PC Elections - An Endorsement Of Corruption, Nepotism, Extremism And Pseudo-Patriotism

By Vishnugupta -April 11, 2014 

"In a society governed the passively by free elections and free Markets, Democracy Organized greed always defeats disorganized."   -  Matt Taibbi

When an analysis of a set of statistical data is done, unless one pays very close and scrupulous attention to the details in which the devil usually resides, one often misses the obvious and makes erroneous assumptions that eventually lead to mistaken conclusions and judgments. Drawing conclusions that suit one's own prejudices and preconceived opinions is natural for the unprofessional, amateur analyst. Amateur historians may even embark further into bizarre analysis-territories by offering utterly erroneous interpretations and spelling out false predictions of events with a view to influencing future occurrences. Setting out his or her own personal agenda is utmost in such undisciplined minds.

A glaring example is the analysis of the recently-concluded PC elections in the Western and Southern provinces, offered by Minister Alahapperuma, the self-acclaimed Campaign Manager cum Analyst-in-Chief cum Chief Ideologue of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).

Here is a very elementary presentation of comparable statistics that emerged after the PC elections in the Western and Southern provinces:

Attributing a drop of the voter-base by about 10% -13%, to the waning of the euphoria of the 'war-victory' is lame and hardly a sustainable argument. But much to the disenchantment of the Opposition political parties and their leaders, the UPFA's ability to maintain a voting percentage over and above 57% in all but the Colombo district - Colombo has always been a conventional stronghold of the United National Party (UNP) since the forties of the last century - is remarkable.                                                                        Read More