A most auspicious moment is born..! opportunities don’t knock at your door twice – LeN urges MPs and its 1.7 million viewers to support 19 th amendment..!

(Lanka-e-News -27.April.2015, 11.30PM) 27 th of April 2015 , that is today is most crucial and momentous  to all Sri Lankans. The dictatorial trend that began in 1978 , that is 36 years ago which reached its devastating peak under the Medamulana bestial corrupt reign turning the clock back to the period of the  rule of the destructive Dinosaurs, exploiting the obnoxious  executive presidency powers is  going to be stamped out from the motherland.

Today , by this good riddance of the bad rubbish (GROBR), the people of Sri Lanka are going to heave a sigh of relief marking a watershed in SL ‘s history .

During this 36 years  period , though several presidents came to power , all of them after promising to abolish this abominable executive presidency did not honor their promises after taking over the reins, thereby duping the masses wholesale. Though a president (female) realized this executive presidency shall be abolished , the opposition at that time played false and obstructed it. Finally , the Medamulana regime brutes and beasts , devastated everything that is democratic , abusing the evil executive presidency powers so much so that , they acted  even in excess of  the brutal dictatorial rule turning the clock back to the rule of the Dinosaur beasts. Unfortunately the gullible masses who voted them into power did not understand that when they put the devil at the wheel , it can only drive them to hell.

In the end , the progressive forces and the people united to elect a promising president in the name of Maithripala Sirisena who can give protection like the God. Chasing a devil is not that easy , the Medamulana devil had therefore to be ‘exorcised’, by which time , the devil had successfully united all against him owing to  his egregious sins and evils which devastated the country on a scale unprecedented in SL ‘s history. The Maithripala advent on the scene   was a happening  without a precedent in the whole world. This was the first time in the world , the second in line to the  president of a government who is opposed to the government party  got  elected as the head of the country  on the opposition votes while being  opposed from within his own government party.

Unlike in the past , when the presidents dishonored their promises to the people  after coming into power , on this occasion  neither the president nor the opposition can dupe the masses. The present climate is such , the people who have learnt a lesson  from the past deceits of the presidents , should ensure similar deceptions are  not  permitted to be practiced on them again. Today is that crucial  day . That is , today is the day the salutary  19 th amendment to the constitution which opens  the doors wide  to the abolition of the executive presidency is being tabled in parliament.

Though the SLFP, UNP ,TNA , JVP and JHU agreed to support this amendment  when this amendment was to be tabled on the 20 th , the SLFP which has the majority in parliament obstructed it. Citing  flimsy irrelevant grounds , after staging a night protest in parliament , they signed a petition obnoxiously  following a ‘policy for corruption’ challenging the summoning of ex president Mahinda Rajapakse to the Anti bribery and corruption commission based on corruption charges. More than half the number of members of parliament , 116 of them signed that petition.

Under the  present climate , the  threat of  impeachment motion against the president too cannot be warded off , being faced with a challenge , because after   saying that a 2 /3 majority can be secured , that is 150 votes out of 225 votes in parliament, and the SLFP will support it , right now , the SLFP is split into two . One faction last Friday , brought forward a number of strange proposals as a  cure for a non existent ailment .

Meanwhile ,  Maithripala Sirisena met the Mahanayake of the Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters yesterday when some pressure was exerted on the SLFP members who are opposing the 19 th amendment. Today , the people of the country  for government of good governance are to stage a massive march demanding that the 19 th amendment be passed in parliament. Ven . Sobitha Thera too  who was most vocative in support of the 19 th amendment while extending his full blessings for  the 19th amendment  is to commence a satyagraha today.

We at Lanka e news earnestly request our 1.7 million permanent viewers , the people of the country and every parliamentarian not to allow this propitious opportunity that is at the doorstep to make   our motherland of birth a ‘new refreshing free world’ slip away , for opportunities don’t knock at the door twice.

Hence , it is for the MPs to  decide most cautiously and judiciously on their own, whether by resisting this amendment, are they  going to drag the motherland down into a dark abyss ? or are they  going to vote for it and ensure that the amendment is passed unhindered , so that our motherland will be freed from the dangers of autocracy, anarchy and despotism ?

By Sandaruwan Senadheera 
Chief editor – Lanka e news
Translated by Jeff

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