The Demolition Of The Rule Of Law Can Be A Frankenstein Monster For Rajapaksa Himself
By Shyamon Jayasinghe -February 6, 2014
Shyamon Jayasinghe
The Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, it is reported, just escaped serious hurt or assassination; and that, mind you, at his own party meeting at Parliament. The situation is still unclear and it is hoped the government will act immediately to get at the bottom of what really happened and if any unseen hands were behind it. Today’s (6/2/14) Divaina reports that Thavarapperuma, UNP man at Kalutara, spat out raw filth and leaned forward to attack his party leader for refusing to give his son nomination. An online news report stated that Thavarapperuma had a concealed weapon in his possession and, further, that a UNP MP had earlier announced that “something important is going to happen.” This same online news edition indicated that another United National Party MP, better known for his thuggery, was seen later going hand-in-hand with Thavarapperuma.
These remain plain allegations but they are serious charges that give the whole episode of events the appearance of linkage. For its own good and for the wider safety of our people government must not ignore this assault on no less a person than the Leader of the Opposition (LOP). Conspiracy theorists are back in business and government must allay doubts in the minds of people.
Violence on the Leader of the Opposition is as bad as violence on the President in terms of the functioning of our democratic system. Furthermore, we dread to think that what was attempted and failed against the LOP may succeed against the President.
No one can condone the employment of violence to resolve political issues. Few cry for the vanquishedPrabhakaran and his Tiger thugs nowadays except the blind adherents of the radical Tamil militant segments. It would have been good if Prabhakaran lived to see that the enormous violence he had unleashed both on the Sinhalese and Tamil populations did not pay. But what Prabhakaran did not live to see the criminal politicians of the South will perhaps themselves also never live to see. The reason: like Prabhakaran, they will be destroyed by this self-unleashed Frankenstein Monster of criminal politics. .Read More
