Reconciliation is defined as: to re establish
cordial relation ship. And acceptance
is defined as: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be
accepted as true.
Hence to
talk about reconciliation as re establishing cordial relations is not what is
required after 30 years of terrorism.
The pre-existing relation between the Tamils and the Sinhala had not
been cordial because it was that which had gone sour for
the Tamil youths to consent to India
to accept terrorism India proposed to setup a Tamil
Homeland.
But now
with the dawn of a new era of peace and freedom after elimination of terrorism,
what we want is not that cordial relationship which went sour, but some thing different. What we want today is a mental acceptance of a believable friendship for which the
other community has extended its arm.
The
President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri
Lanka has laid the background for a unity of
the Communities . It is now up to the
communities to react to the need to set aside the narrow Communal Identity to bring together the
people into one whole Nation of Sri Lankans.
Those who
stand in the way of it are those
unpatriotic elements who think of their own interest rather than that of the
people as a Nation.
Who stands
in the way of a unity of all Communities
?
First it is
the TNA-Tamil National Alliance which is
a “stinking vomit” of the psychopathic
terrorist Prabhakaran. TNA has no future
until and as long as the Tamil Community
acts separately seeking a mirage of a Tamil Homeland, profusely financed
by the blood money of the Terrorist
Front Organisations and the Catholic Church through the Global Tamil Forum of Catholic Fr. Emmanuel,
and Desmond Tutu of South
Africa.
TNA would
be a barrier for Tamil Sinhala Unity. In the effort to bringing the Communities
together we cannot afford to have at the same time Tamils with political dreams
hatching conspiracies against the Nation.
Therefore the government should consider disbanding TNA as a political
party. It violates the Article 157 of
the Constitution in breach of their oath of allegiance to uphold it.
Next the
UNP, which is essential as an alternative political party in a democratic
System, but that democracy should not be a means to undo what had been done by
a previous government, but with policies with possibilities of improving on
it for the greater good of Sri Lanka. Unfortunately UNP in that respect is not the
alternative necessary, it would be a disaster if the UNP would now come to
power by the remotest of chances.
The
political environment in Sri
Lanka
has already changed positively from what it had been before. Sri Lanka which had been playing second fiddle to UK,
USA
and other Commonwealth Nations, with almost a slavish mentality, unable to get
even a loan from IMF without attached conditions is now a nation which has come
out into a middle income Country.
The
Government of Mahinda Rajapakse has thrown a large diplomatic net. In its
foreign policy. Mahinda Chintanaya states, “…I will follow a
non-aligned, free and progressive foreign policy. Priority will be given in the
political, defense, economic, trade and cultural spheres to the cordial and friendly
relationships that we already have with countries in the Asian region including
India, Japan, China
and Pakistan.
It is my belief that the United Nations Organization and the International
Financial Institutions should be more democratic in their approach. We will
actively intervene in this regard. It is my intention to strongly implement
international treaties, declarations on anti-corruption. This will enable us to
act under the international law against those found guilty of corruption, when
engaging in trade with foreign countries or foreign institutions. I will create
a foreign service which has a correct awareness of our history, economic needs
and the cultural heritage.”
New foreign
policy of Sri Lanka has
deviated from its dependence on its former
Colonialist UK, and “ half friend-half enemy” states like Canada, USA,
Australia, France, Germany
and India.
It has got closer to China, Japan , Pakistan,
Russia, Iran, South Korea,
Burma, and Vietnam. It has extended its diplomatic
ties to Algeria, Morocco, Sudan,
Tunisia, Ethiopia, Tanzania
and Uganda
and so on.
Therefore
an alternative political party succeeding the present Government of President
Rajapakse cannot alter the situation of the country vis à vis its Foreign
Policy. If Sri
Lanka is to stay on the path of progress
traced by Mahinda Chintanaya, it cannot have the present UNP with its
leader and its painful “voice boxes” like Mangala Samaraweera, Lakshman Kiriella
, Tissa Attanayake, Jayalath Jayawardhane, Ravi,
Karunanayake, Karu Jayasuriy, Sajith Premadasa and a whole host of others who
are not mature and wise to politics.
How could
the people trust the UNP Leader Ranil
Wickramasinghe to lead the nation one day as the President of Sri Lanka, if he
is unable to act wisely and speak without damaging the security of Sri Lanka, if he as it was reported “….took part in a
hunger strike organised by the TNA, Nava Sama Samaja Party, Western Province
People’s Front, Tamil People’s Liberation Front, several other political
parties, Fishermen’s Solidarity Groups and a few other organizations opposite
the Durga Amman Kovil in Telippalai, declared yesterday that the High
Security Zone at Palaly could be dismantled without any harm being caused
to the security of the area.” ? Security of the Country and its people
should take priority over selfish
political ambitions
It is no
use speaking of JVP as an alternative government, as they have already lost its
political base now standing precariously
on the toes of one foot.. Only thing that keeps it going is its “big
mouths”, and the large crowds that come to hear them, but not to vote for them.
In other
words Sri Lanka
has still no Political Party that could replace the President Mahinda Rajapakse
and his Government. If as they say the Amendment 18 to the Constitution could
extend the rule of Sri Lanka
by the Present President and his government for a further period of time so
much the better for Sri
Lanka.
Who else
stands in the way of Unity of Communities in
Sri Lanka
?
There are
of course the Tamil Media that is all out to separate the Tamils from the rest
of the Communities. Uthayam News Paper in Jaffna
if it continues its racist campaign should be
banned. Then there are many other
News Papers like the Daily Mirror, Sunday Times, Lakbima, The Island, Sunday
Leader which have no serious concern for
a unity of all Communities. Then there
are the electronic websites in the net such as the GroundView, TamilNet, Colombo
Telegraph, Sri Lanka Guardian, Ceylon Today, and number of others.
As an
example of this separatist media policy the editorial of “ Ceylon Today “ writes, “…No meaningful debate has been initiated by the regime to
involve the interested parties towards a lasting solution. No constructive
dialogue has been encouraged to bring the main grievances of the Tamil people
to public awareness; no signal has been given as to the government's stance on
the core issues of the Tamil population in the country – Tamil homeland,
implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, land and police
powers to be devolved to the provinces and so forth….”.
If there is so much of opposition to the Communal integrating to form a
United Sri Lanka, putting behind their
narrow homeland concepts, why keep harping on reconciliation because it was
conceived by the LLRC. Reconciliation
will not work as long as there is no mental acceptance of a desire to unite
forces for a common goal to achieve- a unity of all peoples of Sri Lanka. Therefore to accept that we should unite forces,
leaving aside the racial demands
of a Tamil homeland, or devolution of political power.
Hence, what is wanted is for the Tamil Community to accept the fact
that their future lies being together with the Sinhala and Muslim Communities
without aspiring for a separate Homeland
proposed by the Tamil Political leaders as a means for them to exist as political
leaders planning the future of the poor Tamils according to their desire and
that of the Expatriate Tamil Terrorist Front Organisations who have no interest in the Tamil people but
on a Tamil Homeland where they would be the
Leaders.
Therefore a resolution by the USA
to implement the recommendations of the LLRC and hasten reconciliation is
dragging Sri Lanka
back words instead of taking it progressively forward. Hence what is necessary is an acceptance of a future together with all
communities working towards a One Nation State.
We are not bound to accept “reconciliation” because USA which knows nothing about our country, our
people or our culture, proposes it in a resolution against Sri Lanka in Geneva.
USA’s hidden interest in
purported welfare towards the Tamils, and accountability to weaken Sri Lanka, is no secret to us. Their primary interest is a foreign
strategical policy of using Sri Lanka in countering the influence of China in Asia.
Another call of the
International Community, Tamil National Alliance
and the anti Sri Lanka
forces is the devolution of political power to the North and East.
Devolution of political power to the North and East is a meaningless
demand. If it is granted then it would
be to separate North and East from the rest of the country. It is the creation of a Tamil Homeland, to
which even the ordinary Tamil people will not agree. Homeland concept is a left behind appendix of
the terrorists sanctified and being worshipped by the TNA and the Expatriate Tamil Terrorist Front Organisations
in foreign lands. We should sacrifice
devolution of power , in favour of sharing of power.
Sharing is defined variously, as: unselfishly willing to share with others,
having in common.
It is this sharing that should be encouraged between the Tamils, the
Sinhala and the Muslims.
The Sinhala
people have this sense of sharing, they learn it from their childhood. The Sinhala did not wait until other communities joined them to fight terrorism. They went
unselfishly head on into it. They are altruistic. They were going to rid of the terrorists to
bring peace to the country and that peace they
bring, they would share with all
communities no matter whether they participated in the war or not, to deliver
the country from the terrorists.
But in such
an altruistic undertaking, it is sad to
see now the SLMC thinks it fit to threat the government, “The Sri Lanka Muslim
Congress (SLMC) has said it will not have second thoughts of quitting the
government if it fails to establish the Kalmunai Coastal district office.”
This is how
other Communities profit from the sacrifices made by others for their peace ,
freedom and tranquility.
What did the Tamils in the diaspora do, while
the Sinhala Soldiers were dying in thousands fighting against the terrorists to
bring peace to the Tamil people in the North and East ?
Living in
their comfortable homes in foreign lands, when the terrorists were herding the
mass of civilian Tamils like herds of goats from place to place, the Tamils of
the diaspora were collecting US Dollars in millions to be sent to the
terrorists to carry on their terrorism and extend the suffering of the poor
Tamil Civilians in the terrorists controlled areas.
It is now
fun for the Tamils of the Tamil Terrorist Front Organisations, to carry the
terrorist flag and make manifestations and invite Canadian Ministers or British Parliamentarians to
their manifestations and make them listen to their anti Sri Lanka rhetoric. And hear
shameless Canadian Ministers, and British MPs make speeches in praise of the
valiant terrorist fighters who took the Sri Lanka Armed Forces “by their
horns”.
All that
should stop if any one really cares for the welfare of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. The only way out for the Tamil people in Sri
Lanka, for their peace, freedom and happiness,
is not another spate of terrorism, but it is in learning to live wholly with the
other Communities, sharing in their happiness in peace and freedom, in
their pain and pathos, living together in
whole of Sri Lanka, and not only in a part of it.
In moving
the resolution against Sri Lanka
last March, 2012, at the UNHR Council in Geneva
the US
Ambassador Eileen Donahoe said:
“Our view
is that if there isn’t some form of truth and accounting of these kind of
mass-scale atrocities and casualties, you can’t have lasting peace, You sow the
seeds of future conflict.”
These are
fine sounding words, if it had come from some one else, but not from Eileen Donahoe the American Ambassador in Geneva, who represents
USA which is guilty , completely and wholly guilty of the human rights violations, mass scale atrocities
not only in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria, but also innumerable
instances of most dastardly acts of criminal and savage Abu Gharaib prison
torture, torture of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camps, and multitude
of murders in Drone attacks. (not to mention their murders in Vietnam, killing of Afghan
Civilians by American Soldiers etc.)
Those words
of Eileen Donahoe are better addressed to her own American State Department, as
USA deserves those words
thousands time more than Sri
Lanka.
After
hearing the jubilating news of the
passage of the USA Resolution against Sri Lanka
the Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton had said, “…that
the United States and the
international community “had sent a strong signal that Sri Lanka will only achieve lasting
peace through real reconciliation and accountability.”
In the atrocities committed by USA and the International Community in their
theatres of war outside their home
countries, where the dead are the
poor civilians, foreign and
unknown, for whose deaths they have no
tears to shed. And paradoxically no one is
their to ask them for accountability.
In the
light of these atrocities committed by the USA
and the International Community one wonders whether they were really wearing
clothes when they moved the resolution against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka which fought a war against “home made” terrorists within its territory
cannot be asked for accountability least of all by USA
and the International Community who at this very moment continue to kill
innocent Civilians in Pakistan
with their ever present Drones.
