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There are conflicting reports from the inner sanctum of the UNF Administration namely their caucases that the Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has hinted to his Ministers that he was considering the option of dissolving Parliament very soon. Quoting a senior UNP member, it has been said that " The possibility of fresh elections could not be ruled out as a means to ensure "parliamentary stability.'' end quote. The reports also quoted Mr. Wickremesinghe as having told Cabinet colleagues " There is no purpose in continuing in office if we cannot honour the people's mandate. Let us go out, if we can't go on". Running away to fight another day, a weakening of his confidences or a means to his survival?

Whether this an indication that there are visible cracks within the Administration under tremendous pressure from many opposition factions including the Presidency that the path they have taken is not completely feasible for the well being of the Nation is not conclusive but there are many within the Nation who believe that this could be a sign of relentment on the part of the Administration and a recognition of the fact that they may be headed for a dead end as far as the compromises to the LTTE are concerned whose demands are becoming logically incongruous by the day, well nigh impossible to respond to without betraying the Sinhala Nation and perhaps a consideration for bailing out by the Administration unscathed while the going is good with no assurances that they may indeed be returned with a firmer mandate to deliver as the Nation could easily have lost faith with the bickering that has gone on.

It is blatantly obvious however that the ruling United National Party and the Opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party are at loggerheads over the Peace Process and MoU which directionally seems to have taken a sharp turn for the worse and appearing to be headed towards a stalemate as the posturing from the LTTE with the UNP continue with the ludicrous demands of the LTTE and the speculated possibility of dissolving the Sri Lankan Parliament by a disgruntled Prime Minister comes as no surprise as it would be an end to justify the means of his survival at the expense of the presently enjoyed well being of the Nation and sadly so indicative of a captain deserting a sinking ship!.

In seeking a fresh mandate as a last resort as quoted in the Hindu Newspaper of India it appears to be bad news and a bad choice by the Prime Ministre at a time when a return to near normalcy within the Nation has been welcomed by all its citizens bar a few who have thrown caution to the winds in accepting the changes as being those of a lasting nature but may be rudely dissapointed if a turn of events contributing to the return to unrest as a result of an unstable Administration making rash decisions once again prevails.

The Government appears to be in a quandry over the inability to implement the two important constitutional changes it planned due to the lack of the constitutionally mandated two third majority such as setting up independent commissions for police, judiciary and elections, and the other at giving parliamentarians the right to a conscience vote ,the latter being an obvious conflict of interests in the justification of the definition of the parliamentarian's identity relative to his oath of office, conscience and the loyalty to his party.

It seems fairly reasonable hence to conclude that fresh elections were being weighed as an option because of the Government's realization and concession that they were incapable of conflict resolution in the present frame of things relative to Governance much stifled by heavy opposition and the free hand they seem to have inadvertently provided to the LTTE who apparently are making hay while the sunshines!

Another General Election has always loomed over the UNF Administration due to the flimsiness of their coalition with minority parties who at the best of times have been known for their unpredictability and in the event of their withdrawal of support for the UNP and also the possibe dissolution of parliament by the President, Chandrika Kumaratunga after the House completes a year's term in December and the third possibility of parliament dissolving the House by a resolution at any prefered time.

A remakable revelation has also come to light amidst the speculations of the Prime Minister possibly calling for fresh elections, that the UNP was very reflective of its incapacity towards a complete restoration of the Nations's woes in the face of all its hurdles and especially attributed to the a newly formed bandwagon of their own Members comprising of front and back benchers of the UNP who are apparently very intent on crossing over to the Opposition.

At the end of it all, the exultations of accomplishing a lasting peace could easily be transformed to the anguish and agony of an Administration whose 'Flash In The Pan Beginnings!' have eventually failed to produce the desired effect beneficial to the Nation in its entirety should it bail out of its responsibilities and leave the Nation at the mercy of the elements seeking to destroy it and an unwary opposition whose constructive projections and objectives previously set in place have been rudely undone, then the present Administration would have accomplished little or nothing for the Sinhala Nation.

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