29 November 2024

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

ARJUNA MAHENDRAN = ARCHUNA RAMANATHAN?

 

1.   Arjuna Mahendran noticed to appear in court over bond scam –

[Colombo, November 26 (Daily Mirror)- The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today issued a notice directing former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to appear before the court on February 25, 2025.

The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar bench has already issued a warrant through Interpol for the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran in connection with the Central Bank bond scam case. 

However, he is currently evading courts by residing overseas.]

 

Does the reported action add value  to the Sovereignty of  Sri Lanka’s  Judicial system ?

To analyse, I am taking the other Arjuna/ Archchuna from North, who is at the centre of Tamil diaspora gossip:

https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=103777

 

2.   Arrest warrant issued against MP Archchuna Ramanathan-

[ Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake has ordered the issuance of an arrest warrant against Jaffna District Independent Member of Parliament Archchuna Ramanathan, through the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Jaffna. 

This order was issued during the hearing of an ongoing case today (26) related to an alleged incident of assaulting an individual after causing a traffic accident on the Baseline Road, Colombo in 2021.

Meanwhile, on November 25, MP Archchuna Ramanathan, who had unintentionally occupied the seat designated for the Leader of the Opposition during the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament, issued an apology for the incident. 

The apology was made during a workshop for newly elected Members of Parliament held on November 25. MP Ramanathan explained his actions and expressed regret for the misunderstanding caused by sitting in the Opposition Leader’s designated seat.]

Apparently Common in both matters are the dates of  Court orders, place (Colombo) and first names of the accused persons. The less apparent common issue is Financial mismanagement. Mahendran is the accused in one, and Ramanathan is the accuser in the other.

Did this happen due to both being members of the same Tamil community? Is this the case with communities that  separate themselves through apparent physical differences?

 

Is pain sharing a way to unity? A caring soul shared the analysis through rituals in worship of common deity Murugan by Sinhalese  also. The Most Painful Religious Rituals

 

Food for thought.

 

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.

 14 November 2024

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

 

COALITION WITH MINORITIES

 

Today, Sri Lankans have the opportunity to elect their representatives to make laws on their behalf.

 There are reports that the new President plans to form a government, by including minority cultures. This would weaken Democracy  as Equal Opposition in Sri Lankan governance would be eliminated.

 

Equal Opposition is essential in Democracy just as two parents are needed to make a family.  One is the other side of the other.

In autocracy, the opposition is invisible. Confidentiality is the strength of  autocracy. Armed groups, including official armies  are autocratic. The current president of Sri Lanka has his origins in an autocratic structure. As an individual he is kind and humble. As head of an institutional structure he would need to be autocratic within and democratic on the outside.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa also faced this challenge. In his case the voters voted for the system he represented. If voters vote for the person in the current president, there will be Peace and harmony in Sri Lanka. My spiritual vote is for the person in the current president.

 

08 November 2024

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

 

‘I believe that those driven by majority vote failed to  place a ceiling on majority power by freeing themselves of the responsibility to act within the law. I believe that those driven by majority sans the ceiling placed by law, automatically lose the moral right to resort to the power of the Court, to punish a person who has demonstrated stronger commitment to the law/s  regulating the issue.- Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

 

 

TAMILS ARE THE PERMANENT POLITICAL OPPOSITION

A Tamil Social Media group forwarded a clip of the speech by Mr. Amidran Rajakariya under the heading: ‘very illuminating’. Mr. Amidran Rajakariya demotes Tamil political leadership-as failure.  

History has taught us that when we unite as a minority group to oppose majority, and are more law-abiding than the majority, we would become more intelligent than majority group.  This was recognised by the then government that introduced the Standardisation policy.

The reasons for the higher intelligence included our deep investment in higher education. The likes of Dr Neelan Thiruchelvam are part of that rich heritage.

Mr. Amidran Rajakariya seems to be part of majority. If he is, he lacks the moral authority to urge the Tamil community to support the current president whose elders fought an armed war. Tamil rebels who also resorted to arms to eliminate political opponents are their Equal Other side. It is their responsibility to oppose the current regime.

The message is headed:

Building Nation together we are for Malimawa (compass)!

The question is whether minorities seek to be juniors or equals due to their own sovereign power?  As per article 3 of the Constitution:

 “3. In the Republic of Sri Lanka sovereignty is in the People and is inalienable. Sovereignty includes the powers of government, fundamental rights and the franchise.”

Hence, every Sovereign Comity’s first duty is to maintain its own sovereignty .