Canadian Tamil Congress’s (CTC) Pongal festival & Rupavahini…
Posted on January 17th, 2018
Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada
His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka, Honourable Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Heads of Departments,
I received the following Facebook Communication sent out by the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) from a friend in Toronto regarding their Thaipongal event scheduled to be held on the 20th of January 2018. The CTC has been a leading spokesperson for the proscribed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It was formed soon after the US State Department listed the Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils (FACT) as a front organization for the LTTE with a new name and new faces to carry on the propaganda and support services for the LTTE.
What I found to be intriguing is the fact that the Tamil Broadcasting Service of Sri Lanka’s state owned Rupavahini is said to be travelling to Toronto to cover this event. The CTC has stated that they had not invited Rupavahini, but that Rupavahini requested that they be allowed to cover the event, to which they agreed.
I am aware that CTC officials recently travelled to Sri Lanka to meet with government ministers and officials, and most likely sought coverage by Rupavahini of their mono-ethnic Thaipongal celebrations where they may well have a program to remember their heroes in the LTTE who engaged in suicide bombings, ethnic cleansing, assassinations and numerous acts of violence and murder. Father Emmanuel who resides in Germany, who previously compared the LTTE Supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran to Jesus Christ was also in Sri Lanka at the same time as a VIP, and he too may have nudged the Sri Lankan authorities to send their Rupavahini team to Toronto.
At a time when ordinary Sri Lankans are struggling to survive with escalating living costs relating to higher sales taxes and income taxes, the government of Sri Lanka which has hitherto never covered events organized by the country’s diplomatic missions to improve inter-community relations aimed at building reconciliation have not been covered live by the state media. I suppose the Minister in charge of the Media has good reasons for incurring a large expense in scarce foreign funds for this tamasha in terms of the secret talks he has previously had in Singapore, etc., with the Tamil diaspora represented by the LTTE front organizations operating in western countries.
Yours sincerely,
Mahinda Gunasekera
Toronto, Canada
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SL Media ministry Rupavakini TV & the progress of reconciliation efforts by the Sri Lankan government ???
According to CTC News : Rupavahini’s (Sri Lankan TV) Tamil service officials contacted CTC directly ?
WOW – I CANT BELIEVE THIS
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Rev. FATHER Emmanuel contacted / SRI Lanka MEDIA MINSTER during his visit to CMB:-) ??? He visit CMB every day :-)
Source : F/B social media
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Canadian Tamil Congress’s (CTC) Pongal festival & Rupavakini…
Dear CTC Members, Supporters and Friends,
Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) will be proudly hosting its eleventh Annual Thai Pongal Gala Dinner on January 20th 2018.
There are some rumours being spread about the upcoming CTC dinner with the intent of tarnishing the organization. We would like to share with you, the facts in regard to a particular media from Sri Lanka requesting to cover our dinner event.
Rupavahini’s (Sri Lankan TV) Tamil service officials contacted CTC directly and expressed their interest in covering the CTC Pongal dinner. We had informed these Tamil staff at Rupavahini, we will permit them to cover the event the same way we do for all other medias. We will not sponsor any expenses for any of medias covering our dinner event.
CTC advocates for media rights and freedom globally, thus our decisions will always reflect these core democratic principles.
Wishing you a Very Happy, Healthy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year.
அன்பான கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை உறுப்பினர்களே, ஆதரவாளர்களே, நண்பர்களே,
கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை, தனது பதினோராவது பொங்கல் விழா இரா விருந்தை வருகின்ற சனவரி 20, 2018 அன்று பெருமையுடன் நடத்துகின்றது.
இத்தருணத்தில் கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவையின் பெயருக்கு களங்கம் விளைவிக்கும் வகையில் அவதூறுச் செய்தி பரப்பப்பட்டுவருகின்றது. அதைப்பற்றிய உண்மைத் தகவலை உங்களுக்கு அறிவிக்கவேண்டிய கடப்பாடு எமக்குள்ளது.
கனடியத் தமிழர்களின் அருமை பெருமைகளை தமிழரல்லாதவர்களும், குறிப்பாக கனடிய அரசியல்வாதிகளும் அறியும் வகையில் பொங்கல் விழாவை கடந்த பத்தாண்டுகளாக கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை பெருமையுடன் கொண்டாடி வருகின்றது.
சிறிலங்காவில் இயங்கும் ரூபவாகினியின் தமிழ்ச்சேவை கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவையின் பொங்கல் விழாவை ஒளிபரப்ப அனுமதி கோரியிருந்தது. நாம் ரூபவாகினித் தமிழ்ச் சேவைக்கு, ஏனைய ஊடகங்களுக்கு அளித்த அனுமதியை அவர்களுக்கும் வழங்கமுடியும் என்று கூறினோம். எமது இரா விருந்தை ஒளிபரப்புச் செய்ய எந்த ஊடகத்துக்கும் நாம் பொருளுதவி வழங்கவில்லை.
கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவை உலகெங்கும் உள்ள ஊடகங்களின் உரிமைக்காகவும், சுதந்திரதிற்காகவும் குரல்கொடுத்து வருகின்றது. அந்தவகையில், எமது முடிவுகள் கனடியத் தமிழர் பேரவையின் மையக்கொள்கையை என்றும் பிரதிபலிக்கும்.
உங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் நலமும், மகிழ்ச்சியும் நிறைந்த விடுமுறைகால, புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துகள்.
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January 18th, 2018 at 6:20 am
Sira wants to get more & more votes for his next election.So this ILLETERATE,POLONNARUWA HANG GORAKA IS EVERYTHING TO SATISFY THE DIRTYY,TAMIL,LTTE MEMBERS THINKING THAT HE CAN WIN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.He talks bullshit about Great Rajapaksas WHO LIBERATED SRI LANKA FROM THE KILLER SQUADS OF LTTE TAMILS.Sira’s daughter is making BILLIONS & BILLIONS Rss BY AWRDING CONTRACTS TO HER FAVOURITES WHICH NONE SPEAKS ABOUT.But WE IN USA R AWARE OF ALL THOSE TRICKY DEALINGS!!! Very soon,”DHITTA DHAMMA VEDANEEYA KARMAY” will befall on ALL THESE ROBBERS & WILL HAVE TO SUFFER IN HELL!!!