CBK has dissolved the parliament and the parliamentary elections
are due on 2 April 2004. The country will go on to elect lawmakers to the 225
seat House of Representatives or the Parliament. It is important that those who
get elected truly represent the electorate.
It is obvious that the untimely passing away of Soma Hamuduruwo in December last
year has much to do with the present political situation in the country. Over a
million devotees of Soma Hamuduruwo who came to attend his funeral on their own
volition no doubt showed the moribund political leaders of Sri Lanka that there
is a silent majority who are not happy with the established Christian political
leadership and their anti Sinhala Buddhist set up in the country. This show of
force is quite in contrast to the commandeered lorry loads that came to bring
Ranil W from the airport recently (on his return from seeing Uncle Sam) or for
that matter all other organized political events of our country.
Subsequent to the Thero’s funeral the Sri Lankan establishment went into a
frenzy of alignments and realignments and in the process the President who has
continued to fail the nation saw a ray of hope to continue in power by aligning
with the JVP. The JVP were quick to come to cohabitation with the PA and the
expressions of Buddhist sentiments by the JVP leader are an expression of their
own concern for the situation on the ground.
The Sri Lankan electorate is comprised of a constituency of nearly 70% Sinhala
Buddhists. This constituency has come to realize that over the years they have
been duped and taken for granted by the entrenched Christian political
establishment of the SLFP, UNP and their affiliates. As mentioned before the
situation in the country is reminiscent of the Din Diem era in Vietnam in the
1960s. If we are not careful all the hopes and aspirations of the Sinhalese
Buddhists will finally end up with the communists in a turn of events similar to
that of South Vietnam. Initially it was the Vietnamese Buddhists who rebelled
against the Din Diems. Due to their disunity and the treachery of the Vietnamese
Christians and Uncle Sam, the spoils of the war finally ended up with the
Communists! This is of course unless the Marxists in the JVP realize that they
have to change with times and accept a more realistic philosophy closer to home
and to our own realities, in the context of a modern world.
In the aftermath of the Sept 11th, Ranil W’s administration instead of exposing
the LTTE Terrorists to the world for what they are, went on to layout his
Ealamist agenda and give a breather for the then depleted forces of the LTTE.
Today in his own admission the LTTE has quadrupled their forces and arms. It is
reported that 12 ship loads of armaments were allowed into the hands of the LTTE
– a traitorous act. Ranil W went to reward them with communication and mass
media equipment in collaboration with the Tiger sponsors the Norwegians. The
last two years of the Ranil W’s administration brought a ceasefire between the
LTTE and the GOSL armed forces. It is important to note this is only a ceasefire
and not genuine peace. It is also a ceasefire during which the enemy
strengthened while the GOSL Armed Forces did nothing – these were called
“Confidence building measures” by the GOSL Chief Negotiator – the double
turncoat G L Peiris.
In the coming election the Sinhala Buddhist Electorate must have the following
foremost in their minds.
- That CBK’s and Ranil W’s agenda for Sri Lanka are both agents of the Christian
Church. They are both Christians masquerading as Buddhists.
- That CBK while being the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, carried out
programs such as Sudu Nelum to undermine the will and determination of the armed
forces. She also conducted along with her uncle several failed military
adventures resulting in the death of thousands of our heroic youth. She said the
war is un-winnable and made it un-winnable. She has failed twice – once during
her own administration and second in the cohabitation administration with Ranil
W. Now she is asking for an absolute mandate. This time around the terms must be
clear so that everybody understand what the people’s mandate is. It should not
be hijacked by CBK or her playmate Ranil W to further their personal agendas or
as often turns out the agenda of the Christian Church.
- Let us not forget how CBK brought the LTTE agent Wasantha Raja to head the
Rupavahini establishment. Even today her mouth piece is a former Evangelical
pastor. These are too important posts to be in the hands of anti Sinhala and
anti Buddhist elements. The damage they have inflicted and can inflict is
immense.
- Ranil W’s went on to form a majority Christian government.
In the process of finding a true leaders we must first embark on a mission of
eliminating from our midst the already known failed leaders. Chandrika and Ranil
W fall into this category. Their day as political leaders of Sri Lanka should be
numbered. Then there are others who are simply not capable. Anura B falls into
this category. In this fashion we must take one by one those who seek leadership
and eliminate the chaff so that the finally on the stage we have only those who
can by their astuteness, be entrusted the mantle of leadership. If we don’t
resort to this process we will continue to end up with failed politicians as our
leaders. We will also end up with a corrupt and self defeating crony
administration. Overall it is better to open this debate as wide as possible to
get the message across to the widest possible audience in order to off load
early the unnecessary baggage of the failed, the undesirable and the corrupt.
Sri Lanka is today the laughing stock of the world due the inept leadership we
have had since Independence. We have wasted Billions of Rupees and the lives of
thousands of our youth to keep these imposters to leadership in power!
It is important that those who aspire to leadership realize that they cannot at
any stage be larger than the organization that they represent. This happened to
the Sinhala Urumaya at the last elections. It must not happen again. It is
incumbent upon the Sinhala Buddhist voters to see that their hopes and
aspirations are not hijacked by selfish individuals who are bent on self
aggrandizement and to find among them leaders who can be made answerable to
them.
The country has come a long way from colonial domination and it is time that we
got rid of the entrenched oligarchies. In fact it is a slur to an educated and
intelligent Sri Lankan nation that we continue to look up to a few families who
became rich peddling liquor, livestock and ‘ladies’ during the colonial era to
provide leaders. We as a nation are endowed with a multitude of educated and
experienced men and women in Sri Lanka and scattered throughout the globe who
are ready take on the future leadership. Just as India managed to escape the
mantle of the Ghandis, Sri Lanka should escape from looking up to Bandaranaikes
, Wickramasinghes and others of their sick breed.
In the first place at the elections the Sinhala Buddhists must refrain from
voting in any Christian nominees for the parliament and even worse those who are
married to Christians. Sinhala Buddhist votes must not be wasted on Christian
nominees for whatever reason. We must let the electorate know who are the
Christians and especially those who are married to Christians. Very often their
camouflage is so good that the electorate thinks that they are Buddhists. I
wonder how many knew that Vijaya Kumaranatunge was a Catholic. Many still
believe that Ranil and CBK are Buddhists too.
What we are talking about here is not a slur on the Christian electorate in Sri
Lanka. We know they represent a 6% of the Sri Lankan electorate and we have no
objection if they get the same degree of representation in the House of
Representatives – the Parliament.
The lessons we have learnt by voting into power the likes of John Amaratunge,
Jayalath Jayewardhana, Ravi Karunanayke, Thilak Marapane (married to a
Christian), Tyronne Fernando and Milinda Moragoda are quite obvious now. They
have let down their own Buddhist voters by not only openly working against their
interests but vilifying Buddhists as chauvinist and racists at every
opportunity. It is time we have learnt this important lesson. Milinda Moragoda
even boasted of carrying out a super clean electoral campaign, only to steal the
election with naïve Buddhist votes and launch his Christian - Ealamist agenda.
It is important that the Buddhist electorate spell out in no uncertain terms
what this election is about and what it is not about. For otherwise the winner
of this election, as has happened many times previously will go out saying that
he or she has got a mandate to set in motion the agendas of their puppet masters
– the Christian Church. CBK is already asking for a clear mandate. It is up to
the Buddhist Constituency to spell that mandate and in black and white. If we
fail in this measure she may yet go around the world proclaiming that she has
got a mandate to devolve power to the Ealamists based on her unsuccessful
“Devolution Proposals” of the yesteryear. Therefore there must be preconditions
attached to any support given to UPFA. This election is also about getting an
administration where the Sinhala Buddhist can hold the reins of power. In order
to do this it will be necessary to see that key ministries are handled by
Buddhists who understand the needs of the electorate.
The key ministries such as the Defense, the Interior, the Ethnic Affairs and
Rehabilitation, the Foreign, the Mass Media, among others should be in the hands
of genuine Buddhists. The same should go out for important foreign missions. The
lessons we have learnt from voting into power the present and previous
incumbents to these offices in the short periods they held office should be
sufficient to prove beyond any doubt the damage they have and can inflict on the
nation.
We must work towards gaining control of the Lake House enterprise and the
Rupavahini establishment. These are government owned undertakings and their
outlook must reflect while not neglecting others, the hopes and aspirations of
the majority Sinhala Buddhists. There are enough and more privately owned media
enterprises to represent the Christian agenda for Sri Lanka.
The role required from the members of the Armed Forces and Police are of
paramount importance. Of all people it is they who have made the supreme
sacrifices for our motherland. Their voices from all ranks need to be heard on
the political platforms in matters to do with how the war was conducted to date
and how we should get ready to meet the LTTE/ Ranil W guns in the future. Our
heroic field commanders should not keep silent on matters of national
importance. They definitely have a political role to play and there is a
necessity to give a political expression to that need to counter the terrorist
leadership and militarist agenda of the Ealamists. So far civilian leaders who
tried to lead military campaigns have failed and failed miserably. I would say
they succeeded most effectively to follow the Christian Church agenda in
furthering the Ealamist objectives. We should leave matters on the battle field
to the field commanders. This is how the Allies defeated the Nazis.
As long as Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhala Buddhists are deprived
of their just representation, to reflect their hopes and aspirations at the
highest level of government, there will not be any permanent solutions to the
woes of our country; there will not be any democracy nor any human rights worth
talking about. If one were to judge the sentiment of the Sinhala Buddhists who
came to pay silent homage to Ven Soma Hamuduruwo, it should be quite obvious
that the following issues, among others will be foremost in their minds on 2
April 2004.
**Buddhist led government
**Protection for Buddhism and Hinduism, the non predatory religions of Sri Lanka
and prevention of unethical conversions
**Protection of the Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Unitary Status of
Sri Lanka
**De-merging of the Northern and Eastern provinces
**The role of mediators and foreign funded NGOs. The affairs of a Buddhist
nation should not be in the hands of the Ex-Nazi racist Lutheran Vikings and
their running dogs the foreign funded NGOs. Let us find a suitable mediator from
Asia.
**Media control, representation, coverage and content should not be instrumental
in denigrating the Sinhala Buddhist majority.
**Protection for ancient places of historical significance.
It is our hope that the Sinhala Buddhists will initiate meaningful actions in
the coming weeks and days to rid the nation of all the vestiges of Christian
domination and their Ealamist agenda to balkanize Sri Lanka now and India later.
This is why the Buddhist vote in Sri Lanka on April 2 should decide the way
forward for Sri Lanka and for the region. If the Sinhala Buddhists vote on April
2, 2004 wisely, to bring real democracy and independence from neo colonial
Christian domination and to protect our land and heritage from the Ealamists
then for years to come we will be able to call it our finest day since
Independence. Most of all Soma Hamuduruwo’s efforts in educating the nation
wouldn’t have been in vain!
