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79th Anniversary : The LSSP of Today isNo More the Party of NM, Colvin, Leslieand Bernard

by Vijaya Kumar-18/12/2014The 79th Anniversary of Sri an!a"s o#$est %o#iti&a# %arty' the an!a Samasamaja %arty(SS)* fa##s on +e&ember 18th, The %arty of .' o#vin' es#ie an$ ernar$ not on#y%#aye$ a major ro#e in the anti-im%eria#ist stru#e but as a#so res%onsib#e for fihtinfor an$ obtainin many of the benefits enjoye$ to$ay by the or!in &#ass an$ theor$inary %eo%#e of Sri an!a, .ost of them have been $i#ute$ an$ even been ma$eirre#evant on 3or#$ an! an$ .5 a$vi&e by su&&essive overnments in their 6uest for

roth an$ hih %er-&a%ita +)' e&onomi& obje&tives hi&h $o not a%%ear to tri&!#e$on to im%rove the stan$ar$s of #ivin of or$inary %eo%#e, The riht to stri!e an$ to$emonstrate is often restri&te$ by the state throuh its %o#i&e an$ ourts on the basisthat it ou#$ &ause in&onvenien&e to the %ub#i&, The free e$u&ation hi&h e enjoye$is un$erfun$e$ an$ offers #itt#e %ros%e&t for the im%rovement of the e$u&ation an$future %ros%e&ts for the &hi#$ren of the rura# %oor an$ is fast bein re%#a&e$ byinternationa# s&hoo#s an$ %rivate :niversities en&ourae$ by the state, The freehea#th servi&e has over the years been %roressive#y %rivati;e$,

The )arty itse#f enjoye$ the &onfi$en&e of the or!in &#ass an$ the res%e&t of theenera# %o%u#ation for its a$heren&e to $emo&rati& %rin&i%#es' its stru#es on so&ia##yre#evant issues' its stan$ on anti-or!in &#ass an$ anti-%eo%#e %o#i&ies an$ above a##the interity an$ in&orru%tibi#ity they shoe$ in their %o#iti&s, ts %rin&i%#e$ stan$ ma$eit at that time the )arty ith hi&h the inte##e&tua# &ommunity an$ e$u&ate$ youthi$entifie$ themse#ves,

. as the first to $ra attention to the authoritarian nature of the <=e&utive)resi$en&y an$ the &onse6uent $aners to the $emo&rati& &hara&ter of the State%ose$ by the 1978 onstitution, . fe#t that a ne &onstitution that abo#ishes the

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<=e&utive )resi$en&y an$ restores %oer to )ar#iament as the on#y ay out' a viethat is no enera##y a&&e%te$ in the &ountry,

>oever the )arty that too! a %rin&i%#e$ stan$ in a## its %o#i&ies fa#tere$ in Se%tember2010 hen its to members of )ar#iament aainst the $e&ision of the )arty vote$ infavour of the 18th Amen$ment to the onstitution, A#thouh the ommunist )arty too

vote$ for the amen$ment' they have sin&e' un#i!e the SS)' a%o#oi;e$ to the %eo%#efor hat they no &onsi$er as an in&orre&t $e&ision, n +e&ember 2012' one of theto members of )ar#iament aain ent aainst the )arty $e&ision aain an$ vote$ forthe im%ea&hment of hief ?usti&e Shirani an$aranaya!e,

 A#thouh the SS) members of )ar#iament bro!e )arty $is&i%#ine to shame#ess#ya&&e$e to the )resi$ent"s re6uest' the )arty itse#f has not aine$ anythin inreturn, The %arty"s %resent enera# Se&retary' Tissa Vitarana hea$e$ the A## )arty@e%resentatives onferen&e (A)@* man$ate$ to $eve#o% a home-ron neonstitution hi&h ou#$ %rovi$e a &om%rehensive a%%roa&h to the reso#ution of the

nationa# 6uestion, The A)@ met from ?une 200 to ?une 20$09 an$ throuh the$etermination an$ $e$i&ation shon by Tissa Vitarana an$ other members of theonferen&e' its fina# re%ort hi&h %rovi$e$ a %ossib#e so#ution to the nationa# 6uestionas han$e$ over to the )resi$ent in Auust 2009 but no a&tion has been ta!en on itith even $oubts &ast by the )resi$entia# Se&retariat as to hether it as re&eive$,)rior to this' in ?anuary 2008' the A)@ as re6ueste$ to %rovi$e an interim re%orthi&h &ou#$ be im%#emente$ ithout onstitutiona# amen$ments an$ as re6ueste$ bythe )resi$ent' the interim re%ort mere#y re&ommen$e$ the im%#ementation of the 1Bthamen$ment to the e=tent %ossib#e, The interim re%ort as iven the i$est %ub#i&ityan$ use$ to &onvin&e the internationa# &ommunity that a&tion as bein ta!en,

>oever the efforts of the A)@ an$ Tissa Vitarana in &om%i#in the fina# re%ort erein vain as events ha$ overta!en them ith the overnment fee#in that no so#utionas ne&essary sin&e the TT< ha$ been &om%rehensive#y $efeate$, ot on#y ere there&ommen$ations of the A)@ inore$ but to a$$ insu#t to injury' Tissa Vitarana asnot even a%%ointe$ to the )ar#iamentary Se#e&t ommittee set u% #ast year seemin#yfor a simi#ar %ur%ose,

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 SS) #ea$ers at >orana ith ra&eir$#e' &ir&a 19B7

n ovember 2010' Tissa Vitarana ho as the .inister of S&ien&e an$ Te&hno#oyas un&eremonious#y !i&!e$ u%stairs to be&ome Senior .inister of S&ientifi& Affairs,The ten Senior .inisters a%%ointe$ on that $ay ere not a##o&ate$ any $e%artments orinstitutions an$ share$ to .inistry Se&retaries ith offi&es in a three storey bui#$in inKo##u%itiya, The SS) a&&e%te$ this &hane ith no %rotest, om%are this ith thestan$ SS) too! in 197C hi&h #eft the overnment ith a %ub#i& sho of %rotestrather than a&&e$e to )rime .inister Sirima an$aranai!e"s re6uest that one of itsthree .inisters' . re#in6uish the 5inan&e .inistry' here his %o#i&ies ere hurtin the&a%ita#ist &#ass of the &ountry an$ a&&e%t instea$ the .inistry of Tra$e an$ ommer&e,<ar#y this year' the )arty %asse$ a reso#ution ivin substan&e to ."s stan&e on the<=e&utive )resi$en&y $eman$in that no more )resi$entia# e#e&tions be he#$ an$re6uestin )resi$ent @aja%a!se to amen$ the &onstitution to estab#ish a )ar#iamentarysystem of overnment, This be&ame the main s#oan of the )arty on .ay +ay 2014an$ the %osition the )arty too! &onsistent#y sin&e then, >oever in D&tober this year'the entra# ommittee of the )arty hi&h ha$ met to &onsi$er three $o&uments to$is&uss future %o#i&y of the )arty ere &onfronte$ in the #ate evenin by a reso#ution'for hi&h no %rior noti&e ha$ been iven, The reso#ution hasti#y rea$ out by thehairman as for the SS) to su%%ort .ahin$a @aja%a!se at the )resi$entia#e#e&tion, At that time no $e&ision to ho#$ an e#e&tion ha$ been ma$e an$ no&an$i$ates ha$ been announ&e$ but the )arty in s%ite of its %revious reso#utionaainst the ho#$in of a )resi$entia# e#e&tion hi&h ha$ not been res&in$e$ %asse$ an

im%ro%er hasty reso#ution su%%ortin an un$e&#are$ &an$i$ate for an un$e&#are$e#e&tion, The on#y &on&#usion one &ou#$ &ome to as that the reso#ution as ins%ire$by e#ements outsi$e the )arty ho ere tryin to use the )arty to offset the neativeeffe&ts of the reso#utions %asse$ by the ?>: an$ its threat to #eave the overnment,The SS) of to$ay is no more the )arty of .' o#vin' es#ie an$ ernar$, 3e haveha$ in its %#a&e a )arty sin&e 2010 ith no in$e%en$ent i$eas' a %arty hi&h isamenab#e to tunin its %o#i&ies an$ $e&isions to satisfy the nee$s of the )resi$ent,

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The SS) of to$ay has no %rob#em ho#$in joint %ress &onferen&es ith the #i!es of3ima# 3eeraansa an$ si$e !i&!.u;;ami# $enoun&in the &ha##ene to the )resi$entas a $ee% seate$ %#ot of im%eria#ist for&es to re-&o#onia#i;e Sri an!a, The e=tent tohi&h the )arty has $e%arte$ from the &ommitments of its o#$ #ea$ers as shon byTissa Vitarana even &on$onin &orru%tion hi#e $efen$in the %revai#in systemstatin it as a &hara&teristi& of &ountries on the %ath to $eve#o%ment,

be#ieve the %resent SS) has no riht to &e#ebrate the 79th Anniversary of the )artyhi&h stoo$ firm#y aainst the %o#i&ies it no nurtures an$ es%ouses' es%e&ia##y the%osition it no ta!es hi&h $ire&t#y &ontra$i&ts ."s vies on the <=e&utive)resi$en&y, t ou#$ have been more a%%ro%riate for the %resent SS) to have&e#ebrate$ the 4th anniversary of the remo$e##e$ )arty on Se%tember 8th' the $ayhi&h it shou#$ revere as it as the $ay its members of )ar#iament raise$ their han$sin su%%ort of the 18th Amen$ment an$ ensure$ that they ou#$ a#ays have to fa## in#ine ith )resi$entia# $i!tats,

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