The leaders who tolerate and allow such conduct must be ashamed of themselves
by Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
( November 17, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Yesterday will be recorded as a tragic day in the history of Sri Lanka. Today would be a day on which the sentiments and feelings of all those who love their mother nation, irrespective of colour and party, were wounded
Yesterday would be a day on which all Sri Lankan people were humiliated and degraded
Some Members of Parliament, appointed to represent you and I within a democratic structure have degraded your vote through their conduct.
We cast our votes and send them to Parliament so that they can, as our representatives, work tirelessly for the development of the country and the wellbeing of us and our children.
However, their extremely poor and inappropriate conduct has made it humiliating to even refer to them as our representatives.
The leaders who tolerate and allow such conduct must be ashamed of themselves.
We commend and appreciate the People’s representatives who conducted themselves in a patient and modest manner during this tense and extreme circumstance.
The citizens witness these hurtful incidents with concern and patience
Our country is the oldest democratic nation in Asia. The people of a civilized democracy appoint members of Parliament as their representatives as it is impossible for the people to come together at every instance of decision making.
Is this the manner in which they who were appointed for decision making on our behalf, conduct themselves? Aren’t they, through such conduct, insulting us, who appointed them? Aren’t we being degraded?
The assaults – physical and verbal, directed at the greatly respected Honourable Speaker of Parliament, who was not only a former officer of the Army but also a senior citizen, is exceedingly humiliating.
There are many lessons we can learn from this tragic day to be marked in history.
It is only the general public, who can prevent events of this nature. It is only the general public, who can state that such conduct is viewed with extreme disgust. It is also the general public, who can urge that our vote and democracy be respected. It is only the general public, who can state that they stop humiliating us within and outside our country. It is only the general public, who can urge them to conduct themselves with a sense of decency for the sake us and our children.
The public is you. It is you who can act to prevent the occurrence of another similar event such as today.
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