Mangala to withdraw Army from North and East
Pro-Federalism and leader of Sudu-Nelum movement campaigning for divided Sri Lanka; Minister of External Affairs Mangala Samaraweera has promised to withdraw the army from Northern and Eastern two Provinces. He also said the government will soon initiate a dialogue with the one-million-strong Sri Lankan mainly pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists diaspora scattered across the globe to seek its help to rebuild the North.
Mangala wants that pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists political party the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to join with the government and actively participate in executing its plans to transform to a federalism in the country into an inclusive liberal democracy.
Appointment of HMGS Palihakkara as Governor of the Northern Province in place of Major General GA Chandrasiri, and the lifting of restrictions banning foreign nationals visiting former war zones are pre-presidential election pact with the LTTE backed TNA.
When Mangala made an appeal while visiting India to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who fled the island during riots and civil war and living in India and other parts of the world to return home, a journalist said former LTTE cadres and banned Tamil terrorist groups may come back and make trouble again, the minister said nothing of the kind will happen.
He twisted the question and answered that “They all are our people. They left their homeland for certain reasons. We are now trying to set things right by running an inclusive government. For decades, we have been trying to achieve national reconciliation without success. People of all communities have voted our government to power. There is a consensus that we all must live together in peace and harmony.”
He said there are already lots of proposals made to achieve national reconciliation, such as the Thimpu Proposals, the Mangala Moonesinghe Proposals, the CBK (Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga) Proposals, to name but a few. Who go for a new Parliament Select Committee? There’s no need to reinvent the wheel.
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