All
newspapers other than the Sunday Observer, which has nowhere to go on this
issue, concentrate on the anachronism that is the verdict of the PSC and the
inconsistencies pertaining to the daily pronouncement of the President at
different fora. That is one thing to the Chartered Accountants, when opening
their New Building, another to the Newspaper Editors after summoning them to a
meeting at Temple Trees and yet another to the gathering at the opening of the
new Building of the Minuwangoda Pradeshiya Sabha.
These
statements are reflective of a schizophrenic personality or policies of both
the President and Government, which in a dictatorship, is one and the same, not
being indistinguishable.
It
has brought the Country to gutter politics, and still there are cheer leaders
for this personage. Not surprising given the misinformation politics and the
resulting dynamics of survival in Sri Lanka today.
It
is therefore most interesting that for the first time in my memory this
President has been challenged by the very same Editors who he was trying to
impress a few days ago, but who he managed to totally disgust by arrogance and
pomposity, that resulted in this outburst of an unanimous call for reason and
common sense, lest we be the laughing stock of the world.
The
Underlying meaning of their written word is clear to those who can read between
the lines. It may be OK for you to make a fool of yourself, but it is NOT OK to
take the Country along with you down the same route, and that Sri Lanka has
self respect and integrity that is worth preserving despite its leadership. Put
all the Editorials today, side by side and to a fault it was the underlying
message.
How
perverse can life be? The mere act of taking revenge and teaching a lesson to
someone who stood up to authority and bullying, was an act of Political
Hara-kiri! In time history books will be written and this act placed at the
beginning of the end of the RR Republic. Oh we can’t wait, but patience will
rid this country of all the diseases in one go. It is worth the wait for the
illness to take its course, and completely work through the body, so that once cured
of this near malignant cancer, the country can get a new lease of life. We must
rid this place of the curse that is of people who cry Patriotism to strip the land
of any value, leaving nothing to posterity.
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