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What are man’s truths ultimately?Merely his irrefutable errors –Nietzsche

 Tuesday, 3 November 2015

“When the Sri Lankan President’s motorcade encounters a red i!ht no" onthe streets o# the ca$ita, %oombo, it does somethin! unthinkabe &ustmonths a!o'it sto$s and "aits #or a !reen si!na() This "as the anecdota$oint o# re#erence "ith "hich T*+ +a!a-ine accentuated the $romise o#the +aithri $residency(

 .ou cannot ste$ in the same river t"ice( That is the $er$etua tra!edy o# thehuman kind( President Sirisena and Premier Wickremesin!he are human(

 This commentary is a $ain s$eakin! e/ort to re$ossess the s$irit o# themovement that made anuary $ossibe( anuary "as an idea o# "hich the time had arrived( ven otabaya kne"it( When he made those "ide "ak"ays on the banks o# the iya"anna, he"as in e/ectconcedin! theinevitabe( The$eo$e at every

eve "ished to$artici$ate in theeadershi$$rocess( The"ak"ays "erecaimed by 4ataand S* si$$ers$eo$e( Nike,didas and Pumacass sti yearn #or

+ahinda in their6acebook(

 The ne" President himse# stressed the im$ort o# the movement thatcata$uted him to the $residency "ith disarmin! sincerity( 7e tod T*++a!a-ine, 86or a short $eriod a#ter bein! eected, * "as not reay certainthat * am the President()*n ess than ei!ht "eeks, "e "i reach the 9rst anniversary o# the +aithri$residency( The avidity o# ate anuary has turned to ab&ect a$athy in eary

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November( This commentary is constructed on the reasonabe $remise that history isthe sum tota o# thin!s that coud have been avoided( The eection o#President +aithri$aa Sirisena "as the resut o# an idea "hose time hadcome(*deas are not inteectua toys( *deas have !ood or bad conse:uences( That

is "hat "e ca the ;rea "ord’( This is an e/ort to understand that rea "ord "hich hods the President andPrime minister hosta!e to $oitica and $arochia com$usions( *t a$$earsthat both have $ut $oitics ahead o# !overnance(No" "hat is "ron! "ith that< overnance is the $rocess o# steerin! andmana!in! the !overnment( Poitics is about $areyin! on "ho !ets theo$$ortunity to either !overn or to $u the strin!s o# !overnance( =ne is a$rocess( The other is a vocation( overnance is about bakin! the $ie(Poitics is about distributin! the $ie(

 Thou!h it seems un#air, the overnment o# President Sirisena and Prime

+inister Wickremesin!he has to be hed to ethica standards "ith a cruescrutiny that has no $recedent( They sou!ht and obtained a mandate #or!ood !overnance( *n the a!e o# broadband connectivity their omissions andcommissions are condemned or haied instanty and irretrievaby(overnance is a conce$t sub&ect to :uaitative assessment( overnment isa $hysica entity about "hich "e can do nothin! unti the ne>t eection( Wethe $eo$e can do itte about !overnment( 4ut "e can surey kee$ vi!i andscream #rom roo#to$s on the :uaity o# !overnance(

"Governance is a concept subject to qualitative assessment.

Government is a physical entity about hich e can !o nothin

until the ne#t election. We the people can !o little about

overnment. $ut e can surely %eep viil an! scream from

rooftops on the quality of overnance"

 That is $recisey "hat this commentator $ro$oses to do by citin! thee>am$e o# +ano& Warna$aa "ho has been a$$ointed by the overnmentthat $romised !ood !overnance as the ne" %ounseor in our 7i!h%ommission in London(7e is a Soicitor domicied in the ?nited @in!dom( ?nti his ne" di$omatica$$ointment he $racticed as a soicitor "ith %aveat Soicitors Ltd(, T@7ouse, and 11A13 ?>brid!e Boad, London, W12 L7( The burb in its "ebsitein#orms us that +ano& Warna$aa currenty heads the 9rm’s housin!de$artment( 7e &oined %aveat Soicitors in une 2015 as head o# thehousin! de$artment( +ano& :uai9ed in 2013 and has over 10 years’e>$erience in housin! "hich has !iven him su$ervisory status "ith theLe!a id !ency in this area o# a"( 7e s$eciaises in homeessness andcommunity care, chaen!in! oca authorities’ decisions by "ay o# revie",

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county court a$$ea and &udicia revie"C +ano& is Duent inSinhaese and has a "ide ran!e o# skis that enabe him tore$resent di/erent ty$es o# cients #rom a back!rounds(Ehtt$FGG"""(caveatsoicitors(comGourA$eo$eH+ano& Warna$aa is the sonAinAa" o# ustin 6ernando,distin!uished $ubic servant, overnor o# the astern

Province, $residentia con9dante, and hand$icked e#enceSecretary o# Prime +inister Bani Wickremesin!he and theauthor o# the tome ;+y 4ey is White I Beminiscences o# aPeacetime Secretary o# e#ence’( ustin 6ernando isthere#ore the :uintessentia insider o# the +aithriABani

consensus overnment( This commentator derives no $easure in this distaste#u e>ercise o#criticisin! a distin!uished $ubic servant he has neither met nor deat "ith(4ut #or this in&udicious e$isode, this commentator may have neverconcerned himse# "ith the career $ath o# a youn! soicitor in London(

ustin 6ernando is the author o# the tome ;+y 4ey is White,’ 7e e>$ains"hy he tited the book ;+y 4ey is White,’ 7e says that on readin! thebook, most readers "i 9nd that 8"e "ere not the !hosts or han!men as$ro&ected by our $oitica o$$onents( *t "oud be as in the #ok story * haveread in the ;ab 4oys’ "ritten by %ameron uodu a hanaian "riter()*n the #ok tae, the Snake =$rammire, un&usty accused and cut in t"o,e>$oses its ;$ure’ "hite bey and a$$eas to !od that his heart is as "hiteas the underside o# its bey( The author seeks to ;e>onerate’ himse# and hiscoea!ues #rom the char!es eveed a!ainst them durin! the %ease 6ire!reement( 7e makes the $oint that $ubic servants can ony rise to the ca

o# duty(*t "as ony a#ter ustin 6enando emer!ed as a $rominent 9!ure in the $ostA anuary 2015 9rmament, that this commentator read the book ;+y 4ey isWhite’( *t "as ony to discover the man "ho "as $ubicy ackno"ed!ed bythe ne" President as one "ho mentored him in his eary days(

 The author o# ;+y 4ey is White’ is an ideaistic, u$ri!ht $ubic servant( =n$a!e 1J o# his ma!num o$us, 6ernando re$roduces an e>tract #rom the$oem ;od !ive us men’ by osiah ibert 7oandF8od,!ive us +enK time ike these demandsStron! minds, !reat hearts, true #aith and ready hands

+en "hom the ust o# oMce does not ki+en "hom the s$ois o# oMce cannot buy+en "ho $ossess o$inions and a "i+en "ho have honor men "ho "i not ieC)

 Then he amentsF 86or si> decades od has not heard our $rayers, evens$arin!y()With that detour to od’s !arden behind us, "e return to #ok taes(

 There is another #rican #ok tae that is #ar more reevant to the !ood

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!overnance $ro&ect o# President +aithri$aa Sirisena( *t is a #ok tae o# theNdebee tribe in Southern #rica( *t is about the reat Bace bet"een the7are and the Tortoise(*t is borro"ed #rom that marveous anthoo!y o# South #rican #ok taes I;The uiverin! S$ear’ by Thomas ( Nevin(

 The tae narrated around Ndebee 9res in Southern Transvaa is :uite

reminiscent o# the race bet"een +ahinda the 7are and +aithri the Tortoise(We a kno" that +ahinda the 7are did not !o #or a na$ in the midde o# therace as in the tae o# eso$(

 The story is about ?mvunda the 7are and ?#udu the Tortoise( =nce thechaen!e "as made and acce$ted the race "as to be #rom the home o#?#udu the Tortoise to the bi! rock $oo( ?#udu !athered a the tortoises t"odays be#ore the race(No" i# you had been at that meetin! o# Tortoises you "oud reaise that atortoises ook aike( That "as the ;uth Para$ura’( 7e tod his Tortoisecoea!ues ;This is "hat you shoud do( The race takes $ace #rom my home

to the rock $oo( ach one o# you must hide in a di/erent $ace and "ait( Then shar$ at noon each one o# you must "ak to"ards the rock $oo(?#udu the Tortoise then aocated a s$ot #or each tortoise aon! the racecourse( No" to revert to Thomas Nevin’s en!a!in! $rose( 8t the startin!ine, the 7are ho$$ed #rom one #oot to another( The Tortoise stood :uiety"aitin!( 7e "as com$etey rea>ed( 8;*ndovu’ the e$hant had been a$$ointed the oMcia starter( 7e i#ted histrunk and issued a $iercin! trum$et ca( The race "as on( The 7ares$rinted o/( *n seconds he "as out o# si!ht( The Tortoise took a #e"umberin! ste$s and then "aked o/ to the !ade(

+ean"hie the 7are "as baOed( very time he ooked u$ there "as ?#uduthe Tortoise ahead o# him( 7e took one ast bit o# stren!th and boundedto"ards the 9nishin! ine( 4ut be#ore he !ot there, he !ave a cry andcoa$sed( ?#udu the Tortoise "as "aitin! #or himK

 The race on anuary "as "on because a "e tortoises, ,21Q,12 o# us,cra"ed to the rock $oo in unison( *t is no #ok tae( *t "as a mirace( No onehas the ri!ht to maim a mirace(We have no" subscribed to the =$en overnment Partnershi$( We are yetto a!ree on a code o# standards in $ubic i#e(

 The Prime +inster is kno"n to #avour Latimer 7ouse Princi$es on udicia

standards( 7is administration may not #ro"n on 7ouse o# %ommonsstandards recommended #or hoders o# $ubic oMce(8%iti-ens have a ri!ht to e>$ect that hoders o# $ubic oMce "ho takedecisions "hich a/ect their ives shoud do so "ith im$artiaity, shoud betruth#u about "hat they are doin! and shoud use $ubic money "isey(Society e>$ects decisions to be made #airy and on merit and not inDuencedby $ersona or $rivate interests()We must return to the #or!otten $oetry o# osiah 7oand( What "as not

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:uoted #rom 7oand’s $oem ;od !ive us +en’ by 6ernando is a 9ttin! endto this ament on !ood !overnance or the ack o# itF86or "hie the rabbe, "ith their thumbA"orn creeds,

 Their ar!e $ro#essions and their itte deeds,+in!e in se9sh stri#e, oK 6reedom "ee$s,Wron! rues the and and "aitin! ustice see$s()

*n this instance, 7omer nods, #as asee$ and si$s o/ his $edesta(

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