GOVERNMENT LACKS COMPETENCY TO GOVERN...... SRI LANKA – LAND LIKE NO OTHER.

With just 17 months in power, President Mahinda Rajapakshe’s popularity has eroded since the commencement of the Tiger Air attacks in the country. While the president is being convicted of being giving money to the tigers to come into power to run-up to the Presidential elections in November 2005, which claims that the Government has given Rs 200 million prior to the election and another Rs 800 million after the election. After the Tsunami then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe were alleged to have taken US $ 80 million from the Tsunami funds which came to the country to a so-called private account “Helping Hambanthota” to carry out work destroyed by tsunami devastator.

The human rights bodies are crying foul. Every day there are lives which are lost due to torture, abductions and killings. This was started after the Mawil Aru anicut incident, after the government was hold responsible for killing the 10 aid workers who came to assist in that tragedy. Mind you they were international aid workers and not local aid workers. After this incident there was tremendous increase of human rights violations taking place in the government folds. The president does not have any clear cut policy framework where he is working. He only works to that moment of time emergent strategy without having deliberate strategies to tackle the situation.

He says that no meat could be consumed during wesak poya and all beef shops will be closed. Then how on earth are the few tourists who come to the country going to eat? Thailand being a 100% Buddhist country even hasn’t done that. And banning all liquor even beer. By this there will be an increase of illegal liquor, like kassipu and other related stuff which are more harmful for the humans. Who pays a huge sum of taxes to the government where it helps to run the country, if the government takes these measures the government will loose these taxes for the welfare. When the government is short of money they speak to CTC and DCSL and ask for money, and when they do take this actions like these it will much more adverse effect rather having liquor. Cost of living is sky rocketing and inflation is at an all time high, the rupee is depreciating. Today the US $ dollar has surpassed Rs 115 and the ₤has gone up to Rs 221 where one month before the US $ was 109 and ₤was 213.

The corruptions in the government folds are also have increased double folds. The there are over 100 ministries where it’s a record in the world. For just 20 million population there are more than 100 ministries. Just look at other countries like china has around 25 ministries. Can even a government play with the poor peoples money like this by taking EPF & ETF money to commence commercial flights under presidents name and for his private use named “MIHIN AIR” this is totally abuse of power.

The president sacked two prominent ministers who helped him to secure victory, Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Suriyaarrachchi. For a small wrong which they have committed in 1999 which is eight years ago. Why are they now doing this after all they were there all this time? Is totally unimaginable how undemocratic the president is and how power hungry he could be.