Government is looking forward to get the views of the
public on the ‘New Constitution planning (?) to be implemented in the future,
abolishing the Executive Presidency, the Baby of The Former Executive President
J R Jayawardena, born in 1978.
It is no bad to get the views of the public on what
ever ‘constitutional change the government is expected to be implemented yet
how you are planning to collect the views, opinions of the public is highly
important here.
You need to know from what categories of people, group,
key informants; you are planning to get information from beforehand. The
government is planning to appointed 24 members to handle the task. It is a huge
responsibility.
Just because India has a system where the Prime
Minister plays the Major role of governing there country we cannot say that it
suits to any other country. There are things to be considered before getting
something established within this geographically independent land, such as Socio, Political, economical, inner geographical
situations.
I am not fully aware of the reasons that why President
Jayawardene introduced such a system against the existing system back
then.
I am not politically aware of the facts that he kept
before the public back then, before when introducing the ‘Executive Presidency’
in 1978. According to what I have heard there were no such system to get the
views of the public and that was decided dominantly and solely by the President
Jayawardena.
If he explained the reasons to abolish then system
welcoming the executive presidency mechanism in the country, what were they?
What were the
weaknesses of then system, he mentioned? What are the differences of the system
that is going to be implemented in the near future (?) compared to the system existed
before 1978?
What are the weaknesses that the experts, today can
pointed out?
What were the things expected from introducing such a
system back then, that were not there before?
What weight you can give to the new constitutional
package to be introduced, if the government gets the support of the Majority?
What if Majority do not support? How do you plan to
establish the system that you are talking about?
How do you plan to transparent the information you
gather?
What is the weight of the Decision Making Power of the
Current President, after cutting and chopping the wings of the baby, executive
presidency, to introduce changed version of the constitution, even if the
majority disagree?
Who has the main decision making power, within the
system to be implemented, the cabinet that is asking Rs. 20, 000 for each the
meeting they have to participate ( 20 x 8 meetings annually = 160 000/=) to
report to the authorities, to discuss what ever personal matters arises when
dealing with public, citizens etc, any other parliament groups, the commissions
full of officials , any civil organizations that represent the each and every
citizen of the country?
What are the general views of the public on current
‘Commission system’?
Do they think or take it as an exceptional decision
taken by the government and don’t think or suggest any changes?
Do they take it as a sort of a ‘dominant, authoritarian
system’ or as a very corporative, human friendly system or a user friendly, ‘justice’
friendly system?
Before designing and introducing the new constitutional
package to govern the country in the future as an independent, no dependent
admin structure, the designing and decision making authorities need to study
and try to identify each and every plus point, positive points, in addition to
the negatives, weakness of each and every system practiced so far, specifically
considering all socio, economic situations, facts, the ruling patterns of all
Samagi Peramnu, Podu Peramunu, Sammuthivadi allies.
For example, let me categorize for easy explanation
purposes; 1948 – 1972 , 1972 – 1978,
1978 – 2015
How useful it is to have a sammuthivadee aanduwak or a government that exist today since January
9th onward, other than a single party ruling a country, like
history explains?
What are the
challenges you see in this and that of constitutions practiced in the country
so far and in the system you have already drafted?
Any attitudinal
or ways of working, attending to matters, addresses the matters, using coping
strategies, budgetary introductions clashes with each others styles?
If so, how do you all deal/t with such issues? Is it
easy or difficult?
What type of governing structure suits this country
specially when a sammuthivadee or samagi peraunuvadee or nidahas sandaanavaadee
anduwak ruling this country?
Is it something that should be designed
considering the type of party, aanduwa , that rules the country, the nature or
the type of the parliament system exists in the country, ( including total
number of ministers for example) in the parliament or IS IT A SET OF LAW,
(RULES AND REGULATIONS) THAT SHOULD BE DESIGNED PARTIUCLARY AND SPECIFICALLY
CONSIDERING THE SOCIO, CULTURAL, ECONOMICAL NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
THE COUNTRY in its all aspects, or else is it something that should be
practiced for easy human management , easy provincial and district managerial
purposes ? (This includes my answer as well)
What is the current situation of the sammuthivaadee
anduwa, any quitted or chased away (?) from their departments, ministries?
According to the Sources ( ada paper 22/ 12/ 2015)
since 21st December new state minister for Provincial council and
its administration , Deputy minister to handle the ministry of Buddha Sasana
Are these new ministries or the ministries already
existed in the system?
If not what happened to the ministers managing the
above departments.
Is that all?
Any new ministers to be arrived ?
If so what are the reasons that the government can give
the people, for ‘not having the originally appointed set of politicians up to
date, until today? Is it a problem with ‘faith or loyalty?
President is focusing on having a ‘SLFP government in
2020, I read?
Is the Deal made between the UNP and other parties,
before establishing the sammuthivadee aanduwa’ going to be finished or expired in
2020?
I read that some representatives challenge their
opposition parties to show their singular winning capacities of forth coming
election or any election in the future
It is little sad to hear they challenge others
especially because we have seen how they struggled to win an election until
2015 Presidential Election, after the peramuna electorally defeated the 17
years of period. Since then , how many years it took for you all to join a
ruling team?
How fast they have forgotten the history of them trying
to win the elections alone, and how they struggled? It is no politically ethical to say so?
What ethics no! when it comes to POLITICS , Perhaps it
is politically alright though it is not otherwise.
To go for any changes, the current government needs to earn
and maintain the ‘trust of the public’, civil community. Yes, it is difficult
for any government to do so, specially when they work as an ally and you have a
very strong politically confidence and fit opposition to boost you very often.
For any government, regular ‘strikes’, worker’s strikes brings little hardships
and also it indicates how much they preferred what they have been getting or
perhaps something lacking?
‘ Kappaduwa’ is something you cut off what is already
in who ever’s hand. Good governance includes ‘winning all categories, group of
people, not specifically the workers or workers only. When people say they are
against that the government ( water for example) deducted or removed some of
the earnings or benefits given to them from their pay sheets.
Minister
Kiriella ethically cannot challenge, the Estate Authorities asking the
authorities to ‘handover the estates (their properties privately or grouply
owned?) to the government, if cannot increase the wages of the workers, estate,
unless you tell them the differences between increments and kappaduwa’ (ada / 22/12/2015)
It is true that every worker is a worker and they
should be treated equally.
What I am talking about here is not that but their ways
of approaching the issue.
It is not satisfactory.
What if you find many others who are little or a lot
hesitant to increase their wages as prescribed by the government, according to
the labor laws, and if you find out that the employees are not paying for over
time hours they work, or no money added to their provident funds accurately
without really giving fraud informations though it is rear now in this Island?
Can the government response to all of them like the way minister responded?
No, it is not practical
You cannot ask the privately owned entities to handover
their properties just because they do
not pay the ‘right pay’ to their workers, you need to have a very strong mechanism to tackle and handle
such situations lawfully.
Before saying so, the relevant authority first needs to
study the difficulties they (Estate Sector) face or learn facts as to why they
refrain from increasing wages?
Is it fair or unfair, the reasons they give
Is it an issue related the profit they earn, is it
because of any sort of ignorance, carelessness, intention, any issues related
to Market , other benefits provided by the government, etc, the government has
to have facts with them?
If the government thinks (according to the Minister)
that they can take care of the Estate worker, why not try and pay the due
amount of the worker without really taking the whole trouble of taking in
charge of the sector into their shoulders.
I read that in the future, the government is planning
to limit the number of people seeking jobs as House Maids (?) and have planned
to be appointed lawyers to solve issues related to such oversea employments.
Good. It is no bad but first of all the government
needs to have a steady local plan to provide them earn a living. If you appoint
a group of experts on ‘introducing jobs for such groups’, income generating
plans for the groups that will be in house doing nothing, perhaps.
If you limit the number send for overseas jobs, the
currency they bring in also stops. If you stop them going for over seas jobs,
their household financial plans would most possibly collapse. If that collapses
, it directly affect whole family, their income, the education of the Children.
Then the government has to increase the funds allocate
for the ‘welfare mainly of such group of people, charity etc.
So they automatically become dependent which is not so
pleasing to see or not economically accepted as a country but socially somewhat
yes because that may minimize the issues they face as a ‘group of foreign labor
force’.
So, thinking all those, how are we going to address the
issue if you are going to keep that set of labor within the country? Is it the
solution that we can think of?
If you cannot think of any other plans sustainable,
suitable, you have no choice other than prohibiting them seeking over seas
jobs.
Not only that, if you do so, the total number engage in
organizing such jobs, working as job agents would be decreased another issue
that may arise as a result of that, including all other teeny weeny jobs
functioning around ‘foreign employment agencies / agents.
I am not talking about the money that the immigration
and migration department loses , if it is not a lot, no big harm?
I guess, from my immature point of view , it is good to
a make a steady policy for not only local but also for international labor
/worker dealers, agencies to secure the worker where ever in this globe.
Specially when registering the employment agencies,
what ever manpower name you give it to. It is very necessary to have a written
agreement between the Government and employment agency.
Further, it should reach the employment agent over seas
and a signed copy must reach back the authorities, relevant.
The agreement should enclose, all important things
related to workers , their job security, life security, no matter who the
employee , employer is? They need to
totally assure the protection of the workers highly including the humanitarian
rights of the human.
I take this opportunity to thank the Saudi Government
for stopping the punishment already fixed for the lady worker of ours recently
decided to be punished for she having or maintaining an affair with a man known
to her (?) and taking the decision to imprison her for three years, at
least.
At the same time I suggest, your Royal Highness, please think
of adjusting or re-structurazing the ways of punishing people or try giving it
a more humanitarian face cut. I have no intention to disrespect your ways of governing your people but I guess there is
no harm to respect what others practice globally. At the same time I fully
agree that your set of laws should similarly respect the socio cultural needs
of its people yet more importantly human rights.
Your majesty, I believe that the time has arrived for
you to re write the books of laws and ways of punishing people for their
mistakes or what ever.
Thank you, your majesty for your kindness!
My thanking also goes to all who took part in solving
the issue on behalf of the lady and her family, country.
Private or public, the worker is the back borne of the
country, protecting their rights is not a duty but is a sole responsibility of
the government.
Let me wish
entire universe a respectfull, rightfull , meaningful new year ahead!
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