best way out of this \ntotal mess (the 13th amendment literally labels the North and East as a made up \nhomeland), is to adopt the Singaporean model which will quash any attempts by \nIndian bootlickers to propagate an Indian model here). Therefore, to replicate \nthe Singaporean example, adopt the following posture:\nThe National Language of Ceylon will be Sinhala. (In \nSingapore it is Malay)<\/strong>The National Anthem of the country will be sung in \nONE language. In this case the anthem was written in Sinhala, so ALL will sing \nit in one voice. (In Singapore everyone sings it in Malay).<\/strong>The official languages of the country will be \nSinhala, English and Tamil.<\/strong>The working language of the country will be English. \nAll citizens have the right of translation into Sinhala, or \nTamil.<\/strong>The medium of instruction at all public schools will \nbe English, or Sinhala. All students will learn English, irrespective of \naffluence. <\/strong>No \nSinhalese will be forced to learn Tamil, and instead will become at least \nBILINGUAL in Sinhala and first class English nationwide. <\/strong>Every student will have the right to learn one \nmother tongue so they are bilingual in their mother tongue AND English. There \nwill be zero attempt to make people trilingual with two national languages or \ntwo mother tongues. Instead, as economics permits, students will be offered the \nchance to learn Mandarin, Spanish, French or Korean – the most widely spoken or \nbusiness relevant languages today. 
<\/strong>
A \nFAILURE to promise these 16 things means that the contesting party at the \nGeneral Election 2020 are inept traitors\/Indian bootlickers pure and simple and \nno patriot, no matter what political colour flag they fly, or scarf they don, or \nwhat they claimed they have achieved in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceylon\/Sinhale\/Sri \nLanka and its people deserve better than these political selfish buffoons and \nconstant tomfoolery. This nation has never been part of India, is not part of \nIndia and WILL NEVER be part of India. Instead of a first world bastion of \neconomic excellence powered by the warmth, ingenuity and strength of our Lion \npeople and utilising our strategic location coupled with the Rule of law and \nsound management and lean governance, we have become a hive of scum and \nvillainy, with multiple layers of wasteful bureaucracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \nshort Sri Lanka is a Kakistocracy – a government of the worst kind and composed \nof the worst kinds of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask not for who the bell tolls, it tolls for thee Sri Lankans. Wake up, and demand these 16 things and we will become the next Singapore of Asia (we could have been the first).<\/strong> Vote blindly without a single of these things promised and delivered, and we will be an Indianised backwater suffering endless mediocrity for at least another 5 years. Our politicians snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. No politician is owed a blank cheque or blind loyalty. The country comes first. Our Republic is not what is once was, it is full of bureaucrats, politicians who have no interest in the common good, except the common good of politicians.\u00a0

May the heavens\u00a0protect this country. To quote Oliver Cromwell, I say to all our 225+1, “In the Name of God go!”
Regards, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanley Gunaratne. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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