The Verite Research analysis in today’s
Daily Mirror re the above likens running the Country to a Private Company being
run, where the Owner is likened to the Public and the Manager the Agent who
runs it being the Elected Representatives who have a fiduciary duty to the
Owner, as there is an element of trust in the relationship, and can be fired if
that is broken or the performance is NOT up to scratch.
The glaring figure, that explains MUCH
OF WHAT WE ARE SUFFERING FROM TODAY, is the HOLE of Rs330Billion (256+74)
created by the Govt. post its 2015 election win to give the goodies to the
people as promised, which to me seems to be the Catalyst to why we are now
having to pay for this with taxes on everything we spend on, increased to pay
for it.
Frankly the astounding import of 700,000
vehicles to Sri Lanka in 2015 also explains how the people said thanks by
importing so many vehicles, that we are NOW suffering from the effect of too
many traffic jams and an air pollution disaster in the making.
Elections in that sense have lead to the
downfall of the Country, as in every election cycle, the short term solutions
are at the expense of HUGE LONG TERM COSTS that our people have to bear for
their own greed and inability to realize that the election gimmicks are an
unacceptable price of our foolishness.
It is all the more important now that after
the checks and balances are put in place for good governance, that they are followed
by procedures that have teeth in law, so that none attempt to circumvent these good
governance practices which will then lead to the downfall of the very notion that
we are now hanging our hat on.
If the Country is to have a future, we must
understand the importance of these practices, and everyone tasked with managing
the assets and dictates of the people are cognizant of the trust placed upon them
NOT to be tempted to fatten their personal interests over those of the Country they
deem to serve.
This calls for a huge change in the culture
of the people and whether that is possible in light of daily encounters is the million
dollar question. We just don’t want a repeat of the daylight robbery of the nations
assets we witnessed in the last 11 years in this Country,
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