Gotabaya’s Ploy To Suspend The Constitution & Impose Martial Law
Muhammed Fazl
“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
When I wrote about a possible Coup d’état in Sri Lanka to the Colombo Telegraph few months back, I was actually referring to a possible scenario where an ambitious and a rare military officer takes matters in to his own hands. But little did I expect loathed and dreaded characters to take a cue from it. Having come to know of the mobilization of para-military forces by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa to unleash violence against any and all forms of dissension against the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, I find myself jolted out of my laid back lifestyle and heading towards the unknown where I believe only the fittest could survive. As much as it is reliable, journalistic ethics dictates that I do not disclose or endanger my sources of information at any stage. While I expect ‘officers’ from the state intelligence apparatus to visit me in the immediate future, the threat of bodily harm, disappearance or death itself seems more of a definitive now.
Played at the highest and the lowest levels, it is ‘game on’. With state resources, state media and the repressive state law enforcement departments being part of the election campaigns of the ruling type, attention of the common candidate-led opposition seems to be focused only on their grass roots level campaigning efforts at present.Read More
