There is
nothing new in Rauff Hakeems stick in
the mud attitude. He has already proved
he is an unreliable partner in a coalition government.
As it
happened during Chandrika Kumaratunga, “
Sri Lanka's main Muslim party split following its pull out
that turned the ruling coalition into a minority government, party officials
said Friday.The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) announced disciplinary action
against two of its legislators who defied the leadership and remained with
President Chandrika Kumaratunga's People's Alliance (PA) coalition.”
This is
what Rauff Hakim was and continues to be.
He has no
firm principles. He is a real turn coat
ready to turn sides to his benefit. He has no allegiance to any one except to
himself. When SLMC wanted to contest the
local elections separately while being in the UPFA there was no talk of his
changing sides after elections.
Now that he
has managed to get 7 seats and in a position to negotiate his allegiance, Rauff
Hakeem has not the guts to declare straight
away where he would be , with the TNA and UNP or with the UPFA.
No one in Sri Lanka has
forgotten that Hakeem even signed a MOU with Prabhakaran. What political respectability could we expect
from him ?
If he is an
honest politician he should have had no
hesitation to declare who he will
support to form a Provintial Administration in the East.
It is
because of people like Rauff Hakeem that the Muslim Community is not trusted by the other communities. Like Rauff Hakeem the Muslim Community always
seems to play a safe non- committal role in politics or in any other National issue. They seem to be more concerned about making
Islam a world religion and sacrifice any patriotic attachment to the country in
which they were born to arrive at that
objective.
The Muslim
Community does not participate actively
in the defence of the country , but sit
apart as spectators and benefit from
victory being on the side of the winner.
At the same time the Muslim Community under the leadership of Rauff Hakeem will
not hesitate to switch its allegiance to the enemy if they were to receive
benefits from such switch. Hakeem’s and SLMC”s dilemma at present is exactly
that.
It is far
better if we have to meet a known enemy
like the terrorists, rather than the Muslims with Raff Hakeem as their
leader, who are so vague, undecided, and hesitant.
Hakeem is
unfortunately not a man of political or moral stature. But unfortunately the god fearing Muslims
have selected him to lead them. Hakeem
is therefore like a man between the frying pan and the fire, yet seeking self aggrandisement. He would not like to lose his Ministerial
post, nor any possible prestige and grandeur
accruing to him from being the architect of a TNA,UNP, SLMC broad alliance as he says as an opposition to the UPFA.
If he has
commonsense as a Minister of the Government, he should understand that he also has the responsibility to stand by the government in the context of the
application of the report of LLRC, and the reconciliation process.
TNA is an outsider
to Sri Lanka in a political
context as they seek out side help and intervention of foreign Countries to settle
the problem of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka
rather than consult and discuss matters directly with the government of Sri Lanka, its
people and its communities.
UNP has
done the mistake of joining hands with the TNA who are scheming to divide Sri Lanka. In the case of Ranil Wickramasinghe and the
UNP their relation ship with the
terrorists had been “cordial” giving them their own areas of control under an
illegal CFA, and now forming an alliance
with them is nothing but extending their cordiality with the LTTE to their heirs- the TNA which in reality has no legal
right to remain a political party in Sri Lanka.
TNA should have been disbanded after the 19th May,2009.
So what can
we expect from Ranil Wickramasinghe and the UNP leadership ? They should be
shunned by the members of the UNP.
And in the light
of these facts Rauff Hakeem need no
hesitation or further consultation if he is an honest politician , but
say no to TNA and the UNP and stick with the UPFA to form an Administration in
the Provincial Council in the Eastern
Province.
