The Royal Family of Sri Lanka

Right now, in Sri Lanka, it is:

• democracy by the royal Rajapaksa family
• democracy of the royal Rajapaksa family
• democracy for the royal Rajapaksa family

It is now being transformed into:

• democracy by Sri Lankan politicians
• democracy of Sri Lankan politicians
• democracy for Sri Lankan politicians

After a few more decades, it would be transformed into:

• democracy by the people of Sri Lanka
• democracy of the people of Sri Lanka
• democracy for the people of Sri Lanka

The President Mahinda Rajapaksa has effectively used two names:

• Prabhakaran
• Buddha

Mahinda Rajapaksa had eliminated Prabhakaran once for all. That was a serious mistake. Had Mahinda Rajapaksa let Prabhakaran go abroad, Mahinda Rajapaksa and his entire family could rule Sri Lanka for their entire life and future generations too. Mahinda could have continued his propaganda against Prabhakaran and continue to protect his people. Nobody could challenge Mahinda for ever.

Right now, as Prabhakaran is no more, there is no need for Mahinda. People are ready to accept any politicians to be the President of Sri Lanka now.

Coming to Buddha... Not Buddha's teaching. Mahinda and his family do not care to follow Buddha's teaching; they never give up any ambitions. 

Mahinda and his family have been misusing Buddha to their advantage. In the name of Buddha, they exploit the people of Sri Lanka. Nobody from Rajapaksa family become monks; but they encourage poor family to send their kids to monastery.  

Except Gotabhaya, nobody from Rajapaksa family served in the challenging time in military. 

Mahinda Rajapaksa corrupt other politicians and continue to blackmail them when they go against the family. Right now, all politicians, including from his own party, are joining together to bring the family rule to an end.

With this effort, Sri Lanka would be transformed into democracy for all politicians.

Once Mahinda Rajapaksa gone, all politicians have equal opportunity to reach the top. 

That is the reason, all politicians of Sri Lanka join hands together. They do have their own differences; but for their own future, for now, they set aside their differences and start working together. 

Once Mahinda Rajapaksa gone, they would challenge each others.

That is the reason, members of his own party are revolting against Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Right now, Mahinda Rajapaksa is left alone; no politicians are with Mahinda.

It is a too much risk for all those politicians. They have challenged Mahinda Rajapaksa. They cannot go back. They need to capture the power. If they fail to do so, the after effect would be the worse. 

Most of the time, politicians hesitate to take any risk, thinking about the after-effect. But, these politicians took the risk. It is a huge risk. It is all about their life and death.

Only Twitter and Facebook could save the life of Sri Lankan politicians. 

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.

Military Intelligence for whole island

The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014, it was the longest election in the country's history.

Indian Election Commission now practices slow phase election schedule; not in a hurry; not in one day. This strategy avoids all kinds of polling day violence; booth capturing and other threats. Election commission could deploy enough security forces for free and fair election. Political parties also started behaving good. Any bad incident would affect the image of that political party and also affect their potential in the next phases. Enough security could be deployed in each location on different schedule dates. Media could effectively cover polling process. Nowadays poll violence completely come to an end in India. Political parties don't even attempt to any violence activities. People have more confidence in the election process and come in large numbers to booth and cast their vote with greater responsibility.

Now coming to military role in democracy in Sri Lanka...

Military have been so effective in the northern and eastern part of the nation. Military intelligence cover all political leaders, all spiritual and religious leaders, all other activists and citizens too. Military do occupy more parts of this region and also involved in civil services activities too. With the military presence, the elected Provincial government in north region couldn't function with total freedom and independence.  Military have been deployed on the roads; inside the university and all other spy activities too.

Citizens living in north, have seen more violence for many decades. So, now they try to live their life. They do co-operate with military and other security forces and live life as it is. From their perspective, the situation is not the best; but it is not the worst; so they just take it as it is; no complaints.

So,  government face absolutely no challenge from the people of northern and eastern regions. Right now, the government face challenges from the rest of the island; from their own friends and colleagues; from their own spiritual leaders.

Right now, government don't face any challenges from the military. The Mahinda Rajapaksa government could now trust and rely on military forces only. 

It is so surprise; one monk said; that monk has been the mastermind for this curent crisis. In Sri Lanka, monks are very active in politics. Do monks have voting rights? 

In fact, Sri Lanka monks follow the path of Buddha. In the early part of life, Buddha was a king. Then Buddha left the kingdom and gave up politics. Sri Lanka monks follow the early part of the life of Buddha. Sri Lanka monks are very active in politics. 

So far, Mahinda Rajapaksa had to rely on police intelligence for the central, western and souther parts of Sri Lanka. Police intelligence miserably failed in Sri Lanka. Police intelligence failed to capture information on all these current developments.  Now, Mahinda Rajapaksa left with no option. Mahinda Rajapaksa has to replace police intelligence with military intelligence.

Right now, when you walk on the roads in Jaffna, you would see lot of military personnels with machine guns. From December 2014 onwards, that would be the situation in all parts of Sri Lanka. Whether you are in Kandy or Colombo, you would see military personnels with machine guns every where in Sri Lanka.

It is not an easy task. Military in Sri Lanka is the most complex and challenging one. In India, you could depute soldiers in any part of India; you could ask the soldiers to serve in Darjeeling or Kashmir or Mumbai or Madurai. But not in Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka; it is so sad; we need to use all those divisive labels in making things clear to all. In Sri Lanka, people carry divisive labels such as Tamil and Singala. In Sri Lanka, only Singala people could join in the military. It is quite natural for the Singala military to act against Tamil civilians. There has been no challenge at all. It has been so easy for the Sri Lanka military to manage people in the northern region.

Now, Sri Lanka is facing new challenge and crisis. Singala military has to act against Singala civilians. It would not be easy for Sri Lanka soldiers. Sri Lanka military would revolt against Mahinda Rajapaksa government. 

Every challenge has an innovative opportunity. Mahinda Rajapaksa has the solution on hand. Karuna. Karuna is the best friend of Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President could appoint Karuna as a military general and give the responsibility to manage the challenges in central and southern part of Sri Lanka. Karuna has military experience; could recruit Tamil soldiers and use them against the people of southern Sri Lanka.

So, Mahinda Rajapaksa could not use the current military to manage the current crisis. Currently all politicians are revolting against Mahinda Rajapaksa; all monks are against Mahinda Rajapaksa; now the military would revolt against Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Only way out to escape from the current crisis is just cancel the election and quietly rule Sri Lanka for the next two years. Blame it on Pope. As Pope is visiting, let us postpone the election indefinitely. 

National Government right now

In United States, the election dates are fixed. The period is fixed. They don't have any snap polls. Even in crisis, their constitution offers a stable democratic government. No confusion at all.

Those founding fathers of United States of America; not just their citizens, but also the whole world respects and regards those visionary human beings. They could build a system, three hundred years ago, taking everything into consideration. The best of the best in democracy system; no defects. The current day chaos in American system is the misinterpretation of the constitution; such as, primary election and its elimination process; and so on. The United States constitution doesn't authorize any political party and its all associated practices such as, primary election. Even three hundred years ago, they didn't introduce any election symbols; their citizen could read the names of the candidates and could cast their vote. In India, it is an insult to the intelligence of the citizen, to have symbols on those electronic voting machine.

In India,  when the election is announced, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he will step down after his country's national elections due in May.

"In a few months' time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new prime minister," Singh told a news conference in New Delhi.

In Sri Lanka; don't just blame Mahinda Rajapaksa. Earlier, Chandrika Kumaratunga did try to abuse the constitution by announcing poll earlier and asked for adding one year to the second term.

The whole sufferings of the citizens of Sri Lanka, right from 1947 - is mainly due to the confusion of political system. Had they practiced 'all citizens are equal' policy right from 1947, they would not had to undergo all those sufferings of civil war.

At least now, have the policy; may not for citizens; but for candidates. Let all candidates be equal; let them have equal rights for the election.

So, let the President Mahinda Rajapaksa resign and may act as an interim president till the announcement of the election results; if Mahinda Rajapaka has confidence in himself and in his performance.

But now, more than confidence, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa has fear. All his actions are born out of fear. So, Mahinda Rajapaksa would never resign and would not select the role of interim president.

But the field has to provide equal rights and opportunities to all candidates; then only the election would be fair and free.

So, dismiss the Executive President now, as the election has been announced and form an interim National Government now; yes right now.

In any democracy, the legislature has the power. So, in legislature pass a resolution to dismiss the Executive President and form an interim National Government now.

No need for National Government after the election; after the election, let the President have a free hand in selecting her  or his cabinet.

But now, form the National Government.

Challenge the system; in the court; in the legislature; and on the street.

Imran Khan has been a model for emerging democracy; fight on the street.

Member of Parliament Mangala Samaraweera said; the MoU about the deal of making Ranil as the Prime Minister would be signed on the road on next Monday.

So, challenge the system; let the world know about the democracy in Sri Lanka.

It would be meaningful to boycott this election, if Mahinda Rajapaksa continue to be the Executive President during the election process. Out of fear of defeat, Mahinda Rajapaka would misuse and abuse all the democratic institutions such as, Election Commission, Judicial Legal system, Parliament to win the election. It will not be a fair and free election. President Mahinda Rajapaksa would fix the result; even if the results go against Mahinda Rajapaksa, you cannot ask him to vacate the seat. Mahinda Rajapaksa would continue to be the President till 19 November 2016.

So, act now and go for an interim National Government right now.

Then all players on the filed would be equal. Let Mahinda Rajapaksa take this as a challenge and contest the election on his strength in free and fair way. In that manner, if Mahinda Rajapaksa contest and win the election, the world would respect him.

Not sure, whether God would bless Mahinda or not; but the Pope would visit Ceylon and would bless Mahinda.

On the other hand, if the world have to witness violence on the streets of Colombo, the Pope would cancel the visit.

So, go for an interim National Government right now.

No New Government in January 2015

First Term:
Election date: 17 November, 2005
Swearing In date: 19 November 2005

Second Term:
Election date: 26 January, 2010
Swearing In date: 19 November, 2010

Third Term:
Election date: 8 January, 2015
Swearing In date: 19 November, 2015

No Third Term:
Election date: 8 January, 2015
End date: 19 November, 2016

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President Chandrika Kumaratunga had called the 1999 election one year ahead of schedule; she argued that the extra year should be appended to her second term, and filed suit do to this. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka rejected her claims and the election went ahead.
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There will be no new government in January 2015.
Even after the election...
Mahinda Rjapaksa win or lose; it doesn't matter.
Till 19 November, 2016, Mahinda Rajapaksa is the President of Sri Lanka.

All these National Government for 100 days; no way.

Earlier they said; eliminate the Executive Presidency in 100 days and make Ranil as the Prime Minister.

Now, they modified their goals and say, we would form a National Government for 100 days and do reforms that are possible. They do not publish a list of reforms, that they plan to accomplish in 100 days.

Soon, they would quit.
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One good thing that has happened in Sri Lanka.
Now, in 2014, all citizens of Sri Lanka are equal.
Not by constitutional; but by Mahinda Rajapaksa's action.

All citizens; without any exceptions; are equal in Sri Lanka.
Freedom is denied to all;
Freedom is denied not just the people in the north, but also for the entire island.
As there is no freedom for citizens, all are now slaves.
Except the President and his family all are slaves.
Even cabinet ministers are slaves.
The difference is between comfortable slaves and uncomfortable slaves.
Cabinet ministers are comfortable slaves; others are uncomfortable slaves.
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All these early poll and its related activities have been happening; they are advantage to Mahinda.  All conspiracies are out. What the intelligence couldn't deliver, the poll announcement brought all conspiracy out. With this poll announcement, Mahinda could come to understand the conspiracy that has been going on against his rule.

Till now, Mahinda Rajapaksa has not resigned. Mahinda would never resign.

Even if, Maithreepala Srisena win the election; as per constitution, Srisena would be known as President-elect; not as the President.

In United States, the election happens on November 4. By evening, the results would be out. The winning candidate would be addressed as President-elect. The President-elect may have to wait for two months before take charge from the outgoing president.

So, no change of government - in the month of January.

Let Rajapaksa family rule for two more decades

Let Mahinda Rajapaksa continue to be the Executive President of Sri Lanka. Let Mahinda serve the nation for third term; and then his family rule for two more decades.

Already Mahinda Rajapaksa had been the President for a decade; let them rule for two more decades; in total, let the people of Sri Lanka undergo the pain and suffering for three decades.

People in the north had been suffering for three decades. Rest of the people didn't understand their sufferings. Now, with Mahinda Rajapaksa presidency, the rest of the people understand the need for freedom and basic human rights.

This is not enough. Let all people of Sri Lanka suffer for two more decades. Then they would realize the sufferings of the people of the north.

These Rajapaksa brothers invest the entire tax money on two things. One is military; other is on monks.

They need military to control the people in the north and the east.

They need monks to control the people in the rest of the country.

Youth have only two options in Sri Lanka. Either they could become a monk; or become a soldier.

Both investment consumes huge wealth from tax payers money; but absolutely no return on this investment.

Let the status quo in Sri Lanka continue.

Because the new common candidate Maithripala Sirisena is in a state of confusion. 

Maithripala Sirisena said; he will eliminate the Executive Presidency in 100 days; and make Ranil  Wickramasinghe the Prime Minister.

This statement is not clear; in fact, it contradicts; then what will Maithripala Sirisena would do.

Will Maithripala Sirisena be the Health Minister in Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe's cabinet.

Mahinda Rajapaksa is a known person; the whole world knows about Mahinda Rajapaksa; it is better to go with known leader rather than with an unknown  Maithripala Sirisena.

More over, Maithripala Sirisena is not standing on his own strength; there are more people at the background. 

Maithripala Sirisena would be the Manmohan Singh and Chandrika Kumaratunga will be Sonia Gandhi.

The political problems of Sri Lanka are:

• all citizens pay equal taxes
• so, all citizens are equal
• if, all citizens are not equal, then it doesn't matter, whether it is President X or Y
• delegate power to the Provincial Council and local governments

Executive President is not a problem. Empower the citizens of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is not a small country as Singapore; you cannot effectively govern Sri Lanka with a centralized power with the Executive President.

Let the Executive President take care of business outside with the international community.

Let the Provincial Council manage the daily affairs of the local people.

The End of Family Rule in Sri Lanka

Sirisena’s letter – a red light for Rajapaksas


It is reported that the Secretary General of the SLFP Minister Maithripala Sirisena has, in writing, asked the President why preparations are being made to hold a sudden presidential election when his term ends in two more years.

The internal conflicts in the government have developed rapidly after the Uva PC election and many seniors in the SLFP have expressed opposition to holding a presidential election before President’s 6 year term ends. The written query by the Secretary General of the SLFP would have been influenced by the forces opposing Rajapaksas point out political analysts adding that Minister Sirisena would not resort to such an action on his own.

In his letter Minister Sirisena asks why a presidential election is held when promises made at the previous presidential election had not been fulfilled and suggests it would be better if the election is held after fulfilling the promises.

Minister Sirisena too is a senior in the SLFP who has been harassed by Rajapaksa family regime. Political analysts say a large number in the government are preparing to publicly act against Rajapaksa family rule in the near future. They say the letter from Minister Sirisena is a signal for what is in store for the regime. 
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Sri Lanka election: Health chief to challenge Rajapaksa


The move by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena is a major political setback for the president ahead of the January vote.

Mr Sirisena was one of the most powerful men in the ruling party.

Five other government MPs have also announced their defections. Rajitha Senaratne, Duminda Dissanayake, Rajiva Wijeysinghe, MKDS Gunawardena and Vasantha Senanayaka have all decided to back Mr Sirisena in the 8 January election.

He also has the backing of the main opposition UNP in the poll as well as the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga. Correspondents say that Friday's dramatic developments are likely to split President Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

In a news conference, Mr Sirisena said that Sri Lanka was heading towards a dictatorship and was blighted by rampant corruption, nepotism and the breakdown of the rule of law.


He said that the president's executive powers, the deteriorating law and order situation and Sri Lanka's weakening democratic structures were all reasons that compelled him to accept the common candidate nomination.

"The entire economy and every aspect of society is controlled by one family," he said.

Parliamentary Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and the powerful Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, are all brothers of the president.His eldest son, Namal, is a lawmaker and head of the youth wing of the president's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

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Winston Churchill 1945 election is the best example for all politicians around the world. You could face the challenge from outside; but you fail when the challenge is from within.

Winston Churchill effectively faced the challenge from Hitler; but miserably failed to face the challenge from his own colleague, the Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

In 1945, Winston Churchill lost the election. It was a landslide victory for Clement Attlee. The Prime Minister Clement Attlee gave freedom to India, Ceylon, Pakistan and brought down the entire British empire. Clement Attlee brought the Great Britain down to Ordinary Britain. Clement Attlee is the main reason for the chaos in most part of the world like, India, Ceylon, Pakistan and Burma.

Now coming to Sri Lanka... The President Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to realize the challenge from his own colleagues. The emerging star of Sri Lanka, Srisena warned the President against having election now.

It's still not too late. The President could cancel the election and continue for the next two years. Mahinda could have someone file a PIL in the Supreme Court to challenge the decision of having frequent election with the taxpayer's money. In that way, the president could get over with the current crisis.

In India, it is Shiv Sena; in Ceylon, it is Srisena challenging the ruling party. When the entire opposition of Sri Lanka had gone weak and ineffective, the challenge comes from within. Don't assume that there would be no challenge. Challenge is always there.

Sarath Fonseka is not an effective politician. This Srisena, the very first move is very effective. Srisena offer the Prime Minister post to Ranil. That is the best move. If Rajapaksa could break that deal, it would go advantage to Rajapaksa; otherwise, Rajapaksa couldn't stop the momentum.

India influence all the neighbors; The people of India voted against family rule; that action would influence Sri Lanka.

The world would have ignored the election in Sri Lanka had there been no surprise. But now, the world is watching closely the developments in Sri Lanka.

Mahinda Rajapaksa could declare himself as a King and could continue with the family rule. But in the name of democracy, Mahinda Rajapaksa could not continue with his usual style.

Looking at the challenge of Imran Khan in Pakistan, Mahinda Rajapaksa had decided to go for an early election. That action, that is born out of fear; that action itself is bringing Mahinda Rajapaksa down.