What is National Security for

Rajapaksa(s)?

It is crystal clear that President Sirisena won the Presidential election

with the
overwhelming support of Tamils in the North, East and the upcountry
obviously Muslims as well. The fact of the matter is that although Tamils are
a numerical minority, they are capable of determining the political future of
Sri Lanka. It was proved not only in the last Presidential election but also on
several other occasions since independence. The Sinhala racist parties and
individuals like the Rajapaksas in the South are well aware of this and are
paranoid because of it!

by S. V. Kirubaharan, France
( April 27, 2015, Paris, Sri Lanka Guardian) I am one of those who believed that
bringing back Mahinda Rajapaksa as President was the only way forward for the
people in the North and East to find a durable political solution with the support of
the International Community, especially the help of India. I wrote extensively on this
subject during the last Presidential election.
It is crystal clear that President Sirisena won the Presidential election with the
overwhelming support of Tamils in the North, East and the upcountry obviously
Muslims as well. The fact of the matter is that although Tamils are a numerical
minority, they are capable of determining the political future of Sri Lanka. It was proved
not only in the last Presidential election but also on several other occasions since
independence. The Sinhala racist parties and individuals like the Rajapaksas in the
South are well aware of this and are paranoid because of it!
Since losing the Presidential election, Rajapaksa has said on many platforms that it
was because of Tamil votes that he was defeated. Anyone who listened to Rajapaksas
speeches during the Presidential campaign and on another occasion in Jaffna will
realise that he is an arrogant racist.
Since the new regime came into power, the international community has been
watching their activities and progress closely. Former Parliamentarian and member of
the Northern Provincial Council Mr Sivajelingam said in one of the NGO briefings in
the last (28th) session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, that the present
regime has made some cosmetic changes in the North and East. However on the
basis of recent information we receive from the North and East, we will agree that
since the new regime came into power, aggressive activities (arrest, detention, rape,
murder, land grab, etc) have decreased, compared to what the tyrant Rajapaksas
regime did to the people in those areas.
Land grabs carried out by Rajapaksas regime in the North and East have not been
practiced by the present regime. But the wrong-doing of the tyrant regime in the past
has still not been rectified. There is still a long way to go.
Rajapaksas shedding Crocodile tears
Defeated Rajapaksa now talks about so-called national security. The person who
allowed his family members to draw fortune from public funds is talking about national
security! After all, Rajapaksas ruined the wealth of the country; he has now found a

trump card national security. This must be the joke of the year or century.
As far as the Rajapakas are concerned, national security means, the people in the
North and East should be harassed, raped and killed, also religious places like
mosques, churches and temples should be set on fire by hooligans. However, there is
a long way to go before one can consider the present regime as promoting good
governance and following democracy norms.
According to the information that we are receiving the innocent parents and family
members of ex-cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE are to a certain
extent living peacefully after many years. Under the earlier regime, they were
harassed to the maximum.
However, the power-crazy Rajapaksas are still trying to do their bankrupt politics by
bringing up the name of the LTTE. This is to gain sympathy and votes in the South.
They are using the LTTE as their scapegoat to avoid the corruption charges made
against them.
In other words, as the Rajapaksas lived alongside inflicting sorrow and blood-baths in
the North and East, they expect the present regime to do the same, in the name of
national security. Some fools in the South are also supporting the Rajapaksas, driven
by the ambition of getting a high post, in the event that Rajapaksa comes to power
again.
I am not denying that there are some Ministers in the present regime who are also
capable and would be happy to do all this too. But as the present regime is
answerable to the international community they are moving carefully.
Its very sad that it took such a long time for the International community to understand
Rajapaksas attitude. It was an utter lie that Rajapaksas regime rescued the Tamils
from the clutches of the LTTE! If this were true, then why was tyrant Rajapaksa
spending so much on Sinhalalisation, Buddhisation and Militarisation and keeping
more than 200,000 soldiers in the Jaffna peninsula alone?
13th Amendment and India
During the peak hours of the war and end of the war, Rajapaksa told the international
community, especially India that his government would give more than 13th
amendment, the 13 plus, to the people in the North and East. Since the end of the
war, Rajapaksa was in power for nearly six years with a two third majority in
parliament. During this period what did he do about the root causes of discrimination
and oppression and the six decades of bloody ethnic conflict? Under his orders more
and more innocent people were disappeared, killed, raped, arrested and tortured.
While Rajapaksa continued to give bogus promises to the international community and
especially to India, his lobbyists were making use of India. For example, some with the
earlier regime supported the 13th amendment and possible Indian negotiations, but
presently, they are totally against it. One, who won a pro-Sri Lanka resolution with the
help of India in the UN Human Rights Council UN HRC in June 2009, recently said

that India cant be a mediator any longer, in Sri Lanka!

At the same time another who claimed India to be their main friendly country to African
and Asian states, thus gaining their support in the UN HRC, recently said that India
cant force Sri Lanka to implement the 13th amendment.
Does this mean that both expect China, Cuba or Venezuela to be negotiators or to
demand Sri Lanka implement the 13th amendment? Then neither of them knows the
history of the 13th amendment. Racist thinking is deep in their hearts, even if it doesnt
show in their pen and voice!
Hope Indian decision-makers will make a note of what is being said and what is
happening today regarding the 13th amendment in Sri Lanka. To my knowledge, India
is being taken for a ride by all governments in Sri Lanka.
Conclusion
A few reasonable questions are being asked by some political analysts and Members
of Parliament belonging to TELO, one of the political parties in the Tamil National
Alliance TNA. The analysts ask why there is a delay in investigating Karuna,
Pillayan, IniyaBharathy and Douglas for their involvement in many murders,
intimidation, bribe and corruption. There is enough evidence so lack of evidence
cant be a reason. Furthermore, TELO made a statement on 24th April 2015 that the
present regime has not made a start on even fundamental needs of Tamils.
On the evening of Saturday 18th April 2015, after 11pm, I was followed by a stranger,
a Sri Lankan in the Paris Metro (underground train). He told me that it was him who
was assigned by the Sri Lankan embassy in Paris to deal with me. He proudly told
me that, as he was not interested, he let me off the hook! This incident took place in
front of two other. The important question is, whether this person was assigned by the
earlier or the present regime? Whoever holds this ambition should realise that I am
not an orphan!
Hope, President Maithipala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and ExPresident Chandrika Kumaratunga will make a note of all this. (End)
Posted by Thavam