Who killed Roshen Chanaka ?

Garment industry plays an important role in Sri Lankan export market strengthening our economy via foreign exchange. The contributors of the garment industry (employers and workers) should be thereby appreciated, supported and protected. 

However the incident that killed the youth Roshen chanaka cannot be undermined as an accident or riot. It is true that a police man has fired (or misfired) him but the story behind the incident should be evaluated widely to avoid further tragic incidents as such.

If we look from the beginning, the government’s proposed pension scheme was the motive for this demonstration. The context of the garment employment is different from other sectors to which the proposed scheme was most suitable therefore the garment workers do not benefit and an explanation is required to solve the problem. But did they really need to have a protest, should not the government listen to them if they do not protest. Who is behind the protest and what is his intention? A person or a group that really thinks about the benefit of the employees never put them in a danger.

A protest should be the action to be taken at last after failing all other efforts. But in Sri Lanka specially among some political groups the first line action is this. What the most of the people do not understand is many problems can be solved diplomatically without much trouble. Most of the protesters may not have known the full details of the proposed bill

Though the policemen open fired and killed a youth they are only partially responsible for the incident. If they are going to be punished persons who made them shoot also should be punished. The leaders of the protesters now are justifying their action as the withdrawal of the proposed bill by the government but the damaged occurred is not really justifiable.

Claim lives, Damage property, Halting manufacturing of export items which could be a great loss to our economy, wound people are really unnecessary to solve a problem which is justifiable. Any government that has a brain will not create unnecessary trouble leads to lose the faith of it voters. The leaders of the protests want to make a trouble via a potential loophole to tarnish the image of their oppositions and they do not love the employee though they try to pretend.

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To avoid these tragic incidents the government should show their flexibility over the solutions and the public should be made aware on how to communicate with the government in much acceptable manner.

It is advisable to introduce a leadership programme not only for the university students but also for the all the school leavers including how to handle a problem diplomatically.