{"id":51186,"date":"2012-08-15T09:49:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T09:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=51186"},"modified":"2012-08-16T19:53:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T19:53:35","slug":"these-crimes-are-not-in-the-mahinda-chinthanaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/these-crimes-are-not-in-the-mahinda-chinthanaya\/","title":{"rendered":"These Crimes Are Not In The ” Mahinda Chinthanaya”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Barbara Seneviratne<\/a>\u00a0–<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Barbara Seneviratne<\/p><\/div>\n

The COPE report<\/a> was handed over to President which highlighted immense irregularities in all government institutions. The COPE members and the public expected the President to take immediate actions but he is\u00a0very\u00a0silent.\u00a0\u00a0His strange silence is nothing to be surprised about.\u00a0\u00a0He had been silence on the report regarding the “Taxation Commission<\/a><\/span>” which was given to the President in 2009.<\/p>\n

Well the President may have his\u00a0reasons\u00a0to\u00a0be silent, after all this system is poisoned\u00a0by collective bad faith and polluted by individual avarice.<\/p>\n

Not only ignoring the COPE report but the President has conveniently ignored the necessity\u00a0to enforce accountability or the necessity to\u00a0eliminate corruption exposed. What he is doing now is completely different from what he preached to the voters and especially in his much bragged \u201cMahinda Chinthanaya\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0People from all walks of life wonder if this is the last stages of Sri Lankan\u00a0democracy.<\/p>\n

The World Bank<\/a><\/span> and IMF<\/a><\/span> sponsored economic liberalization policies not only had a negative impact on the health and education in the country but also gave birth to a greedy and corrupt private sector that thrived on giving bribes to the State officials and politicians to get ministerial tenders.\u00a0The supply of allegedly contaminated fuel which was brought by a company which was removed from the list of suppliers to the CPC is one such example.<\/p>\n

The corporate sector too is partly responsible for the collapse of the social and cultural morals and collapse of the economy.\u00a0\u00a0Especially in the last eight years the ethics of the private sector too have vanished and the masses are now cheated by both private and public sectors.<\/p>\n

The tragedy of Sri Lanka today is waste of human resources due to warp minds of the rulers. This is clearly seen in the government\u2019s attitude towards the current strike by university academies and students.<\/p>\n

The President has conveniently ignored the necessity\u00a0 to enforce accountability \u00a0or the necessity to\u00a0 eliminate these crimes are not in the ” Mahinda Chinthanaya<\/a><\/span>” hence human nature shows itself so completely depraved nearly approaching brutality as in the last stage of democracy.<\/p>\n

The health sector too is highly neglected and many a professionals in this sector are migrating overseas where their skills are recognized and better remunerated.<\/p>\n

Nepotism, Impunity and corruption are the norm. The blame must also be shared by the public who elect corrupt politicians to power. The President and his party members and politicians displayed insensitivity to the different kinds of crimes that women,\u00a0children and public are facing.<\/p>\n

Due to impunity laws have had no effect. Although few members of parliament\u00a0demanded positive changes to the constitutions it all fell on deaf ears because of vote bank politics.<\/p>\n

One such example is Kahawatte in the Ratnapura District where people and the public are frozen with fear for some reason or other. A fear psychosis similar to the Grease yaka has being promoted apparently by those who profit by crimes.\u00a0Police are failing in their duties due to corrupt\u00a0SLFP politicians\u00a0who are not allowing the Police to carry out their duties independently.<\/p>\n

More recent is the mockery of reinstatement of the former Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman W. G. Sampath Chandrapushpa by Minister Susil Premajayantha<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0In a letter dated July 25, 2012 notified of his removal and in a second letter dated July 29, 2012, notifies that he has been reinstated as PS chairman and that his party membership has been restored.<\/p>\n

No democracy can survive without law and order. Public interest requires for its promotion\u00a0not its disintegration and destruction.\u00a0The country has become a rudderless ship, with things worsening by the day.\u00a0 The time has dawned for the public to protest against all ill regularities, corruption and collapse of the law and order and demand democracy in the country.<\/p>\n

Let me quote form Martin\u00a0Luther King Jr. \u201cWe will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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