Sudath Gunasekara
The Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasingha should resign immediately in the wake of what is revealed yesterday in Parliament regarding the CB Bond scandal. If he doesn’t then the President should ask him to resign and sack him in case he refuses to do so if the President wants to save his skin.
Mr President the time has come to act like the Executive President at least now and correct the long list of wrong decision you took starting from appointing Ranil as Prime Minister on Jan 9th 2016, before he gets you removed either legally or illegally, as a mark of gratitude for appointing him as PM without following the procedure laid down in the Constitution. It is similar to giving a pass certificate for a man who has failed the exame. What was even worse is you have appointed him as PM while there was already a legally appointed PM in office in the country and there was no vacancy to be filled. I don’t think there is any precedent in world history anywhere, where a head of a democratic country has erred in this manner. Of cause the whole world know that you being a prisoner in the iron grip of that vicious woman Chandrika, crafty Ranil and the anti Sinhala anti Buddhist forces both at Home and abroad who voted you in to power and wedged between Tamil and Muslim votes vice. We also know you had no escape but to succumb to it. But you little realize that it was a blunder of the first order you will have to pay with interest one day some times for life behind bars. None of your present day friends, no god or no International friend will be able to save you then. As the Buddha has said you are your own savior.
The CB Bond issue alone is sufficient for you to ask him to resign. As you are personally aware this appointment were made by him against your wishes while he was not even a citizen of this country. Your political mentor Chandrika will also like it provided you get someone else other than Mahinda Rajapaksha appointed. Since you also don’t like him you can avoid that hurdle by asking the Parliament opposition group to elect the person who can command the majority in Parliament as the Pm keeping with democratic traditions. If there is none you can dissolve the Parliament and go for elections so that you will get exonerated and yet remain as the President until 2020.
You have to take the decision on your own without discussing with any other. Take the decision and do it now before it is too late. You believe me Mr President, as you know’ early bird catches the prey and there is no point in crying for spilt milk.
You know what Chandrika did in 2003. First she took three key Ministries and that was followed by dissolution. Looking at how things are taking shape no one can predict what will happen next. So unless you act first you will be in serious trouble. Now look at the way he handled the Central Band and Bribery Commissoners cases. In spite of Ajuna Mahendran day robbing the whole country Ranil wanted to keep him there for a second term. Ultimately he robbed 10.4 billion of public money in 14 months and vanished with impunity. Fortunately the Head of the Bribery has resigned before she could do more damage to the Government. Even after submitting papers she remained in the chair expecting her to be rescued by her mentor Ranil. Now you see the confidence she had kept on her mentor and the underestimate she had on you. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can understand this simple logic. Only the court jesters don’t understand it. These two issues alone are enough to take all three and those involved to be taken to gallows.
Furthermore there are few more alternative steps you can take
2 Dissolve Parliament and have a free election for the people to elect a stable new government.
3 Admit your mistakes and go back to the old home, and with their support appoint MR as the PM without continuously engaging in vituperative rhetoric.
4 Or be prepared to face most unexpected results. As you don’t have a genuine political following other than the mole Duminda Disanayaka and gabler Rajitha both of whom have joined you to take revenge from MR. If you go for an election now or later I will tell you, though I am not a professional foreteller, you want be able to get even 5 seats for your So-called SLFP and you will definitely end up as a prisoner in the hands of Ranil, until you are disgraced and removed. He will definitely form a UNP coalition with the support of the Tamils, Muslims and JVP who have now turned dark green with a different motive of weakening the UNP with eyes in 2020.
This is inevitable as the SLFP vote will get divided between the two rival MR and MS camps. Of cause Mr group getting the second highest number of seats in the jumble in next Parliament id also inevitable.
Even a tiny tot in the street in this country knows that it is Ranil who runs the country the way he wants with his FCID, CID, Police and various other fake Commissions, though you are the Executive President. Look at the way how he handled the CB issue allowing his friend Arjuna to collect 10 Billion net profit in 14 months and 66 billion as a loan for his son-in law’s co. hoodwinking you. The Bond issue alone is enough to sack him and put him in jail because any fool will know that such fraud can never be done without his knowledge, connivance and support.