{"id":188260,"date":"2018-03-07T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=188260"},"modified":"2018-03-11T00:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:49:19","slug":"track-record-of-tna-a-sad-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/track-record-of-tna-a-sad-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Record Of TNA – A Sad Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0<\/span>Karikalan\u00a0<\/span>S. Navaratnam<\/a>\u00a0 –<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Karikalan S. Navaratnam<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cBut I don’t have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince’s Trust, so I’m just living up to my reputation<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>– <\/span>Kate Bush, British Singer<\/span><\/p>\n

The UNP has suffered severe losses at the Local Authority Elections. The Tamil\u00a0<\/i><\/span>National Alliance<\/i> (TNA<\/a>) has likewise sustained significant setbacks, not only electorally, but politically as well. The losses of the TNA (read,\u00a0 <\/span>ITAK, the prima\u00a0<\/i>donna<\/i>, calling all the shots in the Alliance) are not sporadic;\u00a0<\/span>but seem pervasive\u00a0<\/span>across the entire electoral landscape of the Tamil heartland\u00a0 <\/span>in the North-East.<\/span>Compromising on core ideals whilst cohabiting with the Sirisena-Ranil\u00a0<\/span>government has cost the TNA\/ITAK\u00a0 <\/span>dearly. <\/span><\/p>\n

Breach of Trust<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

At the dawn of New Year, TNA leader Mr. Sampanthan had found it propitious\u00a0<\/span>to bluff his way through an interview with the Indian daily, Hindu<\/i>. (The Hindu<\/b>, 03\u00a0Jan.2018 \u2013 \u201cWe can\u2019t despair, we can\u2019t abandon things ,says Sri Lanka\u2019s R. Sampanthan<\/i>\u201d). <\/span>Sampanthan had. Inter alia,<\/i> asserted that the TNA \u201cmade the correct decision in\u00a0<\/span>backing Mr. Siriena\u201d at the Presidential Election in 2015. Nobody in the Tamil community had ever questioned TNA decision on that count.\u00a0 <\/span>Our complaint is\u00a0not about backing Sirisena at the Presidential Election; but about backtracking on\u00a0<\/span>the post-Election promises. compromising on the fundamental tenets of the\u00a0<\/span>ITAK and, in sum, about the breach and betrayal of the Tamil people\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n

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the three\u00a0musketeers\u00a0of the TNA<\/p><\/div>\n

The Three\u00a0M<\/span>usketeers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

TNA leadership cannot keep their eyes closed and assume that everything is\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>hunky dory about the Tamil issue. The electoral losses should have brought them\u00a0<\/span>to their senses. If, on the contrary, the ill-fortune has\u00a0 <\/span>not dampened their <\/span>sanguine enthusiasm in contumaciously consorting with\u00a0 <\/span>sleazy Southern <\/span>partners, it lies in the logic of history that the TNA\/ITAK may\u00a0 <\/span>slowly sink into <\/span>oblivion. To some of us, it will be a very painful prospect.\u00a0<\/span>Mr.Ranil Wickremesinghe\u00a0 <\/span>had since admitted his\u00a0 <\/span>missteps and accepted <\/span>responsibility for the UNP debacle.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Where are the three\u00a0<\/span>musketeers\u00a0<\/span>of the TNA <\/span>\u2013 Sampanthan, Sumanthiran and Senathirajah \u2013\u00a0 <\/span>whose\u00a0 <\/span>post-war\u00a0 <\/span>polemic and <\/span>gimmicks have led the Tamil people down the slippery\u00a0 <\/span>slope ?. Their silence on <\/span>the electoral losses is deafening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Corrective\u00a0S<\/span>teps\u00a0N<\/span>eeded<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Sampanthan had, in parliament, made a post-election statement, targeting <\/span>the ethnic majority audience and his speech merits a round of applause. In regard\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>to the Tamils\u00a0<\/span>the trio, collectively or individually, ought to admit\u00a0<\/span>\u201cnostra culpa<\/i>\u201d\/ <\/span>\u201cmea culpa\u201d<\/i>. Further, the revisionist leadership should take concrete corrective <\/span>steps to mend their wayward escapades and regain their ideological roots. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it<\/i>\u201d (George\u00a0<\/span>Santayana?) <\/i>This pithy aphorism serves to explain the rationale for TNA\/ITAK\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>electoral reverses.\u00a0<\/span>Ever since it was founded in Dec. 1949, the ITAK (a.k.a, as Federal Party) had <\/span>incrementally eroded the voter base of the ACTC (All Ceylon Tamil Congress<\/i>) led <\/span>by Mr.G.G. Ponnambalam, accusing the latter as an appendage\/proxy of UNP.\u00a0<\/span>Thus, ITAK had, eventually, dislodged the ACTC from its primacy and emerged as <\/span>the dominant voice of the Tamils. ITAK had nurtured and nourished its image as <\/span>an uncompromising, radical anti-Establishment entity, passionately committed to <\/span>the Tamil nationalist cause. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHath\u00a0<\/span>Havula<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>National Government<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Following the March 1965 General Elections, both the\u00a0 <\/span>ITAK and the ACTC became\u00a0<\/span>constituents of the \u201cHath Havula<\/i>\u201d coalition government, ostensibly designated as \u201cNational government<\/i>\u201d, under Mr. Dudley\u00a0 <\/span>Senanayake (whose UNP won only 66\u00a0seats and the SLFP 41 seats in the 151-seats Assembly). Since the ITAK mores<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>enjoined\u00a0 <\/span>the elected M.P.s not to accept ministerial positions, Mr. M. Tiruchelvam\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Q.C. of the ITAK was appointed a Senator and sworn in as Minister of Local Government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joint opposition played\u00a0<\/span>\u2018communal card\u2019<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

(A digression may be warranted)<\/i>\u00a0 <\/span>In an attempt to oust the government, the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Joint opposition (SLFP-LSSP-CP) played the incendiary \u2018communal card\u2019 accusing\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the UNP of entering into a secret pact with ITAK leader S.J.V. Chelvanayakam. Their\u00a0<\/span>campaign theme was that Dudley had agreed to a Tamil Federal state and thus had paved the way for separatism. The crass campaign slogan was, \u201cDudleyge\u00a0<\/i>Bade Masala Vade<\/i>\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>The UNP-ITAK relationship ruptured soon and, in Nov.1968, Minister Tiruchelvam was obliged to resign. However, until 1970, ITAK continued to extend critical support to the government.\u00a0Typically, the style and substance of Rajapakses\u2019 post-2015 manoeuvres to regain\u00a0<\/span>their lost kingdom\u00a0 <\/span>– and their ultra-nationalist slogans to seduce the Sinhala-<\/span>Buddhist constituency \u2013 tend to recall the 1965-70 scenario and the stratagem of\u00a0<\/span>the SLFP-led United Front to oust Dudley government.<\/p>\n

ITAK paid heavy penalty<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The ITAK paid a heavy penalty for cohabiting with the UNP. \u00a0 <\/span>At the May 1970 <\/span>Parliamentary Elections ITAK\u00a0 <\/span>heavyweights, Dr.E.M.V. Naganathan (Nallur) <\/span>Amirthalingam (Vaddukoddai), S.M. Rasamanickam (Paddiruppu) suffered defeat <\/span>at the hands of nondescripts. Even in some electorates where the ITAK managed <\/span>to win, they scraped through by a measly majority \u2013 Jafffna (by 56 votes), Mannar <\/span>(69), Point Pedro (315). <\/span><\/p>\n

Nasty\u00a0 <\/span>Experience<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

ITAK\u2019s nuptial journey with the \u201cnational government\u201d was a nasty experience to\u00a0<\/span>them. The transitory alliance with the UNP had diluted ITAK\u2019s distinct Tamil nationalist identity and tarnished their integrity.\u00a0<\/span>Sadly, Sampanthan had been oblivious to the bitter 1965-70 experience. True, that he was not in party\/electoral politics at that time. But then, the 1965 experiment in the \u201cNational\u201d\u00a0<\/span>government was part of contemporary history.\u00a0When all is said and done, the 1965-70 entente<\/i> between ITAK and the UNP could\u00a0<\/span>be rationalized. The\u00a0 <\/span>relationship had a raison d’\u00eatre<\/i> . Dudley and Chelva\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0partners in the 7-party coalition and their transactions were transparent. <\/span><\/p>\n

TNA – Most Loyal Opposition<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Since British Statesman George Canning\u2019s time (1822-1827), the official\u00a0<\/span>Opposition in the House of Commons was referred to, somewhat jokingly, as\u00a0<\/span>\u201cHer Majesty\u2019s Most Loyal Opposition\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>Judging by the conduct of Opposition <\/span>Leader Sampanthan and his sidekick Sumanthiran,\u00a0<\/span>and their camaraderie with <\/span>Maithri-Ranil government –\u00a0 <\/span>defending, guiding and babysitting the ruling <\/span>establishment – we may, without any hint of mockery, call the official\u00a0<\/span>Opposition as \u201cTheir Excellencies\u2019 Most Loyal Opposition.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Not at arm\u2019s length<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Official Opposition has been more loyal to the government than even the <\/span>occupants of the Treasury Bench. TNA has failed to\u00a0<\/span>stay at an arm\u2019s length. The\u00a0<\/span>relationship is unethical, as though they have been\u00a0 <\/span>cohabiting in concubinage.\u00a0Let me cite a few instances only to illustrate their intimacy<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • It was not a coincidence that Sampanthan was appointed Leader of the\u00a0<\/span>Opposition on 3rd<\/sup><\/span> Sept. 2015 just ten days before the UNHRC-30<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Session\u00a0<\/span>was to commence at Geneva. The draft Resolution on Sri Lanka was tabled on 27th<\/sup><\/span> Sept.2015. TNA leader could not have missed the media comments\u00a0<\/span>on his appointment – suggestive of government\u2019s\u00a0 <\/span>stratagem to mollify\u00a0<\/span>the demands of the sponsors of the Resolution. The BBC report said: \u201cHis appointment is seen as a step towards ethnic<\/i> reconciliation after 26\u00a0<\/i>years of civil war ended in 2009<\/i>.\u201d (BBC News, 3<\/i> Sept.2015<\/i>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • TNA leaders had often claimed that it\u00a0 <\/span>was their government and that they\u00a0<\/span>were obliged to protect and defend it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • In early 2017, even before the government leaders could\u00a0 <\/span>worry about the\u00a0<\/span>oncoming UNHRC sessions in March, Sumanthiran M.P. had volunteered to give an extra two more years to the government to meet its obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • TNA M.P.s have always been faithfully voting for the Budget, including\u00a0<\/span>Defence allocations. There have been legitimate complaints about militarization of North-East, military excesses in NE, installing\/erecting Buddhist statues\/ shrines in NE with armed forces\u2019 support.\u00a0 <\/span>However, TNA had never moved even a Token Cut Motion<\/i> in Parliament to register their protest against any specific allocations in Budget proposals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Their bonding with the government was so strong and so much cherished,\u00a0<\/span>that the Opposition Leader raised nary a word against the bond scammers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Back to\u00a0<\/span>Square One<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

            The TNA has been bending over backwards and for over three years\u00a0 <\/span>doing the\u00a0<\/span>bidding of the government to the point of servitude –\u00a0 <\/span>and, to no avail.\u00a0A whole generation of Tamils have been crying their hearts out for justice – for\u00a0<\/span>resolution\/redress of their grievances. And, a host of critical questions continue\u00a0to cry out for answers \u2013 vis-\u00e0-vis: missing persons, political prisoners, military\u00a0<\/span>occupation of civilian lands, PTA, Demilitarization, war crimes etc. On top of them, <\/span>the question of Constitutional Reforms remains a conundrum. Can a government,\u00a0<\/span>crippled and on crutches today, deliver what it could not do when it was <\/span>supposedly strong and sturdy?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>We are back to\u00a0 <\/span>square one, once again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            TNA\/ITAK voter base\u00a0 <\/span>eroded<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

            Lately, TNA\u2019s soiled image as an adulterated outfit had helped Gajendrakumar\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>TNPF\/ACTC to expand its voter base. That said, how come a sizable section of traditional ITAK supporters have voted\u00a0 <\/span>for Sinhala ethnocentric parties and their\u00a0puppets \u2013 EPDP, UNP, SLFP, SLPP?\u00a0<\/span>TNA leadership has blurred the boundary lines\u00a0<\/span>separating the two antagonistic ideologies \u2013 Sinhala ethnocentrism vs. Tamil nationalism. Perhaps, the Tamil electors had thought they would rather vote for the principals (EPDP, UNP, SLFP) than voting for their proxy (TNA).\u00a0Post-war Tamil politics is a serious business. Let the TNA\/ITAK leadership\u00a0<\/span>remember: Commitment and fidelity to the cause are the watchwords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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