Joint Letter on LTTE Front
Posted on March 28th, 2015
UNITED AUSTRALIANS OF SRI LANKAN ORGANISATIONS AUSTRALIA,
27.March 2015
The recent statements by senior Sri Lankan Government sources that the proscription on LTTE front organisations will be lifted present a serious threat to the national security and unitary status of Sri Lanka.
The purpose of introducing the ban based on the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 was to prohibit the LTTE connected organisations from resorting to overt and covert actions in financing the separatist terrorist movement in Sri Lanka and supplying arms for the violence perpetrated by the LTTE in Sri Lanka.
As a small nation, Sri Lanka is not equipped with highly sophisticated intelligence organisations like RAW, CIA, KGB, MI6 etc. but relies on the intelligence units within the military and the police. One should not forget the fact Sri Lanka’s war against the LTTE lasted for 35 years mainly due the funds and arms supplied to the LTTE by foreign based organizations which at times worked with international spy agencies over which Sri Lanka had no control.
Furthermore, some members of LTTE front-organisations have entered Sri Lanka and taken part in bunker & boat construction, technology transfer and weapons training. It is for these reasons that several Tiger Diaspora leaders were personally honoured with the title of ‘Maamanithar’ (the highest national honour of Tamil Eelam) by the former LTTE leader. To this day, the LTTE lobby continues to carry out false and vicious propaganda against the government & people, the armed forces, the businesses and even the Cricket team of Sri Lanka.
In addition, at present a few of the Western nations are interfering with the internal politics of Sri Lanka due mainly to the electoral pressures exerted by extremist Tamil lobbies in their respective countries.
Thus, Sri Lanka is placed in an unenviable position to depend on its own resources and strength to protect its vital interests against subversion engineered from foreign sources. In addition to the UN Resolution 1373 which direct the members Nations to 1) enforce international obligations and laws that require to adhere to the rule pf law, 2) defeat terrorist organizations by enforcing UN resolution endorsed by the
member Nations, Sri Lanka’s own Constitution as per the Article 157A requires that all steps are taken to prohibit against the violation of the territorial integrity of the country.
Sri Lanka took a legitimate, intelligent and democratic step of protecting its national security and territorial integrity, by placing a ban on the following organisations as practiced by other Nations.
- T.T.E
- Tamil Coordinating Committee
- Tamil Rehabilitation Organization
- British Tamil Forum
- World Tamil Movement
- Canadian Tamil Congress
- Australian Tamil Congress
- Global Tamil Forum
- National Council of Canadian Tamils
- Tamil National Council
- Tamil Youth Organization
- World Tamil co-ordinating Council
- Trans National Government of Tamil Eelam
- Tamil Eelam People’s assembly
- World Tamil Relief Fund16 Head Quarter’s Group.
Under the provisions of the UN Resolution 1373, the member countries are obliged to 1)criminalize the wilful provision of collection, directly or indirectly , funds terrorism 2)freeze resources of persons, who commit, or attempt to commit terrorist acts either by their nationals or those in their territory 3)supress the financing of terrorism , and 4) prohibit their nationals or any person and entities within their territories from making any funds, financial assets or economic resources available to terrorists.
If some of the nations in the world turn a blind eye to the spectre of Tamil armed violence and terrorism, is it not fair for Sri Lanka to take action in keeping with the spirit of the said UN resolution and the Sri Lanka Constitution.?
We appeal to His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka and all patriotic Members of Parliament NOT TO LIFET BAN ON THE LTTE FRONTS AND INDIVIDUALS as it will pave way for the disintegration of the country and create chaos and instability similar to the days we had in 70s .80s and 90s when thousands of civilians were targeted by the terrorists.
We also kindly appeal to the Members of the Maha Sanga, the Members of the Clergy of other religions and Civil Society organisations to voice their opinion on the extreme danger in lifting the ban on these proscribed LTTE fronts and individual in order to protect the people and the Nation.
Ranjith Soysa
(Coordinator)
Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (Victoria)
Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (NSW)
Western Australia Society for Peace, Unity and Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka (WA)
Veera Parakramabahu Foundation Inc. (NSW)
Sinhala Cultural Association of Australia Inc. (ACT)
Sinhala Cultural and Community Services Foundation (VIC)
Jatika Ekamuthwa- Victoria
March 28th, 2015 at 5:46 pm
Namaste: In the West including in Australia the Indian Imperialists are active specially among the Socialists leaning people. They also have infiltrated Conservatives. Indians from Sri Lanka and their organizations mentioned above in the article are backed by the Indians at large. The problem we all subjects of the Indian Empire face are the same. Jai Hind
March 28th, 2015 at 6:26 pm
No reasons should be given to ban LTTE. Giving reasons is a sign of weakness.
LTTE will be remained banned forever.
Any organisation which has connections with LTTE and sympathise with LTTE shall also be remained banned.
March 28th, 2015 at 10:25 pm
This guy MY3 do not have guts or backbone to stand up for foreign pressure at all and his two gay boys neither (Awamangalaya and Ranil) Tamils and Muslims were both enjoying much more than from the previous Govt. Sinhalese must be aware and should be awake all the time if they need to save their land from getting in to war because of the way this so called Jarapalanaya govern. Must educate the poor ordinary folks around the country about the danger we will face if we allow this stupids to carry on with their treacherous acts towards our homeland. Support the Nugegoda Man movement to crush all odds and win back our free country.
March 29th, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Sri Lankans will be in for some surprises very soon.
March 29th, 2015 at 7:28 pm
This is no surprise. It follows the “Singapore Principles of 2013” which demanded the new government do these things in return for Tamil voting support, TNA and SLMC support and funds. Although the government banned some terror groups involved, it failed to take any action against their local agents.
March 30th, 2015 at 9:05 am
Recent reports in some Sri Lankan newspapers, announced that the interim minority Government of My3, will not be dissolved in April and instead My3 and Ranil will announce something “shocking”, after Vesak celebrations. What could it be? Is My3 going to hand over his powers to Ranil? Are they going to remove the proscription of these LTTE front organisations, still disseminating false propaganda and biding their time for their next move, courtesy of JHU, JVP & My3’s stupidity bolstered by Ranil & Chandrika’s lack of love for the nation made worse by their utmost hatred and jealousy towards the achievements of the Rajapakse regime?
In the first 2 months of the My3’s Interim regime led by Ranil, we have seen everything and more of what they criticised before the elections, such as the Central Bank Bond issue which looks like insider trading: nepotism appointing friends, and family members to high positions; disruption to ongoing projects causing billions in losses as well as destroying Sri Lanka’s recently earned reputation as a good place for foreign capital investments; hoodwinking the naïve masses with constant unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against the former government ministers, excluding those who crossed over to My3 camp; and appointing a mega cabinet of Ministers and Deputy Ministers, still multiplying out of control. Only good things I’ve heard are Ranil’s statement on the importance of upgrading the Army, Navy and Airforce in order to prevent LTTE re-emerging and the Navy’s right to even shoot those encroaching Indian fishermen engaged in illegal bottom-trawling methods. Whether this is genuine or not, we’ll have to wait and see, but still it is a good sign.