(Lanka-e-News- 04.June.2015, 8.10PM) The parliament has by now passed its term of 100 days .The interim government received the people’s mandate for a term of 100 days only . Therefore the parliament which has exceeded this term is yesterday(03) reckoned as anti Democratic and a ludicrous assembly. However the opposition ,the government and speaker in a salutary move together have now decided to dissolve it.
The opposition chief organizer Dinesh Gunawardena in the opening session in parliament said, the parliament shall be dissolved when the speaker and Lakshman Kiriella too in one voice endorsed his view , whereupon a request was made to others to stand up and express their assent. A majority of the members of the government party as well as the opposition stood up and gave their consent for the dissolution. Then the speaker made an announcement that it is requested that the parliament shall be dissolved.
This move was something most rare in parliament history. Hitherto , the government , speaker and the opposition had never made a request in unison for dissolution of parliament. Though it is the president who should dissolve parliament , unfortunately because he is caught in the vicious vortex of JHU and Rajith Senaratne , the president has been unable to take that decision.
It is the view of Champika and Rajitha that if there is a general election , the UNP will certainly win .Hence during this prolonged period , it is their hope to retain the UNP which is a minority party right now , and keep on resorting to dilatory tactics while heaping all the criticisms on the UNP . In addition, give wide publicity to those denunciations to make the UNP lose its popularity among the people so that by the time the elections are held the SLFP can form a majority government.
Apparently , towards these moves , the president’s tacit support has been received is borne out by president’s attitude that is contradictory to his announcement made at Polonnaruwa that immediately after the 19 th amendment is passed the parliament will be dissolved .
It is a pity that it is not being understood by these individuals that during this procrastination , the defeated, discarded , deceitful brutal group is building itself up while ruthlessly pushing the country more and more into racial tensions with JHU the out and out racists secretly but surely fueling it.
The argument advanced in support of postponement of dissolution is : the dissolution of parliament shall be made after the 20 th amendment too is passed because that was a pledge made to the people , and going for elections without honoring that pledge will be wrongful. It is deplorable that opportunists like Champika and Rajitha had forgotten the most important promise overriding all else made earlier to the people that the interim government of 100 days duration shall be dissolved as its term ends and elections will be held to enable the people to elect a government of their choice.
What is most important and imperative is every government aim and agenda must conform to the democratic tenets and the sovereign rights of the people and not to personal agendas of opportunitists. It is better and more democratic to pass the 20 th amendment with a new parliament rather than with a minority interim government in parliament ,because some of those who are representatives in parliament as party leaders are absolutely against democratic ideals.
One example is Dr. Rajiva Wijesinghe the liberal party representative who as party leader participates in party leaders’ meeting . He is one who has not even a five cent worth people’s support . This disdainful turncoat crept into parliament through the national list of Mahinda Rajapakse, and then somersaulted .Again after a few days , he pole vaulted beating all Olympic pole vaulting records . Taking opinions of such low breed renegades to change the electoral system is most despicable and suicidal therefore. May be his opinion may serve his close circle of doctor friends mentally feeble as he.
Such clowns in this ridiculous parliament are many. Effecting changes to an electoral system that is most vital from the point of view of the majority of the people and aimed at satisfying their needs is best under a new parliament elected by the majority rather than under the present minority government . Though of course Champika and Rajitha may not have the capacity to understand this, surely the president must understand this .
Moreover , the people’s subsequent right opinion will negate the previous one. Accordingly , the present parliament will stand negated based on the mandate received from the people on 8 th January . That mandate is now expired. Hence , undoubtedly , a new mandate must be secured by going for an election, and a new parliament shall be appointed.
The stories concocted by Chamika and Rajitha that they want to fulfill promises without going for elections are just fairy tales that can fool Montessori class children. In that case , even if the parliament goes on for 5 years it cannot be dissolved, for , by claiming the pledges are not yet fulfilled , the parliament can be carried on .
In the circumstances , the president must yield to the wishes of the people based on the mandate on which he became president on the 8 th of January , and dissolve parliament forthwith.
Now that , not only the government and opposition parties , but even the speaker had given the consent for the dissolution ,it is the president’s duty to give way immediately to the people’s desire to appoint a new parliament according to their wishes .Instead of that , by dillydallying , not only the government and president but even the country is inexorably being led into doom and gloom. The delay can even mean political suicide to the president.
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