SRI LANKA UNITED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
P.O.Box 55292, 300 Borough Drive, Toronto, Ontario M1P 4Z7 Canada
Website: http://webhome.idirect.com/~sluna/
Telephone: (416) 498-0783; E-mail: sluna@idirect.com
MEDIA RELEASE June 2,
2005
TIME TO TAME THE TAMIL TIGER
TERRORISTS
A lopsided Memorandum of Understanding drafted by Norway in conjunction
with Anton Balasingham the LTTE's idealogue, and a meaningless Ceasefire
Accord which has dragged on for over three years with endless violations
being committed by the Tamil Tiger Terrorists, has cost the nation
numerous lives of ordinary civilians and security services personnel
who were considered an obstacle to the LTTE's goal of a Mono-Ethnic
Tamil Separate State in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
The latest victim of Tamil Tiger Terrorism is Major Nizam Muthalif,
Officer Commanding the Army's First Intelligence Unit, who was killed
on the 31st of May 2005 in the capital city of Colombo. There is also
the recent kidnapping of Police Inspector T. Jeyarathnam who is being
held in a secret Tiger jail in the uncleared areas of the Vanni. A
key unit of the nation's security establishment was blown away by
the last UNF Government exposing the 32 specialist intelligence officers
to become targets of the LTTE's Pistol Gang that has free rein to
move within the country, whilst the uncleared areas held by the LTTE
remain closed to all others. Tamil civilians including senior political
figures of the calibre of Sooriyamoorthy and others unwilling to bow
down to the vicious dictatorial regime of the LTTE are being gunned
down on a daily basis with utter impunity, during this Norwegian brokered
ceasefire period. Muslim and Sinhala residents living in regions sought
by the LTTE too face a constant threat of violence, whilst some have
even had to pay with their lives.
We cannot have confidence anymore in the Norwegian Peace Facilitator
whose direct and indirect actions have only gone to prop up the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Scandinavian Monitoring Mission
merely keeps a tally of the LTTE's numerous violations after the fact,
with absolutely no powers to deal with the offender. The international
community which pays lip service to UN Resolutions dealing with the
scourge of Terrorism only acts when it affects their vital interests
such as the oil supply or when the threat is directed at them. In
Sri Lanka's case, the international community has treated this most
ruthless tamil tiger terrorist group with a great deal of respect
as though they were a legitimate party, and continue to use their
aid package to impose their solutions without giving any consideration
to the views of the Sri Lankan people. Even Canada, an architect of
the UN measures to combat terrorism is considered an ally by the LTTE,
as the unprincipled Liberal Party Government does not see a need to
apply the criteria of her Anti-Terrorism Laws to list this group,
under the misapprehension that the LTTE which has silenced the voice
of the Tamil Diaspora is capable of delivering their votes to the
minority Liberals due to face an election shortly.
The time for appeasement and complaisancy is over. The President of
Sri Lanka and the other leaders entrusted with safeguarding the life
and liberty of the people should
act promptly to stop the shedding of blood by the LTTE. The authorities
should immediately invoke the powers of the Public Security Ordinance
pending imposition of special powers to fight the prevailing terrorist
menace, to re-establishing check points and carrying out a search
of all neighbourhoods to flush out the LTTE's Pistol Gang and other
terrorist elements, to ensure the security and safety of all the law
abiding citizens of the land.
Yours very truly,
Mahinda Gunasekera
Honourary President
