சம்பந்தன் சுரேஸ் கும்பலுக்கு ராஜபக்ச அளித்த பதில்.

“Do not try to pin me down for no reason”

Following is the response President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave the TNA delegation led by R. Sampanthan, that called on him for talks on December 30.
“With regard to the request to dismantle the High Security Zone, I wish to inform you that I have already started re-settling the original inhabitants, with 70 families already resettled.
There is no problem for the Tamil people in the country today.
They have the freedom to go about as they want, without any fear or suspicion. No raids are conducted on lodges today, for search operations, as done before. There are no problems confronting the Tamil people in Colombo or elsewhere in the country today. People in the East are being resettled in newly reconstructed houses. Provision of infrastructure facilities for people in the North is making headway. We are reconstructing the KKS harbour. A new airport is coming up in Iranamadu. We are developing the Jaffna-Colombo highway, to make it a six-hour drive from Jaffna. We have started extending the democratic rights of the Tamil people, in terms of the 13th Amendment as well.

When we are doing all these with the best of intentions, and when what we are doing is clearly seen, you come here to try to pin us down with a set of proposals which none can implement as conditions.
I will not cow down to your conditions. Do not try to pin me down for no reason.”