THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: Sri lankan people gained universal - TopicsExpress



          

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: Sri lankan people gained universal franchise in 1931, just two years after the British got this right. Also, Socialist/Marxist political parties emerged during the colonial times, prior to the Independence – in fact, Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) rapidly expanded into a mass party in the 1940s and became the leader of the opposition in the first post-independence parliament. These facts are quite relevant to the argument I have presented here. The point I want to emphasise is: nobody should underestimate the strength of Sri Lankan people’s deep-rooted democratic aspirations. With this background, in all probability, the ‘Sobitha Project’ could appeal to the masses’ deep-seated democratic aspirations in a unique way. Even on the government side there are many who hate the EP-System as “Sri Lanka’s Curse’. Therefore, on this one occasion, the entire-left must temporarily unite with the capitalist parties to campaign wholeheartedly to put Rev. Sobitha in power. The very election- campaign itself, on this issue of democracy, is bound to raise mass consciousness to new heights. The results of past elections and the nature of capitalist parties will become irrelevant to this unique campaign, if it happens. This is totally new. All forms of dogmatic thinking will be extremely counter-productive to the proposed ‘Sobitha-Project’ whose potential for new political developments, I think, is immense.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:38:46 +0000

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