What if?
āļāˇෙāļ¸ āˇුāļĢොāļ්?
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.
āˇ්āļģී āļŊංāļාāˇේ āˇුāļ´්āļģāˇිāļ¯්āļ° āļාāļŊු āļ¸ුāˇāļ¯ොāļģ āļ´ිāļ§ිāļēේ āļ´ැāˇැāļ්āˇෙāļą āˇාāļ¸āļාāļ¸ී āˇිāļģෝāļ°āļාāˇ āļ¸ේ āˇāļą āˇිāļ§ āļීāļģāļĢාāļ්āļ¸āļ āˇ්āļŽාāļąāļēāļāļ§ āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢ āļāļ්āļේ āļිāˇිāļ¯ු āļ´ාāļģ්āˇ්āˇāļēāļ් āļ
āļ āˇැāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇෝ āļ
āļ්āˇැāļģීāļ¸ේ āˇāļŊāļුāļĢāļ් āļąොāļ´ෙāļą්āˇāļą āļļැāˇිāļąි.
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.
āļāļą්āļŠුāˇ āļāˇāļ¸āļ් āļļāļŊāļē āļ
āļŊ්āļŊාāļෙāļą āˇිāļ§ීāļ¸ āļąිāˇා, āļāˇි āļĸāļąāˇāļģāļ¸ āļ
āˇිāļ¸ි āˇුāˇāļ¯, āļāˇුāļą් āļāˇāļ් āˇිāļāļ¸āļą āˇāļ§āļēāļ් āˇැāļŊāˇුāļ¸් āļāļģāļēි, āļ¸ෙāˇāļģ IMF āˇāˇ āļŊෝāļ āļļැංāļුāˇේ āˇāˇāļē āˇāļŗāˇා.
It was said that they expect around a 4 billion dollar loan to ease the current situation in the country.
āļģāļ§ේ āļ´āˇāļිāļą āļāļ්āļ්āˇāļē āˇāļ¸āļąāļē āļිāļģීāļ¸ āˇāļŗāˇා āļŠොāļŊāļģ් āļļිāļŊිāļēāļą 4āļ āļ´āļ¸āļĢ āļĢāļē āļ¸ුāļ¯āļŊāļ් āļ
āļ´ේāļ්āˇා āļāļģāļą āļļāˇāļ¯ āļ´ැāˇāˇුāļĢා.
Assuming that this sum is enough and granted in full, what next?
āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ¸ුāļ¯āļŊ āļ´්āļģāļ¸ාāļĢāˇāļ් āļēැāļēි āļāļ´āļāļŊ්āļ´āļąāļē āļāļģ āˇāļ¸්āļ´ූāļģ්āļĢāļēෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸්, āļāˇ
āļāļ§ āļුāļ¸āļ් āļāˇ
āļēුāļුāļ¯?
Eliminate power outages.
āˇිāļ¯ුāļŊිāļē āļāļąāˇිāļ§ීāļ¸් āļāˇāļ් āļිāļģීāļ¸.
Make fuel easily accessible.
āļāļą්āļ°āļą āļ´āˇāˇුāˇෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļැāļąීāļ¸.
Important items are made available.
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āļ්āļēāˇāˇ්āļē āļ¯්āļģāˇ්āļē āļ´āˇāˇුāˇෙāļą් āļŊāļļා āļāļ āˇැāļි āļŊෙāˇ āˇāļāˇ් āļිāļģීāļ¸.
Will the protestors give in if that is the scenario in a few weeks' time?
āˇāļි āļිāˇිāļ´āļēāļිāļą් āļāļ්āļ්āˇāļē āļāļē āļąāļ¸් āˇිāļģෝāļ°āļාāļāļģුāˇāļą් āļāļŠ āļ¯ී āļāˇāļ්āˇ 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 āˇාāļ¸ූāˇිāļ āļේāˇāļŊ් āļිāļģීāļ¸ේ āļļāļŊāļēේ āļļāļŊāļē āļ¯ැāļą් āļāˇුāļą් āļ
āļ්āˇිāļŗ āļāļි āļąිāˇාāļ්, āļ¯ෙāˇāļąුāˇ āļāˇුāļą්āļේ āļ´්āļģāļ°ාāļą āļą්āļēාāļē āļ´āļ්āļģāļē āˇූāļēේ āļ¸ිāļŊ āļ
āļŠු āļිāļģීāļ¸ āļąොāˇ āļēāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļąāļē āļąිāˇාāļ් āļāˇුāļą් āļ
āļ් āļąොāˇāļģිāļą āļļāˇ āļ¸āļේ āˇිāˇ්āˇාāˇāļēāļēි.
Price hikes and scarcities were the triggering points.
āļ¸ිāļŊ āļāˇāˇ
āļēෑāļ¸් āˇāˇ āˇිāļāļāļ¸ āļ
āˇුāļŊුāˇාāļŊීāļ¸ේ āļŊāļ්āˇ්āļēāļēāļą් āˇිāļē.
The real purpose of this protest is to ask for good governance only.
āļ¸ේ āˇිāļģෝāļ°āļēේ āˇැāļļෑ āļ
āļģāļ¸ුāļĢ āļēāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļąāļē āļ´āļ¸āļĢāļ් āļāļŊ්āļŊා āˇිāļ§ී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.
āļāˇුāļą් āļිāˇිāļ¯ු āļ¯ේāˇāļ´ාāļŊāļą āļ´āļ්āˇāļēāļ āˇāˇāļē āļŊāļļා āļąොāļෙāļą āˇෝ āļ¸ෙāļෙāļ් āļ´ැāˇāļි āˇ්āļēාāļĸ āļāļāļ¸ිāļ āˇා āˇාāļģ්āļිāļ āˇීāļ¸ාāˇāļŊිāļą් āļāļļ්āļļāļ§ āļොāˇ් āļāļ්āļේ āļāļļැāˇිāļąි.
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.
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āļ´ේ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇ āˇāˇ āļ
āļ´āļ§ āļ´ෙāļģ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇāļą් āļ
āˇාāļģ්āļŽāļ āˇූ āļļāˇ āļ¸āļ¸ āļ¯āļąිāļ¸ි, āļąāļ¸ුāļ් āļąāˇ āļ´āļģāļ¸්āļ´āļģාāˇ āļ
āļ´āļේ āˇිāļēāļŊු āˇාāļ¸ූāˇිāļ āļ
āˇාāļģ්āļŽāļāļ්āˇāļēāļą්āļ§ āˇාāļ°ාāļģāļĢāļē āļāļ§ු āļāļģāļąු āļāļැāļēි āļ¸āļ¸ āˇිāļāļ¸ි.
Abraham Lincoln was absolutely right when he said, "You can’t fool all the people all the time."
āļāļļ්āļģāˇāļ¸් āļŊිāļą්āļāļą් āļ´ැāˇāˇූ āļ´āļģිāļ¯ි, "āļāļļāļ§ āˇෑāļ¸ āˇිāļ§āļ¸ āļ¸ිāļąිāˇුāļą් āļģāˇāļ§ා āļāļ āļąොāˇැāļ".
I am looking forward to seeing a better Sri Lanka soon.
āļ¸āļ¸ āļāļ්āļ¸āļąිāļą්āļ¸ āˇොāļŗ āˇ්āļģී āļŊංāļාāˇāļ් āļ¯ැāļීāļ¸āļ§ āļļāļŊා āˇිāļ§ිāļ¸ි.
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