Janaki Chandraratna – Perth, Western Australia

 After several clandestine meetings in Singapore and Vienna and strong denials of the existence of Ranil/Maithipala, Maithipala /TNA, and Ranil/TNA Agreements, the cat is out of the bag with TNA agreeing to support Maithipala in the forthcoming Presidential election.  TNA has made it clear that they are not interested in handouts from Maithipala Government but a clear implementation of TNA demands in return for the Tamil vote. At this stage R Sambandan has not publicized any TNA demands as such. It is however very clear to the discerning observers that these demands include the withdrawal of the army from the North, Land Rights, Police Powers, unrestricted international trade/negotiations for the Northern Provincial Council and present Rajapaksas for the war crime tribunals.

It is not surprising that the Diaspora has gone viral on TNA announcement to advertise/display photos, posters and mugs with combined pictures of Prabhakaran and Maithipala in far off places such as Toronto and London, within a brief span of 24 hours of TNA announcement.

 Maithipala who had stated that his defection was for the sake of the family can be excused for being in disbelief how quickly his campaign appears to have gained momentum with the TNA announcement. It is not surprising if Maithipala is yet to comprehend the impact on the country in case of a win with TNA support. Also, Maithipala appears to lack the capacity to understand the behind the scene activities of the CIA and some foreign embassies for the quick turn around of events. It may take some time for him to realize that he is already a puppet on a string manipulated by unseeing hands.

It is difficult to assess the predicament of JHU supporters who crossed over to Maithripala as they were absolutely anti TNA and Muslim demands. Yet they have continued to focus on corruption without any substantiated evidence, which appears to be on a mission to cut the nose to spite the face!

 On the other hand there are the winners of the event who rub their hands with glee with the hope of achieving their goals, which required careful long term planning and scheming. In this category the foremost winner is the Diaspora, which aspires to the LTTE dream of having a separate ELAM State in Sri Lanka. Apart from the Diaspora there is the US regime that believes peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka can only be achieved with the resolution of Diaspora demands. A TNA supported puppet regime can, not only vindicate the lackadaisical UN/US approach to the end of war survival appeals from the LTTE but also assist in restraining Chinese expansion in South Asia.

UNHRC will be pleased to offload the much-concocted war crimes investigation to the War Tribunal without investing too much effort to prove the fictitious charges.  

There are many winners in the local front as well.  The foremost winner is Ranil, who has successfully avoided the Presidential contest and drafted Maithipala to the campaign with the help of the Western conspirators. Ranil is happy with his secured position of Executive Prime Minister, which he would not have ever achieved through an election.  He has managed to keep this plan close to his heart and pull the necessary strings as and when required.  Ranil, who has not expressed an iota of patriotism to the country, can be best described as a WOG (Western Oriented Gentleman) in not so complementary Australian jargon. He has no qualms of selling the country to the West or to the Diaspora provided he is in seat of President or Prime Minister. Ranil, has very capably executed CIA sponsored strategy for ‘Regime Change’ by marketing the slogans of Nepotism and Corruption, as is the case in other countries such as Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Burma and Ukraine. Whilst conniving with the Diaspora and the West, Ranil was able to delude the unsuspecting Sinhala people with unsubstantiated allegations of corruption and nepotism. He has forgotten the fact he along with CBK and much respected, Dudley Senanayaka were products of homegrown nepotism.

 Corruption is not new to Sri Lanka.  Ranil through his agents, and all other supporters of Maithipala campaign had been beneficiaries of the State ventures. Maithripala is not exactly, ‘Mr. Squeaky Clean’, as purported by Ranil. Maithipala and his family had helped themselves for a fair share of Govt. wealth to the point that his son, son’s fiancé and the intended ‘Father- in –Law’, had to abscond the authorities to evade fraud charges.

 Despite Maithipala’s unsavory background, it is amazing that Ranil has been able to uphold Maithipala’s image as ‘Mr. Clean’, and delude the unsuspecting Sinhala People for a regime change.

The sins and carnage of the opposition regimes in the recent past, such as the Batalanda episode and the preventable killing of hundreds and thousands of service men during CBK regime appear to have been forgotten and swept under the carpet in the current Presidential campaign

 Not withstanding the above, the country is once again at a critical intersection. The losers are many from a possible win to Maithipala.  Whatever turn Maithipala takes with TNA would lead to chaos and unrest in the country.  If TNA demands are to be adopted there would be repercussions from the majority and if they are to be ignored there would be the strong arm of the West directing and manipulating the outcome in TNA’s favor. Whichever way Maithipala turns, the TNA/ Maithipala unholy alliance is in for a bumpy ride plunging the country into a severe storm of doom and gloom in the process. This predicament is perhaps the reason for Maithipala’s silence on the 13^th Amendment and an undivided country in his election Manifesto.

 It should be noted that unlike in the past there are very many avenues available to the Diaspora from Western support. There is scope for an overt supply of arms for a pretend civilian based defense” which was adopted by CIA at the behest of Gene Sharp, in places like Libya and Egypt. There is the opportunity for R2P for a created scenario of unrest and conflict in Tamil regions or for that matter violence instigated against Tamils, in particular, by unscrupulous political parties.  In these circumstances it will be the sons and daughters of the poor and not those of Maithipala, Chandrika or Ranil that will have to bear the brunt of the onslaught and unlike in the past, our resources may not be sufficient to contain such an attack.  

On the eve of the election I can only hope and pray commonsense will prevail and Sri Lanka will be saved from the anarchy promised by the opposition.