UNPLUGGED ?

The attitude of the Sri Lankan government on the issue of the loan from IMF seems to be one of Shakespeare's "To Be or Not To Be" as different ministers, depending on their moods, sing a different tune a la "she loves me, she loves me not". But the deafening silence maintained by the co-architect of the "Chinthanaya", "Gel/Posh Wansa" defies all logic.

Right thinking people, with good memories (as distinct from those have been brainwashed and fed with Poonac) still remember how the erstwhile co-architect went round the country saying how he was going to "unplug" the wire from the World Bank as Sri Lanka was not a satellite country of the "rapacious" West and the Europeans and Americans along with the Indians, were conspiring to subjugate free and sovereign Sri Lanka. Like Alexander the Great (the duplicate cardboard version), he stormed the country side airing his empty rhetorics and ensured that his preferred choice for the Presidency won the election. Only a few realise that he is only just an empty air bag with nothing upstairs, but in countries like ours, it is the sound that matters, not the substance. Accepted that he has enough sound in his vocal chords and he has used it to his maximum advantage, although it is obvious that he is suffering from "verbal diahorrea"

But, alas, what has happened to his vocal chords now is rather a mystery. When his colleagues in the government are crying for the IMF Loan without which the county is going to be in real trouble very soon, Posh Wansa is maintaining his stoic silence. His solution (coming from a pea brain) of collecting all the gold bangles and jewellery of the women in the country (didnt say whether it included his wife's ornaments) and donating to the treasury did not find much acceptance with his colleagues (who would like to part with such hard (ly) earned assets what with the decline in arms purchases and less and less commissions coming their way)

What is more hilarious is the proposal brought forward by the Urumaya types with their chief priest declaring that there is no need for Sri Lanka to beg for foreign funds as the country is very rich in Gold - referring to the golden Buddha statues in the country - and that those could be sold ( to the foreigners ?) to raise enough funds to develop the country. What is shocking is that not even the Imperialist rulers who governed the country before independence thought of such a scheme out of respect for the religion of the majority. So it is a case of scatter brains and pea brains trying to outsmart each other and attempting to prove who is more patriotic.

Any fool will know that even to get a small loan from a simple Co-Operative, there are terms and conditions attached to it - such as guarantors, collaterals etc. But, what is hilarious and pathetic at the same time is how the Chintana types including the erstwhile governor of the Central Bank are trying to fool the gullible public by saying that the government will never agree to any terms or conditions as the country is a sovereign, blah blah...

One would definitely like to hear from the co-architect of the Chinthanaya his views on the IMF loan as it is obvious the other pro-Capitalist elements of the government are having an upper hand and simple people in the country have started believing that Gel Wimal of the National Fools Front has become mesmerized with the two foreign trips to Myanmar and Egypt accompaying the President and his mouth and the vocal chords are now "plugged" . Or is it ?

What remains for the government is to find a longer 3-core wire and put the plug back to the IMF/World Bank socket and not allow "errand boys" to make unnecessary noises which might spoil the game.