Insight By Sunil Kumar

It seems rather high handed  and irresponsible for Former Supreme
Court Judge and MP CV Wigneshwaran of no mean repute as a trouble
maker relative to Sinhala Tamil matters to make what appears to be a
latent threat to the Government of Sri Lanka based on the full
implementation of the 13th  Amendment and needs to be confronted
relative to the high handed and authoritative nature of a statement he
has made as there seems to be an inciting nature to it beyond being an
idle threat.

There seems to be an angry  public lobby against this statement,
questioning “Just who the hell is he to make such contentious remarks?
” and in all probabilities need to be warned to refrain from such
public statements against the Government as he seems to have forgotten
the capacity in which he has been entrusted with and the office he has
been appointed to and appears to have been a little (to put it mildly)
carried away.

It seems questionable  that  in what capacity and what motivation does
Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kutani (TMTK) leader C.V. Wigneswaran, MP, have
to  warn the Government of Sri Lanka not to create an environment that
may lead to the re-deployment of the Indian Army here.The Jaffna
District MP issued the warning at a media briefing held in Jaffna
recently.Has he stepped out of line relative to his responsibilities
and is he trying to create unforeseen problems in hinting at the
Indian Government’s readiness to send in armed forces which were once
sent back with tails between their legs or is this wishful thinking on
his part?

Declaring that the outcome of the ongoing efforts to settle the
North-East problem on the basis of the 13th Amendment to the
Constitution could be dangerous, the retired Supreme Court Judge
warned that India could redeploy its forces here in case of fresh
troubles in the region.Something he needs to be confronted about with
perhaps a severe  admonition to watch his rhetoric and stay away from
matters he is in no capacity to comment on as the  matter is being
dealt with fully by the Administration of Sri Lanka with the full
knowledge of the Indian Government where Wigneshwaran’s incisive
sounding statement is a mere embarrassment to India.

The former Northern Province Governor was referring to the deployment
of Indian forces (July 1987-March 1990) in terms of the Indo-Lanka
Accord signed on July 29, 1987 under  the instigation of New Delhi
almost like a veiled threat.
Pointing out the activities of other external powers here, the MP said
that ” in case India sent its Army here, it wouldn’t be easy to send
them back” another of his high handed statements that could easily
disrupt and possibly destroy the good rapport which   presently exists
between then two countries.

While acknowledging that there was no likelihood of a repetition of
July 1983 type violence Wigneswaran expressed fears of destructive
incidents in case the government tried to devolve powers in terms of
the 13th Amendment to the Constitution  which is a mere figment of his
imagination nonetheless and not for him to comment on sans the
credentials for such.
Sri Lanka enacted 13th Amendment in late 1988  where to all intents
and purposes this should suffice towards the resolution of what it
means for Sri Lanka as harmony between the Majority and Minority where
there seems to be no question about the disparity that could throw
into imbalance what would be the outcome.
The Constitution and the Laws of the Land must prevail not the
frustrations of ‘ flybyniters’  !