Sri Lanka Crisis Synopsis

July 19, 2022

Sri Lanka Crisis Synopsis

(Tamil)

Padmini Arhant

Update: July 20, 2022.

It is important to realize the people voice against dysfunctional government has prevailed in different parts of the world. The people protests against government on massive corruption, economic mismanagement, transition from democracy to authoritarianism, divisive politics instigated social unrest and diverse anti-electorate policy have resulted in leadership and government expulsion.

Sri Lanka is one of many examples in this context in recent memory taking into account similar events in the Philippines where ordinary citizens in the archipelago thronged to the streets in 1986. 

“The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution gathered millions of Filipinos from all walks of life to march along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), the main artery of Metro Manila, to end the dictatorship of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and begin a new era marked by true freedom and democracy.”

In March 2021, the South American nation Paraguay the citizens protested against government mishandling of coronavirus pandemic due to soaring cases besides charging the government on corruption and elite entitlement.

There has been revolutions against authority throughout history for deception, dismal governance and economic problems.

In this instance, the economic woes leading to bankruptcy like in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and France… in the wake of EU imposed severe austerity in 2008 – 2016 forced people to take to the streets to express grievance against power at the highest office and external forces behind the financial mayhem.

There is precedence in people participation to remove government from office for utter failure on delivery to electorate.

Sri Lanka is not the first nation in this regard and arguably would not be the last one either considering governments and politics redundancy experienced in many unresolved economic, national issues and foreign affairs worldwide.

When governments consider the recruitment of army personnel to defend the nation and citizens a burden on national budget ignoring occupation, incursions and intrusion by formidable adversaries near and far,

The day is not far for governments to fall in the same category especially when elected officials and government leaderships are dispensable

Not to mention the political authorities’ clueless splurge of hard earned taxpayers money on unaccounted wasteful expenditures leaving the public to fend for themselves with huge economic crisis.

Furthermore, the public assets and national resources auction to predator domestic and foreign bidders against citizens and national economic interests is treason committed with political impunity.

Henceforth, the people appointed governments’ dereliction of duty on many critical challenges to the nation and citizens at large are routine and normal.

The governments’ squander their term in office as fiduciary to oligarchy, religious zealots and special interests at home and abroad wasting no time in 24/7 campaign for their election and re-election to office.

The auto pilot and artificial intelligence in vogue extended to government apparatus is not a mere concept rather a transforming reality. The technological dynamism would eliminate corruption, cronyism, nepotism, plutocracy kleptocracy and mobocracy saving taxpayers enormous money in electing leaderships and members including bureaucracy in the absence of government and political representation of the people.

Modernization of military citing contactless warfare adapted in otherwise contactless oblivious politics post-election until next campaign is a compelling paradigm to drain the swamp in politics contaminating the rest upon contact.

Padmini Arhant 

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Introduction to upcoming presentation on Sri Lanka Crisis, Tamil Eelam / Tamil Desam independence and other related issues to follow in full length feature. 

Similar to Arab Spring in the Middle East in 2011 – 2014, the foreign backed local Sri Lankan citizens’ uprising against Rajapaksa regime has created political crisis exacerbating the worst economic situation prior to these events.

The overthrown Rajapaksa government initially installed by Indian BJP government and politics besides international clique is presented with many dynamics.

The important one being the ouster of the former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa exit from the island nation considering the Sri Lankan protestors outbursts on the destruction of economy and political chaos thereafter.

In this context, the ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa passage out of the country to neighboring island on the Indian ocean Maldives is confirmed as one of the transit locations in the fugitive former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s travel itinerary.

The Indian oligarch Adani groups has recently secured many lucrative contracts in Sri lanka such as the Colombo ports and power projects estimated at billion dollars and more through Indian incumbent government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the second term in office.

With Adani ownership in key sectors in Sri Lanka authorized and approved by the deposed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Adani groups pressure on oligarchy loyalist Indian PM Narendra Modi especially towards Adani, Ambani etc.impetus Indian politics obligatory to Rajapaksa regime.

Furthermore, the BJP government’s upper house i.e. Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, the ardent supporter and major campaigner for Rajapaksa regime cheered PM Narendra Modi’s full throttled indulgence in reinstating Mahinda Rajapaksa government in power in 2019 and the events leading up until now standing firm behind the runaway Rajapaksa political family.

Accordingly, the Indian government’s involvement to safeguard Adani group’s business interests in Sri Lanka, the embattled ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa safe and secure departure from Sri Lanka and ongoing arrangements in Maldives at Indian government’s behest is firmly established in the information flow on the Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Great Escape from Sri Lanka.

The video below elaborates on the Indian government under PM Narendra Modi’s efforts and engagement in providing the safe journey for the former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of Sri Lanka. 

 

Padmini Arhant

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