16 November 2024

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

 

CURRENT VALUE OF  LANKAN EXECUTIVE PRESIDENCY 

 

On Sri Lankan election day, a Tamil Elder wrote in response to my article headed – Coalition  With Minorities:

‘[Your point is taken; let us wait and see the verdict of the ‘hoi polloi’]

I responded :

[Thank you Aiya. I stated in the article:

‘My spiritual vote is for the person in the current president.’

 

The spiritual vote is soul power of a true citizen. Like Universal  power, it could be invoked to save the whole. In Hinduism it is known as Bramma asthiram]

 

All Spiritual votes are Sovereign powers. They empower from within. They bring ultimate Peace and harmony to those who develop and share such powers. When I read news reports, that the president’s party was leading in Jaffna District, I felt ‘I was President of Jaffna.

That is how Democracy works. If the leader empowers the people, it is Autocracy.  

Which system suits us, is determined by the common nature of the group.

In return, for  declaring my truth, I had the opportunity to contribute as follows through  an NPP supporter:

 

[Thank you Npp

 

Npp: But your opinion that a country needs an opposition in order to develop is faulty.

 

Gaja: In true democracy, Opposition is the ‘other side of the ownership coin. The government is Equal to the People. Hence the Common member of a democratic government is = Common citizen.

 

 

Npp: China,Vietnam,Singapore has developed significantly despite having no opposition

 

Gaja:  Going by Singapore model, we need  a Sri Lankan Lee Kuan Yew.

This would weaken Democracy  as Equal Opposition in Sri Lankan governance would be weakened. As an individual, the current President is humble and democratic. But the Common Sri Lankan Citizen pampered by her/his is not humble.

Such a person would be against Democracy. In Democracy, each person/group needs to find and operate within its own sovereign borders. This is facilitated by various forms of devolution of power.

To the extent the other side feels Ownership, as much as the government,  there is natural democracy.

Autocratic leaders who produce positive outcomes, fill the gap with autocratic structure.

Where the fail to do so, there is high risk of idleness filling the gap.

Successful Autocratic leaders prevent formation of such idle gaps  through higher intellectual work and/or hard work. The Hon Lee Kuan Yew contributed through both.

Warm regards

Gaja

 

As per my discovery, if we declare our truth when an outcome is being produced, we become a causal force. If we do not expect any particular outcome, our truth is an invisible force. Hence we become, the other side of the Ownership coin. In Democracy we are known as Equal Opposition.

The victory of NPP is considered  a landslide victory. In 1977, the UNP, led by Mr J R Jayawardene,  also won a landslide victory, leading to creation of Presidential structure. That structure failed us because Independent minorities were treated not as Equals but as juniors.

 

The current President became President first and there are expectations in some quarters that the Executive presidency would be abolished by the NPP.

 

 The 1977  collapse of the then government was preceded by the Vaddukoddai Resolution in 1976, through which Tamils declared Political Sovereignty. This was preceded by pain due to Sinhala only language law and Standardization policy, which was interpreted by Tamils, as affording lesser opportunities to Tamils to seek management jobs.

Genuine Pain when becomes shared ownership in th we do not draw our own benefits. Truth ultimately rewards us all as per our deservedness.

The current President will succeed through Executive Presidency, if he  treats minorities as Equals. One way is to be driven by Administration in Districts where minorities are by number a majority force.