Wiggie wants Mahinda to walk the talk

Sunday 25th May 2014

“Going as part of President Rajapaksa’s entourage would give the impression that all is fine between the Northern Provincial Council and the Government of Sri Lanka, when in fact it is not,” said Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran. 
Wigneswaran, who hit headlines last week following his refusal to join a Presidential delegation to New Delhi to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, pointed out: “It is unfortunate that public affairs have become an exercise in tokenism. We act for world consumption but not with sincerity. I declined the invitation because I did not want to become a party to tokenism.”
In an email interview with the Daily FT, the former Judge turned politician stressed: “Sinhalese leaders make a lot of fanfare attempting to speak in Tamil but do not recruit adequate translators in Courts. There are cases which have languished for more than 20 years purely because there are no translators. Tamils are not allowed to sing the National Anthem in the language they understand. We try to take shortcuts and attempt to sweep the main issues under the carpet.”
Following are excerpts from the interview:

Q: Why did you reject President Rajapaksa’s invitation to join his delegation to India’s Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi’s swearing in ceremony? 

Wiggie Wants Mahinda to Walk the Talk by nelvely