Ranil?s Milestones are LTTE
Landmarks
Dilrook Kannangara
Ranil celebrates 30 years in politics on or around the Black July day.
It is no coincident as coincidents do not happen in such frequency.
It was the happiest day of his life when R Premadasa was killed by a
LTTE bomb (whoever planned it); soon after the incident DB Wijetunga
broke the good news that Ranil is going to be the next PM and if things
go well, the future president. This was a landmark for the LTTE as it
succeeded in killing for the first time, a president. By this time,
allegedly the LTTE has also killed his other would-be opponent –
Lalith.
Unfortunately, for Ranil, Gamini, Premachandra, etc. stormed into the
UNP leadership. Ranil got married when the largest Naval vassal of the
SLN at that time was sunk by the LTTE. Wedding bells turned jingle bells
that Christmas for Ranil when in a landmark explosion (obviously it
was so only for the terrorists), tigers managed to dictate who contest
presidential elections in Sri Lanka and who don’t. It was a milestone
for Ranil in his long march to setting up the record of becoming the
longest standing Opposition Leader in Sri Lanka.
Then luck shone on his face again when a tiger suicide bomber almost
killed the first woman president in its menu. Having obtained all benefits
from Lucky Algama, Ranil let him go without a word of condemnation on
the very same day. That day marked another big achievement for the LTTE
when it attacked two election campaigns on the same night.
In 2001, Ranil started his long march to premiership alongside the LTTE
bombardment of the airport. It was a milestone for both and both leveraged
maximum positive political clout from it. Ranil became the PM again,
an unforgettable day in his political life and an even more important
day for the LTTE when its henchmen formed into a parliamentary group
by the name TNA. Ranil’s ‘statesmanship’ was at peak
when he signed the CFA in 2002 and so was Parabakaran’s. Both the
Batalanda and Aranthalawa killers came to a pact to kill more in the
name of peace. For the first time, the LTTE leader could make his statements
over the national TV, a privilege denied even to the elected president
at that time!
In 2004 the parliament was dissolved and Ranil was fast losing his support
and so was the LTTE. While Ranil lost the electorate the LTTE lost Karuna.
Both were weeping their losses. This was a sad milestone in both of
their lives they wished never happened and marked the steady decline
of their influence. More and more followed the defection trend and joined
with the government from Ranil’s camp. Both Ranil and the LTTE
condemned it calling it opportunistic.
Then came Ranil’s 58th birthday and a big leap forward for the
tigers when they launched their first air ‘attack’. There
were a series of tiger air attacks when Ranil was enjoying a period
of ‘raja yoga’. His raja yoga eventually won him Mangala.
He wedded Mangala on the day the Thoppigala liberation was officially
announced. It was a new phase in Ranil’s political life and of
course that of the LTTE as well.
Now both are planning to celebrate the Black July with a bang. The LTTE
is determined to make it a memorable day for them when Ranil celebrates
his 30th year in active politics. Will there be a tiger air show and
a tiger gun salute in honour of this great political character? Well,
Ranil expects it. It is worth the while to think over the actors behind
the July 1983 events; it was indeed Parabakaran and Ranil's uncle; now
they are together again to celebrate it!
The day Ranil becomes a father will coincidentally mark the birth of
Tamil Elam. It would be the happiest day for both Ranil and the LTTE.
This will also mark the silencing of their critics for good who called
them highly incompetent and power-hungry.
Its a good thing that their dreams have now turned into nightmares as
the Biblical verse goes, "One who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow".
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