• Political parties and politicians have lost the confidence among voters
• The only remedy for political leaders is to form an interim government for a limited period of one year  with a national programme to bailout the country

By Sandun A.  Jayasekera

Unless politicians of the country learn a lesson even from the current Sri Lanka cricket team, no one would be able to prevent them from getting out in politics with the ‘Hit Wicket’, former minister Dulles Alahapperuma said.  

“The political parties and politicians have lost the confidence among voters. The public are of the view that all politicians are rogues. This negative thinking on politicians in the electorate applied to me too. The route cause to this unhealthy public perception on politicians is the family centered politics that has been rooted in Sri Lanka. The political dynasties have no place in politics of this country anymore,” he added.

   
Mr. Alahapperuma went on to say that the only way to come out of the current unprecedented political degradation was to build a political force devoid of misappropriation of public funds.  

“You can’t find solutions to the present predicament of the country by shuffling the cabinet like a pack of cards once a month. We have the fifth cabinet today since 2019 and the second Prime Minister. Not a single leader of the government has shown the ability to save the country from the current mess. Therefore, the only remedy left for the political leaders of the country is to unite to form an interim government for a limited period of one year with a national programme to bailout the country,” Mt. Alahapperuma stressed.  
After one year, the people of the country would get the opportunity to decide the fate of the country, political parties and politicians in a general election, he added.   

There were 76 political parties registered with the Elections Commission while 52 of them had not contested any election. But those spurious political parties earn handsomely through drug peddling and by selling their party symbol at elections. Women and youth have no place in most of the so called major political parties. The hope of the youth who struggle to build a just society in Sri Lanka is to put a stop to the pickpocket politics prevalent right now in Sri Lanka, he emphasised.  

Mr. Alahapperuma requested the media to question political parties and politicians, to put them on the right track.