By V.Sivanendran
Colombo is eerily quiet. There are less people on the streets than usual. Buses are non overcrowded. There are intense conversations inwards tea boutiques amid members of the public. The topic is the same. That is the ongoing electrical flow political crisis. People are anxious of the outcome together with nervous of the consequences. The average citizen is confused together with is inwards fearfulness of the future.
I attended the demonstration at Liberty Plaza on Tuesday. This was supposed to endure against political manoeuvrings of the President. The assembled people were non all inwards back upward of the Prime Minister. Most of them were those who campaigned to elect the President together with the Prime Minister resulting inwards the overthrow of the previous Mahinda regime. Some of them were critical of Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.. The charges levelled against Ranil were many. One of them was that his regime did non deliver what was promised. But they stimulate got come upward exclusively register their protestation against the unconstitutional methods adapted to pose Mahinda Rajapakse inwards power.
Even though, at that topographic point was give-and-take inwards the press inwards past times few weeks promoting a caretaker regime to endure formed past times the President nether Mahinda Rajapakse, Ranil together with his Ministers did non accept it seriously. For that thing no 1 took it seriously. After the lawsuit they are at 1 time inwards a province of shock. There is at 1 time a concerted endeavor made past times Ranil together with his allies, to win dorsum power. They believe that the route dorsum to ability is through parliament. So both the parties are engaged inwards counting the number of members of Parliament they tin rely on support.
There are a lot of activities going on behind the scenes. The argue is, neither Ranil nor Mahinda has an absolute majority. It is rumoured that equally much equally Rs. 250 meg together with a ministerial appointment is offered to MP’s to cross over. The sums are huge together with the people are wondering where is this coin is coming from. Ranil has already lost 5 members who stimulate got crossed over to the other side. The magic number to relieve his Premiership is 113. The TNA alongside sixteen together with the JVP alongside vi stimulate got taken upward hands off position. This is adding to the uncertainty. The mortal crossing over is non certainly whether the other political party has the numbers to demonstrate its majority.
So, the President has prorogued the parliament to give Mahinda the infinite to larn to work. It appears that he is finding it difficult to larn the numbers. Meanwhile, at that topographic point is considerable pressure level from the West urging the President to observe the constitution together with recollect Parliament. The President is doing his best equally the gatekeeper to ward off these forces. There is an number of legitimacy hanging over this novel regime. Except for a span of tike countries, no 1 else has together with then far recognised this novel regime.
There is fearfulness that the days of one-time volition provide to trample democratic rights, liberty of aspect together with human rights. Journalists together with other citizens who stimulate got taken a conduct a opportunity to publicly oppose the previous Mahinda regime are concerned for their safety. There is also work organisation that approximately of the mechanisms created to deliver transitional judge volition endure dismantled. It is no subway scheme that this novel regime volition non accept whatever measures to implement the UNHRC resolution 30/1. So it is expected that the domestic weather condition volition alter for the worse inwards the brusk run together with international surroundings volition endure hostile to the novel regime.
So, all are waiting for the recollect of parliament. Yesterday, it was announced that a novel appointment has been laid for the reconvening of Parliament equally fifth November. Later, a Minister denied that such a novel appointment has been agreed. The sooner this lawsuit takes house the ameliorate for the country, together with to pose it out of its electrical flow misery.
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