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Foolish court jester is cabinetspokesman: Rajitha’s blunders plungesgovernment into Diplomatic faux pas !

(Lankaee"s##$Dec$%&#' )$*'+,- .he falsehoods anduncalled for un /diplomatic utterances of,inister Rajitha 0enaratne the cabinetspokesman of the 0ri Lanka (0L- government has driven the government of goodgovernance into a grave predicament anddiplomatic faux pas internationall1$

Lanka e ne"s inside information division is inreceipt of t"o such incidents "hose architectis no less a person than Rajitha 0enaratne "ho is also an important health minister underthe government of good governance $

 .he Diplomatic ties "ith igeria at snapping point

o"ing to Rajitha ! .he 2rst unt"o"ard incident relates to the diplomatic agreement signedbet"een 0ri Lanka (0L- and igeria under the last government$ Rajithastated at a cabinet media brie2ng that it pertains to the suppl1 of arms to3okoharam terrorists$

 .his statement of the cabinet spokesman "as unfortunatel1 notcontradicted b1 the leader of the cabinet president ,aithripala 0irisena $4onse5uentl1 igeria had addressed a strong letter contained in 6 pagesexpressing its disappointment on a diplomatic level $ Later an individual of

the government of the highest echelons "as met b1 an o7cialrepresentative of that countr1 "ho had also verball1 condemned the 0Lcabinet spokesman’s utterances roundl1 "hen he met the governmenthigher ups$

8hile the countr1 is 2ghting a "ar against the 3okoharam terrorists themendacious and misleading statement made b1 no less a person than acabinet spokesman of 0L himself has plunged the government into a hugeembarrassment not onl1 "ithin 0ri Lanka but even internationall1 the

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igerian government had pointed out$ ( a statement made b1 a spokesmanof the cabinet is construed as that countr1’s o7cial statement -

9erhaps ,inister Rajitha and president ,aithripala are thinking thediplomatic ties bet"een 0L and igeria are "hat "ere established duringthe Rajapakse era but trul1 these ties began in anuar1 #;<& to"ards the

end of Dudle1 0enana1ake era$ 3esides igeria is a common"ealth countr1$=t is lamentable that minister Rajitha made this rash statement "hilepresident ,aithripala 0irisena is the chairman of the common"ealth$ =f the>manjang’ (mendacious- cabinet spokesman noted for his recklessness hasno gre1 matter to understand that onl1 an ignorant frog in the "ell "ouldcroak over the agreement signed "ith that countr1 "hether during theRajapakse era or an1 other at least the leader of the cabinet president ,aithripala ought to have kno"n better$ 0adl1 president too is ignorant $

8e are using the "ord > mendacious’ on purpose for this cabinetspokesman "ho is the epicenter of the diplomatic faux pas has on as

man1 as #* occasions lied bra?enl1$ @et 9resident has failed to dismissRajitha from the position of cabinet spokesman and replace him "ith asuitable individual $( it is to be noted that president ,aithripala has createdan inglorious record as the president "ho appointed the most mis2ts tohigh ranking posts during the last ten months$-

Rajitha casts media freedom into dust bin and

dumps journalists on the 4=D fourth Aoor "hither

good governance B8hile the government of good governance is plunged deepl1 in despairinternationall1 o"ing to the cavernous mouth of reckless Rajitha nationall1too the countr1 is driven into chaos o"ing to the statement made b1 himto the 4=D against the media$

Follo"ing the report in last "eekend 0inhala ne"spaper regarding anintervie" relating to another individual Rajitha has lodged a complaint"ith the 4=D head5uarters against the reporter "ho "rote the article andthe editor of the ne"spaper $ 3ased on the complaint the 4=D summoned

the reporter and the editor$

=t is ver1 evident that these actions are reminiscent of the media freedomerosion and suppression during the Rajapakse era and an index that samedespotic trend is rearing its ugl1 head again$

=f Rajitha "as hurt over the report he could have 2rst noti2ed thene"spaper to rectif1 the error if an1$ =f that is not heeded a complaint can

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be made to the 9ress council$ =f that is also not successful the ne"spapercan be sued$ 8hen all these options are available making a complaint tothe 4=D and summoning the journalist for an alleged "rongdoing reAectspoorl1 on a government of good governance and such things don’t happenin a countr1 "here trul1 there is good governance$

Rajitha 0enaratne despite being a most responsible minister and 4abinetspokesman acting most irresponsibl1 has caused irretrievable damage tothe countr1 not onl1 nationall1 but internationall1 too$

4urrentl1 the %&#' media suppression are being rated in respect of thecountries of the "orld $ Rajitha’s rash and reckless conduct is going toaCect 0L >s ranking detrimentall1 $ =t is learnt that others of the governmentin the high echelons are also thoroughl1 disma1ed and disillusioned$

,ight "e recall "hen ,angala 0amara"eera 0ripath1 0oori1aarachi and8ijedasa Rajapakse left the Rajapakse regime some"here in %&&6 after

having understood the "eaknesses and evils of the regime to join "ith theopposition and "ork untiringl1 along "ith the people of the opposition intheir struggle for nine 1ears Rajitha on the contrar1 stuck "ith theRajapakses for the last ; 1ears serving and supporting them faithfull1 in alltheir crooked and corrupt activities$

8hen Rajapakses hounded out and chased a"a1 the ex chief justice it "asRajitha "ho >heard’ the case$ Rajitha "ho somersaulted to the oppositionat the latter stage (in the 2nal month - surel1 cannot understand theaspirations of the people for good governance or the opposition struggle$o" he is conducting himself as an individual "ho is even above the

president "hile the latter is behaving as if he is in the group mortall1 scared of Rajitha$

 .he recent incident in "hich the president gave a phone call late in thenight to a son of a high pro2le minister to inform him not to critici?eRajitha in his face book is a good illustration$ =n other "ords even the criticism of Rajitha in a page of the face book of the 1outh is oCending thepresident$

=n an1 case the relevant minister had given an ans"er to the president that"as a >slap’ across the president’s face $ .he minister after reminding the

president on t"o recent unsavor1 episodes had stated to his face >b1these alone 1ou are un"ittingl1 betra1ing that 1ou are not the president ofthe countr1$’ ( "e believe for the moment these t"o episodes are notimportant to be elaborated to the people- $

=n an1 case the prime minister 1esterda1 making a special announcementtold in parliament that a counter rainbo" revolution is in motion $ 8hen thecabinet spokesman himself is suppl1ing "eapons locall1 and internationall1(apart from provoking and fuelling diplomatic disputes internationall1- for

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these counter revolutions the countr1 being driven to the edge of a precipice is inevitable and inescapable$

=t is in old folk tales "e have heard ho" a single foolish monke1 of a goodgovernance ing causes monumental destruction but no" "e are"itnessing that in realit1 $ =t is unfortunate that the modern foolish monke1

has been given the cabinet spokesman post in lieu of a s"ord $+ foolishmonke1 "ielding a 4abinet minister post of mordern times is much mredangerous than a foolish monke1 "ielding a s"ord of ancient times$

31 8imal Dheerasekera .ranslated b1 eC$$

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