We just concluded an election to choose out next president. We ended up choosing the incumbent president for another term. I am not complaining, I too voted for him, both the times!
I in no means think he is perfect or he has the perfect team. But he seems like a man, who seta a vision and lets the others do their own thing. So sometimes he ends up getting the slack for all the blunders that others make. I think as president the buck stops at him.
I respect him for his courage to go all the way to finish the war, non withstanding the pressure applied on him by the western nations to halt it and give the terrorists another lease of life. My vote for him was a show of gratitude rather than anything else.
I think the UNP in the opposition would have been a more business centric party. They are perceived as private sector friendly. But the problem with them is, as much as they complain that the incumbent president keeps all business opportunities within the family, they keep everything within their boys club. A club consisting of the elite in Colombo.
But the other constituent party JVP, of the opposition was in stark contrast to UNP> So you could have never known how a government of the opposition would turn out to be eventually .
But either way, it would have made no difference to me. I am still pretty much a single person enterprise. And I am not on the lookout for any assistance from any government.
I am not looking at any policy changes in the government. All I want is peace and consistency. I would also like the government expanding the tertiary IT education. I think for the industry to grow, key is lots of skilled people. I know the hassle of finding good people (I am still looking BTW), and having more in the market will really help.
Having this president will help in a way to help us continue our lives without disruptions. A regime change would have disrupted the life flow in a big way. And a lot of people that I had met over the last couple of months, in view of starting businesses were in favor of the current government and some of them would have left the country if there was a change. As for me, I am looking forward to starting some of those ventures now that normalcy has returned to our lives again.
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