Rajapaksa Bluffs again

by admin on Mar.12, 2010, under Sri Lanka

No 13+,
Now he is NOT sure of the ‘root cause of the ethnic conflict’
He will study the root cause of the ethnic conflict.
He wants to understand the causes behind the unrest among the minorities.
93, 823 Tamil IDP’s remain in the camps.

The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has decided in-principle to appoint a committee to study the root cause of the ethnic conflict, lessons learnt by the island-nation since sections of Tamils took to militancy in a bid to gain their rights and aspirations, and the challenges faced by the country since the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last May.

Disclosing this at a news conference here on Friday, the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, said the objective behind the move is to understand the causes behind the unrest among the minorities, conditions leading to the birth of the LTTE and how the island-nation can ensure that such a situation does not recur.

At present, 61,898 IDPs are at six sites in Vavuniya, while 1,347 IDPs are at two sites in Jaffna. Another 1,604 are at hospitals with their families. Accordingly, a total of 64,849 IDPs are in zones. The Minister further stated that 24,032 are out of camps on free movement while another 4,942 have not reported back to the camps on the date indicated by the IDPs. Accordingly, a total of 28,974 are outside the camps. . CONTINUE READING

Tamil asylum seekers sent back

The federal government has begun returning Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, amid signs that the threat to minority groups there and in Afghanistan is easing. Last night immigration officials were preparing to deport three Tamils from Christmas Island to Sri Lanka. Three have already gone and more are expected to follow, with 35 others from a range of countries with cases now before a merits review.

The deportations have implications for the people detained on Christmas Island and could act as a deterrent to asylum seekers still considering coming to Australia. CONTINUE READING

2 Comments for this entry

Karuppen
March 15th, 2010 on 11:17 pm
I agree with P John’s meaningful remarks. They are very simple to understand.

All my writings and posts are targeted towards a search for a peaceful solution to the grievances and agony the Tamils in Sri Lanka face today. We are more concerned with the root causes for the present condition rather than the agents who created this situation for the Sri Lankan Tamils.

When the UN official inquiry or the US initiative into Sri Lankan war crimes proceed, it will bring to the International War Crime Court not only the Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, his military hierarchy, but also all the surviving LTTE combatants, cadres and the Australian nurse wife of the late LTTE political wing advisor Mr Balasingam who handed out cyanide pills to child solders in combat zones during trainings in Sri Lanka. The lady lives in Surrey, England. She should be brought along with others before the International War Crime Court to face charges against humanity.

When justice knocks on your door, it never discriminates against anybody and its noise is loud enough to muffle the other moaning.

Nothing is more appealing to a disturbed human mind other than seeing another human life wallowing in pain and suffering before it loses its life.

The present plight of Sri Lankan Tamils is the result of a certain fragment of Tamil Diaspora who funded the combative manoeuvres through a war machine called LTTE against the helpless Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. An ethnicity glowed with its fine human values, the Tamils in Sri Lanka have lost their glamour by the exposure to war they did not wage against the majority Singhalese government in Sri Lanka. Now is the time Tamil Diaspora refrained from funding further genocide through any war machines. Free your mind from combative instincts and mould a policy of co-existence with the majority Singhalese. The time has come to discover the art of reconciliation.

Pretension will never help you free your mind. Do not pretend to yourself.

There is no other option for the survival of Tamil identity in Sri Lanka than an amicable reconciliation. To realize it, the Tamil politicians should create the climate for the workable platform through TRUST. Give it a chance to work out and it will enlist the global support of democratic governments in power today. Democracy defines its existence through creating its roots in volatile spots where peace is the escaping culprit.

The decimation of war machine LTTE and its shadow combatant roots have created a situation where a strong negotiation for peace is the antidote for the present situation the Tamils in Sri Lanka face today.

Luxury produces self-forgetfulness, but pain and suffering awaken the mind to a search for survival.
Karuppen
March 15th, 2010 on 7:32 pm
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Jaffna, Sri Lanka (CNN) — Raveendran Jenatha doesn’t exude the kind of excitement and wonder young adults often do when it comes to figuring out their future. She is 21 years old and confident about what her future holds. ”Nothing,” she said softly. Raveendran Jenatha is sure she has no future because of her past and what it has done to her. “Now I can’t do anything. That is the only problem,” she said. Then her sweet smile and confident tone broke, and she burst out in a moaning sob. Through her tears, she sputtered: “I need help for everything.”

I read this article with remorse and a tinge of pain in my heart.

This is the situation the Sri Lankan war has created. The post traumatic disorders are very rampant among war victims. A condition of seclusion becomes as a prerequisite for freeing the mind from the tormenting pain and suffering.

Hello, young lady. Brush up and wipe the tears from your eyes. Nobody can steal your life. Your life is within YOURSELF. Always within YOURSELF. The situation is going to change soon. Already there are signs of a rolling stone gathering momentum. Keep up the flame of hope in your heart.

Life condition for Tamils in Sri Lanka is going to change soon.
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I agree with P John to his proposing an idea of smooth talk.

A certain fragment of Tamil Diaspora, out of their cosy situation, has supported a cult to survive through propagating violence against the majority Singhalese government. The recent Sri Lankan war has clearly shown that those being supportive of combative manoeuvres were deeply entrenched in a combative policy at the disposal of security of Sri Lankan Tamils. Not only has the war displaced the Tamils to the present stateless and pathetic condition in their own country but also whittled down the collective identity of Tamil community.

It is imperative that Tamil political parties, irrespective of their differences, should cultivate an order of communication with the dissenting majority Singhalese political leaders in power today. Difference of opinion serves as a strong platform to identify unity in a collective voice. This is RECONCILIATION without losing communication. It is a good sign that TNA has dropped its nagging claim for an independent homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka. Anything revolved from the democratic platform has the charm of welcoming the support of democratic nations in power today. If the collective voice of the democratic nations gains momentum, it can tilt the scale in favour of an amicable solution to the grievances of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Even the UN can not sit back for fear of losing its face in the global politics navigation. The UN was created to solve the problems of global community through peaceful means, but not to be a voiceless organ of a spectator to the sight of commission of genocide of global citizens, the displacement of their simple happy life, and usurpation of their basic human rights to live as a human.

In all my writings and posts I have made it clear that RECONCILIATION is the only powerful weapon Tamils have today to draft a policy of survival in the history of their ethnic integrity in Sri Lanka.

One has to learn to reconcile oneself with one’s own differences before one marches forward to reconcile with others.

Luxury may fail to show its charm, but the pain and suffering of a community never fail to assert their claim for a social justice.

War does not decide who is right, but who is left.

War is the result of a failed policy of reconciliation.

Revenge is just like fire. Just as the fire destroys the wood, revenge will destroy life.

The only means of survival is to seek ways to diffuse knots of tension in relationship with others, be it an individual or a community.