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Dispute with Pillayan settled: Karuna spokesman
Monday, 14 May 2007 - 7:34 AM SL Time
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Karuna Amman and Pillayan yesterday met face to face and reconciled their dispute after it threatened to spill over into another factional war in the east. Karuna faction spokesman Azad Moulana, who was believed to have gone into hiding after the split, told the Daily Mirror by satellite phone that the two sides had lengthy discussions at an undisclosed location yesterday and bridged their differences.
`It is true there were differences between the two. I`m happy to say it has been sorted and we will function as usual,` Mr. Moulana said without revealing where the meeting took place and under whose mediation.
However the background noise on the satellite phone of Mr. Moulana gave an indication he was calling from a busy town area. `I will be back as spokesman on my usual mobile number within the next two days,` he said
At yesterday`s meeting it was subsequently agreed, according to Mr. Moulana, that Karuna Amman would remain as the leader of the outfit also known as the Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pullikal (TMVP) while Pillayan will hold the post of supreme commander, the position he held prior to the split.
However a spokesman for Pillayan told the Daily Mirror last evening it was agreed that a central committee consisting of senior TMVP officials would be formed to be the decision making body of the organization.
He said Pillayan and his associates would `wait and see` how things progress from a separate base in Trincomalee while the main bastion of the Karuna outfit would continue to be Batticaloa.
It will be the central committee which will ultimately decide on financial issues and military action to be taken against the LTTE, the Pillayan spokesman said.
The bitter feud between Karuna and Pillayan, who is considered the intelligence head of the organization, erupted over the alleged misuse of TMVP funds by Karuna Amman. Reports later began to surface of cadres loyal to either, including senior officials, being killed or fleeing to safety fearing retribution.
Last week the spokesman for Pillayan vowed his new leader would continue the fight against the LTTE while ruling out reconciliation with Karuna Amman adding that senior military and political leaders together with some 350 cadres had offered allegiance to Pillayan and moved to a location in Trincomalee..
`We will continue to fight against the Prabhakaran-led Wanni cadres but we will definitely not patch up with Karuna Amman,` is what the Pillayan spokesman told the Daily Mirror at the time.
Commenting on this Mr. Moulana said `I am the only authorized spokesman for the TMVP and no one else, and whatever was said earlier by others does not stand. I did not approach the media because we needed time to sort things out.`
Last week Government defence officials refused to comment on the split.
Meanwhile Mr. Moulana yesterday said the LTTE was hoping to take advantage of the split but would be disappointed to hear of the reconciliation between the two sides. Pillayan was believed to be the `brains` behind most of the operations carried out against the LTTE in the east while Karuna was focused on building a political platform to contest at future elections.
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banmud
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14 May 2007 05:14:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Well atleast they settled it peacefully. Not like how Prabhakaran massacred Mahattaya and his 900 followers. |
dumindak
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14 May 2007 07:45:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Eastern tamils can settle issues thro negotiations while Jaffna tamils can settle issues thro guns and bullets. |
DVLADV
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14 May 2007 17:13:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Karuna has no choice. He has no mussel to take Pillayan head-on and he is a coward who hid behind his brother and took credit. Now that his brother is six feet under only thing he could do is to cry to GOSL and come-up with a settlement.
GOSL needs Pillayan more than Karuna, when the time is right Karuna will be history he can be another Tamil politician who cannot even go to his hometown. |
Revy
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14 May 2007 23:21:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Eastern tamils can settle issues thro negotiations while Jaffna tamils can settle issues thro guns and bullets.
Dumb in the dark... guess you missed the part where Karuna killed a bunch of Pillayan's men and even some of those mens parents, yeah.
And what about your Sinhalese then? How did you settle your two incidents of JVP issues? And how are you going about settling your Tamil issue?
Please remove the giant sequoia from your eye... |
punchipraba
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20 May 2007 04:21:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Way to go Amman... Do not screw yourself by creating new problems. You might have a shot at office if you be a good boy. |
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