Bogollagama saga and defunct Rajapakse administration

By Vishvamithra

(March 20, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, recently acknowledged that he sought a UN job for his son. He defended his action stating that it was a ‘personal matter’ and as a father he would do
anything in his capacity to support his son who was ‘qualified for the job’ that Foreign Minister was canvassing for.

From the Sri Lanka’s point of view as a Nation, it is sad that Bogollagama - ‘rata venuven lovama dinu’ as his election posters says – who abused his office as the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, seeking support for his son and had the audacity to addressed a letter to Secretary General’s Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar. Having committed this despicable act it is unthinkable that Bogollagama had the confidence to defend himself against this serious allegation of misconduct.

Whatever he says to the print media, the Sunday Times that raised the unbecoming conduct of the Foreign Minister, there is no doubt that the intelligent people of Sri Lanka would condemn this person as someone betray the Nation - ‘puthu revenue rata pavadun.’ Thanks to twofaced Rajapake administration that talks about clean administration and does the completely opposite, and the opposition lead by spineless Ranil Wickramasinghe, people like Bogollagama are fortunate to hold any public office.

However, if a similar thing had occurred in a true democracy, like in the UK, there is no question that Foreign Minister Bogollagama would have been in hot water. For instance, for seeking help from the Immigration Directorate, to expedite a visa application made by his housemaid, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary of the UK lost his job.

All these actions lead the intelligent people to believe just one undeniable reality; what Rajapakse administration talks about clean administration to the People of Sri Lanka in the phase II of Mahinda Chinthanaya is simply rubbish.