Friday, July 3, 2015

Leadership is a lonely job




Sri Lanka has seen it's share of bad leaders over the 67 years of independence. Many who ruled in the 1990's convinced the country that defeating terrorism is not a valid proposition and that federal government is the best way for a country like ours. We too were convinced that this ideology was just and a way forward.

In 2005 came a man and a leader who had other plans. He said that the terrorist can be defeated and an unitary country the way forward. He also mentioned that the country will have only two kinds of people those who love the country and those who don't. This was Mahinda's vision. In 2009 he abolished terrorism from this land and gave us back the freedom to live without fear of being blown up. In a short period of 5 years he developed the country and made it among the fastest growing countries in the world. He gave the country respect and to pride ourselves as Sri Lankan's. This journey was marked by extraordinary and unparalleled leadership.

Sadly such leadership is not welcome by the US and UK. They together with the non nationalistic forces moved to destroy the image of leadership by calling it dictatorship and other such names. Once Again We Like With our belief in the inability to defeat terrorism succumbed to this untruth. The strongest leader of our times the leader who showed that the job at hand is mind over matter was betrayed. Sri Lanka lost its won war on that day. The war against lack luster economic growth was partly addressed and the job of making Sri Lanka a great nation was buried with the loss of its strong leader.

Leadership is all about making tough decisions making a choice between action and inaction. Some come right some go wrong. But that decision requires courage and conviction. Nothing is possible without such a vision for success and thinking big. Leadership is lonely and at times thankless!

If Sri Lanka is to be among the industrialised countries then Sri Lanka cannot be adopting western growth models nor can it subordinate itself to the desires of western interest. Sri Lanka is unique and must have home grown development models with home grown skills and knowledge harnessed and incorporated that journey. This is what leadership is all about. Tapping in to the local resources and believing in the ability to get the job done. MAHINDA has done so with the defeating terrorism and was doing it with the economy. This was termed dictatorship and fascist by the West and those who wanted subordination.

Today we have let ourselves and our country down by buying into this western indoctrination. We have destroyed what was built we have destroyed strong leadership.

Rise Sri Lanka don't be fooled by those who don't love Sri Lanka! ! Be brave enough to bring back strong leadership and a visionary ! MAHINDA IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD!

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