The political scenario of October 26 is an expression of the economic, social, political, and cultural crisis that has existed in the country for a long time. A general election is the only shortest possible way towards finding a solution to this problem, international news analyst and critic, Mohan Samaranayake said.
Samaranayake said the ongoing parliament has consistently failed to find solutions to this crisis at a press conference organized by the Democratic Solidarity at the Mahaweli Center in Colombo yesterday.“On the contrary, the majority of the public representatives in the house are found to be sold out for money”. Therefore, he said the public should be given the opportunity to elect new members to parliament to start on a new journey.
He noted that some parties had exaggerated that the situation is the result of a constitutional plot. “But, it is not so.
This is a crisis that countries like Sri Lanka have been facing throughout the post-Independence era,”he said.
Samaranayake said if such a decision was not taken by the President on October 26, the proposed constitution to the country would have been passed by now and the entire country would have been facing serious consequences due to that.
Senior Lecturer Dhamma Dissanayake said the prevailing crisis in the political arena needs long-term solutions, but they are proposing a general election to be held as a short-tem solution.
He said all the constitutions and the amendments made so far except the 1972 Constitution were based on the political power struggle of each political party which was in power.
Saying that the prevailing electoral system should be amended, Dissanayake also made two suggestions as long-term solutions. He suggested that MPs should not be given ministerial portfolios and also the people of the country should be given the opportunity to select the candidates contesting the elections.
He also said that political parties at present are not real parties but, they are political gangs.
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