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PFLP: No foreign forces accepted on Palestinian soil
PFLP: No foreign forces accepted on Palestinian soil; negotiations benefit only occupation
Feb 05 2014
Comrade Badran Jaber rejected proposals that NATO troops would be stationed in an alleged future Palestinian state, saying that accepting any such arrangement would mean “escaping from the mouse only to fall into the grasp of the lion.” He noted that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
completely rejects any foreign forces on Palestinian land and rejected any “formulas that limit or impair the rights or dignity of the Palestinian people.” He noted that any real Palestinian sovereignty means control over the airspace, water, and natural resources of the Palestinian people, and that the occupation state has
been the only beneficiary of 21 years of negotiations. He challenged the idea that there was some benefit to be gained by “debating” or “arguing” with representatives of the occupation, asking “What argument has convinced Israelis to come to their senses and stop acting as invaders, occupiers, settlers, colonizers
and racists during 21 years of arguments?”
Furthermore, Comrade Khalida Jarrar reiterated the PFLP’s complete rejection of the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s so-called framework agreement. “The Kerry plan is a new step of the notorious Oslo agreement and serves the U.S. primary goal of ending the conflict in favor of Zionism, as indicated by the frantic attempts to impose fundamentally Zionist solutions on core issues like the right of return, Palestinian sovereignty, borders and Jerusalem.”
She noted that the current stage is quite dangerous, establishes a continual status of ongoing negotiations which is fully compatible with the goals of the occupation to guarantee its security by raising the level of security coordination and cooperation with the Palestinian Authority to an even higher level. Jarrar also
condemned the role of the European Union and its attempts to pressure Palestinian officials to accept the Framework agreement, which is deeply damaging to the Palestinian cause.
jarrarJarrar commented on the media statements of opposition within the Zionist entity to the framework agreement as a disingenuous distraction, noting that the entire proposal is to the benefit of the occupying power. “Attempts are being made to portray in front of world public opinion that there is ‘Israeli opposition’ to the plan, which will be followed by efforts to ‘persuade the Israelis’ to accept it, which is in reality a means of pressure upon Palestinians to continue with the negotiations and accept this framework.”
Jarrar noted that Palestinian Authority officials are not serious in addressing political alternatives to negotiations, and noted that the Kerry formula will be presented in an attempt to mislead even Palestinian public opinion by portraying it as fulfilling certain Palestinian goals, while in fact remaining entirely illusory. She said that statements of some PA officials regarding withdrawing from the negotiations do not constitute real pressure on the PA leadership, but mere deceptive talk in the media. This is happening, she said, while “there are statements from PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Zionist TV openly praising the security
cooperation” and pledging ongoing action against Palestinain resistance, which is quite dangerous.
She said that the negotiations are useless and it is the responsibility of the international community to implement United Nations resolutions of international legtitimacy to ensure the rights of the Palestinian people and to protect the Palestinian people. Furthermore, she denounced Abbas’ comments about a so-called
demilitarized state, noting that this directly violates the fundamental principles of sovereignty and noting that this raises concerns about officials’ acceptance of the Kerry plan. Jarrar said that “Palestinian national consensus rejects the continuation of negotiations,” saying that the occupation exploits the negotiations,
systematically building settlements, Judaizing Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque, and that the Kerry plan and negotiations will produce nothing except concessions of Palestinian rights.
Feb 05 2014
Comrade Badran Jaber rejected proposals that NATO troops would be stationed in an alleged future Palestinian state, saying that accepting any such arrangement would mean “escaping from the mouse only to fall into the grasp of the lion.” He noted that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
completely rejects any foreign forces on Palestinian land and rejected any “formulas that limit or impair the rights or dignity of the Palestinian people.” He noted that any real Palestinian sovereignty means control over the airspace, water, and natural resources of the Palestinian people, and that the occupation state has
been the only beneficiary of 21 years of negotiations. He challenged the idea that there was some benefit to be gained by “debating” or “arguing” with representatives of the occupation, asking “What argument has convinced Israelis to come to their senses and stop acting as invaders, occupiers, settlers, colonizers
and racists during 21 years of arguments?”
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| Comrade Khalida Jarrar |
She noted that the current stage is quite dangerous, establishes a continual status of ongoing negotiations which is fully compatible with the goals of the occupation to guarantee its security by raising the level of security coordination and cooperation with the Palestinian Authority to an even higher level. Jarrar also
condemned the role of the European Union and its attempts to pressure Palestinian officials to accept the Framework agreement, which is deeply damaging to the Palestinian cause.
jarrarJarrar commented on the media statements of opposition within the Zionist entity to the framework agreement as a disingenuous distraction, noting that the entire proposal is to the benefit of the occupying power. “Attempts are being made to portray in front of world public opinion that there is ‘Israeli opposition’ to the plan, which will be followed by efforts to ‘persuade the Israelis’ to accept it, which is in reality a means of pressure upon Palestinians to continue with the negotiations and accept this framework.”
Jarrar noted that Palestinian Authority officials are not serious in addressing political alternatives to negotiations, and noted that the Kerry formula will be presented in an attempt to mislead even Palestinian public opinion by portraying it as fulfilling certain Palestinian goals, while in fact remaining entirely illusory. She said that statements of some PA officials regarding withdrawing from the negotiations do not constitute real pressure on the PA leadership, but mere deceptive talk in the media. This is happening, she said, while “there are statements from PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Zionist TV openly praising the security
cooperation” and pledging ongoing action against Palestinain resistance, which is quite dangerous.
She said that the negotiations are useless and it is the responsibility of the international community to implement United Nations resolutions of international legtitimacy to ensure the rights of the Palestinian people and to protect the Palestinian people. Furthermore, she denounced Abbas’ comments about a so-called
demilitarized state, noting that this directly violates the fundamental principles of sovereignty and noting that this raises concerns about officials’ acceptance of the Kerry plan. Jarrar said that “Palestinian national consensus rejects the continuation of negotiations,” saying that the occupation exploits the negotiations,
systematically building settlements, Judaizing Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque, and that the Kerry plan and negotiations will produce nothing except concessions of Palestinian rights.
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அற்புதம் அம்மா: `அடைபட்ட கதவுகளின் முன்னால்’.
எனக்காக நீங்கள் அனைவரும் ஒரேயொரு புத்தகம் படிக்க வேண்டும்!
குறைந்த பட்சம் ஒரு 5 பேருக்கு புத்தகத்தை (விலைக்கு ) வாங்கி படிக்க கொடுக்க வேண்டும்!!கார்ட்டூனிஸ்ட் பாலா
கார்ட்டூனிஸ்ட் பாலாவாகிய நான் இதுவரை ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் ஆதரவற்ற குழந்தைகளின் படிப்புக்காக உதவி கேட்டதில் தொடங்கி பலரின் உயிர் காக்க ரத்தம் கேட்டது வரை முகம் தெரியாத யார் யாருக்காகவோ எல்லாம் உதவி கேட்டிருக்கிறேன். நண்பர்கள் பலரும் என் மீது நம்பிக்கை வைத்து உதவி செய்திருக்கிறீர்கள்.
ஆனால் முதல்முறையாக உங்களிடம் எனக்காக ஒரு உதவி கேட்டு வந்திருக்கிறேன்..
நிச்சயமாக அது பண உதவி அல்ல.. எனக்காக நீங்கள் அனைவரும் ஒரேயொரு புத்தகம் படிக்க வேண்டும்..
அந்த புத்தகத்தின் பெயர் `அடைபட்ட கதவுகளின் முன்னால்’.
புத்தகக் காட்சியில் அற்புதம் அம்மாவிடம் கையெழுத்து வாங்கி வந்த புத்தகத்தை கடந்த வாரம் தான் ஒரு இரவு படிக்க ஆரம்பித்தேன். முடித்தபோது நெஞ்சடைத்துப் போய்விட்டது. அந்த அமைதியான நள்ளிரவில் என்னை மீறி அழ வேண்டும்போலிருந்தது.
23 ஆண்டுகளாக செய்யாத குற்றத்திற்காக சிறையில் அடைபட்டிருக்கும் தன் மகனை மீட்க ஒரு அம்மா சிறைக்கும் கோர்ட்டுக்கும் நடையாய் நடந்த கதை அது.
படிக்க படிக்க இப்படியெல்லாம் ஒருவர் வாழ்வில் நடக்குமா என்று அதிர்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறது.
அற்புதம் அம்மா ஒரு இடத்தில் சொல்கிறார்.. `` நீதி மறுக்கப்படும் ஒவ்வொரு முகத்திலும் நான் தங்கமான என் மகனின் முகத்தைக் காண்கிறேன்..”
எவ்வளவு வலி நிறைந்த வார்த்தைகள்.
வேறு எந்த புத்தகத்திற்குமில்லாத பரிந்துரையை இதற்கு ஏன் செய்கிறேன் என்றால் மறுக்கப்பட்ட நீதி தூக்கு கயிற்றில் தொங்கவிட தயாராக நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. பேரறிவாளன் உங்களிடம் எதிர்பார்பப்து கருணையோ உயிர் பிச்சையோ அல்ல..
நீதி கேட்கிறார்.
ஆனால் இந்திய கூட்டு மனசாட்சியோ எப்படியேனும் அவரை பலி கொடுக்க துடிக்கிறது.
தமிழில் எவ்வளவு அப்பாடக்கர் எழுத்தாளர்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள்.. ஒருத்தருக்கும் கூட ஒரு அம்மா ஜோல்னா பையும் ரப்பர் செருப்புமாக சிறைக்கும் நீதிமன்றத்திற்கும் 23 ஆண்டுகளாக அலைந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் கதையை எழுத வேண்டும் என்று தோன்றவில்லை..
ஆனால் மலையாளத்திலிருந்து தமிழகம் வந்த `மாத்யமம்’ என்ற பத்திரிகையின் நிருபர் அனுசிரி என்பவர் அந்த வரலாற்று பணியை செய்திருக்கிறார். (சகோதரி.. நீங்கள் யார் என்று தெரியவில்லை.. ஆனால் எங்கள் குலசாமிகளில் ஒருத்திம்மா நீ.. )
மலையாளத்தில் வெளியாகிய புத்தகத்தை தமிழுக்கு மொழிப்பெயர்ப்பு செய்து பெரும் கடமையை செய்திருக்கிறார் யூமா வாசுகி.
இந்த புத்தகத்தை நீங்கள் ஒருவர் மட்டும் படிக்க வேண்டும் என்பதல்ல என் கோரிக்கை.. குறைந்த பட்சம் ஒரு 5 பேருக்கு புத்தகத்தை வாங்கி படிக்க கொடுங்கள்..
மகனை மீட்க போராடும் அற்புதமான அம்மாவின் நீதிக்கான பயணத்தில் நீங்களும் கை கோர்ப்பீர்கள் என்ற நம்பிக்கையுடன்..
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Wednesday, February 05, 2014
New evidence of war crimes in Sri Lankan civil war
New evidence of war crimes in Sri Lankan civil war
Published: Tue, 2014-02-04 12:56
A landmark report, released today, sheds new light on some of the worst alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, which ended in May 2009. This report will contribute to an upcoming meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council where states will decide how to ensure accountability on this issue.
The report,
Island of impunity? Investigation into international crimes in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war.
Was produced by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (PIAC’s) International Crimes Evidence Project (ICEP).
The report brings together some of the world’s leading experts on war crimes investigations and international law. It combines detailed, impartial, legal analysis and expert forensic and military analysis with new information and eye-witness accounts.
‘This is the most comprehensive, evidence-based report investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Sri Lankan conflict,’ said PIAC CEO, Edward Santow.
‘The report builds on what we already know about indiscriminate artillery bombardment of civilian areas, the denial of humanitarian assistance to those most affected by the hostilities, and specific incidents of extrajudicial killing, torture, sexual violence and enforced disappearance.’
The report will assist the UN Human Rights Council in considering how to ensure accountability for allegations of atrocities committed in the final stages of the civil war. The report presents an evidentiary platform for an international investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity.
One new eye-witness alleges that, after the conflict, the Sri Lankan Government has systematically exhumed civilian mass graves and destroyed crucial evidence of human remains. This has critical implications for future investigations and highlights the need for urgent action to be taken.
‘The ICEP investigation reveals some of the gravest crimes under international humanitarian law and demands accountability,’ said John Ralston, Chair of ICEP’s Committee of Experts.
‘This can only occur if there is a full independent and impartial international investigation.’
Source: http://www.piac.asn.au/
Published: Tue, 2014-02-04 12:56
A landmark report, released today, sheds new light on some of the worst alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, which ended in May 2009. This report will contribute to an upcoming meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council where states will decide how to ensure accountability on this issue.
Island of impunity? Investigation into international crimes in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war.
Was produced by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (PIAC’s) International Crimes Evidence Project (ICEP).
The report brings together some of the world’s leading experts on war crimes investigations and international law. It combines detailed, impartial, legal analysis and expert forensic and military analysis with new information and eye-witness accounts.
‘This is the most comprehensive, evidence-based report investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Sri Lankan conflict,’ said PIAC CEO, Edward Santow.
‘The report builds on what we already know about indiscriminate artillery bombardment of civilian areas, the denial of humanitarian assistance to those most affected by the hostilities, and specific incidents of extrajudicial killing, torture, sexual violence and enforced disappearance.’
The report will assist the UN Human Rights Council in considering how to ensure accountability for allegations of atrocities committed in the final stages of the civil war. The report presents an evidentiary platform for an international investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity.
One new eye-witness alleges that, after the conflict, the Sri Lankan Government has systematically exhumed civilian mass graves and destroyed crucial evidence of human remains. This has critical implications for future investigations and highlights the need for urgent action to be taken.
‘The ICEP investigation reveals some of the gravest crimes under international humanitarian law and demands accountability,’ said John Ralston, Chair of ICEP’s Committee of Experts.
‘This can only occur if there is a full independent and impartial international investigation.’
Source: http://www.piac.asn.au/
Inquiry finds Sri Lanka war crimes evidence
Public Interest Advocacy Centre - Australia
Ashley Hall reported this story on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:42:00
ELEANOR HALL: An Australian-led investigation has found new evidence that war crimes were committed during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war.
The report by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre finds that atrocities were committed by both sides, but that senior Sri Lankan government and military officials may bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The government is resisting calls for an independent international investigation.
Ashley Hall has our report.
ASHLEY HALL: The Sri Lankan civil war drew to a close in 2009, ending 20 years of conflict.
By all accounts, the final stages of the war was a particularly brutal campaign.
EDWARD SANTOW: The evidence itself is utterly compelling and utterly horrific.
ASHLEY HALL: Edward Santow is the chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre which conducted the investigation.
EDWARD SANTOW: Unless there is a full process of accountability that can be believed in, there'll not be a proper and lasting peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
ASHLEY HALL: The inquiry found both government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels committed a wide range of human rights violations, including executions, rape and torture.
But it concluded the military "committed the vast majority of alleged crimes".
EDWARD SANTOW: We've received very recently some witness testimony to the effect that the Sri Lankan government has forced some people in Sri Lanka to identify where some of the civilian mass graves are located and participate in exhuming those human remains and then destroying those human remains,
which is horrific in itself.
But it also, if true, would destroy some very crucial evidence of some of the alleged war crimes.
ASHLEY HALL: Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canberra, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe says the latest report has no credibility.
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: This type of unsubstantiated, baseless allegations against the Sri Lankan military, who fought the brutal terrorist organisation and it appears that the it keeps surfacing time and again, absolutely baseless.
ASHLEY HALL: Well the inquiry says that it has found substance to these allegations, that it's conducted a forensic analysis of them and found that there is enough in some cases to prosecute for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Do you reject that?
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: I totally reject that. What is this organisation, what is the credibility of this organisation?
ASHLEY HALL: One of the most damning claims in this report involves an eye witness account that government forces are involved in identifying mass civilian graves, digging them up and destroying them, thereby destroying evidence. What's your response to that allegation?
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: These are allegations which need to be investigated and don't forget terrorists had many masked graves.
ASHLEY HALL: The release of the report comes as the United States prepares to make a third pitch for an independent international investigation to the United Nations human rights body.
Dr Sam Pari is the national spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress. She welcomes the new report.
SAM PARI: The international community could have intervened and stopped the war crimes and the crimes against humanity that took place in 2009, yet they didn't. It's now a chance for the international community to vindicate themselves and actually bring the perpetrators to justice.
ASHLEY HALL: The report's release coincides with Sri Lanka's Independence Day. The president Mahinda Rajapaksa used a speech marking the day to hit out at attempts to force an independent investigation on the country.
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA (translated): I see the allegations of war crimes that some are hoping to be brought against Sri Lanka in Geneva as a victory of those who are opposed to peace.
ASHLEY HALL: A United Nations panel of experts' estimates as many as 40,000 civilians might have been killed in the military offensive that ended the war.
The prime ministers of Britain and Canada sought to highlight concerns about human rights at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo.
But the Australian Prime Minister remained quiet on the issue.
The leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Christine Milne, says it's time to change that approach.
CHRISTINE MILNE: Australia doesn't want to put pressure on Sri Lanka because they want cooperation over asylum seekers and they see no reason to increase the pressure on the Rajapaksa regime to have and accept an international inquiry.
ASHLEY HALL: The World Today sought a response from the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, but as she's travelling today, she's been unavailable.
ELEANOR HALL: Ashley Hall reporting.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/archives.html
The report by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre finds that atrocities were committed by both sides, but that senior Sri Lankan government and military officials may bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.=================================================================
Inquiry finds Sri Lanka war crimes evidence
Ashley Hall reported this story on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:42:00
ELEANOR HALL: An Australian-led investigation has found new evidence that war crimes were committed during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war.
The report by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre finds that atrocities were committed by both sides, but that senior Sri Lankan government and military officials may bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The government is resisting calls for an independent international investigation.
Ashley Hall has our report.
ASHLEY HALL: The Sri Lankan civil war drew to a close in 2009, ending 20 years of conflict.
By all accounts, the final stages of the war was a particularly brutal campaign.
EDWARD SANTOW: The evidence itself is utterly compelling and utterly horrific.
ASHLEY HALL: Edward Santow is the chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre which conducted the investigation.
EDWARD SANTOW: Unless there is a full process of accountability that can be believed in, there'll not be a proper and lasting peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
ASHLEY HALL: The inquiry found both government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels committed a wide range of human rights violations, including executions, rape and torture.
But it concluded the military "committed the vast majority of alleged crimes".
EDWARD SANTOW: We've received very recently some witness testimony to the effect that the Sri Lankan government has forced some people in Sri Lanka to identify where some of the civilian mass graves are located and participate in exhuming those human remains and then destroying those human remains,
which is horrific in itself.
But it also, if true, would destroy some very crucial evidence of some of the alleged war crimes.
ASHLEY HALL: Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canberra, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe says the latest report has no credibility.
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: This type of unsubstantiated, baseless allegations against the Sri Lankan military, who fought the brutal terrorist organisation and it appears that the it keeps surfacing time and again, absolutely baseless.
ASHLEY HALL: Well the inquiry says that it has found substance to these allegations, that it's conducted a forensic analysis of them and found that there is enough in some cases to prosecute for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Do you reject that?
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: I totally reject that. What is this organisation, what is the credibility of this organisation?
ASHLEY HALL: One of the most damning claims in this report involves an eye witness account that government forces are involved in identifying mass civilian graves, digging them up and destroying them, thereby destroying evidence. What's your response to that allegation?
THISARA SAMARASINGHE: These are allegations which need to be investigated and don't forget terrorists had many masked graves.
ASHLEY HALL: The release of the report comes as the United States prepares to make a third pitch for an independent international investigation to the United Nations human rights body.
Dr Sam Pari is the national spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress. She welcomes the new report.
SAM PARI: The international community could have intervened and stopped the war crimes and the crimes against humanity that took place in 2009, yet they didn't. It's now a chance for the international community to vindicate themselves and actually bring the perpetrators to justice.
ASHLEY HALL: The report's release coincides with Sri Lanka's Independence Day. The president Mahinda Rajapaksa used a speech marking the day to hit out at attempts to force an independent investigation on the country.
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA (translated): I see the allegations of war crimes that some are hoping to be brought against Sri Lanka in Geneva as a victory of those who are opposed to peace.
ASHLEY HALL: A United Nations panel of experts' estimates as many as 40,000 civilians might have been killed in the military offensive that ended the war.
The prime ministers of Britain and Canada sought to highlight concerns about human rights at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo.
But the Australian Prime Minister remained quiet on the issue.
The leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Christine Milne, says it's time to change that approach.
CHRISTINE MILNE: Australia doesn't want to put pressure on Sri Lanka because they want cooperation over asylum seekers and they see no reason to increase the pressure on the Rajapaksa regime to have and accept an international inquiry.
ASHLEY HALL: The World Today sought a response from the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, but as she's travelling today, she's been unavailable.
ELEANOR HALL: Ashley Hall reporting.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/archives.html
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
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Monday, February 03, 2014
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`` I share your dream to strengthen the Sri Lankan nation under a single flag in a united country `` MR
Country will proceed towards progress
– President
February 3, 2014, 9:48 pm
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has, in his Independence Day message, said that the country will proceed in its journey towards progress.
The full text of his message is as follows:
On this day, as we celebrate the 66th anniversary of our independence, we restate our commitment to safeguard the freedom and rights of our people, and decide on our future free of dictates from the re-emerging forces of colonialism.
With our freedom strengthened by the defeat of separatist terrorism, we proceed on our journey towards progress, This requires new social, political and economic strategies that include modern infrastructure such as ports, airports, highways, power and energy and the latest trends in industry, commerce and trade, and education. While most of this is already in place, in the new drive for development, much more remains to be achieved offering exciting challenges ahead.
It is our belief that the strength of our freedoms largely depend on developing indigenous skills and knowledge, to restore tae glories of our past and move ahead to the victories of the future.
As we celebrate our freedom today we should remember with the deep gratitude the members of our Security Forces who courageously stepped forward to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity when they were under grave threat. We shall always honour and pay tribute to the great sacrifices they made to ensure that we live in freedom and unity.
Our policy of Non-Alignment, with a commitment to justice and humanity, has brought us friends in the global community who understand our trials in recent decades, and are ready to help us go forward in freedom with the assurance of support in international fora.
I share your dream to strengthen the Sri Lankan nation under a single flag in a united country. Achieving this requires hard work, with diligence and honesty of purpose. It calls for patriotism that transcends the barriers of geography and community, with reconciliation in a rich unity of purpose.
This will lay the foundation for the success of our children and future generations who will inherit this land, to live in peace and harmony bringing the glories of new achievements that inspire us from our past. Let us together pledge to build this futures for our, land and people in the peace and freedom we have won.
Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Journalist Mel Gunasekara
MONDAY, 03 FEBRUARY 2014 18:30 E-mail Print
Police said today the man whom senior journalist Mel Gunasekara had hired to paint her residence at Christmas time was believed to have stabbed her to death on Sunday when his attempt to rob an empty house had failed because she might have accosted him.
Police spokesman Ajith Rohana told a news conference held at the Mirihana Police Station where the suspect Samson Joseph Anthony (39) was being detained
that the killing was initially rumoured to be linked to her work as a journalist at a leading media organisation but it was not so.
“There were no eyewitnesses so we had to look for clues. We found a finger print inside the house,” he said.
SSP Rohana said the police sniffer dogs had stopped close to where CCTV cameras were installed at the house of a prominent public servant down Subodhipura Mawatha in Battaramulla.
“When we examined the video footage we found that a man chewing betel and wearing a yellow shirt and a light blue denim leaving the area a short while later wearing a black trouser and a blue shirt,” he said. “We found the betel he had left behind. When we showed the images to Ms. Gunasekara’s parents they
identified the man as the mason who painted their house at Christmas time. We traced the suspect through his mobile phone. He was also unable to switch off the BlackBerry mobile phone which he robbed and was in his possession.”
SSP Rohana said the man had later thrown away the battery but with the information obtained from communication towers he was arrested at Dompe.
“He lives in Dompe with his wife and three children,” he said.
During interrogation the suspect admitted to have entered the house from the backyard and was taken by surprise when Ms. Gunasekara accosted him because the family members without fail were known to attend Sunday service between 6.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m.
The suspect said it was when she had screamed at him that he grabbed the knife lying on the table and stabbed Ms. Gunasekera several times.
“I washed the knife and changed my clothes. I wore a black trouser and a blue shirt belonging to the victim’s brother,” he said.
Ms. Gunasekera is reported to have attended a school function the previous night and had slept over.
Police said investigations had revealed that the suspect had observed the movements of the family for some time before breaking into the house.
Police warned people to be more cautious when employing painters, masons, gardeners and electricians or when allowing sales reps to enter the house without proper identification.
“It is the duty of the police to solve crimes but it is also the duty and the responsibility of all concerned as far as possible to prevent crimes from taking place,” he noted.
The investigations were carried out by police personnel led by Mirihana Special Crimes Operations Unit Inspector Nimal Karunaratne under the directions of Colombo South DIG Sumith Edirisinghe.
“We will produce him Courts and detain him for questioning for 48 hours after obtaining the necessary detention orders,” SSP Rohana said. (Supun Dias and Sanath Desmond)
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/42528-journalists-killing-suspect-held-for-questioning-.html
Sri Lankan Police have found a dead body of a Lady journalist!
Journalist stabbed to death
February 2, 2014 at 3:05 pm | lanka C news
Journalist stabbed to death
Police have found a dead body of a Lady journalist who had been stabbed to death. This body has been found in Battaramulla, Gamunu Mawatha.
The body has been of Mel Gunasekara (36) who has also worked with French News Service. She has worked with many media institutions and she has been working on Business News Reporting.
February 2, 2014 at 3:05 pm | lanka C news
Journalist stabbed to death
Police have found a dead body of a Lady journalist who had been stabbed to death. This body has been found in Battaramulla, Gamunu Mawatha.
The body has been of Mel Gunasekara (36) who has also worked with French News Service. She has worked with many media institutions and she has been working on Business News Reporting.
The Police reports that the murder has taken place in the kitchen and that it is suspected that someone known to her would have done that. Police also says that even the dog has not barked while the murder has been done and that it shows the fact that someone known to her would have committed the murder.
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Further investigations on this regard have already been started.
`சுதந்திர` செய்தி உலகின் இளைய தலைமுறை இலங்கைப் புதல்வி
Mel Gunasekara
படுகொலை!
Journalist Mel Gunasekara
Sunday, February 02, 2014
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How will India vote in Geneva next month?
Special
How will India vote in Geneva next month?
February 1, 2014, 8:33 pm
By S Venkat Narayan
Our Special Correspondent - The Island
NEW DELHI, February 1: India has politely declined to give an assurance of its support to Sri Lanka on a resolution the United States is planning to move in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next month. The resolution may seek an impartial international probe into the excesses and human rights
violations allegedly committed by the island nation’s security forces during the last phase of the socalled Eelam War IV in early 2009.
Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Prof Gamini Lakshman Peiris met his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid here last Wednesday and sought India’s help against the US resolution, expected to be moved by Washington for a third consecutive year. The Sri Lankan government did little in response to the previous
resolutions in 2012 and 2013 to assuage an agitated international community.
India had voted for the US-sponsored resolutions so far.
"We heard them out, but gave no assurance about what we will do in Geneva when the resolution comes for voting," an official who attended the Peiris-Khurshid talks told the Sunday Island. "They know what we want. They know what the world also wants from them. Let’s see what they will do between now and end of March, when the resolution may come up at the UNHRC."
Khurshid apparently advised Prof Peiris to engage with Washington directly, and told him that India will take a stand on the proposed resolution at an appropriate time.
The Sri Lankan minister was here primarily to interact with the 82 New Delhi-based heads of diplomatic missions who are concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka. They all met him in small groups during a two-hour session at the Sri Lankan High Commission here. Some of the ambassadors who met the very articulate Prof Peiris said the resolution the US is planning to bring at the UNHRC figured prominently in their discussions. The minister apparently explained to them the government’s efforts to help the Tamils, and sought the sympathy and understanding of the countries whose diplomats he addressed..
However, there is an unstated sense of disappointment here over the reluctance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government to take any visible action on the ground to pacify the global community agitated by the reported killing of 40,000 innocent Tamil civilians and the island’s Tamils who are clearly suffering from
a collective sense of hurt and humiliation.
This is a highly sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu too. India goes to the polls to elect a new Lok Sabha—-lower House of Parliament—-from mid-April. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being attacked on a regular basis by political parties in Tamil Nadu for not doing enough to ensure that justice is done to Sri Lankan Tamils. The DMK snapped its alliance with the UPA on this ground last March. The UPA has no allies in Tamil Nadu right now.
Having supported the US-backed resolutions on two previous occasions, India finds that Colombo has done nothing so far to justify any change of stance in Geneva this time. Therefore, it looks extremely unlikely that India will either support Sri Lanka or abstain from voting at the UNHRC next month.
Analysts here say President Rajapaksa is highly unlikely to order an impartial and credible probe any time soon simply because such a probe will expose the crucial roles played by himself, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and at least 14 other senior officials of the security forces, who were
responsible for executing the brilliant but brutal assault on the LTTE to end the three-decade-long civil war, and thus successfully eliminate for good the world’s most dreaded terrorist outfit.
If the Nuremberg trials against the Nazis and the other war crimes trials conducted by United Nations-appointed tribunals into the killings in Cambodia, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone and Lebanon are anything to go by, the roles of the top political and military authorities of the country concerned will be investigated, and punishment meted out to those held responsible for such crimes.
If such an independent probe were to be ordered in Sri Lanka, heading the list of people whose roles may be investigated is President Rajapaksa himself because he is Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, and nothing would have happened without his approval.
Next to him may be Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who used his close access to his brother and President Rajapaksa to procure whatever arms and other equipment from wherever possible to defeat the LTTE.
Then Head of Joint Staff Air Marshal Donald Perera, Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, Navy Chief Wasantha Karannagoda, and Air Force Chief Roshan Gunathilake may be investigated. In addition, those whose roles will have to be probed include the Commanders of Divisions 53 (then Brigadier/now Major General Kamal
Goonaratne), 55 (Brig/Maj Gen Prasanna Silva), 57 (Brig/Maj Gen Jagath Dias), 58 (Brig/Maj Gen Shavindra Silva) and 59 (Brig/Maj Gen Nandana Udawatta).
The Divisions led by them had enabled the humiliating defeat of the LTTE rebels by surrounding them and successfully shutting down all their possible escape routes and trapping them at one place in the Wanni.
The roles of Heads of Task Force One (Brig Rohana Bandara), Task Force 2 (Brig Satyapriya Liyanage and Task Force 8 (Col GV Raviprya, who actually killed Prabhakaran) too will be probed by such an investigation.
There is an uneasy feeling here that the issue may not be brought to a closure for a long time to come, at least till the next election in Sri Lanka a couple of years away. If President Rajapaksa wins that election too, the world may have to simply forget about a credible probe into the excesses of 2009.
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US frustrated with Sri Lanka’s reconciliation
Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswa says lack of progress in Sri Lanka has frustrated her government and the international community, the Associated Press reported.
According to reports Biswa told reporters at the end of her visit Saturday that the international community’s patience is wearing thin. She says the U.S. will sponsor a resolution asking Sri Lanka to do more on reconciliation and accountability at the U.N. Human Rights Council in March.
She also expressed concern about the worsening human rights situation.
Source: The Sunday Times LK 01-02-2014
How will India vote in Geneva next month?
February 1, 2014, 8:33 pm
By S Venkat Narayan
Our Special Correspondent - The Island
NEW DELHI, February 1: India has politely declined to give an assurance of its support to Sri Lanka on a resolution the United States is planning to move in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next month. The resolution may seek an impartial international probe into the excesses and human rights
violations allegedly committed by the island nation’s security forces during the last phase of the socalled Eelam War IV in early 2009.
Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Prof Gamini Lakshman Peiris met his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid here last Wednesday and sought India’s help against the US resolution, expected to be moved by Washington for a third consecutive year. The Sri Lankan government did little in response to the previous
resolutions in 2012 and 2013 to assuage an agitated international community.
India had voted for the US-sponsored resolutions so far.
"We heard them out, but gave no assurance about what we will do in Geneva when the resolution comes for voting," an official who attended the Peiris-Khurshid talks told the Sunday Island. "They know what we want. They know what the world also wants from them. Let’s see what they will do between now and end of March, when the resolution may come up at the UNHRC."
Khurshid apparently advised Prof Peiris to engage with Washington directly, and told him that India will take a stand on the proposed resolution at an appropriate time.
The Sri Lankan minister was here primarily to interact with the 82 New Delhi-based heads of diplomatic missions who are concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka. They all met him in small groups during a two-hour session at the Sri Lankan High Commission here. Some of the ambassadors who met the very articulate Prof Peiris said the resolution the US is planning to bring at the UNHRC figured prominently in their discussions. The minister apparently explained to them the government’s efforts to help the Tamils, and sought the sympathy and understanding of the countries whose diplomats he addressed..
However, there is an unstated sense of disappointment here over the reluctance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government to take any visible action on the ground to pacify the global community agitated by the reported killing of 40,000 innocent Tamil civilians and the island’s Tamils who are clearly suffering from
a collective sense of hurt and humiliation.
This is a highly sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu too. India goes to the polls to elect a new Lok Sabha—-lower House of Parliament—-from mid-April. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being attacked on a regular basis by political parties in Tamil Nadu for not doing enough to ensure that justice is done to Sri Lankan Tamils. The DMK snapped its alliance with the UPA on this ground last March. The UPA has no allies in Tamil Nadu right now.
Having supported the US-backed resolutions on two previous occasions, India finds that Colombo has done nothing so far to justify any change of stance in Geneva this time. Therefore, it looks extremely unlikely that India will either support Sri Lanka or abstain from voting at the UNHRC next month.
Analysts here say President Rajapaksa is highly unlikely to order an impartial and credible probe any time soon simply because such a probe will expose the crucial roles played by himself, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and at least 14 other senior officials of the security forces, who were
responsible for executing the brilliant but brutal assault on the LTTE to end the three-decade-long civil war, and thus successfully eliminate for good the world’s most dreaded terrorist outfit.
If the Nuremberg trials against the Nazis and the other war crimes trials conducted by United Nations-appointed tribunals into the killings in Cambodia, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone and Lebanon are anything to go by, the roles of the top political and military authorities of the country concerned will be investigated, and punishment meted out to those held responsible for such crimes.
If such an independent probe were to be ordered in Sri Lanka, heading the list of people whose roles may be investigated is President Rajapaksa himself because he is Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, and nothing would have happened without his approval.
Next to him may be Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who used his close access to his brother and President Rajapaksa to procure whatever arms and other equipment from wherever possible to defeat the LTTE.
Then Head of Joint Staff Air Marshal Donald Perera, Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, Navy Chief Wasantha Karannagoda, and Air Force Chief Roshan Gunathilake may be investigated. In addition, those whose roles will have to be probed include the Commanders of Divisions 53 (then Brigadier/now Major General Kamal
Goonaratne), 55 (Brig/Maj Gen Prasanna Silva), 57 (Brig/Maj Gen Jagath Dias), 58 (Brig/Maj Gen Shavindra Silva) and 59 (Brig/Maj Gen Nandana Udawatta).
The Divisions led by them had enabled the humiliating defeat of the LTTE rebels by surrounding them and successfully shutting down all their possible escape routes and trapping them at one place in the Wanni.
The roles of Heads of Task Force One (Brig Rohana Bandara), Task Force 2 (Brig Satyapriya Liyanage and Task Force 8 (Col GV Raviprya, who actually killed Prabhakaran) too will be probed by such an investigation.
There is an uneasy feeling here that the issue may not be brought to a closure for a long time to come, at least till the next election in Sri Lanka a couple of years away. If President Rajapaksa wins that election too, the world may have to simply forget about a credible probe into the excesses of 2009.
=============
US frustrated with Sri Lanka’s reconciliation
Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswa says lack of progress in Sri Lanka has frustrated her government and the international community, the Associated Press reported.
According to reports Biswa told reporters at the end of her visit Saturday that the international community’s patience is wearing thin. She says the U.S. will sponsor a resolution asking Sri Lanka to do more on reconciliation and accountability at the U.N. Human Rights Council in March.
She also expressed concern about the worsening human rights situation.
Source: The Sunday Times LK 01-02-2014
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அன்புத்தம்பி வைகோவிற்கு ஏழைப்புலவன் புலமைப் பித்தனின் கடிதம்.
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என் அன்புத் தம்பி வைகோவுக்கு,
உன் அண்ணன் ஏழைப்புலவன் எழுதும் மடல்!
வணக்கம்! வாழிய நலம்!
தம்பி என்று நான் உன்னை அழைப்பதை ஒப்புக்காக அழைப்பதாக நினைத்துக் கொள்ளாதே. என் மனசாட்சிப்படி நான் உன்னை தம்பி என்று அழைக்கிறேன்.
தம்பி! நான் ஒருமையில் நீ என்றும், உன்னை என்றும் தான் குறிப்பிடுகிறேன். பன்மையில் நீங்கள் உங்கள் என்றெல்லாம் எழுத முடியவில்லை. அப்படி எழுதினால் நீ எனக்கு அந்நியமாகி விடுவாய்.
நான் தந்தை பெரியாரின் கொள்கையிலிருந்து இந்த நாள் இந்தக் கணம் வரையில் அணுவளவும் விலகியதில்லை.
ஈழ விடுதலைக் கொள்கையிலிருந்தும் எப்போதும் பிறழ்ந்ததில்லை. இதை நான் சொல்லித்தான் உனக்குத் தெரிய வேண்டும் என்பதில்லை.
நான் உன் மீது வைத்திருக்கும் நம்பிக்கை மலையளவு!
நம்பற்குரியர் அவ்வீரர் என்று பாரதி சொன்ன வரியை நான் உனக்கெழுதிய வரியாகத்தான் எடுத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.
என் மனம் என்ன நினைக்கிறதோ அதை மட்டும்தான் நான் பேசுவேன். என் மனம் நினைக்காததை நினைத்தது போல் பாசாங்கு செய்ய இந்தப் பைத்தியக்காரனுக்குத் தெரியாது! தெரியவும் வேண்டாம்!
கால் கொப்புளிக்கக் கொப்புளிக்க நடந்து வந்த உன் நெடிய பயணத்தை முடித்து வைக்க உன் அன்புக் கட்டளையை ஏற்று ஈரோட்டுக்கு வந்தேன்.
‘‘ஒரு நெடிய பயணத்தை முடித்து வைப்பதற்காக மட்டும் நான் இங்கு வரவில்லை.இதைக்காட்டிலும் ஒரு நீண்ட இலட்சியப் பயணத்தைத் தொடங்கி வைப்பதற்காகவும் இங்கே வந்திருக்கிறேன். அது ஈழ விடுதலைக்கான இலட்சிய பயணம்’’
என்று நான் சொன்ன போது கூட்டத்தில் எழுந்த கரவொலி அடங்க நெடுநேரம் ஆனது. அந்தக் கூட்டம் வரவேற்றுக் கைதட்டியது எனக்காக அல்ல. நான் சாதாரணமானவன்; சாமானியமானவன்! நான் உன்னைப் போல் பெரிய பேச்சாளனும் அல்ல, பெருமைக்குரிய தலைமைத் தகுதி பெற்றவனும் அல்ல!
தம்பி!
அந்த வரவேற்பு நான் உன் மீது நம்பிக்கை வைத்துச் சொன்ன கருத்துக்காக! நீ அதற்கு தகுதியானவன் என்பதற்கான அங்கீகாரத்துக்காக!!
இன்று நாட்டிலே ஈழ விடுதலை பற்றி எத்தனையோ பேர் பேசுகிறார்கள்.
நான் உன்னைத்தான் நம்பினேன்.
உன்னை மட்டுமே நம்பினேன்.
என் நம்பிக்கை நட்சத்திரமே!
தேர்தல் காற்றடித்ததிலேயே உதிர்ந்து போய் விட்டாயே!
விதைக்காக வைத்திருந்த நெல் விற்பனைக்குப் போகலாமா?!
நீ எழுச்சி மிக்க இளைஞர் பட்டாளத்தைக் கொண்டிருக்கும் ஓர் இயக்கத்தின் தலைவன் என்றுதான் நம்பிக் கொண்டிருந்தேன்.
உன் கட்சியைத்தான் நான் இயக்கம் என்றும் கருதியிருந்தேன். இயக்கம் வேறு! கட்சி வேறு!
தம்பி!
பாண்டவர் சூதாடு களத்துக்குப் போனது போல் நீ ஏன் சூதாடு களத்துக்கு போயிருக்கிறாய்? தேர்தல் என்பது சூதாடு களம் அல்லாமல் வேறு என்ன?
இந்தியாவில் ஜனநாயகம் கல்லறைக்குள்ளே நிரந்தரமாகப் புதைக்கப்பட்டு விட்டது!
தேர்தல் சூதாடு களத்துக்கு போவது தான் போகிறாய், யாரோடு சேர்ந்து நீ போகிறாய்?
மோடியை நாட்டுக்குப் பிரதமராக முடி சூட்டப்போவது அறிவார்ந்த செயலா?
கொழும்பில் ஒரு ராஜபக்ஷே என்றால், குஜராத்திலும் ஒரு ராஜபக்ஷே!
அருமைத் தம்பி!
நீ படிக்காத எதையும் நான் படித்திருக்கவில்லை.
1946 ம் ஆண்டு மே மாதம் 15 ம் நாள் கோட்சேவைப் புனேவுக்கு வரவழைத்து இந்துராஷ்ட்ரா பத்திரிகை தொடங்குவதற்காக சாவர்க்கர் பதினைந்தாயிரம்
ரூபாய் கொடுத்தார். அந்த இந்து ராஷ்ட்ராவை இலட்சியமாகக் கொண்டவர் தான் மோடி. அதனால் தான் ஊடகங்கள் அத்தனையும் வரிந்து கட்டிக் கொண்டு மோடிக்கு பட்டாபிஷேகம் நடத்தியே தீருவது என்று புறப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன.
இந்தியாவைக் கலவர பூமியாக்க அயோத்தியில் மசூதியை இடித்த அத்வானியைக் கூட புறந்தள்ளி விட்டு மோடிக்கு மகுடம் சூட்டத் துடிக்கிறார்களே ஏன்?
விழுந்து கிடக்கும் இந்து ராஷ்ட்ராவைத் தூக்கி நிறுத்தும் இலட்சிய வீரர் மோடி என்று கருதுகிறார்கள். அந்தக் கருத்தில் பிழையில்லை. அந்த வேலைக்கு மோடி தகுதியானவர் தான்.
2002 ம் ஆண்டு;
இராட்டை சுற்றிய அரை நிர்வாணப் பக்கிரி காந்தி பிறந்த மண்ணில் நர வேட்டையாடிய மகாத்மா, மாமனிதர் மோடி தானே!
மனித நேயத்துக்கு மரண தண்டனை கொடுத்தவர் அந்த மகான் தானே!
2002 ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த ரயில் எரிப்புச் சம்பவத்துக்குப் பின்னால் குஜராத்தே கொலைக்களமாக மாறிப் போயிற்றே நினைவில்லையா?
பர்தா போட்டவர்கள் என்கிற காரணத்துக்காகவே பட்டப்பகலில் வெட்ட வெளியில் வைத்து பாலியல் வன்முறைக்கு ஆளாக்கி கொன்றொழிக்கப்பட்டார்களே!
நிறைமாதக் கர்ப்பிணிகளின் வயிற்றைக் கிழித்துச் சிசுவை எடுத்துப் பெட்ரோல் ஊற்றி எரிந்து கொண்டிருந்த நெருப்பில் போட்டுத் தகனம் செய்தார்களே!
பெஸ்ட் பேக்கரி முற்றிலும் எரிந்து சாம்பலானது போல பலபேர் சாம்பலாகிப் போனார்களே!
இத்தனை கோரச் சம்பவங்களையும் நாச நர்த்தனத்தையும் கண்டும் காணாமல் தடுக்க நினைக்காமல் காவல்துறையே துணை நின்றது.
அதை மறந்து விட்டாயா?
ஈழத்தில் நம் உறவுகளைப் படுகொலைக்கு ஆளாக்கி விட்டு வெற்றிக் களிப்போடு வந்த ராஜபக்ஷேவுக்கு மது விருந்து கொடுத்து மகிழ்ந்த சோனியாவுக்கும் மன்மோகனுக்கும், மகான் வேஷம் போட்டு வருகிற இந்த மோடிக்கும் என்ன வேறுபாடு?
இதையெல்லாம் பார்க்கிற போது, கேட்கிற போது மனித நேயம் மிக்கவர்களின் இதயத்தில் எரிமலை வெடிக்க வேண்டாமா?
உனக்கு அப்படி வெடிக்கவில்லையா?
உன் இதயம் துடிக்கவில்லையா?
வேறு வழியில்லையே, என்கிறாயா தம்பி?
தேர்தல் அரசியலுக்கு வழிகாட்டிய அண்ணா வழி இந்த நேரத்தில் பயன்படாது என்ற நிலை வரும் போது பெரியார் வழியைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்துக் கொள்வது தானே உன்னைப் போன்ற இலட்சியவாதிக்கு அழகு!
வழி முக்கியம் அல்ல! வெற்றிதான் முக்கியம் இது வடவர் கொள்கை.
வெற்றி முக்கியம் அல்ல! வழிதான் முக்கியம் இது தமிழர் கொள்கை.
நான் இன்னும் ஒன்றை உன்னைப் பார்த்துக் கேட்கிறேன்.
இந்திய நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் உனக்கு என்ன வேலை தம்பி?
பிரிட்டிஷ் நாடாளுமன்றமாவது நம் தமிழினத்துக்குத் துணை நிற்கும்.
பிரிட்டிஷ் பிரதமர் கேமரூனாவது தமிழினத்துக்காக மனமிரங்குவார்.
மன்மோகனுக்கே மனிதநேயம் இல்லாமல் போன பின்னாலே
ஒரு பாவமும் அறியாத மக்களுக்கு மரண ஓலை எழுதிய மோடிக்கா இருக்கப் போகிறது?
கூப்பிடு தூரத்தில் நடந்த மாபெரும் இனப்படுகொலைக்கு ‘கலியுக அர்ச்சுனன்’
கண்டனம் தெரிவித்தாரா? இரண்டு சொட்டு கண்ணீர் சிந்தினாரா?
சுஷ்மா சுவராஜ் கொழும்புக்குப் பறந்து போய் சிங்கள ஹிட்லர் கொடுத்த விருந்திலே கலந்து கொண்டு அவனை வியந்து பாராட்டி வாழ்த்துக் கூறிவிட்டு வந்தாரே! இதிலிருந்து மோடியை நீ வேறுபடுத்திப் பார்க்கிறாயா?
தம்பி!
ஒருக்கால், நீ இந்தக் கூட்டணியில் இடம் பெற்று வெற்றி பெற்றாலும் பெறலாம். ஆனால் உன் இலட்சியம், உன் கொள்கை அந்த வெற்றியால் படுதோல்வியைச் சந்திக்கும் என்பதை மறந்து விடாதே!
பதவியும் பணமும் கொள்கை கோட்பாடுகளைக்
கொன்றொழிக்கும் கொலைக்கருவிகள்’’
இதுதான் நான் படித்த தத்துவம்.
தம்பி!
இதை, நான் உனக்கு சொல்லாமல் வேறு யாருக்குச் சொல்வேன்?
இதை, நான் உனக்குச் சொல்லாமல் வேறு யார் உனக்குச் சொல்வார்கள்?
என் உயவு நோயை மன உளைச்சலை உனக்குத் தெரிவிக்கிறேன்.
அது என் நீங்காத கடமை.
இதை நீ எப்படி எடுத்துக் கொண்டாலும் அது பற்றி நான் கவலைப்பட மாட்டேன்.
நான் ஒரு பத்திரிகையின் கடைசிப் பக்க அட்டைப் படத்தைப் பார்த்தேன்.
உன் கட்சித் தோழர்கள் உருவகப்படுத்தி வரைந்த ஓவியத்தையும் பார்த்தேன்.
பாவம், அவர்களுக்கு தெரியாது தம்பி; நீ ஈரோட்டுத் தேரை இந்து ராஷ்ட்ராவை ஏற்றி வருவதற்காக குஜராத்திற்குப் போகிறாயா தம்பி?
நீ ஏற்றி வரப்போகிறவர் தர்மத்தைச் சூது கவ்வும் என்று சொன்ன அர்ச்சுனனும் அல்ல! நீ கண்ணனும் அல்ல!
துரியோதனனுக்கு தேரோட்டப் போகும் கர்ணன் நீ!
நான் சொல்ல வேண்டியதைச் சொல்லி விட்டேன்;
உன் விருப்பம் போல் செய் தம்பி!
அன்புடன்
புலமைப்பித்தன்.
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Batticaloa Catholic Bishop asks for general amnesty to political prisoners
Batticaloa Catholic Bishop asks for general amnesty to political prisoners
January 27, 2014 6:15 am
By Our Batticaloa Correspondent CT
The Batticaloa Catholic Bishop, Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Ponniah, has requested the Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, to offer a general amnesty to the Tamil political prisoners or rehabilitate them and reintegrate them into the society.
The Defence Secretary paid a courtesy call on the Batticaloa Catholic Bishop Rt.Rev. Dr.Ponniah, at the Batticaloa Bishop’s house on Thursday.
During the discussion the Batticaloa Bishop requested the Defence Secretary to expedite the process to release the Tamil political prisoners by offering them with a general amnesty or to take measures to rehabilitate them and integrate them into the society.
The Bishop also pointed out to the Defence Secretary that several families have been affected as a result of their bread winners having been detained for several years without any legal action.
Responding to the Bishop the Defence Secretary said that he was also willing to rehabilitate the Tamil political prisoners and if they really preferred to undergo rehabilitation they could express their consent through their lawyers.
The Batticaloa Bishop also explained to the Defence Secretary on the poverty stricken state of the people of the Easters Province and urged him to look into the ways and means of providing job opportunities to the youth in the province.
According to the Bishop the Batticaloa District remains a backward region as a result of the natural resources in the area not being utilized properly.
The Defence Secretary also brought to the notice of the Batticaloa Bishop that 100 development projects will be launched in the Batticaloa area this year.
January 27, 2014 6:15 am
By Our Batticaloa Correspondent CT
The Batticaloa Catholic Bishop, Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Ponniah, has requested the Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, to offer a general amnesty to the Tamil political prisoners or rehabilitate them and reintegrate them into the society.
The Defence Secretary paid a courtesy call on the Batticaloa Catholic Bishop Rt.Rev. Dr.Ponniah, at the Batticaloa Bishop’s house on Thursday.
During the discussion the Batticaloa Bishop requested the Defence Secretary to expedite the process to release the Tamil political prisoners by offering them with a general amnesty or to take measures to rehabilitate them and integrate them into the society.
The Bishop also pointed out to the Defence Secretary that several families have been affected as a result of their bread winners having been detained for several years without any legal action.
Responding to the Bishop the Defence Secretary said that he was also willing to rehabilitate the Tamil political prisoners and if they really preferred to undergo rehabilitation they could express their consent through their lawyers.
The Batticaloa Bishop also explained to the Defence Secretary on the poverty stricken state of the people of the Easters Province and urged him to look into the ways and means of providing job opportunities to the youth in the province.
According to the Bishop the Batticaloa District remains a backward region as a result of the natural resources in the area not being utilized properly.
The Defence Secretary also brought to the notice of the Batticaloa Bishop that 100 development projects will be launched in the Batticaloa area this year.
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