{"id":245267,"date":"2026-01-07T11:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=245267"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:43:31","slug":"an-open-letter-to-harini-amarasuriya-the-prime-minister-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/an-open-letter-to-harini-amarasuriya-the-prime-minister-of-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter To Harini Amarasuriya, The Prime Minister Of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Harini,<\/p>\n

Although I am writing this letter in the form of an article intended for public dissemination, there is a possibility you may never see or read it. Nonetheless, I believe it is my responsibility to address this matter with you.<\/p>\n

As the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education<\/a><\/span> of our country, it is crucial to consider whether you have truly and thoroughly defined your responsibilities in these roles. Given that you hold a PhD, I trust you are well-versed in your areas of expertise as you are an academic, rights activist, and university lecturer and are known for your work in education and social justice. However, the key issue is whether you possess a sufficient ideological foundation to make sound decisions, despite having served as a senior lecturer in Sociology and Social Anthropology in the Department of Social Sciences at the Open University, Sri Lanka.\"\"<\/p>\n

Having watched and observed your reformative formulas in the field of Sri Lankan education<\/a><\/span>, I see a lot of erroneous mistakes, which is not possible for a person like you. Changing modules or introducing new methods are not the best procedures for education. If that is your conceptual view, I think you have missed the train somewhere. In the middle of this discussion, I also came across some of your concerns and ideologies on same-sex marriages or unions. I can imagine if someone who has autism speaks of such a conception, which is irrelevant at the moment in Sri Lanka or if an absent-minded person turns things upside down. That’s what Ranil Wickramasinghe did for the last three decades. Why, Harini, did you get into such a pit? Is it a political interest or your personal interest?<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka has not yet recovered from COVID-19, though most of the politicians behave as if nothing had happened in the country for the last 7 years. There is no conventional solution for political instability, and not even for economic chaos in the country. There is no policy for education: government schools have a different plan while private and semi-government school have their own interests. The order in many fields is to reset with effective discussions and action plans. What has made or influenced you to open a common discussion on same-sex marriages and unions, which is a massive interest in Western and European countries? But Sri Lanka has no sense of this issue, though it is being practised by people internally in their own boxes.<\/p>\n

I believe you have not fully grasped the fundamental essence of your roles as both Prime Minister and Minister of Education. These positions are integral to the fabric of Sri Lankan civil society and hold the potential to serve our people in a meaningful way. However, establishing a new vision for this country is challenging when you are not effectively leading the people. I see a significant issue in your tendency to engage primarily with your university colleagues rather than with ordinary citizens. Your responsibility is to involve everyday people in a national-level program, rather than confining discussions to a select group that may lack a genuine understanding of the country’s needs.<\/p>\n

A concerned citizen,<\/p>\n

Rehan Fernando<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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