Fealty to the country or commitment to the party?

by M. Zulkifli Nazim

Views expressed in this article are author own

( April 24, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The disorderly and criminal behaviour by some members of the opposition in the esteemed legislative assembly on the 20th of April 2015, shows an extremely careless disregard for the law, decorum, propriety in manners and conduct as well as decency in the precincts of the noble parliament – Violating, breaching and desecrating the august premises.

The worst is the unbelievable statement made by His Excellency, the President Maithripala Sirisena and his total inaction and deep freeze attitude clearly sends the message of displaced loyalty – vis-à-vis that the President is hell-bent on protecting his party than the country.

The proclamation made by Mr. Maithripala Sirisena at the time of his ceremonial induction as President of our beloved country was phenomenal – exceedingly and unbelievingly great where he asserted and declared that he will build a civilized country.

The parliament, the main body which enacts legislations, to build a civilized country does not even contain civilized, cultured or even genteel members in the party chaired by President Sirisena. What emanated from the parliament last Monday evening, was not the fragrance of the seeds of a civilized country, but the stinking stench of barbarism, savagery, atrocity and the quality of shockingly cruel and inhumane – A distinctive odour , offensively unpleasant saturating the atmosphere.

The incumbent President must bear in mind, always, that he was conferred this position by the people to do away with autocracy – the political system that was favouring unlimited authority by a single individual.

This absolute power which was the foundation of absolute corruption was seen by the people of this country and the whole wide world for over a decade of lawlessness, absolute dictatorship unrestricted by a constitution, laws or opposition – a decade of degeneracy, decadence, abjection and moral depravity.

It is very clearly seen, that although the members of the party headed by president Maithripala Sirisena permeated and imbued with moral perversion, impairment of virtue and degenerate moral principles, they are not short of shrewedness and skill in deception in nailing the incumbent president to the wall by making him the Chairman of the party – they knew, the psyche and mentality of the president, whose allegiance to the party supersedes any other commitment – even his dedication to the betterment of the country. This was proved beyond any reasonable doubt on the day of the fateful decision to implement the 19th Amendment for the amelioration of our beloved country, which was attacked and violently squashed by the president’s own party members.

We can also see where people who should be subjected to brickbats, punishments and incarceration are welcomed with bouquets with His Excellency The President Maithripala Sirisena remaining mum and failing to communicate his disgust and strong aversion.

The Rajapaksa presidency was loyal only to his family and his degenerate henchmen and never the country – quite in a similar, but perverted fashion, The Maithripala Sirisena presidency is more loyal to his party –than to the country or to the people who placed him in power.

It is indeed a betrayal of trust against the decent people of Sri Lanka, by the most trusted person.

Dear Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, please take cognizance of the fact that the people of this country were shedding tears of blood during the Rajapaksa presidency and we expected you to wipe our tears and today Mother Lanka is shedding tears of blood.