Defeating The Demons Of Our Past

Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein

by Wimalanath Weeraratne

Sunday, February 14, 2016

We will not allow anyone to do whatever they want in collaboration with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan,” said a firebrand parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa at a meeting held in Lunugamvehera. Addressing a public meeting in Kurunegala, former president and Kurunegala  District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa too expressed  views similar to that of his son, on the arrival of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Sri Lanka. “Prince Hussein has come here and is looking for evidence,” shouted the one-time President at the top of his lungs, noting that had the war was still raging, his second son, Sri Lanka Navy Lieutenant Yoshitha Rajapaksa would not have been behind bars! “None of us would have any trouble and none of us would be hauled before Commissions,” he stressed.

Unfortunately, Sri Lanka has had to be led with Statesmen of that caliber. Those who would spread any falsehood or fabricated lie for his or her political survival. Of the public, handful who make any financial mileage from supporting such politicos, back them for their own petty gains.

Taking Prince Al-Hussein

MP Namal Rajapaksa has no understanding of diplomatic protocol and is more or less a chip of the old block. Making ludicrous allegations that the present United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) is taking the people for a ride and is hell bent on taking political revenge, he too goes around the country just like his father. Just like a drowning man will clutch at a straw, Rajapaksa too has now clung on to the Buddhist monks. In a way both Rajapaksas engaging in bankrupt, short-term politics is beneficial for the country, as they would not have a long term shot in dragging the country into  a darker stage, than what it was during the Rajapaksa regime.

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