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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, June 24, 2017
TNA – Is It Taking The Tamils For A Ride? – Part II
Continued from yesterday….
It
is still not late for TNA to change its fruitless course for the sake
of future of Tamils to ensure its existence in Sri Lanka, preventing an
extinction through assimilation, It is imperative for TNA to join the
voluntary protests of the people already in progress, besides mobilising
protest campaigns for the other actions of the successive Sri Lankan
governments like the erection of numerous Buddha statutes and
constructions of Buddha Viharas where there is hardly any Buddhists,
(mostly in the North and East where Hindu/Christian/Muslims are in
majority and where the Chief Minister of Northern Provide is a Hindu and
the Chief Minister of Eastern Province is a Muslim) solely to carve an
image for Sri Lanka as a Buddhist Sinhala Country.
A
mass protest campaign either sit-in or satyagraha (Gandhian style) is
the need of the hour to free the lands unjustifiably and unnecessarily
seized and occupied by the security forces in the North. Lest TNA would
have to bear the blame of complicity in the Sinhalisiation aimed at
making the Tamils as minorities resulting in serious demographic
changes.
TNA
is also wholeheartedly supporting the government for most of its
legislations and actions when TNA must focus their attention and
campaign towards the international community viewing the
internationalised awareness of Tamils’ issues and grievances. First and
foremost is the issue of accountability for war crimes etc.
It
is worth quoting what the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia Butenis
stated in her memo to State Dept in 2010. “Responsibility for many of
the alleged crimes rests with the country’s senior civilian and military
leadership including President Rajapaksa and his brothers and
opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka” [http: Wikileaks.org Sri Lankan-President-alleged-war-html]
Secondly,
TNA must pursue its election pledges with no let up particularly the
setting up of a Federal system, failing which it is worth resigning the
parliamentary seats and call for a renewed mandate from the Tamils to
strengthen the demand.
Sri
Lanka’s agenda and fate of Tamils is lucidly and accurately forecast by
Gordon Weiss (Book Cage -page 227) “The evident brutality of the final
phase of Sri Lanka’s war, the treatment of the civilians population, the
post war militarisation, the rejection of accountability and the
political refiguring of the nation imply a political objective that has
little interest in the hearts and minds of those who were ‘rescued’. It
suggests, instead commitment to the complete subjugation of the Tamil
population by force, and an intention to sustain a grip over this
restive group through terror and ethnic cleansing”. Unfortunately
judging by the current trends on the ground, an astute sooth sayer might
guess that the future for Sri Lanka’s Tamil citizens is bleak”. (page
224)
“Under the guise of development, the Sri Lankan Government is indeed using its Army to control the economy of Tamils majority areas, and to change the demography” (Bourke – Australia – March 2012)
“Under the guise of development, the Sri Lankan Government is indeed using its Army to control the economy of Tamils majority areas, and to change the demography” (Bourke – Australia – March 2012)
“The
extinction of Tamil Tigers has once again made possible the total
domination of the narrative by the state” . (Gordon Weiss – Cage Page
225)
There
is little doubt the former UN Official Gordon Weiss who worked in
numerous conflict and natural disaster zones – like Bosnia, Afghanistan,
Darfur and Haiti, has even-handedly analysed the politics and war of
Sri Lanka, and it is hoped Sri Lanka will change its destabilising and
destructive course and
embark on the path of justice, accountability and reconciliation
sincerely and honestly with concrete actions and without empty promises
and undertakings to the UN and International community.
For
the time being, TNA must cease to continue the history of betrayal and
breach of trust and promises staining the dignity of Tamils.
Sampanthan’s
worry and concern for the survival of this Government rather than the
survival of the Tamils is simply unrealistic and just poor judgement.
Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi’s [ITAK’s] latest distressing episode in relation to Chief Minister of Northern Province Wigneswaran appears to be descending in to a full scale crusade to remove a principled person who has risen like a Goliath to challenge the trio ( Sam, Sum, Mavai) of ITAK.
Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi’s [ITAK’s] latest distressing episode in relation to Chief Minister of Northern Province Wigneswaran appears to be descending in to a full scale crusade to remove a principled person who has risen like a Goliath to challenge the trio ( Sam, Sum, Mavai) of ITAK.
This
is nothing but a disgusting spectacle unfolding pitting one group of
Tamils against another group of Tamils even calling for Hartal to show
the strength as a non-violent struggle. By these actions, the Tamil
leaders have plainly, simply fallen into the divide and rule trap of
government to destabilize the Northern Provincial Council and paint a
picture of disunity, lack of dedication and determination to agitate for
the causes of Tamils with hoards of problems facing the Tamils who are
still suffering after the brutal war. It is thus unpardonable for the
Tamil leaders to waste their time and energy for the sake of self-glory,
power and promoting of party interests at the expense of suffering
Tamils.