What are we waiting for? It seems like
an eternity since the pompous promises made at the last General Election. It is
obvious that none of them have or will be delivered in the way we were
expecting them.
You will no doubt be given reasons as to
why they cannot be fulfilled, but any street urchin worthy of his profession
will know, that they have caused pie in the sky problems, and actually have
backfired.
The Govt. servant salary increase of
Rs10K a month. The Guaranteed price for Tea, Rubber and Paddy and the reduction
in Fuel Prices have created the problem and NOT solved it. Electorally the
Govt. is already drowned out! I will post an entry in the near future to even
explain why the Government servant pay raise has affected the economy adversely
in ways that were not even contemplated.
Instead of making any sense in the way
the Economy is managed, with new bills on RTI, Revenue raising from the
Wealthy, cutting fraud and corruption that costs the Country Billions a day, we
have our parliamentarians and leaders galloping round the world in the pretext
of work.
The latest is the visit to China of 17
new parliamentarians!
This is a means for the new MPs to plan how
they can work together for their betterment, taking as much of the privileges as
possible from the State, and these private friendships will hold despite the bickering
across the political divide for the gullible public to be fooled on! This is how
it has always been.
Frankly is this the way to get up to
speed on solving the pressing affairs of the day? There was a report just
yesterday saying the import of 32,000 duty free vehicles has cost the Govt.
Rs147B in duty concessions, and that is double the budget deficit!! http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2015/11/01/new03.asp
The facts are at hand, it is time to make
the change, but don’t expect anything anytime soon.
So how do we demand what was promised? How
do we pressure the Govt. to deliver, despite their screaming that they don’t have
the money to deliver, as they suddenly found the mess the Rajapakses left the economy
in was much worse than they had expected!
Simple, let us start with the list that does
not involve any cost. Start drafting the new Constitution that will last till at
least 2065, that enshrines in law, rights of the Disabled, Elderly, Children and
Women. This should also prevent the hijacking of the state by a cabal, by the system
of checks and balances.
Next, immediately strengthening the effectiveness
of the Police force from a corrupt rabble to a disciplined force that commands respect
of the public.
Then the strengthening of the Judiciary to
ensure independence, swift action of cases, clearing the backlog, and improving
the quality of judges by increasing their remittances.
A complete overhaul of the Education system
is the next priority and can be done in concurrence with the above, but the priority
MUST be improving the overall quality of the Teachers, beginning with Montessori
teachers as a must to inject a sense of citizenship amongst children, to love the
Country and in doing so preserve the environment reduce pollution, and encourage
recycling where practical currently not part of the Education curriculum.
Unless we are able to instill this in the
small child, over the importance of passing the Grade 5 exam, we cannot expect a
school leaver to have ingested these values automatically.
The Right to Information Bill (RTI) if passed
immediately will strengthen the fight against corruption, and reduce the likelihood
of lawmakers trying to take the state for a ride.
In summary this is not a tall order at all,
and we will see results immediately, as FDI depends solely on Laws, and the knowledge
that there is swift justice in cases where there is a breakdown. To pretend otherwise,
as many in power seem to think is simply a dreamers folly that needs awakening and
action.
Finally the public need to be clearly informed,
and the disinformation traitors silenced by a more educated public NOT willing to
be taken in anymore by false rhetoric that is still common, and feeds the gullible!
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