Sri Lanka Matha , Sri Lanka Thaiye and Gobbanpila

(Lanka-e-News -06.Jan.2016, 11.00PM) Udaya Gammanpila of the joint common opposition has advanced a contention that according to our constitution , the national anthem cannot be sung in the Tamil language. If the national anthem is sung in Tamil in violation of the constitution , an impeachment motion can be brought against the president Mathripala Sirisena , he has pointed out.

Under section 18 (02) chapter 4 of the SL constitution 1978 ,Tamil language is a state language . Under the 13 th amendment to the constitution  section 2 (b) the Tamil language has been included as a state language in the constitution.

Section 7 of the constitution of 1978 states the national anthem of the Democratic republic of Sri Lanka (SL) shall be ‘Sri Lanka matha.’ Its lyrics and music are mentioned in the third sub annexure . In the same constitution regarding the Tamil translation it is mentioned in section 7 , it shall be  ‘Sri Lanka thaiye.’ The lyrics and music thereof are stated in the sub annexure three.

In the third sub annexure reference is made to the Sinhala national anthem we now sing , and its Tamil translation is ‘Sri Lanka Thaiye’ which was sung at the independence day commemoration on the 4 th.

If Tamil is a state language , and if according to the constitution the Tamil translation is ‘Sri Lanka Thaiye’ , what is wrong in the national anthem sung in Tamil at the independence day commemoration?

If the love for the country is to be instilled among the Tamils as of one country and of one nation , it is useless singing  it in Sinhalese. The national anthem must be sung in the language the Tamils  know . They are singing the anthem ‘Sri Lanka thaiye’ in Tamil , not as ‘Sri Lanka Tamil  Eelam’ but as Sri Lanka amma (mother) . In Tamil language they are singing , ‘children of one mother.’ 

It is a pity that individuals like Gammanpilas are angry and irked when the Tamil people are now discarding their Eeelam demand and accepting the concept of one country , perhaps because they can no longer exploit the situation politically to foment racial hatred , and foster their own country devastating political agendas. By this Gobbanpila obnoxious stance , he has only demonstrated beyond any trace of doubt the true racists and forces that are dividing  the country are among the common opposition to which he belongs.

Hence , the impeachment motion should be brought not against president Maithripala Sirisena but against individuals like Udaya Gammanpila who are hell bent on plunging the country into a holocaust through destructive racist and divisive policies. 

P.S. 
Let us educate  these ‘Gobbanpilas’ ( nincompoops) and ‘Golubellas’ (snails) like Gammanpilas on a truth  that in India the national anthem is not in the Hindi language of the majority but in the language of a minority race .It is best if Gammanpila who has lately bceome the laughing stock of the country because of his insensible and idiotic utterances despite being a lawyer understands his feeble mindedness more  and  indulges less in bombastic meaningless claptraps. At least that will serve him to conceal his disgraceful ignorance . 

 (The relevant pages of the constitution are depicted in the photographs)

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by     (2016-02-06 19:09:29)