{"id":224952,"date":"2022-01-14T05:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=224952"},"modified":"2022-01-21T02:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:39:34","slug":"the-inevitable-craze-for-forming-havulas-or-common-alliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-inevitable-craze-for-forming-havulas-or-common-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inevitable Craze For Forming \u2018Havulas\u2019 Or Common Alliances"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shyamon Jayasinghe<\/a> –<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shyamon Jayasinghe<\/p><\/div>\n

Reg Flag<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Just a few days ago, the Central Bank sold half of its gold reserves. Gold reserves are sold only as last resort when there aren\u2019t any options. That happens when a country is in default and on the economic precipice. That act gives the wrong signals to the banks, lenders, exporters and foreign investors. It is the red flag<\/p>\n

The Gotabaya government is in deep trouble. Things have come to such a sorry pass during such a short time such as two years after his government came to power with a massive two-third majority.<\/p>\n

As I have written many times in these columns, the possession of a parliamentary majority and, add to that, the construction of constitutional firewalls of power protection cannot keep a government in power when it is confronted with hard economic realities that strangles its existence. <\/strong>Ordinary voters do not understand the intricacies of the Amendment 20; nor does that matter to them in their practical living. On the other hand, if the economy is rendered dysfunctional people on the streets will feel it jolly well in the high prices, unavailability of essentials, closure of schools, no medicines, the long queues and so on. When gas cylinders burst inside households one knows things are going too far.<\/p>\n

Technically there are many more years for the government to hold general elections and more years for it to hold the presidential elections. On the other hand, the signs are there of an implosion before that. When the ship is sinking MPs get nervous. And when they get the intuition that they are not part of the decision-making process but mere voting hands these MPs like to look at the exit gates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u2018Havula\u2019 or Common Alliance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The SLFP component of the government, it is reported, are trying to work out a common alliance with other parties or political elements-just in case. The Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) has been struggling for a long time to get together an alliance. The United National Party (UNP) has also announced similar moves in time to come-although they don\u2019t seem to be in a hurry. Karu Jayasuriya is dabbling with one under the auspices of the Society for Good Governance, which he has inherited from Rev Sobitha.<\/p>\n

The JVP had already such an outfit under the name of Jathika Jana Balavegaya (National Peoples\u2019 Power – NPP) where they have co-opted many \u2018educated\u2019 \u2018persons from civil society. Now, this ensemble is gathering some noticeable following. Many people think: \u201dwe gave X, we gave Y,.now let us give Anura Kumar Dissanayake\u201d The Jathika Janabalavegaya has taken a lead in the Havula race thus far.<\/p>\n

The phenomenon of the Havula is certainly not new to Lankan politics. This type of political entity made a sharp presence after JR\u2019s Constitution that changed the election system away from First-past-the Post to PR on a district basis. Since that change it has been difficult for anyone to come to power without broad-basing away from a single party. The first such \u2018Havula\u2019 was known as the \u201cHath Hawula\u201d or the seven-pronged alliance. I may not be accurate here because it was SWRD Bandaranaike who in 1956 formed the Havula known as Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, which today is private property of Dinesh Gunawardena.<\/p>\n

Forming Havulas is a Raw Expression of a Power Struggle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The undiluted purpose of Hawulas is power grab. The key thing is to oust the current government and get into the seats of power. Typically, there are dissimilar elements within the Hawula that it would be hard to have a policy plan and a strategy announced well in advance. Havulas, therefore, go for one-liners in expression and for vague least common factors that can respectfully keep the different power seekers respectably within the fold.<\/p>\n

This, precisely, constitutes the source of subsequent clashes when the Havula gets to power. The conflicts can be averted if the government dilutes its collective effort; but that would make the people feel they are neither here or there. This lack of a coherent philosophy, vision or policy framework will operate to the bane of the Havula and probably make way for factional break always later.<\/p>\n

In other words, a typical Havula of the Sri Lanka type carries within its fold the roots of its own destruction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka Cannot Any Longer Afford This Kind of Powerplay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span>eople are sickened of the powerplay of politicians. Today\u2019s seekers of power must attempt to get power to execute a vision for the future. <\/strong>Constituents of a Havula must only be chosen from those among those who have a common consensus with regard to a policy framework and strategy that derives from such common vision. A vision well stated can excite the electorate and inspire voters.<\/strong> Bandaranaike\u2019s vision of Sinhala resurgence did enormously strike the chord of people at Town and village level. \u201cSanga, Veda, Guru, Govi, Kamkaru\u201d slogan was fire at that time. I was a youngster then but I was observant of such things. Unfortunately, that vision had been socially divisive and it brought fears into smaller ethnic groups and to the Tamil community. There, the trouble began that devoured the economy and the nation and destroyed national unity. It was horrible vision but, that was an example of effective vision that has the capacity to excite.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think our populations have now realized much more the need for an inclusive political vision. So there you are, power seekers of the future must formulate a clear vision and plan and a clear strategy for achieving such plan. They must build Havulas on that basis. The present day Havulas\u2019 plans must take each major area of public policy and tell the people how different they are going to be. This is the only way they can garner public support. Such a comprehensive plan must offer hope from where the people are now.<\/p>\n

Economic policy takes first place. Social cohesion must be another. So are, policies and plans for primary industry like agriculture and fisheries, law and order, justice system, foreign policy, separation of powers, public service, oversees Service, local government and regional service delivery, and corruption. In overall constitutional terms the manifesto must explain if it is for a parliamentary democracy of executive president system. Immediate, medium term and long-term goals should be set.<\/p>\n

Without a Manifesto or Policy Plan It Is Just a Banging Match<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Look at Sajith Premadasa or any of his SJB mates-how they behave in parliament. They are just banging away. They say, in effect, what the government has done here is wrong; there is wrong; the country is going downhill. These are some of the utterances of SJB party men. Harsha does some analysing and investigation, which is good. However, what would reactively come out of the lips of the public is: Yes, we know all that, But how are you guys going to address these issues? <\/strong>The SJB must enthuse the other MPs and the population at large with an inspiring new philosophy they are planning to introduce in order to transform the Weltanschauung of Sri Lankan society.<\/p>\n

The JVP has been similar attack men for a long time. But there is a difference. Its leader Anura Kumar Dissnayake <\/strong>(AKD) investigates, studies his material and speaks comprehensively. AKD has a sharp eye and he understands politics from A-Z. He can flatten any government minister with wit and fact. So is lone man Patali Champika Ranawaka <\/strong>who has a comprehensive understanding of where the country is to go. But Champika has always been a man in a hurry-not realizing that politics is a waiting game.<\/p>\n

JVP\u2019s Manifesto \u201cRapid Recovery\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My attention to the recently issued brief statement of policy issued by the JVP\/NPP Havula. I read Uditha Devapriya\u2019s candid analysis of the document and have to agree with Uditha with almost everything he has said. Rapid Recovery is too rapidly prepared. Only amateurs can prepare a document like that.<\/p>\n

Rapid Recovery begins with a kind of howler: \u201cWe do not need a sophisticated grasp of statistics or politics to understand the socio-political catastrophe that has befallen our country.\u201d As Uditha puts it: \u201cin other words we don\u2019t need to know.\u201d In cancel culture style the document blames all governments of the past equally for the mess that the country has come down to today. A whole heap of brash generalisations and unjustified propositions are in Rapid Recovery.<\/p>\n

What is central and worse is that <\/strong>when it puts the blame on the Open Economy that a past UNP government had brought in way back in 1977. The document states: \u201cthe Open Economic Policy has been destructive through its prioritization of personal gain over social responsibility. A clear indicator of the culture of greed this economic system has bred is how a select group of people benefits, and profit from fraudulent and corrupt business practices even in the face of the pandemic. This culture of greed and the destructive economic thinking that shapes it has also created a system of political power centered in the hands of a few.\u201d What a load of rubbish!<\/p>\n

The attack on the open economy is typical of the Marxists at the time. The JVP aversion for a market economy is no longer seriously expressed anywhere in the world <\/strong>except in a few writings of neo-Marxists. A market economy is simply an economy that opens itself to trading and capital transactions with the rest of the world. Currency values will also be determined by supply and demand operating on the platform of international exchange. The economic benefits of such an opening up and free exchange are enormous. Chile rose to the status of being the richest region in Latin America when it opened its economy. The expansion of our own economy during those days is manifestly seen (by the way, in statistics).<\/p>\n

The alternative to an open economy is almost unimaginable today as almost every country has opened up to some extent. Hence a closed economy is an imaginary one.<\/strong> By opening up for imports, which even hermit countries like Bhutan has done, essential raw materials for local manufacture and technical expertise have become available.<\/p>\n

Rapid Recovery does not state precisely how the alliance will replace the open economy. However, it has the following proposal: \u201cWe advocate a value-added economic approach that considers which products and services should be manufactured, which production methods should be adopted, which technologies to use, how to utilise human and physical resources, how foreign trade structure should be shaped and how benefits of the manufacturing process should be shared among the people.\u201d Now this is all about a command type economy where key decisions about production will be made at the center and farmers and other producers will have to follow. This is what Stalin tried and miserably failed. One cannot find one command type economy in the world except, perhaps, the Missile Man\u2019s kingdom of North Korea.<\/p>\n

The diagnosis is bad; the solution is worse.<\/p>\n

*The writer can be reached at shyamonjayasinghe@gmail.com<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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