Will An Unsteady State Of Governance Bring A Lasting Peace?
By Ayathuray Rajasingam -May 6, 2014
Ayathuray Rajasingam
Time to realize the message of Bhagavad Gita
The message of Bhagavad Gita extends to the area of promoting good governance and sustainable development. Even Buddhism is indebted to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. Gita stresses the concept of duty and its significance for good leadership. Duty needs to be done without attachment and without any discriminations whatsoever and for those who do their duty without attachment will attain the supreme goal. It is the steady state of governance which will promote a lasting peace in any country.
Good governance denotes the ability to manage one’s anger which should not be allowed to gain control over an individual. According to Gita, complete delusion arises from anger and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence will be lost and when intelligence is lost, one falls down. The control of anger is a vital aspect of human relations. Prince Duryodhana was shown in Maha Bharath as emotionally blackmailing Karna to engage in unrighteousness and followed an unsteady state of governance. This is what is happening in Sri Lanka today.
Sri Lanka political leaders always want to be in the forefront whenever there is a conference on the subject of the teachings of Bhagavad Gita, but when it comes to practice, they completely ignore its teachings and focus on misleading the public on various pretexts, especially engaged in emotional blackmailing which leads to unsteady state of governance. The appointment of Karuna Amman as a Minister, who was earlier involved in the bombing at Daladawa Maligawa, shooting of innocent Policemen and later seen in various clubs with women, is one of the cases in point. Now the protection given to the BBS leader, Gnanassara Thero for being in possession of an automatic firearm is another case to expose the unsteady state of governance by President Rajapaksa. The BBS is been utilized as an emotional blackmailing of the ethnic communities which reflects the uncultured behavior of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his siblings. Political leaders in countries where pluralism is practiced have yet to learn a lot from Federal countries like Canada. In Federal countries there are different decision-makers with different constituencies and democratic claims of equal strength with a steady state of governance. Should there be any conflicts, Judicial Review is seen as the best practical solution for settling disputes about Federalism. Political leaders in those countries are discouraged to engage in emotional blackmailing of the minority communities. In Federal countries democracy cannot appear to be a tyranny of the majority community. This is why Federalism is seen as a pathway to a strong democracy and for a lasting peace .Read More
