The Crux of the Middle East and Global Crisis

The Crux of the Middle East and Global Crisis 

I came across an article against the ban of Niqab or Burqua written by young Islamic Research student based in Sri Lanka, she claims that Sri Lankan government is trivializing the problem in hand by placing the ban on particular attire without any proper research. Actually ban has been imposed  on anybody who covers their face irrespective religion or gender, not particular to any attire.  

I quote some of her argument,

 “ A victory indeed for both anti-Muslims voices as well as to many within the Muslim community seeking audibly amputate themselves from a supposedly dated form of Islam - one that they claim has no bearing to inherent Muslim identity.  A view that that discards the notion that any religious or ethnic identity is fluid, influx, subject to constant evolution.”   quote end.

True, but any respectable ethnic community would like to preserve their cultural traditions ardently for centuries, and by the same perseverance retains or claims the Ethnic Identity, so as to Sinhalese, Tamil Hindus, Tamil Muslims, etc, and the attire reflects their ardent identity further.  Muslims in Sri Lanka has been wearing, Saarie, Salwarkamis, jeans and have been respectfully devoted to Islam, than now, until a few house maids arrived in Sri Lanka, attiring the Niqab, Burqua, or Hijab, whatever it is, either just copied or forcefully  by their pay master family, and when number of migrant workforce returning increased,  wearing of - Full Body Face Cover (FBFC) whatever the name it is, also increased; but majority (rather than many as claimed by author herself) of Sri Lankan Muslims still adhered to the conventional South East Asian dresses, than of in-fluxing Middle East style of dressing. If Adhering to or calling for conventional nation-style of attiring does mean amputation from supposedly dated form of Islam, then calling  for dressing  the FBFC dresses as well , becomes a notion of fundamentalism.

Those, Full Body Face Cover (FBFC) dresses are more suitable, for the Central Asian climatic condition, where sand dune deserts of high temperature, and markedly less air-moisture or very low humidity belt of area, that hurtfully stings the skin  of the body, and Prophet Mohamed has not missed the scientific reasoning of  Full Body Face Cover (FBFC) dresses, attracted  many to follow him by mentioning it in Holy Quran, irrespective of dictated by All mighty Allah or by revelations. 
The climatic zone that warrants the attiring of FBFC for both genders stretches from the west African Algerian desert and traverse through Middle East up to Indus river border of Afghanistan in the East, the same stretch Religion of Islam itself stretched originally.   But what Prophet Mohamed could not foresee at that time of his revelations (600 to 632)AD  was,  such FBFC dress code could induct Deficiency of Vitamins A and D within this population of covering whole body against the Sunlight exposure to the body,  this  and related fallout are indeed a Medical Concern, particularly for the deprived    within the above said region., either he could not foresee was his wordings would be used to bring back barbaric  activities after 1600 years.

Thus local Muslim need not copy or forcefully as of religious demand for the FBFC dress code, and have to be blessed to have born out of desert corridor of Central Asia, without sunburn concerns, get sufficient vitamins to your body as well as get rid of some carcinogens from the face and body by directly exposing to sunlight; the extend of constant exposure have to be decided by the each individual irrespective of ethnicity, religion and cast, but within demanded by the Law. If we try to follow the 600 AD document just as word to word as of religious demand, it is nothing sort of fundamentalism. I beg the apology, of Islamist, for calling the Highly Venerable Al-Quran as of 600 AD document, only ordinary documents are translated according to whims and fancies of individuals, that is the crux of the problem today.         

Supposedly Dated form of Islam and Other Sects of Islam

Initially, there was a mistrust of custodians of the Quran revelation and that it self sprang some sects in the early stages and stayed divided.

A human or god should have reasons for their action other wise they are insane, likewise Allah or Prophet Mohamed could not be insane to have produced a highly venerable chronicle of way to live without any reason.        

Thus Allah and Prophet Mohamed acted upon to harness the divided section of people at that period into one umbrella -(Sura1) period of uncivilized, tribalism within sects people, fighting to each other for dominance one against other using whatever the weapon thy could make kill one another, drank whatever sedated them, no control whatsoever. Therefore the Holy Quran was created, what should have been respected globally, has now become some scrutiny for insanity by influx of numerous misinterpretations and just physical direct translations according to whims and fancies of some individuals and attempting to live that translations by dying instead of living by the guide - by some lunatic organizations that are demolishing away the objectives of Allah and Prophet Mohamed, and have brought back the barbarism to live. These organizations are demolishing their    own than than of others. Such influx into Islam or rather into cross section of Islamist is the crux problem within Middle East as well as Globally today.  I wish all the Islamist willfully fulfill their Ramadan Fasting with ease and smoothness for next forty days  from today for All Mighty Allah to Bless them and Guide for prosperity.    

Coming back to the article of May 3^rd 2019 Weekend Express of Shaahima Raashid, Quote

“No eyewitness report nor CCTV footage showed that any of the suicide bombers from any of the coordinated attacks across the country were on the day wearing the Niqab/ burqua/ chador at the time inflicting the terror. The men were in fact dressed in men’s attire with faces completely exposed. It might serve to add here also that they weren’t dressed in traditional Muslim man garb either. How then did the face veiling Muslim women get pushed under the bus as most identified sign of radicalism”  Quote end

This is a very weak argument - At the time of inflicting the terror, - no robber declare himself robber just about to rob - easily would have been a strict order from the hierarchy to not blow up the identity before blowing up or completing the target. All women suicides in this particular incident occurred within their residing places or by accidental detonating, isn’t the above argument notions that black Burqua wearers doesn’t change the clothes - or seldom changes it even in home? Thus there can’t be any absurdity in the call by security forces to which the author had laid lot of praise for speedy action despite bureaucratic deterrents.  

If Prophet Mohamed had advocated for avoiding opposite gender attraction in Al-Quran as suggested by many interpreters and if those unattractive attires are Niqab/ burqua/ chador, these will not bulge out at insidious objects, whereas Saary , or Salwarkamis or Jeans are capable of clearing any suspicions of  same security nature arise, thus ban on those attires capable of hiding without any objects is not marginalization of Muslim women - but avoiding security compromise. 

IS terrorism is for improper translation and very un-propotionate thinking that couldn’t have been achieved even during Prophet Mohamed’s period.                

       

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The Lapses + Reminiscent of Coup October + Indian Greediness = Barbaric Brutality

The Lapses + Reminiscent of Coup October + Indian Greediness = Barbaric Brutality

First Of All My Heart Felt Condolences To All The Families, who had lost their loved family members during their Resurrection Prayers and Auspices Breakfast on the Day of Easter Sunday.

Sunday the (21^st April 2019) This day/date has become memorable day of moaning for the Christians of Sri Lanka, due to the absolute uncivilized mayhem on a firmly believed day of resurrection of Christ way of live, though subsequent Easter Sunday may fall on different dates.

The uncivilized  attack with sole objective of mass killing on a particular day of great believe and tradition of many people of every country  across the world, warrants a critical and constructive analysis, for its ugliest manifestation as well as for its origin - at least in Sri Lankan perspective that  restored it Ceylonese Serenity only a decade ago,  and has been cruising peacefully towards the total old Serendeep Island,  after 3 decades of cruel war until the barbarians were allowed to manifest their barbarism.

I am deeply shocked at the behaviour of the Parliament Members, particularly of the opposition, when the scheduled debate on the barbaric mayhem of Easter Sunday was started by the Hon. Prime Minister, I am shocked more than that for (October -November 2018)  Parliamentary sessions, because, the Easter Sunday mayhem had plunged the Nation into a precarious, critical juncture; even at this critical demanding time,  the main opposition led by former President, continued their behaviour of disturbing the parliamentary session, clearly doesn’t want the public to listen to the  Hon. Prime Minsters version of the episode,  - therefore it is quite obvious that  The common opposition has been fishing in the disturbed pond as usual and prevailed the  miss-communication, among the administrative and implementing the protocol  or chain of command.  That is the reason I have captioned this article as “The Lapses, Reminiscent of Coup October 26^th”  That is how I can interpret the, the failure of the Minister in charge of the Defense not swearing in the State Minister of Defense as Acting Minister of Defense, when the subject minister, the President left the country. This procedural lapse had taken place despite receiving the Indian intelligence report on 4^th April 2019 of an eminent attack by an Islamic Fundamentalist group. This is very dangerous lapse in the chain of command protocol that had lead to the failure of subsequent implementing agencies before the mayhem on Easter day. Even in normal situation - that is, even if there are no any intelligence report, or wrongly directed information of detrimental that procedure of swearing in an acting minister should have been followed.  

Does the Indian Government failed the Protocol? Why?

When Indian intelligence report,s were passed repeatedly to Sri Lanka, does India respected the Sovereignty of Sri Lanka government, while passing a message between two Sovereign Nations. It is a matter of (1-2 )hours,  if Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or rather Indian Government , had not considered Sri Lanka as part of one of among their many State Governments! A Sri Lankan Police Chief cannot take take command from Indian Command.  

Parliament Sessions for Hooting and Disturbing. 

Hooting and booing is not a Right of the Parliament Members!         

I carefully listened to Opposition leader’s address to the parliament, at last he had accepted, the role played by Brigadier Sarath Fonseka, during elimination of LTTE terrorism, under his leadership. But Hon. Opposition leader must understand that if there is no discipline within in any organization, what ever it is, it may be religious, security forces, political party   that is about to fail, that is how current opposition leader’s government was voted out of power. UNP parliamentary members started to shout when opposition leader, set on how he of demolished LTTE terrorism.

These Parliamentary are telecast lively, if a parliament member cannot listen to another parliament member for few minutes, and those parliamentarians who made into a custom of hoots and boos at every debate, has no any  difference mind wise, with of ideology holders who claim there is no any god than that of theirs. Parliament for debate and consensus, if they cannot listen to others they should leave the house., giving room to Particular Member give his opinion within Parliament clearly.   

I salute to the Police Force, and other Security Forces Personals, who speedily acted upon after the multiple holocaust, and brought the situation to manageable proposition. My deepest condolences to the family members, of those three polices officers in that process. All Members of Security Personals

And Police should be congratulated, for making the lapses at the top bureaucracy, as blessing in disguise, to apprehend  all root of barbarian within days!        

My deepest condolences to the families of Foreign visitors, who had visited the this country for its tranquility and hospitality culture of this nation and lost their loved ones undergone numerous difficulties by this mayhem of  Easter Sunday, I beg your pardon for our failure of the Hospitality Culture Nation.

                         

       

An Absolute Flop of A Colossal Project

These days everybody talking about a project that has gone tragically awry, and the most tragic is that everybody includes the professionals  of the Department of Animal Production Health, who were involved in the project right from the beginning tearing over the failure of the Australian funded project, but nobody is willing to discuss actual blunders of the project, to save their heads and seats they are holding on.  This project involves Australian - New Zealand high yield cows under Australia - Sri Lanka export deal backed by the former.

Does Sri Lanka have a permanent policy regarding import of live animals for various purposes?

No Sri Lanka, never adhered to a constant policy in this respect, a high yield live animal cannot be the sole criteria, as has been in the particular project - may be at the behest of over enthusiastic politician.    

Auditor General Sri Lanka has been absolutely correct when he claimed that the cattle breeds imported are not suitable for Sri Lanka climatic condition, but his comment comes after everything had gone awry.

In 1980s Government of Sri Lanka, undertook various researches regarding cattle import - that suits local climatic condition, through Veterinary Research Institute (VRI - Gannuruwa), of Department of Animal Production Health. In one of those projects, Ministry of Rural Industrial Development then  identified Australian Milking Zebu (AMZ) cattle, that originates from similar climatic conditions of Sri Lanka dry zone in Australia, imported about 400 AMZ cattle and were placed at Nikeweratiya Goverment Live Stock Farm (now NLDB farm) for further feasibility studies, - and even these cattle were total failure, at the best management of the govt. Farm,  reported one or the other illness every other day - including some contagious diseases -with immunization breakdown and I was the area Veterinary Surgeon covering farm reported cases. All 400 died and perished over a period 3-4 years,     finally it was concluded that - even the best cattle of Australian Dry Zone not fit for Sri Lanka Dry Zone dairy purpose.  

As a result of prior and those researches it was accepted that if not a policy - that only cross breeds of Jersey of western countries, and Indian Pakistani breeds such as Sindhi, Sahiwal are suitable for dry zone dairy upgrading; whereas upcountry climate accepts the or adaptable to the European breeds that are also well acclimatize in Australia and New Zealand. This facts should be the basic knowledge of an area Veterinary Surgeon under whose per-view the implementation of all Dairy project finally comes.

As such what is the high yielding Australian Breed imported for this particular  project, does the same AMZ - that flopped in 1980s, under any other name? If so the I pity the Government of Sri Lanka, and of Department of Animal Production Health - for their blunder - ignoring the scientific findings. All pictures floating on social media - suffering of the animals of this latest project reminds me the AMZ cattle of 1980 study all very similar to those then.  

If it was any other breed that is well adopted to Australia and New Zealand conditions, again Sri Lankan authorities are at fault for ignoring acclimatization criteria for Sri Lankan conditions.

Another big question was how a lonely investor was inducted into buy 200 heads of cattle of unknown - at once - a fault at implementation, after the blunder in assessments of cattle selection.

Surprisingly  Australia do not have a policy of Dairy Cattle export, whereas it has rigid policy for Beef Cattle export - that means any crook can approach the exporter sell any cattle as high yielding dairy cattle.

The reasons for the failure of this dreamed dairy project

1. Over enthusiastic politician embarking on a (dairy) project without proper knowledge

2.  Lackluster officers  of  VRI - (Gannuruwa), and Spineless high officers of the  Department of Animal Production Health then

3. Improper assessment at the level of beneficiary selection and kind of benefit (Dairy Cattle)

Author is a Mobile Veterinary Surgeon FAO

 

                               

      

Fundamental Reasons for the Present Political Anarchy

1.    Opposing Political Parties representing the Executive office and the Parliament

2.    One Political Party A not respecting or accepting the clear Majority of another Political Party B

3.    Ignorance or not understanding the Democratic Principles

4.    Un-Patriotic Greediness for capturing the Political Power

 

Discussion

1.    Opposing Political Parties representing the Executive office and the Parliament

This is a serious issue of constitutional set up and the electoral process, in which the Parliament Election and the Presidential Election are separate, months or years apart, and the constitution allowing the President to be a political party leader – anyhow this cannot be addressed   unless the President of the State realizes where he/she stands and how to act upon constitutionally, since the constitution itself cannot request the President to withdraw the Party Leadership.  Even it does so the person occupying the presidency will work “underground” ignoring the constitution as it has happened with Maithripala Srisena in the present situation. There are ample proves that President himself has been responsible for impasses during the 3-year rule so that he could manipulate for his political advantage putting the country in peril. The present situation emphasizes that both the Presidential election and the Parliamentary election are held together on the same day. If it happens that if Parliament Election alone is being held, in the present scenario, we will return to Square 1 as it is now, since we cannot predict who the winner is, unless anyone calling this Parliamentary election alone intends to win it by con or crook  swindler means, main reason for snatch – switching  the power beforehand!

2.    One Political Party A not respecting or accepting the clear Majority of another Political Party B

Since 2003 Political Party B suffered at the hands of Political Party A twice, despite Political Party B

has had the majority in the Parliament and at both instances, Political Party A was at the helm of Executive, one before the 19th Amendment and the latest one after the 19th Amendment. It should be mentioned here the 19th Amendment Itself has been an investigative arrangement stemmed out the behaviour of the members of the Political Party A in the past and of course to avert the repeat of 2003 occurrence of dismissing the Parliament session before the franchise mandated period 5 years that has been stipulated in the constitution. Hence the latest snatching of power and to dissolve the Parliament means a capitulation helps us to identify the people who have Hitlerism within their mindset, who are prepared to put the public and the country in absolute peril to be in the power, in contrast to their false democratic face. This behaviour of not respecting or accepting the clear Majority of another has no cure even in the Supreme Court or Appeal Court. Bewilderingly these group of people claiming to be fundamental Buddhists, begin their political activities, from Buddhist Vihara, do not want to follow Gautama Buddha’s teaching of easiest means of resolving problems.

2.    One Political Party A not respecting or accepting the clear Majority of another Political Party B continues, instead of 3.

Mobilize trade unions that can cause heavy damage to public day to day life frequently and the impact is manipulated and portrayed as an inability of a government, are such cruel that deaths and sufferings immaterial to them. Their usual rhetoric are “foreign intervention”, “Treason”, Rata Parvatheema” - all nonsenses are signs of not accepting the majority - in order to cut short the mandated period. But recently all of them including the president quoted many happening of the exotics as justification for their wrongful behaviors, President queried “if those countries can have a political problem why not we also have it” what a treacherous talk in front his party men. In all those countries majority is respected and at all such occurrences problems erupted when the majority became the minority, due to individual members resigning opposing the change of policy of the Majority Government – 

Never an instance Head of Government swearing in a Minority Government despite a majority government is in the reign. 

In all those countries Franchise mandated period (most of them 5 years) for a mandated Policy through same exercise of Franchise, is respected and allowed go on for five years for that same policy is implemented and take shape, that is how all those countries development fast-tracked and never   cut shot the mandated period of the policy through connivance and manipulations to grab power. 

Therefore if you all are true patriotic – allow a government with a mandated period for a particular policy and if the Policy is weak within that mandated period – end of mandated period - election will settle the issue – That is why all democratic countries have 5 year term for a mandated Government minimum universally whatever the reasons otherwise, In Sri Lanka the 19^th Amendment have stipulated clearly the  means of dissolving Parliament and how to deal with, unlike the way President of the Party A did very arrogantly, undemocratically with absolute disregard to the constitution.

Bear in mind every election cost a colossal amount of money telling effect on the coffers. 

3. Ignorance or not understanding the Democratic Principles

When Party B does not want to accept majority of Party A, the Democracy had been murdered blatantly, and all the actions of Party B becomes fooling the rural mass, by means of pompous talks and actions which require for them to rigorously control of electronic and print media, so that their fabricated stories, blatant lies, and ostentatious actions are not challenged by any means – Party A make sure that falsified dramas are reaching the gullible mass of the rural folk, because Party A always firmly believe that their voters can be easily fooled. Party A also requires to vigorously control the Judiciary so that their falsified actions not challenged and pigeonholed into the gullible mass. There was an attempt to fix the Judiciary by placing people who can easily be bought by Party A, and the Constitutional Council has thwarted it, just days ahead of the political unsettling was emanated.  

Therefore present political anarchy sprang by just not ignorance or not understanding the Democratic Principles, but utter arrogance for seizing the power machinery for winning an election. That is using the democratic tool , the elections to be Autocratic.

Almost two decades period before 2015, we have experienced this autocratic rule and lived with that fearfully; are we going to a return to living with that frightening lawlessness through a parliamentary election alone?  Elections are just one tool of Democracy, and when a party emerges winner gaining more number than the other, and the loser with less number get the personal preference of the President, what is the benefit of the early election again or rather elections itself? Independent Judiciary, Media are the integral part of Democracy, that belongs to the Civics in order to exercise their Sovereign Franchise the tool of Democracy by summing up the truth; thus the election alone cannot be a democracy and the Judiciary or the media cannot be allowed to be owned by contesting Parties. Suppose  If the dissolving of Parliament has preceded the grabbing of power it would have portrayed different picture though it would have been challenged as well.

4. Un-Patriotic Greediness for capturing the Political Power

All that discussed above clearly vindicate Party A does not want to tolerate Party B getting winning position or finishing the full term, fearing policies of the Party B overhaul the voter basin. This cannot be allowed to occur repeatedly.  

If Party A, polls 58 million votes and the Party B polls 62.5million votes – the policy of the Party A should be allowed a full term so that even civics among the 58million voted for Party A are as well benefitted, but it has become a practice of Party A keep on the Party A supports where they had been in their thinking instead of giving chance of one of either Parties’ policies attract each other, and that is the hallmark of Democracy, and that is how developments have been  fast-tracked  where absolute Democracy prevails in developed countries.

Unpatriotic greediness for political power may emanate various theories and claim that just another election will settle the issue, but as long as one Party is not accepting the majority of the other, can natural justice prevail in that society?    

Conclusion/ Constitutional Approach  

1.    Presidential Election and Parliamentary Election should be held together on the same day

2.    Parliament shall continue to be Supreme for all political activities, it has to function its full term as per stipulation of the constitution

3.    Parliament being Supreme shall remove the executive presidency system or 

4. The Whole Parliament shall elect a President from Retired Sri Lanka Administrative Service who are distinguished of the service without any political alienation.    

The Agony of Children – Facing a Competitive Examination – for the Compulsory Continuity beyond 5th Grade

The Agony of Children – Facing a Competitive Examination – for the Compulsory Continuity beyond 5th Grade

Unequal Dispersal of Resources for Schools Critically Challenges the Objectives of Free Education System and compulsory Schooling for 12 Years.

The heading above itself speaks about the contradicting implementation process towards achieving the objectives of the policies laid by education system – Free Education to ALL up to 12 years. The basic reason for holding an island-wide competitive examination for the children at the very tender age to qualify for next compulsory step is, that schools and its system are critically imbalanced to provide equal opportunities to all schooling children and that horrendous basic error has been accepted by the authorities as such. An easy solution was found through the 5th Standard Scholarship Examination, but with enormous annual expenditure which permanently put an end to any ideas of improving the rural schools that meant to lay the foundation to the children. Scholarship schemes make the “free education to all” a comical theme as the majority of the students do not qualify for the superior-class of schools; the whole society is in anxiety as the children are haunted down off their emotional freedom. Presently a 5th standard student leaves home to school by 7.30AM or even earlier and reaches home back around 2.00Pm or even later, but only to be dumped at scholarship exam coaching centers until the late evening, even the weekends are not spared for family care.

One of the recommendations made by Dr. Perera Commission on University Admissions in 1986 emphasized, gradual removal of disparity among schools, whatever means the admissions take place- still, this call is very much appropriate for basic junior schools as well since the best foundation for students can wither any challenges.
Recent studies reveal that remote area school students obtaining better results in the G.C.E O/L and G.C.E A/L Examinations than the so-called privileged school students, compared to the preceding 5 years; this is a good sign to undertake improvement on Junior school education system as well. Therefore

1. The 5th Standard Scholarship Examination which was initially promised to be an experimental one, but have become permanent a feature of agony for many- should be scrapped off, and it is the responsibility of the Government to ensure each and every student passing the 5th Standard receive the benefit of the resources equally.

2. The annual expenditure set for that particular examination should be set against the dispersing the schooling resources equally to all island wide.

3. The foundation for knowledge gathering shall not be measured by monetary concerns so that to ensure every student receive the free education benefits equally.

Its National Selectors should resign, Mathews neither should resign nor be axed!

Its National Selectors should resign, Mathews neither should resign nor be axed!

A Reminder to Sri Lanka Cricket

As soon as the Zimbabwe tour to Sri Lanka is over in 2017, Angelo Mathews the skipper was asked to resign and he obliged with no hesitation – this obedience is seen as a weakness of Angelo, by the Sri Lanka cricket and identified him as scapegoat for all their whims born out of the entire crisis within Sri Lanka Cricket in order to buffer the external pressure. As soon as Chandika Hathrusinge was appointed the Sri Lanka national coach called on the selectors, that Angelo be reinstated as Captain and Chandika persuaded Angelo Mathews to accept the captaincy, though Mathews was reluctant, the National Coach made promised to stay with his word, and Angelo Mathews was made the captain until 2019, it was reported; never it was an interim appointment. In this context It will be interesting to make a close scrutiny of Dinesh Chandimal’s performance against Zimbabwe, before and after succeeding as Skipper in West Indies, - Sri Lanka cricket shall understand that win or lose should not be attributed to one persona whoever it may be.

The present problem with Sri Lanka Cricket is, Dinesh Chandimal is too heavily masqueraded as saviour of all weaknesses Sri Lanka’s Cricket Team and to uphold that theory Angelo Mathews has been masqueraded as an ill person and this trend is continued (despite change of office) by the Selection Committee as well as by the National Coach betraying his own words, succumbing to masquerading Dinesh Chandimal who himself thrive by blaming lack of captaincy for his failures and inconsistency. Chandimal in dictating terms over Sri Lanka cricket refused to play under reappointed Angelo Mathew's as captain is a very conspicuous history, this was how Anjelo returned from West Indies halfway through, though it was said "family affairs"! Anyhow this time Anjelo Mathews has turned back and had challenged the selectors why all these U-turn dramas without subjecting him to a fitness test, A fair call by an experienced versatile player for the team.

As for the complete U-turn of events within a year, How The National Selection Committee along with Chandika Hathrusinge, (an ill convened member of that Selection Committee being National Coach) against the regulations of the Sri Lanka Cricket – subject a most experienced reliable player to spirit breaking episodes and for whose benefit? Therefore all the members of present Selection Committee shall resign with immediate effect if they cannot retain Angelo Mathews as skipper and as a playing member, who holds the iron grip for team spirit along with, few others including the newcomers but Sri Lanka Cricket has spoiled the others by splitting into camps!

What National Coach and National Selectors saying by whimsy axing, Angelo Mathews from the team is, they have succumbed to the pressure of Chandimal and (portraying to be their saviour or for all the failures of all Sri Lanka, Cricketers' in the one-day format, and mind you all these will be contagious to other individuals and will be the peril to the Team Spirit. If the National Coach and National Selectors could not withstand the pressure of public or of otherwise, despite knowing the reasons for debacles, ie the absolute indiscipline within the Sri Lanka Cricket, especially the team in the middle, how can the players in the middle withstand the pressure? How Chandimal will fulfill their expectation through "Ball Tampering"! Even this has not changed the Chandi's Attitude still in dictating terms. The former regime has given in to Dinesh Chandimal more than any other and had spoiled the team spirit making camps within the team.

In these context skipper involving along with National Coach in selecting the final XI from the fifteen as per the regulation of Sri Lanka Cricket also questionable since too many changes too quick and could lead to division within the Sri Lanka team - a characteristic phenomenon of Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka Cricket Laden with Absolute Mischievous Manipulation and Frequent Interventions

To the Cricket Management Committee 

 Sri Lanka Cricket Laden with Absolute Mischievous Manipulation and Frequent Interventions 

The game of Cricket is most passionate for all Sri Lankan’s irrespective of poor or rich, but the recent happenings in Cricket had made the public to feel nauseating of their own cricketers, its’ administrators and on the game cricket itself. Sri Lankan public love the brand of cricket they played irrespective of winning and losing a game, this brand of game had been very well adored and respected much Internationally as well and that is what had indulged me to give priority to the discrepancies within the Sri Lanka Cricket and address both leaders of the Unity Government of Sri Lanka.

“Sri Lanka Cricket” after all is a public entertaining body that manages a popular sport of Cricket for Sri Lankan public according to the International laws for cricket laid by International Cricket Committee (ICC) - that doesn’t or cannot anyway mean that an elected Government of a Sovereign State just sit and watch the discrepancies, mismanagement, undue delaying of fulfilling the ICC basic requirements, all that scathingly blushing and has become “order of day” within "Sri Lanka Cricket". As long as the club cricket and hence the few individuals dominate the General Body of Sri Lanka Cricket the pattern will prevail unrestrained and overpowering by the name of “maintaining the Standard of Cricket”

One of the long overdue requirement that has to be full-filled by Sri Lanka Cricket is that, replacing the Colombo concentrated Club-Cricket as First Class Fixture, by an Island-wide fixture that will promote more rural participation, public interest and need not say the spectator turnover and as such, its contribution towards the National Reconciliation. It is well understood that such a change cannot take place overnight or fast because it may risk the standard of cricket, if not properly done, but it has now 37 years since we gained Test status, and ICC may suddenly come hard on this issue, so as to Sri Lanka can turn around nowhere but to relinquish the ICC Test status, nevertheless, it is a duty of the Government to see a popular game is being decentralized, to overpower the confinement within of certain individuals.  The Colombo Concentrated Clubs and certain individual wanted to continue the monopoly over the National Cricket and the Election for Sri Lanka Cricket Executive Committee has become a mere game of musical chair, and certain individuals with vested interest, occupy the Chair on their merry way alternatively instead of a farsighted  National integrity and  game improvement plan– these individuals also at large portray that they have personal influence at the ICC level, without foreseeing that ICC is an organization target and ready to jump their guns on low profile countries – “proving the impartiality for so-called friendliness”.

When these matters are voiced up, these individuals organize cricket games among the “side divided sides” within some pick of players and use the names of places and portray it as inter-provincial tournament; and these organizers, goes one step ahead and stage drama to portray a spectator interest, send "bookie-coy" to playing arena and evacuate them for proof of “cleanness”! International bookies will not spend resources on unpopular games or virtually nil spectator games since there cannot be even a penny as turnover for them. Local bookie owners are well versed in it and they knew how to turn things in favour of themselves.  Does the ICC want to implant mischievous people locally as heads of Cricket and achieve its target, using their criteria of "intolerance to political interference"? What now taking place is local crooks using the ICC intolerance of political nature - to their personal advantage and delaying the actual authentic provincial competitions so they could be elected continuously only through certain clubs.    Who is fooling whom? 

Everybody cannot be fooled all the times, things have to be straightened up then and there, all the discrepancies have to be addressed swiftly to annihilate unwanted situations precipitate.  A few years ago scandalous match-fixing was swiftly swept under carpet, what will happen is somebody will pull the dirt out for their convenience.  ICC penalized national captain for Ball Tampering, and that is all, Does the Government of Sri Lanka approves the ICC conduct over a national player or skipper who claims he is innocent, or Sri Lankan authorities responsibly had had to act show some authentication of Sovereignty.  Attorney General had paved way for just and fair election of Sri Lanka cricket at the Court of Justice, (for the time being) - 

A Good Governance Government shall intervene strongly to establish its authority in sports as well for just and fair administration, because the sports interact with cross-section of public to bring them to gather as a Nation, for the respect of the public and with respect to the opinion and demand by the ex-cricketers for fresh constitution in this regard and cannot continue to ignore things happening in the sports bodies because “it is just sports”.

Action Plan to establish competitive Provincial Cricket without compromising the Club Cricket as the primary competition

Although Sri Lanka has been elevated to Test Status, competitive cricket has been stagnated more or less within centrally, for more than 37 years, and now the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given an ultimatum of fewer than 173 days to elect a proper Executive Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket. All those who involved in the Sri Lankan cricket game shall realize that this is a blessing in disguise, opportunity to put the House of Cricket complete order once and for all.

1.     Within the next 37 days, Provincial Cricket Association (PCA) be established or confirmed off with established conformity for all nine provinces, using the relevant stakeholders for the General Members. For initial easy management, PCA may be reduced to 5 or 6,

2.     All the cricket clubs irrespective of their divisions (I, II, or III) they represented in the last concluded season, be divided into number of provinces preferably (9 or 8), and be affiliated to those Provincial Cricket Associations (PCAs) confirmed of well established, each PCA shall be affiliated with minimum of one major Club that plays in the current premier Division I tournament, and that experienced Major Club will be virtually controlling the respective PCA cricket related affairs initially, a set up may prolong for a period if needed for; e.g. NCC – Central Province, SSC- Western Province, a high merit among the clubs affiliated will confer managing of PCA.     

3.      The above 1, and 2, can be taken place simultaneously so that it ensures the smooth transition and all the PCAs carries a working experience, and the expertise of the distinguished past cricketers, who would virtually carry a voting capacity to elect an or be part of the centrally administrating Sri Lanka Cricket, this may take another 37 days or less if past cricketers and the Clubs are made to cooperate.  

4.     Present Division I tournament among the clubs can go on as long as It is needed, but the Division II tournament may be adjusted to accommodate adequate fixtures for Provincial Tournament, which will be initially a 2^nd line screening for National selection, using all the affiliated club players.    

Competent Authority of Cricket, blessed as one of the four-member committee ICC recommended to be formed, shall use his powers to implement this action plan in consultation with Distinguished Past Cricketers, Club Stalwarts who are longing for a meaning full farsighted constitutional changes for Sri Lanka Cricket. It is notable that Sri Lanka Cricket is laden with frequent political intervening and such contemptuous practice once and for all be annihilated by an appropriate democratic process that ensures wider participation.