Who Wants To Cry For Diana Gamage?

By Shyamon Jayasinghe –OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shyamon Jayasinghe

“Today’s MP stands at a village in his district as a bureaucrat flying in a duty free luxury car, hemmed by state-paid security. Villagers are frightened at the sight of the luxury car and fleet of security vehicles.”

Member of parliament Diana Gamage has been sacked by her party, the SJB!

She says it is a joke. But no one in Sri Lanka is depraved enough to see a joke in what appears as rightful punishment for her and as appropriate precaution for her party.

Diana may now jump to Pohottuwa since it was her Pohottuwa support measure that cost her SJB slot. Diana voted for the 20th Amendment! This was clearly against her party’s decision. Anything better the party could have done for Diana?

Yet, Diana is undaunted. She attacks Sajith and the party in personal terms whereas Sajith Premadasa did his duty to ensure party discipline,

Support for 20th Amendment

But why did Dian support that awful legislation to clothe Gotabaya Sir with powers more than that of the President of the United States? Does she not regret that? Did she know before hand what 20th Amendment meant? Or did she think it was legislation to stop encroachment on temple land?

Well, she has lived in parliament months after that law had been passed. Diana should, surely, have witnessed the damage done? And where the country is heading?

The fact that she must have realised the damaging consequences of the law is clear. On that assumption Diana should have hidden her mortal body in a cupboard or disappeared during Lanka Lockdown. Now that she is sacked she should feel a guilt gone.

Full Of Dianas

To go on record, I haven’t heard Diana making any sensible speech in parliament – ever and the party badly needs good debaters.

The point is that our parliament is full of Dianas both in male and female formations. Most of the MPs are ignorant. Their economic literacy is low;their sociological literacy is low and even their political literacy is naive. Most persons want to become MPs for the perks; for the power to show their pakum to fellowmen;to get pensions; to eat free lunches and, of course, not blink an eyelid about the possibility of eking out a portfolio, which is the path to political nirvana.

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