Around 2 weeks ago Sri Lanka had its 6th presidential election where Mahinda Rajapakshe(MR won. This election was full of controversy, as rumors spread that Sarath Fonseka(SF) the opposition leader was planning a military coup. After hearing about this the army was ordered to surround the hotel in which SF was staying at and he wasn't allowed to go out of the hotel. But eventually the army was forced to let him go. This is just a small part of the huge story regarding what happened during the presidential election. I cant tell you the rest because i'll either be imprisoned for life for telling the truth or murdered, like so many who have tried. The name goes as The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, but i see no democracy. People are put in jail for the slightest thing they say about MR.
I can name a bunch of people who have died for telling the truth. eg- Lasantha Wikramatunge. He was killed by a bike gang during mid day. Who do you think has the power to do that, sending a bike gang,3 bikes and six people at noon, where police are patrolling the streets?You decide.
There is also a rumour going around that MBC networks(aka Sirasa TV) is going to be taken under the govenment. This happened once before as well. Most people think that Lakehouse was a government institute from the beginning but it was taken under the government due to political reasons.(you know what I mean)
And not a few days ago Gen. Sarath Fonseka was dragged like a dog from his own office and taken into custody by the army. Is that how we should treat the general who helped us win the war? MR is a sore loser and a coward. Even for the slightest thing he will get scared. The Buddha has preached that fear will result in the downfall of a king and thereby the destruction of the country.
The other major problem that this country faces is corruption. From the president to the MP's(minister of parliament) everyone is corrupt. MR as you know is getting every single member of his family in to politics. From his son to his nephews everyone is getting in. He's doing this because he is greedy. Greedy for power and money. He knows that if someone in his family is a Minister or even the next president he will still live a luxurious life like he is living now, after he has left office.
Enough about the president lets talk about the MP's. They are the worst. Specially Nimal Siripala De Silva. He's fat, really fat. and he keeps getting fatter by the day. And guess what he is our health minister.
From last year there was a Dengue pandemic in our country. People died from that. There was nothing the minister could have done. But people dying because they were given expired medicine,Who is responsible? Glass shards and plastic have been found inside saline bottle and other vaccines. He gets cheap, unchecked medicine from some company in India when he has more than enough money to get good quality drugs. And from the money he has left he just keeps eating until he explodes. And the worst part is that some idiot has given him the post of Secretary in the WHO. What has gone wrong with the world?
Then there is our Education minister, Mr Susil Premajayantha
He cant run his own department right and he tries to correct other peoples mistakes. In 2008 the OL papers were a mess. From misprints to some questions being out of syllabus. And the 2009 term test papers were the worst. Some papers had the answer script attached to them, some schools didnt get their papers on time bla bla bla... The 2009 OL's were way better compared to 2008 but there was an incident where a bundle of papers was found in a paddy field in Kurunegala, but it wasnt so serious as a tuk tuk driver returned the papers to its rightful examination center just in time. But unlike Nimal he is improving, which is a good thing. He is now putting more effort into improving his department.
Then comes my favorite Dr. Mervyn Silva
I'm just joking I actually hate him. He is the one who does all the dirty work for MR. He's a thug. Not just any thug but a thug with a Ph.D.(dont ask me how he got it)
As you can see the politics in Sri Lanka has gone to the dogs. No democracy, full of corruption. How can we develop this country like this? The president has initiated many development schemes but how many of them will be completed on time? Only god knows. If MR can get rid of his greediness and his fear he will for sure bring this country to the 21st century. And he has to get rid of all the corrupt ministers in the parliament and he should learn to treat people the right way. If MR hadn't forced SF to leave office just after the war none of this would have happened. He was scared that SF was going to take over the country, he kicked him out of the army before the Army's 60th anniversary. The General who won us this war should at least be in the army to witness its 60th anniversary. Its the least we can do to thank him.
I think thats enough about the government lets get to the opposition.
First the opposition leader Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe
He is not like MR. He isnt greedy but he's stupid. He doesnt think before he speaks which is the main reason for voters to switch sides.
Then there is the JVP.(communist type party) They try to influence the government by messing up the system. Which is not a good idea. Its just really annoying to the people. Specially the university students. They were forced by the JVP people to strike against the Private Medical Colleges and trust me non of the medical students liked it. The organize rallies in the most crowded places which makes them even more crowded which in turn results in traffic jams and so on.
I was hoping for a change in the system after the presidential election. But i don't think it will come anytime soon. MR is going to keep all the corrupted thugs which they call ministers in the cabinet because he's too scared to kick them out.
The people who have been in the political field do not understand the needs of the common people. They only care about themselves. When will our politics change? I dare you to answer that.
PS: I might be killed for writing against the government. But the truth is the truth. It will be revealed someday.
PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
21 comments:
Oi!
Doc. Mervyn Silva is no longer doing dirty work for MR, because he is self sufficient now(check on the rumours that ran on Lasanthe's death). You can see him in that talent competion on Swarnavahini :)
And Ranil is not stupid, its just that he doesnt know what to say and when. Thats what you get when you are good for international politics, when you really dont know what to say and how to our local, traditional conservatives.
And I think without "people who have been in the political field do not understand the needs of the common people" you should say "people who are in", because they still are, and will be, unless we get involved :D
Yeah i heard he has changed but people like that dont change that fast.
Chandika, this is a superb piece of writing, well done. I couldn't have asked for more. I applaud you being brave enough to say what you think.
I'm going to recommend that everyone in the class reads this article.
Thanks again.
I agree with you pal.Nice piece of writing.
Thanks guys
hy nice article.... keep it up
hi chandika [malla] its really nice to have a person like you in my class who can truly say what you have in your mind. even though I support MR I agree with what you've said about Mervyn Silva. But at the same time I want to remind you that we all do have week points as human beings, and also I'd like if you mentioned a bit about the huge development in the country.
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Asuni Thank you for your comment. And you are kinda correct about the development going on in the country but non of the projects aren't finished yet. So you cant judge them right now. We'll have to wait until they are finished. And pleeeeeez dont call me malla.
Ehem,
Kratos,
nice post again,
love uncle Mervyn(hon.) and Rnil....
You missed panch(ayudaya) though (i.e. Wimal Weerawansa), the guy made history by saying that people who change parties should be defeated in the election(which would include him)
We Sri Lankans are so good at counting chickens before they even hatch ne?
Asuni....."development"....... it has various spheres like social, scientific and technological, urban planing or forms of land use etc. Which one are you reffering to?
(the recent suicides, curruption charges, and so on show that we are socially developed, and yes we are scientifically developed, no question about that, the Japanese and Americans come here to learn, and our city planning is far better than the stone age. No honestly, a couple of overhead bridges are a real improvement compared to what we had) :)
Anyway Sri Lankans love to boast about that 'word' since we heard of it last during the 80's.In fact, counties are out there who consider that word as a part the responsibility of any "ordinary" regime. For us, of course, its a new special word :D
hey guys i had to change my name due to security reasons but its still me. @thanuja ya I didnt include Mr. Wimal in this article due to many reasons.
1. There isnt any space in this article for him. If i were to write about him it would take me years and years to write about the BULLS**T that comes out of his mouth(sorry i had to swear, but that is the nicest word i can find to describe what he says.)
2. If i did write about him i would have to censor everything. Be even for adults.
3. No one would believe me not even thanuja.who as i know wants to kill wimal really badly(maybe not kill but something similar)
4. I hate him and i want to kill him
And just we are building bridges doesnt mean the country is developing. Half of the bridges dont do much to control the traffic problem.(talking about flyovers') For example the Nugegoda flyover is useless,
no change at all in the traffic. Just ask anyone who uses that route regularly. But we have to wait and see what happens to the other bridges(Hope they dont collapse) and all the other projects that are underway.
Ya mate great article full of truth, but I can't agree with u on Ranil.He is a brainy guy and the thing is people in here are stupid and can't understand him' all they can understand is another idiot's words ,that's why MR won.
I really think it'l be better if you add something about Vimal.If politics is the jungle we can't miss the stinking pig in it.
I think SF is acting crazy now.He allied with the JVP and that is not good for UNP.why should we aid JVP?they must be wiped out from politics because they have no clear policy and mess everything.They are the one's that is responsible for UNP's downfall.
let's see what happens in the next election.
Well Ranil is stupid in a different way. His advisers are very bad. Therefore he says stupid things. And Kushan i do agree with you, SF is acting crazy. why the hell did he join the JVP? its the lamest party in the universe. They suck :P. They are going to loose really badly. SF shouldn't have entered politics in the first place. He lost his respect.The same thing is going to happen to Sanath and Susanthika.
Machan, the part on bridges was suppose to be ironic, especially when the Nugegoda one is a temporary fly over :)
Anyway, SF went with the JVP because he didnt want deputy leadership that was offered by the UNP, and Ranil refused to give him the leadership(not deputy but the leadership) of UNP(because non of the UNP ministers liked it)
Obviously the helpless/hopeless JVPs loved to give him the top spot, even at the expense of the bell sign.
Your facts are all true malli, have to agree with you on those,but as I said before I don't think that the fate of politics can be changed even if MR didn't get re-elected and some one else did,because they are all greedy bastards.And by the way, I think more than Ranil's stupidity it's his attitued that matters, he just don't care what happens as long as he gets a famous seat.He is a care free,shameless person who would do any thing and I mean ANY THING to secure his present situation, he doesn't give a damn about the future. Any way, very gud article.there's solid truth in it.Good job.
Hi!
Great piece of writing!
But i must tell you that i disagree with you in some points that your have mentioned about MR like the one you had said about being "greedy for power".It seems to me like he cares for the country most.
I also don't think that Ranil is stupid. He is really good at politics. But some times he makes mistakes. After all he is a human.:P
But still he is not stupid.
I too think that this is not the right way to treat SF. He has done so much for our country. People should think it over again as well as the government. This is not the way to pay gratitude to him. He truly deserves more.
Anyway, your article rocks. keep it up!!!! :)
Really interesting article. I would say that these kind of things are common in every country.Politicians are same in everywhere, they love power and will do anything to get it and once they come to power they become hungry and thirsty for money. In my country it is also same. I am wondering whether is it safe enough for you to express your true feelings? Anyway you have courage to say what you want.
@Dila I agree with you, Ranil is a shameless bastard who doesnt care about the future. He should resign as the leader of the UNP.
@Aruni I never said MR doesn't like our country. He is patriotic but he is greedy, for power and money.
@Aishath I'm really sorry to hear that your country is also like this. Hope it doesn't get any worse :)
hey chandika, Though I'm not into politics, your post really makes sense.
But in my point of view, MR is not the one who is responsible for corruption and everything. The bunch of idiots around him such as,Nimal Siripala, Bail Rajapakshe and Susil Premajayanth are the villains of the mother land! And they are the people who have to be blamed!!
I'm totally agreeing with you at the point, SF is not to be treated like this.But, he could have waited for another couple of years and join into politics.(After MR)By joing now,he has disgraced himself by joining bunch of fools and they have let him down.
Any way a great piece of writting. Keep it up! A great editor in making...... :) Good luck.
P.S
I like the part, "Ranil is STUPID"
oh...! I can see that people love talking about politics. Anyway, the original post is a critical one. Chandika, you have the skill and courage to do that. Thumbs up!
Hey Thanuja you should be practicle ok,at least think about the new roads,highways,new power stations,air ports,harbours,international sports grounds that are being built im the country.
Being built is present continuous.(i think)Which means it is not completed yet. What if they stop it halfway and steal all the money invested? That is a possibility given the politicians involved.
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