ලංකාවම කළඹමින් යාපනේ ද්රවිඩ තරුණයෙක් කළ හෙළිදරව්ව | Exclusive Interview With Arun Siddharth
Posted on February 3rd, 2019
Mahinda Gunasekera
Former LTTE cadre who has taken the name of Arun Siddharth is being interviewed on conflicting issues affecting reconciliation between the constituent communities in Sri Lanka by a Sinhala individual for publication in the south. I found the interview to be quite interesting, and also found that Arun Siddarth was very open and direct in pointing out the flaws in the prevailing system which prevented the true stories getting to the public. There were simple administrative matters that should be introduced to ensure that Tamil speaking citizens are at least provided with an English version of the correspondence, be it a charge sheet or government notification which is still being issued in Sinhala which the majority of the Tamils do not understand.
He also pointed out that the actions of uniformed officers empowered to deal with the public are properly monitored as otherwise the numerous occasions when they abuse the public, the offending officer will get away while the citizen suffers in silence.
He does not have a communal mind set and wishes to work with members of all communities to solve problems faced by the public and seek justice from the state agencies.
The LINK to the interview is given below. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes long, and is worth watching it even in instalments as time permits. MG
https://youtu.be/NUPsOM_wS8c