Sri Lanka needs dedicated and loyal people post-Terrorism
Posted on May 18th, 2013

Shenali Waduge

May 19th will mark the 4th anniversary of the conclusion of a 3 decade terrorist conflict. The ground realities of terrorism combined with destabilizing efforts are nothing that should surprise us given the visible efforts underway to undermine the victory given to us by our national war heroes. Indebted to them for showing the world that ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-unwinnable warsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ can be won with passion and dedication, civil society and in particular the political establishments now need to play a greater role in fortifying that victory given at the cost of life and limb.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ As citizens we need to all be aware that attempts continue to divide the country. This is why international lobbies have chosen to ignore the fete achieved by Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s military in annihilating the worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s most feared terrorist movement while saving over 294,000 Tamil civilians within 3 years liberating both the East and North of Sri Lanka that had been declared defacto LTTE areas sanctioned through the 2002 ceasefire agreement.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The road to victory did not come cheap and it did not come without costs to life and property. Thousands of civilians and armed personnel lost their lives and thousands of Tamils drawn into a worthless fight based on the cunning of a handful sacrificed their lives for no reason. Thousands of children too became prey having been forcibly recruited as child soldiers. The 594 children who gave themselves in during the final phase of the war are now pardoned and reintegrated into society whilst of the 12,000 former LTTErs who gave themselves in save for 200 all others are now reintegrated into society. This is an achievement in itself whilst thousands of combatants languish in secret jails all over the world and their families do not even know whether they are dead or alive. The very nations that point fingers have forgotten that the nations they invaded and the infrastructure they targeted and destroyed still remain ruined and millions of people continue to remain internally displaced or refugees in another country and this too after decades of occupation. As a Third World nation our rehabilitation concluded after 3 yearsƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚¦. as First World nations invading countries on bogus issues they must feel ashamed for not upholding their moral duty to the people they have made homeless.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s rehabilitation program now complete within just 3 years of concluding the war people are continuing their lives without bombs, assassinations or suicide missions.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Of course there are many to find fault. It is natural because their livelihood depends on pointing out inadequacies. It is the same with media too. Unless they have a sensational story to tell their papers wont sell. Likewise, the humanitarian agencies to survive need a humanitarian catastrophe. Such is the way of the world. That does not mean that the world must live in chaos for them to thrive.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The development that has taken place post-conflict is undeniable. From absolutely no paved road in the North, the roads are fantastic and a pleasure to travel in. Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu the hub of the LTTE had no electricity for decades because the LTTE blew up the transformers. Today over 50% of the two towns enjoy electricity and can even watch television which these people couldnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t do when the LTTE prevailed.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The Tamil youth can walk out of their homes without fearing they would be kidnapped of course we need to reiterate that the LTTE picked and chose who they made into child soldiers ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” no Tamil elite or high caste became a child soldier. It was ONLY the children from impoverished and low-caste homes who were made into child soldiers and given a cyanide capsule to commit suicide. This is something that doesnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t get media attention and nothing that the Tamil Diaspora or the Tamil political parties or the Colombo Tamil elite wish to acknowledge. This is why not even the Tamil politicians cared to speak on behalf of these child soldiers. This explains why these areas remain poverty stricken even when money is allocated to the TNA for development. TNA politicians are busy separating the country without looking after the wellbeing of their people!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ We cannot also forget the other traitors amongst us and there are many too. That architects of legislative documents that sought to betray the nation and the armed forces giving legislative leverages to a terrorist movement continue to hold key portfolios in governance shows the need for citizens to be not only alert but all the while aware that enemies surround us in all spheres. The influence of money, the promise of power and the power of contacts are three areas that gravitates all and sundry into signing pacts with the enemy or enemies.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ As citizens Sri Lanka is our nation and we are beholden to protect it from enemies be they our own or foreign. Our leaders need to be clearly told that Sri Lanka must remain sovereign, unitary and a non-aligned nation. These were the dynamics with which Mrs. Bandaranaike won the respect of the entire world and it is that which is lacking now. Sri Lanka is not a cake to be cut and served keeping its citizens in the dark.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Patriotism and loyalty are not confined to paper or speech alone and certainly has no right to come out of the mouths of those that have aligned with and solicit funds from foreign operators whose objectives are regime change. People need to name and shame them and they deserve no platform of respect from the citizens of the nation whatever their professional standing or qualification.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ That 20million people live in Sri Lanka means that for peaceful co-existence and co-prosperity to prevail citizens must not encroach on others or undermine the indigenous cultures by importing new cultures on the disguise of freedom of religion. No freedom of religion can intrude on the freedom of another. Politicians need to be aware of this.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Political parties need to wake up to the fact that the cheap politics that have been part and parcel of the games they have played to entice people now need to uplift their status to one that would demarcate proper guidelines for issues instead of making a drama of things to evade answering what the citizens ask.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The Government must forthwith put a lid to the mythical demands that have prevailed and found basis for the demands for separatism. Politicians are beholden to do what is right by the Constitution and the nation and not to be the nice guys for a handful upon whom they enjoy perks and privileges for their action or inaction. ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Whether politician or commoner there needs to be a joint commitment and effort that the material and spiritual wealth of the nation will not be compromised or misused for personal advantage. The country is not meant to be plundered by a corrupt handful.

A greater effort needs to be made to promote education amongst all in a national plan that would provide a sound understanding of the history of the country, the indigenous rulers, the laws that existed prior to the Western laws, the cultures and practices that prevailed etc which builds up not only the knowledge of the past but helps the necessary foundation to feel patriotic and to feel proud of oneƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s nation. Without a knowledge of the past people do not know their ancestral ties and bonds. We need to know our real heroes, their achievements and not the Western heroes which is not part of our history.

Sri Lankans need to start appreciating our local products and a nation-wide promotion to promote and assist our local producers (farmers, handicrafts, Ayurveda etc) must be launched. How fair is it to import products when internally these are available with our own people. Have we given due recognition to indigenous industries and helped people to sustain their livelihoods? It is time we look at ways and means we can develop every corner of our land and think about how we can contribute in small or large ways towards it. We need to have new goals, new missions and new objectives.

Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s problems are internally solvable

Citizens of Sri Lanka need to decolonize their minds from the subjugation mentality that continues to haunt their line of thinking following over 500 years of occupationist colonial rule. The white man does not have the answers to the worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s ills and Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s future needs to be carved by us ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the citizens of Sri Lanka. It is not the international community that needs to decide what is right or wrong for Sri Lanka but the people of Sri Lanka. We need to clearly convey this message. It is when some elements in governance project the need for foreign interference that issues with the capacity to be solved internally have got confused and at times outsourced without our knowledge. We must say NO to NGO-Chintana and the citizens must tell Governments choosing public officials that they should not accept double-crossers and give them portfolios which leave the nation in bigger danger.

International media are finger pointing. Have they raised the issues of compensation due to Third World nations for atrocities committed by White imperialists? When they attempt to teach the majority Sinhalese how Buddhists should behave have they forgotten how the Abrahamic religions have behaved and continue to behave and for which most of the problems that prevail worldwide find their roots to? We are not ready to accept allegations when those pointing fingers have an ulterior motive and are using these issues simply to advance their agendas.

Get rid of the ideologies that divide the nation

If Sri Lanka continues to suffer politically it is because the leaders have failed to adopt the policy of de-nazification following the Nuremburg Tribunals where everything and anyone to do with the NaziƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s were banned and prohibited. Thus, everything and everyone associated with Eelaam ideology must be warned to close shop or face criminal actions against them. The national heroes did not sacrifice life and limb to annihilate terrorism for political terrorism to prevail through the same eelaam ideology. Separatist mentality has to be legislatively and legally dealt with and cannot become a political weapon or political topic to gain votes, voters and campaign funds.

Reconciliation of any kind cannot take shape without the omission of Eelaam ideology for it would become such a farce when the one side pretends to be a part of reconciliation but is camouflaging Eelaam ideology so that he can work out legislatively the goals that the LTTE fought to achieve.

The other area of contention is that the 13th amendment to the constitution is not welcomed by the majority people and the Government is duti-bound to listen to the will of the people and not to international players or foreign nations whatever pressures it comes under. The role of the external affairs ministry is to make sure Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s version is properly articulated. A sovereign nation does not function to the whims and fancies of foreign nation ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” if so we are ceasing to call ourselves sovereign and politicians and leaders may as well bow down from office if unable to lead a nation with its sovereignty intact and uncompromised.

Is our Government, the same Government that worked towards annihilating terrorism in Sri Lanka foolishly allowing a South Sudan scenario to take shape ignoring the representations made by many on the need to repeal the 13th amendment?

Sri Lankan citizenry must be at all times appraised that Eelaam is actually the quest for a greater eelaam that extends to Tamil Nadu wherein the disintegration of India is already under way under the tacit approval of its foreign party President.

Therefore all political parties/associations/groups or individuals carrying Eelaam signage/name etc must forthwith be asked to remove. Grievances must be clearly defined and articulated and no aspirations are to be accepted. These are the ground rules for all. Parroting of false slogans must come to an end for it has got the ordinary people nowhere except allow for the survival of political parties fooling the masses with fictitious and bogus slogans. The state is therefore duty-bound to make sure that these false claims are done away with for it is not healthy for the country that has a national plan to move forward.

In the meanwhile, the Government needs to put to rest all ambiguities and make necessary changes to all Government documents that should now clearly state that Sri Lanka had a Terrorist problem and NOT an ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-ethnic problemƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ and similar other falsehoods that have been used against the State need to be clearly defined and informed locally and to the world to finally put to rest ambiguities that prevail and on which platforms for unnecessary issues are likely to rise if not properly dealt with. Unless these ambiguities are addressed we will be leaving a legacy of lies for future generations to deal with.

Similarly, politicians are voted into power not to make governance a roadmap to personal gain. Therefore, all politicians whether in government or opposition need to take a closer look at the role they currently play and the role they are required to play and bridge the gap.

As we approach the 4th anniversary of Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s victory over the LTTE we salute our national heroes for giving us freedom sacrificing their lives. We also pledge our promise to be alert to all the traitors that prevail amongst us to demean the victory they gave us at the cost of life and limb. While most of us continue to thank our soldiers for freeing the nation of terrorism there are a handful still that continue to want to destabilize the nation ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” we need to call their bluff and name and shame them.

 

 

11 Responses to “Sri Lanka needs dedicated and loyal people post-Terrorism”

  1. Kosala777 Says:

    The government should appoint the best people on merit for the best jobs. I have identified brilliant people from this forum alone – Shenali Waduge, Charles Perera, Ben Silva, Dilrook Kannangara, Chanaka Bandarage (Sri Lanka Support Group, Canberra), Kumar Moses, Aloy Perera and C Wijewickarama to name a few

  2. Lorenzo Says:

    I agree. HLD Mahindapala, Garvin, Sunil, Asada and Asoka too MUST be in it.

    I’m sure they will have common ground on MOST things.

    Shenali should LEAD this think tank.

  3. Kosala777 Says:

    Yes Shenali should lead. Lorenzo should be there too – he should be appointed as Director of Multicultural Affairs

  4. Marco Says:

    Please advice when this “Think Tank” of dedicated and loyal people (patriots) are able and capable to make the “difference”.

  5. Lorenzo Says:

    “Please advice when this “Think Tank” of dedicated and loyal people (patriots) are able and capable to make the “difference”.”

    So that Lack-siri can start killing them!

  6. Ananda-USA Says:

    ARREST, PROSECUTE & IMPRISON these TRAITORS to the Nation.

    The TNA shows its Tiger Spots with IMPUNITY.

    Teach them the ERROR of their WAYS NOW …. before the FAILURE TO PUNISH encourages them into Full Fledged Terrorism AGAIN!

    Have we NOT LEARNED these LESSONS from our RECENT PAST?

    …………….
    Sri Lanka Tamils defy ban on rebel memorial

    May 18, 2013

    COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main opposition Tamil party Saturday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government celebrated the fourth anniversary of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels.

    The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said it staged the remembrance in the northern town of Vavuniya for those who died in the final battle which also killed Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his entire top leadership.

    “We had a meeting to commemorate all those who died in the conflict,” TNA lawmaker Suresh Premachandran told AFP from Vavuniya, 260 kilometres (162 miles) north of Colombo.

    The event came as Sri Lankan troops held a parades in the capital to mark the victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and an end to 37 years of ethnic bloodshed.

    The state-run Daily News said the Vavuniya meeting was illegal and warned anyone commemorating the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would be jailed.

    Witnesses said the TNA-led ceremony ended peacefully amid a heavy police presence in the area, a front-line town near the former war zone in the island’s north.

    In the capital Colombo, President Mahinda Rajapakse viewed the military parade showcasing heavy weapons used against the Tigers who were known for their ferocious suicide bomb attacks.

    “We will not allow a single inch of the land that you won by the sacrifice of your life to be taken away,” Rajapakse said. “There will be no room for separation.”

    A naval craft taking part in the celebrations capsized and a search was on for an officer who was reported missing after the accident, a military official said, adding that the other four crew members had been rescued.
    The military offensive which crushed the Tigers had triggered allegations of war crimes with rights groups saying that up to 40,000 civilians perished in the last months of fighting alone.

  7. Amarasiri Says:

    Ms. Senali Waduge,

    Are you part of the problem following the Norwegian-Christian-West Axis or part of the Solution?

    Shenali you have stated that the citizens must be aware that there are attempts to divide the country. Isn’t that exactly what you and a few other fools are trying to do by insulting,degrading and criticizing other religions and races by writing discriminative articles in this blog. Some of you are so rude it is disgusting and makes me a shame of being a SRi Lnkan.”

    She is not alone.

    She is part of a Christian West Funded conspiracy to Divide the Country. Listen to what the Patriotic Minister Wimal Weerawansa is saying.

    Want to learn more?

    Question? Who is Funding and Promoting the BBS?

    Answer: Who has to gain from this?

    1. Norway, West, USA, some others.
    2. Christian Fundamentalists and Other Christians.
    3. Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinists.
    4. Sinhala Buddhist Traders
    5. Tamils Christians.
    6. The current regime.

    Who Loses: The Sinhala Buddhist people, the Muslim People, and the country as whole.

    Read:

    lankaweb.com/news/items/2013/05/18/western-role-in-the-bodu-bala-sena-bbs-of-sri-lanka/

    Western role in the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) of Sri Lanka
    Posted on May 18th, 2013
    by Anura Alahakone, USA

  8. Voice123 Says:

    Amarasiri has a point. I want nothing to do with a mindset that thinks certain Sri Lankans are more entitled to a Sri Lankan identity or the symbols of the nation because they belong to a particular race and religion and develop all kinds of parochial conspiracy theories to back this up. Certain people appear to be falling straight into the chauvanistic frame being set for them. These “friends” will “cut and run” when the mission is accomplished, leaving their scapegoat co-travellers widely exposed to the global hegemons. As an apparently Eelamist commentator raved in a previous post, words to the effect of “we (Tamils) – all of us – know exactly how to wind you people up and how to play you to our own purposes”. Now excuse me, Im going.

  9. Lorenzo Says:

    Amarasiri is a Wahabi agent.

    Please read his anti-Buddhist, anti-Sinhala, anti-Tamil, pro-Taliban racist rubbish in Colombo Telegraph to know him better before commenting.

    We all know who Shenali is. She was writing for the past 10 years with consistency.
    Shenali is more truthful than Allah.

  10. Lorenzo Says:

    Look how unintelligent Wahabi logic is.

    “Who has to gain from this?

    1. Norway, West, USA, some others.
    2. Christian Fundamentalists and Other Christians.
    3. Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinists.
    4. Sinhala Buddhist Traders
    5. Tamils Christians.
    6. The current regime.

    Who Loses: The Sinhala Buddhist people, the Muslim People, and the country as whole.”

    So Sinhala Buddhist Traders gain. VERY GOOD!

    Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinists gain and Sinhala Buddhist people lose! IF true, what should Sinhala Buddhist people do in such a case to GAIN? Simple. Become Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinists (in Arabic logic). Thank g~d it is not true.

    Any Sinhalese who remains an INFIDEL is a Sinhala Buddhist Chauvinist according to his logic.

    Other Christians and the current regime ALSO gain! That means about 80% of the population gains. It must be good.

    Well done in Koorakala. Thank you BBS. May g~d bless you and guide you to achieve bigger things to protect Buddhists from the Taliban.

  11. S.Gonsalkorale Says:

    Amarasiri is definitely either Taliban agent or an agent of Saud. I have read his previous comments and most readers will not forget them.

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