Insight By Sunil Kumar

Sept 24th 2009

In response to recent item captioned English, Peace and Conflict, Politics, Post-War by Dr. P. Saravanamuttu where he suggests somewhat prudently that”The war it seems is not over, the international conspiracies to save Prabhakaran and the LTTE are now said to have morphed into a conspiracy to destabilize the government, initiate regime change and charge its leading lights and war heroes with war crimes.’ there seems to be almost a tone of extra sensory perception to the theme as though this is something he envisions towards the detriment of the Rajapaksha Administration with a tone of warning attached to it.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Perhaps the warning needs to be heeded and time appropriate for the basking in the glory of victory over the terrorists to stop and greater attention paid to what the warning carries in the best interests of the Nation towards posterity.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Given the consideration that there are many others harping on this same theme in recent times in a wishful thinking mode to which the Tamil Diaspora who fomented so much input towards the LTTE cause which must surely play a major part in the Saravanamuttu rationale, there need to be great cautions exercised in how the Sri Lankan Administration now manouvres through the current turbulences the nation is faced with! Some artificially created!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The perils the Nation faces at this time of transition from a terrorist ravaged one into one of impending tranquility is overrun with many enemies of the State both internally as well as externally planning to bring down its Administration for personal gain as well as motivations that reach far beyond the common eye relative to foreign interference where great cautions are needed to resolve many National issues hinged on National Security, Global credibility and a return to a normal order inasmuch as the landmines in the ex war zones needing to be cleared effectively and seem very real!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Add to it a substantial quotient of the Ranil Wickremasinghe as well as other opposition cells together with many civil society activists which the Saravanamuttu analysis suggests are key figures in this decidedly and dangerously unpatriotic anti national exercise and part of a a collective conspiratorial equation which seems to be consequently complete.The dangerous lack of patriotism amongst some then becomes portrayed quite visibly where Mr Saravanamuttu ‘s vision seems almost paranormal and the reinforcements and remedial measures needed to counter it imperative!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Quoting “An English language broadsheet during the week having quoted the Minister of Transport and leading light of the current regime as suggesting the conspiratorial intonations and in doing so making a link between the Channel 4 video and the fate of the GSP Plus extension. Whilst the regimeƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s argument is that the sole purpose of this purported conspiracy is to destabilize and replace it, the question does arise as to whether the airing of such allegations in the first instance without substantiation with hard facts, is not destabilizing in itself ? Is there a conspiracy abroad as alleged or, is there a most disturbing paranoia and over-exaggeration of threats to national security at the heart of the regime? Are we in a post-war situation heading steadily towards a post conflict one, as we should, or are we in a situation of a continuation of war by other means?:” end quote on a speculative as well as hypothetical note perhaps where there is little indication that the Administration is in anyway swayed towards detriment based on such sentiments regardless of the doomsday nature of the forecasts and appears to have done very well thus far.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ However it needs vehement contradition that the central issues at hand are human rights related if suggested as deliberately orchestrated where the record of the regime on this score has been cited as poor or even adverse albeit the true record proves that every effort has been made by the Administration to alleviate the sufferings of the IDP internees which given its daunting nature is indeed what GSP Plus revolves around.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Almost sickeningly it has now come to light that the Channel 4 video was a deliberately created diversion doctored to garner international contempt where the truth in all its assertive strength has prevailed and who was behind it. If human rights is at the very core of the plight of the IDPs ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the unquestionably central and urgent issue impacting on the nation’s future and the litmus test for peace, reconciliation and unity appear to have been paid great attention to contrary to negative paranoias about them as brushed off issues!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Demonstrable progress on these issue if they have not been observed already even in some small measure is a shortcoming of those who have failed to make the observation due to their own apathies and myopias and should not to be the detriment of the Nation which is making great progress towards total recovery and centrally and self ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…”evidently visible towards the national interest.

The Administration has pledged January 2010 as the cut off date for the IDP’s to be cleared and there should be no created impediments to disrupt the objective!