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A leaked US Embassy cable reveals how Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith lobbied the US government against international pressure on accountability for war crimes.<\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith<\/a><\/span> told the US ambassador that \u201cpushing the government of Sri Lanka too hard on the war crimes accountability issue now could destabilize Sri Lankan democracy \u00a0and could suffer revolution from the right or a coup by the military\u201d a leaked US Embassy cable revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cable classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d by ambassador Patricia A. Butenis<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cable said, the Archbishop Ranjith, despite his problems with the ‘Buddhist right’ has a good relationship with the President, whose wife is Catholic. It is certainly true that the President is under great pressure from the ‘Sinhalese Buddhist right’. It is also arguable that the international community\u2019s pushing too hard on accountability could backfire.<\/p>\n

Mahinda Rajapaksa a good man<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Despite his problems with the Buddhist right , has a good relationship with the President, whose wife is Catholic<\/p><\/div>\n

In the cable, written in 2nd<\/sup>October 2009 recounts details of the meeting. Under the sub-heading \u201cRAJAPAKSA AND ACCOUNTABILITY\u201d embassy wrote that \u201cthe archbishop said he believed President Rajapaksa personally was a good man and in the constellation of Sri Lankan politics was a relative moderate. He reminded us that Rajapaksa used to attend human rights meetings in Europe as an opposition MP. Rajapaksa and his brothers were under great pressure from the Sinhalese Buddhist right, and any show of what would be perceived as weakness before the international community could result in their losing ground to much more extreme elements. Indeed, he argued that if something happened to the President there would be ‘chaos’ in Sri Lanka.”<\/p>\n

Something happened to the President there would be \u201cchaos\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cable further says \u201c This led the archbishop addressing directly the question of war crime accountability. He said \u201cmy suggestion is, in order to strengthen democracy in Sri Lanka, don\u2019t push accountability now\u201d he reasoned that weakening the Rajapaksa could be backfire. Moreover, if Sri Lanka were denied GSP \u2013 Plus or the US were to enact strong economic sanctions, leading to a sharp downturn in the economy, Sri Lanka \u2013 where democracy was not strong now \u2013 could suffer\u00a0 revolution from the right or a coup by the military, which currently had a very strong position in society\u201d. Ambassador counted that this was a very interesting perspective, but if the Rajapaksas were in fact moderates, they need to show it in at least a few ways.<\/p>\n

Forces lurking beneath him<\/strong><\/p>\n

The archbishop said this was the challenge that he had been working on \u2013 how to get the President not to worry only about the \u201c forces lurking beneath him\u201d and act as a moderate. He told the President it was important to work with Tamil leaders on reconciliation and to invite the diaspora to help re-build the economy. \u201c The Rajapaksas will come and go,\u201d the archbishop opined, \u201c but the Tamils will always be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

we reproduced the full cable here.<\/p>\n

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO<\/p>\n

000929<\/p>\n

SIPDIS<\/p>\n

DEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB<\/p>\n

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10\/02\/2019<\/p>\n

TAGS: PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE<\/p>\n

SUBJECT: ARCHBISHOP SUGGESTS PUSHING ACCOUNTABILITY COULD<\/p>\n

DESTABILIZE SRI LANKAN DEMOCRACY<\/p>\n

COLOMBO 00000929\u00a0 001.2 OF 002<\/p>\n

Classified By: AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS.\u00a0 REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)<\/p>\n

\u00b61. (C) SUMMARY: Roman Catholic Archbishop Ranjith told\u00a0ambassador that pushing the GSL too hard on the war crimes\u00a0accountability issue now could destabilize Sri Lankan\u00a0democracy and would set back the cause of human rights.\u00a0 He\u00a0reasoned that weakening the Rajapaksas — who despite their\u00a0public image were relative moderates in the Sri Lankan polity\u00a0— could backfire.\u00a0 Moreover, if Sri Lanka were denied\u00a0GSP-plus or the U.S. were to enact strong economic sanctions,\u00a0leading to a sharp downturn in the economy, Sri Lanka could\u00a0suffer revolution from the right or a coup by the military,which now had a very strong position in society.\u00a0 Ambassador\u00a0countered that this was an interesting perspective, but if\u00a0the Rajapaksas were in fact moderates, they needed to show\u00a0it.\u00a0 END SUMMARY.<\/p>\n

POLITICAL ROLE OF THE CHURCH<\/p>\n

—————————-<\/p>\n

\u00b62. (C) In a September 30 introductory meeting with Ambassador\u00a0and PolChief, Roman Catholic Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith\u00a0recounted the recent political evolution of Sri Lanka, of\u00a0which he has been both an astute observer and important\u00a0participant, and described the role of the Church in society.\u00a0He noted that while he himself was a Singhalese, he was very\u00a0sympathetic to the plight of Tamils, who had suffered greatly\u00a0from pogroms and discrimination by the majority and from the\u00a0disastrous results of LTTE separatist ideology.\u00a0 He explained\u00a0that the Church had played a key role in brokering talks\u00a0between the GSL and the LTTE over the years, including the\u00a02002 cease-fire agreement.\u00a0 After the war, the church was\u00a0advocating publicly for the release of IDPs and other\u00a0controversial positions.\u00a0 This had led to criticism from the\u00a0Buddhist right and even death threats against the archbishop\u00a0himself.\u00a0 This was the opposite of the leading role in\u00a0reconciliation the archbishop believed Buddhists should have\u00a0been playing years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0RAJAPAKSA AND ACCOUNTABILITY<\/p>\n

—————————-<\/p>\n

\u00b63. (C) Despite this criticism, the archbishop said he\u00a0believed President Rajapaksa personally was a good man and in\u00a0the constellation of Sri Lankan politics was a relative\u00a0moderate (he reminded us that Rajapaksa used to attend human\u00a0rights meetings in Europe as an opposition MP).\u00a0 Rajapaksa\u00a0and his brothers were under great pressure from the\u00a0Singhalese Buddhist right, and any show of what would be\u00a0perceived as weakness before the international community\u00a0could result in their losing ground to much more extreme\u00a0elements.\u00a0 Indeed, he argued that if something happened to\u00a0the president there would be “chaos” in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

\u00b64. (C) This led to the archbishop addressing directly the\u00a0question of war crimes accountability.\u00a0 He said “my\u00a0suggestion is, in order to strengthen democracy in Sri Lanka,\u00a0don’t push accountability now.”\u00a0 He reasoned that weakening\u00a0the Rajapaksas could backfire.\u00a0 Moreover, if Sri Lanka were\u00a0denied GSP-plus or the U.S. were to enact strong economic\u00a0sanctions, leading to a sharp downturn in the economy, Sri\u00a0Lanka — where democracy was not strong now — could suffer\u00a0revolution from the right or a coup by the military, which\u00a0currently had a very strong position in society.\u00a0 The\u00a0archbishop said this was why he had recently come out\u00a0publicly in favor of extending GSP-plus to Sri Lanka, despite\u00a0the GSL’s many human rights problems.\u00a0 Ambassador countered\u00a0that this was a very interesting perspective, but if the\u00a0Rajapaksas were in fact moderates, they needed to show it in\u00a0at least a few ways.\u00a0 The archbishop said this was the<\/p>\n

COLOMBO 00000929\u00a0 002.2 OF 002<\/p>\n

challenge that he had been working on — how to get the\u00a0president not to worry only about the “forces lurking beneath\u00a0him” and to act as a moderate.\u00a0 He told the president it was\u00a0important to work with Tamil leaders on reconciliation and to\u00a0invite the diaspora to help re-build the economy.\u00a0 “The\u00a0Rajapaksas will come and go,” the archbishop opined, “but the\u00a0Tamils will always be here.”<\/p>\n

COMMENT<\/p>\n

——-<\/p>\n

\u00b65. (C) Archbishop Ranjith purportedly is respected by the\u00a0pope and served as papal nuncio in Indonesia.\u00a0 He also\u00a0commands considerable authority in Sri Lanka — despite his\u00a0problems with the Buddhist right — and has a good\u00a0relationship with the president (whose wife is Catholic).\u00a0 It\u00a0is certainly true that the president is under great pressure\u00a0from the Singhalese Buddhist right.\u00a0 It is also arguable that\u00a0the international community’s pushing too hard on\u00a0accountability could backfire.<\/p>\n

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