{"id":68633,"date":"2013-01-10T08:09:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T08:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=68633"},"modified":"2013-01-12T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T10:15:46","slug":"government-rapidly-loosing-legitimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/government-rapidly-loosing-legitimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Rapidly Loosing Legitimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>By<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kamal+Nissanka&amp;x=5&amp;y=3\">Kamal Nissanka<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65833\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/impeachment-and-international-obligations\/kamal-nissanka-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65833\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-65833\" title=\"Kamal Nissanka Colombo Telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Kamal-Nissanka-Colombo-Telegraph-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Kamal-Nissanka-Colombo-Telegraph-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Kamal-Nissanka-Colombo-Telegraph-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamal Nissanka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The year 2013 started with lots of very bad news and with a gloomy picture. The floods, landslides and rain played havoc displacing thousands of civilians and as reports indicate over 40 people lost their lives.\u00a0 Then the\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bharatha+Lakshman+Premachandra&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\">Bharatha\u00a0 Lakshman Premachandra<\/a><\/span> \u201ctype of \u00a0a murder took place in Kelaniya sending <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Hasitha+Madawala&amp;x=4&amp;y=6\">Hasitha Madawala<\/a><\/span> to rest in peace. A four year old girl was raped and murdered in Jaffna.\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/google-search-volume-index-sex-sri-lanka-beat-all-the-nations\/\">Google survey released<\/a><\/span> a report saying that the Sri Lankans are the leading navigator of \u201csex websites\u201d. The price hikes of essentials are surfacing, petrol, diesel and gas. Some university students are yet in remand prisons. Road accidents, murders and rapes are not uncommon in the eve of this year.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of development lots of corruption and briberies are rampant. \u00a0A new movement called \u201cBodu Bala Sena\u201d is sowing\u00a0\u00a0 religious vengeance through various means. No examination can be conducted without leaking question papers. No breakthrough in to the investigation of slain journalist <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=lasantha+wickrematunge&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/a><\/span> after four years of the assassination. \u00a0Sri Lankan diplomacy failed to rescue <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rizana+Nafeek&amp;x=7&amp;y=4\">Rizana Nafeek<\/a><\/span> from the gallows. In the midst of all these unpleasant happenings Sri Lanka lost all three test cricket matches played in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Above all the intolerance displayed by politicians has led the country towards uncertainty. The \u00a0\u00a0executive is not so much happy to abide by Supreme Court decisions. The legislators sign various papers without reason and logic just to satisfy the master through their own slave mentality, an attitude inherits from the Sinhalese social culture. \u00a0The impeachment saga reflects the degree of thinking, knowledge and common sense level of our parliamentarians. They are now on the eve of becoming outlaws as they are knowingly or unknowingly violate the oath they took showing the allegiance to constitution and law.<\/p>\n<p>According to the schedule 4 of the constitution which is referring also to articles 32, 53, 61, 107 1nd 165 the oath of allegiance is as follows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026do\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solemnly declare (swear) and affirm that I will faithfully perform the duties and discharge the functions of the office of\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026in <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>accordance with the constitution of the Democratic socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the law ,and that I<em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will be faithful to the Republic of Sri Lanka \u00a0and the law<\/span><\/em> and that I will be faithful to the Republic of Sri Lanka and that I will to the best of my ability \u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">uphold and defend the constitution<\/span><\/em> \u00a0\u00a0of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accordingly \u00a0the President ,cabinet ministers, \u00a0elected representatives , public servants , judges, security and police chiefs all have to take this oath\u00a0 saying that they \u00a0will be faithful to Republic of Sri Lanka and\u00a0 law and it is the duty of them to uphold constitution \u00a0that\u00a0 could be only interpreted by the Supreme Court. If the illegal impeachment saga is not abandoned there is no doubt that they are violating the obligations created by the oath of the constitution because Supreme Court decision on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of January 2013 is law, a binding law.<\/p>\n<p>It is to be noted that a person taking an oath admits that he in good faith assumes and discharges the obligations of oath of allegiance and that his \/her attitude towards the constitution and laws of Sri Lanka, country renders him or her duty of fulfilling the obligations of such oath.<\/p>\n<p>If the legislators become \u201coutlaws\u2019 the repercussions will be serious. The government loses legitimacy, as people are sovereign not rulers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":65833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government Rapidly Loosing Legitimacy - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/government-rapidly-loosing-legitimacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government Rapidly Loosing Legitimacy - 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