"Not to bow down to international pressure for a ceasefire" - Canadian Tamils Peace organization

Toronto, 21 April : Canadian Tamils have told the Government of Sri Lanka not to bow down to the pressures exerted by the international community.

Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy has urged Sri Lanka to reject all NGOs and multinational supervision on Sri Lankan soil and allow only state mechanism to oversee the welfare of the Internally Displaced People (IDP). "We believe the NGOs pose a threat to democratic governance and a challenge to the National interest."

The Peace organization of the Tamils in Canada said, "We request our political leadership to protect Sri Lanka's Sovereignty!"

Freedom is not free, it comes with a price. We demand that our Government to honor the sacrifices of our brave soldiers who laid their lives and shed their blood to protect Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty and freedom."

Given below the full text of the press release put out by Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy based in Toronto, Canada:

"Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy request the Government of Sri Lanka, not to bow down to any international pressure for a ceasefire that will undermine the Sovereignty and security of Sri Lanka. The pressure by the International Community could undermine the sacrifice and efforts made by our armed forces and will hinder the success achieved by our brave soldiers against Terrorism. The growing demand for Sri Lanka to negotiate with LTTE comes from unprincipled sources. Surrendering to Terror tactics is profoundly immoral and impractical.

We Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy, strongly support our democratically elected Government of Sri Lanka in its firm decision to take strong actions to eradicate Terrorism of all forms from Sri Lanka and liberate the North and East from the clutches of the Terrorist outfit, the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam. We believe the success that has been achieved by our armed forces in the East, will be a complete victory only when the entire North is liberated.

We see that the pressure tactics by the International Community on Government of Sri Lanka is an indirect support and a moral boost to the LTTE and their terrorism. It is also a direct attack on the Sri Lankan Sovereignty and the will of its people. The International Convention on Terrorism, its Laws, regulations and agreements inclusive of UN and NATO actions against Terrorism has become disgraceful due to their support to the Terrorist in the Sri Lankan soil and it cannot be justified under the pretext of human causalities. Human causalities are a product of Terrorism and it’s a duty of an elected Government to put an end to civilian causalities by eradicating Terrorism completely to save its people form future causalities.

Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy have grave concern about media reports of safe passage to Terrorist leadership, which will put the entire Nation’s future at risk.

It will be disastrous to Sri Lanka if LTTE leadership is given a safe passage. The LTTE has its own Terrorist network, well established throughout the world with abundance of monetary reserve by forcible collections and income from investments made by businesses run by LTTE trained cadres and suicide bombers who live in all parts of Europe and in North America. These terrorists may carry out attacks on Sri Lanka enabling us to travel with foreign passports. The Sri Lankan conflict could become a wider global conflict wherever the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora is controlled by the LTTE. This would enter into a new face of terrorism as described by LTTE theoretician as Trans-National conflict endangering thousands of Sri Lankans living outside, who opposes LTTE.

We strongly suggest and support the Government’s position to eliminate LTTE leadership and its command structure to make Sri Lanka safe. If Sri Lanka now stops retaliating against LTTE, the Mother of international terrorism, it will bring Sri Lanka to its knees.

We urge our government to recognize that there is only one way of achieving long-term peace and prosperity in Sri Lanka and that is by retaliating against the scourge of terrorism. We thank all members of our armed forces who fought bravely to defeat Terrorism and honor their courage to enter the No Firing Zone (NFZ) today and saving the lives of thousands of civilians, men, women, children by releasing them from the clutches of the terrorists.

Reject all NGOs and multi national supervision on Sri Lankan soil and allow only state mechanism to oversee the welfare of the Internally Displaced People (IDP). We believe the NGOs pose a threat to democratic governance and a challenge to the National interest.

We request our political leadership to protect Sri Lanka's Sovereignty!

Freedom is not free, it comes with a price. We demand that our Government to honor the sacrifices of our brave soldiers who laid their lives and shed their blood to protect Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty and freedom."

- Asian Tribune -