Conflict in Sri Lanka: Ground Realities - Tamil Nation & Beyond

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and burnt a few tires here and there. Certainly, there was nomarked increase in violence on Election Day, over the number ofincidents related to the army instigated shadow war of the lastseveral months.The bottom line is Tamils didn’t vote because they didn’t want to,and not because they were forced to.The choices offered in this election are not something an averageTamil voter could get enthused about. One candidate was totallyanti-everything for Tamils. He had denied the existence of a Tamilhomeland and the right of the Tamil people to have a controlover their own affairs. The second candidate signed a ceasefireagreement that benefited mainly the Sinhalese and did nothingto improve the devastated lives of the Tamil people. He renegedon an agreed mechanism (SIHRN) for rehabilitation of the Tamilvictims and went globe-trotting to build international supportagainst the Tamil leadership. What choices did the Tamils have?Choose the lesser of two evils?Tamils, tired of having to choose between two evils all this time,gave up playing this wicked game. Whoever they chose in thepast didn’t bring any satisfaction. So, this time they decided notto choose any. What is wrong with that?6
Is Peace Feasible?- Wakeley Paul[Wakely Paul points out that the Sinhalese owned press realisingthe total unacceptability of Mr Rajapakse’s unrealistic insistenceon retaining the Unitary Constitution recommend sleazy duplicitouscourses of action to follow. The whole focus on Federalism” isfarcical for Federalism can only succeed if the parties trust eachother. It should be obvious to anyone, judging from statementsfrom both sides, that neither side trusts the other. He argues thatunless the Sri Lankan Government comes to grips with reality, andface the fact that the North east must be free of their stifling andunwelcome domination, war is inevitable]Stunned that Mr Pirapakaran controlled the result of thePresidential Election, the Sinhalese owned press have reactedwith articles and editorials seasoned with resentment as well asconcern. Realising the total unacceptability of Mr Rajapakse’sunrealistic insistence on retaining the Unitary Constitution, theyrecommend sleazy duplicitous courses of action for him to follow.The unitary constitution and a united nationThey suggest that Rajapakse publicly renounce his electionplatform by abandoning his policy about the importance andsanctity of maintaining the Unitary Constitution. They suggestthat he carefully shift his position in order to convince theinternational community that peace, not the Unitary Constitution,is his number one priority. They advise that he pretend tothe international community that he is ready for peace talksby talking of a united nation instead of insisting on a UnitaryConstitution.Is there really any difference between the two?The press hope that the international community, with theirblinded opposition to a separate state, will be attracted by thischange in terminology. By this approach, they hope to accomplish7
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