28 March, 2024

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British Govt. Working To Set Up Sri Lanka Investigation With A Strong Implementation Mandate

Following a recent meeting with Hugo Swire MP Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG t) represented by Lee Scott MP and Siobhain McDonagh MP (Vice Chair) hosted a meeting yesterday, at Parliament which was addressed by senior representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in order to receive an update on the proposed resolution to the 25th UNHRC session in March.

British Prime Minister David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron

Issuing a statement the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils today said; “Since Sri Lanka has not made any progress on a credible and transparent investigation, it was confirmed that the British Government is working with international partners to set up an Independent International Investigation in the island of Sri Lanka.  The British Government feels that there is a good chance of passing this resolution with the support of the international partners.  The UK is also working with NGOs and other like minded organisations towards this aim.

“It was also agreed that the substance of the resolution should have a strong mandate to implement the recommendations without any further delays, with witness protection for all the victims in order to serve justice and accountability for a long term sustainable peace in the Island.

“The Tamil Community brought up post resolution actions including travel bans and asset freezes for the Sri Lankan government representatives.

“APPG for Tamils is committed to working for the freedom and justice for Tamils and all the people in the Island of Sri Lanka.”

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    What’s wrong with SL Govt?

    Out of 200,000 SL Military, only a few, fifty to hundred maybe the bad guys, like soldiers who killed VP’s 10 yr old son.

    Why can’t SL punish these soldiers? What are they afraid of?

    :-)

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      Helloooo wake up!

      ” like soldiers who killed VP’s 10 yr old son.”

      Do you think that the soldiers who killed VP’s son by their own doing? Please get real!

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        It is Mahinda Rajapakse, Gotha, Sarath and a whole lot of them guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide of Tamils and destroying material evidence of genocide.

        Let all and sundry face the music and accept the reality of what happened.

        It’s genocide stupid.

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          i WAS OF THE VIEW THE DIASPORA, CATHOLIC & CHRISTIAN CLERGY AND THE NORTHERN tAMILS BACKED SARATH FONSEKA PRESIDENCY.

          SHORT MEMORIES.

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          I understand that the latest Channel 4 movie on unbelievable, but true, cruel and ghastly Sri Lankan genocide scenes of Tamils (taken by Sri Lankan soldiers) during the war is coming soon.

          Let it tear the masks of the embedded writers and analysts propping up the genocidal regime and its henchmen.

          These are the barbarians and the state the writers want Tamils to reconcile with!

          Better to perish than living under the jack boots of these barbarians.

          This movie must be shown in Geneva in March 2014.

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        Oh….really. Someone in higher ups ordered!…. Then they should be arrested and punished.

        :-)

    • 19
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      It wasn’t just a few, it was the upper eschelons who orchestrated and authorised the deliberate shelling, rape and disappearance of Tamil civilians. This is why the GOSL does not want an independent investigation.

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        WHO ARE THESE UPPER ECHELONS??

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          [Edited out]

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          Who do you think? Gota, Mara and the top officers in Military and intelligence. One doesn’t just slaughter 40,000+ civilians trapped in a no fire zone and deliberately undercount the number of persons needing aid by accident; it was deliberate extermination.

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            What “hitec” the Tamil fools used to separate ‘civilians” from the dead LTTE morons?

            Please tell us how you reached this funny 40,000!

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              When Tamil terrorists die most of them automatically turn out to be civilians. The ones proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be LTTE terrorists had never fired a weapon or had any training due to nebulous “medical conditions”. The ones who are alive always happen to have been members of the LTTE “political wing”.

              So as you can see the Sri Lankan forces were just fighting against themselves !

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              M.Sivananthan

              “Please tell us how you reached this funny 40,000!”

              How did MR clansmen and armed forces reached zero civilian?

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              I reached it by reading foreign news , and certainly not by reading the major Sri Lankan newspapers.

    • 19
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      This is a very crucial point.
      Mahinda, Gota, Sarath and the army Generals go around the country saying that the Sinhala sons of Sri Lanka defeated the LTTE Terrorist and we all including Tamils are living pecaefully. But the Tamils wnat to take the Sinhal Sons to facr war crimes for liberating you. So as to instigate racial hatred

      Let it be clear the war crime is comitted not by the slodiers. The war crime is comitted by the command chain all the way up.

      So by punishing a few soldiers the command chain cannot go scot free.

      They must ne brought to books and sent to the gallows!

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        Hold David Blacker hostage he may spill the beans then microwave him!

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          Hold [Edited out]

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        Tamils voted Gen. Fonseka who commanded the army against the LTTE terrorists. He was the top soldier and became a stooge of USA later. So, the “war crime” is null and void.

        Did the Tamils voted him to thank him for the destruction of LTTE goons?

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          Stupid India rejected him from the outset as a fascist and the american defence panetta needed him for future- just in case for scs engagement.

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          Tamils voted for him because Mahinda was worse , not because Tamils liked him. War crimes don’t get nullfied because you say so, based on your insane logic.

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      The cannot punish as the they did that on orders from above, those that did the crime are guilty but so are the ones that gave the orders and others that had command control and did not stop rapes, torture and murder under their command.
      So I dont think the govt is worried about the fifty or sixty soldiers but the key personnel.

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        They can be punished together with the command chain: Principle was established in Nuremberg trials.

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          Thiru

          Same principle apply for Velu a, His gang, Di A$$ Pora and Thiru

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            Yep. VP’s command chain was from Kilinocchi to Toronto via London.

            Let us finally get these monkeys too.

            Cheers!

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              Ben Hurling

              “Yep. VP’s command chain was from Kilinocchi to Toronto via London.”

              Not really it was the other way round, USA,–> UK,–> Europe, –> Diaspora, to LTTE high command.

              And Tamilnadu —> Vaiko –> LTTE high command.

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                No wonder after eating BTF/GTF Dhosa Sushma who promised to shave her head if sudhu pukka Sonia became PM flung Vaiko into jail without lungi and clung onto Rajaporkistan Sarema playing with the Tamil language to threaten Punjabi clout at centre.

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                It was a rather low life “High Command”.

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            Thiru the POT calling the kettle black.

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              Tamils never waged a genocidal war against Sinhalese, that is the big difference between Tamil militants and Sinhala state.

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          But the majority Tamils voted Gen.Fonseka. So, your fart of Nuremberg is a comedy!

          Top soldier of the Army was voted by the Tamils for destroying your LTTE smugglers.

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            It was a case of choosing the least worst option amongst 2 very bad options.

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      The investigation is not only about killing of Pirabaharan’s son but also about killing of 70,000 innocent Tamils, killing of surrendered people, bombing of hospitals, schools, temples and so on? We don’t want to punish those poor 200, 000 Sinhala youths. We want only to punish those few blood thirsty, power hungry Rajapakse group.

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        All it takes is a photograph to point the finger at the soldiers. even the forensic experts who are brought in by dubious channel 4 has this amazing. Knack of looking at photographs and concluding it is the army that has shot this boy. it helps if the so called experts are psychic as well.

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        From which statistics book are you quoting the figure of 70.000. Arati. looks like you have made it up to prove your point.

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        What about the investigations against tamil diaspora and western NGOs who funded the tiger terror campaign against Sri Lanka, making us suffer for 3 decades? We didn’t want to go down that road in 2009 for the sake of reconciliation. The problem with the tamil nationalists is they take each gesture of goodwill as a weakness and an another opportunity to undermine Sri Lanka. That is how you sustained the war for 3 decades.

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          Aren’t you forgetting that Rajapaksa funded VP to the tunes of millions to force Tamil civilians in the North and East not to vote.

          Aren’t you forgetting that some LTTE leaders are now working for Rajapaksa government.

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            How exactly did they force tamils not to vote? Oh yes I remember LTTE announced a boycott and the vast majority heeded to the call of the LTTE!

            and what problem do you have in former LTTE leaders not been punished? You scream war crimes when prabakaran and the lot is hunted down but now wants the spared LTTE leaders to be punished. why is that? bc they gave up the unreasonable call for a separate state and denounced violence?

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              Part of the excuse GOSL gave to foreign governments to castigate the LTTE was attacks on Tamil civilians and preventing them from voting,and yet GOSL was hand in hand with LTTE in preventing Tamils from voting. VP used fear and threat of violence to prevent Tamils from voting, so GOSL who bribed VP to do so is just as guilt as VP.

              LTTE who are under GOSL now committed violence but you hypocrites want to ignore it because they serve GOSL. So really you are fine with an LTTErs past violent history as long as the person supports GOSL.

              The war crimes are for the deliberate extermination of tens of thousands of Tamils by GOSL not soley because VP was killed but the extra-judicial killing of surrendering LTTers is 1 aspect of it , espeically the murder of VP’s son. You , in keeping with your Nationalist bias, are deliberately ignoring the tens of thousands of Tamils who were deliberated murdered by GOSL and instead focusing on VP.

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          What about the Catholic Church the loot keepers of the BOYS.
          What about Rayappu and Savundranayakam & some sinhala Clergy of the RC church?

          What about those manufactures of the CLUSTER BOMBS allegedly used by SL forces on LTTE in the war as quoted by RAYAPPU?
          Dis not S.J.Emmanuel say who the suppliers were? Then Rudra may know or Poopalapillai probably or Rathika or Pakayasothy Saravanamuththu or Jehan Perera?

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        Prabhakaran’s “dead” son is playing foot ball in Denmark. How is that?

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      All it takes is a photograph to point the finger at the soldiers. even the forensic experts who are brought in by dubious channel 4 has this amazing. Knack of looking at photographs and concluding it is the army that has shot this boy. it helps if the so called experts are psychic as well.

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      Dumbo! The problem with the Sri Lankan government is torture, rape, murder, disappearances with liberal impunity, intimidation, land grabbing, subversion of democracy and the rule of law, protection of terrorists and criminals, drug smuggling, ivory smuggling and undeclared disposal of the spoils of war.

      There are other issues too that brainless sri lankans like you cannot see.

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        Dumbo..Now Vignesh the CM is having a problem with Diaspora money filtering to Jaffnians…all of the above are being enacted by the Jaffnians………in the North EXCEPT in Thondamanaru.

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          Hey how do you call people from Thondamanaru
          Maniams? Or Chinese

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      Here is the answer, aratai (or whatever):

      China’s Foreign Minister has offered support for Sri Lanka after the Britain and US said it would table a UN resolution against Colombo over its human rights record.

      “China opposes some countries’ interference in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka under the pretext of human rights issues,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Sri Lankan counterpart G. L. Peiris in Beijing.

      China backs the Sri Lankan government in safeguarding national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, Wang said.
      “We believe in the Sri Lankan people’s wisdom and capacity to handle their own affairs,” Wang added.

      Sri Lanka this month rejected US criticism of its human rights record as “grossly disproportionate”, after a senior US official said Washington would table a UN.resolution against the country.

      So, Cameron the wannabe emperor can scratch his ass.

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        Cameron hater,

        China cannot do anything against west even if it has support from Russia and India.

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          hahaha
          China has VETO, India don’t. So, learn a bit more about UN. UN is not your Kooduvanchery or Kummidi Poondi.

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            M.Sivananthan

            “China has VETO, India don’t.”

            India didn’t have a VETO between 1983 and 1990 when it destabilized this island and invaded this country. By the way China, USA, UK, France and Russia did have VETO in the Security Council during IPKF occupation, why could not they pass a resolution against and forced to leave the island?

            All what I know is China is 4500 miles away from this island whereas India’s proximity is only 20 miles.

            Please stop over doing it even the clan will soon get irritated by your cheer leading.

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      Cameron should expand his resolution.

      Punishing those in uniform with grave HR violations in Sri Lanka is fine. Will be good for all Sri Lankans. Something I fully support as a Sri Lankan patriot.

      However, Cameron must also go after those who funded the bloody mayhem in Sri Lanka. From bases in London, Geneva & Toronto.

      Those war criminals in the LTTE die-ass-pora still live the good life among other places in London. Despite abetting murders, massacres, torture, countless suicide bombings, ethnic cleansing & child soldiering for 30 years.

      Same LTTE die-ass-pora war criminals have now turned into laughable HR champions. Shedding crocodile tears about VP’s son. Same people helped blood thirsty wild animal VP was, to massacre countless little children & unborn all over Sri Lanka for 30 years. Sinhalese, Tamil & Muslim. Non stop.

      Cameron could start by arresting mother of LTTE Child Soldiers & female suicide bombers Adele Balasingham in London. Sri Lanka will be happy to provide a very long list of wanted war criminals living in the West.

      Cheers!

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        If you want to go after Tamils abroad who supported LTTE then you have no problem going after every Sri Lankan government who instituted state sanctioned pogroms and discrimination against Tamils.

        Let’s not forget LTTE was a response to Sinhala butchering of Tamils and State sanctioned discrimiantion, anybody else would rise up in arms also when faced with decades of pogroms and murder against their community.

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          Is that why Tamils support UNP who master minded the 1983 riots? So, Tamils need some ‘butchering” of themselves to bark some racist politics!

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            “UNP who master minded the 1983 riots?”

            It was Cyril Mathew and southern sihala buddhist kallathoni/slaves like you who attacked starting with Borella but dared not enter cinnamon gardens where Tamils who owned the whole estate long before were still there unguarded and untouched.
            Next day it was Kirillapone where the tiger policeman (the white flag man) was in charge- they burnt folk in their get away cars.

            You kallathoni work for the village terrorist karuna douglas and KP, tell us where you hide the blood money.

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            Tamils support UNP not because UNP is guilt free but because UNP is slightly less worse than SLFP in regards to Tamils. You can’t be that dense as to not realize this, so I am forced to conclude you are deliberately feigning ignorance.

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    Well … well … well … this report then gives the lie to Dave Rush’s article.

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      Dave Rush’s article is accurate.
      Sinhalese misinterpret basic democratic curtsies in British society and think its diaspora power. This is power of anyone in Britain.
      What both articles do not disclose and what is not mentioned by British politicians is that they are briefed by British Intelligence as to What has happened in SL and what is going on.

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        Here is a completely clueless or a self deceived British idolizing idiot.

        If Tamil Diaspora have no part in puppeteering Cameron against Sri Lanka and it is the Democracy of Britain at play here why weren’t there any UN resolutions in 88-89 when Sinhala armed criminals were been hunted down? Were British intelligence having a field break then? Faithfulness of these kalu suddas are beyond me.

        The sad truth is eelamists are the creation of Britain from 1815. Britain is just frustrated that Sri Lanka stopped listening to them and finished off the armed militants who were an obstruction to our progress. We have a right to solve our problems, we don’t need the permission of others for that.

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          Liberal One

          “why weren’t there any UN resolutions in 88-89 when Sinhala armed criminals were been hunted down?”

          Because UK had hand in the killing. The Brits were running the show between 1987 and 1990.

          Therefore we need an independent investigation into all war crime perpetrated since 5th April 1971.

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            Native

            I agree.

            Let all scumbags who committed extra-judicial crimes in Sri Lanka since Independence confess in a court of law in Sri Lanka.

            We have no interest in protecting criminals.

            We do not need a hypocrite like Cameron with blood in his hands to lecture us these things.

            Cheers!

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            Isn’t that enough to understand the hypocrisy of these meddling foreigners?

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              Just because they are hypocritic does not mean you are innocent and should escape justice. GOSL is hypocritic too , and so are soo many other nation’s governments yet does this mean everyone gets a free pass on genocide.

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        Dushy,

        Was it British Courtsey that created Israel? At the behest of Zionists. On stolen land from impoverished & defenceless Palestinian people.

        Was it the same British Intellgence upon which the WMD search in Iraq was initiated? By an undeclared War Criminal turned globe trotting Peace Broker named Tony Blair.

        I agree as nation UK is far better governed than our troubled Sri Lanka.

        However, you seem to be utterly blinded by the British facade.

        Cheers!

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          Dushy,

          How UK treats Julian Assange for revealing horrific war crimes by US & UK soldiers in Iraq is very telling.

          Cheers!

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          Ben,

          Britain did many things wrong specially when relinquishing its colonial past; there is no doubt about that. They made a terrible mistake by trusting the Sinhala in Sri Lanka! Because of imperialist colonial past, there are countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (just in South East Asia) exist today! So, in a funny way, you need to be thankful to your colonial past if you consider Sri Lanka as one country for example!

          The Jewish insurgents fought a bloody battle against the British in the process of creating Israel in case you do not know this as pact of history. The Americans were instrumental in realising Israel; many British military personnel were heart-broken seeing the predicament of the Palestinians yet nothing will absolve their part in the creation of Israel!

          Not just the British but rest of the European intelligence along with the American got it wrong! This was the overwhelming factor that made the many doubters to keep quiet! You cannot pinpoint Britain alone. I agree with you that there is no doubt that the Iraq episode is a big blemish in the British psyche! This indignity should not mean that the Britain should completely jettison their moral duty to ensure justice prevails around the world! Your logic does not make sense!

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            London was blitzed and Britain had few men left even to reconstruct plus both the Germans and Japanese had bombed East India Company. The Sihala spied for the Japanese and the church was bombed. The Germans bombed Madras.
            It was the German Jew who woke the sleeping giant with the technology and Hitler was already making it but was slowed down due to the Russian onslaught. Thanks to the 19 million Russians who lost their lives we speak English today. Churchill was not a peace time PM and he needed the American cash to rebuild UK therefore the Americans partitioned Baharat to get back at Russia one day and also created Israel. 80% of Obama’s top administration are Jewish (they work hard to be where they are) Today Israel is run by UK and US and the irony is from JR onwards the Sihala thought mossad alone would do and `Gooo`ta went to the extent of purchasing his kfir little lion- the tiger and the lion and all you need is monkey court to free the people. BTW later on when India took over Goa by force the Americans did not like it as much as the creation of Bangladesh- all to do with Russia which has never been captured by the west except neighbor Mongolia for 400 years- see the features of Putin and how he rides that horse.

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    The western hypocrisy: Within a week of all the buzz that David made in Sri Lanka while attending CHOGM, BBC revealed extra judicial killings of unarmed citizens carried out in the 1970s by a trained British army unit in Northern Ireland. To-date, David (the humanitarian) has not made a single comment about this allegation let alone initiating an investigation. Shouldn’t you clean your closet first David?
    source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24987465

    People following these “sexy” (sexy for western politicians/media) news items about Sri Lanka should take a step back and think twice.

    Said that, one cannot condone the behaviour of Rajapakse regime – Dictatorship at its best.

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      I am voting for Cameron again. He, Ch4 and BBC should visit Sri Lanka more often to remind themselves of Rajapakse hospitality.

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        Agreed, Dushy.

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        So do I. No doubt, right thinking ones will join us.

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          I am with you. My vote for Cameron.
          I would even vote Modi if i can, if he is against the Medamulana
          rowdies.

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            I think today people are made to loose their memories.

            Can you imagine – the main killer of Hirunika´s father – the president is worshiped by Hirunika for her newly announced appointment. Those crocodile tears that Baratha family shed in the aftermath of his demise were the history.
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohinlytuej0

            Can you imagine, it is dead right Rajapkshes either win or buy people destroying all morals and ethics. This is current day srilanka.

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              ….beart’t that th’opposed may beware of thee – hamlet

              Freedom by the gun will always be freedom for the gun with the gun!

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        Lol you are free to sleep with the bully. It is your credibility at stake by doing that. Thanks for putting up the “kalu sudda” flag up and high.

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        Bet you will vote for PM Rudra too…..that is if you aren’t already enrolled .

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        dushy you have always been a traitor and a misfit. Rotatating between two cultures not knowing where you belong.

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          Dushy will do everything to avoid the gutter; that is where you belong!

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          Sarijini sounds like a dirty Sinhalese.

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        Pathetic inferior complexed traitor. Remain in the luxury of britain and work to undermine your former country like a dog. And when the country is pulled back into chaos brag about how your masters are superior and how Sri Lanka would have been a paradise if your masters continued to rule us.

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          xxx gatekeeper,

          Similar to religion, patriotism is an emotion, as opposed to a rational thought process.Patriotism is the incubator of wars.

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        Dushy,

        Sri Lankan history provides examples. Worshipped Dutch to kick Portugese. Kissed British to get rid of Dutch.

        Rest is history. We all know how we got screwed at each turn.

        Let us try that again. Coz’ we all hate the corrupt Rajapassa clan. My guess is that we may get more than we bargain for.

        Cheers!

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          No country screwed up Sri Lanka since 1948 but the chauvinistic politicians supported by insecure and paranoid Sinhala public!

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          The difference now is that neither the Americans nor the British are going to come and settle in Sri Lanka. So Sri Lanka will still be in the hands of Lankans.

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          “Kissed British to get rid of Dutch.”

          Ben Hen go read history before commenting about other nations moron.

          1818 the 3 Anglo/Maratha war for complete annexation of East India Company.

          The French had almost destroyed the Dutch Republic.

          So the smart dutch negotiated with the British and left protecting Kandy.

          The VOC and fast ships were the envy of the west

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          Ben Hurling, You sound like [Edited out]

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          Ben Hurling

          “Sri Lankan history provides examples. Worshipped Dutch to kick Portugese. Kissed British to get rid of Dutch.”

          It didn’t start there, begged Pandya’s to get rid of Cholas and supported VP to kick the IPKF out of this island.

          MR paid a handsome ransom to VP for holding Tamils prisoners preventing them from voting.

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        Yes I agree with you Dushy…………..
        BUT
        Do not forget to advice them to carry a bottle of Thala Thel OR 1/2 pound of Buttler with each one of them everytime they visit Sri Lanka………AND thats including you toooooooo……
        BTW how much did you receive to cross over??

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      The British Soldier who killed an unarmed soldier in Afghanistan was sent to life imprisonment.

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      Dr. Geo,

      Please do not be concerned about the Western hypocrisy, just concentrate on getting your house in order! I am a Tamil and I do not give a toss about what the Western countries did; I want justice and I applaud anyone who is standing up and putting pressure in the MR regime! You as a scholar should think about justice and good governance. If foreign intervention were to usher in Good Governance, it is a good news for all.

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        Burning_Issue,
        Don’t you think the argument you are making applies to Englishmen as well? Getting their house together before preaching? I am more than happy if a (sincere) foreign intervention can lead SL administration in to order. When those foreign missions do not seem sincere however, any sensible person would take issue with that especially, given how these missions have destroyed other somewhat peaceful countries not too long ago in the name of spreading democracy. There’s no question SL administration needs to get things in oder but we need to be watchful as to where the help/guidance is coming from and the motivation behind it.

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          Dr Geo,

          Don’t tell us stories, we have heard this for 66 years from the Sinhalese leaders.

          Whoever is willing to bring us justice we Tamils will appreciate it. Let it be the Satan, if he wants justice done, but not the loku Satan Mahinda!

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            Burning_issue,
            1. If you have seen how the USGS is keeping accounts (to the billions) of natural resources in Afghanistan (and elsewhere they went in an ruined), you wouldn’t be living in that La La land. Do not be so naive to believe that these missions you talk very highly of are all benevolent state actors.

            2. Your statement “Whoever is willing to bring us justice we Tamils will appreciate it”. For arguments sake, if I assume what you are saying makes any sense, it must be also true that the sinhalese should suck up to whoever comes to their support to bring justice for the atrocities committed by the LTTE against them for ~30 years (why just 2009?) with direct/indirect support of Tamil diaspora. Be careful about what you wish for based on racist sentiments because they lead to more conflict than its resolution.

            3. I have no issues with people trying to topple this somewhat racist government, but it should not be due to an outcry of an even more racist community that you seem to be a part of. A majority of Sri Lankans, be it Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslims, and other, is moderates whose lives were ruined for nearly 30 years due to a conflict resulting from racism instigated by extremists on both sides. We don’t want any more of that and we are so tired of it.

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              Dr Geo

              “We don’t want any more of that and we are so tired of it.”

              Why are you tired? You are not subject to any racism are you? Please do not take me for an idiot! You can accuse me of anything but racism is a lot far fetched. The Tamils have been subjected comprehensive institutionalised racism with the state at the forefront. Basically the Sinhala are not capable of giving justice for the Tamils; you have no right to tell what to do as you have no idea what to do. It looks like the Tamils with help from outside will ultimately rescue SL from the clutches of the unscrupulous MR regime!

              Just a short reply from my ipad.

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              well said – but its useless preaching to CT’s racist diaspora

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              The bulk of the atrocities were commiited against Tamils and the majority of the innocent dead were Tamils and it was the Sinhala fascists who controlled Lanka since independence who started the whole chaos.

              People like to giver the allusion of moderation by including everyone as victim and only speaking of “extremists” when in reality it has been largely Tamils on the receiving end , and Sinhala masses supported 1 Sinhala Chauvinist government after another.

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              Geo or theo you sound like nondy simion of the spice colony ceylon,

              All exports even today are geared to the west so you have your daily meal. If Ceylon was isolated you kallathoni from the south of india wouldn’t be there but just the veddhas.

              Just after WW1 the Brits changed the fuel to run their ships from coal to oil and the mid east became important wherein a Portuguese man became the richest in the world.

              You have and are sucking the middle east but whose research keeps that oil flowing is what matters therefore the $ moneda franca.

              We always knew Hindu Kush and what it had and has. Presently the Chinese who don’t use Saffron (except for their old paintings) are cultivating it for the Afghans so they may not do the poppy and create another opium war not just for itself but Russia which is suffering from it.

              Go read what is intellectual property and how much it cost to retain it then you will why a Levis is costlier than Wrangler jeans.

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            When UNP come to power, you forget the “66” years. How is that?

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          Dr Geo,

          “There’s no question SL administration needs to get things in oder but we need to be watchful as to where the help/guidance is coming from and the motivation behind it.”

          Certainly not if you are a Tamil! The Palestinians do not care as to who supports them do they? We have been systematically trampled on and chewed up left, right, and centre. We need justice and you and your ilk are spineless so we have no choice but to seek help from outside!

          UK’s track record in recent times one can debate about on another occasion. But for now, what is Cameron is doing will benefit not just the Tamils but the entire country. You will need to bury your pride and ego; concentrate on getting your house in order before it is too late. UK parliamentary democracy will look after their shortcomings!

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            And the Sri Lankan people will decide what is best for them, sounds reasonable no?

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              No not reasonable at all since we all know it will be the Sinhala masses who decide , which inevitably will mean oppression of the Tamil minority.

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          Absolutely. Dr. Geo. well said.!

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        Well said Burning_Issue.

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        Burning_Issue
        Good Governance won’t come out of misguided pressures such as those currently being applied on Sri Lanka by foreign Governments with personal agendas. Good Governance will only come about if those who want it, fight for it, and for it only.

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          True Meh, but good governance is only a carnal dream if you let these uneducated thugs and cronies rule the country without any respect for law and order. So at this juncture international pressure is absolutely necessary to keep our Jaraparas Bros Inc in check. :-)

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          Meh,

          Just think for a minute. What was the catalyst that pushed the MR to have the following?

          1. IDP re-settlements
          2. LLRC Commission
          3. botched up attempt to implement the LLRC recommendations
          3. NPC elections
          4. Releasing some of the army occupied land within N&E

          Do you think that the MR regime would have done any of it without the pressure from outside? Why do you think MR has hired expensive PR firms to act on his behalf? The regime is rattled and running amuck at the moment. Once the 3rd UN resolution is passed calling for an international investigation, MR would be snookered! You see, MR thought he was claver; soon after the end of the war, the UN Secretary came and coerced MR to commit to a joint statement; MR did not realise as to what it meant!

          MR appointed the LLRC Commission to keep the IC at bay; not realising that he was being trapped! What answers that MR would have for not implementing the recommendations of his own commission? How can he expect support from the so called non-aligned nations? The screw is tightening and rightly so. The Tamils cannot afford to rely on the Sinhala public anymore; they have been systematically conditioned with paranoia! Sri Lanka has hit rock bottom and the sooner the Sinhala realise this it is better for all!

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    Well, the main thrust behind this campaign are a bunch of Tamils. I’d be Santa Claus if it wasn’t. Mahinada Rajapaske lack of ‘good governance’ is for Sri Lankans to solve through the ballot box. Its not as if Sri Lankans have’t lost their franchise! The media is strong, anyone can say what they want. Rajapaske is in power because people still want him there.

    These [Edited out] Demala grovelling behind Cameron just as back in 1980s they grovelled behind Indira. It is to impose their own political ideas bypassing Sri Lankan collective. They did succeed with 13th amendment. Well, lame duck NCP says it was a hollow win. Anything Cameron does will remain the same.

    [Edited out] Demala will not succeed because people is behind Rjapaske. Its that simple really.

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      Not really! Have you heard about might Iran had to climb down and fall in line! What chance MR has?

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        Well, Ahmadinejad wants a nuclear power station. People who voted him in cares less either way.

        In the case of Sri Lanka, its not just MR is it really? Its the entire collective. If MR goes someone else steps in carries on the same program. What has the last 60 years taught you?

        I though you had hit the rock bottom. I don’t think that is the case. Now it seems you are still sinking.

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          Are you blind the events that preceded to the 3rd UN resolution? Whoever comes in mister, has to abide by the resolution and there is no escape! Saddam Hussain tried and ended up loosing everything! It is a pity you are so hung up on putting one over the Tamils! All what was expected from MR was magnanimity in victory and implement what was promised to the IC. Ohh no, he wanted to be the King and forever enshrined into the Mahavamsa mythology!

          “I though you had hit the rock bottom. I don’t think that is the case. Now it seems you are still sinking.”

          This time we take you with us! You cannot establish Sinhala Buddhist Supremacy; you cannot hoodwink anymore; if you persist, you will build building blocks for Eelam. Is this what you want? There is only so much the IC will tolerate; just think about East Timor!

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            Look here,

            Just to give you heads up on this. UNHC resolutions are not legally binding. It can go straight to the dustbin of history. It can be a nuisance however. I will give you that.

            Saddam Hussain was a security council resolution. That needed support of both Russia and China.

            Also, another thing. Things like magnanimity and reconciliation is not something you bargain. Bargaining happens to end the conflict. If conflict does not end in bargaining, whatever victor says goes. This is conventional wisdom. As usual your culture is perhaps off kilter.

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              Imbecile,

              “This is conventional wisdom.”

              You are talking nonsense as usual! What so far you have exhibited everything but wisdom! The UN Resolutions and subsequent actions are all depend on who is spearheading the actions. It is about having the Will to carry it through; the US is not wasting time is it? Iran resolution did not have Security Council element, it still carried substance resulting in severe sanctions and pressure. Do not forget Iran is an oil producing country and yet it had to cave in!

              “If conflict does not end in bargaining, whatever victor says goes.”

              Do you think that your arrogance is not noted. The victor is not just a chauvinist but also destroying democracy in Sri Lanka! Just get one thing in your thick scull that is you will never have peace on the Sinhala Buddhist Fundamentalist platform!

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          60 years have taught us that the Sinhalese leaders are very nasty people.
          You can’t trust them Mahvamsa minded cheaters.

          The racist leaders will get the voters by hook or crook to vote for any policy against Tamils. What foking collective are you talking, collective shit?

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          STOP THE ROT STOP FREE EDUCATION OF SOUTHERN SIHALA BIGOTS

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            [Edited out]

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            Moda Choon Javi

            WHo the **ck are you to tell the Cingala Modaya to Stop Free Education? Are your mother funding the education of SL?

            In my time in so-called Peelum, It did not allow any Thamil kids to study but send them to war with cyanide pills on their necks. That is called real Thamil free education you podian moran!!!!!!!!!!

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              Ballless Prabakaran,

              The EU funds for your exports- Spice colony is still western oriented while TN has always looked eastwards and is able to survive without the central support.

              You are the bestiality breed slave that has to be bombed! get ready

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          This is the exact mindset of most sinha racists except few moderates.
          Vibhu, life or earth did not stop at 2009, it goes on, you wont predict what will happen in next 10 years or so.

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        Screw your MR. Only way for a future leader to get elected in SL is to keep revenge seeking eelamists and their hypocritical western backers at bay.

        The only thing the Tamil diaspora did manage by using Cameron is to put a stop to any future power sharing mechanism. Anyone with good intentions for the country can see that the North cannot be trusted with more power. If you want to play it hard that is how the game is going to be. Your bombs could not achieve eelam do you think your Cameron and Harper will be able to?

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          Liberal,
          Shut your damn mouth you [Edited out]. Don’t type shit here cos you have nothing better to do in your sad life. Idiot.

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            This is something that concern us Sri Lankans, we have every right to speak out. On the other hand toilet cleaners domiciled in west does not have any concern here. Why don’t you bother about your refuged country and leave us Sri Lankans alone?

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              [Edited out]

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          When Rajapaksa regime won’t even share power with the Sinhala opposition, do you think anyone is naieve enough to think they will share power with Tamils

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            Mahinda’s ruling coalition has many parties of different views. Don’t you know it?

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              Mahinda use a carrot and stick approach to win politicians to his side but ultimately power is soley vested wit the Rajapaksa clan.

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      Yes, Sinhala people are behind the mass murderer Rajapake,

      Similarly, Nazi Germans were behind Hitler exterminating 6 million Jews!

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        Except Tamils militants were planting bombs in buses and trains and recruiting child soldiers while the jews were not.

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          XXX

          “Tamils militants were planting bombs in buses and trains”

          Probably those bombs were given to LTTE by Premadasa through his military intelligence.

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            Yet the buggers killed premadasa too didn’t they? or was that also Mahinda? lol.

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              That’s an interesting proposition

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              XXX

              “Yet the buggers killed premadasa too didn’t they? or was that also Mahinda? lol.”

              VP immensely helped MR to become the president of this island didn’t his brother kill VP who surrendered to the armed forces?

              By the way many in the know believe assassination of Premadasa was an inside job. This is almost similar to JFK’s murder.

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          Oh yes, 6 million and still counting!

          Numbers of jews admitted at the time were less than 6 mil. Don’t know where so many lived before they were killed by Hitler.

          How many in Sri Lanka, like to know.

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        Hey Thiru

        Who was behind the mass murderer Velu Pillai ?

        Tamil people live in SL, Tamil Di A$$ pora and THIRU

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      Vibushana,

      Solve through the ballot box? You are a great optimist. The reality is different. Sri Lanka now for all intents and purposes is a dictatorship. Thuggery, intimidation and whitevanning is still ruling the roost. Is there anyone game enough to rise against the Rajapaksa rule?

      The media is strong, agreed, but are totally subservient to the Rajapaksa clan.

      You consider Tamils as pariahs. It is this kind of Sinhala chauvinist attitude that plunged the country into the abyss in the last 60 years. Continuing this attitude will ensure that we will never climb out of the abyss.

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        It is the tamil nationalists, who after starting a disastrous war against their own motherland, starting to use hypocritical, oppotunist western politicians to undermine hard won peace and stability. Have a backbone for once and criticize these racists. The simple fact is white vans cannot influence people to go and vote, the northren province proved it. As long as the main opposition is not ready to be more patriotic and responsible and oppose the eelamist threat, this government would continue to win.

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          It was sinha racist elements who first started pograms to get the kick back at their back for 30 years.

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            Hey man, stop referring these lame Singalis as Sinha. [Edited out]

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              I use the term sinha-racist as derogatory; those who love to [Edited out] of lions than being an human.

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            When did the last pogrom happen moron? and when did your freedom fighters last setoff a bomb?

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              The last pogram happened in 83 and after that when armed group showed its abilities you ran like cowards and even screamed for the help from India, and finally when 9 countries helped you cowards reappeared to make a coverted pogrom in the name of Humanitarian operation?

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                UNP did the pogram of 1983 but LTTE joined the same in 1987. How is that?

                Even worse was the tamils voted Fonseka who openly ridiculed Tamils as second class!

                King Rajapakse is a Chanakya who knows very well the LTTE is behind money. Eelam is a farce.

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                  Tamils voted Fonseka because Mahinda is worse but Fonseka is still a butcher.
                  If LTTE was after money, they would have entered an agreement with GOSL many years ago, so that they could live in luxury. Instead they choose to keep fighting.

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          There you go with the lie that Tamils started the war, completely ignoring what everyone know that it was repeated Sinhala State sanctioned pogroms against Tamils that created Tamil militant movement. The war was started by the Sinhala mindset that Lanka belongs to them and as such they are justified in killing and driving off Tamils.

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      Sri Lankans will never solve it because the majority being Sinhalese will side with the chauvinist Rajapaksa, so the minority will suffer. What you propose is majoritarian tyranny, because you are in the majority.

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        Trying to rob 1/3rd of a country is not chauvinism?

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          Rob from whom, you speak as if Sinhalese own the whole country. All you do is reveal the Sinhala supremacist mindset that the whole island is theirs.

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          Liberal One

          “Trying to rob 1/3rd of a country is not chauvinism?”

          Shall we say not only you have robbed my ancestral land but continue your genocide policy to extinguish my people altogether.

          Who the hell do you think you are? Descendants of Kallathonies now fighting over my land, it is the plain historical truth.

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    It looks as though Britain, USA and the international community – seeing no serious action promised multiple times by the Rajapakses – will go ahead with the demand of an international (UN?) Inquiry. The Rajapakses, knowing they are guilty of command responsibility and many other, will hit back by creating the conditions for attacks on Tamils, their businesses and so on in keeping with the threat of “chaos” the faithful Messenger Lalith Weeratunga carried in his recent visit. For good measure, they might target some Muslims too. Will the world sit and watch another State-inspired pogrom, this time far more lethal than July ’83, against civilian minorities who cannot retaliate?
    In the event of such a serious breakdown of law and order the regime also risks the chances of the army facing a division. There are, clearly, many soldiers – Officers and in the lower ranks – tired of what’s happening by the wholesale robbery and shocking action of demented minds taking the country down the precipice.

    Kettikaran

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      Freedom was unknowingly given to Lanka on `featherbed`.
      But freedom is always plucked.

      IF :¬ “will hit back by creating the conditions for attacks on Tamils,”

      NaMo will do the rest in 3 days but there won’t be Tamil Eelam but a united nation- bomb the south and bring the oversized population down.

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        Podian Javi

        Is it a day-dreaming or pipe dreaming? Be careful you may get wet pants under your frock while dreaming.

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          Stop crying just viper your nose fuckocrite!

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            [Edited out]

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    “media is strong, anyone can say what they want.”

    as far as you know?

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    It is British MPs for Tamils.

    We can understand the democracy there.

    You vote me and give me money under the table and I do anything for you.

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      Tamil population is tiny and they aren’t a swing constituent. You Sinhala supremacists just follow Goebbel’s mantra, i.e. keep repeating the same lies over and over and over , thinking it will stick if you just keep on saying it.

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      …and to those same MPs MARA is ready to bribe them by providing our women like a pimp.

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        when has he got pimpy experiences being on lanken politics for the last 4.5 decades in the country ? Either win or bribe them – has been his life motto. This is becoming to many these days days really.

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    UPFA heavy hitters haven’t even hit the hustings yet.

    Still the headlines getting juicy.

    But this is a bottler.

    With this gem, imagine what the Thomson & Thomsons of Srilanka can do to demolish the Opposition?..

    Kiriella, an apparently a Senior Vice President wants to debate the Govt to convince the people that Cameron, Rudra.Emmanuel and Pillai are right.

    Imagine what the jingles will be with this Cameron Diaspora Investigation Team Coming over to get our President and his brave soldiers !!!!!

    Kiriella will have to send the Boss to a public debate to convince our proletariat. majority in the South and the West.

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      A rogue state?

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    Think every one is missing big point. It is common that innocent people do die in the war & as we all know war is an ugly game which applies to both parties however executing a 10 year old kid in an unconventional manner via the command of a chain can not be justfied (if anyone knows how it was done).

    We all want the country to move forward and develop, which is good for the country as a whole, but since all sri lankans live in a so called democratical country, acceptance & reconciliation are a vital part of the process.

    The person whoever made the comparison to Northern Ireland….the only fact you need to consider is that the English do admit what they have done and anyone in Britain can criticise the British government for that in Britain openly and it is calledd democracy and not dictatorship (David Cameron’s son can not become a prime minister for UK)

    Finally people live in the 21st century, and they don’t totally rely on media & we are capable of making up our own mind based on facts not fiction. As you all know or not, there are lreal time video feeds on the Internet & etc… Saying that Praba’s activities can not justified as correct too and Tamils are not the easiest people in the world.

    The main issue here is that most of the or all the development related works have been outsourced to china not UK or other western country (where you borrow money from…matters).

    It is how you play the game……and we are all part of the game in the world.

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      “The main issue here is that most of the or all the development related works have been outsourced to china not UK or other western country (where you borrow money from…matters).”

      How you play the game??

      your largest exports are to the EU and in your favor that is how anti social China lends to you.

      Therefor Xi known for his business sense (having lived in caves because his father was jailed by Mao) made it clear just before Cameron arrived SL you must answer human rights! Why so money talks there is no blood relationship.

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    For the sake of humans…..there is a reason we are called humans ‘not animals’.

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    “It is common that innocent people do die in the war”

    It is not common for Govt of a country to instruct it’s own innocent people, childrenm toddlers,invalid aged people, pregnant mothers etc to take refuge in a so called no fire zone and then bomb the hell out of them out. This is war crime.

    ————-
    The main issue here is that most of the or all the development related works have been outsourced to china not UK or other western country

    GOSL have made a promotional video begging the West to come and invest in Sri Lanka.

    The main issue here is Rajapakse regime is leasing Sri Lanka on a 99 year lease to China to buy China’s vote in the UN.

    Rajapakse regime want to rule Sri Lanka untill they die, the regime knows they wont be here for 99 years, when China will want pay back.

    —————–
    .., there are lreal time video feeds on the Internet & etc… Saying … Tamils are not the easiest people in the world.

    “..we are capable of making up our own mind based on facts not fiction. ..

    it seems you are not capable.
    —-

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    Jim it appears that you are living in your small world. If it is British MP’s for Tamils then it would Chinese for the Sinhalese?

    The fact is, either way Sri Lanka can not operate independently politically nor financially as long the you all have this mentality. My prediction is that sooner or later Sri Lanka would be indirectly owned by the Chinese & the karma might come back to haunt you.

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    The Tamilneters here can cry all they want, they will never get Eelam. They know that. It’s just vengeance for getting their butts kicked. If Sri Lanka suffers sanctions MR will ensure that the Tamils of Sri Lanka suffer most. What little power sharing there is with the NPC will disappear. But the Tamilnetters are not concerned about the Tamils of Sri Lanka. Way to go Diaspora!

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      If we get to sanctions, it can tailored to affect Rajapaksa and his cronies and SL’s capacity to buy armaments .

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    Javi bombing in south or north is wrong. Please grow up son, there is no need for tamil or Muslim or singala Eelam if people can respect each other, their culture, believes & freedom. It is called acting and thinking like civilised human beings and not like animals (applies to all not specific).

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      Dharsh: I was born long before you but you are still at your embyro stage sweeti pie.
      I flew down on hearing and have seen 83 in all its splendor plus knew who gave letters of clearance for the opportunist refugees which is the forerunner to the funding and of course the drug smuggling via other european nations (the british embassy had to intervene because they did not speak the language etc). In short the Brits know more than you think they know and I know.
      The thick headed north and south never fought for independence like the indians did. A simple thing like sleeping right across the railway lines but the sihala hid in TN lungi. Even Europe had WW1 and WW2 to get together though the Monarchy is related and the author Isabella Catholica of Spain. Now even the British kids cannot be caned but you are still backward and bombing is the answer because lanka is creating a problem for India using Dalits a vote base from the 50’s.
      Little India at Malaysia is owned by the Malaysian Chinese(they hate the commies of mainland) 85% of Hambantota is owned by China because SL cannot pay- this never happened before except FTZone. Dont forget SL is used to nationalization like Sirima’s takeover of MacWoods (Nonis married) and sterling companies. Remember Mainland Chinese are anti-social they will do you.

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        BTW what do you export still the rubber rice pact. The stupid muslim minister wanted to sell Cinnamon to chinese but the Chinese use the bark which is used for oil extraction. Ceylon the Spice colony was created to export to the west and thats how it is. While China trade with the west was initially ceramic, tea and in return for gold, silver so it went off balance and the British (Farsi opium boys)exported Opium for medicinal purposes but folk got addicted and then the war started and Hong Kong was annexed. Russia feared the same with Afghan poppy which went up to 100% production when the IC forces went in but now thanks to the Chinese the Afghans are growing Saffron same price. Right now the trade balance is in favour of China not US or EU and China is adamant in only buying “brand” which is impossible seeing that the Japanese are entrenched and unable to come out because only China has the satellite supply chains like Germany.
        Go read and travel dont waste time the world is a single village not just google and wiki- good luck

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    Dr.Geo, when you say ‘at it’s best’, I totally agree – you need an animal to control the animals.

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    These stupid tamils asking UK to pass a resolution on war crimes in SL, do these idiots have any idea that UK is the mother of war crimes!!!! If they want this to happen, first they have to save their beloved Cameron from going to jail over war crimes committed by UK. On Jan: 10th ECCHR filed a formal complain to international criminal court demanding international investigation in to war crimes committed by UK. Now these so called champions of human rights are all hell-bent to save their own neck. This is why rajapaksa warned Cameron in Colombo that, don’t throw stones at others while you are in a glass house.
    Let’s see who is going to the guillotine first.

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      The UK being guilty of crimes does not take away from Sri Lanka’s actions.

      To state that Cameroon is in a glass house is to imply the UK stands a chance of being taken before the UN and its leaders held responsible, which is not the case so Mahinda was just blowing steam.

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    The evidence gave by the ECCHR contain true war crime evidence, not like the fiction stories created by C4. On Jan: 12th William Hague said Briton should not face an international investigation on war crimes. If UK don’t have anything to hide why you bother, let them investigate, after all UK is the self proclaimed HR champion in the world. Hi…Hi…Hi now Cameron and the gang peeing in their pants.

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      “Cameron and the gang peeing in their pants.”

      Go back to your borrowed ambude please then you can pee like the dog at a lamp post.
      Thick heads like you from down south are stupid terrorist.

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    When people can not settle their difference mutually within their own homes through peace and instead reach to outsiders for support to get even ,to take revenge , to see the destruction of the other ,they become so blinded by their fury of hate and venom that they do not realize no matter what, an outsider whether be it political or even in a actual family conflict, is most of the time looking to benefit on the crisis or add fuel .

    We can see that everywhere, look at most of The Muslim nations , why did Saddam and Gaddafi die? I need not elaborate everyone knows the story.

    The fault is on both sides , for decades Sri Lanka’s majority power has never been sincere in settling the Tamil issue , every time a Politician prepares himself for the election his agenda is not the country or people as a whole, it is himself or he and his family , same with the voters no difference .

    Only when politicians along with all the people agree to see all the people in this country as one and are willing to establish a system and service to benefit everyone equally is when this Country will see prosperity and peace.

    What all people should think and want must start not with roads , extra Airports & sports and arts centers.

    It should first start with the best of public transport , with frequent train services with min intervals and same with bus services with all the modern comfort ,including air-condition not as a luxury but as a necessity and once that is successfully implemented , they should increase the tax on all people who own a second car and impose a rule to occupy the full capacity of the vehicle entering high traffic areas by discouraging single drivers ,except for taxis and doctors,everything possible must be done to discourage the use of personal vehicles once you have in place a successful public transport.

    Best of health services should be offered to all ,not free but at a subsidized system ,by way of medical Insurance or a interest free loan to pay for medical .

    Housing should be made available for all at affordable prices with a long term Loan by getting the parents and children to be co borrowers of the housing loan , so that in the event the parents are unable to pay the installments the children can carry on ,if they are still minors and studying they should be given some redress by way of giving time till they start working and able to pay the lapsed installments and the balance .

    Education must be made available in any of the three languages anyone desires to study in eg: Sinhala/Tamil or English. and this too should be given as way of soft loan to be paid back by students when they start working so they appreciate it .

    Importantly the clergy should be separated from the arena of politics.

    Once this is done the rest will fall in place by themselves.

    In Sri Lanka we always start with the least priorities , it is always cricket , alcohol, Music and a showy vehicle even if we can not afford it .

    And as for the current Human rights crisis ,it would be more appropriate for the government to sincerely talk directly to the SRI LANKAN Tamil diaspora & The Tamil people who are in Sri Lanka and accept the wrongs done by some of the military personnel ,It is not unusual to murder the innocent civilian, rape , robbery etc which has always been apart of every single war in the world ,there are some sick men and women who join the military in wars just to fulfill their sadism, without reaching to outsiders at least now we need to settle our house issues by ourselves by putting aside our ego & blood thirst vengeance ,no matter who it is ,it can be the government or the Tamils ultimately all will be consumed by this evil fire .

    It is still not to late for the government to make the first move to reach out to the people.

    And I sincerely hope all the people in Sri Lanka will demand what I have suggested from the Politicians as a manifesto for all people before they cast in their votes.

    Sri Lankans badly needs to mature at-least now -but if you let some of the clergy of all religions (Not Just Buddhist) to use you as milking cows ,we too will end up as the suicide cult of James Warren “Jim” Jones of Nov 1978 , we too will end in suicide not in “death” , but in sociology-politico-economic suicide.

    may peace prevail

    Qassim

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    What about the LTTE terrorists hiding in the UK who are responsible for the killings of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims people in Sri Lanka? Who is going to punish them?

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    the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils

    ACTING FOR TERRORIST FOR BLOOD MONEY

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    Javi…good point. see if the EU cut all the exports from Sri Lanka, where Sri Lanka would end up (outcome would be cannibalism). It is a fact Sri Lanka has been leased out (like Raju said).

    Raju let history define tamil people. No one said that killing innocent people can be justified but it is a process of the war and how we move on from there (history proves it). Since Tamils considered Ltte as their representatives, think about the innocent Tamils from other groups they murdered and executed in the past to gain control, it is all just because they do not agree on principles & agendas (these are facts).

    Teller it appears you are still living in Sri Lanka (your way of thinking proves), like I said it is about being civilised. As for the sanctions there are only less than 10% tamils in Sri Lanka (do not know what on the agenda for the future), suppose if they are to take a big hit on the sanctions…what would you suggest for the 80%.

    Personally Tamils do care for the Sri Lankans, regardless of ethnicity but me personally,…you all are bad as each other.

    Solution would be integration. when I say integration, I mean real integration not a political statement. for example if you take Colombo it is one of the integrated but still work in progress, they same should happen in Jaffna and galle etc…

    Educate people in the sense of where we come from, history and why we are still in the same position as 50 years before. I am pretty sure majority of the people would like to move on. Only a minority like you all, still trying to hold out the country back wards.

    improove the quality of life, which would distract people in other good areas of the humanity related areas instead of having racism in our head.

    Finally even if the Ltte was defeated in the war, it appears as if they have Put Sri Lanka in the world map by doing it so…..at least finger crossed there would not be another war, which any one does not want to see, but if there is one i would like put people like you in the front row, so Sri Lanka could be a better place (beautifull country).

    please do go back to basics of your religions. If that’s Buddhist, Hindu, Christian or Islam, what does it tell you all? Look at other countries like India, England, australia etc ….how do they do it ? certainly there were killings, decremination, immigration issues etc…..how they over came it ? How are they controlling it ? . We can always learn and change the way think.

    Pretty sure not any of you have the same state of thinking as I am & and I understand if you guys do not agree with me. It appears to be waste of my valuable time…..

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      What does “intergration” mean to you? Does it mean that Tamils be extinguished by being absorbed by the numerically much larger Sinhala masses ?

      From ancient times Tamils have been absorbed into the Sinhala fold and then these descendents of Tamils waged war against Tamils of today.

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      Are you pouring water on a duck’s back?
      If so, this is not the forum for you.
      Its a forum for venom.
      These Diassporas are smarting… they have lost out on their investment on LTTE………
      Do you know how mad dogs behave?
      Now they are drowning as the Thames is overflowing… In a couple of days it will be the falut of Rajapakshes and SL Forces.

      Twist of the tongue for these guys is a piece of cake.
      They have nowhere to go back other than turn to money But the investments are lost or played out.

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    Like your thinking Qassim…..

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    Sadith…the question is where Ecchr are based ? ( they have one of their main office in Birmingham too and british are the lawyers there) again that is called democracy….

    Even if you think the war crimes are fiction…..to create a fiction, there is a need for facts!!! and there are enough facts. if you need any facts, I can certainly point you at the right direction.

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      Dharsh what did you smoked before writing these comments!!!!! you said this is democracy…. what the hell you are talking about. UK committed war crimes period. Therefore UK dont have any bloody damn right to accuse anybody else.What UK is doing now is a bloody joke.

      Also you said to create a fiction it need facts!!! since you don’t know the meaning of the fiction, just ask from any 5th grader, they will teach you some English.

      I don’t think any body in this world want direction from a person like you.

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    Sha can you please name any one who is hiding in the UK or else where? if there is anyone who is from a higher level of command still hiding!! Then you are calling the Sri Lankan governments statements as false and misguiding the people of their country.

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      Darsh

      What about Aunty Adele Bala – Queen of Cyanide pills?

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        Provide evidence to the British; empty rhetorics won’t do!

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        Balless Prabakaran

        “What about Aunty Adele Bala – Queen of Cyanide pills?”

        What about her?

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    Rajash….when we say investments there are various types of investments. What types of investments are we talking about? What are the investment strategies? What are the proposals? Non of the western countries have any interest in Sri Lanka based on current climates and situations…..it is a big topic, then again there are certain issues and steps needs to be taken before it gets to that point and it is a long way off.

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      Dharsh
      As per the Reconciling and Rebuilding Promotional crap video; Canraal says that that the USA and UK are currntly only interested in invisible investment ie; The Sri Lankan government bonds. The west can dump the bonds any time they like and sell them on in the junk bond market.

      so your argument (where you borrow money from…matters)does not stick. As without the financing via the Govt Bond the country is srewed. NI mean srewed more.

      Mahinda and Cabraal want visible investment from the west; Mahinda says we want invetment in “this thing and that thing” not sure what he meant by that.

      Unfortunately Visible investment are not easy to get rid of as a prominent Australian have learnt by flying the flag upside down

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    British tobacco and tea growers introduced Tamils to SL.

    If not for them no Tamils in SL.

    They should take responsibility.

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      You must be repeating this lie to console yourself or simply because you want to hear your voice.

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      You mean to say that the the Sinhala numerical supremacy would have been limited if not for those Tamils becoming Sinhala!

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        Yes it would have made a significant difference because Sinhalese absorbed many Tamils .

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    I appreciate that Javi….still a lot to learn.

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    David cameron, together with Hugo Swire, Lee Scott and Siobhain Mcdonagh need to get into AMUDES and save the diaspora getting drowned from the overflowing Thames due to relentless rain………..

    Ever since David cameron opened his stinking mouth at the CHOGM retribution has set in the form of relentless rain & floods causing massive damage and loss of housing to the diaspora and to the innocent British.

    It is predicted the rains will contoinue untill March 2014 and its time William Hague too got into an AMUDE and Brittain got started printing money.

    John Baird of Canada is already in an AMUDE with never ending shovelling of snow and the cold and the snow fall predicted to last untill March 2014.

    NATURE IS PUNISHING INNOCENT MASSES FOR THIER BAD MOUTHING.

    .

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      You sound like one of those idiots who connects natural phenomena to human moral endeavors.

      So tell me what was the reason for the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, the crappy mentality of the majority of Lankans?

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    Fathima what on earth are you on about!! That was in the up country side( kandy, nuwareliya, etc), Tamils in north were there, way before that. I am pretty sure you have either some learning or understanding difficulties and you have not studied Sri Lankan history.

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      Dharsh

      you need to ignore Fathima she recently escaped from Angoda

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    Javi thanks for the history lesson. Only fact is that we are still talking about the past….. The only issue I can see that is we talk alot and do less.

    I remember one of my history teacher when I was in Lanka mentioning that when Singapore ambassador or president visited Sri Lanka in 1978, saying that he would bring Singapore standards to the level of us.

    I see you are mentioning all the export products such as tea and spices etc..they are all natural resources we have, why we have not tried to go further?. The reason is that majority of the Sri Lankans are lazy and less motivated.

    During the end of war the SL military displayed some of the self made equipments and weapons by the LTTE, if we have that sort of ambition to kill some one!!!! Then why not put that to good cause towards building a brighter future.

    With all do respect we all know what the British is like and how the UK system works, but only thing we lack in our heart is that we are not second to non when using our Brains ( 16 year old tamil has been selected for NASA space programme).

    The funny thing as adult we are responsible for our own actions, blaming other countries for being opportunist is not going to help. By the way I am still learning and travelling the world but that does not mean I have to keep on learning which would result in no action.

    We are all but excuses and again excuses……

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      Dharsh
      “During the end of war the SL military displayed some of the self made equipments and weapons by the LTTE”

      Yes the GOSL amd military conducteda war tourism for the people of the Soutj and marvel at ath ingenuity of the Tamil Tigers.

      It was not in 1978 I think in the late 1950’s the then Singapore PM realised that the Sinhala only policy that SWRD is implementing to win the election is going to ruing Sri Lanka in the long run. How true he was. He realised that Singapore with a high literacy rate as Sri Lanka has a great potential if all the religion and race are treated equally to tap in to te potential.

      I was reading in the FT today that Singapore has one of the most advanced aircraft manufacturing hub and technial knohow.

      BTW – dont believe in everything you read such as Tamils are Nasty people to live with.

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      Both Dr Mathir and LKY were educated foreigners and had been friends- especially LKY his city planning is studied at PG level. Singapore was conceived by professional for professionals. LKY invited the british civil service serving JT’s to join him not the sinhalese why so?? It’s a different class not VP and Goota the mothers of all stepfathers.

      “( 16 year old tamil has been selected for NASA space programme).”

      This is nothing way back in 78 a UP boy of 21 was enticed by the Pentagon to join them because he knew all branches of engineering and he is still there.

      There are many north Indian and Malayalee Menon cases like this. Every year the US embassy goes to IIT’s and AIIMS and selects people with 98% for their Full bright east west but few go because their parents fear the cultural shock.
      There was one such malayalee TRP in Ceylon who got 99% mechanical engineering IIT (he rarely studied and stunned the JT’s competing him at IIT)but he never went.
      Lanka is like Nepal the clout and the smallness sends the average.

      Lanka’s problem at the heart is Buddha God and the 40k who want the chauffeur driven Benz and grilled pork to look like the pope. Before that the catholic church sent 2 poor boys who did not have the cash to buy a second pair of shorts to US- ANS Kulasingha and Cyril Ponnamperuma.

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