Kolombians are a distinct people from Colombo who know much -- so much that they are wont to think that others don't know and can't think. They have things to say. A lot of things to say. The entire country can learn from them. This is the twenty first in a series published in 'The Nation' under the title 'Notes of an Unrepentant Kolombian'. Scroll down for other articles in this series.
‘Good Governance’ for us is about one thing and one thing
only: governance that serves the interests of Kolombians. Birthright. It is as simple as that.
This is why I am a bit peeved with Ranil about cowing down
to Maithripala and appointing a committee to look into allegations of insider
trade implicating the Central Bank Governor. The only good thing about it is that the
investigators are all lawyers. Everyone knows that this particular tribe has
been cozy with the UNP. Well, the
majority at least. My bet is that the
three worthies were all part of the ‘UNP Lawyers’ Collective’. If that’s the case, our man is safe.
But all that is beside the point. The point is that Ranil seems to have
forgotten he’s a Kolombian. He’s gone
way overboard with the good governance thing; i.e. good governance a la Maithripalanaya. Good governance Kolombian-style is ok, as
mentioned above. I am more than a tad annoyed with young Harsha
De Silva as well, for he’s being promising to get to the bottom of the
affair. It is one thing to rant and rave
about the previous regime but this is something else. After all Mahinda and Co were not really
Kolombians, although they did look after our larger interests. In this instance, Harsha is acting the
turncoat. He can’t do this to our
guys. It’s not cricket.
Arjuna Mahendran stands accused. His son-in-law made some bucks. Well, not
just some bucks, but a ton. Then again,
there’s nothing illegal there. The question
being asked is, ‘how did he know?’ Yaaaawn!
That requires an investigation?
It is quite the done thing, didn’t Harsha know?
Now it is not as though young Arjuna Aloysius, the smart
son-in-law, cottoned on to the immense potentials of the investment world after
papa-in-law became Governor. The boy was
always smart. He started making bucks
long before anything thought Maithripala should contest. Now we don’t know if everything he did at the
time was above board, but it is not strange that those who said there was hanky
panky under Mahinda have gone silent on investigating those so-called mega
deals.
If anyone made mega deals, trust me, there has to be a
Kolombian at the bottom of it because you need to be clever to do such things
and there are none cleverer than our boys and girls. And that’s exactly the problem here. If Ranil, Harsha and others are keen to probe
our man Mahendran, why on earth don’t they show any enthusiasm about
investigating the racketeers in the previous regime? They got that one right but they are so wrong
in this instance. That’s
double-standards. Inconsistency. To me it spells ‘ominous’.
There are no half-way measures when it comes to taking care
of Kolombian interests. There can’t be
compromise. Ranil’s problem is that he
has scripted compromise by bringing in this good governance nonsense. Now I have nothing against rhetoric, white
lies and reneging on election promises, but it is scandalous to take your own
rhetoric seriously.
Right now I am wondering and folks this is really serious:
is Ranil a closet yakko or let’s say
a yakko-wannabe? I certainly hope not. Now that he has appointed a panel of lawyers
to investigate, they should hurry up and come to the ‘logical’ conclusion: NOT
GUILTY. And that’s it. We don’t want any more investigations into
any Kolombian. If Ranil doesn’t comply
we will outcast him, along with all this good governance, maithripaalanaya and
what not. We are serious.
There is a thing called white collar crime. It means ‘crimes which go unpunished’. In Sri Lanka you could also call it Kolombian
Crime. We do it. No punishment. That’s the cardinal rule. Yakkos, now, are different. If they cross the line they get rapped on
their knuckles. Kolombian knuckles are
un-rappable. Ranil has to understand
this. Or risk it all.
Shortcuts to becoming a Kolombian
A Kolombian's worst nightmare
The Bourse is ours!
You name it, Kolombians own it
We shall not be re-named
Get off my walkway!
Thank you Mahinda for the Avacado Prawns!
English is a feel-good thing na?
Dear Percy, your membership card is ready
Forget Mahinda and Maithree, Alistair Cook is the Kolombian choice!
One day we will acquire 'class conciseness'!
Mahinda, Maithripala and their Money-Pestos
A Kolombian's worst nightmare
The Bourse is ours!
You name it, Kolombians own it
We shall not be re-named
Get off my walkway!
Thank you Mahinda for the Avacado Prawns!
English is a feel-good thing na?
Dear Percy, your membership card is ready
Forget Mahinda and Maithree, Alistair Cook is the Kolombian choice!
One day we will acquire 'class conciseness'!
Mahinda, Maithripala and their Money-Pestos
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