{"id":104763,"date":"2013-09-11T00:54:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T19:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=104763"},"modified":"2013-09-15T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T18:38:10","slug":"our-future-as-a-post-conflict-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/our-future-as-a-post-conflict-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Future As A Post Conflict State"},"content":{"rendered":"

By R.M.B Senanayake<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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R.M.B. Senanayake<\/p><\/div>\n

The President has expressed his annoyance with the TNA Manifesto\u00a0<\/span>perhaps because of their demand for the merger of the North and East-\u00a0<\/span>the original provisions of the 13th Amendment which were overturned by\u00a0<\/span>a Chief Justice who lawyers would say, certainly exceeded his mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of every conflict there is a peace treaty or Agreement\u00a0<\/span>where the two sides that engaged in the Conflict agree to co-operate\u00a0<\/span>in future on some agreed basis. The Government has failed to engage in\u00a0<\/span>such talks and reach a solution to the demands of the Tamils despite\u00a0<\/span>promises to India and the UN. The International Community has been\u00a0<\/span>urging the Government to reach out for a political solution. But the\u00a0<\/span>Government has looked upon the Tamil problem as merely the result of\u00a0<\/span>the neglect of the development of the Tamil areas by previous Sinhala\u00a0<\/span>Buddhist governments and proceeded to spend an enormous amount of\u00a0<\/span>money on restoring and even developing the infrastructure of the North\u00a0<\/span>and East. The cost of this program will have to be borne by all the\u00a0<\/span>people particularly the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population in the\u00a0<\/span>days to come. The Government has ignored the cost that people have to\u00a0<\/span>pay for this development either by way of inflation or taxation or\u00a0<\/span>both. It would have been much easier and less costly if a political\u00a0<\/span>solution was put in place giving the Tamil people the necessary\u00a0<\/span>devolved power to enable them to develop the area themselves since the\u00a0<\/span>expatriate Tamil population has enough resources having made good in\u00a0<\/span>the West.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway economic development is no substitute for the resolution of the\u00a0<\/span>political demands of the Tamils. True that the LTTE wanted nothing\u00a0<\/span>less than Eelam and hence the war had to be fought to a finish. But\u00a0<\/span>the TNA is asking for autonomy and not for a separate state. There is\u00a0<\/span>really no case for refusing a wide measure of autonomy to them except\u00a0<\/span>the fears of the Sinhala Buddhist nationalists that autonomy would\u00a0<\/span>lead to secession. It could but not necessarily so if enlightened\u00a0<\/span>policies are put into effect to work in co-operation with the Northern\u00a0<\/span>Provincial Council instead of trying to dominate and dictate to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Tamil people are settled all over the Island and there are also\u00a0<\/span>the Tamils of Indian origin living in the Plantations who also form\u00a0<\/span>the backbone of our economy. They have also migrated to Colombo in\u00a0<\/span>search of employment and there are significant numbers of them in\u00a0<\/span>Colombo. So any partition of the country as took place in India in\u00a0<\/span>1947 is not feasible and those now leading the TNA must be conscious\u00a0<\/span>of it. Sinhala Buddhist nationalists would undoubtedly demand then\u00a0<\/span>that the Tamils in the South should be driven away in the event of a\u00a0<\/span>separate State being established in the North. But won\u2019t it lead to\u00a0<\/span>sectarian violence such as prevails today in Syria and Iraq. Won\u2019t it\u00a0<\/span>end with disastrous consequences to both communities?<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace and Stability in the present international context in the 21st\u00a0<\/span>century will only be achieved when trust is established between the\u00a0<\/span>minority citizens and their states across the globe. It will be so\u00a0<\/span>whether in Sri Lanka, Iraq or Pakistan. Those States that fail to win\u00a0<\/span>such trust of their minorities are doomed to perish as we see in Syria\u00a0<\/span>today.\u00a0 Decades of persistent conflict in the world have exposed\u00a0<\/span>millions of people to insecurity, loss of opportunity, and increased\u00a0<\/span>risk of falling into poverty. Failure or willful discrimination\u00a0<\/span>against the minorities has been at the heart of this crisis of\u00a0<\/span>governance and human rights violations in many countries ranging from\u00a0<\/span>Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Islamic States of the Middle East and the\u00a0<\/span>African States.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Loss of legitimacy is the primary cause of the fragility and\u00a0<\/span>failure of such states. The vicious cycle of violence begins with loss\u00a0<\/span>of trust in the state by the minorities. Yesterday it was the Tamils\u00a0<\/span>in the North and East. Today it includes the Muslims and the\u00a0<\/span>Christians as well. The attacks on the Muslims and their cultural\u00a0<\/span>practices cannot be justified. If Buddhists don\u2019t like animal\u00a0<\/span>slaughter they only have to abstain from eating the flesh of animals.\u00a0<\/span>They cannot use State power to enforce their ethical code on the rest\u00a0<\/span>of the population. The Islamic countries try to do the same- the\u00a0<\/span>enforcement of Sharia on all people but this is being resisted by the\u00a0<\/span>Christian and other Muslim minorities including the enlightened\u00a0<\/span>liberal Muslims as in Egypt or Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sinhala Buddhist political class which was swept into power in\u00a0<\/span>1956 failed to create an inclusive political, social, and economic\u00a0<\/span>order made predictable by the rule of law. Our ancient Sinhala kings\u00a0<\/span>and Queens often acted arbitrarily. The last king ordered a cruel and\u00a0<\/span>brutal form of death for Ehalepola family sans a trial. The post 1956\u00a0<\/span>MPs are resorting to the same behavior pattern for they think power\u00a0<\/span>gives them the right to act arbitrarily.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the Sinhala Buddhist State spearheaded by the SLFP has lost\u00a0<\/span>legitimacy and the present regime has become sectarian catering mainly\u00a0<\/span>for the Sinhala Buddhist majority. But a plural society cannot hold\u00a0<\/span>together if the State is sectarian. One has only to look at the Middle\u00a0<\/span>East today where Sunnis are fighting Shiites and Egypt where a Muslim\u00a0<\/span>Brotherhood wants to establish an Islamic state where the Sharia law\u00a0<\/span>will be imposed on non-Muslims and liberal enlightened Muslims. It is\u00a0<\/span>the same issue in Afghanistan or Pakistan. But sectarian violence is\u00a0<\/span>tearing up these states.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the markers coincident with loss of\u00a0<\/span>legitimacy are: an increase in illegality (vide the criminal acts of\u00a0<\/span>our Provincial MPs such as rape and sexual harassment of women),\u00a0<\/span>informality in the conduct of State business, and criminality in the\u00a0<\/span>economy; ineffective delivery of basic services; failure to maintain\u00a0<\/span>or expand essential public services like health and education;\u00a0<\/span>increase in corruption; and appropriation of public assets for private\u00a0<\/span>gain as in the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, administrative control weakens and the bureaucracy is\u00a0<\/span>seen as an instrument for abuse of power, in turn leading to a crisis\u00a0<\/span>in public finances\u2014where both revenue and expenditure are\u00a0<\/span>unpredictable and budgeting becomes an exercise in emergency\u00a0<\/span>management postponing bills and accumulating payment arrears on a\u00a0<\/span>selective basis. The ultimate marker is the loss of legitimate use of\u00a0<\/span>violence by the state and emergence of armed groups that openly mock\u00a0<\/span>the authority of the state and gain control of various areas of the\u00a0<\/span>country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accountability, effectiveness, transparency, and rule\u00a0<\/span>of law\u2014the interlinked concepts that are now considered the basis of\u00a0<\/span>good governance and economic development have vanished. It is easy to\u00a0<\/span>destroy institutions which are not rooted deeply. The values of modern\u00a0<\/span>democracy, human rights and justice are not familiar to the post 1956\u00a0<\/span>generation educated in Swabasha. The attempt to romanticize the\u00a0<\/span>ancient past of feudalism of our Sinhala kings and the imagined golden\u00a0<\/span>era of Sinhala Buddhism has now given way to the harsh realities of\u00a0<\/span>the present world, particularly the economic realities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legacy of the War has been an important contributing factor to the\u00a0<\/span>undermining of humanitarian values. During that period, political,\u00a0<\/span>military, and financial resources were provided to the military and\u00a0<\/span>they were looked upon as heroes when the LTTE was roundly defeated in\u00a0<\/span>a \u2018no holds barred war.<\/span><\/p>\n

The emphasis during the war and since the war victory is on\u00a0<\/span>personalization of rule rather than on institutionalization of\u00a0<\/span>authority, as particular individuals were considered the lynchpins of\u00a0<\/span>the war victory. They could get away with any misdemeanors. Those in\u00a0<\/span>the media who exposed their misdeed or criticized them demanding\u00a0<\/span>accountability were marginalized, or repressed.\u00a0<\/span>As a result, a systematic dismantling of state institutions and the\u00a0<\/span>diversion of massive public assets for private gain takes place. It is\u00a0<\/span>doubtful whether the present State can embark on any meaningful\u00a0<\/span>process of reform to bring back the Rule of Law. The risk of\u00a0<\/span>state-failure is evident today in our post conflict State.<\/span><\/p>\n

About 50 percent of countries that have entered a peace agreement\u00a0<\/span>after persistent conflict have descended to conflict again within 10\u00a0<\/span>years according to evidence gathered by think tanks.<\/span><\/p>\n

A comprehensive discussion of a development strategy with\u00a0<\/span>state-building as its ultimate goal requires equal attention to the\u00a0<\/span>creation of the market and the constitution of civil society because\u00a0<\/span>functioning states, markets, and civil societies are all essential\u00a0<\/span>ingredients of a developmental paradigm. As civil societies and\u00a0<\/span>markets depend by definition on the existence of a stable and\u00a0<\/span>functioning state for their security, an enabling environment for free\u00a0<\/span>economic activity is essential. Instead we find a crony capitalist\u00a0<\/span>structure where every big business must pay pooja to the new gods\u00a0<\/span>often accompanied by offerings as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Private sector business can triumph only if they assume the form of\u00a0<\/span>patron-client dependence. Others risk being penalized by the powers\u00a0<\/span>that be.\u00a0 The ordinary people seem to depend on charismatic leadership\u00a0<\/span>where the principle that the king can do no wrong prevails as in the\u00a0<\/span>days of our ancient kings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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