SRI LANKA SHOULD STAND STRONG
Ratnajeewa Halpita
The Sri Lanka Monitory Mission has done it again. They continue to
be the mouth piece of the LTTE Terrorists. The out going SLMM chief
has made a statement to say that the murder of the 17 NGO workers
in Muttur was carried out by the SL army! The observations are made
on undisclosed evidence!! Further more the SLMM chief goes on to say
that he has made his conclusions on “reliable sources” whom
he does not want to expose. This type of conclusions do not stand
the credibility of gossip that emerge at female bathing wells! He
has also spoken on a matter that is currently under investigations
and this amounts to contempt of the legal system of the country. What
does these men think they are?
It is good to note that it has been very elaborately and comprehensively
shown by observers and eminent lawyers of Sri Lanka that the SLMM
chief’s observations have a major discrepancy on dates of the
said incident. The workers were murdered on a time frame where the
town was under the LTTE captivity (These time frames were given by
experts in forensic medicine and not by SLMM’s undisclosed gossip
mongers). This shows that the SL army entered Muttur after the NGO
workers were killed. This fact itself is enough to make the SLMM report
null and void.
The type of “Observations” the SLMM put forward with faulty
dates, unreliable and unknown sources are not even worth for a trash
bin. But it is an irony that world authorities are taking such bias
comments seriously and are keen on acting on these without looking
in to the credibility of the report. It could be partly due to the
fact that we Sri Lanka has given a high degree of recognition to the
SLMM enabling them to pass judgment on a legitimate government considering
them in par with an unlawful terrorist organization. This policy of
the SLMM had been going on for some time and the SLMM had acted as
if it is even above the GOSL. The GOSL under the previous weak leaders
with “ Colonial slave” mentality had been cowered and shameless
enough to cow down to these intimidations. The time has come for the
GOSL to be strong and stand up to its dignity and not let these “White
men” treat us as if they are our masters and let us be treated
as their slaves.
This is also partly due to letting the SLMM who have been pro terrorist
and anti government from the beginning to function in that way unopposed.
When the LTTE found that the SLMM has got individuals that could be
impartial and not to their liking, they immediately asked them to
leave and not by request but by threat!! The members of the SLMM had
their tails under their hind legs when the LTTE ordered them and did
not raise a word in protest. They did not even listen to the GOSL
request to remain in the country!! Could the difference be that the
LTTE had a leadership that would not bend over in front of any one
and the past GOSL leaders were doing so ever so readily? The time
has come for President MR to show that he is a true son of the soil
who is not ready to be made a puppet by the Colonial masters.
The SLMM chief has been extremely fast in fact finding and passing
the judgment on this issue when considering the relative negligence
he showed on the Sri Lankan foreign minister’s killing, the attempt
on the life of the Sri Lankan army commander, Kebilithigollewa massacre
and other atrocities that were obviously committed by the LTTE terrorists.
Having such bias set of jokers as monitors to a peace process is detrimental
to any country who is fighting to maintain its territorial integrity.
The GOSL should very seriously consider asking the SLMM be replaced
by another country.
It should also be noted that president MR had asked the LTTE leader
to come forward directly for peace talks to arrive at a negotiated
settlement to the issue. This is a very bold and straight forward
invitation. If the terrorists are genuinely interested in peace, this
could be their best chance and there should not be a third party to
do the match making. If the terrorists are not prepared to do so they
should be wiped out in order to save Sri Lanka and the Tamil community
from the atrocities of the terrorists.
Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and no others should dictate terms
to us on how to deal with our enemies. Especially we should not be
manipulated by any other party when dealing with terrorism when the
whole world is interested in eradicating terrorism. It is worth while
to remember US, Britain and Australia have adopted a policy “Not
to negotiate with the Terrorists” and all other countries respect
and recognize their stance. They do not request US, Britain and Australia
to “negotiate” or “return to the negotiating table”
nor do they try to broke peace between these countries and the terrorists.
