Monday, April 18, 2022

What If ( āļ‘āˇ„ෙāļ¸ āˇ€ුāļĢොāļ­් ) ?

What if?

āļ‘āˇ„ෙāļ¸ āˇ€ුāļĢොāļ­්?

The peaceful protest going on at the famous Gall Face Green, Sri Lanka has now reached a critical point as no party is showing any signs of giving in or giving up.

āˇ්āļģී āļŊංāļšාāˇ€ේ āˇƒුāļ´්āļģāˇƒිāļ¯්āļ° āļœාāļŊු āļ¸ුāˇ€āļ¯ොāļģ āļ´ිāļ§ිāļēේ āļ´ැāˇ€ැāļ­්āˇ€ෙāļą āˇƒාāļ¸āļšාāļ¸ී āˇ€ිāļģෝāļ°āļ­ාāˇ€ āļ¸ේ āˇ€āļą āˇ€ිāļ§ āļ­ීāļģāļĢාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āˇƒ්āļŽාāļąāļēāļšāļ§ āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢ āļ‡āļ­්āļ­ේ āļšිāˇƒිāļ¯ු āļ´ාāļģ්āˇ්āˇ€āļēāļš් āļ…āļ­ āˇ„ැāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇ„ෝ āļ…āļ­්āˇ„ැāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇƒāļŊāļšුāļĢāļš් āļąොāļ´ෙāļą්āˇ€āļą āļļැāˇ€ිāļąි.

With the government still holding on to power, despite losing its mandate, they plan another begging round, this time to the IMF and World Bank for assistance.

āļ†āļą්āļŠුāˇ€ āļ­āˇ€āļ¸āļ­් āļļāļŊāļē āļ…āļŊ්āļŊාāļœෙāļą āˇƒිāļ§ීāļ¸ āļąිāˇƒා, āļ‘āˇ„ි āļĸāļąāˇ€āļģāļ¸ āļ…āˇ„ිāļ¸ි āˇ€ුāˇ€āļ¯, āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļ­āˇ€āļ­් āˇ„ිāļŸāļ¸āļą āˇ€āļ§āļēāļš් āˇƒැāļŊāˇƒුāļ¸් āļšāļģāļēි, āļ¸ෙāˇ€āļģ IMF āˇƒāˇ„ āļŊෝāļš āļļැංāļšුāˇ€ේ āˇƒāˇ„āļē āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා.

It was said that they expect around a 4 billion dollar loan to ease the current situation in the country.

āļģāļ§ේ āļ´āˇ€āļ­ිāļą āļ­āļ­්āļ­්āˇ€āļē āˇƒāļ¸āļąāļē āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļŠොāļŊāļģ් āļļිāļŊිāļēāļą 4āļš āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļĢāļē āļ¸ුāļ¯āļŊāļš් āļ…āļ´ේāļš්āˇ‚ා āļšāļģāļą āļļāˇ€āļ¯ āļ´ැāˇ€āˇƒුāļĢා.

Assuming that this sum is enough and granted in full, what next?

āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ¸ුāļ¯āļŊ āļ´්āļģāļ¸ාāļĢāˇ€āļ­් āļēැāļēි āļ‹āļ´āļšāļŊ්āļ´āļąāļē āļšāļģ āˇƒāļ¸්āļ´ූāļģ්āļĢāļēෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸්, āļŠāˇ…āļŸāļ§ āļšුāļ¸āļš් āļšāˇ… āļēුāļ­ුāļ¯?

Eliminate power outages.

āˇ€ිāļ¯ුāļŊිāļē āļ‡āļąāˇ„ිāļ§ීāļ¸් āļ‰āˇ€āļ­් āļšිāļģීāļ¸.

Make fuel easily accessible.

āļ‰āļą්āļ°āļą āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāˇ€ෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļœැāļąීāļ¸.

Important items are made available.

āļ…āļ­්āļēāˇ€āˇ්āļē āļ¯්āļģāˇ€්āļē āļ´āˇ„āˇƒුāˇ€ෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļœāļ­ āˇ„ැāļšි āļŊෙāˇƒ āˇƒāļšāˇƒ් āļšිāļģීāļ¸.

Will the protestors give in if that is the scenario in a few weeks' time?

āˇƒāļ­ි āļšිāˇ„ිāļ´āļēāļšිāļą් āļ­āļ­්āļ­්āˇ€āļē āļ‘āļē āļąāļ¸් āˇ€ිāļģෝāļ°āļ­ාāļšāļģුāˇ€āļą් āļ‰āļŠ āļ¯ී āļ‰āˇ€āļ­්āˇ€ āļēāļēිāļ¯?

My belief is that they will not because, first, they will have experienced the power of collective bargaining power, and second, their main agenda was not pricing reductions but good governance.

āļ´āˇ…āļ¸ුāˇ€ āˇƒාāļ¸ූāˇ„ිāļš āļšේāˇ€āļŊ් āļšිāļģීāļ¸ේ āļļāļŊāļēේ āļļāļŊāļē āļ¯ැāļą් āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļ…āļ­්āˇ€ිāļŗ āļ‡āļ­ි āļąිāˇƒාāļ­්, āļ¯ෙāˇ€āļąුāˇ€ āļ”āˇ€ුāļą්āļœේ āļ´්āļģāļ°ාāļą āļą්āļēාāļē āļ´āļ­්āļģāļē āˇ€ූāļēේ āļ¸ිāļŊ āļ…āļŠු āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āļąොāˇ€ āļēāˇ„āļ´ාāļŊāļąāļē āļąිāˇƒාāļ­් āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļ…āļ­් āļąොāˇ„āļģිāļą āļļāˇ€ āļ¸āļœේ āˇ€ිāˇ්āˇ€ාāˇƒāļēāļēි.

Price hikes and scarcities were the triggering points.

āļ¸ිāļŊ āļ‰āˇ„āˇ… āļēෑāļ¸් āˇƒāˇ„ āˇ„ිāļŸāļšāļ¸ āļ…āˇ€ුāļŊුāˇ€ාāļŊීāļ¸ේ āļŊāļš්āˇ‚්āļēāļēāļą් āˇ€ිāļē.

The real purpose of this protest is to ask for good governance only.

āļ¸ේ āˇ€ිāļģෝāļ°āļēේ āˇƒැāļļෑ āļ…āļģāļ¸ුāļĢ āļēāˇ„āļ´ාāļŊāļąāļē āļ´āļ¸āļĢāļš් āļ‰āļŊ්āļŊා āˇƒිāļ§ීāļ¸āļēි.

That is why they have not taken any political party’s support or their reach has gone beyond hitherto held bogus religious and race boundaries either.

āļ”āˇ€ුāļą් āļšිāˇƒිāļ¯ු āļ¯ේāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļą āļ´āļš්āˇ‚āļēāļš āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļŊāļļා āļąොāļœෙāļą āˇ„ෝ āļ¸ෙāļ­ෙāļš් āļ´ැāˇ€āļ­ි āˇ€්āļēාāļĸ āļ†āļœāļ¸ිāļš āˇ„ා āˇ€ාāļģ්āļœිāļš āˇƒීāļ¸ාāˇ€āļŊිāļą් āļ”āļļ්āļļāļ§ āļœොāˇƒ් āļ‡āļ­්āļ­ේ āļ‘āļļැāˇ€ිāļąි.

I know that our generation and the previous generations before us have failed, but I do think the new generation will do justice to all our collective failures.

āļ…āļ´ේ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇ€ āˇƒāˇ„ āļ…āļ´āļ§ āļ´ෙāļģ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇ€āļą් āļ…āˇƒාāļģ්āļŽāļš āˇ€ූ āļļāˇ€ āļ¸āļ¸ āļ¯āļąිāļ¸ි, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļąāˇ€ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇ€ āļ…āļ´āļœේ āˇƒිāļēāļŊු āˇƒාāļ¸ූāˇ„ිāļš āļ…āˇƒාāļģ්āļŽāļšāļ­්āˇ€āļēāļą්āļ§ āˇƒාāļ°ාāļģāļĢāļē āļ‰āļ§ු āļšāļģāļąු āļ‡āļ­ැāļēි āļ¸āļ¸ āˇƒිāļ­āļ¸ි.

Abraham Lincoln was absolutely right when he said, "
You can’t fool all the people all the time."

āļ’āļļ්āļģāˇ„āļ¸් āļŊිāļą්āļšāļą් āļ´ැāˇ€āˇƒූ āļ´āļģිāļ¯ි, "āļ”āļļāļ§ āˇƒෑāļ¸ āˇ€ිāļ§āļ¸ āļ¸ිāļąිāˇƒුāļą් āļģāˇ€āļ§ා āļœāļ­ āļąොāˇ„ැāļš".

I am looking forward to seeing a better Sri Lanka soon.

āļ¸āļ¸ āļ‰āļš්āļ¸āļąිāļą්āļ¸ āˇ„ොāļŗ āˇ්āļģී āļŊංāļšාāˇ€āļš් āļ¯ැāļšීāļ¸āļ§ āļļāļŊා āˇƒිāļ§ිāļ¸ි.

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