http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/29/dump-the-13th-amendment-the-product-of-an-illegal-and-immoral-agreement/ Lankaweb.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/29/dump-the-13th-amendment-the-product-of-an-illegal-and-immoral-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-311 cassandra Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:58:20 +0000 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=2486#comment-311 The 13th Amendment is a fraud and part of an even greater fraud called the Indo Sri Lanka Accord, something that Rajiv Gandhi’s arrogant (and powerful) India slammed down our throats. It is terribly flawed, India has not fulfilled its obligations under it and for all practical purposes, it is a dead letter. The Tamils have shown no signs of giving up their demand for a separate state. The TNA MPs are even now saying it. These MPs at least are stating it openly. At every turn they run to South India for consultations, so much so that one wonders what on earth they are doing as members of the Sri Lankan parliament. Implementation of 13A will be the thin end of the wedge for Sri Lanka. It will be as SJV Chelvanayagam said, ‘a little now’ on the road to separatism. As MR has said, we should have a home grown solution and one that will secure the rights of everyone including the Sinhalese. The 13th Amendment is a fraud and part of an even greater fraud called the Indo Sri Lanka Accord, something that Rajiv Gandhi’s arrogant (and powerful) India slammed down our throats. It is terribly flawed, India has not fulfilled its obligations under it and for all practical purposes, it is a dead letter. The Tamils have shown no signs of giving up their demand for a separate state. The TNA MPs are even now saying it. These MPs at least are stating it openly. At every turn they run to South India for consultations, so much so that one wonders what on earth they are doing as members of the Sri Lankan parliament. Implementation of 13A will be the thin end of the wedge for Sri Lanka. It will be as SJV Chelvanayagam said, ‘a little now’ on the road to separatism. As MR has said, we should have a home grown solution and one that will secure the rights of everyone including the Sinhalese.

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