By Dr. Nimalka Fernando, The Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka- By No one trusts politicians in Sri Lanka anymore. In addition to a growing budget deficit there is also a growing ‘trust deficit’ between the “politician” and the “citizen” which extends and permeates into every level and relationship in society.
Victims of Human Rights violations consider politicians to be responsible for the violence and pain they have undergone and continue to experience daily.
Civil society in general considers politicians to be an unreliable corrupt bunch. More adjectives will be added by readers of this article by way of comments later.
The level of untrustworthiness that degenerated to a criminality was given a strong message by society as they voted on 8th January 2015. They gave a strong message to politicians during the Presidential Election.
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