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Having come this far towards a lasting peace in Sri Lanka there can be no haste applied towards dismantling whatever good has come out of it and the urgency by the united opposition parties to pose huge protests against the Government at this stage can be likened to a rush by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Britain to wage an all out war against Iraq with little consideration for its implications and fall out which will not only affect the Mid- East but perhaps the entire world.A gradual transition seems more in order towards many anomalies involving Sri Lanka's cautious transition from war torn to peaceful as the present peaceful trend within the land continues.

Undoubtely there are many grey areas relative to the needs of the Nation which need to be resolved, the cost of living has spiralled together with the quality of life for many caught up in its wake and there are indications that too many concessions are aparently being granted to a terrorist entity whose objectives have hardly detracted from their original presentations with no remorse or condesendance towards disarming which indeed has a remarkable similarity to the moves of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein playing mind games with the rest of the world but in Sri Lanka quite unlike the Mid -East there has prevailed a much needed calm recently and there the analogy ends as after decades of bitter conflict, finally a soothing wind seems to be blowing across the land and maintaining its continuance has to be considered the first priority before a dismantling of the present regime as seen by its opposition which should be placed on the back burner and the role of watchdog taken on which is probably more prudent towards monitoring current events in Sri Lanka in its best interests.

Indiscriminate dissolution of the present Administration could easily project an unrest leading to turmoil which would seem foolhardy in the face of the responses towards cementing ethnic rifts between the Sinhala , Tamil and Muslim Communities by world powers pledging aid and support with a view to ending all hostilities which surely takes pride of place over any sabre rattling towards displacing the incumbent Administration whose moves towards peace have at least produced a year of calm and a distaste for conflict on both sides. Perhaps it is a ploy by the LTTE to indicate a rejection of conflict, or perhaps they have realised its futility but for whatever its worth their resignations towards peace at present needs imperative consideration irrespective of how they need to be brough to terms eventually.

Impotent as the progress seem in many areas of issues relative to the imminent needs of the average person it has to be accepted that here at least is a beginning towards a future of greater promise as hostilities have ceased and a certain joining of hands between the estranged ethnicities seem to be taking place at a time when the free flow of goods and accessibility to all parts of the Island seem to be opening up in a manner conducive towards the harmony which Sri Lanka images to the rest of the world as a predominantly tolerant Buddhist Nation of great beauty, wisdom and a heritage known for centuries yet one which has been shrouded in the vestiges of Civil War and hatred born of a colonial past and dissentment created more by foreign influences and interference rather than its cultural past which now seems to have resolved its ethnic differences even to a degree which is a great beginning and is headed for success at least in some small measure which needs recognition.

The foremost priority towards resolving the Nation's woes at present however seems to be the need to boost the economy to accommodate the needs of poverty, eliminate unsolicited foreign interference such as that of Norway whose biases stick out like sore thumbs and the need to gradulally dismantle the functioning of the LTTE and corall them for their past crimes so attrocious and inhumane that they have left behind indelible scars in certain regions and communities still trying to recover.
It would be folly to believe that the LTTE are a catalyst towards peace within the land and to the contrary it would seem acceptable to all if the overtures towards peace involved direct communications between the ethnicities taken up by a united political force which would boost to a great degree the confidence of the Nation unsure of where all the posturing between the UNF and the LTTE will lead eventually.

A remarkable accomplishment of merit awaits the unification of Sri Lankan political forces towards a better Sri Lanka where its various nationalities could live in harmony and a much needed Firewall of Security built around it to prevent terrorist entities from gaining a stranglehold on its democratic infrastructure but a sad demise to the promise of a better future awaits disunity and disagreement which if implemented through the power of office soleley for political survival could harm Sri Lanka's credentials both Nationally and globally as it surfaces from its strife tattered past.

A politically united Sri Lanka being the best alternative and the best option towards rebuilding the future in this resplendant land of ours.

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