The Congress of Religions, a body
comprising the leaders of the 4 main religions in the Island, have added their
comments to that of the 4 Mahanayake Theros, who appealed to the President to
set aside the Impeachment Motion.
In fact they are exceedingly scathing and
quite unequivocal in their forceful statement that grave injustice has been
done in the proceedings to impeach the CJ. That must be particularly insulting
to the Head of State, as it adds to the Mahanayake statement and pushes him to
a corner to do something within his powers to escape from it altogether.
It is no doubt this pressure, that has
resulted him making the comment that another independent committee will look
into the findings of the PSC. IF that was not a serious indictment as to the
lack of objectivity of the PSC then what is? I am afraid it implies that the
PSC were NOT fair in their conclusions, and if I was a member of the PSC, I
would be furious with the President for making such statement which calls into
the question their integrity. Further it is now likely that the Parliamentary
debate called for in January, which the Speaker said could be for over 15 days,
be cancelled and the whole enquiry lapse for want of any further prosecution,
due to all the pressure that has come to bear on the President from unforeseen
quarters that have hitherto been his greatest non-partisan support base.
The actions and words of the Commander in
Chief are telling. They give some indication on how decisions are taken in this
administration and when plans do not go according to script, who has to
shoulder eventual blame.
The State Media is now in a ‘state of
denial’, and every utterance gives away desperation and conflict within their
logic. It is remarkable how the supporting cast of ministers come out with
priceless retorts to the allegations, some of which cannot be even invented if
one tried. They now add to the contempt with which the actions of the elected
leaders are viewed, something that is tragic to the citizenry of this country.
We cannot afford to have our elected leaders look like bumptious buffoons in
not only the eyes of the world, but more especially by right thinking people
within the Country.
The call again to the leaders is
“Kalpanakaranna” before you take any more steps!
1 comment:
the government seems to be paying a heavy price for this seemingly innocuous move to impeach a corrupt chief justice.
my explanation, as stated before, is that this issue has been framed in a way that fits with the campaign of Fonseka and Wickremesinghe, regarding the ruling family "subverting democracy" despite the fact that they are simply ruling as a democratic state should be ruled, with the consent of the governed!
people in the country needs solutions to the problems of the day such as how to achieve a satisfying life IN SRI LANKA, the rising cost of living, degradation of values and civility, and inefficiencies in public administration. What they do not need is more red tape!!
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