Mayhem In Yellow Robes Or True Patriotism?
By Vishwamithra1984 –February 10, 2016
“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.” – Julius Caesar
He is in the news again. Parading in yellow robes, portraying himself as a martyr of the present day and savior of Sinhalese Buddhists, Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero, a Buddhist monk whose credentials are more of a homage to a defeated regime of corruption and deceit than a parade of a victorious army, played another one of his infamous ploys and this time too, came out a loser. The country’s judiciary is no more enslaved by a ruling clan; its pride is no more compromised or damaged by near-midnight telephone calls from the powers that be; it is independent and showing it.
Leave alone the Supreme Court and Appeal Court; the High Court and all other judicial courts below that and their standard bearers- learned judges of our court system- are dispensing justice as it should be. A classic case is when this Buddhist Monk was, firstly accused of insulting the country’s court system and then arresting him- yes arresting him this charlatan of a Monk- Galagoda Atte Gnanasara for his unruly behavior. As one writer penned: “in fact, this is not the first time where he has been taking both Buddhists in particular and Sri Lankans in general on a jolly good ride into make them believe as if he is some sort of born again reformist working to protect the interests of this country. Neither will this be the last…”
Long before this happened, during the former regime when he received unparalleled patronage from the ruling family, I penned more than one column in arousing the awareness of the foulmouthed and uncivilized conduct of this individual who calls himself the savior of Sinhalese-Buddhist values. However, our mainstream media, as in the case of their American counterpart in the far West lending credence and unlimited exposure to a shameful pretender like Donald Trump, is blowing out of proportion the whole melodrama enacted by Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero. Read More
