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LTTE welcome to share power like the Maoists in Nepal - Bogollagama
Saturday, 3 February 2007 - 4:48 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka says the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are welcome to share power in the island-nation just as the Maoists are doing in Nepal.
This was stated by Sri Lanka`s new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama during a conversation with this correspondent here on Wednesday evening.
However, the Minister made it clear that, to be able to do this, the Tamil Tigers must
give up terrorism first and become stake-holders in order to share power.
Just as the Prachanda-led Maoists have given up terrorism and joined Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala`s government in the Himalayan nation, the Velupillai Prabhakaran-led Tamil Tigers too must give up arms to work with President Mahinda Rajapakse`s government.
Question: Just as Prachanda is playing a crucial role in Nepal after giving up terrorism, can Prabhakaran too play a major role in Sri
Lankan affairs? Can he hope to become the Prime Minister, for instance?
Bogollagama: Mr. Prabhakaran is a Sri Lankan citizen. First he should give up terrorism. We want the LTTE to become a stake-holder in Sri Lanka`s present and future. Let him fight elections and procure enough support in Parliament. He can aspire for any office in the land just like any Sri Lankan.
The conversation with the Minister took place shortly after he addressed a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents` Club of South Asia during his day-long trip to the Indian capital.
Even though President Rajapakse and his ministerial colleagues have been trying hard to persuade the LTTE to give up violence and join mainstream politics, this is perhaps the first time that a responsible Sri Lankan minister has actually declared that Prabhakaran can aspire to any office in the island once he and his cadres bid farewell to arms and participate in nation-building through democratic politics.
During his brief visit, Bogollagama called on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and met his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. He briefed them on the efforts President Rajapakse is making to evolve and consolidate a Southern Consensus to produce a package of proposals that is acceptable to the minority Tamil community and the LTTE.
He left for Berlin late on Wednesday night.
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punchimahinda
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2 Feb 2007 22:51:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mahinda is now for federal.That is why he is doing his maximum to commence peace talks again.GL,Karu,milinda,bogollagama will support mahinda to do maximum power devolution.
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2 Feb 2007 22:54:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mr Bogollagama why did it take you 30 long years of war to have this epiphany? Why couldn't you say the same thing to all the peaceful Tamil leaders of years past when all they asked for was equal treatment for the Tamil people? Not to have their lands stolen from them, not to be made second class citizens in their own land, and not to be killed at the whim of the government and their racist mobs.
WHY? Why couldn't your people deal with those men, now you want Prabhakaran to become a peaceful man, like those men? What is the point?
Give it up we have had enough, give the Tamil people justice now, only then can there be talk about disarmement. |
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2 Feb 2007 23:01:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Bogollagama is wasting his time big time. Why can't he realise that bombing buses and killing innocent people is not power sharing, is that too difficult to understand?
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2 Feb 2007 23:06:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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However, the Minister made it clear that, to be able to do this, the Tamil Tigers must
give up terrorism first and become stake-holders in order to share power.
Precondition?
MR is a Sinhala suraya.
25 years of non-violence and Sathyagra campaign of the Tamil democratic leadersdhip was met by military suppression. This is an attempt to reverse history 25 years to the situation prevailed between 1956 and 1983 so that riots and thuggery can rule the day. |
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2 Feb 2007 23:06:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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Bogollagama is wasting his time big time. Why can't he realise that bombing buses and killing innocent people is not power sharing, is that too difficult to understand?
that is what we call GoSL as a STATE TERRORIST , the world put them into the list of FAILED STATE , respect the human life . |
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2 Feb 2007 23:08:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tamils have to decide if VP is the saviour or the curse of tamils.
The UNP offered
-Federal state
-Sharing of tsunami- billions of rupees
-Stopping other paramilitary activities
Many southerners would have had reservations but from a tamil point of view this was as good as it could get. Late Bale too recommended this.
Then only problem for VP was that peace would have been the only option with UNP !!
STILL HE REJECTED! WHY??????
The result so far-
-At least 4000 killed
- thousands of refugees
-Uncertainty and calamity
-NE Economy on a nose drive- no jobs, poverty
- lost east
-tamils forced to have combat training
-expat tamils skinned
-tamils open mouth only to eat !
25years of calamity being repeated, where as evey tamil and every sri lankan could have been smiling now if peace was achieved !
While tamils are clamouring for peace and peace of mind ( more than 90% of tamils in Batti voted for peace during elections) lack of any say means they are simply forced against their will.
Isn?t it because this so called leader is-
-running scared of peace and never ever settle for peace
-doesn?t care too hoots about tamil feelings, suffering and death
-cares only about his safety and his family ( kids in luxury education)
-happy to sacrifice every tamil and every thing tamils have to preserve his ?kingship?
-happy to see tamils suffer and quash/kill them if oppose
-supremely selfish
TIME FOR TAMILS TO DECIDE.
ISN?T HE NOT ONLY THE CURSE OF SRI LANKA BUT THE CURSE OF ALL TAMILS and a DISGRACE TO HUMANITY ! |
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2 Feb 2007 23:10:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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LTTE welcome to share power like the Maoists in Nepal
if that is the case , GoSL should use this very opportunity to deliver the ISGA without any delay , if the government is NOT genuine then they will come up some stumbling block like giving up arms , etc .. |
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2 Feb 2007 23:11:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tamils have to decide if VP is the saviour or the curse of tamils.
the number of TNA in sinhala parliament is the simplest answer to YOUR Q . |
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