நிர்மூலமாகும் நிதிமூலதனப் பண்ணை - சைப்பிரஸ்

 Cyprus applies for EU bailout
25 June 2012 19:17

NICOSIA -   - Cyprus on Monday said it would seek financial assistance from the European Union's EFSF/ESM bailout funds to curb exposure of its financial sector to Greece.

 "The purpose of the required assistance is to contain the risks to the Cypriot economy, notably those arising from the negative spill over effects through its financial sector, due to its large exposure in the Greek economy," a government announcement said.

 Greece, Ireland and Portugal have already had international bailouts. Spain has asked fo help for its banks but not yet applied

 Earlier on Monday, it announced emergency talks on the economy.

 The euro zone's third-smallest economy needs to raise the equivalent of 10 percent of its GDP by June 30 to recapitalise its second largest bank, heavily exposed to debt-crippled Greece.

 With its coffers emptying rapidly and hurtling towards an immovable deadline, the island suffered a further fiscal sovereign credit rating to junk status.

With a bailout widely viewed as all but inevitable, Cyprus has for weeks been trying to juggle its options between a bailout from Europe's rescue funds, the temporary EFSF and the permanent ESM, or a bilateral loan from either Russia or China.

 Government sources have told Reuters that President Demetris Christofias wanted to consult political leaders before taking a decision on where to borrow from, suggesting one was close.

 They would meet on Tuesday afternoon, a press release from the presidency said on Monday.
 If Cyprus - which assumes the rotating EU presidency on July 1 - signs up for the EU rescue programme it will join the ranks of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, becoming by far the smallest EU state to receive aid.

 But weekend trips by government officials to China suggested Cyprus was pulling out all the stops to avoid going to its EU partners.

 In comments to the state broadcaster, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Neoklis Sylikiotis confirmed discussions focused on a loan or a Chinese investment in the troubled lender, Cyprus Popular Bank.

 "We have had some contacts... We have requested an answer in coming days," Sylikiotis said.

 Cyprus has displayed caution in going to its EU partners because of conditions attached to any aid.
 It is fiercely protective of a corporate tax rate that is one of the lowest in the EU and, eight months before a general election, shows no appetite for the stringent spending cuts that any EU funding would tie it to.

 "I think they want to avoid it (the EFSF) at least as the sole provider simply because they are afraid of the strings attached," said political analyst Hubert Faustman.

 It was unclear whether a loan from either country would be forthcoming, giving the Mediterranean island precious little leeway to rustle together 1.8 billion euros for Popular, hit by a writedown in its Greek sovereign debt holdings.

 Officials say any aid via the EFSF would likely be restricted to the banking sector and not to broader budgetary requirements.

 But in its report, Fitch said the recapitalisation bill for Cypriot banks could potentially reach 4 billion euros. That amount, equivalent to 23 percent of GDP, also took into account rising non-performing loans from the domestic market, it said.

 Fitch said it saw a heightened possibility of the Republic needing an EFSF bailout to recapitalise its banks, and a bilateral loan from the Russian federation to cover gross budgetary financing requirements until the end of 2013. (Reuters) 

ஜூலியன் அசானை விடுதலை செய்! விக்கி லீக்ஸில் கை வையாதே!!

விக்கிலீக்ஸ் ஜுலியன் அசான் ,

அமெரிக்கா சொல்வது போல்  ``அதி தொழில் நுட்ப பயங்கரவாதி`` அல்ல!

அடிப்படைத் தகவல் அறியும் சுதந்திரப் போராளியே!

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wants guarantees he will not be sent to the US

Economic Times
25 Jun, 2012, 01.06PM IST,

 SYDNEY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today called for diplomatic guarantees he will not be pursued by the United States for publishing secret documents if he goes to Sweden to face criminal allegations.

The Australian, 40, said he is prepared to go to Sweden to face questioning over sex assault claims, but fears Stockholm will turn him over to the US where he could face espionage and conspiracy charges over revelations by WikiLeaks.

"Ultimately it may be a matter of what guarantees the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden are willing to provide," he told the Sydney Morning Herald from the Ecuador embassy in London, where he is seeking asylum.

Assange believes Washington will pursue him after WikiLeaks published a cache of sensitive documents, including about the Afghan and Iraq wars, and thousands of diplomatic cables which have embarrassed governments worldwide.

"For example, if the US were to guarantee (it would) drop the grand jury investigation and any further investigation of WikiLeaks publishing activity, that would be an important guarantee ... diplomatic commitments do have some weight," he said.

Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuador embassy for nearly a week to avoid extradition to Sweden, again criticised Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard over Canberra's handling of his case.
The former computer hacker said his situation was "a serious political matter... (that) the Australian government should treat with the seriousness it requires".

"I have been attacked by the US, from the vice president down, as a high-tech terrorist, and by the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister -- surely that requires some direct response from the Gillard government."

Assange has said he chose Ecuador's embassy instead of his home country's because he felt Canberra had done nothing to protect him, a charge the government has denied.

Canberra has said it has limited capacity to help him because he is not in Australia and has not broken any Australian laws.

Australia has also dismissed the idea that Washington is keen to get Assange, with Foreign Minister Bob Carr saying Sunday there was "no hint" of a plan to extradite him to the United States.  

The CIA Is Guiding Weapons into Syria

The CIA Is Guiding Weapons into Syria
John Hudson  21, 2012

 Publicly, the Obama administration opposes "further militarization" of the conflict in Syria. Covertly, the CIA is helping direct powerful weapons purchased by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Syrian opposition fighters. The seemingly contradictory military strategy was revealed this morning in a report by The New York Times' Eric Schmitt and gives the most detailed description yet of the U.S. government's delicate involvement in the weaponizing of Syria's opposition. To be sure, there are multiple ways of looking at the administration's public and private actions.

According to Schmitt, CIA officers in southern Turkey have been directing "automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons" for several weeks via a "shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar." How can the CIA justify this as White House press Secretary Jay Carney tells reporters "we don't want to contribute to the further militarization there"? It sounds complicated.

While The Washington Post's Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung were first to report whispers of the U.S. coordinating the supply of weapons into Syria in May, it wasn't clear how or why the program was being carried out. According to Schmitt, the CIA is doing this "in part to help keep weapons out of the hands of fighters allied with Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups." For several months, Arab states such as Saudi Arabia have voiced a willingness to arm Syrian rebels, so the U.S. could plausibly argue that if these countries are going to supply weapons anyway, the U.S. might as well make sure they stay out of the hands of extremist groups.

But tellingly, the Times report says this is merely "part" of why the U.S. is justifying its involvement. That opens up the possibility that the U.S. has acknowledged that Syrian rebeles are woefully outgunned by President Bashar al-Assad's regime and need a boost. The argument against arming the rebels is that they will never be strong enough to challenge Assad's military, which is seen as more united than Qaddafi's was. (For what it's worth, a Syrian fighter jet pilot reportedly defected earlier today.) Clearly, these are all tough choices in a conflict that the UN says has resulted in the deaths of 10,000 Syrians.

Source: Atlantic Wire

Syria Shot Down a Turkish Fighter Jet

Update 2: The prime minister's office of Turkey now says "it is understood" that Syria shot down its Turkish fighter jet, reports Reuters and the BBC. Previously, Prime Minister Erdogan had said he couldn't confirm that Syrian officials shot down the Turkish warplane after reports emerged citing Turkish officials and witnesses accusing Syria of shooting down the plane.

 

Update 1: Despite reports from Turkish officials and witnesses that Syria shot down a Turkish warplane, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at a news conference he couldn't confirm that Syrian officials shot down the plane. "I am not saying it was brought down at the point it fell. It is not possible to say this without knowing the exact facts," Erdogan said, according to NBC News. He did not rule out the possibility that Syria shot it down.

Syria Shot Down a Turkish Fighter Jet
John Hudson Jun 22, 2012

Neighborly relations between Syria and Turkey were already deteriorating, and now Syria has downed a Turkish war plane, according to reports. Earlier Friday, the plane had been reported missing, and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan later reportedly said Syria admitted to shooting down the F-4 phantom and has apologized. It's not yet clear how Turkey is going to respond to the incident but the country went on high alert, calling an emergency security meeting, according to Reuters' Oliver Holmes:

Turkish officials said Erdogan, who was returning to Ankara from Brazil on Friday evening, would convene a security meeting with the interior and foreign ministers and the chief of general staff. They did not say what would be discussed.

Turkey said earlier it had lost contact with one of its military aircraft off its south-eastern coast after it took off from Erhac airport in the eastern province of Malatya.

A Turkish official confirmed to local newspaper the Hurriyet Daily that the plane was shot down by Syria but that the pilots, who are in good health, were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. The BBC managed to get accounts from witnesses:

Witnesses in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia meanwhile told BBC Arabic that Syrian air defences had shot down an unidentified aircraft near the town of Ras al-Basit.

Lebanon's al-Manar television channel - controlled by Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement, an ally of the Syrian government - also reported that Syrian security sources had said that "Syrian air defences shot down a Turkish warplane and hit another in Syrian airspace".

The incident is immediately being cast against the backdrop of Syria's ongoing civil war which has driven the two countries apart despite reasonably warm relations in the past. The NATO ally has proposed establishing safe havens inside Syria involving military intervention but Syria and its allies China and Russia have strongly-opposed such an intervention. If that weren't reason enough for Syria to be angry with Turkey, it was reported yesterday that the CIA is helping direct weapons purchased by Turkey to opposition groups in the country.

Source: Atlamtic Wire

Maoist split in Nepal

Maoist split in Nepal raises fears of violence

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 18:41
  

Mohan Vaidya `Kiran`

Kathmandu: Nepal's ruling Maoist party on Tuesday split with a faction led by hardliner Mohan Vaidya 'Kiran' forming a breakaway party to denounce India, raising fears that his cadres might return to arms again.

Announcing the split in the UCPN (Maoist) at the end of a three-day national conclave, Vaidya said his group will never accept the Parliamentary system and threatened to launch what he called "peoples revolt" or "peoples war" to establish a "New Peoples Republic" in the country.

Taking a hard anti-India posture, the leader of the new breakaway group, which named itself as Nepal Communist Party-Maoist, demanded scraping all the unequal treaties signed with India, including Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950.
 
Vaidya also demanded withdrawal of permission to Indian companies to construct Upper Karnali and Arun Third hydropower projects as he claimed these agreements were against the national interest.
The Maoist break up would pose new challenges in Nepal, which has struggled to implement a peace process after the end of 10-year bloody civil war in 2006. An estimated 16,000 people were killed in the so called 1996-2006 peoples' war fought by the Maoists against the state.

Branding Maoist chief Prachanda and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai as "neo-revisionists" and agents of "expansionists", Vaidya charged India had expanded its interference in the country during their stewardship of the party.
 
He said the Prachanda-Baburam faction had "sabotaged the achievements of Peoples War and Peoples Movement" by dissolving the Peoples Liberation Army.

The split in Nepal's dominant Maoist party plunged the country into a deeper political turmoil after parliament was dissolved in chaos.

PTI

பர்மாவில் கோலா!

Coke to sell drinks in Burma for first time in 60 years

Updated 4d 7h ago Comments NEW YORK (AP) – The Coca-Cola Co. plans to start selling its drinks in Burma for the first time in 60 years, following the U.S. government's decision to suspend investment sanctions on the country for its democratic reforms.
By Seth Perlman, AP

Burma is one of three countries where Coca-Cola doesn't do business. The other two are Cuba and North Korea.

The world's biggest soft drink maker said Thursday it will start doing business in the country as soon as the U.S. government issues a license allowing American companies to make such investments.
The U.S. announced last month that it was suspending restrictions on American investments in the Southeast Asian country, which is still easing toward democracy. Until last year, Burma had been led by an oppressive military junta.

Coca-Cola said its products will initially be imported from neighboring countries as it establishes local operations in Burma; the company notes that it is has a history of being the among the first to enter or re-enter markets.

In 1949, for instance, Coca-Cola and other foreign companies were expelled from China by the communist government. After full diplomatic relations were established with the country in 1979, Coca-Cola had 20,000 cases of its flagship drink delivered by train into the country from Hong Kong, which was still a British territory at the time.

The Atlanta-based company also noted that Cuba was one of the first countries where it did business, opening operations in the nation in 1906. But after the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro's government began seizing private assets and the company liquidated and exited the country in 1960. The company has never operated in North Korea.

Any Coca-Cola products in those countries are obtained through independent third parties.

As part of its push in Burma, Coca-Cola said it is donating $3 million to support job creation for women in the country. The company will work with PACT, a non-governmental group that supports economic and health initiatives in developing nations.

Coca-Cola first entered Burma in 1927.
==========


Tesco leaves Japan with tail between legs

LONDON (ShareCast) - Tesco (LSE: TSCO.L - news) has clarified how it will get rid of its underperforming Japanese business as it battles to resume top-line growth in the UK.

Tesco entered Japan in 2003 through the acquisition of C2 Network, which ran stores under the Tsurakame brand. The business currently comprises 117 small stores, primarily under the Tsurakame, Tesco and Tesco Express brands in the greater Tokyo area.

Tesco announced its decision to sell the business in 2011 but the situation has been made more urgent by the retail giant's recent profit warnings.

The exit will be in two stages process. In the first phase Tesco will sell 50% of its shares to Japan's largest retailer, Aeon, for a nominal sum.

This will result in the formation of a joint venture with Aeon. As part of this, Tesco will invest a further £40m to finance restructuring, after which Tesco will have no further financial exposure to the Japanese business or its operations. Tesco shares have tanked 25% so far in 2012.

BS
http://ar2011.tescoplc.com/overview/financial-highlights.html

மண்மீட்பு பேரணியில் மக்கள் மீது படையினர் கழிவு ஒயில் வீசித் தாக்குதல்!

யாழ். தெல்லிப்பளையில் நடைபெற்ற மண்மீட்பு பேரணியில் பங்குபற்றிய மக்கள் மீது படையினர் தாக்குதல்!

[செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை, 19 யூன் 2012, 21.56 GMT ]

வடபகுதியில் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டுவரும் காணி அபகரிப்பு, வலிகாமம் வடக்கில் மக்களின் மீள்குடியேற்றத்துக்கு தடை என்பவற்றுக்கு எதிராக தெல்லிப்பளை துர்க்கை அம்மன் கோவில் முன்பாக ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்த போராட்டம் இன்று காலை ஆரம்பமானது.

காலை 10 மணயளவில் துர்க்கையம்மன் ஆலயத்தில் விசேட பூஜை வழிபாடுகளுடன் ஆரம்பமான போராட்டம், பிரதான வீதியை அடைந்தபோது  பெருந்தொகையான பொலிஸார் பாதுகாப்புக்காகக் குவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தார்கள். கலகம் அடக்கும் பொலிஸார் பெருமளவுக்கு ஆயுதபாணிகளாகக் குவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தார்கள். குண்டாந்தடிகளும், கண்ணீர்ப்புகைக் குண்டுகளும் தயார் நிலையில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன.

பெண்கள், தாய்மார்கள் உட்பட போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்ட மக்கள், ``எம் வீட்டில் நாம் வாழ வேண்டும், எம் நிலத்தில் நாம் ஆள வேண்டும்``, ``ஆக்கிரமிக்காதே எமது நிலத்தை, பறிக்காதே எமது உரிமைகளை`` `` அரசே நிலங்களைப் பறிக்காதே! அரசே எங்களை வீடுகளுக்கு போகவிடு!`` என முழங்கிய வண்ணம் பதாகைகளை ஏந்தியிருந்தனர்,

அருகேயுள்ள உதவி அரசாங்க அதிபர் பணிமனைக்கு மகஜர் சமர்ப்பிப்பதற்காக ஊர்வலமாகச் சென்ற போது மேலும் முன்னேற இயலாதவாறு பொலிஸார் இடைமறித்தனர். மாவை சேனாதிராசா, கஜேந்திரன், சிவாஜிலிங்கம், மற்றும் பிரதேச சபை தலைவர் சுகிர்தன் உள்ளிட்ட மக்கள் பிரதிநிதிகள் 5பேர் மட்டும் சென்று பிரதேச செயலகத்தில் மக்களின் மகஜரை கையளித்தனர். இதரமக்கள் கலைந்து செல்லுமாறு கட்டளையிடப்பட்டனர்.

அதன் பின்னர் பொதுமக்கள் பஸ்களில் திரும்பிச் சென்ற போது மோட்டார் சைக்கிளில் ஆயுத தாரிகளாக வந்தவர்கள் பஸ்களை மறித்து பொதுமக்கள் மீது தாக்குதலை நடத்தியதுடன், அவர்கள் மீது பழைய ஒயிலை ஊற்றி அச்சுறுத்தியும் உள்ளனர்.மற்றொரு செய்தி இவர்கள் பேரணியில் கலந்து கொள்ளச் சென்ற மக்கள் எனத் தெரிவிக்கின்றது. ஆயுததாரிகள் இனந்தெரியாத படையினர் என கூறப்படுகின்றது.

மக்கள் மத்தியில் உரையாற்றிய மாவை சேனாதிராசா, உச்சநீதிமன்றம், ஐ.நா.மனித உரிமை ஸ்தாபனம் ஆகிய சட்டபூர்வ வழிகளில் தமிழர்களின் நிலத்தை மீளப்பெற தாம் தொடர்ந்து போராடுவோம் என்றார்.மக்கள் வன்முறையை நாடக்கூடாது என எச்சரித்ததோடு போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொள்ளக் கூடாது என மக்களை மிரட்டிய இ.பி.டி.பி குண்டர்களையும் கண்டித்து, கலந்து கொண்ட மக்களுக்கு நன்றி தெரிவித்தார்.

மக்கள் கையளித்த மகஜர் இதுவரை இணையங்களில் வெளியாகவில்லை.

மாவை சேனாதி உரை

13வது திருத்தச் சட்டமும் மாகாண சபைகளும்

13 ஆவது திருத்தச் சட்டமும் மாகாணசபைகளும்

குறிப்பு: ஜூலை 24 1983, தமிழினப் படுகொலையைத் தொடர்ந்து, தனது விரிவாதிக்க நலனை அடைய இந்திய அரசு ஈழப்பிரச்சனையில்
தலையிட்டது. ஜுலை 13 1985 இல் ஈழப்போராட்டத்தை சமரசப்படுத்த போராளிக்குழுக்களுக்கும் சிங்களத்துக்கும் இடையே பூட்டான் நாட்டின் திம்பு
நகரில் ஒரு பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்கு நிர்ப்பந்தித்தது. இப்பேச்சுவார்த்தையில் போராளிக்குழுக்கள் முன் வைத்த தமிழீழ சுய நிர்ணய உரிமைக் கோரிக்கையை ஏற்க மறுத்து தமிழீழ மக்களுக்கு எதிராக சிங்களத்துடன் இணைந்து தனது மேலாதிக்க நலனை அடைய ஜூலை 29 1987 இல் ஒப்பந்தம்
செய்துகொண்டது.

இவ் ஒப்பந்தந்தின் அடிப்படையில் மாகாணசபைகள் ( Provincial Councils) எனும் அமைப்புக்கள் ஈழத்தமிழர் பிரச்சனைக்கு தீர்வாக முன்வைக்கப்பட்டன. இம்மாகாணசபைகள் 1978 அரசியல் யாப்புக்கு 14 நவம்பர் 1987 இல் செய்யப்பட்ட 13வது திருத்தத்துக்கு அமைய நாடு முழுவதும் உருவாக்கப்பட்டன.

கிழக்கு மாகாண மக்கள் மத்தியில் தேர்தல் நடத்தி இறுதி முடிவு எடுக்கும் ஏற்பாட்டில் வடக்கு கிழக்கு மாகாணசபைகள் தற்காலிகமாக இணைக்கப்பட்டன.

இத்தற்காலிக வடகிழக்கு மாகாணசபைகளை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டு, ஆயுதங்களை ஒப்படைத்து ஈழப்போராட்டத்தைக் கைவிட்டு ஜனநாயக நீரோட்டத்தில்
கலக்குமாறு போராளிகளை இந்திய அரசு பயமுறுத்தியது. பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான போராளிகள் போராட்டத்தில் இருந்து ஒதுங்கினர். EPRLF உம் இதர அமைப்புக்களும் இந்தியப் படையின் கைக்கூலிகளாகி விடுதலைப்புலிகளுக்கு எதிராகப் போர் தொடுத்தனர்.மேலும் இந்திய ஆக்கிரமிப்பை எதிர்த்து தென்னிலங்கையில் ஜே.வி.பி ஆயுதக்கிளர்ச்சியில் இறங்கியது.நாடு தழுவிய போர்ச்சூழல் உருவானது.

இச்சூழலில்தான் இக்கட்டுரை இரகசியப் பத்திரிகையாக ஏப்ரல் 1989 இல் இலங்கையில் வெளியிடப்பட்டு விநியோகிக்கப்பட்டது.

இப்போர்ச்சூழலும் அது சார்ந்த நிலைமைகளும் இன்று  கால் நூற்றாண்டு கடந்த வரலாறாகிவிட்டன.ஆனால் 13 ஆவது திருத்தச் சட்டமும் மாகாணசபைகளும் இன்னும் சமகால நிகழ்வில் சம்பந்தப்பட்டவையாய் உள்ளன.இம்மாறியுள்ள நிலைமையை கவனத்திற்கொண்டு கற்குமாறு வாசகரை வேண்டுகின்றோம்.

கட்டுரைக்கு புதிய ஈழம்
(சுமார் ஒரு பக்கம் அளவிலான கட்டுரையின் முதற்பக்கமும், கடைசிப் பகுதியும் சிதைந்துவிட்டமைக்கு வருந்துகின்றோம்)

ஆயர் ஒருபோதும் தனிநாடு கோரவில்லை- ஐ.தே.க.பா.உ

ஆயர் ஒருபோதும் தனிநாடு கோரவுமில்லை. ஆயுதப் போராட்டத்தை மீளப் புதுப்பிக்க எண்ணவும் இல்லை:

ஐ.தே.க. நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் ஜயலத் ஜயவர்தன

மன்னார் ஆயருக்கு எதிரான அச்சுறுத்தல் :வத்திக்கான் பாப்பரசரக்கு கடிதம் எழுதிய ஜயலத்

[ ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை, 17 யூன் 2012, 12:17.35 PM GMT ]

மன்னார் கத்தோலிக்க மறை மாவட்ட ஆயர் அதிவணக்கத்திற்குரிய கலாநிதி இராயப்பு ஜோசப் அடிகளாருக்கு ௭திராக விடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அச்சுறுத்தல் தொடர்பில் வத்திக்கானில் உள்ள பாப்பரசர் பெனடிக் அவர்கள் தலையீடு செய்ய வேண்டும்.

ஐ.தே.க. நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் ஜயலத் ஜயவர்தன அவருக்கு கடிதம் மூலம் மன்னார் ஆயருக்காக வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார்.
அந்தக் கடிதத்தில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது:–

பேரினவாத அதிகார போக்கைக் கொண்ட இலங்கை அமைச்சர்களால் விடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள விமர்சனங்களாலும், அரசின் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் உள்ள ஊடகங்களில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள விமர்சனங்களாலும் ஆயர் கடும் மன அழுத்தத்திற்குள்ளாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

மன்னார் மறை மாவட்ட ஆயர் அரசுக்கு ௭திராக செயற்பட்டதாகவும், தமிழ் – முஸ்லிம் உறவைக் குழப்பும் நோக்கில் செயற்பட்டதாகவும் அவர் மீது குற்றஞ்சாட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவற்றுக்கு புறம்பாக சுமார் 16 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்னர் ஆயர் இராயப்பு ஜோசப் அடிகளால் கற்றுக்கொண்ட பாடங்களுக்கான நல்லிணக்க ஆணைக்குழு முன்னிலையில் சாட்சியமளித்த விடயம் தொடர்பாகவும், ஆயரால் ஜனாதிபதிக்கும், ஐ.நா. மனித உரிமைகள் சபைக்கும் ௭ழுதப்பட்ட கடிதம் தொடர்பாகவும் கடந்த மாதம் புலனாய்வு அதிகாரிகளால் ஆயர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு விசாரணைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

ஆயர் ஒருபோதும் தனிநாடு கோரவுமில்லை. ஆயுதப் போராட்டத்தை மீளவும் புதுப்பிக்கவும் இல்லை. வடக்கு, கிழக்கில் உள்ள தமிழ் மக்களுக்காகவும், தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களுக்காகவும் தொடர்ந்து குரல் கொடுப்பவர். அதேபோல் சிங்கள மக்களுக்காகவும் குரல் கொடுப்பவர். தமிழ் மக்களின் பிரச்சினைக்கு ஒரு நிரந்தர தீர்வை ஏற்படுத்துவதற்கு தனிநாட்டு கோரிக்கையோ ஆயுதப் போராட்டமோ தீர்வாக அமையாது ௭ன்பதையே அவர் தொடர்ந்து வற்புறுத்தி வந்துள்ளார்.

இப்படியான ஒரு மதத்தலைவருக்கு ௭திராகவே இத்தகைய பொய்யான குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கள் முன்வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. மன்னார் மாவட்ட ஆயர் ௭ந்தவித இடையூறுகளும் இன்றியும், பாதுகாப்புடனும் தனது பணியைத் தொடரவும் அதற்கான சூழலை ஏற்படுத்துவதற்கும் பாப்பரசர் தனது அதிகாரத்தை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும் ௭னவும் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் ஜயலத் ஜயவர்தன தனது கடிதத்தில் வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார்.
Tamil Win
====
Mannar Bishop never called for a separate country or renewed armed struggle – Dr. JJ
 June 16, 2012, 7:33 pm The Island

Senior UNP parliamentarian, Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena has appealed to His Holiness Pope Benedict the XVI to use his good offices to dialogue with the Sri Lankan Government to ensure that the Bishop of Mannar continues his mission without threats, intimidations and false allegations.

In a letter to the Pope, the MP says: "Since the beginning of 2012, adverse comments about the Bishop by some chauvinistic and communal minded Government Ministers, and media owned, controlled and sympathetic to the Government have intensified. Meaningless accusations were made that the Bishop aspires to be the Cardinal of "Tamil Eelam", that he is involved in a conspiracy against the government supported by the INGOs and that he is disturbing Muslim – Tamil harmony. Government Ministers claimed that he should be arrested and prosecuted over a letter he wrote to the President and members of the UN Human Rights Council (together with 30 other Tamil Catholic Clergy from the North, later endorsed by 63 more including a retired Sinhalese Anglican Bishop, Catholic and other Christian Clergy and lay people, men and women, non-Christians and both Tamils and Sinhalese)".

"More than 16 months after a detailed submission to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (LLRC), he was questioned by government intelligence officers last month. The Bishop was also part of a group of Tamil civil society members who engaged with the Tamil National Alliance (the major political party representing the Tamils of the North and East) on issues that they considered being critical to Tamil people.

"Through above and various other public and private interventions, the Bishop had called for recognition of the Tamil nationhood and political solution to the ethnic conflict, a process of truth telling about abuses that had happened in the last stages of the war and throughout the conflict, return of land forcibly and illegally occupied by the military to people, support for the return of Northern Muslims evicted from the North in 1990 by the LTTE on a level equal to support extended to Tamils, concerns about those extrajudicial executed, disappeared and seriously injured during the war, those detained for long periods and several post war concerns such as militarization and cultural domination of Tamil areas.

"The Bishop had also condemned attacks on journalists and human rights defenders in the south including the killing of a Sinhalese fishermen during a protest against fuel price hikes. His submission to the LLRC included a question about the fate of 146,679 people that appear to be unaccounted for in the Vanni in the last 8 months of the war, based on Government statistics and relevant documentary evidence from Government sources was submitted to the LLRC along with the submission.

"The Bishop had never called for a separate country or renewed armed struggle and has rejected both these as not being viable options to be considered in the struggle for dignity and justice of Tamil people and broader reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

"He had also been cooperating and engaging with national and local level government officials, including the President, Ministers, The Secretary to the Ministry of Defense, Government Agent of Mannar, Military officials and Police. He readily agreed to the request for questioning by the government intelligence officers and was instrumental in taking the initiative to invite the LLRC to conduct hearings in Mannar. He had also cooperated and engaged with the international community, especially inter-governmental bodies, experts and staff of the United Nations, of which Sri Lanka is a member.

"Threats and intimidation of the Bishop has also brought about more fear into the minds of many other religious leaders and civil activists in the Mannar District and the North, who had long regarded the Bishop as one of the most prominent spokespersons on matters of social justice, human rights, peace and reconciliation".

Muslim Brotherhood claims victory, army grabs power in Egypt

எழுச்சியின் தருணத்தில் மக்களோடு இணைந்து கொண்ட இராணுவம்!

Muslim Brotherhood claims victory, army grabs power in Egypt

AFP | 5 hours

CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed victory Monday inEgypt’s first free presidential vote, as the military handed itself sweeping powers in a move denounced by activists as a “coup.”

A confirmed win by Mursi would mark the first time fundamentalists are elected to the presidency in the Arab World’s most populous nation, but the military rulers’ moves to consolidate power ahead of the final results have rendered any future president toothless.

His rival Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force chief and ex-prime minister to ousted president Hosni Mubarak, disputed the Brotherhood’s victory announcement, labelling it “bizarre behaviour.”

State television too reported that initial counts showed Mursi in the lead.

There were scenes of jubilation at Mursi’s headquarters, where the candidate himself thanked Egyptians for their votes in brief remarks after the Brotherhood said he had won 52 percent of the vote.

Mursi pledged to work to “hand-in-hand with all Egyptians for a better future, freedom, democracy, development and peace. We are not seeking vengeance or to settle accounts,” he said, adding that he would build a “modern, democratic state” for allEgypt’s citizens, Muslims and Christians.

But a Shafiq campaign official said their figures showed that their candidate, who served as prime minister to deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, leading in the count.

“We reject it completely,” Mahmud Baraka, said of the Brotherhood’s claim.

“We are astonished by this bizarre behaviour which amounts to a hijacking of the election results.” Mursi’s supporters screamed with excitement, some wiping tears from their eyes. Several hundred held a victory rally inCairo’s iconicTahrir Square, the hub of protests that Mubarak in February 2011.

The jubilation was overshadowed however by a looming showdown between the Brotherhood and the ruling military, which issued a new constitutional document shortly after polls closed on Sunday granting it sweeping powers.

“The military hands power to the military,” read the headline of the independent daily al-Masry al-Youm.

“A president with no powers,” read the huge headline of the independent al-Shorouk.

Revolutionary youth movements denounced the declaration as a “coup” while the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party said it rejected any bid by the military to retake legislative power.

“The military council, with its unconstitutional coup, gave itself (unprecedented) powers. The military council has never and will never recognise popular legitimacy that contradicts it,” the Coalition of Revolution Youth said in a statement.

The document issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces grants the body legislative powers after a top court on Thursday ordered the dissolution of parliament.

“The next phase is a very difficult phase,” senior Mursi campaign official Khaled al-Qazaz told AFP.

“It already started with the military trying to take all power, which requires all Egyptians to continue the momentum of the revolution to make sure the transition is complete.” The document gives Scaf veto power over the text of a new permanent constitution, and states that no new parliamentary vote will be held until after a permanent constitution is approved.

The Brotherhood called the interim charter “null and unconstitutional,” setting itself on a collision course with the military.

The document was issued after last week’s constitutional court ruling which found a third of the parliament’s members had been elected illegally, effectively ordering the dissolution of the body.

“The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces shall exercise the powers referred to under the first clause of article 56 (on legislative power)… until the election of a new People’s Assembly,” the document reads.

Such an election cannot be held until a new permanent constitution is written and adopted by a referendum, it adds.

The writing of the new constitution will be carried out by a “constitutional commission representing all segments of the society” that will have three months to complete its work, the document says.

It also grants Scaf a veto right over any article of a draft constitution it considers “contrary to the supreme interests of the country.”

Egypt’s parliament has already appointed a constituent panel to replace an initial group that was dissolved over allegations it was dominated by fundamentalists.

But the declaration leaves it unclear whether that panel will be able to continue its work, and gives Scaf the right to form a new panel if the current body “is prevented from doing its work.”

It also stipulates that Scaf “as currently constituted, has the power to decide on all matters related to the armed forces.”

Parliamentary speaker Saad al-Katatni, an FJP member, said the constituent assembly appointed by the parliament would continue its work.
Source: Dawn.com