{"id":135557,"date":"2014-12-25T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135557"},"modified":"2014-12-28T03:32:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T22:02:26","slug":"not-the-people-but-mr-should-pay-gratitude-for-tolerating-all-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/not-the-people-but-mr-should-pay-gratitude-for-tolerating-all-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Not The People But MR Should Pay Gratitude For Tolerating All Abuses\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nagananda Kodituwakku<\/span><\/a> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nagananda<\/a>

Nagananda Kodituwakku<\/p><\/div>\n

Whilst seeking people\u2019s mandate in the 2005 Presidential Election, MR<\/span><\/a> promised to be the trustee of the people<\/em><\/strong> (Mahinda Chintana 2005 – page 2) and pledged to eradicate the drug menace (page 4). But what people of this country witnessed since then, was completely the opposite.<\/p>\n

He promised to abolish the Executive Presidency<\/span><\/a> with a new Constitution put in place reverting to Westminster style of governance, upholding the social, cultural, political, economic and civil rights of all Sri Lankans (Chintana<\/em> page 97, 98). What he did was simply abusing the office with scant respect to the Rule of Law and paralyzes all other organs of governance covering himself with the veil of \u2018war victory\u2019<\/p>\n

It is common knowledge that no patriot would disagree with the fact that MR stood firm against the West and gave the right leadership to the nation at its hour of need. He did what other leaders failed to do. But he cannot be allowed to use it as a license to destroy the fundamental elements of democracy, the Good Governance the Rule of Law.<\/p>\n

And again when he sought a fresh mandate for a second term, once again he pledged to the people, to be their trustee (page 2 of 2010 Chintana) and to perform the office of the President, in accordance with the Constitution and the Rule of Law. People then took him to confidence and believed that he would do the right thing and not follow his predecessors who had been thrown into the dustbin of history.<\/p>\n

\"Mahinda<\/a>People were delighted when he promised to be accountable to the Parliament and to the Judiciary (page 56 of 2010 Chintana) and declared \u201c… I will address this social decline \u2026 by eliminating fraud, corruption and malpractices, which have engulfed our society for long time, and will take whatever measures necessary to eradicate criminal activities \u2026\u201d<\/em> (page 37 of 2010 Chintana)<\/p>\n

However, his conduct since then has been an insult to the intelligence of the people who had placed total trust in him after being cheated for decades by other leaders.<\/p>\n