Ingredients Vital Towards Sri Lankan Posterity Co-relating To The Geneva Talks.

While the expectations of the Peace talks in Geneva focus around a high rate of success towards the foundation for a lasting peace it must also be recognized that Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity needs to be prioritised in every aspect of the negotiations as the focal point towards a resolution of the the Nation's woes needing attention .
Already Anton Balasingham and S.P.Thamilselvam, part of the LTTE team are vehemently insisting contrary to Presidential assertions towards re-structuring that the infrastructure of the Peace Process by their definition cannot be altered! They continue to harp on the theme of the recognition of accessibility to power as a continuance of their illegal, de-facto operations in the North and East they are purported to have control of as taking pride of place in the talks! A point in case which is not only illegal but also unconstitutional and ridiculous when applied to the theory of a Democratic Sovereign Nation's Right to sole governance which by no means can be ursurped by the demands of a group of outlawed, fully armed terrorists despite the concessions granted them by a tolerant administration!
Consequently the focus of the Geneva talks need to implicitly revolve around maintaining Sri Lanka's Sovereignity relative to the well being of her people notwithstanding the devolution of power which has to relate to power shared by true representation of the Tamil Community as well as all others in Sri Lanka where there cannot be any platform for the augmetation and further expansion of the perpetrators of a viciously autocratic and criminalised operation of the Mafia Type Underworld which the LTTE as the Wanni Tigers truly present themselves as being. Any resolutions which would promote a fully armed unrelenting terror group the LTTE really are behind their various camouflages and smoke screens and permit their continued tolerance would be a total waste of time from any perspective as it undermines the very concept of peace.
While granting concessions to a terrorist group would be an obvious slighting and insulting of every aspect of the norms of the Democratic World and the rights of its nations whose irrefutable entitlements revolve around the autonomy these nations command towards all their interactions and negotiations. It would also pose many incongruous compromises to an impure insurgent entity such as the LTTE detracting completely from the axiom of Democratic Sovereign Nations and an axis around which the free world revolves and their inalienable right towards conducting Administrative and all other matters and a principle which cannot be contradicted as its impact on the concept of a nation's sovereignity and security would be totally compromised and international laws broken to add to the chagrin!
In the simplest of terms Sri Lanka's unitarity and sovereignity has to be maintained at all times at any cost or face the risk of granting access to the propagation of LTTE terrorism and their autocratic manoeuvres as long as the LTTE remain in their present guise!
It cannot be camouflaged from logical interpretation that total autonomy in conducting Foreign Relations with other States and International Institutions is imperative and intrinsically applicable towards any Peace Negotiations which are deemed to continue along the right path which the President of Sri Lanka has stated unequivocally on many occassions.The concept of a Centralised Government thus comes into play with no mincing of words towards its identity or else the inroads and hurdles which would surface before any Administration with regard to negotiations with Foreign States and International Institutions could be insurmountable and futile as the roles any Administrations would play must certainly revolve around the implementation of Foreign Policy and an exclusive responsibility alienated from terrorists.
The recent coming together of a group of very perceptive political analysts in Colombo at a joint symposium as reported in the Asian Tribune sums up the core issues which need to be presented at any negotiations over future Sri Lankan Peace negotiations in the following terms and an appropriate finale to this editorial as the following quote.
"There cannot be conflicting foreign policies within one Individual State. That would be a contradiction of True Sovereignty. Component elements should have the right to contribute towards the making of foreign policy by there can be only one foreign policy, which must be handled and controlled from the centre.
On the matter of National Defence, any delegation of some powers dealing with national security to the provinces, if need be, must be on the basis that such delegation is subject to the Central Government’s supervision. Countries such as the USA, where national security means not only maintaining the armed forces but also the mobilization of industry and scientific knowledge to strengthen National Defence. A fundamental attribute of a Country's Sovereignty is that all armed forces – Army, Navy and Air Force – must come directly under the Head of State who shall act as Supreme Commander.The need for the centre's total authority on territorial waters and shipping, international frontiers (the power to levy customs duty, impose immigration barriers etc.) and, the country's entire airspace. Other important factors included the centre’s total autonomy over exchange and currency, total authority over international treaties and a common legal system and central judiciary.
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary system of government could never co-exist with the dictatorship of a Tamil minority. This country’s tragedy is, that it did not have leaders with closed ranks shedding their differences as in the West in the face of threats to National Sovereignty.
No other country except Sri Lanka would negotiate with rebels unless they laid down their arms. The only alternative to a military solution, is for the International Community to pressure the Wanni Tigers and ensure that the rule of law and human rights were ensured throughout the country.
The country’s policy makers need to get out of the mindset that 'the majority are the villains and the minority are the saints.
No other majority in any other country had been pushed into an impotent corner as the Sinhala Community. The vociferous and aggressive minority, aided and abetted by a plain and uncritical media, has hijacked the public discourse to silence the majority as if the Sinhalese are not entitled to rights. Sri Lanka's problem is the lack of National Unity in countering terrorism in contrast to the USA, the UK or even neighboring India. In all these countries, political parties shed their differences in meeting terrorist threats.
The need for the Sri Lankan Government to impress upon the LTTE at the negotiating table that its Forces are in a state of full readiness to meet any eventuality is important. The Wanni Tigers, have to be neutralized not only by military means but also through diplomatic channels and ideological offensive if the need arises. It is also necessary to convince the Tamil people that a return to war would only bring more misery upon their people.The Government should not tolerate pro-LTTE media in a situation where the Wanni Tigers allowed no freedom of expression in areas under their domination. The majority at the November 17 Presidential Election has decisively rejected a federal solution to the crisis. Hence no Government has the legal or moral right to opt for a federal solution without going for a Referendum. The ISGA (Internal Self-Governing Authority) is a blue print for a confederation. The LTTE are misintinterpreting a UN resolution adopted in 1945 to accelerate the post-World War II de-colonization process, by insisting on a so-called right to self-determination. " end quote with the presumed expectations that the Geneva Talks will be a prelude towards effecting all the foregoing in appropriate premise which is of vital importance towards Sri Lanka's posterity