By Sharmini Serasinghe –
Sharmini Serasinghe
Sri Lanka is politically bankrupt!
The two main players in Sri Lanka’s political arena – the UNP and the SLFP – have outlived their lifespan. Further, each time they form new coalitions and their identities and symbols are changed more frequently than their underwear, the average voter is left so utterly confused, they don’t know who the hell they are voting for anymore, because the UNP and the SLFP have vanished into oblivion. In fact, I had to do a Google search to locate the original SLFP symbol.
The JVP is still gasping for breath trying to recover from its notorious bloodthirsty reputation earned in the late 80s for which their egos to date, have prevented them from apologising to the Sinhalese they threatened, targeted and massacred. The TNA has no chance in hell of ever forming a government. Hence like a game of chess and it’s your turn to move, whichever way you look the alternatives are sorry losers. At every single election the voter is faced with a Hobson’s choice. The youth – the future of Sri Lanka – are so fed up they don’t bother to vote at any election anymore.
Eran Wickramaratne, Mangala Samaraweera, Harsha de Silva, and M. A. Sumanthiran, you gentlemen are our ONLY saviours. The time has come for you to break away from the politically bankrupt parties you belong to, and become NOT the 3rd force but the first and MAIN political force in Sri Lanka. If you do, you can be assured that the crème de la crème of patriotic professionals with integrity who have so far refrained from entering the currently vile political arena will not hesitate to join you. We the patriots of Sri Lanka will back you to the hilt. That, we assure you!
You gentlemen politicians are our ONLY hope to take our country out of this dark abyss we are spiraling into and take it forward towards a better future. You owe it to us and the future generations of Sri Lanka. You gentlemen are currently in your 50s and early 60s, hence you have to do it NOW before it’s too late because if you don’t, no one else can or will.
The future of our country is entirely in your hands!
As long as you continue to hang on to the respective parties you belong to at present, the so called ‘seniors’ will never give you your due place. The party leadership will continue to favour their favorites until they drop dead of old age. By which time, you too will be old men.
The time is now, for you to move out of the ‘family owned business’ of political parties we have been plagued by for so long. Never forget, they will always give priority to their descendants, relatives and lackeys. We need to get out of that vicious cycle. We desperately need an alternate choice at the ballot which includes the best of the very best professionals with integrity who will put our country first, like you Eran and Harsha did by sacrificing your lucrative careers for the sake of our country. You gentlemen are true patriots. However none of those capable young people with great potential will ever think of joining forces with you, as long as you are stuck in the now extremely unpopular UNP with its pig-headed leadership.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, to say you are a loser is an understatement. Many of us fought like hell to give you the second chance you got, but you don’t seem to have learnt your lesson, have you? You may be a gentleman but you have proved to be an utter disaster as a leader over and over again. Please remain in the UNP and take it down with you along with your ‘friends’, lackeys and crooks because you have singlehandedly destroyed the UNP with your – stubborn as a mule – attitude and there is nothing left of it. You cannot afford to point fingers at others when you yourself are harbouring, pampering and favouring blatant crooks who are ONLY interested in filling their pockets and to hell with the country. And what’s more, you are damn well aware of it. That makes you an accomplice to blatant robbery of our country, Mr. Prime Minister.
I including many others who were once diehard supporters of the UNP are fed to the back of our teeth with your political leadership. Come the next election, I rather spoil my vote than vote for you. NEVER again!
This damn nonsense has to end and it has to end NOW before you old fogies clinging on to power like it is your birthright drag our country down to the bottom of the pit. We Sri Lankans who voted for you will NOT take this lying down ANYMORE!
Wadekar Arthij / December 27, 2018
In my living memory no one has receved 290 comments. Will she hit the magic 300? Let’s hope so.
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Sinhala_Man / December 27, 2018
Dear Wadekar,
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Generating lots of comments on CT shows how valid it is to say that many other people in the country share our perception that Ranil will never step down from the leadership of the UNP. Every blog of this sort helps, but we must do much, much more. Study how Obama won the U.S. Presidency.
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No, there is a better example! Study how we, the people, defeated the Rajapaksas. Sirisena was then a good figurehead. He was passionately, yet rationally, fluent in Sinhala; he was already known to the people because he was a Senior Minister.
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So, Sharmini is right in thinking of the four parliamentarians. But is that sufficient? We have to rope in more and more people; in the process let us hope that would-be thieves don’t creep in. Also, a proven record of honesty – how can we get that? On those counts (Sharmini has already stated it in comments made by her), Nagananda Kodituwakku becomes a key person. His theme is anti-corruption – but does that mean he’s not corrupt? That is where we have to make the great leap of faith! He’s been doing the right things, using Facebook, for instance:
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https://www.facebook.com/nagananada/
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Now, I’m not a great Facebook user, although I have an account. That’s the only way you can access his “Page”. I have sent it around to a few people. Each of us has to do our bit, and none of us, ideally, should be thinking of ourselves as indispensable leaders. Includes Sharmini. Easier said than done – as we see from our experience.
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Start doing your bit now.
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NIHAL NELSON / December 28, 2018
ALL THESE CROOKS INCLUDING RAJA HORA AND HIS GANG MUST SHOT ALIVE tTO SAVE THIS NATION.
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Sinhala_Man / December 28, 2018
Dear “NIHAL NELSON”,
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Yours is a reasonable enough emotional reaction, but of no practical value.
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Are we sure who the crooks are? Who identifies him/her? What if I’m put in charge of identification, and I (quite falsely, I’m sure) identify you, will you consent to be “shot alive”?
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Sot alive? Do we shoot those who are dead?
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Raja Hora? Please identify unambiguously. If you mean Mahendra Percy Rajapaksa, my personal response is to agree, but if we punish so haphazardly we will be operating Kangaroo Courts.
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No, the problem now is that there has to be patient, disciplined work. (I did not add honest, because I regard you as being quite honest.) Before all else, please recognise the need for commitment. That is why I say that Nagananda is the man whom we should turn to.
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