A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, July 28, 2017
Anti-Corruption: Remove the tarnished from office
( July 28, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Let
us congratulate and thank Anika Wijesuriya on her admirable civic sense
to expose the wolves in sheep’s clothing. The nation changed a set of
rulers accused of massive corruption, placing a lot of trust in those
who took over, and if this is what we got it’s a crying shame.
My mind goes to the beneficiary of this largesse as he constantly
proclaimed that billions had been robbed by the previous regime and that
it was his intention to recover and put the money back to the national
kitty. In the same breath, I do off my hat to the President for not
caving into pressure and appointing a Special Presidential Commission to
probe mega corruption that dismantled the good name of a much-respected
institution
As a respected ex-Deputy Governor of the Central Bank has said, the
damage done by the BOND blast was worse than the BOMB blast to the
institution. Its image both nationally and internationally today is
beyond repair. The President should initiate action to prosecute all
those found guilty and it’s for the Judiciary to apply the laws of the
land.
The person figuring in this saga has no moral right to continue in his
present position anymore, and it goes without saying that the leader
should remove him if he is to salvage his already tarnished image.
Since it has now been revealed that the property at issue has been
purchased for Rs. 165 million, the country would like to know what value
the notarial document carried. It goes without saying Inland Revenue
too will be able to enlighten the Commission on taxes paid. The next
step would be to recover the correct stamp duty, and also take action
against the black coat that blessed the deal if it can be proved that
there has been a fraud.
What a shame that we have to live with corrupt politicians of all hues
who make the poor poorer, and live in clover on their pangs of hunger.