A Plea To Enlighten The Ruthlessly Abused People
Nagananda Kodituwakku
ByThe reply sent by Mahinda Rajapaksa to Party Leader, President Maithipala Sirisena’s letter shows nothing more than the immaturity of the electorate and dire need to educate the people of Sri Lanka who hold the all inalienable sovereign powers of governance under the Constitution, which is being ruthlessly abused by the politico cheats belongs to both the ruling party and the opposition.
Naturally it is disheartening to observe that those who are well acquainted with the fundamentals of the constitutional law have preferred to remain silent, refraining from educating the people of this country whose sovereign rights (Legislative, Executive and Judicial power) have ruthlessly been abused by the two main political parties since independence.
Both two established political parties in Sri Lanka have shown that they have no genuine interest whatsoever to establish true democracy in this country that would respect the inalienable democratic rights of the people as enshrined in the supreme law of the land, the Constitution.
Rajapaksa: a cheat with credibility lost altogether
Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his re-election bid to the Office vouched in the 2010 Manifesto ‘The Executive Presidency will be converted into a Trusteeship which honours the mandate given to Parliament by being accountable to parliament, establishes equality before the law, is accountable to the judiciary and enacts laws that are accountable to the judiciary, and is not in conflict with the judiciary’ (page 56)
But what Rajapaksa did after his re-election to the office was absolutely the opposite. He encouraged the absolute lawlessness and was determined to have a firm grip on the justice system that could hinder all forms of abuses condoned by him.Read More