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India must play a mediator role with absolute sectioning power against those violating the negotiation process and a time scale must be drawn to find a political resolution. India must take an assertive stand without abandoning its efforts under pressure from the extremists. |
(May 14, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa’s election as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has come at the time when strong outcry from Tamil Nadu is much needed to bring peace, justice, honour and due recognition for her Tamil brethrens across the Palk Strait island of Sri Lanka.
Her statement to declare Mahinda Rajapakse ‘a war criminal’ and that ‘India should come out with economic sanctions against Sri Lanka to compel the government to take steps to mitigate the sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils and provide them an honourable and decent life’ speaks volume of her feelings. The issue of Sri Lankan Tamils is clearly going to be one of her main agenda during her term in office.
The brutal war that has swallowed the lives of thousands of innocent Tamils has still not ended. A war of attrition is waged against the Tamils by the government following the demise of the LTTE to further marginalise them by treacherous governance practices and government is still insincere to offer an honourable devolved political resolution for the Tamils in Sri Lanka to live like their brethrens in Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil people are under the writ of the jumbo sized military formed to fight the LTTE and there are reporting that the military strength is to be increased by another 100,000 personnel over the next five years.
Deceptive practices of the President addressing in Tamil and concentrating more on the development work to reflect these as government’s reconciliation efforts must be roundly condemned and rejected.
The perpetrators of war crimes must be brought to justice and the recommendation of the advisory panel of the UN Secretary General must be fully implemented with the pressure from Tamil Nadu under the new chief minister’s effort. A serious political resolution process must start without further delay.
India must play a mediator role with absolute sectioning power against those violating the negotiation process and a time scale must be drawn to find a political resolution. India must take an assertive stand without abandoning its efforts under pressure from the extremists.
If Sri Lanka continues to hinder an equitable and accommodative political resolution to the conflict, India must assert itself to permit a referendum for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka to decide whether they wish to become a union state of India.
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa’s stand on the Tamil people of Sri Lanka will be the last opportunity for her to give due homage to the Late Chief Minister MGR who played a pivotal role to get India engaged post 1983 state sponsored anti-Tamil violence in Sri Lanka.
Tamils roundly welcome her election and her assertive stand upon her victory.
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