I know what desperation and frustration
with the Country’s progress can mean to us who are genuinely concerned about
our future, not for our lifetime, but for those who are yet to be born.
Everyone I speak to echoes the same
sentiments, but fails to find an answer, usually being “nothing can save Sri Lanka from itself” due to the mindset of her leaders, whose very existence
is their survival and not the Country’s.
So it is not surprising that a few
commentators have decided to come out with plausible/implausible (depending on your
outlook in life) solutions, one of which is the recent prognostications of the
rise of Kumar Sangakkara, as he is one who is known to all, but on whom nothing
unfavorable has even scraped him!
Frankly, there is no one under 40 in this
Country who commands the respect of so many, is known to all, and whose Brand
is untarnished, but who has not put his hat in this ring, or even intimated for
a moment of doing so.
I have of course mooted this about 6
years ago, (as I wanted a leader under 35) and I am trying to fish out the article in this blog, where I had
alluded to that anyway, due to my utter frustration with the status quo. The
fact that this suggestion is coming again does not surprise me, but if I were
Kumar, I would be tight lipped at present, as there is a time and place when
service to the nation is a requirement to save it from itself, due to political
suicide of all the others, who currently occupy this space.
In my personal opinion the invective can
be so hurtful, especially when you have done nothing wrong, I would keep out of
the ring, with not turn in that direction, but wait for matters to unfold.
Time and place are better than putting one’s foot in it.
At the same time, have plan B in
position and build a Policy Proposition, and feel free to take any of the 1,000
ideas contained within this blog to choose from, as they have all been put
there with NO ulterior or personal motive on my part, and is open to anyone to
adopt, refine and amend according to one’s own predilection.
If there is a unanimous cry for your help,
then present this Policy Document as the condition on which you would consider
a one term, guardianship of Country, to see it through its worst, and gently ease away, picking a team of like minded to follow and do likewise under a plan of succession and vision of one multicultural nation, rejoicing in diversity.
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John F Kennedy in his inauguration speech said "Ask not what your Country can do for you, ask what you can do for your Country"
Kumar, unfortunately the voter does not understand English, nor do they want to learn English, nor do they like anyone who can speak English, and until that changes, they have a problem grasping right from wrong, as in the Sinhala language, 'dharmishta samajaya' means let the corrupt rule!
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