By Dayan Jayatilleka –
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka
For personal reasons that would be too painfully obvious to state, I can well remember a time that Sri Lankan newspaper Editors would be unforgiving with their newsroom, if the biggest political story of the week had failed to make it to their front page or any page at all, especially if the story was big enough to be reported in the respected Indian newspaper, The Hindu.
Only two Sri Lankan English language newspapers (Ceylon Today and Daily FT) and a single TV website (Derana) caught the dramatic story of Chief Minister Wigneswaran and the Northern Provincial Council’s 11 page “Genocide” resolution. The intrinsic important of the story was captured by the fact that the Hindu ran it with a quote from Indian officialdom. Thus it was that the Indian Government had already reacted appropriately to a Sri Lankan story which had not, for the most part, made the Sri Lankan media. Then again, this speaks not so much to the state of the Sri Lankan media but to the larger state of Sri Lankan society, which is or has been rendered – one can only guess by whom and to what end—far more concerned about Wele Suda than Wigneswaran. It seems a classic case of what Noam Chomsky termed the manufacturing of consent, which is, at bottom, a term for collective hypnosis or brainwashing.
The Hindu story captioned ‘Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Resolution: India Officials Wary’, with Suhashini Haidar’s byline and datelined New Delhi February 11, 2015 opens thus:
“The Indian government took note of the resolution by the Sri Lankan Northern Provincial Council internally, but officials said it was too early to gauge its importance to the reconciliation process already initiated by President Maithripala Sirisena’s new government. Officials are studying if the genocide resolution would affect the Geneva conference of the UNHRC, where the U.N. special rapporteur is due to submit a report on a U.S.-sponsored “war crimes investigations” that could also lead to a resolution against Sri Lanka being tabled…Any attempt to challenge the new government in Colombo with an international genocide investigation at this point could “complicate matters,” sources in New Delhi have said. The U.N. special rapporteur is expected to submit a report on a U.S.-sponsored “war crimes investigations” and a resolution on Sri Lanka’s ‘genocide against Tamils’ could also be tabled then…” (The Hindu, Feb 11, 2015)
That the Northern resolution cannot be dismissed as insignificant is best evidenced by Delhi’s entirely appropriate reaction, which is in sharp contrast to the reported refusal of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s Office to comment.
The TAMILNET report of the “key development” as it calls the resolution, is captioned ‘Wigneswaran calls for international investigation on genocide’. It states as follows:
“In a key development, the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council (NPC), Justice CV Wigneswaran, on Tuesday called for real international investigations on genocide against Tamils committed by the successive governments since Ceylon’s independence from the British in 1948. Passing a resolution in the council that demanded international investigations on genocide, the Chief Minister has called for criminal prosecutions at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and urged the on-going OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) to investigate the claim of genocide and recommend appropriate investigations and prosecutions by the ICC…
The case of genocide in Sri Lanka is unique among genocides in history because it occurred over several decades and under different governments before intensifying into a no-holds-barred war for nearly three decades and culminating in the mass atrocities of 2009, the resolution further said. The concluding paragraphs of the resolution passed in the NPC follow:
The obligation to prevent and punish genocide under the Genocide Convention is not a matter of political choice or calculation, but one of binding customary international law. This Council urges OISL to comprehensively investigate and report on the charge of genocide in its submission to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2015. The UN Security Council should refer the situation in Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court for prosecutions based on war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Alternatively or concurrently, domestic courts in countries that may exercise universal jurisdiction over the alleged events and perpetrators, including but not limited to the United States, should prosecute these crimes…” [TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 February 2015, 08:22 GMT]
The full text of this outrageous and dangerous affront of a Resolution is available at Colombo Telegraph. Click here to read the full text.
While I have little doubt that Sri Lanka’s new administration can deal with this and any such challenge in Geneva with New Delhi’s help—which the Rajapaksa administration absurdly reckoned it could do without—that is not the main issue. Far more important are (1) the fact of the resolution (2) its content and character (3) its authorship and agency and (4) its timing.
Firstly, the fact is that the Northern Provincial council has passed a resolution which is far outside its Constitutional mandate. The subject of the resolution is, it is hardly necessary to say, well outside the list of subjects and functions devolved to the Provincial Council. The very fact of the resolution on a matter so utterly contentious and intensely political, with major diplomatic and sovereignty implications for Sri Lanka, reveals the self-image of the Northern Council and gives an insight into its political consciousness and ideology, its political project and probable trajectory.
Secondly, the resolution is not a token one, in which case it would be short. It is an eleven page document. It also represents an escalation, in that the charge leveled constitutes a moral and legal indictment which cannot be surpassed. It is not limited to a mere lamentation and contains a specific call to international action. It calls for Sri Lanka to be charged under international customary law, both at the international level as well as by domestic judiciaries throughout the world under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction. It alleges that the worst of crimes that can be committed against any people, has been committed against the Tamil people of this island, and that is the crime of genocide. It does not allege that such genocide has been committed or attempted in the last stages of the war. It claims that such genocidal acts were committed by all Ceylonese/Sri Lankan administrations since 1948. (This would make it the slowest, most inefficient ‘genocide’ in human history).
Thirdly, this is not a resolution moved by a Tamil diaspora secessionist lobby such as the TGTE, or a radical Tamil nationalist fringe such as that led by Mr. Gajan Ponnambalam, or a radical dissenter within the Northern Council such as the effervescent Ms. Ananthi Sasitharan. On the contrary, this extreme resolution is moved and endorsed by the respected Chief Minister and former judge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Wigneswaran and voted through with an enormous margin, by the Northern Provincial council itself. This is a Tamil nationalist mainstream move, which demonstrates that Tamil nationalism remains within the paradigm of the Vadukkodai resolution. This ‘Genocide’ Resolution 2015 could be dubbed the Son of Vadukkodai Resolution 1976.
Fourthly, there is the timing. A new reformist government of liberal pluralist leanings is in office. The Northern Provincial council and its respected Chief Minister decide to escalate at this time, notwithstanding the assumption of office by the new Government. The Genocide Resolution gives the lie to the interpretation that the Northern Council gets understandably radicalized because someone like Mahinda Rajapaksa refuses to devolve power. The election to the Northern Council had not been held when in in the last days of the campaign, Mr. Wigneswaran called Prabhakaran a “great hero”. Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sent home and so has Gen. Chandrasiri, the Governor. Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe are in office, as is Governor HMGS Palihakkara, respected ex-diplomat, former LLRC commissioner and distinguished ‘dove’. What do the Chief Minister and the Council do? Help the moderates by extending a hand and building bridges, or at the very least observing a political ceasefire for a hundred days? On the contrary, they escalate. They explode a political claymore under the new administration.
If an elected, i.e. representative body of an ethnic community is of the view that the community has been consistently subject to genocide, then nowhere in world history does such a community decide to stay with the larger community or its leaders which have perpetrated such a heinous atrocity against the very existence of the collective. Thus it is very clear that the political consciousness that produced this detailed resolution is dead set on a destiny which is independent of the Sri Lankan state; of Sri Lanka as a country. The charge of genocide cannot be other than a buildup of the case for sovereignty and independence.
How can so irresponsible and anti-national a Provincial Council and Chief Minister be conferred the full panoply of power contained in the 13th amendment, when there is no guarantee that they will be exercised responsibly? How can it even be countenanced that powers beyond the 13th amendment be vested in such a Council? How can the Sri Lankan state fail to retain and emphasize its unitary character when faced with such political behavior by a Council which is dangerously adjacent to a hostile Tamil Nadu?
How will an enfeebled, post-Constitutional reforms Presidency, shorn of most executive powers and no longer the Head of Government, deal with an obviously restive Northern Provincial Council which is ratcheting up the pressure? How will a UNP administration which is dependent on the TNA in parliament do so either? How can the citizenry trust Prime Minister Wickremesinghe who gave away the store during the Ceasefire Agreement and has made the most curious appointments to sensitive posts in recent times (sparking fears of a stealth takeover by Diaspora proxies), be trusted to keep the lid on the increasingly radical Northern Provincial Council?
What could possibly have emboldened the Northern Chief Minister and his Council to gavel this ‘Genocide’ Resolution through, while deflecting the term with due circumspection just a few months ago when it was mooted by the TNA’s Mr. Sivajilingam? What could make them quite so impatient? Is it a sense of entitlement deriving from the arithmetic of the election results and the feeling that the time has now come to pay the Piper?
padmakumara / February 11, 2015
Look at DJ, jumping for joy. This is what he has been praying for since Mahinda Rajapaksa lost on January 8th. Some reason to say “THEY ARE SELLING THE COUNTRY TO THE TAMILS”.
Don’t agree one smidgeon with this genocide resolution. Do agree wholeheartedly that the wanton killing of civilians by the operational decision to keep using long range weapons to fire into the NO FIRE ZONE – despite telling the UN on two separate occasions that the use of artillery had been stopped since February 2009 – MUST BE INVESTIGATED.
It is Dayan’s pet, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s abject failure to address these concerns that is indeed radicalising sections of the TNA. Sivajilingam has been trying for years to bring this resolution. Wigneswaran has resisted it all this time. Perhaps it is a political strategy of some kind, to keep the TNA’s more hardcore elements at bay.
Trust Dayan to get his knickers in a twist and scream MURDER over this. This is the man’s fundamental problem. His zero-sum arguments. His arrogance doesn’t allow him to make any other, more tempered, less bullish, less-‘I know everything’ arguments. This is much like his arguments in which he insisted Mahinda Rajapaksa would win the election. The kind of argument that had him indirectly campaigning for the incumbent on Rupavahini on the morning of 8 January in complete violation of election laws.
Meanwhile, the fifth article in two days.
[Edited out]
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vis8 / February 11, 2015
Yes, they (MY3) ARE selling the country to Tamils.. Only one-track-minded, hate and jealousy-ridden people like you (the writers) can’t comprehend this…..
Luckily, this buffoonery will last only till the next election…. Hope it will not be too late by then. Sri Lanka may be divided into 3
Like it????
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Don Quixote / February 12, 2015
The importance of the story is determined by the Hindu newspaper of India.
What is that called selling your arse to the Indians ?
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Siriyalatha / February 12, 2015
I hve the feeling DJ has turned to be so malcioius since he cant see any other valuable reasons to attack current govt – not knowing what to do next, he is just about to attack them by the particular genoicide theory. However from his 3 articles he posted onto CT within 2 days prove that the man is not normal but work on an agenda of MR and thugs. JuST to create new problems bringing minorities from majorities that wider – i think he shold also be charged for that.. if Thissa athtnaayakes caused him to face court case why not DJ ? This man has become to all no go levels to this day not being able to stomach MS’s election victory.
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Analyst / February 12, 2015
All those who creates disharmony in the country should be prosecuted ,as they can’t stand the country being ruled by politicians with hope for betterment in the country . these traitors are causing havoc with their hate theory, whether they’re citizens of the country or live abroad should not be allowed to publish all these nonsense.
Mr Champika watch these traitors and terrorists with their propaganda machine in full swing and don’t fail to clip their wings.
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Samuel Bandara / February 12, 2015
There is a saying vernacular ” kunakatuwa bites repeatedly”. The reaction of DJ is I find becoming similar to that of Kunakatuwa (polon thelissa-පොලොන් තෙලිස්සා & kunakatuwa-කුණකටුවා (Sinhala))- so all three articles that the self proclaimed analyst happened to contain exclusivly malicious postulations against Ranilwickramasigne. Those whogot the tools to do so, should analyse why DJ is after RW – in the same time defending a person (MR) who and his kith and kin have plundered and looted to provable manner. Not even 10% of those 5.7miion would support to MR or any supporters of him,in the next general election. People of this country are not fools as appeared to be. But they are emotional – only tricks being played by MR again and again to cheat the nation and bring them to torments of tantulus may be the reason them to have voted blindely.
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AVB / February 12, 2015
M-DJ,
You said it is very painful to see the obvious.
Have you seen recent Indian News saying that there are 16,000 Dayan’s children or Sri Lankan children were born in India as stateless refugee beggars ? Don’t you get any pain seeing this kind of information? At one stage there were 300,000 Sri Lankan refugees only in India along, still there are more than 100,000 there. Even a small Scandinavian country recently said, SL as one of 3 countries which create biggest legal/illegal refugee problems for them,,
If couple of DJs were born in big Asian country like Indonesia (250m people), whole world would be in much more chaos with refugees….
DJ, you are getting old and nearing to your death and natural disfunctioning of your organs begin. Start reading about concept like “Sakkya Dhitti”, it explain very logically and scientifically how you as Sinhalese see things as you see now and how Tamil Wignashwaren see the way he sees. That might cool you down, help to reduce your hatred on your fellow countrymen.
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chinthaka b / February 11, 2015
Who would have thought that at heart Dayan is just another Sinhala racist. He continues to denigrate this election result as being a victory of the minorities. This is sick.
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Kumar R. / February 11, 2015
Chinhtaka,
Yes – Dayan has continued to decieve many, hiding under his “Dr.” title that gave him good cover for his canards!
At the risk of unduly repeating a previous comment, I would like to state this again, given Dayan’s deluge that is tailored to prod the mood of the uninitiated for what is to come before the April elections.
Those who dismiss Dayan’s recent articles as rubbish, nonsensical or irrelevant are in for a rude awakening soon, possibly well before the Parliamentary elections.
Dayan is proving to be the living example of the oft cited wisdom that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.”
He has realized that the previous regime’s only hope of return to the driver seat is to re-do an “SWRD”, fanning up racial flames. Now that MR has finally realized that the Tamil and Muslim votes have been forever lost , the one and only, and possibly a sure-fire solution is a chauvinistic, racial, domineering, majoritarian war cry to galvanize a majority “block vote”- exactly the way SWRD strategized with the tar-brush campaign.
Dayan is just doing the spade work on that front – to catch MR’s eyes one more time in the hope of another diplomatic opportunity if the strategy works.
This is very vivid in Dayan’s deluge of articles since January 9th that have progressively converged towards fanning up majoritarian thirst for marginalization of the minorities.
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sach / February 11, 2015
So TNA is not racist but DJ pointing that out is racist?
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Native Vedda / February 13, 2015
sach
“1939 ethnic riot after GG Ponnambalam started racist politics in this country?”
Cite the source
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sach / February 13, 2015
There is a search engine called google , type 1939 ethnic riots and GG Ponnambalam. You will get
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vis8 / February 11, 2015
Yes, they (MY3) ARE selling the country to Tamils.. Only one-track-minded, hate and jealousy-ridden people like you can’t comprehend this…..
Luckily, this buffoonery will last only till the next election…. Hope it will not be too late by then. Sri Lanka may be divided into 3
Like it????
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
vis8
“Yes, they (MY3) ARE selling the country to Tamils.”
Do you know the price?
If the price is right I do’t mind buying the entire island and then getting rid of you from my ancestral land?
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justice / February 11, 2015
Tamils of the north-east were periodically massacred in batches without any provocation whatsoever by the armed forces and police.
Inquiries into a few of the instances were held, but the verdicts remain unknown.
http://www.nesohr.org/files/Lest_We_Forget.pdf
These massacres are the reason for tamils taking up arms, purely for survival in rural hinterlands, without fear.
This was the beginning, rest is history.
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Park / February 11, 2015
Any individual or any organization or any body for that matter, can pass any resolution they like. However, it is important to observe who is going to recognize the resolution? In this case I am not sure if any foreign country or UN will recognize it as the NOrthern PC has exceeded its mandate.
In this article Dayan is commenting about Tamil Net, TGTE, Gajan Ponnambalam and Anadhi Sashitharan. This same Puss-Pundit Dayan has named all these groups and individuals as “Separatists and Tiger Supporters”. If these are Separatists and Tiger Supporters what else can we expect.
I have not read the full resolution yet, but Justice Wigneswaran is not a stupid person. There must be valid reasons for him presenting this resolution. Having said this, who can say that there was no genocide of minorities in Sri Lanka? Even during Dayan’s God King Rajapakse’s time there was Muslim Genocide in Sri Lanka.
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sach / February 11, 2015
muslim genocide? LOL
So what was under Prabha in 1990?
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Ranjan / February 12, 2015
Sach,
Praba asked the Muslims to move out not kill them in large numbers. Are you from this island? Or are you one of those Indian RAW agents employed full time to whip up anti-Tamil sentiments among Muslims.Lol.
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sach / February 12, 2015
Does an indian is required to whip up anti tamil sentiments after your LTTE did ethnic cleansing of muslims..
So why cant NPC now start muslim settlements in north the people who were chased away by Prabha
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burning Issue / February 12, 2015
Such,
“So why cant NPC now start muslim settlements in north the people who were chased away by Prabha”
Please do not ask dump questions! The NPC has no executive powers. The resettlement programmes were being handled by the Basil. Let us hope that, the due powers are given to NPC with funds. If they then do not facilitate Muslim resettlements, you can point your finger!
It appears that you have lost all your senses since the demise of MR, the champion of Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinism!
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sach / February 13, 2015
[Edited out], the NPC fellows blocked the Muslim resettlement process. You dont like that. That is why many Tamils bashed Latheef Farook when he himself asked to relocate Muslims in North.
And giving you more executive powers? After all this?
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sach / February 13, 2015
what makes you think MR is my leader? In your warped mindset Sinhalese are two kinds the racist, mahinda supporters who supported dreamy genocide and anti devolution….on the otherside lies the good sinhalese who are bending every possible manner to satisfy your tamul ego.
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Lasanda / February 11, 2015
A police officer was shot in Vavuniya while patrolling in the night. Government has failed to arrest the culprit.
The history tells us that when 6 police officers were shot by Tamils in north triggered the horrible riots in Sri Lanka.
The US agenda is to create ethnic riots and penetrate to the country to get the China out of the way.
We have to be mindful at this time.
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Lankan / February 11, 2015
Dayan, may be you should pass a resolution that “Sinhala Genocide” happened under the LTTE hands.
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Sirisena yatawara / February 11, 2015
In simple terms of Tamil political class is working on great” Tamil Eealm- Separatist state” on Global scale by blessing of UNHRC back by US UK and Exile govt. of Diasporas of Tamils.
First step of divided land of Sri lanka, one Tamils and other for non- Tamils.
Second step pave way for liberated 75 Millions of Tamil Nadu from Indian ruling regime by using Tamil Residency base in Sri lanka.
Their step Exile -Tamil Eealm is base in USA soil that given green light go ahead Globally advocated by World Tamil Congress and Global Tamil Forum to be established Tamil land with all legal covers by Sri lanka soil time that weak and right wing Govt. power in center of Colombo.
Fourth step is that TNA is the party that North Council led by CM of North to obtain legally binding support from the council resolutions forwarded to in Geneva by international approvals of UNHRC.
By passed genocides resolution of CM of north council is political motivated, that ground work for the preparation of first stage Tamil Rough puppets state, which back by West and Tamil diasporas.
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Tungsan Yu / February 11, 2015
This man must have a lot of free time.
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Kumar / February 13, 2015
Yes, he has become a jobless vagabond. The Maithree-Ranil govt. has totally ignored him. All his so called analysis is only good to flush in the loo.
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Ranjan / February 11, 2015
This is such a humiliation and middle finger to Ranil and India who are playing double game with Tamils and Muslims.This is a warning to Ranil and India from TNA, if you continue your games TNA will make moves like this resolution to increase support to Mahinda and bring him back in power.
So Dayan, Mahinda, Gota, Weerawansa and the other Sinhala racists can stand up for Sinhala nationalism but it is completely wrong for Wigneswaran to stand up for Tamil nationalism? Double standards?
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sach / February 12, 2015
This is not a middle finger to ranil and india, but this is certainly a middle finger to every sinhalese who belive in reconciliation with TNA….and believe MR is the bad fellow…….
I hope this middle finger will poke into their eyes and make them come to reality
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kali / February 11, 2015
Dyan the Sooran ( It doesn’t matter how many times we cut your head you keep coming back
Wigneswaran & Northern Council Detonate ‘Genocide’ Resolution
***The above is hardly surprising as this is a Pre emptive Strike with the possibility of a revival by MR. He was the architect of the Genocide and the World has to be reminded of his role.
1) “The Indian government took note of the resolution by the Sri Lankan Northern Provincial Council internally, but officials said it was too early to gauge its importance to the reconciliation process already initiated by President Maithripala Sirisena’s new government. Officials are studying if the genocide resolution would affect the Geneva conference of the UNHRC, where the U.N. special rapporteur is due to submit a report on a U.S.-sponsored “war crimes investigations” that could also lead to a resolution against Sri Lanka being tabled…Any attempt to challenge the new government in Colombo with an international genocide investigation at this point could “complicate matters,” sources in New Delhi have said. The U.N. special rapporteur is expected to submit a report on a U.S.-sponsored “war crimes investigations” and a resolution on Sri Lanka’s ‘genocide against Tamils’ could also be tabled then…”
*** Indias role in this is marginal. The Western Nations are aware that an internal Probe is not going to be credible. If proof was needed just listen to SF who is now part of the Coalition when he says that he will defend Sri Lankan armed forces and deny quite categorically that there was no Genocide. How do you then expect his Generals to own up.
We have no trust in an Internal Inquiry.
2) That the Northern resolution cannot be dismissed as insignificant is best evidenced by Delhi’s entirely appropriate reaction, which is in sharp contrast to the reported refusal of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s Office to comment.
*** The above is an honest admission despite any reservations.
3)In a key development, the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council (NPC), Justice CV Wigneswaran, on Tuesday called for real international investigations on genocide against Tamils committed by the successive governments since Ceylon’s independence from the British in 1948.
*** Only such an inquiry will pave the way for A LASTING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION. Nothing else will do.
4)What could possibly have emboldened the Northern Chief Minister and his Council to gavel this ‘Genocide’ Resolution through, while deflecting the term with due circumspection just a few months ago when it was mooted by the TNA’s Mr. Sivajilingam? What could make them quite so impatient? Is it a sense of entitlement deriving from the arithmetic of the election results and the feeling that the time has now come to pay the Piper?
*** This is a Pre emptive Strike with the possibility of a revival of MR and to prevent the International Community falling foul of the attempt by MS and his entourage to save MR.
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jinkers / February 11, 2015
The unrepentant DJ wants to whitewash Rajapakse crimes, The people of the this country who voted for a change are wandering why Rajapakses are yet roaming free instead of locked up inside prisons for the time being.
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Champa / February 11, 2015
This man DJ is slightly off ………….now!
He would have been in a top position if Mahinda’s coup worked properly !
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Lions down not out / February 12, 2015
Unfortunately for him and the masses only the US/India backed coup worked.
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Soma / February 11, 2015
I think it is time the Tamils who live in the south seriously consider moving up.
Soma
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Richard Kaz / February 12, 2015
why? Did anyone call for the Sinhalese living outside Sri Lanka to move back to the country when the LTTE was defeated? Isn’t that what the Sinhalese wanted, their whole country back. Why the double standards??
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aluthgama namal / February 11, 2015
WHEN IS THIS OLD GOAT STOPPING HIS LEAKING DIAREAH…THERE IS MEDICINE TO HARDEN YOUR STUFF… WE CANT BEAR THIS CONSTANT STREAM FROM YOUR BEHIND…
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Soma / February 11, 2015
Quite rightly the Sinhala masses in the south including the press have totally ignored this humbug Wignasworen.
Sinhalese should be tankful to these idiots for leading VP to Nandikadal.
There is no way the Tamil political leaders can punish the Sihalese with no adverse reverse effect on the Tamil masses.
It is the Tamils who live in the south who should take this issue seriously.
This attempt to instill fear into the minds of the Sinhala masses will prove to be the deadliest mistake they ever made.
Soma
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
Soma
“There is no way the Tamil political leaders can punish the Sihalese with no adverse reverse effect on the Tamil masses.”
Brilliant
Be a man do what it takes to teach the demelas.
I love your veiled threat to the Tamil leaders, sure way of dividing the island.
I love your often tried tested habit of self destruction.
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soma / February 12, 2015
Dear Native Veddah
“I love your often tried tested habit of self destruction”
You are referring to the Sinhalese or Tamil political leaders?
Soma
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
soma
“You are referring to the Sinhalese or Tamil political leaders?”
It depends who is asking the question.
It equally applies to both Stupid Sinhalese and Stupid Tamils. The cap should fit both well.
Nothing personal.
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S.Mahendra (in Swiss) / February 11, 2015
A re-read of this 132 page booklet might be appropriate at this time:-
http://tgte-us.org/pressrelease/HRC_Booklet-Final.pdf
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vishvajith / February 11, 2015
A political escalation.
” Genocide ” is a loaded word. People split hairs trying to analyze and reanalyze it’s meaning. If the IC wills, there will be an investigation, our Tamil Community will make their case and the Jurists will decide.
Investigate or not, the political case of our Tamil community will be strengthened. A not a good case to our Sinhala Community for they will have to account how benevolent they were to the Tamils since Independence.
My long term thoughts for the Motherland, The Nation will reset to two Nations living side by side. As they did for Millennium.
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sach / February 11, 2015
” As they did for Millennium.”
Please substantiate with proper evidence.I am awaiting your input
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vishvajith / February 12, 2015
Feel free to search it yourself. Freely available in many publications, how our two nations lived side by side. Each ruled by their own ruler. Only three times the Nation was ruled under one ruler before the colonizers visited us.
Best wishes on your search.
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Anpu / February 12, 2015
Visvajith,
“how our two nations lived side by side. Each ruled by their own ruler. Only three times the Nation was ruled under one ruler before the colonizers visited us. “
I agree with you 100%.
To prove what you have said, I have given many links to Sach, OTC,…
They come back with twisted stories.
Thanks
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vishvajith / February 12, 2015
Thank you for your response Anpu. It is, what in Behavioral Science is called ” confirmation bias “. We only seek, what we believe in. We chose to ignore or condemn evidence that is presented to us, which we don’t agree with. Just as some Govt’s believe there is no climate change and others believe vaccinating children are just Dumb and measles are back.
Suffice to say our kingdoms ( past tense ) / Nations ( present tense ) have lived side by side and we will continue to do so for years to come.
Thank you again.
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sach / February 12, 2015
Is that why you people ignore 1939 ethnic riots and how GGP the racist bastard started communalism in SL?
Is that why you ignore LTTE war crimes and ICRC reports but stick into CH4?
Is that why you bash mahavamsa because it is uncomfortable to you? Is that why you ignore every proper scholarly work on SL history?
And I repeat please give any proper source or atleast few of your ‘freely available’ publications where tamils and Sinhala people live as two nations for millenia?
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sach / February 12, 2015
What many links?
The unheard vannipuwatha? what is in it? The mention that there were tamils in Parakramabahu’s army except hela?
Your own link shows there was a people called Hela and who were separately identified from Tamils. unlike what tamils say…
So what happened to these tamil soldiers in Parakramabahu’s army? Did they remain tamil? what happened to them?
Any person with knowledge about history in SL would know bringing tamil mercenaries from TN was a practice of sinhala kings.
So please provide a proper scholarly work that says Tamils stayed as a separate nation.
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sach / February 12, 2015
I think OTC is waiting for your input after you ran away when he gave information on population data in SL during British period
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
Anpu
sach the stupid continues to harangue the fellow forum sharer on GG Ponna’s role in the Nawalapitya riots of 1939. The riots were related to industrial disputes between the workers and Estate owners. This stupid sach has no evidence to link GG and the riots. As you know from past discussions OTC plagiarized bits and pieces from elsewhere and maintained ownership of the piece of typing. He/she/it never supported with evidence.
All he/she/it was able to do was to quote Dr. Jane. Russell’s, Communal Politics under the Donoughmore Constitution, 1931-1947, without reading it. The book clearly state the riots were being an industrial dispute and had nothing to do with Ponna’s speech. He never had access to the book until I provided the link in this forum.
He never read it nor corrected his assertion. Banda, mechanic both OTC’s sidekicks repeated the same mantra and both now gone into hiding, probably passing their piece of junk to sach.
“1939 ethnic riot after GG Ponnambalam started racist politics in this country?”
I tried in vein to jog her selective memory with certain facts which I list below and she keeps a deafening silence as usual.
By the way I am not a fan of GG Ponna.
Riots
April 1883 Kotehena
June 1903 Anuradhapura
May 1915 Kandy, neighboring villages, Colombo and Chilaw.
July 1931 Malayalis were assaulted in Colombo
December 1948 Ethnic cleansing bill passed in the parliament.
1981 Galle and Puttalam
People
Anagarika Dharmapala (the Homeless one),
A E Goonasingha (trade union leader),
Migettuwatte Gunananda (Panadura Vadaya 1873)
Piyadasa Sirisena (Novelist & editor of Sinhala Jathiya)
Walisinha Harichandra (1877 – 1913)
Media
Lakmin (Sinhala daily)
Dinamina
Ceylon
Nation
Viraya
All I am interested in is truth as Buddha spoke:
Right Understanding leads to Wisdom
Right Aspiration leads to Divine Inclination
Right Speech leads to Truth and Understanding
Right Behavior leads to Goodwill
Right Livelihood leads to Sharing
Right Effort leads to Highest Outcome
Right Mindfulness leads to Purposeful Living
Right Absorbtion leads to Unity
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Anpu / February 12, 2015
Thank you NV.
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sach / February 13, 2015
yeah otherwise you get in trouble if you have to give sources for your fake history
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sach / February 13, 2015
Oh poor native vaddha (the shameless tamul cannot come with his real ethnicity) cant pick a fight with bad racist sach alone, need a supporter in Anpu :'(
Idiot,
“At a meeting in Navalapitiya in 1939, Ponnambalam attacked the Mahavamsa and the Sinhalese in such extreme terms that the people attacked him, and the first Sinhala-Tamil riots began, with clashes in Navalapitiya, Passara, Maskeliya and even in Jaffna “
Dont try to whitewash racist bastard GGP’s racism like you whitewash LTTE. After all who cares what you racist think!
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Native Vedda / February 13, 2015
sach
“1939 ethnic riot after GG Ponnambalam started racist politics in this country?”
Cite the source
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sach / February 13, 2015
Are you saying 1939 navalapititya riots did not happen?
Are you saying GGP did not gave a speech in Navalapitiya?
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Native Vedda / February 13, 2015
sach
“1939 ethnic riot after GG Ponnambalam started racist politics in this country?”
Cite the source
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sach / February 13, 2015
Aswer,
what is the point in giving a list of riots you idiot to me? Am I the one who created a list here and prepared a letter and charged others with genocide? Am I the one who missed a riot here? Give that to the person who prepared the list, the wiggie bastard.
I categorically point at 1939 which is the first riot between Sinhala and Tamil for ethnic reasons which still goes on to today.
As you needed to whitewash 1939 riot and that bastard GGP, you bring out a list that too religious riots nothing to do with sinhala-tamil divide.
By the way why did you forget caste riots in north?
What is the point in giving a list of people who were in freedom movement and a list of newspapers? Cant you make a point idiot?
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sach / February 12, 2015
So please mention those freely available publications…I am yet to find such a publication.
And not LTTE propaganda material like sangam but proper scholarly material..
I look forward to your mention of publications. Dont run away
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sach / February 12, 2015
One of the tamil propagandists JL Devananda whose writing even DBSJ published in his site has not talked about a tamil nation for millenia.
He categorically said there was no tamil civilisation in modern terms before 14 AD. because unlike you he too have read atleast something. Being the dishonest fellow he simply twist things.
There are several schools of thought in eelam history and funnily they contradict with each other.
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
vishvajith
There have never been nations in this island, nation is a relatively new concept. Those were kingdoms whose borders shifted too often for various reasons.
You will be disappointed if you look for nations.
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vishvajith / February 12, 2015
Always a pleasure to hear from you NV.
I stand enlightened.
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sach / February 12, 2015
Is that your freely available publications on SL history…
No wonder your knowledge is nil if you have to be corrected by NV fella
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vishvajith / February 12, 2015
NV opined that the concept of Nation is new and that before it was Kingdom. I learn to work with language of the modern times, with a nod to our past. I use ” Nation “.
Btw, I am a proud Srilankan. A child of Sinhala and Tamil parents.
What about you Sach ? sans doubt, you are a proud Srilankan too. You a child of mixed parentage ? It helps me to seek a common ground. I don’t point fingers, it’s a bloody waste of time.
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sach / February 13, 2015
[Edited out] like you who is an LTTE supporter.
Between still cant find any publication from freely available sources as a proof for your historical statement that there was a tamil nation for millenia?
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vishva / February 13, 2015
[Edited out]
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sach / February 13, 2015
thama freely available publication [Edited out]
So pointing at how you are an LTTE supporter means Sirisena too is an LTTE suppoter? Who do you think you are? And do you know who sirisena is?
Dishonesty at its best…
Please mention your historical source….
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razeek / February 11, 2015
Dayan does not analyse or even care why the Tamils are so upset. His only goal is to prove “look look did’nt I tell you that Tamils want separation”. By hook or by crook he wants to justify the strong arm rule by Rajapakse and military control of the north. It is only when this happens he can sleep peacefully.He tries to project himself as an intellectual.But his racist thoughts always come to the surface,however much he tries to cover it.
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truth / February 11, 2015
Pretty simple. Who ever says it is not genocide, no matter mr presidenT, gov spokesmen rajitha, priminister RW, even indian gov reacted even before sri lankan goV, world leaders. Just explain what is genocide and when it can be called as genocide. Then explain why they dont say genocide didnt happen. Prettly simple as this. We all know BJP wanted to protect sonia’s gov (sorry dummy manmohan’s gov) and wont allow any international inquery even manipulate internal inquiry report to protect india’s hand on dirty war.
For sri lanka, they have to protect MR gov because president srisena itself played deputy/acting defense minister post during the final days of the war. Also , SF and other hierarchy will be affected heavily.
Recent gov actions on karuna, pillaiyan, KP are clearly show whats gov stand. totally against the election promised given to the sinhalese in south. so you sinhalese just rejecting to protect your gov and its members. But just accept the reality. Even the new gov needs ex ltte leaders for their votes in south. Poor sri lankans.
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RAJ / February 11, 2015
Why do you bark? If Sri Lanka is innocent and nothing to hide it shouldn’t bother about International war crime investigation. Reconciliation does requires TRUTH. Sinhala racist are not READY…and they never will. We have to do what we have to do.
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Mallaiyuran / February 12, 2015
Sinhala Intellectuals like Dayan’s and Brahminical Hindu’s expectation is when they whip the Tamils Pariah he should not cry, he should not wiggle. If they are hurt they they need to keep their mouth shut and stay put. Their word is “we are raping you to give you a child. You are cursing us,shouting at us, and resisting us. You faithless is not understanding that the child is a gift from the God”. This is the Sinhala Intellectuals like Dayan’s and Brahminical Hindu’s solution for Tamils problem. They are not ready to hear from Tamils that they are hurt. They are expecting the Tamils to Tamils they enjoyed sex on the rape.
We don’t not want any Sinhala Intellectuals like Dayan’s and Brahminical Hindu’s rape child. We want our freedom. After 6 years of continuous threat on Tamil mass and leaders, now they are opening their mouth. They have not blamed the present government, though it is not any way not the one raped the Tamils. This is the same one made the war for peace. Still the Tamils peaceful means of telling that they hurt is not acceptable to Sinhala Intellectuals like Dayans and Brahminical Hindus.
When TNA lied in the election statement that is has an agreement with the new King to solve the Tamils’s problem, neither Sinhala Intellectual Dayan or Brahminical Hindu wrote anything about it. The Hindu tried hard of plugging out CV from TNA saying he wants left alone the Sinhala Community, the husband and the Tamil Community the wife and not the TN Tamils get in to that. Now the Sinhala Intellectual Dayan and Brahminical Hindu are launching a war for peace against CV.
The too much pressure that time ambassador Blake put on Ananthasagari to support the Old King goerment has forced him get out of TNA and go as a rubbish discarded by war torn Kilinocchi, Mullaiththu Tamils. Now India is putting too much pressure on Sampanthar. It appears this is the last time for Sampanthar in Trincomalee. He has lost the Tamils votes and neither Muslims nor Sinhalese will be voting for him, anyway. If Sampanthar loose MP post and by that consequence leadership of TNA, then not even CV can hold together the TNA. True, he managed TNA not get split in the provincial election, but that seems to be difficult on the coming General Election.
The countries who buy Sinhala Intellectuals like Dayan’s and Brahminical Hindu’s political evangelical preaching has eyes only too hold Sinhala Buddhist together. They forgot the truth that the regime change only though TNA(and its lie on the election statement).Coming election is going to show them over stretching Sampanthar has destroyed the TNA’s coherent and they will not have a TNA for another regime change in future.
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Lions down not out / February 12, 2015
This is why west wanted to have two timid, backboneless, slavish leaders as president and prime minister. So they can create the next israel in south asia and take forward real war crimes and genocides.
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Piranha / February 12, 2015
Dayan’s intention in this and other articles he has written since before the election has been to protect his beloved dear leader Rajapaksa from being branded a mass murderer and being punished for his appalling crimes against the tamil people. Regardless of who committed the crimes against humanity, as the commander of the SL armed forces, Rajapaksa is culpable.
The Sirisena government is scared that any action the UNHRC takes against Rajapaksa may help to rally the sinhala masses around Rajapaksa and that’s why it is trying its best to postpone the release of the UNHRC report. The NPC’s intention in releasing this Genocide resolution at this time may be to ensure that the Sirisena government does not pay lip service to resolving the tamil people’s grievances and come out with a credible and lasting solution.
Dayan sees danger in everything the tamils do and this gives him ammunition to write provocative articles and whip up Sinhala nationalism.
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Leon / February 12, 2015
I hope that Dr DJ has read the articles penned by Usha Sriskandaraja pointing out how the Tamils were marginalized from the day of independence in 1948. If he has not read them already he should.
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J.Muthu / February 12, 2015
Hope every Tamil ignore this Sinhala Buddhist convert….as usual fool true Sinhala Buddhist….
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Ram / February 12, 2015
Not too long ago Dayan described Sumanthiran as a moderate, and I pointed out that he couldn’t be further from the truth. Let us hope that at least TNA activity will awaken the Sri Lankans from their slumber. Otherwise they are doomed for extinction.
Dayan continues to throw pearls before the swine, and there are many here.
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Mallaiyuran / February 12, 2015
I think you are misunderstanding the situation. Dayan threw too many pearls and greedy swines ate too many of them and those all are stuck inside the throat. Now the swines are struggling even to breath. No.1 on this is the New King.
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sach / February 12, 2015
we should meet up sometime and discuss these matters
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Ajith / February 12, 2015
The aim of DJ is to create another bloodshed in this island by igniting rascism. He is anti Tamil, anti Democracy, anti to rule of law. If you believe in rule of law you should investigate why state failed to investigate all those crimes against Tamils including the massacre of civilians during the final stages of the war.
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sach / February 12, 2015
“The aim of DJ is to create another bloodshed in this island by igniting rascism.”
It is pretty obvious TNA’s aim is that
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Ajith / February 12, 2015
TNA can’t do that, Tamils never did this but you continue to do this.
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sach / February 12, 2015
yeah tamils never do anything wrong…the angels…my a$$
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Native Vedda / February 12, 2015
sach
“yeah tamils never do anything wrong…the angels…my a$$”
There you are.
Did you just lift your bump over your head before knocking on the keyboard?
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sach / February 12, 2015
You cant say anything about tamil racists ne, imbecile…i know that because you are one tamil racist…
Just stop insulting vaddhas and come with your real ethnicity ..
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bo / February 12, 2015
Across the divide politicians of either side have the same motive and rules of procedure. Cling on to power by any means. Cause sensation, and cause agitation and anxiety in peoples mind, polarize them, then the villainous politicians could stay in power. That is what viggie doing, just like MR. Hell with them. Supposed to be a judge but it seems he has nothing between his ears except the desire for power. Tamil citizens, you have no hope with leaders like this.
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bo / February 12, 2015
Dayan you are a shit stirrer paid for by Rajapakshas, if not you think tha you could win back your lost glory in Geneva by ” shopping” for the selfie MR.
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K.A Sumanasekera / February 12, 2015
Is Gajendrakumar new Prabakaran?.
After reading his interview , a sensible person has to conclude that Gajendran is,at least in ideology.
Now CM Vigneswaran, who called Prabakaran his Hero after winning the North, has hijacked Sivajilingam proposal to “fix” the Armed Forces, and forwarded it himself after fine tuning it with his legal expertise and adding extras to fill 11 pages.
Fonseka after getting his old Titles and Ranaviru Medals, has demanded that the 3 current Commanders of the Security forces be sacked immediately.
This demand came soon after Fonseka accused the Tri Forces Commanders of plotting the Temple Trees Military coup against the Elite, Anglicans and the Vellasas on the 9th Morning.
And Fonseka is the same person who gave Ms Pillai the ammunition by dobbing in the brave soldiers by fabricating the White Flags in Nanthikadal..
Is Ranil clearing the decks for Fonseka to take over once the Pillai Investigation gets going full bore?..
The three Commanders and their immedeate juniors were e the front line against the LTTE Leader and his 500 Commanders.
And they are guilty of killing 501 members of the LTTE hierarchy.
Wouldn’t that be enough for Mr Pillai Investigation to haul them to the Hague for War Crimes.
CM Vigneswaran wouldn’t fine tune Sivajilingam’s mission statement and present it himself if it is a joke.
Wonder how Praba’s mate Ranil can wriggle himself out of this ?
Unless he has no intention of holding the PM ship in the coming Sinhala New Year.
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