21st
October 2022
Open Letter to Hon. Sajith Premadasa
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& Members
of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
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Kanthar Balanathan Australia
Native Sri
Lankans
This letter
may open the judgements of a significant number of politicians relative to the
cockeyed politicians who can only see one side of the assessment. I viewed your
visit to the Veddas community and had a conversation with the senior Vedda. It
is a great accomplishment of visiting a Vedda community that has been neglected
for 74 years. You must agree with me that the Vedda community looked after
themselves with no government assistance of funding or any healthcare etc. My
latest article quoted that the island belonged to the Vedda, Yakkas and the
Naga community, however, all the Sinhala politicians addressed their kith and
kin welfare but not that of the Vedda and the rest. Has GOSL appointed a
Minister for Veddas health & welfare activities like that of some of the
countries of the world? Has GOSL provided any social, welfare, education,
economic, or industrial assistance, or healthcare facilities to the natives in
SL? How about sports or recreation? They were left alone and looked after
themselves, hunting and managing their life. For the last 74 years, SL gave no support
to the natives. How about creating a ministry and minister for the affairs,
rather than thinking to create a ministry for “Public Toilets”.? It’s
disturbing and demoralizing to see the Sri Lankan act of treating the natives
of their country. It’s infamy. This proves that SL is backwards.
Tamils
think that the North belongs to them. Not at all. North belongs to the Nagas.
Tamils came into the picture only after the 15th century. Nagas may
have spoken Tamil, however, it’s not Tamil. It’s Archaic Tamil. Nagas have been
treated low in society. Most of them have migrated out of the North.
To mention
another community is the Muslim community. Muslims are quite an honest
and just society and an asset to the island. They mind their own business and
produce wealth for the state. Some corrupt politicians use
Muslims for their illegal and criminal activities with collaterals. Otherwise,
Muslims are quite an honest race.
Mr Sugadadasa
& Premadasa
My father
was a police officer. He knew the late Mr Sugadadasa and Mr Premadasa (RP) in
the late 40s. Mr Premadasa was an effective and efficient politician who
addressed the needs of the people. Just go back and study how Maligawatha was
developed. What was Maligawatha before? Whoever assassinated him did a serious
criminal act. RP never wanted or attempted to create a new party for himself.
That’s RPs courage.
You were
educated at the London School of Economics (LSE), and a few have the honour of
being a student of the LSE. Even if some people are educated with intelligence,
they seem to forget the rest of the masses and become selfish and self-oriented
with avidity for power and wealth. This is exactly what ensues in SL. You have
been an honest politician to have visited the Vedda and had a discussion with
them. It was prodigious of you Mr Premadasa.
Political
Parties
Total
population in SL is 21,618,152. Approximately 20-22 political party contests. What
difference in vision and ideology can they achieve with the 22 parties? Can the
22+ political parties have 22+ ideologies? The political system in SL is a mess
with mushroom parties created by people with no vision and education. E.g.,
Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a lawyer educated at Richmond College, had been sitting
on four parties with no vision. Currently sitting on the Democratic Front. Does
he understand what Democracy means? He is a waste to the democratic system.
There are so many men who call them politicians who do not understand the
meaning of political science, however, want to be part of the governance. There
are over 90 people who have not received their GCE (O) level. Is this not a
restraint? We have 225 politicians in parliament, and most of them may
not understand what a London School of Economics return is trying to
articulate.
Tamils have mushroom parties and have named the parties with
the words: Revolutionary, Democratic, Tamil Eelam, United Front, People
Liberation etc. What revolution are they trying to pioneer and what liberation
are they aiming for? Sri Lanka was liberated on the 4th of February
1948. Si Lankans have been liberated already. What we need is a technological, agricultural,
and economic revolution for economic sustainability. A structural
transformation:
Quote: Structural transformation is defined as the
transition of an economy from low productivity and labour-intensive economic activities
to higher productivity and skill-intensive activities.
Politicians
shall focus on structural transformation and socio-economic-technological
advancement.
NOT FILL
THEIR POCKET THROUGH BRIBERY & CORRUPTION LIKE THE RAJAPAKSAS.
What makes
politicians form parties and sometimes merge with new names? Did all these
years’ new parties give positive economic growth? An example is a newly formed
party by Basil Rajapaksa SLPP. After Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil came into the
political picture, the Sri Lankan economy commenced to decline and in 2021 the
foreign asset went down to Zero. SL Reserve Bank has been selling international
bonds. How do they propose to settle the Bonds when they mature? Will they
settle them with local fixed assets (collaterals)?
A political
party needs to focus on its vision/goal and make the country grow. They shall
not be selfish, and self-oriented to build their own assets. Our Tamil
SriLankan politicians are a waste to the entire political system.
SLPP
Basil Rajapaksa
is a thief demanding 20% of investment from Diasporas. He floated the SLPP with
Rajapaksas and their culprit supporters. SLPP drove the country to beg from
foreign countries. SLPP emptied the Sri Lankan treasury. Most of the
politicians have their investments overseas with their Benami. They are Okay,
however, are they interested in the people whom they govern. Can Mahinda
Rajapaksa and his brothers transfer a few Billion dollars to the treasury to
help the people? They now want the Rajapaksa back to govern to swindle some
more into their coffer.
Namal:
Namal is just a boy with lack of intelligence. How can he govern as a
president? He is a boy who: නාමල්ට පිස්සු කිරීමට ලිංගය සිදුරු
කිරීමට සිදුවේ
These are
all greediness of the Mahinda neural system.
Ranil
Wickremasinghe
President
RW is endeavouring to make the country grow its economy. How many countries can
RW go to and beg? The politicians shall give their support and give their
proposals or ideas to the president rather than squabbling. People also shall
understand and appreciate the value of the hard intelligent work of the president.
Of course, the president and the state machinery shall not go against the
democratic ethics, morals and rights and prerogatives that allow people to
protest government harassment. People shall have the intelligence to assess
what is right and wrong. The seven principles of Leonardo Da Vinci:
Quote: https://medium.com/curious/how-to-be-more-productive-by-using-da-vincis-7-principles-e38699a2337a
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Curiosity:
relentless curiosity and a willingness to learn new things.
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Demonstration: being ready to test knowledge through experience and accepting
failure.
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Sensation:
the consistent refinement of the senses.
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Sfumato:
“going up in smoke” — accepting ambiguity, uncertainty, and contradictions.
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Arte/Scienza:
balancing science and art.
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Corporality:
the cultivation of fitness and grace.
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Connessione:
understanding the interconnection of things — systems thinking.
Creativity,
Innovation, and self-motivation will drive people to succeed in what they
perceive. Humans
perceive different effects about the same state, as perceptions vary from
person to person. People assign different meanings to what they perceive which
ends up in conflicts.
“Knowledge
is power”
Root Cause
of the problems
If the
majority has a weakness in racial issues, with a superiority complex, there
will be a conundrum in that country. The majority shall not endeavour to
racially intimidate the minorities, except to live in cohesion. Sri Lanka is a
typical example of racial intimidation from the perspective of language,
religion, and region. The Sri Lankan majority is not interested OR does not
understand economic principles and productivity.
What are
the duties of a High Commissioner or Ambassador for SL in other countries? They
are supposed to promote export from SL to their domicile country. Do they?
Structural
Transformation, Tax Systems and Microenterprises.
AN excerpt
of my writing to Harvard University in the USA.
[Fiscal
Stability: The government must adjust its
spending levels and tax rates to influence the nation’s economy. The Central
Bank influences its nation’s money supply in its monetary policy. To direct the
country’s economic goals, the two policies are used in different combinations
First Step:
Let us consider the tax system in Sri Lanka.
The major shortfall in the economic
framework of Sri Lanka is tax revenue. I would like to refer to the informal
system in the North. Except for the government, corporations, and large
registered company workers, likely, at least 90% of the breadwinners (informal)
do not pay tax. However, they are engaged in full-time work generating income
to meet purchasing movable and immovable assets. The owners of such enterprises
can be classified under microenterprises as informal.
I like to give a few examples.
Masons
who claim they are builders in the North, start with low capital and a few
workers in their team. The so-called team may not have a business name but
operate with its leader’s name. There are a significant number of such building
teams. They do not take liability for what they build and complete, have no
insurance, and further none of the workers of the business pay tax.
1. Farmers growing vegetables, paddy, etc. No tax is paid to the government on the yield or any profit.
2. Fishermen do not declare what they
catch, sell, and collect as revenue. No tax is paid.
3. Small-scalable tea boutiques, and shops,
operate with maybe, two tax receipts books. One for the tax department and, the
other, for the actual.
4. The major portion of individual
(microenterprise) revenue is generated from smuggling. The smugglers also
employ a few people in their team. They are the richest in the North.
The state machinery (Income Tax
dept.) does not have a system to cross-check and value the assets owned by
these culprits.
GOSL provide
free medical service and medicine to its people, Free education, subsidized
travel, etc.
1. Every breadwinner in a family
should have a tax file number, and a simple system of tax returns should be in
place. The tax framework could have a ceiling below which tax need not be paid,
however, tax returns should be made.
2. Every microenterprise should
request and operate with a business number allocated by the Tax department or
the Provincial Council. (In some countries such informal business is known as
Sole Traders)
3. Every Province is to have a tax
department provincial headquarters to manage the tax system.
4. It is a belief that with the
current technological advancement, Sri Lanka could have a complex computerized
system to manage the tax system.
Conclusion:
1. You
and your team have been with the UNP for a long period and as such the entire
team should join the UNP party ASAP to consolidate the political system and
build the economy. Focus on being abreast of socio-economic and technological
advancement.
2. SLPP
shall not be allowed to govern as they have no vision and mission except, they
are champions of bribery and corruption. Most members are corrupt and racially
motivated. Most of them are fundamentalists.
3. Most
mushroom parties should dissolve into the thin air and forget politics and
allow intelligent and competent people to govern.
4. The
Tamil political parties shall dissolve into the thin air and all Tamil
politicians shall join the UNP as they are Sri Lankans.
5. The
Old fowls shall leave politics and allow the younger generation to enter
politics. However, they shall be qualified not like Wimal Weerawansa.
6. Schools
and Colleges shall teach and make English a compulsory language.
7. RW
was thought to be an accomplice to the Rajapaksas. However, if RW is patriotic
and intelligent he should have his own vision and mission for growth.
8. If
you address the educated Sri Lankan Diaspora you may change your mind as the
Diaspora are highly intelligent, professional, and dynamic.
9. Reduce
the nine provinces to five provinces.
10. Have
the Provincial elections and settle the abrasions.
11. Some
of the Sri Lankan diasporas are confused overseas. Yapping, Howling, and
Growling and not at all interested in the growth of the island.
12. Who
is promoting drugs in the North? India (Malabar) or the Sri Lankan military.
13. Why
not hand over the encroached land to the people?
14. Let
the Diaspora and the Local Sri Lankan be patriotic Sri Lankans with no racial,
religious, or linguistic differences. Let us all be not fundamentalists.
15. The
Rajapaksas shall not be allowed to be back in parliament. If they come back,
then the Sri Lankan people are wild buffaloes and not intelligent humans.
16. Have
the PC elections and have smooth governance.
17. Punish
the liability on Bribery & Corruption targets. Bring them to the Rule of
Law.
18. Release
the Political prisoners.
19. Let
MPs and politicians not scream and yell that an armed struggle will erupt.
20. Our
country had enough armed conflicts and deaths. No more!!
21. All
fundamentalists shall abandon their thoughts of Fundamentalism and racism and
become clean humans with intellectual thoughts.
Have a good
Deepavali and a happy Merry Christmas.
