{"id":140310,"date":"2015-03-02T03:05:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T21:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=140310"},"modified":"2015-03-09T23:05:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:35:15","slug":"wikileaks-jvp-sirisena-and-sampanthan-on-trinco-buddha-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-jvp-sirisena-and-sampanthan-on-trinco-buddha-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: JVP, Sirisena And Sampanthan On Trinco Buddha Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Religious and ethnic tensions continue to percolate in Trincomalee over the May 16 erection of a large Buddha statue on public land in the city center. A May 18 decision by a local judge ordering the removal of the statue has not yet been implemented, and the statue remains, behind barbed wire and guarded by local police, in its controversial location. A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) front organization, which launched a four-day strike that crippled businesses and transportation in the city from May 17-2005, has decided to give authorities until June 2 to remove the statue before contemplating resumed strikes. The ethnically polarizing machinations by government coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which instigated the placement of the statue, and the LTTE, which instigated the strike and the demand for \u00a0the statue’s removal, seem calculated to ensure even greater violence and instability in this troubled district.” the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/p>\n

\"buddha<\/a>The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks<\/span><\/a> database. The \u201cConfidential\u201d cable is signed by the US Ambassador to Colombo Jeffrey J. Lunstead<\/span><\/a> on May 26, 2005.<\/p>\n

The ambassador wrote; “The Tamil People’s Forum, a heretofore-unknown group widely assumed to be a front for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), decided late May 25 to give Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities until June 2 to implement the \u00a0Trincomalee magistrate’s May 18 order to remove a large Buddha statue from municipal council land in Trincomalee (Ref A) before resuming protests. The Forum had called a four-day strike, or ‘hartal,’ that shut down businesses and vehicular traffic in Trincomalee town May 17-20 to protest the statue’s placement on public property in the ethnically diverse area. \u00a0The Forum’s decision followed a four-hour meeting May 25 between Forum representatives and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MPs and Government-appointed mediators. The meeting, chaired by Governor of the North-East Tyronne Fernando, included two Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) heavyweights, River Basin Development Minister Maithripala Sirisena and Deputy Minister of Ports and Aviation Dilan Perera, considered especially ‘tough’ on the Sinhalese nationalist coalition partner, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which instigated the placement of the statue on public land leased to one of its unions. Participants in the meeting also decided to seek the assistance of the Attorney General in implementing the magistrate’s order to remove the statue. Prior to that meeting, President Chandrika Kumaratunga reportedly met R. Sampanthan, TNA MP for Trincomalee, and urged him to find an amicable solution to the confrontation.<\/p>\n

“In a May 20 conversation with poloff, TNA MP Sampanthan acknowledged that there appeared no immediate, practicable resolution to the confrontation that would be mutually satisfactory to all parties. Complicating matters, he alleged, is the ‘mono-ethnic’ (i.e., Sinhalese) composition of GSL security forces in the ethnically diverse district. Moreover, the ‘unauthorized’ Hindu structures cited by the JVP in response to the magistrate’s ruling are largely located in predominantly Hindu neighborhoods, he averred; in contrast, the Buddha statue was deliberately placed in a prominent public location frequented by all three ethnic groups. (Note: A total of 33 ‘unauthorized’ religious structures of various kinds–but most of them small Hindu shrines–reportedly have been identified on public land in Trincomalee.) Nonetheless, he emphasized, he was working hard to try to defuse the situation, including pressing hard for a suspension of the hartal during Buddhist holidays May 21-24.” the ambassador further said.<\/p>\n

Placing a comment the ambassador said; “Now that the Buddha statue is up, it will be very difficult to get it down, court order or not, without further violence and confrontation. The stakes are high for both the LTTE and JVP, which are each manipulating the face-off to prove their claims to influence and popularity in this ethnically diverse district. The decision to give the GSL a week of breathing space to implement the court order is a welcome sign of flexibility–and probably no small tribute to Sampanthan’s hard work and personal commitment to trying to defuse the crisis. That said, the GSL’s typically risk-averse approach to other contentious issues, including its apparent reluctance to prosecute perpetrators of attacks on Christian churches (Ref B), gives us little hope of a resolution soon.”<\/p>\n

We publish below the cable in full;<\/p>\n

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000955<\/p>\n

SIPDIS<\/p>\n

SENSITIVE<\/p>\n

STATE FOR SA\/INS
\nUSPACOM FOR FPA<\/p>\n

E.O. 12958: N\/A
\nTAGS: PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF CE LTTE
\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: COMMUNAL TENSION CONTINUES OVER
\n“UNAUTHORIZED” BUDDHA STATUE<\/p>\n

REF: A. COLOMBO 0916<\/p>\n

\u00b6B. COLOMBO 921<\/p>\n

\u00b61. (SBU) Summary: Religious and ethnic tensions continue
\nto percolate in Trincomalee over the May 16 erection of a
\nlarge Buddha statue on public land in the city center. A May
\n18 decision by a local judge ordering the removal of the
\nstatue has not yet been implemented, and the statue remains,
\nbehind barbed wire and guarded by local police, in its
\ncontroversial location. A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
\n(LTTE) front organization, which launched a four-day strike
\nthat crippled businesses and transportation in the city from
\nMay 17-20, has decided to give authorities until June 2 to
\nremove the statue before contemplating resumed strikes. The
\nethnically polarizing machinations by government coalition
\npartner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which instigated the
\nplacement of the statue, and the LTTE, which instigated the
\nstrike and the demand for the statue’s removal, seem
\ncalculated to ensure even greater violence and instability in
\nthis troubled district. End summary.<\/p>\n

\u00b62. (U) The Tamil People’s Forum, a heretofore-unknown group
\nwidely assumed to be a front for the Liberation Tigers of
\nTamil Eelam (LTTE), decided late May 25 to give Government of
\nSri Lanka (GSL) authorities until June 2 to implement the
\nTrincomalee magistrate’s May 18 order to remove a large
\nBuddha statue from municipal council land in Trincomalee (Ref
\nA) before resuming protests. The Forum had called a four-day
\nstrike, or “hartal,” that shut down businesses and vehicular
\ntraffic in Trincomalee town May 17-20 to protest the statue’s
\nplacement on public property in the ethnically diverse area.
\nThe Forum’s decision followed a four-hour meeting May 25
\nbetween Forum representatives and Tamil National Alliance
\n(TNA) MPs and Government-appointed mediators. The meeting,
\nchaired by Governor of the North-East Tyronne Fernando,
\nincluded two Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) heavyweights,
\nRiver Basin Development Minister Maithripala Sirisena and
\nDeputy Minister of Ports and Aviation Dilan Perera,
\nconsidered especially “tough” on the Sinhalese nationalist
\ncoalition partner, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which
\ninstigated the placement of the statue on public land leased
\nto one of its unions. Participants in the meeting also
\ndecided to seek the assistance of the Attorney General in
\nimplementing the magistrate’s order to remove the statue.
\nPrior to that meeting, President Chandrika Kumaratunga
\nreportedly met R. Sampanthan, TNA MP for Trincomalee, and
\nurged him to find an amicable solution to the confrontation.<\/p>\n

\u00b63. (U) The statue–now surrounded by barbed wire, sand bags
\nand armed guards–remains in its contested location, despite
\nthe magistrate’s May 18 ruling. On May 25 the magistrate
\nreaffirmed that order, again directing police and the Urban
\nCouncil to remove the statue, as well as any other
\n“unauthorized” religious structures found elsewhere in the
\ncity on public land. (Note: Neither order imposes a
\nspecific deadline for the removal of the statue. End note.)
\nFurther heightening tensions on May 25, a former Tamil
\nChairman of the Trincomalee Urban Council, who had been shot
\nin the sporadic violence accompanying the hartal on May 18,
\ndied of his injuries.<\/p>\n

\u00b64. (SBU) In a May 20 conversation with poloff, TNA MP
\nSampanthan acknowledged that there appeared no immediate,
\npracticable resolution to the confrontation that would be
\nmutually satisfactory to all parties. Complicating matters,
\nhe alleged, is the “mono-ethnic” (i.e., Sinhalese)
\ncomposition of GSL security forces in the ethnically diverse
\ndistrict. Moreover, the “unauthorized” Hindu structures
\ncited by the JVP in response to the magistrate’s ruling are
\nlargely located in predominantly Hindu neighborhoods, he
\naverred; in contrast, the Buddha statue was deliberately
\nplaced in a prominent public location frequented by all three
\nethnic groups. (Note: A total of 33 “unauthorized”
\nreligious structures of various kinds–but most of them small
\nHindu shrines–reportedly have been identified on public land
\nin Trincomalee.) Nonetheless, he emphasized, he was working
\nhard to try to defuse the situation, including pressing hard
\nfor a suspension of the hartal during Buddhist holidays May
\n21-24.<\/p>\n

\u00b65. (SBU) Comment: Now that the Buddha statue is up, it
\nwill be very difficult to get it down, court order or not,
\nwithout further violence and confrontation. The stakes are
\nhigh for both the LTTE and JVP, which are each manipulating
\nthe face-off to prove their claims to influence and
\npopularity in this ethnically diverse district. The decision
\nto give the GSL a week of breathing space to implement the
\ncourt order is a welcome sign of flexibility–and probably no
\nsmall tribute to Sampanthan’s hard work and personal
\ncommitment to trying to defuse the crisis. That said, the
\nGSL’s typically risk-averse approach to other contentious
\nissues, including its apparent reluctance to prosecute
\nperpetrators of attacks on Christian churches (Ref B), gives
\nus little hope of a resolution soon.
\nLUNSTEAD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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