Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam – 02 April 2015
The Great & the Good
Recently there was social discussion about
our Australian Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott – with special reference to the
Prime Minister’s comments about ‘life-style choices’ of indigenous Australians –
in relation to funding by the Public. Young ones driven by their desire to show
cleverness were highly critical of this description. I said however that to my
mind, Mr. Abbott was a good Prime Minister. I pointed out that he was the only
Prime Minister who responded to my communication. Mr. Kevin Rudd did when he
was in Opposition but when he became Prime Minister the dynamics changed. To my
mind it was no coincidence that Mr. Abbott responded when he was in opposition
and later when he became Prime Minister. Those of us without special leadership
positions are driven by experience – our own personal experience. My investment
in government has been strengthened and valued by Mr. Abbott in that position –
through my experience. This I believe is invaluable to both sides. We take the
essence of experience with us into our next life.
Alexander the Great is reported to have
stated as one of his death wishes – that his empty hands must be seen by the
public – so they learn that even though he was great – he was not taking any
tangible wealth with him.
This morning out of my emails received –
two stood out due to the lessons I could learn from them. One was about Mr.
Rajapaksa – and was headed ‘Sri Lankan
ex-president's vanity airport project grounded by cash crunch’ and the other
had the copy of letter by the Chief
Minister of Northern Province of Sri Lanka to the Hon K. Shanmugam – Singapore’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Law. The former was an example of the wastage resulting from excessive accumulation
of money and the latter was about the
wastage of status accumulated through an unreliable system of human Justice. In
some way – Mr. Wigneswaran is confirming that his investment in the Doctrine of
Separation of Powers between the Judiciary and the Executive is as weak as that
of Mr. Rajapaksa who built his own Taj-Mahal in Hambantota while verbally promising
Alleviation of Poverty through the
Divineguma Program. This Program had the
negative karma which manifested as the dismissal of the Chief Justice by the Executive.
As highlighted previously – the Doctrine of
Separation of Powers has been breached by Mr. Wigneswaran who through his letterhead
describes himself as Justice C.V.Wigneswaran, Chief Minister, Northern
Province. Where there is shortage of educated leadership it is understandable that one person
would function through two positions. But they must be strictly separated. When they are indiscriminately mixed – the outcome
is confirmation of ignorance or abuse of
democracy. Mr. Wigneswaran states :
The above confirms that Mr. Wigneswaran
considers himself as Governor of Sri Lankan Tamils. One is entitled to express
such belief as an individual without any portfolio. As Chief Minister of
Northern Province of Sri Lanka – the Hon
Wigneswaran represents all People of Northern Province and not just Tamils. I for
one do not feel gratitude towards Mr. Lee Kuan Yew or any other Singaporean or
Malaysian. I deeply appreciate the feelings of
villagers in Tamil Nadu who expressed beautifully their gratitude to Mr.
Lee Kuan Yew – as per their experience in attaining financial independence. I
admire the courage and commitment of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew but I do not feel ‘grateful’.
Even with those who directly supported my development – I have completed the
relationship by progressing from Beneficiary to Service-Provider. This is also the case with
Australia where I have honored Sri Lanka by upholding that my Sri Lankan
qualifications were my highest. Hence to the extent I contribute through that
Sri Lankan knowledge Sri Lanka is the Service Provider to Australia. Likewise
Service Providers groomed in Ceylon/Sri Lanka – contributing to the development
of Singapore and Malaysia.
As parents we are Service Providers. To the
extent we groom our children to become Service Providers to their children – we
complete the relationship and become facilities that all can draw from. We
become natural governors of the family. Justice Wigneswaran would have been
comfortable in this role through his legal family – especially in Northern Sri
Lanka where Thesawalamai Customary Law continues to be practiced even today by
the common family. By indiscriminately mixing this natural status with that of the
structured status of Chief Minister – Mr. Wigneswaran is misleading the Public –
especially the Jaffna voters whose ambitions include jobs in the Judiciary. If driven
by Gratitude – Mr. Wigneswaran needs to be grateful to Colombo for his of title
‘ Justice’. In real terms – Mr. Wigneswaran needs to complete his relationship
within the legal family – by grooming others to be like him as legal
professionals – including in Northern Province.
I do believe that there is need for
improvement in Justice Administration in Northern Sri Lanka. As Chief Minister
with Judicial wisdom – Mr. Wigneswaran has the right to develop that part
of Provincial Administration so that
Northern Province would be more independent of
Politicians including himself as Chief Minister. THAT would be true
parenting.
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