Leadership of Sri Lanka

The inflated ballons and cutouts had been blocking all the leaders of Sri Lanka. As the ballons are losing its air and cutouts are now removed, the world could see the leadership community of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka needs leadership at all levels. At the national level, an effective president; at the provincial level, an effective chief minister; at the city level, an effective mayor.

Besides that, effective leadership is needed for the judicial branch. At the legislative branch, effective  legislators and parliamentarians  are needed.

The challenges and innovative opportunities are always new. The way you handle one challenge may not be applicable for another challenge. That is where the leadership fail.

When they had handled one challenge successfully, they assumed that they could apply the same strategy for all challenges. One challenge may be flood and other challenge may be drought. So, leadership should be able to sense the challenge and apply the right strategy to handle it.

An effective leadership observe each and every signal; sense the right information; and act on it in a timely manner. They prepare for both challenges and opportunities.

In current Sri Lanka, except the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, all leaders are effective. They observe and sense every signal and be prepared to face the challenges and never miss any opportunities.

The war time challenges are different; peace time nation building challenges are different. Historically, Winston Churchill example is the best. Winston Churchill won the World War against Hitler. So, confidently call for an election in 1945. His deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee challenged Winston Churchill. Till date, no analyst could explain the reason for the defeat of Winston Churchill. He lost the election.

Once the war was over, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa could have transformed into a nation building leader. But Mahinda continued with the victory of the war. The hangover effect was too much and brought Mahinda to this low level.

Leadership always have challenges; but challenges are always new; leaders need to be prepared to face new challenges. If it is repeating, that you don't call it as a challenge. Tsunami was a challenge at that time; not any more. Now all are prepared to face tsunami.

The emerging leadership community of Sri Lanka; together they could dedicate themselves in nation building effort. Together they could build a wonderful nation; respectable nation.

In fact, Sri Lanka has plenty of natural resources; agriculture and ocean wealth is so much. Sri Lanka is not a poor country. Sri Lanka is a poorly managed country.

It's time to bring down the cutout. Otherwise, after the election, when the results are out, people would br bringing it down, like Saddam Hussain cutouts and statues in Iraq. The worst thing is, that action would be captured in video, in various angle and would be uploaded into You Tube. For generations after generations would watch that video. In today's world, be simple. Don't try to act simple; you will be caught in your action.