Govern as one, or be removed by the people.

Why the President and Prime Minister Must Lock onto the Nationalist Line Now

INTRODUCTION — THE PUBLIC DIDN’T VOTE FOR A MANIFESTO. THEY VOTED FOR SALVATION.

In 2024, Sri Lankans voted not for a detailed policy document, not for donor programs, and certainly not for ideological liberalism.
They voted for Anura Kumara Dissanayake-and the promise of decisive, nationalist governance.

They didn’t choose the system.
They chose a face to trust in a time of despair.

But what they weren’t told is that the Constitution they were voting under was already compromised-set up to fragment executive power, dilute national sovereignty, and turn governance into paralysis.

The only way to survive this sabotage now is for the President and Prime Minister to act as one.

Not as party leaders.
As constitutional defenders of the state.

PART I — THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRAP

Sri Lanka’s executive has been turned into a hostage.

Under the 19th and 21st Amendments:
• The President has lost legislative oversight
• The Prime Minister controls what enters Parliament
• The Constitutional Council blocks appointments and national direction

This is not a check-and-balance system.
It is a system built to disable a unitary government-a system designed by foreign-funded reformists and internal saboteurs to make strong national leadership impossible.

And it’s working.

Unless President and Prime Minister override it together, this country will be run from elsewhere,through proxy networks and policy puppets.

PART II — THERE IS A STRATEGIC FIX: UNITY, NOT AMENDMENT

Here is what legal activists and fake patriots won’t admit:

The 19A and 21A damage can be controlled-without constitutional change-if the two executive heads consult, coordinate, and govern in total alignment.

This is how you neutralize institutional sabotage:
• 🔹 Prime Minister consults the President on every bill before it reaches Parliament
• 🔹 Both leaders block any law or appointee that violates national sovereignty
• 🔹 They create a joint political and ideological force with the JVP’s socialist core to ride on the nationalist line the people voted for

No new law is required.
Just political discipline and national loyalty.

PART III — THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND, NOT WHAT YOU DEBATE

Let no one mistake this for political advice.
This is a demand from the people.

The public is not confused. They know what they’re watching:
“Ation.”
They know exactly what it means-Indianisation of the state, the economy, the ports, the energy grid, the land, and the future.

They know about:
• The Trincomalee energy deals
• The HVDC grid interconnection
• The port logistics
• The hidden clauses buried in foreign MoUs

And they know these were not debated in Parliament.
They were not explained to the people.
They were not signed with national consultation.

That is the issue.

Not inflation.
Not reform.
Ation.

PART IV — THE PEOPLE WILL STAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT IF IT STANDS WITH THEM

Many in government think the public is angry about slow progress.
But the truth is this:

The people will live with you through hardship. They will forgive mistakes. They will ignore media attacks.
But they will not forgive surrender.

The Indian MoUs will be tested in court. That legal battle is now underway.
Until then, the President, Prime Minister, and JVP’s socialist base must lock into a nationalist line-with clarity and loyalty to the country.

The people will stand by this government as long as it stands by the nation.

PART V — THE PRIME MINISTER IS THE ANTIDOTE TO INSTABILITY

The Prime Minister is not a separate power center.
In this broken constitutional model, she becomes the stabilizer, but only if she stands with the President, not above him.

Her constitutional role must be defined now:
• Stand by the President, 24/7
• Consult on all major decisions
• Filter every bill and appointment through the nationalist lens
• Reject ideological drift and liberal appeasement

The President alone cannot hold this state together.
The Prime Minister is the operational key to national survival—if she chooses to be.

PART VI -GOVERN AS A UNITARY EXECUTIVE OR FALL AS A DIVIDED REGIME

Sri Lanka is a unitary state.
But today, its government behaves like a coalition of confusion.

The people are not asking for new committees.
They are not asking for reshuffles.
They are asking for a single voice, a single purpose, and a single direction.

The 225 may be broken. The courts may be compromised. The system may be rigged.
But if the President and Prime Minister act as one nationalist executive, the government can still protect this nation.

If they don’t?
They will lose the people. And the people will bring them down.

FINAL WORD — THIS IS THE PEOPLE’S LINE. DELIVER IT OR MAKE WAY.

This is not a government. It is a test.
And the test is this: Will you stand together and defend the country, or drift apart and surrender it?

The courts will examine the MoUs.
The law will take its course.
But in the meantime, the executive has one job: to ride on a nationalist line that aligns with the people’s will-not with donors, liberals, or external agendas.

Consult each other.
Act as one.
Defend the country.

Or the people will decide it was never their government to begin with.

– Jihan Hameed
The Nationalist 🇱🇰



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