Unconstitutional Authority

Sri Lanka democracy system is not as good as United States of America.

Sri Lanka is not as bad as North Korea.

But, Sri Lanka is in a confused state.

The President Mahinda Rajapaksa is one of the best politician in the world. As a politician, Mahinda Rajapaksa made a growth from ordinary party members to nation leadership position. Other politicians would feel comfortable in working with or confronting Mahinda Rajapaksa. As a politician, Mahinda Rajapaksa play the game as per the rule.

The real threat in Sri Lanka is, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Gotabhaya is not a politician. Gotabhaya is not even a member of any political party. Gotabhaya is not a member of Parliament. Gotabhaya is not a minister in the cabinet.

Gotabhya doesn't believe in any of this system. But, in Sri Lanka Gotabhaya has unlimited, unconstitutional power and authority. Absolutely no constitutional responsibility; no accountability.

No MP; no judicial system; no citizen could question Gotabhaya. That is the real issue of current Sri Lanka.

All those politicians, Maithreepala Srisena, Ranil Wickramasinghe, Chandrika Kumaratunga - they could challenge and confront with Mahinda Rajapaksa. But on the background, they need to confront with Gotabhaya. That is the challenge for current day Sri Lanka politicians.

Politicians in Sri Lanka could easily take on all other members of Mahinda Rajapaksa family; except Gotabhaya.

So, the political leaders of Sri Lanka need to list out current challenges of Sri Lanka. In that list, unconstitutional authority of Gotabhaya would be top in the list; one step higher than the Executive Presidency.

The President Mahinda Rajapaksa could shake hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and agree to all demands of India. But the truth is, Mahinda Rajapaksa has to consult with Gotabhaya for implementation. That was the main reason, in the international stage, no leaders could take Mahinda's commitment seriously. It would be better if Narendra Modi could talk to Gotabhaya, the unconstituional authority of Sri Lanka.

So, Sri Lankans politicians need to challenge the unconstitutional authority and power of Gotabhaya. For obvious reason, they cannot do it; so nothing going to change in Sri Lanka. All these political entertainments would come to an end with the election on January 8., 2015.

Mahinda Rajapaksa would continue as the President for the third term; and Gotabhya would continue as the Secretary of Defense. But, the politicians need to face the after effect for challenging the president for their rest of the life.

So, Sri Lanka is a democracy for outside world; internally, the suffering continues for the people.