19 May 2022
VICTORY
FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Today
is the
anniversary of Our Lady of Schoenstatt
at Mulgoa. On 21 May 2009, I
wrote as follows to Professor Sathananthan from Vavuniya while serving the refugees
in the camps:
‘This
is the power I feel at Our Lady’s church at the Sydney suburb of
Mulgoa. In fact it so happened that I
worked on this project on 19 May – the anniversary of Our Lady of
Schoenstatt at Mulgoa. It was on 19 May
1999 that the then UNSW Chancellor Sir Anthony Mason sent word that he heard me
in relation to Grant Reporting. I
believe fully that Our Lady of Schoenstatt who has healed war wounds of
thousands of Australians of Lankan origin is blessing us in this Service. It is
no coincidence to true believers.’ (The full text of the communication is in
the Appendix)
To
me that endorsement from the Chancellor – Sir Anthony Mason happened due to my
faith in Our Lady. While waiting to get
the ultimate clearance from the officer concerned I prayed to Lord Buddha through
the statue in the officer’s room. As usual I operated on my own. There were many
indicators that divine powers were guiding me. To me, yesterday’s anniversary of the final days of the war is
also a reminder that faith always works – even if I am a minority of one.
The appointment of the
Prime Minister who in 2005, was led down by the Tamil community taken as a whole,
strongly indicates to me that the ethnic problem of Sri Lanka has become ‘history’
after the ‘Protests’ by those who believed in Democracy. The protestors
provided the pathway that ought to have been provided by the main Opposition party.
But the faith invoked the UNP – the main Opposition to the ruling party and the
first ruling party after British rule. In his letter to the Prime Minister, published
by Daily FT under the title ‘Krishantha
urges RW to secure legitimacy and credibility’, Chairman - Associated
Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Mr Krishantha Cooray includes the following:
[So, it was
with a heavy heart that I watched you being sworn in last week before President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a dark, empty room. I imagined to myself how different it
would have been if this fifth swearing in ceremony had better resembled your
previous ones. There were no cheering crowds, because you had won no election,
and had received no mandate to govern.]
The same event filled my heart with joy. I did
not see the individual Ranil but the UNP ancestry in Common. The fact that Ranil was Prime Minister at this
time when Tamil civilian deaths were mourned in Colombo for the first time
since 2009 - confirms the way truth works.
My contribution to this was Opposition by ‘alternate belief’. This is also the
power of any minority. It is also the reason why Ranil became the PM.
Laterally this same ancestral power is recognised
as majority power. Ancestral power is time based while current power is place
based – with each person / voter being considered a place – for example the
Electorate. One who believes in the whole of Sri Lanka invokes this power – even
if s/he has no portfolio. When Mr Wickremasinghe was ‘dismissed’ by the People
who were driven by the Rajapaksas – he became close to the ancestral powers and
their medium. His mind became ‘free’ of majority influence and hence open to
ancestral powers.
Yesterday I explained this to an Eelam Tamil
group as follows:
[When I write my Truth the positions that I place
the other side in receives my work at its soul level. In the case of Mr
Wigneswaran – that is as part of the Judiciary. It was during his time as CM
that I became the victim of irregularities in Northern Courts. Hence when I
write to him, that position receives it. Mr W did not take responsibility to
address the Court Admin as a service. Hence he needs to be included –
especially in post war healing.
It is a kind
of protest – like in Colombo – but without attacking the position. ]
Yesterday, on the special day of mourning for Tamils –
the person who was attracted by Mr Wigneswaran’s position of Chief Minister – to
invite him as Chief guest but failed to invite me – initiated on his own – the next
step in that Testamentary matter. To me – that was the parallel of Ranil being
appointed Prime Minister.
Dr Kapila
Ranasinghe in his Daily FT article ‘225: Come out
of the dark, you do not have a mandate’ declares :
[There’s ‘no’
mandate for the entire 225 MPs to represent the public when they are hidden in
the bunkers or in alternative houses due to being chased by the public. ]
The parallel of Official
Parliament in the case of these writers – is the Official Media. The Daily FT published both contributions but not mine.
Why ? – because both these writers are Mani Kattina Maadukal /cows with bells/
But someone
somewhere becomes the medium to acknowledge my real status. Recently after I
communicated the message in the Appendix, Dr Victor Wimalasingham wrote as follows:
[Dear Dr nadeasan
I found yr responses to the lady Gaja
reprehensible and unacceptable
You have neither moral right nor
professional authority to comment on her mental state.
Calling her mad, delusional and weird is
an infringement of her of personal rights to say what she thinks
I too disagree with much of her views, but
does not give me the right to call her names and cast doubt to her sanity.
I am astonished that many in this forum
who consider you special, have not cautioned you on your response to the views
about this lady’s comments. If they did I apologise to them.]
There was another member who shared his
feelings privately. But no one else did. I thanked Professor Sathananthan who from time to time
referred to me as Dr Gajalakshmi. That respect for my intelligence – to my mind
– manifested through Dr Victor Wimalasingham.
In the case of Parliament – so long as we
believe in Democracy – we will invoke Ancestral powers to manifest in the form
of Democracy – as practiced by the person who invokes the Ancestral Powers. The
person in official position is only the medium. This applies to the Media also. Hence the
power of Social Media. If the current
Parliament is to go home – so should the current official media. When official
Democracy fails – ancestral powers manifest through those who currently
practice Direct Democracy. They are then the Opposition of the whole – provided
they are independent of the Official system. Essential is the belief in
ancestral powers that are invisible.
Appendix
Thanks
Satha,
The
proposal stands on its own merit and would appeal to all those who genuinely
seek to participate. Eventually it does not even matter whether we get the
funds or not. The resources will come in one form or the other - provided all
of us feel that we are contributing to relief from suffering. The work we have done so far has already
contributed towards this.
Having
said that, I do believe that the Australian government would respond. If they
don't we would take those Australians who do,
as the real government for this
participation in a global issue.
The
grant proposals I prepared have so far
been well received by donors including Australian and NSW governments.
I
am happy to seek to meet with the second secretary here at the Australian High
Commission and forward the proposal through them to the Aust Government.
Kolitha - as fellow Australian would add value if he would join me.
Hence
once we finalise the proposal with all the necessary signatures including yours
, mine, Kolitha's and the Ministry officials confirming their participation -
let's take it to the Aussie government. If you would rather I come there and
take the proposal to Canberra – as we –proposed to previously - I am happy to
do that. David Holly of the Aust
Ministry for Foreign Affairs has been showing
strong consciousness in this regard.
Satha,
whilst going through this proposal I was reminded of a similar proposal (Prosthetics and Orthotics) for UNSW Sports
Medicine under the leadership of Dr. David Garlick. This was in collaboraton
with La Trobe - and we did win the grant from Federal Government. Towards this
it is important that we speak their language / the style and format. This is
what you recognized through the budget. I will forward this email to David’s
partner and wife Gwen (David has passed away) and others who may also seek to
add their participation through this project.
I
read through Tom Spall’s (of Australia Sri Lanka Business Council) comments.
Will include his suggestions as much as possible but as you would
appreciate - this is not just a business proposal but a humanitarian one. Hence
the 'income value' at patient level would commence only after the project has
integrated with mainsteam healthcare - which is estimated to take 10 years. Two
years is a terribly short period and would suit pure cash based
activity/project without regard to feelings
of all concerned. Tom asks
whether Vavuniya is the best place. It was chosen by the Sri Lankan government
and it does seem the right place as per my feelings for the patients who are
the most important people in this project.
If not for them we should go for a private medical service in Colombo or Kandy. In fact we are seeking to establish more and
more places of worship in Vavuiya so
that the feelings of the detainees would be the power that would work this
service. This is the power I feel at Our
Lady’s church at the Sydney suburb of Mulgoa.
In fact it so happened that I worked on this project on 19 May – the
anniversary of Our Lady of Schoenstatt
at Mulgoa. It was on 19 May 1999 that the then UNSW Chancellor Sir
Anthony Mason sent word that he heard me in relation to Grant Reporting. I believe fully that Our Lady of Schoenstatt
who has healed war wounds of thousands of Australians of Lankan origin is
blessing us in this Service. It is no coincidence to true believers.
By the end of 10 years mainstream public healthcare may be ready to
operate on business basis to the extent patients have choice of going
elsewhere. Until then we cannot legitimately take the business approach. A
monopoly controlled by the State is part of the program and therefore does not
lend itself to business /project approach.
Tom
has referred to depreciation. This would be left out in the Cash Flow
statement. It will remain in the Cost statement. Capital expenditure would be picked up in the
cash flow. I have included both in the
initial draft to make up for the Equipment costs which are yet to be included.
Once they are in the two would be separated and shown appropriately. At total
level they would look the same.
The
Land of the Vavuniya hospital being shown as a cost as well as benefit - is the
beginning of this move towards business approach which really is merit based
approach. Right now at patients level we
cannot calculate merit basis because they do not know to assess the value of
service as Australians in general do
now. They could not before when I first started in Public Service.
The
patient value is the parallel of EFTSU (Effective Full Time Student Unit) based
on which University funding for teaching is provided at the variable level.
HECS is part of this component and is therefore picked up by the students to
the extent of HECS. The rest is still
largely on cost basis and that too historical.
But we are gradually moving towards the cost-benefit system - especially
for private students / customers. At that level we need to produce objectively
verifiable outcomes which could be measured independently and by each investor
on his/her own base for his/her use. This is why I have included Australian
'status' in the proposal. This is the closest we can get to right now to Tom's
patient value. Right now we must not even look at patient numbers to calculate
efficiency. We must just recruit 'service' oriented participants whose every
stroke of work and pain would contribute to common ownership. With strong level
of common global ownership - the unit is
likely to lead Sri Lankan Healthcare towards global standards.
love
gaja
----
Henry Sathananthan <henry.sathananthan@med.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>
Thanks Gaja
>
Lets try both, but how. Sath
>
>
-----Original Message-----
>
From: Gajalakshmi_Param [mailto:gajalakshmi_param@bigpond.com]
>
Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:21 PM
>
To: Henry Sathananthan
>
Cc: sharikaperis@health.gov.lk;
'Gajalakshmi_Param'; 'eeshara
>
kottegoda Vithana'; 'Kolitha Wickramage'; thushara@health.gov.lk;
>
'Thushara Ranasinghe'; drgcsr@sltnet.lk
>
Subject: RE: Orthopedic, Occupational and Physiotherapy Rehabilitation
>
Unit atVavuniya General Hospital
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>
Thank you Kolitha and Satha.
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>
Why 10 years ?
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>
That is how long it is estimated for the project to integrate with the
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Health program of the nation. This is also
an indicator of how
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long it would take the patients to heal and
feel part of the national system.
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>
We suggest a contribution of AUD 400k from the Victorian Government
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and 700k from the Federal Government.
The rationale is as follows:
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>
Australia's status through this
participation increases to the extent
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of Rs
>
28 million which is about AU$400k. This could be directly related to
>
the project through the visible and
direct aspects of medical
services.
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Roughly speaking - this is the value added through Australian Medical
>
services, to Sri Lankan medical services
to help the latter seem
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more global.
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The $700k contribution is to participate in global governance through
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Humanitarian Services. It is to satisfy and confirm Australia's
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responsibility as a global leader in democracy. It is like taxes to
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central government but instead of going through UN we go direct to
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the victims to provide humanitarian services - humanitarian services
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could be safely provided by anyone who feels and have the moral
>
authority of True feelings. To the extent
Federal Government does
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not pick this up, we would get the contribution from feelers of Sri
>
Lankan origin and then go to wider world if necessary.
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>
As you would appreciate, these figures would change
as per equipment
>
costs. But in general this is the
framework that would give the total
>
picture for global participants.
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>
love
>
gaja
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---- Henry Sathananthan <henry.sathananthan@med.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Thank you Kolitha. I forwarded it to the Governor yesterday for
>
discussion.
>
> Two questions:-
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>
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> 1. Why 10 years?
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> 2. How much to you actually want from
the Victorian Government?
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> > >
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> Good to have a note on justification of budget before submission.
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> This is the way we apply for grants. This is mandatory. Grants are
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> very
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competitive
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> here.
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> We will meet the Governor very soon. Thx. AHS
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> From: Kolitha Wickramage [mailto:wickramage.kolitha@gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 May 2009 3:58 PM
>
> To: Henry Sathananthan
>
> Cc: eeshara kottegoda Vithana; drgcsr@sltnet.lk;
Gajalakshmi_Param;
>
Thushara
>
> Ranasinghe; sharikaperis@health.gov.lk; thushara@health.gov.lk
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> Subject: Orthopedic, Occupational and Physiotherapy Rehabilitation
>
> Unit atVavuniya General Hospital
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>
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>
>
> Dear Prof Sathanantha et al.,
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>
>
> Here is the proposal (draft) with the costings provided by Ms
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> Gajalakshmi, Total Costs came to Rs. 99.11m over 10 year duration.
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>
>
> Status contribution from - Sri Lanka
= Rs. 21.27m
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>
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> Status contribution from - Australia
= Rs. 28.29m
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>
>
> Dr Gamini can you please send the list of Ortho equipments for a
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> General hospital Grade in Sri Lanka please.
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>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Kolitha
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