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A Breakdown Of SLFP-JVP Relations Could Project A Different Kind Of Tsunami!
It seems a great irony that the President of Sri Lanka in addition to
dealing with the overwhelming task of compensating Tsunami victims as
well as Nation building to compensate for the material losses, has to
deal with her oppressors and enemies in the UNP camp who have ganged up
with the TNA and hence consequently the LTTE and to compound matters for
herself she also seems to be in a quandry about the JVP who are in disagreement
with some of her latest directions which they seem to think are in contravention
with the JVP-SLFP alliance.
It is understandable to a degree without acceptance as legitimate that
the oppression from the UNP-LTTE fraternity towards the Administrative
decision making of the UPFA is something which has always been present
as a contentious issue towards the well being of Sri Lanka which seems
a secondary matter which can be overcome by constitutional and legislative
means but the disgruntlements of the JVP are of an entirely different
perspective as it is a part of the governing body holding the reins of
power presently in Sri Lanka the UPFA and its fortifications need to be
secure at all times rather than those responsible permit cracks in its
infrastructure to appear and go untended which could prove very costly
and regrettable to the Sinhala Nation should there be an internal collapse
of the UPFA and something Madame President should pay the greatest attention
to in addition to the required responses at highest level to the Tsunami
devastations.
Her very noble and wise proclamation recently that quote " the Sri
Lankan people should turn Tragedy into Opportunity in order to create
a new Sri Lanka, where ethnic and political divides are bridged, and an
unrelenting forceful drive towards a new National infrastructure made
with all the facilities and finances provided by the international community"
end quote should manifest itself into reality rather than rest on its
rhetorical emphasis and for this to be accomplished she needs all the
support she can get towards objectives and the symbiosis between the SLFP
and JVP must continue unfettered! The JVP too has a role to play towards
maintaining this objective in not providing further hurdles for the Administrative
hub with their disaprovals and disgruntled bickering while working for
the common cause which has to carry as its foremost priority the well
being of the Nation, its unitarity and the redemption from its enemies
who constantly gang up with the sole intention of ursurping the ruling
coalition and perhaps need to return to the drawing board to formulate
a new set of plans and direction where the UNP - LTTE ambitions are eventually
dispelled and completely vanquished. The TNA and TRO which also role play
towards the impure objectives of the UNP - LTTE bandwagon also seem to
be crying out for the attention and affirmative action needed to dispose
of them towards oblivion!
At the climax of the last general election the people of Sri Lanka who
returned Madam Chandrika Kumaratunga and her coalition allies into power
certainly envisioned a new era for Sri Lanka as the motions of great wheels
of reconciliation of her ethnic divide seemed apparent while not bartering
away sovereignity albeit with the constant shadow of doubt about UNP-LTTE
intentions to which their playacting and theatrics were a contributing
factor but the strength of the UPFA alliance seemed to be the driving
force which seemed unassailable as the UNP and the LTTE were further pushed
into the shadows despite the fangs they bared constantly at the administration
to no real effect.
Hence it would be irresponsible by both parties to the UPFA coalition
should any anticipated unilateral decision making, contradictory to the
agreements of the alliance based on their differences compromise the well
being of the administration within Sri Lanka as a whole as it would surely
provide a platform for the impure objectives of both the UNP and the LTTE
towards their own survival where they seem overwhelmed by a desperate
need to survive while probably being on the verge of complete collapse
yet awaiting in the manner of a pack of hyenas (not tigers who prefer
a fresh kill towards the metaphor!) any flow of blood from the UPFA indicative
of wounds which could be exploited for the ultimate kill!.This is a time
when SLFP-JVP unity has to be augmented rather than weakened and a point
for both parties to ponder upon!
Not only has the Tsunami devastated the armed and personnel capabilities
of the mainstream LTTE but it has also highlighted the transparencies
of the Ranil Wickremasinghe, G.L.Peiris, Rajitha Senaratna consortium
of opportunistic and puerile advances towards their own fortunes while
preaching the merits of their own disruptive manifesto towards unravelling
all the efforts of the UPFA both before and after the Tsunami while indicating
their unconcealable objectives which certainsly indicate no empathy towards
the well being of the Nation and display a pathetic lack of decorum towards
at least a modicum of Sinhala patriotism needed to assert their real expectations
as sons of Lanka!
Ranil Wickremesinghe has had the affront to ask European Nations as well
as Western Countries to refute aid to Sri Lanka if there was no positive
development in the peace process while the President has maintained within
reason that tsunami aid could not be linked to the peace process, as it
was for a pressing humanitarian national emergency and the reality of
her rationale unquestionable! In a strongly worded public speech, she
dubbed Wickremsinghe's act as a traitorous one which more than lingers
on the truth for which the man should probably be held criminally liable.
The JVP somewhat curiously appear to have maintained a stiff upperlip
while the Wickremasinhe barkings were implemented with hardly a whimper
of protest! although this could be interpreted as a mere coincidental
silence where the greater emphasis of their own disgruntlements with the
President have taken pride of place and an appropriate response perhaps
forthcoming if it already hasn't !
There is no question that National unity within Sri Lanka positively rests
on a healthy relationship between the SLFP and JVP to which both parties
should bear responsibility lest the Nation of Sri Lanka is cast to the
mercy of a different kind of Tsunami from which there might not be a return!
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