UNP 'undermining TNA' | |||||||||
The largest Tamil party in parliament the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) has accused the main oppostion party in Sri Lanka, United National Party(UNP) of undermining its political inidividuality, the TNA General Secretary has told the BBC Tamil Service. War of words have broken out between the TNA and UNP over the nomination of the TNA MP Sumanthiran to the parliament council by the leader of the opposition. The nomination was immediately rejected by the TNA. UNP leader Ranil Wikramasinghe then went on record saying that he nominated the TNA MP knowing well they would reject it. "This is undermining the political individualtiy of the TNA" Selvam Adaikalanathan, one of the General Secertaries of the TNA told BBC Tamilosai. Cooperation for development Sumanthiran's nomination was done by the opposition leader without consulting either him or his party says the TNA General Secretary.
According the controversial 18 th amendment to the Sri Lankan consitituion which was passed by the parliamemt a few days ago, a five member parliament council which will recommend heads of organisations like Election Commission, Judicial Commission, Human Rights Commission, Police Commission, Public commission and others However the President can either accept or reject it . The five member Parliament council including the speaker, prime minister, leader of the oppostion and one member nominated by the PM and oppostion leader. "We voted against the 18 th amendment along with the JVP while the UNP boycotted the voting" points out Selvam Adaikalanathan. "That being the case nominating a MP from our party is undermining the our individuality," argues the TNA General Secretary. The TNA aslo wants "Ranil Wikramasinghe to stop such activities in future". "We respect Ranil as leader of the oppostion, however we don’t approve of any acitivities aimed at weakening us", Selvam Adaikalanathan further said. The TNA had made it clear to the President that it will cooperate with him in all aspects of welfare activities of the Tamil people says Adaikalanathan cautioning at the same time that, the TNA will continue to oppose the government on anti people policies. Selvam Adaikalanathan also points out that "till date the government has not placed any concrete proposals regarding political solution to the decades long ethnic conflict" in spite of the fact that the TNA has assured to discuss with the government on such proposals. He also told the Tamil Service that the local citizens of mannar district have urged the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to have a sitting in mannar so that the locals there will also have a chance to voice their opinion. The LLRC after hearing the views of the residents in Killinochi for two days is going the Mullaitheevu for the people to testify before them. The years long civil war came to an end in May 2009 when the LTTE was militarily defeated and its leader Prabakarans body was found on the banks of the Nandikadal lagoon in the Mullaitheevu district. | |||||||||
Sunday, September 19, 2010
UNP 'undermining TNA'
We respect Ranil as leader of the oppostion, however we don’t approve of any acitivities aimed at weakening us
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Ranil Wickremesinghe’s manifesto is always paving the way for mortgaging Sri Lanka to international community, World Bank, IMF and the multinational corporations.
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Almost all the anti-Tamil programmes were initiated and implemented by the UNP.
It was the UNP leaders who were in Jaffna directly organized and supervised the torching and burning of the Jaffna Library, the new market, shops, houses and buildings in 1981. Ranil Wickremesinghe was a part of this UNP government. An organized mob went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 2, 1981, burning the Jaffna public library. It was one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the last century.
Ranil Wickremesinhe was a cabinet minister when the 1983 antiTamil pogrom was initiated by the UNP government led his uncle President J.R.Jeyawardene. Under principles of parliamentary democracy guided by collective responsibility Ranil Wickremesinghe too is guilty of the crimes committed against the Tamils in 1983. It was when Ranil Wickremesinghe was a Cabinet Minister; the UNP Government initiated war as a solution to the ethnic conflict. Ranil Wickremesinghe was a member of inner UNP Cabinet that organized and supervised military operations against the Tamils.
Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered and witnessed the execution of hundreds of innocent young men from Kelaniya area in his torture chamber in Batalanda in 1989 which was confirmed by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry which comprised retired judges. The courts rejected charges based on technical issues, not factual issues. Since Ranil Wickremesinghe committed these horrendous crimes in Batalanda, Ranil Wickremesinghe had to abandon not only his electorate of Biyagama, but also the Gampaha District. Since these murders Ranil Wickremesinghe is an MP without an electorate – thanks to his uncle J. R. Jayawardene’s constitution. After the 1989 Batalanda mass murder, Ranil Wickremesinghe recruited a convicted killer and multiple criminal Gonawala Sunil as his secretary. Ranil Wickremesinghe’s secretary Gonawala Sunil went around killing and intimidating people Ranil Wickremesinghe wanted to be silenced. Ranil Wickremesinghe’s corruption in “LH Plantations” has been highlighted with excruciating details by his closest ally Mangala Samaraweera. Ranil Wickremesinghe’s very close family members own several newspapers, broadcasting and telecasting stations which promote Ranil Wickremesinghe and help to prolong his political survival.
-Nalliah Thayabharan