What’s going on in Sri Lanka and their constitutional crisis?
A.S.M Riad Arif writes for DOT :
What’s going on in Sri Lanka! A new Political Game show with a bizarre plot is running at the beautiful island country for last few days. They named the Drama as a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ and different political factors are behind on the scene. It has rarely witnessed in its modern history and now the matter of concern for all of the South Asian Nations. The General people of that country don’t want to watch any more drama, and they want that the democracy should be restored as soon as possible.
The Drama began when Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena stunned the country by sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, suspending parliament dissolving the Cabinet a weak ago. The crisis reached its extreme point when the President appointed the Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as their New Prime Minister who was accused of corruption and war crimes and also defeated the election of 2015. The sudden decision of the President induced a political turmoil in the country. The country also was plunged into political and economic uncertainty. The Parliament of Sri Lanka consists of 225 seats. The National party leaded by Ranil Wickremesinghe got 105 seats and Rajapaksa’s Freedom party secure 95 seats in 2015 election. But none of them have 100 seats now.
The New Prime Minister Rajapaksha has to prove his majority and if he fails President Sirisena will also resign. In that case, the country may have to arrange two new elections in national level both for parliament and president within a short period. But the current economy of Sri Lanka is not well enough. The GDP growth is only 3.1% now.
Among the SAARC nations, the condition of Sri Lanka is quite better in human development index. The literacy rate of the country is impressive near about 92 percent. So the political instability is a threat for the continuous progress. The circumstance is in effect intently viewed by regional opponents India and China, who are competing for impact in Sri Lanka.. It looked at a lot of South Asia; Sri Lanka was taking sensible steps towards responsible democracy in the course of the most recent two years. The ongoing activity has hampered this advancement, and youngsters of South Asia, are anxious about the effect this demonstration will have in Sri Lanka.
Though the history is never favoring with them. Sri Lanka has to face one of the longest-running civil war conflicts with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) more than nearly three decades. Since the Independence Sri Lanka has been loaded by political instability as the ruling government has neglected to settle the complaint of the Tamil minority in a path worthy to the greater part Sinhala populace. They had to face enormous economic and political problems and continued violent unrest in all areas of the country. Communal Violence in Sri Lanka frequently seems to have an old history. Sinhala and Tamil people group both tend to see their relationship as far as accounts which extend back for no less than 2,500 years. During the civil war Both the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE of participating in far-reaching human rights abuses, including abduction, conscription, and the use of child soldiers. So after the end of the civil war in 2009 people have found a new hope of progress. But the present political condition has the worst social and political factors which are affected to the Sri Lankan economy, and A parliamentary vote could defuse the emergency – yet and still, at the end of the day, supporters from the losing side could riot in displeasure. The President should ensure the stability in all possible ways along with the confidence of the international community.
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