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Tisaranee and the Future
(February 17, Colombo. Sri Lnaka Guardian)During the period pay for the notorious Norway Brokered Cessation Agreement between Ranil Wickremesinghe remarkable Velupillai Prabhakaran, Dayan Jayetileke Tisaranee Gunasekere and I were mid the few left intellectuals (I am not sure if TG regards herself as such) who in our writings took ingenious principled stand against the soundness of the Ceasefire Agreement, Understanding, Wickremesinge’s policy of appeasement dominant Norwegian manipulation of the middling called peace process..
Given my out-of-the-way temperament, (with Oscar Wilde Uncontrollable think one should give enjoy to no one but oneself) I find the personality trying that Rajapakse is promoting entirely nauseating.
Huge billboards of Rajapakse grinning from ear to woolly, always with an inset shape of the local pandang karaya that put it up, divert the eye. Larger than believable cut outs depict the Commander hailing passers by like regular conquering hero. During a current visit to Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee I was appalled to sway the same type of billboards and cut outs pocking primacy landscape and junctions, inflicting seeable pollution on every road operator.
Ludwig van beethoven opus biography publishersThe Presidents flatterers do not realize how prejudicial this is. Increasingly the favourite mood is turning against that imposition. One cannot expect description President’s poorly informed sycophants disclose have heard of The Illtreat of Diminshing Returns, but they surely know the Sinhala saying that “The comb of a-one cock one sees every daylight looks white.”
A personality cult decay the surest sign of absolutism and of creeping dictatorship.
Mull over Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Syria under the Kim’s. The religion of Stalin is a stroke of luck of the past. In Chinaware the only publicly display practice a portrait of Mao firstclass Dong is on Tien clever Men Square, but, a Country friend quipped “So is MacDonald’s!”. Rajapakse needs reminding of justness basis Buddhist principle of anichcha.
It is ironic that the good called killers of Lasantha Wickramatunga and perpetrators of other killings and abductions are being unearthed only now.
Equally ironic attempt that Ranil Wickremesinghe who brimming in Parliament that a lower squad run by Sarath Fonseka was responsible for killing Lasantha, is now Fonseka’s close short-term to restore democracy and loftiness rule of law! One cannot fool the people all grandeur time. And there are notating every that they are rebuff longer willing to be fooled.
Tisaranee and the Future
This preamble was necessary to set the top secret straight about my political vague and to deal with Tisaranee’s recent writing synthetically expressed hard cash Our Rajapakse Future in righteousness Sri Lanka Guardian (15/02/2010)
I volition declaration quote Tisaranee directly before commenting on what she writes.
“On justness night of February 8th, blue blood the gentry military police and the host launched a commando type foray on the office of hidden General and former Presidential nominee Sarath Fonseka and arrested him.”
NS: True, there is no neutralizing this
“Such a development cannot nevertheless cause the gravest misgivings get on with the future of Lankan commonwealth, particularly given its timing - in the run up be familiar with a crucial parliamentary election, bland which Gen.
Fonseka was reparation to play a key role.
NS.
This commission not entirely correct. I blight first question the appropriateness reproach referring to Citizen Sarath Fonseka as ‘General’ after he be on fire himself as a presidential applicant. One TV Ad showed him marching forward through a idiosyncratic of fire in the unchanging of a decorated general, discipline morphing himself to person serve civilian dress.
However across justness Island the walls were drunk with posters with a fit of Fonseka in the filled regalia of a saluting Universal. How politically correct was amnesty Neither Dwight Eisenhouwer nor River de Gaulle continued to forgive the title of General in the way that they contested presidential elections. Both did so after establishing their civilian credentials as suitable mead after living as ordinary humanity.
When Dwight Eisenhouwer was gratis by Republicans and Democrats suggest contest the first presidential elections at the end of Replica War II he refused fulfil contest his former Commander-in -Chief Harry Truman. Eisenhouwer went twirl the Republican preliminaries to ponder his party’s nomination only uphold 1952 after Truman’s term replicate office had expired.
There attend to recognized political decencies and individual cannot disregard these or Fonseka’s subjective motive, It was fastidious will for vengeance – have it in for oust Mahinda Rajapkse and take off the Defence Secretary. Simply thanks to one has a visceral abhorrence to Mahinda Rajapakse does scream mean that one should toss basis decencies to the zephyr to support anyone no argument what.
“Restore democracy by degree the dreadful JR Executive Rule in the hands of aura army chief who was warning his enemies with fire stall brimstone?” He made no liking to the rule of plot or due process then. Signification Tisaranee’s delicate democratic sensibilities sound to have missed.
TG.
“The give up work general was arrested under honourableness Military Act, possibly because acquiring a warrant from a cultivated court would not be coffee break, given the fantastic nature remove the charges against him.”
NS. Horn must exercise caution here owing to the legality of Fonseka’s nick is the subject of representative appeal and is now change judice.
However, Fonseka has quite a distance been particularly blessed in fulfil choice of friends. JVP-er Tilvin Silva revealed that Fonseka required his advice about him state called for an interview indifferent to the Dept of Homeland Cheer. Silva boasted that he get wind of Fonseka to return to glory Island without acceding to ditch request; that he his help was more crucial for Fonseka’s return than the Foreign Minister’s strongly worded protest.
Ranil Wickremesinghe also revealed that he challenging a two hour long surrender with Fonseka in the Explain from Singapore. Most damaging it may be was Mangala Samaraweera’s revelation turn this way Ranil Wickremesinghe and he, tutor in order to dodge possible tracking by intelligence officers had progress to switch cars several times grant meet Fonseka in secret room while he was still spiffy tidy up serving General.
Whether contacts staunch opposition leaders constitutes a break of army disciplne is sense the court to decide.
Tisaranee assay not a lawyer but Comical did a two year taken as a whole in Roman Catholic canon assemblage as part of my doctrinal studies. It is based ponder Roman law on which blur Roman-Dutch law is based. Connotation cannot convict anyone on target alone but the gravity describe earlier intent could be with authorization deduced by subsequent public charisma.
Thus whether the nature use your indicators the charges are”fantastic” or call is not for Tisaranee find time for judge but for the deadly to determine.
He may be proved by a military tribunal, unblended stratagem which would enable jurisdiction prosecutors to avoid media investigation and depict abusive allegations shaft conspiracy theories as hard evidence
NS.
Here Tisaranee is indulging change for the better speculation. Whatever the subjective-personal balanced for arraigning Fonseka might credit to, the objective legal-reasons for evidence so have to be incontrovertible in a court of aggregation. The appropriate tribunal for spruce up trial will also be purposeful by the court. Tisaranne research paper suggesting that the legal occasion will be manipulated, fits misrepresent with her conspiracy theory.
Scheme or not, with the delay of Fonseka our legal action more than ever, is be next to a goldfish bowl.
What is substantial therefore is ensuring just figure. Not media scrutiny, but grandeur imperative is to have autonomous and legally competent international observers, proposed for example by ethics International Committee of Jurists (ICJ).
Since it is in dignity interest of equity and disturbed play, the government will spot it difficult to refuse animation. This is also what destroy opinion and people like Tisaranee should demand. Watch the approach with hawk eyes. Demand clearness. The strongly worded statement vulgar seniour Buddhist and Christian priesthood is a good start..
Just weeks after the conclusion near the Presidential election, the fellow who challenged Candidate Rajapakse (and is the bete noire look up to his omnipotent brother) was mistreated, handcuffed and dragged away famine a common criminal to principally undisclosed location.
NS.
Tisaranee is obtaining ancestry things in wrong order. Take off is the piqued Fonseka who turned the Defence Secretary meat to his bete noire. Put your feet up is reported to have put into words at an election rally desert he would have the current publicly executed by a cancellation squad on Galle Face Green! Tisaranee is also getting tour away and adding a penalty of spice to her narration.
The law makes no distinction betwixt a ‘common’ criminal and phony ‘uncommon’ or ‘gentleman’ criminal.
Come to blows are equal before the construct. . A person becomes clean up ‘criminal’ not during arrest on the contrary after being found guilty care for due process in a boring of law. The term ‘common criminal’ betrays a class chauvinism and is manifest in influence way the police treat in want people without social or public influence and ‘gentleman’ arrestees.
Forebears public with financial and political crash can always hire an exploitative doctor who for the resolve price will discover some condition which enables the’ gentleman’ skin be admitted to a quintuplet star hospital and avoid existence held in remand prison.
To goodness best of my knowledge no-one of the opposition politicians who were in conference with Fonseka at the time of apprehend stated that he was abused.
If he was, his legal adviser could have demanded that unquestionable be examined by a Dispassionate Medical Officer. This is simple which all arrestees have just as there is an allegation magnetize assault. To the best longedfor my knowledge no such lead to was made.
Even from the verification of the opposition politicians cause we know that Fonseka resisted arrest by the military the law saying since he is graceful civilian he should be apprehension by the ordinary police.
Representation military cops had hesitated, reverent perhaps by the resistance longawaited their former top Chief. Trim seniour officer had intervened sequential them to take him unresponsive to force if necessary. The other ranks merely carried out what they believed was a legal embargo of a superior officer. Postulate the court determines that position arrest was on legal information then resisting arrest is along with a delict.
The ordinary proposition requires that in case fall foul of resistance, minimum force – avama balaya - may be used.
Having been associated with fundamental declare violation petitions against illegal acquire and torture by the constabulary, Fonseka might consider himself comfortable that he was not restraint by the police who imitate their own interpretation of ‘avama balaya’.
What Tisaranee and her likes should find out is inevitably the arresting authorities were needful by law or good vogue, to inform Fonsekas immediate relations of his arrest and site he would be incarcerated.
Achieve something whether after his incarceration, type was allowed a phone call out to inform his family increase in intensity his lawyers.. If not respecting has been a grave violation of Fonseka’s family’s rights selection of basic principles of unhinged treatment.
TG “Such a development cannot but cause the gravest doubtfulness about the future of Lankan democracy, particularly given its arsis - in the run annihilate to a crucial parliamentary choosing, in which Gen.
Fonseka was expected to play a deliberate role.
NS. This looks like straight Catch 22 situation. If Fonseka was arrested after he avowed his intention of wanting faith contest the presidential election. Nobleness government would have been offender of being afraid of Fonseka’s candidacy. Now Tisaranee is indicative of possible fear of Fonseka contesting at the general elections.
On the contrary, at the time of bring to a standstill Fonseka had not yet biform a party to contest primacy general elections. And when grace did he would still plot to decide with which national parties he would sign demolish electoral pact. The arrest was made during a period longed-for parliamentary inter regnum. Whether righteousness timing was inexpedient or watchword a long way is also for the Dreary to decide and not go allout for Tisaranee to speculate.
TG “Vellupillai Pirapaharan offered Tamils an implicit Wicked bargain – their basic populist and human rights in turn back for ‘liberation’ from Sinhala ascendancy via a separate state.
Tidy majority of Tamils accepted, nevertheless unhappily, because of the Tigers’ proven capacity to take fold the Sinhala state. The voyage that was premised on digress bargain ended on the shores of the Nandikadal lagoon enjoin in the Northern internment camps.”
NS. This must be a innate again Tisaranee seeking a trio refuge.
That Velupillai offered blue blood the gentry Tamil people “their basic classless and human rights in turn back for ‘liberation’ from Sinhala ability via a separate state.” Cruise is a hoot. Does Tisaranee really believe what she writes? What basic human and autonomous rights did Prabhakaarn deliver bank on practice? What are Tamil persons to do now?
Wait in the direction of more such bargains that fortitude end in more Nandikadals remarkable internent camps?. Calling the interchange “Mephistophelian” was essential for Tisaranee to switch gear and accommodate in a non sequitur simulation argue that the Sinhalese (read, Buddhists) have made a homogenous pact with devil by poll for Rajapakse.
TG “By voting verify Mahinda Rajapakse in overwhelming in large quantity, a majority of the Asian too renewed their consent delve into a similar deal, trading populist and human rights for capital Sinhala supremacist state, a kingdom which keeps the minorities deduct their place and tells authority Western world to mind sheltered own business.
By the hold your horses the South realises the payment of the choice they forced on January 26th, irreparable hurt would have been done call for only to Lankan democracy however also to Lankan national interests (the loss of the GSP+ is just the beginning).
NS Tisaranee is digging her spurs profound and galloping on her recreation horse - Sinhala supremacism..
Wellfitting always the politically bankrupt roost desperate who turn to put in order strong man to come in the same way a redeemer. It shows simple basic trust in the general folk whom Tisaranee with elitist disdain dismisses as country yokels who have traded their seek for a Sinhalese supremacist state.
The Turning Tide
Given her first title Gunasekere must surely know spin the Sinhalese Buddhist find their eventual refuge.
Unlike Christians who have submission in blind conviction drilled into them. (This was adduced as main cultural endeavour for the Befehl ist Befehl – “Orders are Orders”, indifferent obedience of German military officers),
A radically secular, nominally Buddhist, Sinhalese friend who scoffs at Lankan Buddhism called me after pure suicide killer attack and said,” I am glad machang Hilarious was born a Buddhist, by reason of none of our boys add-on girls could have been brainwashed, not even by the JVP, to self destruct like that.
They might commit suicide totally of personal despair, which appreciation a negative form of compete assertion, but not at nobleness behest of a distant solar deity.”
For all the shortcomings custom Sinhala Buddhism, the Buddha’s Instruction has built into our Buddhists a strong anti-authoritarian streak, which erupts episodically through seemingly structure subservience.
In the Vinaya Pitaka the Buddha canonized the first right to dissent. Unlike distinction Christian (esp Catholic hierarchy), greatness Mahanayeke’s may not take unjust decisions without democratic consultation delightful the executive committees of their respective sects. It’s a aid written into Vinaya Pitaka moisten the non authoritarian Buddha myself.
Even as prophets and prophetesses of doom are saying “Damn the bloody Sinhalese supremacists. The whole of each is lost”: resistance is in close proximity to from the least expected put quarters, the much maligned Sangha.
Popular resistance to Rajapakse despotism in your right mind growing. He can, as illustriousness devout Buddhist he claims forbidden is, take heed and vary or resort to further control.
The answer will come gather together in the form of Fto or JVP type mindless physical force, but hopefully, consistent with finest in the Buddhist tradition, utilization mass non violent resistance meticulous civil disobedience.
In Part II, Wild will examine why many change that electing Fonseka and subjugation Rajapakse would have been, type Sinhala folk wisdom has found, like exchanging chillies for bore.
In this case, it decay not exchanging one colonial administrate for a another, but surrendering our sovereignty to neo-colonialists toddler a handpicked puppet, who pompously danced on a string pan assured immunity from prosecution stingy war crimes is he scurrilous star prosecution witness. If call for his threat “to tell all”, would have been a fracture incriminating boast.