Shed
Extremist & Selfish Politics & Uphold International Law
Ira de Silva London, Ontario,
Canada
Executive Director
National Peace Council
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dear Sir:
Re: Shed Extremist & Selfish Politics & Uphold International
Law January 17,2008
Having just read your media release of January 17,2008, your organization
once again while shedding crocodile tears for the innocent civilians
killed by the LTTE seems to use the occasion for your own brand of "selfish
politics". To satisfy your foreign donors whose agenda you have
to follow to keep your funding intact, you refer to the "current
phase" of the conflict leading to atrocities against the civilian
population clearly ignoring that in ALL phases of the conflict the LTTE
has committed atrocities against civilians. It has never been your stance
to condemn the LTTE for these atrocities.
As for "upholding international law" when has your organization
called on the LTTE to uphold any law? Where was the international community
calling for "international law" when the LTTE continually
attacked and terrorised civilians in numbers to numerous to list? As
for Louise Arbour, her statement ignores the constant failure of the
LTTE to uphold any law and that the LTTE has ignored all that she claims
needs to be done i.e; arbitrary deprivation of life, arbitrary detention,
torture, deployment of child soldiers etc. Why was Louise Arbour silent
when the LTTE was violating the CFA thousands of times killing civilians
even the Foreign Minister? It is obvious that she has not even a vague
knowledge of the CFA and the fact that it was not only illegal but that
the LTTE "violated" it from the outset and considered it "defunct"
long before the government gave notice of it's abrogation. The same
applies to the National Peace Council and while Ms. Arbour can be excused,
your organization operating from Sri Lanka has no such excuse except
that it is biased against the government and people of Sri Lanka at
the behest of foreign donors. As for holding violators accountable under
international law the question she has not answered is why the LTTE
leaders in the west are operating with her knowledge, with the knowledge
of the governments of the countries they are living in most of which
countries have listed the LTTE as a terrorist organisation and the enforcers
of so-called international law are doing nothing to apprehend them and
hold them accountable. In this regard both Ms. Arbour and your organization
seem to have the same form of amnesia and bias.
Organizations such as UNICEF and UNESCO have been recently exposed as
being blatantly biased. I refer to the actions of UNICEF personnel joining
in demonstrations against the GOSL in clear contravention of their role
as well as the biased statement of the director of UNESCO when the Tiger
radio station was bombed. These organisations have clearly demonstrated
that they are staffed by personnel who are supportive of the LTTE and
Ms. Arbour and you who bemoan the abrogation of the ceasefire also seem
to want it to continue so that the LTTE can continue to bomb, massacre
etc. protected by an illegal agreement. In this backdrop it is imperative
that the government maintain it's stand and resists UN field monitors
and closely scrutinize the track record of any civil monitoring organizations
as so far their records are, to say the least, suspect.
It is correct to call on the political parties to shed their selfish,
extremist policies and work for the good of Sri Lanka. The same would
apply to the National Peace Council and other like organizations who
so far have had a dubious track record in their attitudes and actions.
Yours truly,
Ira de Silva
London, Ontario, Canada
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