It's
sorry thamai for some blues, all greens and reds
"Thaaththa," Bindu Udagedera asked, "what do you
think of the election?"
"Well, it was all very peaceful wasn't it?" Bindu's father
Percy said.
"Yes, thaaththa," Bindu said, "but what do you think
of the outcome?"
"Well, Mahinda maama appears to have won a vote of confidence,
even more so than in November…" Percy said.
"And
there are so many people who will be unhappy with that…"
Bindu suggested.
"Who would they be?" Percy wanted to know.
"Why, thaaththa, the Greens, the Reds and even some of the
Blues themselves wouldn't be very pleased…" Bindu said.
"Who are the Blues who would be unhappy with what they have
got?" Percy asked.
"Why,
thaaththa, Satellite would be very unhappy now…" Bindu
observed.
"Why shouldn't she be happy?" Percy queried, "the
party of which she is the leader has swept the polls…"
"But thaaththa," Bindu explained, "she was claiming
that the Reds were eating into the Blue votes and that Mahinda maama
was foolish to have an alliance with them…"
"That
may be so," Percy agreed, "but shouldn't she still be
happy that her party won?"
"I am not so sure about that, thaaththa," Bindu said,
"because now Mahinda maama can make a greater claim for the
party leadership itself…"
"That is true," Percy conceded, "and if he does that
now, it would be quite difficult for Satellite to say 'no'…"
"But
I do feel sorry about the Greens too…" Bindu said.
"I wouldn't be sorry if I was a Green…" Percy said.
"Why do you say that, thaaththa?" Bindu wanted to know.
"Why, we all knew the Greens were only fighting among themselves
and would be on the losing side…"
"And,"
Bindu recalled, "they had lost several local bodies on nomination
day itself, because of their inefficiency…"
"And that is probably why they were being called the 'Unanduwak
Nethi Pakshaya' even before the election…" Percy said.
"But still, thaaththa," Bindu said, "this defeat
would make life even more difficult for the Green Man…"
"Yes,
but there are others about whom we should be feeling even more sympathetic…"
Percy said.
"Who is that, thaaththa?" Bindu asked.
"Why, Bindu," Percy said, "Wimal and his rathu sahodarayas
who were saying 'gama javipeta' and predicting that they will win
the most number of local bodies…"
"Why,
thaaththa," Bindu recalled, "they even said that Mahinda
maama was in power because they took pity on him and supported him
and that they could oust him at any time…"
"I think that has changed slightly now…" Percy said.
"Why do you say that, thaaththa?" Bindu wanted to know.
"Why, Mahinda maama can give them the 'karapincha' treatment
now…" Percy suggested.
"What
do you mean by that, thaaththa?" Bindu was puzzled.
"Why, now that he has got the best out of them for his own
election, Mahinda maama
can discard the rathu sahodarayas at any time, because he knows
he can win an election on his own now…" Percy explained.
"Maybe we should call the rathu sahodarayas the 'Janathaavata
Vishwaasayak-nethi Pakshaya…" Bindu proposed.
"The
people certainly don't seem impressed with their organisational
skills alone…" Percy agreed.
"But thaaththa," Bindu asked, "were these elections
so free and fair because the national identity card was required
for voting…"
"I am not so sure about that" Percy said, "but something
else is certain…"
"What is that, thaaththa?" Bindu asked.
"The
national identity cards stolen by the rathu sahodarayas in their
reign of terror in the late eighties haven't been of much use at
this election…" Percy said.
Looking at the election results, Bindu couldn't disagree.
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