Toxic President

Toxic people are those who know how to ruin any good occasion. We’ve all met someone in our lives who, when you’re celebrating a success, says something negative and spoils the moment. Well, now we have someone like that as our very president.

Anura Kumara is a deeply toxic character. Have you ever seen him see the good in anything? Even at his own party’s 60th-anniversary celebration, he couldn’t control his hateful emotions. He insulted his own colleagues, saying they weren’t “even fit to be doormats.” So, it’s no surprise that at the 16th War Victory Celebration, he didn’t give proper respect to the brave men who sacrificed their eyes, limbs, and lives for the motherland, referring to them as ordinary soldiers instead of “war heroes.”

A trait of toxic people is always putting down the achievements of others. Do you have such toxic people in your life? There are some men who, when their wife succeeds, don’t rejoice but find fault and belittle it. There are some fathers who, when their sons achieve something, don’t encourage them further but undermine the achievement. There are some friends who, when you get a promotion, make snide remarks. Imagine what it’s like when the president of an entire country is such a toxic person?

Did you see how he stood before the heroic soldiers who liberated Sri Lanka from the Tamil Eelam Tiger terrorism and said, “Even so, because there are still landslides, the country isn’t really free,” thus downplaying the very freedom they won? That’s exactly how toxic people behave. If there isn’t a fault, they’ll invent one and ruin your moment. A wife who gets such a husband is extremely unfortunate. A husband who gets such a wife is extremely unfortunate. Children who have such a father are extremely miserable. Children want to hear their father praise their achievements highly. Similarly, soldiers want to hear their president, their commander-in-chief, praise their sacrifices. Anura Kumara is not someone who can sincerely congratulate, appreciate, and praise. He’s a sad little man.

Anura Kumara has a little mind, a hateful mind, a toxic mind—truly a little man in every sense of the word. When such a toxic person becomes the president of a country, every relationship in the country becomes toxic. Isn’t that what’s happening now? Look at what happened to the Dalada Dekma. This time was the most disgraceful display in our history. National security is in complete disarray. Shootings every day. Roadside murders galore. Economy is collapsing. More and more people are leaving the country. Every action taken by the JVP becomes a completely unsuccessful joke. A country’s leader should not be a sick man who only sees faults in everything.

If you have toxic people like Anura Kumara in your life, avoid them. People who have no kindness, who are always scowling and miserable, are obstacles to your success. Associate with people who genuinely appreciate even your small successes. I’m not talking about fake flatterers. I’m talking about good people who encourage you further in your achievements. May The Dharma guide your way!

Eranda Ginige
21 May 2025

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