If MR’s defeat is certain, why not vote JVP!
August 15, 2015, 6:53 pm
Be patient Comrade; two stages can’t merge into one!
An uneasy relationship; but it has to be managed.
by Kumar David
If it is certain that Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) will not be the next Prime Minister, it makes sense to use ones vote to craft a meaningful opposition instead of increasing the Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) UNF-GG parliamentary majority. A strong JVP serves two objectives: (a) an opposition that can keep the next government on a tight leash (the debauched UPFA opposition can serve no such purpose); (b) test out a dish that may mature into an alternative government one day. Yes, I can hear voices in protest: "Kumar, you are crazy, you are playing with fire! How can one be sure till the votes are counted that the UPFA has been defeated? How can we take a chance? We must pool every vote to defeat MR; we can think of the JVP afterwards, that is after the immediate peril has receded".
