SRI LANKA UNITED NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
P.O.Box 55292, 300 Borough
Drive, Toronto, Ontario M1P 4Z7 Canada
MEDIA
RELEASE
June 2, 2005
TIME TO TAME THE TAMIL
TIGER TERRORISTS
A lopsided Memorandum of Understanding
drafted by Norway in conjunction with Anton Balasingham the LTTE's idealogue,
and a meaningless Ceasefire Accord which has dragged on for over three years
with endless violations being committed by the Tamil Tiger Terrorists, has
cost the nation numerous lives of ordinary civilians and security services
personnel who were considered an obstacle to the LTTE's goal of a Mono-Ethnic
Tamil Separate State in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
The latest victim of Tamil Tiger
Terrorism is Major Nizam Muthalif, Officer Commanding the Army's First
Intelligence Unit, who was killed on the 31st of May 2005 in the capital city
of Colombo. There is also the recent kidnapping of Police Inspector T.
Jeyarathnam who is being held in a secret Tiger jail in the uncleared areas of
the Vanni. A key unit of the nation's security establishment was blown away by
the last UNF Government exposing the 32 specialist intelligence officers to
become targets of the LTTE's Pistol Gang that has free rein to move within the
country, whilst the uncleared areas held by the LTTE remain closed to all
others. Tamil civilians including senior political figures of the
calibre of Sooriyamoorthy and others unwilling to bow down to the vicious
dictatorial regime of the LTTE are being gunned down on a daily basis
with utter impunity, during this Norwegian brokered ceasefire period. Muslim
and Sinhala residents living in regions sought by the LTTE too face a
constant threat of violence, whilst some have even had to pay with their
lives.
We cannot have confidence anymore in
the Norwegian Peace Facilitator whose direct and indirect actions have only
gone to prop up the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The
Scandinavian Monitoring Mission merely keeps a tally of the LTTE's numerous
violations after the fact, with absolutely no powers to deal with the
offender. The international community which pays lip service to UN
Resolutions dealing with the scourge of Terrorism only acts when it affects
their vital interests such as the oil supply or when the threat is directed at
them. In Sri Lanka's case, the international community has treated this
most ruthless tamil tiger terrorist group with a great deal of respect as
though they were a legitimate party, and continue to use their aid package to
impose their solutions without giving any consideration to the views of the
Sri Lankan people. Even Canada, an architect of the UN measures to
combat terrorism is considered an ally by the LTTE, as the unprincipled
Liberal Party Government does not see a need to apply the criteria of her
Anti-Terrorism Laws to list this group, under the misapprehension that the
LTTE which has silenced the voice of the Tamil Diaspora is capable of
delivering their votes to the minority Liberals due to face an election
shortly.
The time for appeasement and
complaisancy is over. The President of Sri Lanka and the other leaders
entrusted with safeguarding the life and liberty of the people
should act promptly to stop the shedding of
blood by the LTTE. The authorities should immediately invoke the powers
of the Public Security Ordinance pending imposition of special powers to fight
the prevailing terrorist menace, to re-establishing check points and carrying
out a search of all neighbourhoods to flush out the LTTE's Pistol Gang and
other terrorist elements, to ensure the security and safety of all the law
abiding citizens of the land.
Yours very truly,
Mahinda Gunasekera
Honourary President