Sri Lanka government has stepped into the upcoming general election, eyeing at winning two third majority seats in parliament, which will support the government to implement a new constitution. The political arena is witnessing unprecedently a large number of sports stars and cinema actors contesting in the up coming election.
It is unlikely to expect the split opposition will find a way to defeat the government which seems to be in a strong position. Therefore, besides the regime change, the present observation reveals that the government will win in the election with an over whelming majority, probably will implement a new constitution.
Anyhow, it is too early to predict anything regarding the election results, while still more than one month remaining to the polls. Anything might happen between this period. However, needless to mention this is one of the most crucial elections in the history of the country, since this election is the very first general election soon after defeating LTTE and peace was established in the war torn country.
There are concerns among the various parts of the society on the style or form of the new constitution, that the government is planning to implement, especially on the provisions which will deal with minority issues and the provisions that will provide the political solutions to the ethnic problem.
The international community will have a closer look at the general election and the constitutional provisions since the ethnic war has ended just recently and the government is promising a brighter future to all the communities within the united Sri Lanka.
New Constitutional provisions will reflect the true position of the president weather he is honest with his frequently made statements in public stages “there is no minority- majority difference in this country. Every one is the Children of a single mother”.
The country witnessed the three decade old cruel civil war that resulted in the loss of more than hundred thousand lives and thousands of people displaced internally and externally.
Besides the Fascist methodology imposed by LTTE that number of times attacked civilian targets, no-one can deny that the actions of previous governments is what caused Tamil youth to take weapons. This historical mistake should not be repeated again and again and no-one of the society is ready atleast to imagine another war in the country and the bitter experience of the war time. Thus, the constitution should ensure the equal rights and opportunities for all societies so that any rebel activities which will damage the peace and harmony of the country will be unable to carry forward on a justifiable ground.
It will take some time to bring people in the war effected areas to a normal life and to make them feel as they are the members of this country rather than feeling isolated.
This is time to put words into action. People are reluctant to believe mere words any more. They want some actions to believe the words of politicians. All political leaders both in ruling party and the oppositions have a greater responsibility on their shoulder to design an appropriate constitution to the country that will reflect the feelings of all the communities. This is the time we have to play a greater roll beyond our political differences.
It is definitely true that we will have to bear the sufferings for the next several years, should we make the historical misakes, previous governments made again for the sake of our own self interests and political benefits.
0 comments:
Post a Comment