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How does the LTTE sustain the ability to wage unconventional war? It is because the government has not given the Tamil population a feeling of security and trust in the present dispensation. The slogan Freeing the Tamils from the LTTE yoke (as the government media proclaims) alone will not gain their trust if the they feel that they are being saddled with another yoke!

Many Tamils feel that every action to empower them with all the good intentions is undone by backroom operations. Two glaring examples of lack of political sincerity are the half hearted implementation of the 13th Amendment and the non working of the APRC the all party committee - constituted for evolving an acceptable formulation of devolution. The 13th Amendment has a lot of lacunae for the elected provincial government to exercise its powers the government agents do not come under it, it has little powers to collect any form of revenue, and it has policing as a subject but has no control over the police force (the DIG Northeast works under Colombo). It cannot even organize and control water supply for the people. Added to this is a general reluctance to implement even its limited articulation of power. So merely installing a Tamil chief minister in the east is not going to make the problem vanish. It requires hard decisions to empower the population. And there is no sign of anyone in authority seriously considering this.