\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen Church fathers led demonstrations against Sinhalese returning to live in North Sri Lanka organized by a movement called Anti Mahaweli Tamils\u2019 Heritage Forum led by Rev. Father Leo Amstrong. Thousands had participated against giving land deeds to Sinhalese in the Mullaitivu district. There are even rumours that many of these protestors were brought in from India. These are seriously allegations and require a proper investigation though it is pointless requesting it from a government that does nothing against violations by their own government in particular when just days earlier under instructions of MP Sridaran an archaeological site in Kilinochchi was bulldozed.<\/p>\n
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Does reconciliation not include Sinhalese & Muslims? Were Sinhalese & Muslims not chased out of their lands & homes in the 1980s by the LTTE\u2026..how can LTTE or Tamil separatists declare and demand that ONLY they live in the North or East AFTER chasing out Sinhalese & Muslims and not allowing them to return. Where is the fairplay & justice. What kind of sham reconciliation and peace is it to only look into the interests of one minority completely ignoring other parties that were victims too and for no fault of theirs. These innocent victims were farmers, villagers, children, babies & people who had done no wrong to LTTE or Tamil separatists. But their lives were cut short, their families remain mourning their dead but no foreign envoy, no UN, no UNHRC not even Sri Lanka\u2019s own so-called rights activists are bothered to look into their plight. Is it because no one is paying them in dollars & sterling pounds that they are not bothered about their plight?<\/p>\n
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All the rhetoric on reconciliation & peaceful coexistence mean nothing if a handful of people are given freedom to create animosities & tensions by their action and authorities do nothing against them. Those that represent these trouble makers cannot point fingers at the reaction completely ignoring the actions that have led to the reaction.<\/p>\n
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We are generally in unison that the ordinary people of all ethnicities & faiths have cordial relations with each other but we are very saddened by the fact that it is the representatives of these ethnic groups & faiths who are drumming the animosities or planting the seeds to create such & these incidents in no way can be brushed aside as isolated incidents. We can list out pages and pages of instances where Church fathers have aligned with LTTE separatism and Bishop Rayappu Joseph & Father Emmanuel are living examples of such with neither the Church heads in Colombo or the Vatican taking action against them for promoting separatism & a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n
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Every time it is ONLY the majority Sinhala Buddhists who are issued demarches & ridiculed and humiliated completely ignoring these acts & it is time that we call a spade a spade & a statement is issued by the Cardinals office apologizing to the country for these Catholic priests taking part in separatist & terrorist initiatives. In the meanwhile the Government of Sri Lanka cannot ignore that a state university has been regularly using the state property, state assets to hold separatist programs inside the university. This is a violation of every act of decency and unacceptable for the supposed educated academia to be garlanding murderers. The University Grants Commission & Sri Lankan Government must take immediate action against the Vice Chancellor and all staff involved in this commemoration & completely ban the university from being used for any LTTE separatist ideology promotion. LTTE remains banned in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
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