18th May as a mockery of history

TUESDAY, 08 MAY 2012

The third is 14th May, 1965, the day the JVP, the political party of the downtrodden masses of Sri Lanka, was founded. There is another event that is important to the people in Sri Lanka, may be to the whole world that took place in the month of May. On 18th May, 2009 the military front of separatism in Sri Lanka was defeated. The termination of the thirty year war that tortured and distressed the Sri Lankan sociopolitical body could have marked a decisive juncture of the history of this country. However, the importance of this victory of the society has been relatively devalued due to the attempt by the government to pocket it for their political agendas. A giant step of blending Sinhalese, 

Tamil, Muslim, Malay, Burgher ethnic groups into one Sri Lankan Nation was lost due to this idiocy. Also, the government regime paved the way for international interventions as a result of casting away immediate measures that should have been taken proposed by the JVP and other intellectual organisations. Three years have passed since this decisive event. The bitter reality is that not only the government but the whole country have to suffer the consequences of this idiocy. It is no secret that the intensification in international interventions regarding the national question and the adoption of the resolution at the UNHRC in Geneva is the logical end result of the undiplomatic sloppy politics of the government. However, it is all too evident that falling into this abyss has not been a lesson for the government. A letter written by Ms. Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri L a n k a ’s Pe r m a n e n t Representative to the UN in Geneva to Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris states Sri Lanka has paid a heavy price for the lack of cohesion as it was essential to project an image of unity rather than that of discord. She also talks about “Sri Lanka’s instability in diplomacy and an ad hoc character, when, in a multilateral Mission, it is essential to display cohesion, unity and stability.” Exposing the utter chaos in Geneva during the sessions of UNHCR Ms.         Read more..