Malin Abeyatunge

Tamil National Alliance- (TNA) LTTE proxy is back with their old tricks. In its latest election manifesto, they demandƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Federal structure, Self Governing authority in the North and East, Remerge of North & East, all Foreign aids to come to them direct, sole authority on land matters, police and fiscal matters. This is simply asking ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ for a separate State.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  They are coming back to the infamous ISGA (Interim Self Governing Authority) and P-TOMS (Post Tsunami Operational Management Structure) which they were trying to gain control over the Tsunami funds to legitimize Eelam.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

Both these proposals were rejected thanks for the agitations and legal process sought by JVP (albeit JVP now talks differently). Had both ISGA and P-TOMS were accepted that could have been a stepping stone to ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-EelamƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. TNAƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s election manifesto placed before the Tamils for the General Election 2010 is obviously asking the same Eelam in a different tone. TNA is dragging the ordinary Tamils back to another conflict situation . Tamils have had enough misery for three decades under the brutal rule of LTTE ably supported by LTTE proxy TNA for almost a decade and I am sure the ordinary Tamils do not want to experience that misery again . TNA will not be able to hoodwink the ordinary Tamils in the North and East anymore.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The moderate Tamil people should realize that the President Rajapaksa had categorically mentioned that he will find a reasonable solution to the conflict under a unitary system and definitely not under a federal structure.

TNA trumpeting demands of a federal structure can never be realized ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and are placing the Tamils in a quandary. Instead, the TNA and its allied parties should attempt for a ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ peaceful reconciliation with the Government with give ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and take policy. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ But the Tamils cannot expect that from TNA. Unfortunately, TNA is hooked with the ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tamil Diaspora for moral and financial support for a Separate State for Tamils and probably thinking that TNA can achieve that thro the latest ventureƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  launched by the Tamil Diaspora of ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Trans national provisional Government for Tamils.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ If the Tamil politicians get bogged in this Trans-national stuff like TNA, the ultimate losers will be the ordinary Tamils living in the North and East ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and not the Tamil Diaspora living in affluent countries or the TNA MPs who most of the time operates from Colombo with their foothold in Colombo. It is crystal clear that the TNA manifesto demands a separate autonomy for Tamils instead of any reconciliation with the majority and ultimate losers will be the ordinary Tamils living in the North and East. Hence, they should totally reject the TNA separatist manifesto at the forthcoming General Elections.