06 August 2022
Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
UNDEMOCRATIC PROTESTS
How does one
know a true protestor? The answer from within is through one’s own true protest
and/or by belief in one over a long unbroken period. Recently, when a Tamil
claimed that the Galle Face protestors were genuine, I asked him ‘They did not want
Gota and he went; Now they do not want Ranil who is the long-term Opposition of Gota’s party. Then does that not
confirm that they are seeking to weaken the structure of Democratic
Parliament?
Non Violent
protests are an integral part of Democracy. To earn the moral authority to
protest, one needs to have the approval of her/his own investment in Democracy.
Many practice reverse autocracy and call it a right. The JVP & LTTE are such
groups. Today, an LTTE heir sent me a communication headed ‘What LEE KWAN
YEW said about the intention of Singhalese’
LTTE Heir quotes : “When Ceylon got independence from British in
1947
the intention of the 14 to 16 million
Singhalese is to
dominate and to bring down two million
Tamils in Jaffna
to their level.]
Gaja: It means they wanted to ‘rule’. In democracy
that is right. They sought to be seniors – just like the Vellalar in
Vaddukoddai do even now.
LTTE Heir quotes : Jaffna
Tamils had the tradition being the best educators, being the administrators,
being the judges, being the professionals ........
Gaja: That was the ‘balance’ when one forewent
Senior status to accept the system of Democracy and therefore majority rule.
Minorities who were equally good or better than the government, became cleverer
with higher intelligence. That is how there is Equal status in Parliament to
the party that polls 2nd highest votes. From my experience here
in Australia, I know this to be true.
But when we seek to separate, we become majority and
hence lose that intelligence – as has happened in North. You will know this if
you live there now. God always balances the equilibrium. Those who believe in
God/Truth will know this.
To become eligible to the higher
intelligence, one has to be independent and respectful of the ruling power.
The way to be independent is to not take any subjective benefits and interpret
the policy through one’s own structure. I do not know of one Tamil current
politician who qualifies for such divine attribute.
End
of communication.
Now many are referring to Ranil as a fox. This confirms
that he is clever. It confirms also that he is intelligent enough to override
the majority power to establish his senior position. This was strongly aided by
those who depended on majority power – being his opposition. It is not new in
Sri Lanka. Happened before the 1977 elections, through which Mr J R Jayawardene
came to power and introduced the Executive Presidency.
In 1977, Tamils became Equal Opposition, confirming
their higher intelligence. But then the armed rebels spoilt it all by ‘showing’
how clever they were.
Under the current strategy, Tamil Politicians who are clever
and Democratic would quietly confirm their Equal position through sharing
their intelligence with Ranil as they did in 2018, during the Constitutional crisis.
If they Oppose Ranil then they promote majority rule, confirming the same
intelligence level as Sinhalese who depend on the government. Higher
intelligence of minority is the reward for being Sovereign with less than
majority group.
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