{"id":179174,"date":"2017-06-26T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T05:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=179174"},"modified":"2017-06-30T01:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:08:23","slug":"dayans-politics-after-asgiriya-alt-left-or-alt-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dayans-politics-after-asgiriya-alt-left-or-alt-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayan\u2019s Politics After Asgiriya! Alt-left Or Alt-right?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Laksiri Fernando<\/a> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Laksiri Fernando<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Dayan Jayatilleka<\/a>\u2019s (DJ) imagination, the so-called Asgiriya statement is a watershed in Sri Lankan politics (\u2018Politics After Asgiriya<\/a>,\u2019 Colombo Telegraph<\/em>, 23 June). What he is reading on the wall is his own wishes and imaginations, with the only exception that he would try his best to make them fulfilled. From here on wards, he would work, day and night, to prove that he was correct in his reading.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His Reading on the Wall <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What is he reading on the wall? First, \u2018we\u2019 have reached a point similar to that of 1955! He must have, but not others. His thinking is quite backward and archaic. Therefore, he wants an enactment of 1956. Because there is Mara Yuddhaya<\/i><\/a> where all the reactionary forces are marching against Buddhism. That is what he is depicting through republishing the famous cartoon. His comment that the present leadership is symbolized by Zou Zou Mohammed than Sir John is a bad joke, if not an ethnic vilification. The original cartoon was believed to be by G. S. Fernando, but the present interpretation is by DJ. When the cartoonist designed the flimsy dressed belly-dancer from the Middle East, there was no apparent Islamophobia. But now it is different. It does not matter to DJ, because the \u2018issue is only incitement.\u2019 He also has an exclamation mark after the name. He has already given his justification for xenophobic campaign, justifying even racism as legitimate means. <\/span><\/p>\n

When a person disagrees with a public statement, it is usually criticised. In the case of DJ, he praises the Asgiriya statement. Quoting his own father, DJ believes that the history leading to 1956 is repeating. The missing element is a Hartal, that happened three years back in 1953. According to the calculation, it should come this year because \u2018the 1956\u2019 would be in 2020. But it does not matter to him, it can come in the form of 1915. If it does not happen, he would blame the \u201cLeft trade unions, the student unions and the JVP and FSP.\u201d Then a \u2018distorted ethno-religious form of 1915\u2019 is justified. <\/span><\/p>\n

In his historic or hysteric imagination, \u201cthe dominant ideology of the newly formed SLPP and perhaps increasingly the dominant ideological line of the JO seems to be the same as that of SWRD Bandaranaike.<\/i>\u201d This is a wishful imagination. Because, a good part of SWRD\u2019s SLFP is against such a repetition. In his own admission, JO\u2019s ideological line is still not the same as pre-1956 SLFP. Note his words, \u2018perhaps,\u2019 \u2018increasingly\u2019 and \u2018seems\u2019 in the above quotation. <\/span><\/p>\n

His antipathy against the present government is very clear. Because the Rajapaksas were ousted. That is why, according to him \u201cThe present government is doomed.\u201d This has nothing much to do with the Asririya statement, it is only a straw for the dying man. He is waiting either for a referendum on the constitution or the full implementation of the Geneva resolution to see the fall of the government. Those elements however were not there in 1956. Therefore, he is forced to admit the present realities and hope for the worst scenarios. He is gleefully waiting for \u201c<\/span>a <\/i><\/span>unified Sangha-led nationalist social avalanche which will bury the Government<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bring Back Family!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

He might claim that Laksiri is distorting his opinion; he is only interpreting the reality and predicting it. As far as I know him, he is not that type of an independent observer or an interpreter. He has always been active in politics. What he says is what he believes in and what he wants to achieve. It is only in his previous article that he proposed Gotabaya as the President and Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister. Now he is asking me, what I think about Cuba during the leadership of Fidel and Raul Castro and Nicaragua. <\/span><\/p>\n

To admit frankly, I am not an expert on Latin America, but about Cuba, it was more than a mistake not to promote young\/different leaders and allowing Raul to take over. That is part of their authoritarianism, which was far beyond in the case of the past regime in Sri Lanka. Therefore, proposing the same for the future, GR and MR as the key figures. is outrageous to say the least. The others would obviously follow. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Asgiriya article, he also tries to create some wedge within the present government, and more than that, expressing his personal aversion against some personalities. His whole political analysis is usually based on worshiping (Rajapaksas) and denouncing (RW-CBK now MS) personalities. He \u2018prophecies\u2019 that this government \u201ccan survive or reduce the margin of defeat (avoiding a landslide) if and only if the radioactive Ranil-Mangala-CBK crew is dumped not only by President Sirisena but by the UNP as a party<\/i>.\u201d His other alternative is for the SLFP to dump Ranil-CBK government and go to the opposition. If this government splits that is the ideal recipe for the \u2018ethno-religious radical right\u2019 to occupy the public space. <\/span><\/p>\n

None of the above are new scenarios for the future and he has been advocating them in various ways in the past. Therefore, obviously there is nothing dramatic that has happened after the Asgiriya statement. To believe that Sri Lanka is still in the early fifties is completely a mistaken belief for anyone. In the latter parts of his article, he claims that if his advice is not taken then what might happen is 1956 or more like 1970 where he says that \u2018violent post-election backlash against the UNP and collaborationist SLFP\u2019 would happen. There are three more years for the elections. Therefore, this appears more of a wish or a blackmail than a prediction. I hope no one would take him serious in the present government, either in the UNP or the SLFP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, he has tried to pretend impartiality and also to patronise the minorities saying that they should have \u201chad the prudence to hedge their bets by being shareholders of both the Government and the Opposition<\/i>.\u201d He is wishing and predicting a Rajapaksa come back and in his opinion, it would be a \u2018majoritarian administration.\u2019 He is even quoting Fidel Castro to drive his point and defend what he is proposing: to fight against neo-liberalism and independence of the state. Of course, many aspects of \u2018neo-liberalism\u2019 should be opposed and this has now become the realization even in many Western countries. There are no threats to the independence of the country, as at present, unless in one\u2019s imagination or rhetoric for political expediency. Therefore, to say \u201cThus the primary struggle, the main aim of the struggle has to be to prevent our disappearance as independent states<\/i>\u201d is just rhetoric. Sri Lanka is not Cuba. <\/span><\/p>\n

Is this the Alt-left?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The right-wing nationalist forces are usually mobilized or supported based on such rhetoric in this era. But he equates such a mobilization to a social revolution. DJ quotes Lenin out of context and equates what Lenin identified as the petty bourgeoisie to the right-wing and the xenophobic clerics. To me, Lenin and Trotsky are primarily out of context today. There is no point in quoting them for rhetorical reasons. It is like believing the whole world is governed by few formulas. Here in Sri Lanka, the questions today are about democracy, development, social justice, human rights, welfare of the people and good relations with all countries. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, everyone has a right to have his or her ideological opinion. At the same time, they should also be able to tolerate criticism without abusing others. If one is confirmed that the task is an anti-colonial struggle as DJ has expressed, she or he might perhaps come to the same conclusion. But from a democratic point of view, all these are mere rhetoric to hoodwink the people and serve the political masters. DJ\u2019s last two sentences are quite symptomatic in this respect and worth quoting fully. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is by that yardstick of dealing a blow to the pro-imperialist, anti-sovereignty government that the hierarchy of the Asgiriya Chapter is more progressive than the United National Party. It is also by that yardstick that the JO, the SLPP and the Rajapaksas \u2013any and all the Rajapaksas\u2013 must be regarded as infinitely preferable to the present dispensation and supported in the struggle.\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Is it this what is called Alt-left? Let me just ignore the unintended contradiction in the first sentence \u2013 expecting the UNP to be \u2018progressive\u2019 in the \u2018pro-imperialist and anti-sovereignty government.\u2019 (Or perhaps he must be trying to engineer some people in the old UNP to go against the present government using his Premadasa credentials!). Has he not all the time supported authoritarian personalities and advocates? <\/span><\/p>\n

In my reading of the present situation, it is not the Asgiriya Chapter which has come into politics, like Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya in 1956, but it is the Rajapaksa promoters (or may I say goons!) that drive them into politics. DJ wants them to play a progressive role against the \u2018pro-imperialist and anti-sovereignty government.\u2019 It is very clear from the above quoted statement. In the last article, DJ proposed Gotabaya as the President and Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister. In this article, \u2018any and all Rajapaksas are infinitely preferable to the present dispensation<\/i><\/b>.<\/i>\u2019 How can he deny his proposal is not for a family rule! To him, this is like a genetically determined quality. It is a pity that a reputed political scientist, praised by world renowned academics, going behind political personalities, unashamedly.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to his reading of the wall, a historical replay of 1956 or 1970 would happen in 2020, that \u2018will bring into office a majoritarian administration.\u2019 That is how he tries to blackmail the minorities. This will never happen under the PR system; the present or under a reformed one. What Karl Marx said might happen, \u201chistory repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.\u201d If 1970 was a \u2018repetition\u2019 of 1956 as a \u2018tragedy,\u2019 what is left is a farce. Even if it happens, that farce would be extremely temporary given the national and international conditions. He can try his best to re-enact this farce and sustain it. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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