Constitutional Reforms--My Foot

" To have constitutional reforms, there must be a constitution. Sri Lankans have not had one since 1978. That bundle of papers called the 'Constitution', was a practical joke that JR Jawardene played on Sri Lankans and the outside world. He is still having the last laugh."
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by Our Political Editor

(July 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The joke these days is to talk about constitutional reforms. It is the Like the Maranthika Upavasaya. If it is meant as a practical joke, there is no harm, but, some people take these things seriously.

To have constitutional reforms, there must be a constitution. Sri Lankans have not had one since 1978. That bundle of papers called the 'Constitution', was a practical joke that JR Jawardene played on Sri Lankans and the outside world. He is still having the last laugh.

In essence a constitution is a document that says, "The Law is King". What the Sri Lankan 'Constitution' says is, "To hell with the law. I, the executive president am king!"

When there is a king other than the law, the supreme law is nothing more than a supreme joke.

Sri Lanka will begin constitutional reforms only when its people say, "We have no other king than the law".

Until that day comes let's call a joke a joke.