To consider funding from expatriate Tamil groups is to vow a candle to the Devil
Posted on March 29th, 2022
RANJITH SOYSA
Fund collection and maintenance by the expatriate Tamil groups were essentially to promote Anti Sri Lanka propaganda to undermine the sovereign Sri Lankan state. Hardly any funds from this source were spent on developing or repairing the damages caused to the houses or the infra structure by the war initiated by the LTTE. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan governments spent millions of funds to resettle the people and initiated many development schemes in the war damaged areas.
We now hear of some expatriate Tamil groups have indicated to consider tp channel funds to Sri Lanka, the proposal confirmed at the meeting the President had with the Tamil political leaders. However. the details of proposed funding and the conditions, if any, were not made available to the country at large. But, according to some sources it is revealed that such funding will be directed to a North -East development fund,
The North-East model is based on the mythical traditional home lands of Tamils. This concept had been analysed by many reputed scholars and found historically, archeologically or demographically the North – East is not a Tamil area and the two provinces are not homogenous. Further, the objectives of the formation of a Tamil eelam in the amalgamated two provinces were categorically defeated in Nandikadal in 2009 with the sacrifices made by thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers and the civilians .
Therefore. the gift horse – the funding by the Tamil expatiate groups- needs to be looked in the mouth before agreeing to the critical condition underlying this offer. If the plan of the expatriate groups is to re-invent the eelam model by other means by offering assistance to overcome the immediate dollar issues, one should examine the exorbitant price tag of proposal and should not waste time to consider favourably the proposal. Why should the nation panic and grab a knife which will be used for the balkanization of its land? Let us seek rational solutions to dollar issue working with international organizations and the world community. Let us not open the doors to allow an agent of destruction to come inside.
RANJITH SOYSA