Sri
Lanka has become a co-sponsor for UNOHCHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka
that has been unanimously adopted on the September 30th, 2015.
We all hope that a new chapter and
pathways are being opened for better understanding of ethnic communities’
dignity and self-respect in relation to each other in an independent nation.
The progress of Sri Lankan regarding delivering the consoling justice to the
affected people being a co-sponsor would come for more closer scrutiny, than
being isolated mere respondent of responsibilities pointed out by community of
Human Rights concerned nations.
As such it worth looking back at some bitter truth, 03
decades old facts are of national importance in the present context, in which
State Leaders, have just promised to the member nations of UN-HRC that it would
work hard for better civilized responsibilities of delivering equal
justice, restitution and
non-repentance of the past ordeals for civics. The hybrid government must
respond to it not for any other reasons than consoling and comforting their own
people torn by the war willfully protracted for 30 years (If this
government considers the same affected people are of theirs and
of no one else's) who still striving to live normally even after 6 years
of end of war.
This is for the conscience of the all members of the
Hybrid Government, Committee of Reconciliation and the Courts of Hybrid
Government
The two main political parties which ruled this pluralistic ethnic nation by
the name of Sri Lankan Government which should have been always bound to ensure
law enforcement unabated, by some series of following tabulated bizarre actions
very much inappropriate for a sovereign independent state, willfully
protracted the war, for 30 long years has prevented Natural
Integration of Ethnic Communities, rather permanently within the nation and
are presently hatching out the planed enforced reconciliation, again for their
own benefit, as has been in the past post independently against the real need
of National Integration through allowing the people to be compassionate to each
other in difficult times, hence it is high time that the people's
representatives reflect these sentiments.
1. Failing to arrest Veluppilai
Prabaharan and his accomplices when they were having dinner of hoppers at Amirthalingam’s
house, immediately or later following gunning down Alfred Duraippah, at
Ponnalai.
2. Failing to apply a return ambush at
Kadju Farm Murungan Mannar Road when Veluppilai Prabaharan and his accomplices
ambushed a radio-car with few CID officers at the same farm, despite of its
close proximity to Thalldi Army Camp, Mannar one of the biggest then existed.
3.
Bringing an abrupt halt
to the Vadamarachchy Operation Liberation in May 1987, when General
Denzil Kobbekaduwa and Brig. Wimalasundra’s battalion have managed to
isolate the civilians from rest of the fighting groups including Veluppilai
Prabaharan and LTTE, and thus for failing to arrest or shoot down the most
wanted people of the law by then and failing to avoid catastrophe in succeeding
years by that abrupt halt of Operation Liberation
4.
Failing to uphold the
Sovereignty of Democratic Socialistic Republic of Sri Lanka, which is uttermost
responsibility of a Responsible Government at the most required time, by
halting the Operation Liberation at a crucial juncture at the behest of India
another Sovereign Independent Nation (Could have finished the job swiftly said
in above 3. and then sign the agreement)
5. By the action said in above 4 the
Responsible Government of Sri Lanka (here in after referred to as RGOSL) wasted
an opportunity to tear the Indian Super Power attitude and its’ face mask
for the betterment Regional Independent Nations’ Sovereignty; worst of all
RGOSL allowed Veluppilai Prabaharan to be carried off to Delhi by an
Indian Helicopter from the shores of Sri Lanka, then to return by same means
instead of to Colombo on both occasions – with ulterior motives unveiled later
as a war.
6. By the actions above said 3 and 4 of
RGOSL, the siege by the LTTE as well as by other groups over
the entire population lived in the North and East of Sri Lanka and over
the defense installations there in were allowed to recommence swiftly, though
unfortunately for entire Sri Lanka population.
7. By agreeing to sign and signing an
accord at the behest of India, the treacherous act described in above 4, was
repeated, and the entire population lived in the North and East was exposed to
the atrocities of Indian Peace Keeping Force, and to the crony groups ENDLF,
EPRLF, TELO, PLOT, and the worst to the war against LTTE, and the atrocities of
LLTE as well. This is an absolute failure, and abandoning the responsibility of
the RGOSL, and its constituent Defense Forces to protect and saving
its own population from external forces and miseries. More than 20,000 people
perished apart from permanently inflicted trauma and despair of war on the
living people. Though RGOSL, failed to compensate or compassionate towards that IPKF
war affected people, India did only compensate for lose life and property.
8. In the Alambil Jungle, though IPKF
have managed again to trap the, Veluppilai Prabaharan and LTTE far, far away
from the civilians, again RGOSL, failed to give the necessary shooting orders
in time to IPKF, Thus the RGOSL, failed, again to prevent the mayhem all that
have been done by LTTE from there on and failed to protect the people, to which
the accord was signed RGOSL, claimed.
9. Though the prime aim should have been
to eradicate the LTTE and its terrorist activities, Government of Sri Lanka,
acted invariably constantly in series of contradicting manner, funding,
providing arms and ammunition, at the same time the security forces had been
engaged in war with the same group, keeping the state of commotion afloat,
totally disrupted of day to day life people of unabated.
10. as such in above 9. RGOSL, connived
with LTTE, exposed very able, dedicated, members of defense forces who
were very capable of segregating the civilians from terrorists and
terrorism to be targets of LTTE and to be killed by same LTTE; to
name a few, General Dezil Kobbekaduwa, Wimalratne, Clarence Wiyewardene and
Brig. Wimalasundra. Similarly political rivalry also connived with LTTE
to get rid of one or the other and not only succeeded in devil dared
political maneuvering but also in propagating
a maneuvered suspicion among gullible that the Tamil civilians,
are against the State as well its leaders through LTTE. In one of those
political killing, main informer to LTTE was a former cabinet of minister
famous for highhandedness.
11. As such, pursuing the above
action said in 10 the both political parties using the name Government of Sri
Lanka deliberately closed the pathways for natural integration between the two
major ethnic communities.
12. An action plan with a notion of
Sinhala Buddhist Nation, was allowed to spread intentionally, hence the
above said 10, and thus 11 took its own course to polarize the Sri Lankan
society and pushing the Tamil civilians towards LTTE further and further.
13. LTTE on its part, as grown in
stature in indisputable terms locally and internationally, staked claim as sole
representatives of Tamil people, and to be attractive to that impression
conducted series attacks on border villages, monasteries and suicide bombarding
in civilian predominant places, such as Railways, Bus-Stand etc. Even their own
brethren were killed in spree.
14. The grown stature of LTTE, as above
inducted themselves to carry out suicide bombarding of economically important
places of RGOSL, such as Central Bank, etc.
15. RGOSL by its own actions tabulated
all above, concocted state of concede to carry out ostentatious cosmopolitan
decorated Peace Talks for deception, with off tracking LTTE, and then entered
into a ceasefire agreement (CFA) thus pushing the ordinary Tamil civilians
towards LTTE and made them to keep Himalayan Trust on LTTE for their
unresolved issues
16. Having constructed a full-fledged
war, as an action plan, RGOSL using planes, artillery and mortar bombarded
civilian targets on the pretext of LTTE targets, within its own territory.
17. From above all, it is abundantly
clear that GOSL wanted a situation mass of population going
behind LTTE, and did achieve it, rather than attracting the people of the land
towards its rulers RGOSL
18. It is also abundantly clear that the
above tabulated series of actions by the so called RGOSL were in line with,
meticulously constructing a situation prolonging and culminating to be
equivalent of 1971 and 1989, Machiavellians and Machiavellianism massacre,
outside North and East of the country for the reasons described in above
12.
RGOSL at numerous
occasions have ignored the law enforcement and failed to nip in the bud the
crimes, discounted the opportunities of ending the conflict earlier than it
intended for, through pursuing of above, meticulously constructing a
war compacted with civilians with a prime motive of teaching a lesson for Tamil
people who have constantly voted in the political parties for parliament, other
than political parties ruled country alternatively, whom now have formed a
hybrid a government (on the pretext) to redress the State Civics of all respect
undergone more sufferings than enjoyment (only few elites than majority), by
the actions of politicians very much lacking maturity of Statesmanship, that is
necessary for governing the pluralistic Nation. With notions of Sinhala
Buddhist Nation concept deeply rooted in every aspect of the Government,
militarization of civilian habitat to the maximum is part of that notion, are
the other reasons for the construction of a full-fledged warring situation as
well as for willfully protracting the conflict.
All these leading to
present scenario of Human Rights violations of both warring parties during the
last ditch of a protracted war as sited by OISL, of the UNOHCHRC.
There are lot of fuss
and brouhaha over the Human Rights violations of LTTE, by many Sinhala leaders;
there were plenty on the part of LTTE, such as forced child conscription for
war, human shield installing weapons human save areas etc. But who is at fault, it is again the RGOSL
who should be responding into inquire to those as well, because it happened
with in Sri Lankan territory by the LTTE. It is RGSOL who does not want an
inquiry against LTTE, for the reasons above listed. That is the same reason for
gunning down the surrendered LTTE leaders during last stages of war, - if an
inquiry is instituted against LTTE, all above will be transpired that is the
worry for RGOSL.
But what RGOSL shall
realize is, such an inquiry into war crimes by LTTE to know the truth will
boost the natural national integration over the enforced reconciliation.
Action against
financiers and other international operatives and agencies will be an integral
part of the criminal investigation that the UN High Commissioner’s report has
proposed through the recommended involvement of international personnel in the
accountability process. People irrespective of ethnicity are pondering why law
enforcement could not lay hand on Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilliyan,
Vinayakamoorthy Murlatharan alias Karuna Amman, and Kumaran Pathmanathan alias
KP all are of numerous crimes of openly known; is that because now they have
become admirers of hidden notions of RGOSL or above listed reasons.
The build up by the
RGOSL construed from the above listed actions is so that objected to be a
lesson through absolute brutal ruthlessness within a compacted of mass of
people that has been conglomerated within a very constricted area intermingled
with fighting cadres of LTTE, through above listed actions of RGOSL as well as
by LTTE. Lack of laws pertaining to Human Rights and crimes during a war also
have induced, and inducted the planers of the war to be so brutal and
demonstrate ruthlessness as part of the lesson of life for the Tamil Civilians from
a defense systems entirely bursting with Sinhala Buddhist notion for whom to or
how to vote in a Parliamentary Elections in the pretext of fighting a
separatist war against brought up ruthless terrorist organization. The
terrorizing ruthlessness were executed in the following manner, as communed by
living witnesses as well as to be witnessed to the Inquiring experts on Sri
Lanka of UNOHCHR.
i.
Depriving enough food and medicines required for
civilians made to be entrapped during period between 2006 and 2009
ii.
Indiscriminate shelling towards civilians using
heavy artillery, Ariel bombarding supersonics
cluster bombs and shells within and outside the warring area
iii.
Shooting
down of one by one of a line of surrendered people irreverent it was ordinary
civilians or militants,
iv.
Made the own people of over 300,000 to be
entrapped, entangled them, into a Warring Zone then ostentatiously announced an
No War Zone within the already compacted area, then when the civilian moved
into that area, still used the heavy artillery on that so called No War Zone as
well.
All
these took place within a too tiniest area for a mass of over 300,000 people,
RGOSL, effectively pretended and conjured the international community that it
was involved in a humanitarian operation of liberating the civilians from the
claws of LTTE, who have accumulated unto the LTTE by the actions of RGOSL and
LTTE listed 1 to 18; civilians by now were eager to escape the offensive onslaught
of a full-fledged war within tiny area were allowed only a very narrow corridor
to do so. The escapees were screened strictly a through deadly slow process by
the so called liberating army before allowing them into a barbed wire confined
area that could be compared only to an exodus animal paddocking area – that did not fall in line in
any means with the RGOSL claim of “Humanitarian Operation Emancipated
Refugee Camp” torturing continued.
RGOSL’s
policy of zero international witnesses of war, and resultant lack of INGO, including
UNO operating played part in fellow countrymen being confined in a slavery
simulation as a means of torture. This
was an all-out coyly effort of the government to pretend that it has not
planned out above described inhumane humanitarian operation. Following actions of RGOSL witnessed by
commune would testimony that claim of Humanitarian Operation 2009 was actually
a sham
v.
Torture of captured or surrendered in nudes for
fun,
vi.
Rape for fun by many repeated rape for each gulp
of arrack,
vii.
STERILIZATION OF MALE AND FEMALE of the captives
and surrendered in Segregated interrogation camps of the security forces
Government
failed to imagine that people whom they have subjected to 30 years of cruel war
would have better means of media communication than that of who conducted the
full-fledged war, carried on its mission of teaching a lesson by ruthless means;
We all are aware how the army was deployed against compatriot Parliamentarians
who undertook a nonviolent Satyagraha movement in protest of not considering the
Tamil Language for reasonable use, but RGOSL could not understand the legitimate
demand then twisted the story to entire
world, RGOSL is still lingering in that primitiveness, I still cannot lodge a complaint
in Wellawatte Police station in the
language, I am speaking, thus RGOSL, though have won the war what they called
as war against Separatism, not yet understood the reasons for the youth upsurge
of North and EAST, because the war was conducted
in a manner, further establishing the majoritarian Sinhala Buddhist notion.
There cannot be a
strong foundation for reconciliation unless all the above alleged war crimes,
are properly inquired into and the, defense forces cleaned up to free of
Sinhala Buddhist notions for the reason the affected people are citizens of Sri
Lanka of different language and different believes religiously.
The one example of most
wicked minded disturbing action came from Rear. Admiral Vasantha Kamaragoda at
half way of completion war against separatists; he proved beyond any doubt this
war was to establish Buddhism by means of force in contrast to Rev. Sangamittha,
who disseminated Buddhism in a peaceful manner with in Sri Lanka though she
landed in Mathakal and respected the inhabitant there in to travel further
south to complete her mission. This action of the Rear. Admiral Vasantha
Kamaragoda pushed more youths towards LTTE. Thank you for unveiling the true
intention of the RGOSL.
The considerable number
of the directly affected of those crimes are still living and their relatives
and friends are in deep grieve, shocked and traumatized since learning the
inhumane ordeals they have undergone, and keeping it mind that the
reconciliation heavily depends on the mindset of the so affected people, rather
than from and of the people who enforced the above tabulated actions
inappropriate for a responsible government that caused numerous pain, hardships
of losing hard earned properties not only once but twice and thrice, trauma of wars one over another and untold
sufferings to the entire population of the nation for 30 long years.
In this respect,
buttering reconciliation offers born through the notions of the majoritarian
rule have to be rejected by anyone who wish to live by own conviction for
dignity and self-respect. The priority shall be to restitution of
everything prior to 1977 era for the people North and East, no need to say
I am talking about demilitarization to enhance the civilian life and the
livelihood of those lived in there before 1977, ultra-modernized intelligence
units that keep intact the central government security concerns (so that) shall
replace the highly man-powered military installations that require numerous
maintenance facilities and vast land area. This would ensure at-least 50% of
reparations for civics is with no time if there is a will for RGOSL and
resolute of a true Statesmanship, that keep away voter targeted inflammatory
sentiments.
The Palaly Aerodrome
should be opened back for International Air trafficking, and the KKS the cement
factory should be remodeled for modern techniques and recommence its operation,
and Jaffna should become a business hub area again. Past primitive thinking of
if north is developed, Sinhalaya would suffer be buried beneath for
strong foundation of entire nation, the new chapter should be worth for the
sacrifices made by our people during the onslaught Indian Peace Keeping
Force the fourth largest army in the world and in the later worse years
followed.
I still feel General.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa’s battalion should have been allowed to finish the job
swiftly, (that could have avoided exposing our native people to foreign force
to be raped and tortured) then sign the accord with India, which would have
been better slap than that of rifle butt slapping during the parade.
The affected
people need a peaceful atmosphere in the first instance. Then, the lands
grabbed from the people should be returned to the rightful owners. They should
be resettled with a roof over their heads. It is estimated that nearly 140,000
dwellings were damaged during the war. Some were of twice and thrice. These
have to be repaired or rebuilt. Some means of livelihood have to be found for
the affected people, especially to those families headed by war widows.
Psychological and emotional support too should be provided wherever needed.
As per the turn
over events enlisted the 13th Amendment have to be revisited in
the lines of modern day thinking – State Governments that ensures no ethnic
community enjoys impunity anywhere– all equal in all State Govt. should be the
criteria, law enforcement shall improve by double pathway tracking, either
central or state indicting, work hand in hand for always betterment of serving
the people of the state. In the other areas overlapping responsibilities should
be done away and the Prime Minister of Democratic Socialistic Republic shall be
responsible for all the State Governments and should have Prime Minister of
State for each state, that comprises 10 – 12 council of ministers and the
Central Government shall ensures funding, for the projects implemented by the
State.
Use the National
Government in a broad sense, not to repeat what have been the past short sited
nationalism that plunged the country to peril, and exposed to social evils as
now and to further. Now the ball is in the Sri Lankan Court, the Hybrid
Government’s Courts. Only they have to decide on the pathway they wanted to
travel either to continue linger in primitiveness of dominating through language
and religion or move forward fast based on scientific facts and needs of every
aspects life as a nation.
Meanwhile it is a
reminder to all concerned that Buddhism is a philosophy fits into any modern
era irrespective of language it is preached, on its original perspective and I
respect it for it.
