Sudath Gunasekara 12.8.2017
At last after failing all manipulations and tricks the Alibaba and the 40 thieves have sacrificed one of the key gang men to save the Government from an imminent defeat in Parliament at the vote of no confidence motion that was scheduled to be taken up. But all the major characters in the robbery are still at large. Reading through the papers this resignation appears to be temporary measure manipulated by the leader of the gang, Furthermore it also appears to be an attempt to hoodwink the masses. According to the Sunday papers Ravi has agreed to hand over resignation papers reluctantly at the instigation and persuasion by a prominent Buddhist monk and Rajitha Senarathna after a long and shady discussion he had with Preside Sirisena in the company of Ranil Wickramasingha and Rajita Senaratna. Apparently RK was adamant not to go has finally agreed to hand over resignation only after the President agreed to grant four concessions
The conditions he had demanded were
1 CB scam Commission probe should be completed within three months
2 Only an acting F/minister should be appointed for this period
3 None of his appointees in the Ministry should be removed
4 all privilege he enjoyed as F/Minister should remain as they are.
Probably these are the conditions Ranil Wickramasingha and Rajitha Senarathna together with Ravi have demanded from the President on Thursday night before he agreed to resign..
What do all these mean if not keeping that position almost vacant for him to be re-appointed after 3 months again as the F/Minister after finding out a way to silence the opposition? Unless there was full agreement on this stand between the President and the other three and a guarantee on the part of the President Ravi would have never agreed to resign. The way he spoke in the house and the confidence he displayed is enough proof what is underlying
If the President has agreed to these demands as preconditions for his resignation without asking him to resign, then one can imagine the pitiful plight of the President within this Government. Is he the President of this country or a hostage or a prisoner of this yahapalanaya Government is the million dollar question the general public would ask?.
As I have pointed out in another article on 5th of August RK is only one out of a gang of 40 or even more and he is also not the no 1 of this mega hoard.
I do not know as to why the President can’t understand this simple logic.
The first man who should resign on this issue is not Ravi. It should be none other than Ranil who was the mastermind behind all this public scandal. He is the one who got Arjuna there and supported him throughout and continues to do so even now. He being a lawyer should know better that even his appointment as PM was against the Constitution. The fact he took over the Central Bank from the Finance Ministry was obviously a part of this meticulously planned conspiracy.
I do not know as to why the JO is not asking him to resign as well. Not only him there are many more cabinet Ministers who have to resign. I am also lost to understand as to why the President neither ask them to resign or sack them in the alternative.
You don’t need to wait until a court of law pronounces them guilty to take actions against his Ministers as Sambandan or Daya Gamage has said in the face of the rising public opinion against them as elected members by the people
The failure on the part of the Government to arrest Mahendran and Alloyseus against the startling revelations made public so far itself speaks volumes about the honesty , integrity and the character of all these people, including the President.
In my opinion first the JO and then the whole country must ask the entire Government to resign as it is not going to make any difference whether it is there or not as already there is no government at all in this country. Now that the President has withheld all local Government elections for two years why not he dissolve all the Provincial Councils and the Parliament as well and run the country with the help of Government institutions so that we can save all money amounting to billions wasted on these political institutions and the corrupt and parasitic politicians who are only a dead weight round the neck of the nation and unbearable burden to the people, not rendering any service to the country.
Both the president and the PM will have to pay with compound interest for these follies they are committing now with arrogance and foresight.
Masses know why Ravi K resigned and how it was manipulated and by whom with what ulterior motives.