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Basil invites SLMC to contest together in East.
THE MUSLIM VOTERS OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE SHOULD SUPPORT IT IF THE HE. MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT WILL BE HONOURABLE

Noor Nizam.
"A Muslim hailing from Trincomalee"
On behalf of the Muslims of the Trincomalee District..

Hon. Rauf Hakeem should accept this invitation of Hon. Basil Rajapaksa and join hands with the Government to contest the PC elections.But the SLMC should have a clear cut deal in making the future of Governance of the Eastern Province truly representative of the "PEOPLES WILL" and the "RESPECT" of the "RULE OF LAW". The center or the Executive Powers of the President should NOT hinder the "move forward as needed by the will of the people after the PC elections.

This coalition should assure to the nation that a bridge of political communication will be build with the LTTE through this arrangements and the the LTTE should be given an opportunity to "TASTE PEACE". If the former UNP and SLFP governments and the then Security Forces can forgive and forget the militancy and atrocities of the JVP and the DJV, then the SLMC should use this opportunity to help the MR Government and Hon. Basil Rajapaksa to give that same opportunity to the LTTE too.

As Muslims having indulged in local and national politics as SLMCers at the grassroots level, the Muslims believed that the SLMC should "go it alone" at the PC elections, but as a community who believe in PEACE and NONVIOLENCE and hailing from the East, the Muslims (Trincomalee), see
the reality that the SLMC joining the Government to contest the PC elections in the East can be a move forward for Democracy and PEACE. Now that International Peace facilitations and negotiations have failed, lets start to look to an indigenous solution of sharing power through the PC system.

The TVMP should not be greedy at this moment, to sabotage any peaceful political moves by this arrangements and attempt to block the intentions of the government.Thy should contest on their own where ever they can.

The LTTE on the other hand will definitely wish to have control of the North, so why not allow an Provincial Elections in the North and give an opportunity for the LTTE Political wing to contest that elections soon.The EPDP should be considerate when it so happens in the North. The government of MR should not repeat history of the colonial masters - the "divide and rule" policy. The MR government should not divide the Tamils in the North and North Eastern provinces by political manipulations.

The MR government should be honest in it's endeavours to forge PEACE in Sri Lanka. Many believe fully that the MR government is HONEST.The Tamils should be allowed to be what they are in the North and North East. It should be the same to the Muslims and the Sinhalese in the North Eastern Province. A PEACEFUL political environment should be created through the PC elections. The Hon. Rauf Hakeem has already made a public statement that the SLMC will not join any group where Hon. Mangala Samaraweera is involved.

It is an indirect "metaphor" that there cannot be a possibility for the SLMC to join any UNP coalition that may contest the Eastern province PC elections.

All SLFP victories of the past in the Eastern province had been made possible by the supportive strength of the SLMC votes. The SLMC has always been a good partner to the SLFP, until recently when certain differences in "principles of governance" arose. Many individuals can come and go in the SLFP circles to engage in disruptive politics for personal gains, but the SLMC will stay as the "representative brokerage national party" of the Muslims and specially that of the North Eastern and Eastern Provinces. The claim of the SLMC that the Chief Minister post in the event the SLMC accepts the invitation extended by Hon. Basil Rajapaksa to join the government to contest the PC elections is a reasonable and logic request. The Muslim voters of the Eastern province should support it if HE. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government will be honourable.

Lets forget and forgive and embrace all with love and compassion in "GOVERNANCE" and "POLITICAL ENGAGEMENTS".Vengeance and hatred between ethic communities destroys nations, not violence and conflicts.

Noor Nizam.
"A Muslim hailing from Trincomalee"
On behalf of the Muslims of the Trincomalee District.
(Domiciled in Canada).


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