Kauda meevata vagakiyanne

A couple of years ago, when the UNP was in power (but the Presidency was with the UPFA), the UPFA launched its election campaign against the UNP with the slogan “Kauda meevata vagakiyanne?” which means who is going to be responsible for this? or something like who would pay for this? Since the President had the control of the state media (TV and radio) every 15 minutes they blasted our eyes and ears with bullshit allegations of the UNP government trying to sell the water resources, industries, etc. and asked us “Kauda meevata vagakiyanne?” Then they won the election because the masses believed them. Now the UPFA won the presidential election by telling similar cock and bull stories of UNP conspiring with the LTTE etc. The people voted Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse, the UPFA candidate as the president. Just after the election people learnt how the LTTE helped Mr. Rajapakse to win the election by preventing the people in the North and East from voting and also by removing more than 200,000 known UNP supporters from the ballot list. The deal with the LTTE was a classic case of two extremes helping each other to keep control of its own territory. While publicly criticizing each other, they help each other behind the scene. After the election, the clashes between the LTTE and the government forces increased by more than 10 times. I can't even remember how many soldiers and sailors died after the election. So who is responsible for all this? “Kauda meevata vagakiyanne?” The UPFA would say that the UNP is responsible because the LTTE became strong during the ceasefire brokered by the UNP. But this is the stupidest excuse. UNP was in power for two years during the 4 years of ceasefire and even during that, for several months the President who was from UPFA had the ministry of defense under her. So why the hell didn't UPFA do any thing while it was in power? A more valid statement would be that the UPFA is responsible for the pathetic situation we are in now because they duped the public and won the presidency giving legitimacy to the LTTE extremists to wage war. This is a valid argument.

But if you ask me “kauda meevata vagakiyanne?” I would say it's the 3.8 million imbeciles who voted for the UPFA.

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