Saradiel
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Whatever floats your boat .
Just for the information , how many Tamil President , PM or Military chiefs did Sri Lanka had ??
1941-1970 navy Chief Rajan Kadiragamar
Gen Muthukumaru
Maj Gen Thurairaja, head of the Medical Corps
Maj Gen Devanayagam of the Sinha Regiment
These are top level chiefs in the forces.
Squadron Leader Tyron Silvapulle is a Parama veera padakkam receiver in SL army who laid down his life for SL in the war against LTTE.
Apart from them Tamils have held important positions in police force which was eliminated by the LTTE. Also there have been tamils in Army intelligence units and in soldier level.
The main reason that made tamils choosing SL forces and police later was the LTTE’s threats and tamil extremism that labelled such tamils as traitors
Now Sri Lanka is begging US
The Government today urged the United States (US) to reconsider its position on Sri Lanka and back efforts towards achieving reconciliation in the country.
Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem said that instead of further polarizing the country, the international community, including the United States, must look at alternate mechanisms like encouraging a Truth Commission in order to see reconciliation being achieved in Sri Lanka.
Hakeem said that the US Government has a preconceived notion on Sri Lanka and this was clear even during the recent visit of the US Ambassador-at-Large at the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J. Rapp.
The Justice Minister said that digging for evidence to back war crimes charges on Sri Lanka will only aggravate the division among communities and not help reconciliation.
The United States had on Sunday urged the government of Sri Lanka to seek the truth over alleged human rights abuses through independent and credible investigations, and where relevant, have prosecutions.
The US Embassy in Colombo said that the Rapp, during his recent visit to Sri Lanka, not only heard about the progress made since the conflict, but also the Sri Lankan people s continuing desire for reconciliation, justice and accountability.
During Ambassador Rapp s discussions, he listened to eyewitness accounts about serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including those that occurred at the end of the war. In that context the government of the United States encourages the government of Sri Lanka to seek the truth through independent and credible investigations, and where relevant, have prosecutions, the Embassy said.
The United States said it remains committed to working with the Government of Sri Lanka to promote greater peace and prosperity for all of the people of Sri Lanka adding that it is vital that all sides come to an agreement on events, have appropriate redress, and move forward as a unified country that upholds the rule of law and respects the principles of democratic governance
what is begging? that is how states function, i see terrorist supporters find hard to understand the precedures.
Leak reports from Srilankan ruling Rajapaksa regime , who are proven for war crimes, states that they are planning to ‘teach a lesson’ to ethnic Tamil politicians as female activist provincial member Ananthi is to be arrested over her meeting with American diplomat Stephen J. Rapp, an ambassador-at-large in the Office of Global Criminal Justice, who visited the island.
The Srilankan Defence Ministry which is run by one of the Rajapaksa Brothers , Gottabaya , is considering accommodating Tamil Homeland’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) member Ananthi Sasitharan which Srilanka calls as ‘ rehabilitation facility’ where Tamil rebels were mentally tortured and brain washed with the help of experts to prevent her from propagating any Tamil freedom sentiments
It is the magnanimity of the SL gov to let her even stand elections. As a hard LTTE supporter she should nt have been arrested let alone contest polls.
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