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Statement from the Coordinator of the PFHRGD sponsored Conference of Sri Lankan All Tamil Parties held in New Delhi on 22 & 23 August 2011

The conference of the Sri  Lankan Tamil Parties organised by the Parliamentary Forum for Human Rights for Global Development (PFHRGD) was held on 22 &23 August 2011 at the Constitution Club Hall, New Delhi.  It was to serve as a forum to discuss all the issues relating to the Sri Lankan Tamil problem and to ascertain the opinion of the Sri Lankan Tamil leaders on how the Indian government could facilitate an early resolution.  It was further aimed at providing an opportunity for the Sri Lankan Tamil leaders to present their consensual views to the Indian Parliamentarians in helping them set out a framework of action required to be taken by the Indian government in its continued endeavour to find a lasting resolution to the Sri Lankan Tamil problem. 

 Invitations to the meeting were sent by the Convenor Dr.E.M.Sudarsana Natchiappan, Member of Parliament and President of PFHRGD. Logistical support for the conduct of the conference was provided by members of Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF). Mr. Vaseekaran functioned as the Event Secretary and attended to the delegates.    Nine registered political parties were invited for the conference and eight parties attended the two day meeting.

The following represented the eight political parties:

Akila Ilankai Thamil Congress:  Gajendrakumar G Ponnambalam

                                                       Selvarajah Kajendran

 

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi :      Mavai Senathirajah

                                                      M.A. Sumanthiran

 

Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front:   Suresh Premachandran

                                                                                       Nadesu Sivasakthi

                                                                                        

Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front:  G.Gnanasekaran

                                                                                   S.Raveendran

 

Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation:    Selvam Adaikalanathan

 

Tamil United Liberation Front:  V.Anandasangari

 

Pathmanabha Eelam People’s  Revolutionary Liberation Front :  T.Sritharan

                                                                                                                  Thurairetnam

 

Democratic People’s Liberation Front:  Kandiah Sivanesan

                                                                      Benedict Thanabalasingam

Convenor Dr.Natchiappan opened the conference with a welcome address. After explaining the purpose of the conference he urged the delegates to arrive at a consensus decision on the resolutions to be presented to the Indian Parliamentarians.

After lunch break the conference opened its first session under the chairmanship of the conference Coordinator Mr Selliah Nagarajah. 

Delegates expressed their serious concerns on the present situation of the Tamils in North Eastern Sri Lanka and unanimously decided to approve the following resolution on matters of immediate concern.

Resolution     

The intense war between the Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came to an end in May 2009.  During the final months of the war the entire population of two whole districts and parts of three other districts had to flee their homes and were displaced from their original places.  Together with others who were previously displaced due to the war around half a million Tamil people were displaced.

Over 200,000 displaced persons have still not been permitted to be resettled in their original places.  Many areas have not been released for de-mining by the military.  The main reason for not resettling people is the unreasonable demands and prescriptions of the military.  Several areas are demarcated as ‘High Security Zones’ or ‘Restricted Zones’.  These are being used for the construction of military cantonments.  Many housing and other constructions have already come up using Chinese pre-fabricated building materials.  Even those who have been allowed to go back to their villages are still living in temporary shelters without any house being built yet and do not have any provision made for them to restart their lives immediately.

The military interferes in all affairs in the North and East.  Civil officials have to take orders from the military.  They even get involved in Election propaganda for the Government.  No meeting can take place without the permission of the military, making normal civilian life impossible.  The Army is operating canteens all over the place, named roads in Sinhala, built Buddhist temples all over the occupied territory to remind its dominance, give protection to new Sinhala settlers who forcibly occupy the lands of the Tamil people.  Many new Sinhala fishermen are brought to the North-East and permitted to live and do fishing in areas hitherto owned and used by the Tamils.

A new circular has been issued, applicable only to the North and East, which is per se discriminatory.  Committees comprising of military personnel are authorised to determine land rights.  Those living abroad are required to register their lands within two months in order to continue to exercise ownership depriving those living as refugees in India and elsewhere.  Many lands have been grabbed in the guise of tourism and setting up Buddhist temples.

There are between 5,000 and 6,000 persons in detention without any charges.

There are over 200,000 refugees still living in India.  They are unable to return because of the continuing deplorable conditions.

Therefore we request the following must be done as a matter of urgency:

1.       The so-called takeover of lands by army under the guise of High Security Zone etc. must be dismantled promptly.

2.      The army must be withdrawn from the North and East immediately.  

3.      All ‘land-grab’ schemes must be halted.

4.      All political prisoners must be released forthwith.

5.      Conducive atmosphere must be created in the North and East of Sri Lanka for the refugees in India to return and restart their lives in their original places.

6.      Along with lifting the state of emergency, other similar provisions in other laws and the Prevention of Terrorism act also must be repealed.

The delegates thereafter took up for discussion the issue of the deplorable situation of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India.  Mr.G.Gnanasekaran, President of Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front, explained in detail the difficulties experienced by the refugees and their deplorable living conditions.  It was resolved to include this issue in a separate note.     

The next item on the agenda, namely, “Finding a permanent settlement of the Sri Lankan Tamil problem” was then taken up.  The first day’s session ended after hearing the views of Mr.Suresh Premachandran on this agenda item.  

Proceedings on 23 August 2011

In continued discussions on the question of permanent settlement of the Tamil problem, the conference heard the views of all the party representatives represented at this conference

Mr. V.Anandasangari, President of the Tamil Liberation Front proposed a federal system of government on the lines of the Indian model.  Mr.G.Gnansekaran, President of ENDLF proposed the re-activation of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord of 1987 and the related settlement proposals agreed to by India and Sri Lanka.

Since there was no consensus for either of these two proposals, the delegates agreed to decide on the basic principles that would govern any future permanent settlement of the Sri Lankan Tamil problem. Mr.Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and Mr.Sumanthiran were asked to draft the principles with input from other delegates.

Mr.Ponnambalam presented the following draft:

The Tamil People have been negotiating with the Sri Lankan State the terms by which they could share in the Governance of the island since the end of western colonial rule in 1948. Several successive negotiations and even agreements reached ended in failure, whereby, through the use of its majority, the Sinhala polity would not even accommodate a devolved scheme of sharing governmental power.  This sixty year experience has been repeated all over again even in the last one year. 

Since the end of the war in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka has intensified its agenda of decimating the distinct identity of the Tamil People.  This is done with the use of the presence of the military in the North-East which actively aids in the destruction of the Tamil, linguistic, cultural, social and religious identities and economic life, and by the forcible occupation of the Sinhala people in the North-East, even on private properties owned by the Tail people to which they are prevented from returning.  The ultimate objective of this program is to nullify the existence of t he Tamils as a distinct People.

In this background, we are of the firm opinion that the recognition of the Tamil People in the island of Sri Lanka as a distinct Nation entitled to the right to self-determination is necessary to ensure the continued existence and protection of the Tamils as a People.    Only then would any negotiations with the Sri Lankan State be meaningful.  We therefore call upon India and the international community to recognise these rightful claims made by the Tamil Nation and emphasise such as the basis for any solution within one country.

Conference delegates had no objections in accepting the first two paragraphs of this draft resolution. However, several delegates objected to the inclusion of the first two sentences of the third paragraph and to the use of the term ‘Tamil Nation’. The Chairperson suggested the dropping of the first two sentences from the third paragraph and inclusion of the third sentence after changing the term ‘Tamil Nation’ to ‘Tamil People’     

ENDLF delegates presented the following alternative to the third paragraph:

We request that in the current climate and matters we have expressed the Indian government and the people of India should immediately ensure mechanisms to arrest he deterioration of the situation of Tamils to guarantee the protection of their distinct identity recognised by the international community.

As no consensus could be reached on the original draft or the proposed changes, it was decided to proceed to the next item of the agenda.

With the Indian Parliamentarians arriving for the meeting with the conference delegates, it was agreed to continue the discussions after the meeting with the Indian Parliamentarians.

In the absence of the Convenor Mr. Natchiappan, the Chairperson opened the meeting with the Indian Parliamentarians with a brief historical summary of the Sri Lankan Tamil problem.  Convenor Mr.Natchiappan joined the meeting a short-while later and introduced the Indian Parliamentarians to the conference delegates and the delegates introduced themselves to the Parliamentarians. Mr.Sumanthiran of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi and Mr.Suresh Premachandran of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Left Front explained to delegates the plight of the Tamils in North-East Sri Lanka and the need for the settlement of the Tamil problem with meaningful devolution of power without further delay. Conference delegates answered the queries of the Indian Parliamentarians on various aspects of the Sri Lankan Tamil problem.  Twenty-seven Parliamentarians from both Houses of the Indian Parliament attended this meeting.

After the conclusion of the meeting with the Indian Parliamentarians, delegates met again to take up for discussion the remaining agenda items. At this stage, Mr Kagendran and Mr Ponnambalam, delegates of the Akila Ilankai Thamil Congress, wanted the conference to pass a resolution calling for an international investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Chairperson objected to the inclusion of a new item in the agenda at this late stage as he had no mandate to deviate from the agenda.  Several delegates suggested that it could be taken up as an added issue under matters discussed under the topic “Immediate Concerns” earlier. The conference reopened the agenda on “Immediate Concerns” and agreed to include the following as item 7 of the matters requiring urgent action:

7.      An independent international inquiry into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity should be conducted                               

Delegates thereafter took up for discussion the issue of formation of joint action group incorporating all the Tamil parties attending the conference in finding a settlement of the Tamil problem . Delegates did not arrive at any decision on this matter as there was no consensus on this issue.

Formal sessions of this two day conference of Sri Lankan Tamil Parties concluded with thanks from the chairperson.

An informal session of conference delegates was held after the dinner hosted by the ENDLF President Mr Gnasekaran. Delegates of the Akila Ilankai Thamil Congress did not participate. This informal session was held to re-discuss the question of establishing a joint action group. This informal session ended without any agreement on the re-discussed issue. 

New Delhi                                                                                                                   

Selliah Nagarajah

26 August 2011                                                                                                         

Coordinator (Chairperson)

 

உனக்கு நாடு இல்லை என்றவனைவிட நமக்கு நாடே இல்லை என்றவனால்தான் நான் எனது நாட்டை விட்டு விரட்டப்பட்டேன்....... 

 


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ராஜினி திரணகம

MBBS(Srilanka)

Phd(Liverpool, UK)

'அதிர்ச்சி ஏற்படுத்தும் சாமர்த்தியம் விடுதலைப்புலிகளின் வலிமை மிகுந்த ஆயுதமாகும்.’ விடுதலைப்புலிகளுடன் நட்பு பூணுவது என்பது வினோதமான சுய தம்பட்டம் அடிக்கும் விவகாரமே. விடுதலைப்புலிகளின் அழைப்பிற்கு உடனே செவிமடுத்து, மாதக்கணக்கில் அவர்களின் குழுக்களில் இருந்து ஆலோசனை வழங்கி, கடிதங்கள் வரைந்து, கூட்டங்களில் பேசித்திரிந்து, அவர்களுக்கு அடிவருடிகளாக இருந்தவர்கள்மீது கூட சூசகமான எச்சரிக்கைகள், காலப்போக்கில் அவர்கள்மீது சந்தேகம் கொண்டு விடப்பட்டன.........'

(முறிந்த பனை நூலில் இருந்து)

(இந் நூலை எழுதிய ராஜினி திரணகம விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் புலனாய்வுப் பிரிவின் முக்கிய உறுப்பினரான பொஸ்கோ என்பவரால் 21-9-1989 அன்று யாழ் பல்கலைக்கழக வாசலில் வைத்து சுட்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார்)

Its capacity to shock was one of the L.T.T.E. smost potent weapons. Friendship with the L.T.T.E.  was a strange and self-flattering affair.In the course of the coming days dire hints were dropped for the benefit of several old friends who had for months sat on committees, given advice, drafted latters, addressed meetings and had placed themselves at the L.T.T.E.’s  beck  and call.

From:  Broken Palmyra

வடபுலத் தலமையின் வடஅமெரிக்க விஜயம்

(சாகரன்)

புலிகளின் முக்கிய புள்ளி ஒருவரின் வாக்கு மூலம்

பிரபாகரனுடன் இறுதி வரை இருந்து முள்ளிவாய்கால் இறுதி சங்காரத்தில் தப்பியவரின் வாக்குமூலம்

 

தமிழகத் தேர்தல் 2011

திமுக, அதிமுக, தமிழக மக்கள் இவர்களில் வெல்லப் போவது யார்?

(சாகரன்)

என் இனிய தாய் நிலமே!

தங்கி நிற்க தனி மரம் தேவை! தோப்பு அல்ல!!

(சாகரன்)

இலங்கையின் 7 வது பாராளுமன்றத் தேர்தல்! நடக்கும் என்றார் நடந்து விட்டது! நடக்காது என்றார் இனி நடந்துவிடுமா?

(சாகரன்)

வெல்லப்போவது யார்.....? பாராளுமன்றத் தேர்தல் 2010

(சாகரன்)

பாராளுமன்றத் தேர்தல் 2010

தேர்தல் விஞ்ஞாபனம்  - பத்மநாபா ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி

1990 முதல் 2009 வரை அட்டைகளின் (புலிகளின்) ஆட்சியில்......

நடந்த வன்கொடுமைகள்!

 (fpNwrpad;> ehthe;Jiw)

சமரனின் ஒரு கைதியின் வரலாறு

'ஆயுதங்கள் மேல் காதல் கொண்ட மனநோயாளிகள்.' வெகு விரைவில்...

மீசை வைச்ச சிங்களவனும் ஆசை வைச்ச தமிழனும்

(சாகரன்)

இலங்கையில்

'இராணுவ' ஆட்சி வேண்டி நிற்கும் மேற்குலகம்,  துணை செய்யக் காத்திருக்கும்; சரத் பொன்சேகா கூட்டம்

(சாகரன்)

ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தல்

எமது தெரிவு எவ்வாறு அமைய வேண்டும்?

பத்மநாபா ஈபிஆர்எல்எவ்

ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல்

ஆணை இட்ட அதிபர் 'கை', வேட்டு வைத்த ஜெனரல் 'துப்பாக்கி'  ..... யார் வெல்வார்கள்?

(சாகரன்)

சம்பந்தரே! உங்களிடம் சில சந்தேகங்கள்

(சேகர்)

அனைத்து இலங்கைத் தமிழர்களும் ஒற்றுமையான இலங்கை தமது தாயகம் என மனப்பூர்வமாக உரிமையோடு உணரும் நிலை ஏற்பட வேண்டும்.

(m. tujuh[g;ngUkhs;)

தொடரும் 60 வருடகால காட்டிக் கொடுப்பு

ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தலில் தமிழ் மக்கள் பாடம் புகட்டுவார்களா?

 (சாகரன்)

 ஜனவரி இருபத்தாறு!

விரும்பியோ விரும்பாமலோ இரு கட்சிகளுக்குள் ஒன்றை தமிழ் பேசும் மக்கள் தேர்ந்தெடுக்க வேண்டும்.....?

(மோகன்)

2009 விடைபெறுகின்றது! 2010 வரவேற்கின்றது!!

'ஈழத் தமிழ் பேசும் மக்கள் மத்தியில் பாசிசத்தின் உதிர்வும், ஜனநாயகத்தின் எழுச்சியும்'

 (சாகரன்)

சபாஷ் சரியான போட்டி.

மகிந்த  ராஜபக்ஷ & சரத் பொன்சேகா.

(யஹியா வாஸித்)

கூத்தமைப்பு கூத்தாடிகளும் மாற்று தமிழ் அரசியல் தலைமைகளும்!

(சதா. ஜீ.)

தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களின் புதிய அரசியல் தலைமை

மீண்டும் திரும்பும் 35 வருடகால அரசியல் சுழற்சி! தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களுக்கு விடிவு கிட்டுமா?

(சாகரன்)

கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழனும், அகதி (கப்பல்) தமிழனும்

(சாகரன்)

சூரிச் மகாநாடு

(பூட்டிய) இருட்டு அறையில் கறுப்பு பூனையை தேடும் முயற்சி

 (சாகரன்)

பிரிவோம்! சந்திப்போம்!! மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்! பிரிவோம்!!

(மோகன்)

தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்புடன் உறவு

பாம்புக்கு பால் வார்க்கும் பழிச் செயல்

(சாகரன்)

இலங்கை அரசின் முதல் கோணல் முற்றும் கோணலாக மாறும் அபாயம்

(சாகரன்)

ஈழ விடுலைப் போராட்டமும், ஊடகத்துறை தர்மமும்

(சாகரன்)

அடுத்த கட்டமான அதிகாரப்பகிர்வு முன்னேற்றமானது 13வது திருத்தத்திலிருந்து முன்னோக்கி உந்திப் பாயும் ஒரு விடயமே

(அ.வரதராஜப்பெருமாள்)

மலையகம் தந்த பாடம்

வடக்கு கிழக்கு மக்கள் கற்றுக்கொள்வார்களா?  

 (சாகரன்)

ஒரு பிரளயம் கடந்து ஒரு யுகம் முடிந்தது போல் சம்பவங்கள் நடந்து முடிந்துள்ளன.!

(அ.வரதராஜப்பெருமாள்)

 

 

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