US warns Sri Lanka on war crime charges

The above is one of the headlines of The Straits Times today.  It may be a serious condition but made me laugh due to several reasons. Why do US and western community still worried about this terrorist and serial killer Prabhakaran. We all know that Saddam and Osama had been killed and Gaddafi will also be killed or arrested soon. They are terrorists outside US but even without the permission of the relevant governments the US killed them for peace.  Do you think US army did it without killing a civilian?

Our problem was domestic and no one (US and western community) ever cared 30 –year human right violati

Do you want this to happen again?

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on by Prabhakaran who owned a suicide bombing squad. When innocent civilians and children of all the races in the country were killed, when the child soldiers were trained, that too was reported internationally but no one cared.  Like they did to Saddam and Osama, they had power to catch the Prabhakaran but never happened. They waited until about 100000 died and only entered the problem at the very end of the war. That is also support to the LTTE. It is a surprise to learn that the western countries haven’t seen human violation in Sri Lanka until Channel-4 showed some biased videos.

I want to ask the US, UN and the western community how you justify the killing of Saddam, Osama and arrest warrant of Gaddafi  over the defeat of well known terrorist Prabhakaran. What made westerners upset about the defeat of the LTTE leader. Is it the jealousy or what?

What is expected from the Sri Lankan government? To re-establish the LTTE again?

Now Sri Lanka is a peaceful country. Please let Prabhakaran rest in peace as Saddam and Osama.

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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.

Leadership training for university students

University students are considered as adults, therefore they have the freedom to bear any political opinion and actively engage in political activities. However it should not ruin the university education system. Science the public money is used for the free education, university students have a responsibility to study well and contribute to the development of the country.

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However last few decades political activities inside the universities become influential beyond the limits damaging the peaceful education environment. Some radical political leaders try to transfer their political views to the new comers by force during the rag season. Although these parties pretend to respect the democracy they break the rule for the personal gain. Further they do not allow other political groups to introduce their political views. Now a day’s most of the university students are just school leavers at their early twenties. They haven’t been exposed to influential political environment earlier and that may lead them to follow what is introduced first.

Only small number of students directly involve in these destructive political activities (such as strikes, exam boycott), but the majority is afraid to raise their voice against them.

The government recently introduced a leadership training programme to the students selected for universities. The objective is to produce students, who are well disciplined, physically fit, knowledgeable and capable of conflict resolution at the end of the university life.

Although the programme is valuable and useful huge political influence against the programme goes on. Most of the protestors are not the students undergoing the training, their parents or university staff, but the people involve in politics.

The training programme is organized at different military bases due to the availability of infrastructure for large number of students such as accommodation, play grounds etc. As confirmed by the government the training does not involve military activities and completely harmless.

This training may help them to have liberal political views and avoid the physical and mental harassments at the rag and to continue university education without interruption. 

Pension scheme for the private sector in Sri Lanka

Many protests are going on these days to obstruct the implementation of the proposed pension scheme for the private sector.  Their main concern is threat to EPF and ETU. However it is timely requirement to understand the scheme well before protesting.

According to the government the objective of this scheme is to provide financial support for all the employees after retirement. This is a good idea for increasing elderly population.

The government will establish a fund for this scheme. The fund will be consisted of

• One billion rupees by the government,
• 2% of the salary from the employee,
• 2% of the salary from the employer,
• Money from the inactivated EPF accounts,
• 2% of the EPF at the time the employee obtain it etc.

The government does not halt EPF, ETF money or benefits and ETF, EPF schemes will be continued even after the establishment of new scheme.

A person needs to have a minimum of 10 year contribution to be entitled to the scheme. If the person stop contribution or die before 10 years 60% of the total contribution by the employee will be paid.

The benefits

• Employee will receive a monthly pension until his death after age of 60 years.
• Upon his death the wife will be entitled to obtained the pension until her death

What are the drawbacks?

• 10 year contribution and paying only 60% for the employees who couldn’t contribute for 10 years
• If the employee dies before 10 years no security to his family
• Age limit 60 years is too much for private sector
• Yet no clue about the amount of the pension that will be paid after retirement

To my knowledge the pension scheme is a timely requirement and people should help government to implement it minimizing drawbacks.

However most of the protesters do it without a sense for the sake of opposing the government.

What should the opposition parties and protesters do?

Come out with solutions to minimize the problems and to provide maximum (reliable) benefits to employees without trying to stop the whole process.