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The speech by former foreign minister Mr. Yashwant Sinha recently to the members of the Lok Sabha was moving and drew attention to genocide of Tamils by Sri Lanka with a 7 point plan proposed by the BJP. The validity of these accusations needs to be analyzed. YouTube
Let us take Mr. Yaswant Sinhas recommendations first.
1. Urge SL to withdraw its army from the North war ended 4 years ago. SL should already have had law and order. Let them not run the north on a daily basis.
2. Let them sincerely implement the recommendations of the LLRC - SL Govt is not implementing those recommendations
3. Let SL implement the provisions of the 13th a plus SL Govt in its discussions has always promised
4. Impartial inquiry be held into charges of genocide of civilian Tamils by SL forces during eelaam war an inquiry with people from outside SL
5. Clear commitment on the part of SL Govt after inquiry guilty shall be punished.
6. Let India not merely vote in UNHRC take a lead in drafting a resolution in UNHRC with the language of the resolution
7. Finally let India convey in no uncertain terms to the other nations in our neighborhood and the world at large any undue inference with SL will not be tolerated.
LankaWeb – Response to BJP
The speech by former foreign minister Mr. Yashwant Sinha recently to the members of the Lok Sabha was moving and drew attention to genocide of Tamils by Sri Lanka with a 7 point plan proposed by the BJP. The validity of these accusations needs to be analyzed. YouTube
Let us take Mr. Yaswant Sinhas recommendations first.
1. Urge SL to withdraw its army from the North war ended 4 years ago. SL should already have had law and order. Let them not run the north on a daily basis.
- Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation. India cannot ask Sri Lanka where to remove or move its forces. We dont urge India to withdraw its army from Kashmir!
- Sri Lanka would first urge India to remove all factors that continue to carry the LTTE slogans locally, overseas and in India in order to remove the risk factor that these elements will again start fresh insurgencies. India may well recall how it transported school drop outs including Prabakaran and trained them in India. We cant afford a similar situation to be repeated.
2. Let them sincerely implement the recommendations of the LLRC - SL Govt is not implementing those recommendations
- LLRC is an internal set of recommendations which the Government is not duty bound to implement in toto just because a foreign nation requests Sri Lanka to.
- LLRC cannot be implemented simply because it is recommended if it violates any clauses of the constitution of the country.
3. Let SL implement the provisions of the 13th a plus SL Govt in its discussions has always promised
- The 13th amendment to the Constitution along with the Provincial Council system was forced upon Sri Lanka by India. It does not have the consent of the People of Sri Lanka.
- The President of the country who is himself elected by the People of Sri Lanka is mandated to seek approval of the People of Sri Lanka. The Peoples will is what must prevail.
- The Provincial Council system should be abolished completely given that it provides no relief or services to the people of the provinces and the large scale of crimes committed by provincial councilors serves as proof. If foreign nations are concerned about the welfare of the people of Sri Lanka they should exert pressures to abolish these provincial councils to adapt to a more practical area of district level governance where it is easier to devolve day to day administrative needs.
4. Impartial inquiry be held into charges of genocide of civilian Tamils by SL forces during eelaam war an inquiry with people from outside SL
- We agree with Mr. Yaswant Singh wholeheartedly on this suggestion. The world certainly needs to know the crimes and the crimes cannot cover a selected period only because a crime is a crime and the guilty must be exposed.
- A Presidential Commission of Inquiry is thus recommended. International inquiry members should comprise a representative from China, Russia and Pakistan nations that have openly shown solidarity to Sri Lanka without succumbing to Western pressure. Nations that Sri Lanka can rely on.
- A Presidential COI should rightfully cover the entire conflict from the very 1st crime committed as those victims cannot be over looked which would be a violation of Sri Lankas constitution giving equality before the law.
- A Presidential COI cannot include India into the international observer team for India is a key player in the conflict having trained LTTE and other school drop outs and turned them into professional killers and giving arms and financial support for the purpose of destabilizing Sri Lanka. These criminal acts tantamount to Indias role as a state sponsoring terror must also officially be acknowledged. Punishments aside the world must officially know what India did to its friend Sri Lanka.
5. Clear commitment on the part of SL Govt after inquiry guilty shall be punished.
- Well now this is somewhat of a tricky question given that Indias guilt is nothing Sri Lanka can punish unless the West agrees to take action against India. The Sri Lankan people will accept an apology in the least by India and acknowledgement of training the LTTE and helping them financially and with weapons as well as other militant groups.
6. Let India not merely vote in UNHRC take a lead in drafting a resolution in UNHRC with the language of the resolution
- It is Indias prerogative whether it takes a leading role or plays a role behind the scenes that India is normally used to doing. Being stabbed in the back is nothing we are not surprised in view of Indias past records. Therefore, it makes little relevance to us what language used because the UN and the UNHRC is in the eyes of the people just a puppet of the West.
7. Finally let India convey in no uncertain terms to the other nations in our neighborhood and the world at large any undue inference with SL will not be tolerated.
- This looks more of a threat to other nations that are engaging Sri Lanka. Not only should Sri Lanka engage with these nations but also build greater ties with the States of India for the likelihood that these states would end up autonomous is something that Sri Lanka should keep in mind. There are no permanent friends in politics only permanent interests. Therefore Sri Lankas new foreign policy strategy should be to first realign with our natural historical allies and to next align with the geopolitical realities.
LankaWeb – Response to BJP
