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With no legitimate constitution Sri-Lankan security forces have no right to be in Tamil areas.

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

I attach two of my published articles explaining why Sri-Lanka has had no legitimate constitution (and therefore no rule of law) since the 1972 abolition of the Soulbury Constitution under which Ceylon was granted independence in 1948. In fact the unapproved drafts (constitution?) Ceylon has been working to since 1972 are rubbish! 

With no legitimate constitution Sri-Lankan security forces have no right to be in Tamil areas. They should get out of Tamil Eelam and stay out of Eelam!  

Will you accept this democratic challenge? Your party and other Singhala political parties as well as the Buddist clergy can put forward the joint Singhala case. You can employ any number of lawyers and barristers. We Tamils are ready……..  By Mr P. Varothasingham

TAMILS AROUND THE WORLD SHOULD CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

SOVEREIGNTY, NORTH-EAST MERGER AND INDEPENDENCE

Ceylon was granted independence in 1948 under the Soulbury Constitution which conformed to the well established constitutional principles of separation of powers and rule of law. The inhabitants of the island through their representatives had agreed unanimously on this constitution for governing the island. This constitution made the island a unitary state and the minority communities agreed to this structure on account of Article 29 of the constitution which prohibited discrimination. 

However, the Singhala majority soon began to pass discriminatory legislation such as the Official Languages Act. Matters came to a head in an unrelated case that arose in 1964 – the Bribery Commissioner v Ranasinghe which reached the Privy Council. Analysing the law making powers of Parliament as contained in Article 29 their Lordships of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council stated that “Article 29 represents the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental conditions on which they accepted the constitution and these are unalterable under the constitution”. So Article 29 cannot be amended even with a two-third majority in the House of Representatives. Thus all discriminatory legislation including the Official Language Act were invalid. 

The only way open to the Singhala majority to get rid of Article 29 was to get rid of the whole constitution using  a two-third majority in the House of Representatives and then draw up a new constitution that allowed discrimination. All Singhala political parties were united in this aim. The SLFP-LSSP-CP alliance led by Srimavo Bandaranaike campaigned for the 1970 general election asking the Singhalese people to give them this two-third majority needed to abolish the Soulbury constitution. The general election gave them a landslide victory and they secured the two-third majority. 

Srimavo then went about dismantling democracy in Ceylon. First the upper house (Senate) was abolished. then  the right of appeal to the Privy Council was abolished. The government declared that all elected members of the House of Representatives were concurrently members of a parallel body called the “Constitutional Assembly” and went about drafting a new constitution. The Federal Party initially attended the Assembly but when their suggested amendments to protect the Tamils were rejected they walked out. So the constitutional procedure was a sham. 

The draft produced by the Singhala MPs ignoring Tamil rights was not then put to a constitutional referendum which would have resulted in all he Tamils totally rejecting it. The draft was produced and approved by the Singhala MPs in the House of Representatives which is nonsense. It is the people who are sovereign, not parliament which is only an elected body. So the draft has no legal status until it has been validated by the people in a constitutional referendum. It is not even an approved draft because the Tamils MPs did not approve it. In 1977 the UNP alliance won a two-third majority and similar constitutional nonsense was repeated by the newly elected Singhala MPs producing a new draft. Let us look at some world examples. 

In 1993 Russia produced a proper new constitution when the draft approved by the assemblies of the various the states and regions was validated by a constitutional referendum. In 1994 South Africa had a constitutional referendum to validate a new draft constitution produced by the elected members of the assembly. A few months ago we saw how a new constitution was brought into force in Iraq by a referendum. 

The Tamils around the world should call for an international constitutional court to hear both sides including historic evidence and facts and adjudicate. There is a recent precedent for this. In March 2001 an international constitutional court comprising a panel of 5 international and commonwealth judges heard the dispute (the two sides were represented by British barristers one of whom was from Cheri Blair’s chamber) and declared that the Fiji military takeover of government was illegal and made to resign. 

The historic details of Tamil Eelam are well documented in the book written by the former Tamil MP for Kayts  Mr Navaratnam.. 

P. Varothasingham

SOVEREIGNTY, NORTH-EAST MERGER AND INDEPENDENCE

Sovereignty  

1. Tamils in Eelam have always voted for Tamil political parties and elected Tamil representatives. No Singhala political party has ever had any significant support in Tamil homeland, unlike in Scotland where the Labour Party has 45% support, still there is a separate Parliament for Scots). So Tamil Eelam has never been a constituent part of Singhala Sri Lanka, and the Tamils must have their own separate Parliament.  

2. Parliamentary Sovereignty is a common law tradition which only applies in UK due to UK’s long period of political development. With no single document which can be called UK’s constitution, Parliament is supreme and it can make or unmake any law. If UK adopts a written constitution (draft written constitution legitimised by a constitutional referendum) then Parliament will have to comply with the provisions of the constitution. 

3. In all other countries it is the people who are sovereign, not Parliament which is only an elected body. So Sri Lanka’s National Assembly is not a sovereign body. Delhi Parliament is also not a sovereign body. They are merely elected bodies and not supreme in their own right.                                                                                                                 

4. In 1972 the Singhalese lawfully abolished the Soulbury Constitution (under which Ceylon was granted independence in 1948). But they failed to legitimise the new draft constitutions (in 1972 and 1977) by referendums. These drafts were produced by Singhala MPs but they were not approved by Tamil MPs, so they are not even approved drafts. So the island of Ceylon has had no constitution since 1972 and the Singhalese have been working to documents which have no legal status, they are rubbish! 

5. Whilst the island of Ceylon was under no constitution, the Tamils, in 1977, voted for separation and independence. The Sri Lankan National Assembly has no power to override this decision because it is not a sovereign body (see paragraph 3 above). 

6. The next logical step for the Tamils should have been a referendum, restricted to the Tamils, on independence. This was not in fact necessary because of 1 above, ie Tamil Eelam was never a constituent part of Singhala Sri Lanka. Besides, in the 1977 general election ALL 18 Tamil constituencies voted for independence, which was effectively a referendum giving the consent of the Tamils authorising separation and independence. 

Power and Authority 

7. Authority is power exercised with general approval of the people, say, following a general election.  Power is getting things done by people even if they do not wish to obey. People submit to authority because they accept its legitimacy, to power out of fear for the consequences of not so doing. A government needs both authority and power. The invading forces in Eelam have power but no authority. A government in exile may have the authority but no power. In diplomacy a legitimate government which has authority is called ‘de jure’ government. A government that does not have authority but is nonetheless effectively in control is called a ‘de facto’ government. 

North-East Merger 

8. In the joint Northern-Eastern provincial council election held in November 1988, in the Eastern province the Tamils won 17 seats and the Tamil Muslims won 17 seats. The Singhalese won just one seat. The provincial council election was for the merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces. The merger was to be confirmed by a referendum but it was never held as it was not considered necessary due to the overwhelming Tamil victory. The people in the Eastern province exercised their sovereign authority and voted for the merger. The Colombo government has no authority to de-merge east from the north, neither does the unelected judiciary from Singhala Sri-Lanka.

 UK may recognise a new state but it does not recognise regimes. Eelam may be recognised once the Tamils agree on a democratic constitution. The government formed from the elected representatives will then be recognised. The UK Institute of Public Policy Research has produced a draft written constitution for UK. This could a starting point for drafting the constitution for Tamil Eelam. 

Indian Constitution and Indian Unity 

9. In Canada the state of Quebec is French speaking as opposed to the rest of the states which speak English. The major political party in Quebec wanting separation won power in state parliament and took their case to the Supreme Court of Canada (which is Canada’s highest constitutional court). In1998 the 9 judges of the Canada’s highest court gave a unanimous 78-page judgement on the province of Quebec’s drive for separation from Canada. The Supreme Court’s historic ruling stated that: 

“The province of Quebec does not have the right either under the Canadian Constitution or international law, to separate unilaterally from the rest of the country. But the rest of Canada must negotiate if Quebeckers vote fair and square to leave.”   

The Canadian Supreme Court also held that the Quebeckers did have the right to hold a referendum and if there was ‘a clear majority vote on a clear question in favour of secession’ then ‘the other provinces and the federal government would have no basis to deny the right of Quebeckers to pursue secession’.   

We can transpose this on Tamil Nadu. If in Tamil Nadu state election a political party won more than 50% seats on a manifesto for independence or on a manifesto which had independence as the larger agenda among other goodies) then that party, having won control the state government, can call for a referendum on separation. If more than 50% voted for separation in the referendum then Tamil Nadu will be recognised as an independent country. 

So the rest of India must negotiate if the people of Tamil Nadu people vote fair and square to leave India!  

Indian unity cannot be guaranteed by undermining the emergence of independent Tamil Eelam. India needs to reform its own constitution to make it fully federal for long term stability. The good news is that the Indian government has appointed a commission to review its constitution 

P Varothayasingham

8/March 2010 

Mr Mahinda Rajapakse

President

Government of Sri-Lanka

Colombo

Sri-Lanka

Dear Mr Rajapakse, 

In your recent interview to the Hindu news paper (Friday 19 February) you have stated that ‘The Tamil leaders have no option but to talk (to me). I am president of the country.’  

Well I am talking to you, I am challenging you – no violence, killing etc –  for a civilised constitutional confrontation in front of an International Constitutional Court chaired by eminent international and commonwealth judges. The court can be held preferably in London or any other neutral city.  

I attach two of my published articles explaining why Sri-Lanka has had no legitimate constitution (and therefore no rule of law) since the 1972 abolition of the Soulbury Constitution under which Ceylon was granted independence in 1948. In fact the unapproved drafts (constitution?) Ceylon has been working to since 1972 are rubbish! 

With no legitimate constitution Sri-Lankan security forces have no right to be in Tamil areas. They should get out of Tamil Eelam and stay out of Eelam!  

Will you accept this democratic challenge? Your party and other Singhala political parties as well as the Buddist clergy can put forward the joint Singhala case. You can employ any number of lawyers and barristers. We Tamils are ready.  

You can reply to me at ‘p.varothayasingham@highways.gsi.gov.uk’.  

Look forward to hear from you.   

Yours sincerely,  

P. Varothayasingham


13 Comments for this entry

  • Karuppen
    March 16th, 2010 on 7:58 pm

    Uncle Sam sleeps now; And ´Mahi’ wags his tail

    In 2009 the US government spoke against the human rights abuse in Sri Lanka. The selective war on Sri Lankan innocent Tamils ended in the death toll of more than 50,000 innocent lives. Even the US Senate filed a detailed report on the war circumstances and the death toll during the war in Sri Lanka. It is more than ten months since the war ended. What has the US government done so far?

    It is time the US Administration filed a war report and initiated an independent inquiry into war crimes committed by Sri Lankan government headed by Mr Mahinda Rajapakse and his military hierarchy. The human rights groups in the US and Canada should mount pressure on the US government to initiate independent inquiry into Sri Lankan war crimes.

    Today the situation after the war does not distinguish itself from the one before the war too. Sri Lankan emergency laws are still in place and in effect to arrest any suspect and incarcerate him or her indefinitely. Women are sexually harassed by soldiers with impunity against any complaints by the victims. The country has slipped into extremism with no recourse to the rule of the law and order. This is the situation one expects where purposeful legislation circumvents the independent function of the judiciary. To ensure that citizens have their right to justice, the power bodies are separated into the legislative, the judiciary and the executive. None of the three bodies in Sri Lanka today functions with integrity of its own to guarantee the citizens their right to a life free from injustice and fear of state terrorism. State terrorism has become a tool to control the citizens.

    The US political alliance with Sri Lankan government is more of an economic mould than an issue about human rights abuse.

    Contrary to the US stand on sensitive issues like human rights abuse, the European countries show a real concern about the human rights record. They impose harsh economic sanctions against the countries which have abused human rights. The purpose is to tame the governments in question to correct their human rights record.

    The verdict of Dublin War Crimes Tribunal should serve as a catalyst in bringing Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, his logistic war architects, and his military hierarchy before the International Court to face charges on war crimes. Harsh punishment should be the verdict to those war mongers. To this list is India for providing hard military and chemical weapons to be used on innocent Tamil civilians.

    It is a popular thought that the present situation the Sri Lankan Tamils face resulted from the failure of the UN to take preventive measures in time to deter Sri Lanka from its military thrust against unarmed Tamils. This war waged by the Sri Lankan government under the pretext of eradicating LTTE militants exposed Tamil civilians to a germicidal mania which culminated in the death of about 50,000 lives. Painfully observed, one has to reckon with the helpless situation the innocent Tamils faced before their life sizzled out.

    The UN Secretary General Mr Ban-Ki-moon failed to wield his authority to implement corrective measures before and after the war. Was it a connivance with the Sri Lankan government at the genocide of innocent Tamils? The UN Secretary General lacks administrative abilities in coping with hot spot flare-up incidents around the world. Another example was his failure to take proper action when Palestinian children were murdered by Israeli military.

    The UN is a strong voice for the safety of global citizens, irrespective of who they are and what their creed, religion, and ethnicity are. The UN was not created to witness genocide of a minority by the majority around the globe. When this power organ dispenses with its meaningful existence by not complying with the UN Charter for Human Rights, it is time to realize a change in its power bloc. The world bodies should elect a ‘Shadow UN Secretary General’ a person with vested powers to implement a policy of corrective measure. Where the UN Secretary General fails, the ‘Shadow UN Secretary General’ presumes upon himself or herself the duty of honouring the compliance with the UN Charter for Human Rights.

    Atrocities committed by those in power should demand justice to prevent the recurrence.

  • Yoganathan
    March 16th, 2010 on 4:33 pm

    NO REMORSE FROM SRILANKA NO RECONCILIATION

    NO SIN-HELLA TERRORISM BY SRILANKA NO NEED OF LTTE

    The ways to Make the NAZI Srilanka to come clean on Peace
    1)amils Boycott all NAZI Srilankan products and demand the shops to clear all the Products from the Sin_Hella terrorist evil POLPOTS running jungle called Srilanka
    2)Persuade the western consumers, by well organised and professional manner, to boycott all Srilankan made items on M&S, Tesco, etc
    3)Persuade the Westerners to stop the GENOCIDE TOURISM to the NAZI Srilanka
    4)Openl textlie factories in Tamils living countriles like Malysia, Reunion, South Africa, etc to make cheaper than the NAZ Srilankan made tectlies, by doing so, we can achieve two things, first tamils benefit out of the projects and Western companies will VOTE WITH THERIR FEET to cheaper items.
    5) Undermine all Srilankan exports wherever they go and destroy their exports altogether.
    India and China also exports, they cannot be consumers.
    then the NAZI Sin-hella SICK barbaric rulers will have no money to fund their NAZi terrorist military and beg for peace as South African Aprthied regime did.

  • Karuppen
    March 16th, 2010 on 3:46 pm

    The UN is under extreme pressure by Human Rights Activists in the US and Canada. Their collective pressure on the US Administration might force the US to release sensitive data about the Tamil genocide during the war on terrorism.

    What the global Tamils have to do at this crucial juncture is to inform the world citizens about the crimes the Sri Lankan government committed by waging war on unarmed and innocent Tamils. Mobilize a global voice for justice.

    The UN is not a zombie without a directional function. It has its commitment to comply with under UN Charter for Human Rights. If it proves a zombie, it needs discipline and direction under a strong replacement for UN Secretary General Mr Ban-Ki moon.

    Whether the initiation of UN inquiry into Sri Lankan war crimes is floated by UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon or some other official in his place is the question still to be answered. If Mr Ban-ki moon fails to initiate the inquiry by appointing legal experts, the time will prove to Mr Ban-Ki moon his decent exit from global politics. He has the vested power to initiate the inquiry.

    Already the UN has lost a strong voice Mr Gordon Weiss. His outspoken remarks about the Sri Lankan government’s genocide of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka have already exacerbated situation at the UN quarters and subsequently in protest he resigned his UN post. More are to rebel soon and it might throw Mr Ban-Li moon out of this office.

    Under the helm of Mr Ban-Ki moon the UN has become a show case of corruption and mismanagement. Does the UN accommodate officials already in the pay list of Sri Lanka who advise the Sri Lankan military hierarchy on the genocide of Tamils?

    Bring them to the International War Crimes Court for justice.

  • Karuppen
    March 16th, 2010 on 10:26 am

    Even though a fragment of Tamil Diaspora differs in their ideology from the streamline politics of peace process necessitated by the present condition Sri Lankan Tamils face today, they can unite even in diversity to mould a strong voice in such a way as to awaken the sleeping democratic nations in power today. What is missing in the peace process is the law of collective consciousness of those leaders. The voice of the law of consciousness is going speak soon.

    From an angle of political evolution in Sri Lanka, the President of Sri Lanka Mr Mahinda Rajapakse might consider reversing the post war situation to install the pillars of basic human rights for Tamils. He will find ruling the country difficult in future after disenfranchisement of Tamils. The pressure exerted by both Human Rights Activists and democratic governments in power today will surely put Sri Lanka on the right path of seeking ways to initiate dialogue with Tamil politicians. If there was a chance for change, it would be through the participation of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse. The psychology of politics is simple. A leader is satisfied with the popularity among his own people, but at the same time what elevates a leader’s pride to the highest level of self-gratification is the realization that he has reached across a dissenting community to make amends for the failures of his own government. Enjoyment of enemy’s appreciation is the best medicine for a wailing ego of a leader. Even in a game, the winner always seeks for appreciation from the loser. The game will not be a success without the loser’s appreciation.

    Tamil Diaspora, with all the information resources at their disposal, should mount pressure on Sri Lankan ruling government through democratic channels. A wonderful landmark the global Tamils have shown the whole world was the Global Tamil Forum. Continue enlisting all the democratic world nations in the future counterpart of GTF, A mounting pressure from all the democratic nations will surely awaken the ruling Sri Lankan government to seek corrective measures to install peace process and integrate the stateless Tamil community into the main communal politics.

    Even an iron rod bends under repeated beatings of a hammer. Nothing in the world has the power of withstanding the wailing of justice.

  • Karuppen
    March 16th, 2010 on 12:33 am

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    Yoganathan
    March 15th, 2010 on 11:08 pm

    We Tamils have no problem reconciling with remorseful srilanka but Srilanka doing the DEAD OPPOSITES but karuppen and P John living in CLOUD CUCKKOLAND and dreaming in BROAD DAYLIGHT.

    Hello Yoganathan,

    This is in response to your post addressed to P John and me.

    I, for my part, do not live in CLOUD CUCKKOLAND and dream in BROAD DAYLIGHT nor do I dream about any an overnight solution to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
    Whether it be the Sri Lankan Tamil politicians or Tamils in Sri Lanka or Tamil Diaspora, they are not in a strong position to make any deal of their own with the ruling Singhalese government in power today. They have to bridge the gap by amicable ways acceptable to both dissenting parties.

    A certain fragment of Tamil Diaspora is not happy with having already seen the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Their combative instincts seek ways to revive militancy idea into action to create genocide of Tamils. It seems that they have not learnt from the past experience.

    They do not even realize that a solution is to the problems that the Sri Lankan Tamils face today, not for their problems abroad.

    If you the militant Tamil Diaspora mobilize another war machine, it will surely end up with the total exodus of Tamils from Sri Lanka.

    If existential politics does not appeal to you, be happy with promoting your militancy idea.

    Taste the sweetness of your militancy idea and be satisfied with the demise of an ethnicity.

  • Yoganathan
    March 15th, 2010 on 11:15 pm

    No sane person can see any reconciliation with the racist Srilanka who yet to show mercy on Innocent Tamils as they lock, starve, rape and kill them every day let alone the poor 15000 young Tamils abducted by branding them as LTTE members.
    If the Srilanka did not lock the 300,000 Tamils in CONCENTRATION CAMPS and Kill nearly 20,000 of them in the camps already
    If the Srilanka did allow all NGOs including the UN with red cross to look ater them.
    If the Srilanka did realese all young Tamils deliberately branded as LTTE members to massacre them like the Srilankan BUTCHERED 27 INNOCENT KIDS in Bindunuweva – not even one punished for the EVIL CRIME yet.
    If the Srilanka did not build 144 PERMANANT MILITARY CAMPS in Eelam alone,

    If the Srilanka have the guts to allow UN investiagttion into all killings of civilians since 1948 to date.

    We Tamils have no problem reconciling with remorseful srilanka but Srilanka doing the DEAD OPPOSITES but karuppen and P John living in CLOUD CUCKKOLAND and dreaming in BROAD DAYLIGHT.

  • Karuppen
    March 15th, 2010 on 11:14 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 7:17 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.
    ->->->
    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.

  • Karuppen
    March 15th, 2010 on 11:31 am

    India is a great power and has developed its political imprint to wield power in world politics without any doubt. It can not be denied by any other means.

    The greatness within its political mould has broken down to tits and bits by its collusion with Sri Lankan government in the war against Tamil militant group LTTE and then the calculated mass murder of innocent Tamil civilians. The world has witnessed unbelievably the twist of its commitment to democratic principles enshrined in its constitution. Its collusion with
    Sri Lankan government has opened a wound of moral decay in Indian politics and the myopic thinking of its foreign policy architects in Indian power bloc.

    Already there are signs of disintegrated independent principalities of India which prove the wrong navigation in foreign policy of those leaders in power today. A question often asked is whether India will exist as an independent power nation in future after the disintegration of its principalities with reduction of its influence in the Indian Ocean. With a vying power thrust by its arch enemies China at its door, polishing its mouth for a fresh taste, and Pakistan bent on capturing any piece of barren land India claims as its own, it does not portend well for India to be a lame duck any more. India has to assert its rightful influence in the Indian Ocean by facing the enemy threats. Another factor that confronts India is a very strong presence of Chinese in Sri Lanka. It is arguably presumed that China has already installed a heavy military force in Sri Lanka under the pretext of various nice looking tactics. One can safely derive from those factors a clear view if China is going to target Indian communication satellites first and then test by firing missiles into Indian territory to break the will of Indian leaders. All in all it is an omen of future combat scenarios.

    India has to wake up now without wasting any more time before the real danger to its security materializes. India, the largest democratic nation, has two powerful trump cards at its disp0osal. One is to disengage itself from colluding with war crime nation Sri Lanka by cutting off its further support either politically or financially. The second factor is to raise the issue of displaced innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka. Tamils in Sri Lanka live today without any basic human rights, under fear of arrest or murder by unknown mercenaries both local and foreign, and in limbo where the law and order does not exist. With all its trump cards now available, India has to strengthen its hold in the Indian Ocean by forcing Sri Lankan government to adopt corrective measure to integrate Tamils into the main political streamline and reinstate ethnic identity of Tamils with security. If India is ready to adopt this move, it will reduce Chinese influence and in the end drive the Chinese away from the island Sri Lanka for good.

    It is not late now, and if not done anything now, it is going to be very late for any deterrent measures to protect Indian security in the Indian Ocean. India should not encourage Chinese to replace the words ‘Indian Ocean ‘by ‘Chinese Ocean ‘in the world map.

    Is it what the world’s biggest democratic nation India wants to see?

  • Karuppen
    March 13th, 2010 on 8:19 pm

    The wind does not blow always in a certain direction. Time changes for the sole purpose of bringing about improvement and survival in political thinking.

    There are already palpable signs among Western countries in the measures they have taken to clearly define the meaning of war crimes. If the Tamil Diaspora keeps the rolling stones in momentum, it will infuse their aspirations for an independent homeland for indigenous Tamils in Srilanka with direction and strength. A mind set on the task of common good will always give strength to the idea to reach the goal.

    The Srilankan government, immersed in bloody battles and inebriated with war victory over terrorism, has lost sight of right course in political navigation. Unless the Tamil Diaspora develops a language of accord to bring international pressures on such issues as refusal of continued IMF loans and foreign aids tied up with security and sovereignty of indigenous Tamils, any move taken by the Tamil Diaspora will hardly create the conditions for the independent homeland for the Tamils in Srilanka, but only sizzle out.

    Alienation, monetary isolation, embargo on Srilankan goods abroad, strict screening of visa applications of ruling government ministers, military hierarchy or anyone in the military duty, and scaling down of consular Section in Foreign Offices in Srilanka and abroad, investigation into charges of discrimination against the minority citizens in Srilanka and abroad, a very strict screening of High Commission officials before their posing abroad to verify if they have in any stage of their life involved in State terrorism are some of the measures the foreign governments can adopt in sensitizing the Sinhala ruling regime to the past political excesses and instil a code of discipline into its political thinking and framework.

    A rogue can not be a rogue all the time. He has conscience too and his conscience teaches him to open his eyes to his crimes he has committed and mistakes he has made. The flagellation of his own conscience never rests unless it has raised his consciousness to mend his ways of infraction of democratic principles in a society. This is the lesson the ruling Srilankan government is going to learn soon. Anything that happens slowly has a horrendous effect in the end. The Mother Nature reveals her laws to the mind attuned to her language and rhythm.

    If you appreciate the discordant and different views, you build up a strong principled fortress in your mental outlook to deal with any problem. The views different from one’s own are the key to understanding any personal and political problems. They create quantum-based possibilities for one’s own survival. This is the Universal Truth.

    The Tamil Diaspora keeps the torch of independent homeland for Tamils in Srilanka aflame with inspiration.

  • Yoganathan
    March 13th, 2010 on 8:36 am

    There is a saying in UK Politics- ONE WEEK IN POLITICS IS A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME.
    Therefore, we Tamils must use the WESTERN displeasure of Srilanka to advance our attacks on the NAZi Srilanka without wasting time any more.
    LETS START THIS MOMENT.

  • Yoganathan
    March 13th, 2010 on 8:33 am

    Before 1948, Tamils never been ruled by any other race let alone Sinhalese.
    As 1972 Constitution written by SINHALESE ONLY by not allowing Tamils, Sinhala Polity have no right to rule Tamils or Muslims in the island,
    This is what Tamils have to do fight the Srilanka with MULTI-FACET attacks to achieve our goals.

    1)Legally like these
    2)Diplomatically
    3)Economically
    to make the NAZI Srilanka Bankrupt to come clean on peace or allow UN referendum in Eelam

  • Vani
    March 13th, 2010 on 12:45 am

    Yes,Sri Lankan government had amended the consitution without the approval of Tamils, and added more discriminative actc.Lets see if Mahinda Rajapaksa can face Tamils’ challenge or face us in the International Consitutional Court?

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