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Words of little use
Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:24 AM SL Time
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The LSSP has fired a paper missile at its arch rivals, the JVP and and the JHU. Those two parties are, the LSSP says, disseminating communalism. They, through their campaign against the CFA at the last presidential election, paved the way for the emergence of communalism in the South, it charges.
An LSSP communique, which we carried yesterday, makes some observations about the plight of the war displaced, crimes against civilians, the economic cost of war etc. One may not find it difficult to agree with the LSSP on the adverse impact of war and the need to protect civilians and campaign for a settlement of the dispute through peaceful means. Similarly, one may question the validity of some of its pronouncements.
Communalism in Sri Lanka dates back to times immemorial and it was 22 years before the last presidential election that the worst ever manifestation of communalism occurred in this country with Tamil civilians being massacred, robbed, assaulted and raped in broad daylight by the Sinhala mobs, openly supported by the then UNP government. JRJ made the JVP a scapegoat of that barbaric violence thus forcing it to go underground. The country had to pay for his blunder dearly when the JVP made use of its stay underground to arm itself and unleash terror in the late 1980s behind the facade of patriotism.
The JVP and the JHU made their contribution to the success of the SLFP at the last Presidential Election in no small way. Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse would not have become President, but for their support. True, they made Sinhala nationalism bordering on chauvinism the main plank of their platform and campaigned against the moribund CFA. The LSSP is enjoying the fruits of their labour, as a partner of the Rajapakse government.
The LSSP charges that the communal elements in the South have got an opportunity to incite communalism, especially among the security forces and school children, through the Manel Mal (MM) movement. As far as we are aware, the MM, which, its advocates claim, is an effort to boost the morale of the armed forces and the populace to meet the threat of terrorism, has the blessings of President Rajapakse. Is it that the LSSP is blaming the President for allowing MM to go on?
The police have, as the LSSP says, failed to apprehend after proper inquiry those responsible for the killing of civilians. Yes, the police must act to protect civilians but the fact remains that even the investigation into the attempt on the Army Commander`s life has not been conducted to a successful end. So, the fate of other investigations goes without saying. The LSSP rightly calls the human rights violations, which we are witnessing at present, a byproduct of the on-going war, which it says is the result of `stubborn attitude adopted by the LTTE` and urges the government to take `advantage of the retreat of the LTTE due to military operations that the government has been compelled to launch` to resume the peace process in a direct and meaningful manner.
Here, the LSSP finds itself in a contradiction. On the one hand, it laments the consequences of war, which it says should be stopped for the peace process to resume, and on the other hand, it wants the results of the same war?retreat of the LTTE, the credit for which the MM campaigners want to share?utilised for restarting talks. The question is how to resume the peace process while the LTTE, as the LSSP admits, is stubbornly `sticking to its conditions.`
The LSSP concedes that `the government of Sri Lanka has the right as well as the need to safeguard the country`s territorial integrity and its sovereignty. Ironically, in so saying, the LSSP bolsters the the JVP and the JHU claims that the on-going military operations are essential.
The LSSP is sounding somewhat like the international community, which recognises the right of the government to protect the country and blames the LTTE for its intransigence but at the same time laments human rights violations and calls for peace talks.
War is, no doubt, bad and must be avoided. But, so long as the LTTE is allowed to force it on the state on various pretexts, we will have to live with war with brief ceasefires punctuating it. Until the LTTE captured the Mawilaru anicut, it should be recalled, there hadn`t been any war for about five years. Those who champion human rights must have the courage to tell the LTTE to give up violence so that the question of war doesn`t arise and those whom the LSSP accuses of promoting communalism will be without a platform.
The LSSP and others of its ilk are behaving like those politicians campaigning against alcohol addiction without caring to stop it at the very source by passing laws to that effect. As a result, liquor is available freely, the people consume it and addiction is on the rise. The conflict has gone the same way because everybody is fighting shy of stopping the LTTE from resorting to violence. The result is that the LTTE continues to use violence, the government counters it and the people suffer. No amount of shouting is going to help the victims, though it may help gain some political mileage.
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nativerights
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27 Sep 2006 23:48:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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Manel mal is to acknowledge the heroic contribution by the security forces for the protetion of the territorial integrity of our motherland so we can be arguing about things!
The whole world including schools partake in poppy day. In comparison Manel Mal is a blessing and appreciation of the motherland!
Communalism goes far back than what is mentioned. The survival of our motherland, culture and people has always been threatened with communalism. This is our only homeland, on top of that people are able and willing to share even with communalists and must be appreciated! Mono-ethnic fascist eelaam is the illness which needs not just pointing out but the treatment.
Child-soldiering is the schooling in wanni, forceful
conscription is their freedom, where is proper communism?
Edited By - nativerights - 28 Sep 2006 00:01:56 G |
Pera
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28 Sep 2006 02:31:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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LSSP gets about 5000 votes from whole country. They are with the SLFP (even when the JVP was in the coalision) because they are greedy of the portfolios. So is the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.
GREEDY B-----ds!
Cheers
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leelananda
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28 Sep 2006 06:14:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LSSP, CP and Dinesh Gunawardan Party ( three wheeler parties)are three stooges of the government now talking talking nonsense. Nobody should care about them. |
rswkv
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28 Sep 2006 08:11:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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Guys,
Stop talking about these cardboard Heroes. |
donaldcleevel
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28 Sep 2006 14:09:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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When you look through all possible dimensions, the successive polical leaders of our country have amended and drafted laws to curtail the tamil progress in the past and have succeeded it by prolonging this separatist war. Majority of the sinhalese are not communal minded but the Bhikkus who get free food and accomodation has no job but create communal disharmony by preaching things that are really untrue.
In the South, most of people are communal minded so it is easy make prey for these communal minded parties such as JVP/JHU.
What LSSP tells is true though they are in the ruling party. |
Bonggo
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28 Sep 2006 14:13:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LSSP has never played the communal card. One must give them credit for that. |
Brian
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28 Sep 2006 16:34:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hi Friends!
If Mr. D.S .Senanayake,Mr.Dudly senanayake, Mr.S.W.R.D .Bandranayake, or Mr..J.R.Jayawardane solved this hot pottato issue when these gentelemen gained 2/3 of majority of votes for their governing time in Srilana or Ceylon; Srilanka will be pradise and will be the developed counry like Singapore or any other wealth country. Many developed countries have federal democretic system that never divieded their countries. However, our people who live in Srilanka are not knowledgeable about the demoretice system eventhough they gained independent from britain in 1948. If peace occur in Srilanka, many western countires invest more money on busineses in Silanka and as the businesses develop Srilnka will be #1 country in Aisa because 98% of srilanan, Sinhalse, Tamils and Moslims are educated people than any other Asian countries including India. We Srilankan failed to live peacefull due to our bad behaviours;so, we have paid a big price for our Srilankan nation indeed. Therefore, all Srilankan have to rethink about this sensitive issue and solve this ethnic problem peacefull through federal system in our beautiful Ceylon. Thank you |
Senaka707
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28 Sep 2006 20:53:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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What did LSSP do in 1960s and 1970s ?. They eventualy joined Sirima and experimented with communist policies and brought the country to the point of starvation by 1977 or so.
They have no right to speak for the country because they sold all their rights in 1971 or so when they joined Sirima who came to politics only after the death of SWRD. It was late NM Perera and Colvin who branded Sirima in 1960s, as a woman who did not know how to take care of her children and manage a home. When they could not win political power in late 1960s, they simply joined Sirima and became ministers of the failed SLFP government.
Only in a country like Sri Lanka, that a party like the SLFP can prevail |
nativerights
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28 Sep 2006 21:57:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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LSSP played the race card against the Brits, propelling our indipendance, good on them!
Likewise they should against apartheid fascism of Tamil-only eelaam, the bastion of mordern Sri lankan communalism. |
leelananda
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29 Sep 2006 02:39:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Yes, they don't play communal politics in open, but they play it in hiding. That is why they support the government. At last presidential election when MR was dancing to the tune of JVP/JHU communal politics these stooges also danced with him. |
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