Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam
27 March 2017
Foreign Judges have come to stay
[The
government’s backtracking on ‘foreign judges’ is not surprising, but pathetic.
You only have to read the news reports on the UNHRC resolution and its
background in September/October 2015.] The Island article ‘The new ides of
March: Foreign judges have not come … but gone! Beware the emblematic cases!’
Who said the Government has backtracked?
Read the mind behind these words:
[The
Government will introduce a host of laws from this year to modernise the
country’s legal system, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.
Speaking
at the 43rd Annual Convocation of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and
the induction of the BASL’s new President last evening, the Prime Minister who
was the Chief Guest said while Sri Lanka could be proud of having the oldest
legal tradition in Asia, the country was far behind others in the region when
it came to modern laws. As such, “starting from this year, you’ll find a lot of
new laws coming in,” he said.] – Sunday Times article ‘New laws soon to replace old ones, says PM’
Foreign Judges were needed by the UN to
measure what happened through laws that were Common to all investors in Sri
Lanka – including the UN. The outcomes ‘shown’ by the Sri Lankan Political mind
was at best through their own sense of Justice. The laws through which we
measure add their own Energies to the manifestations. Old laws/principles would
awaken the angels and ghosts of the past.
Laws that are based on Truth discovered by a person/group are angels and once
past their natural environment become of heritage value. Laws based on desires
of law-makers are demons that would stay on as curse, once past their natural environment.
The pressing issue at UN level is the
conduct of the soldiers. They say all is fair in Love and War due to Oneness / ‘Ownership’
being the measure. But to be valid – such decisions and their effects must not
leave the Love-zone / War-zone. That is the way of the hierarchical subjective
system. Hence its essential criterion of ‘Confidentiality’. Once one side
breaches this Confidentiality requirement – the other side has the Duty to not
only balance the books but also be Transparent about it.
By
celebrating the victory over the LTTE with wider world – instead of mourning
the death of Sri Lankans including the LTTE – the Government lost the
protection of Natural Forces of Love and Truth. By celebrating at that time,
the Government made itself ‘foreigner’ to those it punished. I was in Colombo
at that time – in Wellawatte / Colombo 6 with high proportion of Tamils. The
celebrations extended to those outside the uniform and their conduct was
hurtful to me as a Sri Lankan. When people ‘judge’ beyond their share of
contribution – they make foreigners of themselves to the one with real
authority to judge. I find that happening with many of Sinhalese origin in
terms of Tamils and many of Tamil origin in terms of the Government. Both are
hurtful – as they damage my investment in Common Sri Lankan structure. Those
relying on majority power would not feel the urge to develop structures. Real
structures developed by us are born out of Sacrifice. Hence in Hindu culture mothers
who sacrifice and share are recognized as Shakthi / Energy.
The author of the Island article reveals
his mind-structure, pedigree (to use the terminology used by the Judge in the
Central Bank Bonds matter) in terms of old and new – as follows:
[If accountability is to mean Old
Testament justice of an ‘eye for an eye’, we may as well forget reconciliation.
As Mahatma Gandhi warned, ‘An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind’]
Gandhi
was Hindu and a believer in Bhagawath Geetha :
[When
doubts haunt me and disappointments stare me in the face and I see not one ray
of hope on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita and find a verse to comfort
me; I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow.] — Mahatma
Gandhi
The
author of Bhagawath Geetha - Lord Krishna says ‘I am the killer and I am the one
being killed / I am the King and I am the People’. Where the Service
Provider and the Beneficiary recognize their positions the Provider is the one
who represents the whole to wider world. The beneficiary completes the
relationship by being grateful and in terms of structure this is confirmed
through the respect shown to the Provider. To truly have and hold this higher status
the Provider ought to have forgone earned benefits including ‘free status’. One
who inherits leadership status needs to bow to the person from whom such was
inherited. If the person immediately above is not respectable as per the mind
of the heir, then one keeps going higher and higher to ancestors. The position
is thus earned by bowing to the past.
The
powers of those who developed that position and the system that it is a part of
– say for example Buddhist leadership in Sri Lanka, are inherited by practicing
the Laws and Due Processes. To the extent they are shown as ‘outcomes’ – the person/group
so showing stagnates at that level of leadership and places a ceiling on the
inheritance. Young ones who produce their own outcomes thus disconnect
themselves from the heritage. They thus lose the very powers of those who
developed the heritage. That was the case with LTTE which killed the political
leaders to show its own wins through armed power.
The
latest example in terms of disconnection with heritage is learnt through the
proposal for Indian Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth to handover ‘homes’ to the
displaced in Sri Lanka’s North:
[Tamil megastar Rajinikanth, who was
expected to visit Sri Lanka next month to inaugurate a housing scheme, on
Saturday announced that he has cancelled the trip following protests from the
Tamil outfits. The primary agenda of the visit was to hand over keys of 150
houses built for displaced Lankan Tamils at Vavunya.
The actor was invited to be the chief guest at a programme in the Northern Province's Vavuniya town on April 9. A foundation, part of Lyca Productions that is funding the actor's sci-fi entertainer "2.0", had built the houses for the displaced Lankan Tamils. Around 4 lakh people were expected to participate in the programme, according to Rajinikanth's statement.
In a three page statement, the actor referred to the struggle by Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka and said he wanted "to breathe air on the land where lakhs had fought for their rights and died".
Rajinikanth also had sought an appointment with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss the problems faced by Indian fishermen in the hands of Lankan navy.]
The actor was invited to be the chief guest at a programme in the Northern Province's Vavuniya town on April 9. A foundation, part of Lyca Productions that is funding the actor's sci-fi entertainer "2.0", had built the houses for the displaced Lankan Tamils. Around 4 lakh people were expected to participate in the programme, according to Rajinikanth's statement.
In a three page statement, the actor referred to the struggle by Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka and said he wanted "to breathe air on the land where lakhs had fought for their rights and died".
Rajinikanth also had sought an appointment with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss the problems faced by Indian fishermen in the hands of Lankan navy.]
The indiscriminate mixing of Cinema and Politics
has brought much disorder in Tamil Nadu. Rajnikanth’s predecessor MG
Ramachandran was respected as Anna (Big Brother) by LTTE Leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran. In terms of humanitarian services during the deepest suffering of
Tamils, Rajnikanth was nowhere to be
seen, on behalf of himself and/or his predecessor who funded the LTTE. Any
donations from such folks would come with ‘acting’ maya / delusion. Tamils of
Sri Lanka are suffering due to such waste flowing through Palk Strait into
Northern Sri Lanka. One person so infected is the Lycamobile owner as per
published reports:
[Subaskaran
Allirajah, the Lycamobile owner, is one of the Conservative party’s most
generous benefactors.] - 16 Things You Need To Know About Lycamobile's
Links To The Tories by BuzzFeed news.
Thedn there is this by Wikipedia:
[Allirajah
Subaskaran; March 2, 1972 (age 45); Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka
Allirajah
Subaskaran (born 2 March 1972), is a British Tamil Sri Lankan entrepreneur,
film producer, and the founder and chairman of Lycamobile, which
launched in 2006 and now operates in 21 countries worldwide with a subscriber
base over 14 million customers.
His Lyca
Productions is based in Chennai,
India and began with its first film Kaththi (2014).
It is currently producing the science fiction thriller 2.0,
touted to be India's costliest film.]
If indeed, Mr. Rajnikanth wanted ‘to breathe air on the land where lakhs had
fought for their rights and died’ then he ought to come there with a mind
structure of the People who fought for
that purpose. The sacrifice of the person who foregoes what s/he believes is hers/his is of sacred value. One
who comes on behalf of Business interests needs to be transparent about that
purpose. Through his popular roles as the person of the People following the
pathway of Natural Justice – Rajnikanth would have identified with those
characters in real life. Mr. Allirajah Subaskaran as per my measure is NOT one of them.
[ Allirajah
Subaskaran and his mother Gnanambikai Allirajah founded a charity, The Gnanam
Foundation, in 2010 in order to provide help for marginalised communities and
those who have been abandoned without care. It exists to extend funds to
promote means of livelihood for those in need for specific projects on an
individual, family or community basis. The Gnanam Foundation is based on the
ethos of "teach a person to fish",
providing opportunities for people to develop skills to support themselves.
Since 2012, The Gnanam Foundation have partnered up with many other
organisations including the British Asian Trust, Children's Hunger Relief
and Muslim Aid to
donate to a number of worthy causes. In 2015, The Gnanam Foundation set to
construct 150 homes in the Vavuniya
District of Sri Lanka.]
To teach one has to first learn. In
democracy – the provider and the beneficiary are of Equal status. Hence one who ‘donates’ is a Provider and is not a
sharer. War victims in Sri Lanka and their communities face the big challenge
of not losing their hard-earned ‘right’ to Democratic systems by accepting ‘donations’.
This kind of conversion resulted in the Central Bank Bonds issue and now in
North too. Those who bring into Sri Lanka, monies earned as British from the
British and/or Indian cinema are foreigners. To that extent they bring foreign
rules with their businesses. One who carries Common values to both nations and/or
globally – is not foreign but Common – however white s/he may seem. To
participate at policy level in Sri Lankan affairs – they ought to have had the
demonstrated experience of respecting the original elders who developed the
right to claim equality through higher mind order to fill the gap of lower body
numbers. What right has Rajnikanth earned to ‘Donate’ that which is already ours?
The distinction between a foreigner and internal person is
that the foreigner does not participate in the ‘making’ of an outcome. When
raised to the higher common level – the two merge to become Common. The UN
participated by failing in its duty to protect civilians during the war. Hence
the next best known to them – are high ranking foreigners. Within Sri Lanka,
the Weliamuna group was a foreign judge inquiring into Sri Lankan Airlines
operational matters on behalf of the new Government. The current plight of the
National carrier is also to be expected of the country it represents. The
lasting solutions would flow through those who practice global standards in Sri
Lanka – even if they come there for a day or two as visitors. To the extent Sri
Lankan minds merge with them including through Commercial services – naturally on
one to one service that majority Lankans
are capable of – those foreign looking higher minds bring us the root
solutions.
The Government needs to facilitate this as
a priority and protect such opportunities from being taken over by the greedy
who are different and separate occupying the high positions which block the
development of Common space.
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