In Retrospect By Sarath Kumara

April 20th 2012

It needs to be said emphatically that already the fallout from theƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ USA’a meddlsome stance at UNHCR Geneva is becoming apparentƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  as the Indian Delegation’s presenceƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in Sri LankaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  seems to be emboldening the Tamil National Alliance to get overly cocky and authoritativeƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in how they are attempting to use the Indian visit to their advantage.

In the eyes of many analysts who have used logical rationales to evaluate what the TNA represents they are none but a bunch of bounders who are in fact representatives ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the so called LTTE rump indulging inƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  freedoms they are not entitled to and attempting to dictate terms to the Government of Sri Lanka in the process!

In the same token despite the GovernmentƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka, diplomatically entertaining the Indian DelegationƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ it should be in a position to emphatically point outƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the role of the Indian Delegation as observers not adjudicators and that too merely to please puppeteerƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Uncle Sam, andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ its mainƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ puppet Ban Ki Moon whose roles at Geneva were not only contentious but high handed where they raised alarms against Sri Lanka on concocted evidence where not a single shred of tangible evidence was presented towards the UNHRC ruling beyond hearsay, one sided depositions,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ doctored videos andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  TV presentations all the while egged on by the bleatings of the likes of the TNA who were and in all probabilities still are supporters of the now defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam given their rhetoric and body language ! All these while there are mountains of tangible evidence, conclusive beyond the shadow of a doubtƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ corroborating the attrocities of the Tamil Tiger led insurgency never once aluded to at the UNHCR showing the degree of bias that musrt have been involved !

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), who were reported as meeting with the Indian parliamentary delegation to which theyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ probably had noƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ mandateƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in any legal sense had their credentials been investigated appear to have boldlyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ emphasised that land and police powers should also be devolved to the provinces. This is something which needs to be put into perspective in the best interests of Sri Lanka!

Perhaps it is high time the Government of Sri Lanka threw the book at the TNA reminding them of their past allegiances to the Tamil terrorists , the dangers of continuing in their present direction where they simply do not represent all of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ shut them up for good if necessaryƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ with very valid reasoning to do so in the interests of public security and kick them out of Sri Lanka’s political arena on the grounds that they portray every ingredient the Tamil Tigers used to fashion their direction towards the troubles that plagued the Nation for decades!

This needs to be done on the basis thatƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ if their demands for land and policing powers were ever granted by some horrendous error of judgement even hypotheticallyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the Nation can surely expect a rejuvenation of unrest within the Nation which the present or any Administration would neither be foolhardy nor privy to and perhaps might not even be able to cope withƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ in an eventuality and a worthless risk!

ThisƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ is a pellucid manifestation even at an interim level of the harm that sources such as the USA and the UN amongst the rest of those who voted for the resolution against Sri LankaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ has doneƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  as these are pro rerrorist elements now demanding these rights in a post insurgency Sri Lanka. It isƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ a salient reality known to many authorities around the worldƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ which certain moronic elements in the enclaves of these high faluting Super PowersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ have failed to perceive that the TNA are a dangerous bunch out to recussitate the objectives of the Tamil Tigers as well as those of their sympathisers and have never given up the pursuit of secession in Sri Lanka. It is a fact of life to those aware of it and there are many!

In this respectƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ it is also safe to conclude that ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ what the USA has done is an inadvertent fomenting of the Ealam cause, something the likes of the often verbose and vitriolic Karunanidhi of Tamil Nadu and a host of his buddies who are Tamil sympathisersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ continuously indulge in and needs to be put into perspective. The continuous absurdity of it all is that the demands and accusations of the UNHRC resolution had set in place a connundrum of ludicrity where those who were in facour of the resolutionƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ were perhaps barking at the moon (no pun intended) much in the manner the leader of the UN was relenting some of it at various stages of his involvement in Sri Lankan mattersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and the outcome as worthless as the barking albeit dangerous as it may have given dutch courage to a pack of misguided self styled politicians calling themdelves the TNA! whose singlemost objective seems to be confronting the GOSL over issues which seem to be beyond their comprehension.

It is of remarkable importance to the well being of Sri Lanka that the Government has in the past categorically refused to devolve such powers to the provinces especially when the demands came from the TNA in post insurgent Sri Lanka where cloaked in theatrical pretence even the LTTE portraying themselves as politically motivated through certain worthless mediators tried their hand at the same ploy without success as their real intent was invariably exposed through their own bungling and mendacity.

It isƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ to a certain degree amazing although not surprising that the TNA continues to bleat and plead that” WhenƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ they ask for land and police powers,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ thay are branded LTTE proxies. The LTTE asked for a separate state. We do not ask for that,” and in all sincerity it needs to be asked could thereƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  be a single patriotic Sri Lankan who can honestly believe the TNA in the face of all their high handed posturings and threats to the Government of Sri Lanka with all the support from Tamil Nadu are not LTTE proxies?

Neither the Indian Delegation not the TNAƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  have any right to sound officious or authoritative towards how the Sri Lankan Government manouevres the direction it has legitimately chosen to conduct its affairs as Sri Lanka today is fast returning to the resplendency and economic stabilityƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ it once was.

There are prices to pay towards this and the nation will be subjected to hardships in the beginning but to be intimidated by demands of Indian delegations, the USA, the EU, the UK et al seem somewhat far fetched as the focus often seems curiously on the enemies of Sri Lanka who in all probabilities are hell bent on de-stabilizingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the Sovereign Democracy Sri Lanka always has been and oneƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ that has fought to preserve her Sovereignity and Territorial Integrity and won against all odds which does not augur well with them as the largest beneficiaries of this victory today apart from the Sri Lankan people themselves appear to be the Russians and the Chinese and a bitter pill for some to swallow.

The TNA in this respect are but a clutch of minnows whose demands are hardly worh a listen and their only alternative might be to shed their political image whilst throwing in their lot with the Government of Sri LankaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ . There are examples of this of individuals who have dome themselves proud as a result of their relatedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ choices.