What is the objective of letting lose hard core LTTE terrorists?
The media has highlighted news of requests by LTTE-created-TNA to release LTTE prisoners. For whose benefit, why and for what reasons would a political party request to release hard core LTTE cadres into society when they had flatly refused to follow the rehabilitation & reintegration program? More importantly why would a government assuring the people that it would not allow terrorism to arise wish to consent to an absurd request to release terrorists who should be charged for crimes upon unarmed civilians instead of setting them free to be amongst us challenging our safety and security?
Then Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera’s article on 2 June 2015 in the Island newspaper under the caption ‘Rape and Murder of Vithiya’ draws reference to the need to analyse the arson that followed the rape. This is important because there are available statistics to show that 112 cases of rape has taken place in the North between 2008-2014 inclusive of a 8month old baby and none of the 112 cases of rape (some murders) resulted in a riot as what happened following the rape of Vithiya.
With the knowledge that India clandestinely trained Tamil youth and started the menace of terrorism in Sri Lanka, the vandalism that took place outside the Jaffna courts must be looked as more than anger for a rape and murder. Remember 112 cases and nothing happened including a 8month baby and an 80year old grand mother!
The Sunday Rivira is also reported to have raised queries about an Indian Tamil among the arrested and when Indian High Commission officials make a bid for his release, no one can blame us for imagination running riot!
With the announcement of the Sirisena Government in agreeing to the LTTE-created TNA’s request to release ‘political prisoners’ who in other words are hard core LTTE cadres is the fact that 90 of the 130 arrested for vandalism of the Jaffna Courts were LTTE, additionally there are about 3000 unemployed but rehabilitated LTTE living on hand outs by the Diaspora and these guys who are living off handouts are expected to deliver when ordered. Many of the submissions by Tamils to the UNHRC investigators included details about the killers of their children roaming the roads free while the families were stuck in poverty and continuing to grieve. We have every right to wonder what mischief segments of the Jaffna University, TNA MPs, NPC members and possibly with the involvement of Indian intelligence has in inciting the riots that led to stoning the Jaffna Court complex. All this was well knit into a month that meant victory for Sri Lanka but anger for those who were living off the LTTE not necessarily as its members but people who benefitted because LTTE prevailed. This winnable situation for them became an unwinnable war for the rest of the country and that 30 year mantra was blown to bits in just 3 years!
The scenario raises need for caution and certainly not the attitude the Government is taking in pretending only the rape happened and the vandalism was related to it. We must all the while remember that militancy started clandestinely and took us unawares. The same nation is again functioning as a nosy parker in our internal affairs and will continue to do so unabashedly.
The new Government must remember this at all times and realize that their decisions are causing ripples to the peace that was enjoyed in the last 6 years by the unwise decisions they are now taking.
Shenali D Waduge
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