Ethnic,
Subornment and Debauchery Practice in SriLanka
Engr.
Kanthar Balanathan
DipEE(UK),
Grad.Cert.(Rel. Eng-Monash) DipBusAdm(Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE
1.
Introduction
This article is published
to unravel the Root Cause of the economic downfall in Sri Lanka. Readers shall
read this article and do research by surfing textbooks and the internet and
interpreting and analysing the practice that prevailed in SL.
Cognitive science is an
area SL politicians should read and recommend that all politicians must consult
a psychiatrist to confirm the weakness in their minds. This statement is made
as the author feels that the people in SL are weak in their minds and
strengthened focus in one sector. This statement is made as more than twenty
million people in SL delegate their lives to these few politicians. The
minority of the group may suffer from feeling anxious in certain situations that
can help them avoid danger, triggering our 'fight or flight response.
Quote: To explain what
cognitive science means: Cognitive Science embodies the traditional historical
disciplines of Neuroscience, psychology, linguistics and philosophy and
computer science. The objective of cognitive science is to understand the
principles of intelligence that will lead to comprehension of the mind and
learning.
The writer’s thoughts: Humans
perceive different effects of the same state, as perceptions vary from person
to person. People assign different meanings to what they perceive, which leads
to conflicts.
The world knows the
history of bribery and corruption practised by countries. The corruption
perception index can be read from his website. (Please refer for knowledge). 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore the… -
Transparency.org
Corruption is a crime committed by officials
(public or private) abusing their role to procure gain for themselves or
somebody else. Several forms of corruption exist bribery, embezzlement, and abuse
of power, just to name a few.
Argentina and Greece somersaulted on zero dollars and bankruptcy in the 20th
century. Sri Lanka followed the two in the 21st century. People say
that Greece had a fall as a result of its political ideology and the laziness
of its citizens.
Sri Lanka had blown its trumpet to expose that they are the champions of
bribery and corruption, by lowering their assets to “Zero dollars, zero medicines, zero fuel and food items. Sri Lanka had levelled
its ranking at 102 with a score of 37, the same as Kazakhstan.
2.
Professor
Ricardo Hausmann
Professor Ricardo Hausmann
is a world-renowned Specialist in Economics and had published articles and
presented courses. The Professor facilitated the conference organised by the
then PM Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe in 2015. Professor’s lectures can be found in
(1) Ricardo Hausmann - The Collapse of
Economies - Bing video,
(2) https://www.ricardohausmann.com/economic-complexity
Inhouse knowledge,
know-how and Expertise are fundamental prerequisites for the people in a
country. It is requested that everyone who reads this article, please visit
Professor Ricardo Hausmann’s web pages and read the Professor’s articles and
view his videos to augment knowledge in economics and the requirements for a
country to develop and sustain itself. Inhouse knowledge of Economics is
essential for better stable practice.
3.
Sri
Lanka- Root Cause of Economic Downfall
3.1 Post-1970, when Srimavo Bandaranaike
assumed power as the PM, SL faced the same situation of near bankruptcy with no
rice and sugar etc. The PM had two intellects in her cabinet. (i) Dr. NM
Perera, (ii) Dr. Colvin R. de Silva. Dr Perera was an intellectual. Srimavo was
able to regain her financial stability within a few years. However, the current
situation is that no one understands “Economics” except professors. The
military personnel who are supposed to protect the sovereignty of SL via
protecting its borders are occupying chairs of the government as “Chairman”,
“Secretary” etc, with absolutely no understanding of what they are in charge
of.
3.2 Professor K. Amirthalingham is a highly
qualified and intellectual economist at Colombo University. The government
could use the intellectuality and knowledge of the Professor. However, power comes
into play. The imbecilic MPs and Ministers may think that they know more than the
Professors.
3.3 Various causes could be attributed to
Sri Lankan economic downfall. Each cause could be categorised and given a
score. In a backward third-world country like Sri Lanka, although the human
resources have low-level expertise, they have to expand their knowledge by attending
professional training courses, which is critical, however, Sri Lanka does not
advocate such training for engineers and economists and financial staff. This
is a critical downfall in Sri Lanka’s human resource management. Professional
institutions must demand such professional competency by attending training
courses.
4. Unity
a)
Addressing
74 years of post-independence operation, we find that the Cabinet ministers are
not united for the reason of their greediness for power & wealth. The
majority of the Ministers were not educated at the GCE (O) level. Currently,
the parliament has 94 politicians who are qualified to (o) Level only. Their eagerness
is to form a new political party to gain access to the coalition and get a
ministerial portfolio. SriLanka is flourished with 79 political parties for a
population of 21,543,507 as of Wednesday, December 15, 2021. It is a chuckling matter
to observe such panicking different views of politicians/ people.
b)
Unity among politicians
and people is non-existent. It’s a different view people have. Why would 21
million people in a country have different ideologies?
c)
Unity among citizens is
deficient. Racism, Religious differential, Fundamentalism, know-how, caste
differential, domiciliated area differential, human rights violation, knowledge
of democracy etc is nonexistent in Sri Lanka. This leads to a difference of
opinion and conflicts, resulting in forming new parties, violence etc. During
the 74 years of post-independence operation, Sri Lanka had six racial violence
killings of Tamils and Muslims and one pogrom between 2005 and 2009 killing
Tamils.
d)
Innovation, Creativity,
motivation, in-house knowledge, reliability, flexibility, effectiveness and
efficiency is absent among the citizens and politicians. A few Tamils in the North are researching effectively
to invent alternative ways of resources to prepare food with no Carbon deposits
on pots and pans. At least an attempt with limitations.
e)
Politicians have limited
knowledge in the areas of governance. Politicians are interested in getting
votes, which drives them to collateral form. Politicians have to give money for
each vote to the voters, which drives them back to enter into bribery and
corruption. The excuse politicians give the people is: “I spent so many millions for the election by giving
the voters, and I have to get it back”.
f)
SL has a constitution.
However, the constitution is not observed and followed. The three arms of
governance are not independent. The Executive interferes in other areas of
governance.
g)
Central Bank (CB) (Reserve
Bank) The CB shall be an independent body to function as the neural nerve
centre to control foreign reserves. However, politicians and ministers
interfere giving orders to release foreign funds for the purchase of their
choice. The Cabinet decides to purchase cars for the MPs which needs foreign
funds. Some ministers of the dynasty will order the release of foreign money
for their interests. This leads educated citizens to presume that they are
governed by imbeciles. This is a misuse of parliamentary power.
h)
Knowhow and in-house
knowledge: The head of a section, department, or government shall be fully
conversant with his duties. What prevails in Sri Lanka is appointing imbecilic
like Namal Rajapaksa, Cabraal, Wimal Weerawansa etc as ministers who do not
know their duties. A person like Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) as President does not
know his duties. He was responsible for the mass murder of thousands of JVP
youths in 1989. GR His speciality is
killing as a soldier. However, there can be an argument as to whether a leftist
government can do better for Sri Lanka or competition can do better. The 75%
downfall of the economic collapse is due to GR.
5.
Agrarian Race
Sri Lanka was an agrarian society historically.
The kings in the South have built reservoirs and dams to conserve water for
irrigation. DS Senanayaka focussed on structural transformation in the 40s.
Quote: Structural transformation is
the process by which low-income societies, in which agriculture absorbs most labour
and generates most economic output, become high-income societies characterized
by a relatively smaller but more productive agricultural sector.
SL is not an advanced country
to produce computers, cars and motorcycles and high-tech equipment. People’s
basic diet is rice and curry. SL cannot import rice. SL has to observe
countries like Thailand, China, Cambodia and the South-East nations and produce
the requisite commodities. In terms of behavioural economics, the people and
the governing staff missed the key elements of their fundamentals, like food
travel, job etc. As time goes the country copied the rest of the advanced world
and tried to copy them with a lack of resources. The government forgot the
importance of agriculture, both farming and fishing. Everyone wanted a
white-collar job. Srimavo’s standardization made Tamil and Sinhala youths go
abroad and not return. Those who returned copied the western world. As a
cumulative effect, the agricultural focus was lost. Those who had “O” Levels
also wanted a white-collar job or entered politics.
Please refer to the attached
letter written to the Director of the Northern Division of Agriculture. The
agricultural department has several staff for the functions. What is pointed
out here is just an example. I come from this village. (i) The channel from the
reservoir has not been maintained. Well, never is the word. The channel is full
of shrubs and trees. (ii) The sluice gate has never been maintained. It is a
wonder how the department would have done their flood control and water
distribution to the fields. Does it mean this involved bribery and corruption?
The writer remembers a Civil engineer who worked with the Water Corporation in
Nigeria. He was named “Casual Shun”, purely because he was
involved with the corruption of claiming that his team had more casual workers
when there were only a few. The extra money went into his pocket. A question:
How do the PWD, “Overseers” become rich in the PWD. Is this the way Ananthi
Sasitharan claimed money for her campaign? She is the wife of a
freedom fighter. It’s a shame if this is true. She should be kicked out of
politics.
No wonder agriculture has
fallen and the people are forced into an era of insufficient food period. The
main cause is the politicians not campaigning for food production.
6.
Imports
Vs Exports
Sri Lankan politicians
have an attitude of feeling that politicians who serve the people should get
everything free irrespective of the country’s economic status. Currently,
speculation that the GOSL wants to import electric cars. Must be for
politicians. During MR Rajapaksas period from 2005 to 2015, the country was
filled with foreign items. These items cost dollars, not come free. The foreign
company was allowed to set up an office and sell their products. Cars were
imported for politicians. A number o electronic goods were imported, cars,
motorcycles, autos etc. No one had an account of the imports and exports.
Finally, the imports were more than the exports. The High Commission and its
staff did nothing to campaign for their products. They enjoyed their luxurious
life. Governments have foreign offices such as the High Commission to export
their products. The HC staff (some) were only interested in spying for LTTE
operatives and raising anti-Tamil slogans. Under the slogan patriotism, the
Sinhala associations missed the bus by campaigning against the Tamil Diaspora.
The Sinhala Diaspora never focussed on Sri Lanka’s economic forthcoming
problems. Well, they did not have a vision and mission for the problem. Today
they are campaigning for the Tamils to send money to SL. What a joke?
Central Bank
(CB)
7.1 The CB is a nerve centre for a country.
They decide on all financial matters. In 2015, Arjuna Mahendran was appointed
Governor of the CB. During that period Ravi Karunanayake was the minister of
finance. Arjuna Mahendran’s son-in-law bought the bond for twenty billion
dollars. It may be that they borrowed money from the BOC and covered it with
dollars to pay the CB. The question now arises: How will Sri Lanka pay the
twenty billion dollars when it matures. Go for collateral? Maybe the cunning
idea of Arjuna Mahendran.
7.2 There are hidden secrets of CB dealing
and MR Rajapaksa clan and the Cabraal which smuggles dollars out of the
country. Only the Auditor General, if he had a backbone can form an
investigating team and dig into the secrets. A Court Order should be obtained
to investigate the CB dealings on foreign exchange approvals, the 20-billion-dollar
bond scam, and any other illegal dealings done by Rajapaksa and Ajith Nivard Cabraal
between the period 2005 to 2015. It is presumed that the economic downfall had
occurred because of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Namal Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa and
Cabraal. MR wanted to shuffle onto Indrajit Kumarasamy, however, IK escaped
narrowly. The latest information revealed is that loans obtained for the
Hambantota project were never paid into CB. However, interest payments were
made by the CB. Serious illegal dealings have been made during this project
period.
8. Status of Tamils
Tamil Politicians are
fools. The reason is they are always fooling the people in the N&E, that
GOSL should solve their problem. The problem is not power, but survival. People
should realise this and try to use bicycles for travel, use firewood for
cooking, backyard plantation of edible vegetables, and use Palmyra jaggery and
use their knowledge to invent new usable items/equipment. A gentleman used his
innovative knowledge and self-motivation to invent biogas for cooking. Do
something and do not depend on anyone including the diaspora because the
diaspora is suffering in foreign countries. Do not entertain taking Boats to
foreign countries as the foreign countries are loaded with Sri Lankan racists.
9.
Conclusion
The main issue in SL is
the racial, xenophobia and ethnic problems. The Sinhalese people are being
driven by the yellow cloth Buddhist Bhikkhus. Even the Sinhalese diaspora are
racial-minded and have fear and spend their time spying on the Tamil diaspora.
This had made the Sinhalese crowd ignore the economic issues and discounted the
economic failure that was to come to SL. In SL the GOSL was busy instigating
the Buddhist Bhikkhus in converting the country into a pure Buddhist Sinhala
country. To get their support as well as the support of the MPs, imports were
more than the exports. The High Commissions were busy spying and not addressing
the Sri Lankan export propaganda. It was a cumulative chain effect that moth
bolled into a catastrophic economic failure. People are finding it difficult to
release themselves from the comforts they had all these years with the help of
the Diaspora, financially, and hence they want to take a boat. Sri Lankans are cowards,
have no patriotism for their country and do not want to work hard to survive.
Champika Ranawakka, an MP
wants the Tamils to come forward and build the entire SL and not only the
N&E. He is a coward and has no shame in openly saying that the
minority Tamils have the knowledge and courage to build a nation. It’s a true
indicator of the Sinhalese’s fear in all spheres.
Finally, the Sinhalese
must accept the fact that they are truly incompetent nincompoops, and have no
understanding of Human Services management, financial management, resource
management, economic management, resource coordination, innovation, creativity,
and self-motivation.
At this stage, it is
appreciated that India takes over Sri Lanka wholly or partially the N&E,
and makes it another state of their republic.
After all, SL was ruled by
India anyway.
