Sri Lanka demands ‘time and space’ to complete genocide
[TamilNet, Friday, 02 November 2012, 16:53 GMT]
“What we ask our friends in the international community is to acknowledge the progress that has been made and at the same time give us the time and space to work towards further progress,” said Rajapaksa regime’s minister Mahinda Samarasinghe in his concluding remarks at the UPR session in Geneva on Thursday. The progress that has been made by Colombo in militarisation, colonisation, genocide, structural genocide and annihilation of the identity of the nation of Eezham Tamils in the island is explicit in the last few years. The regime’s audacity in asking for more time and space to complete the process stems from the continued failure of the International Community of Establishments (ICE) in addressing the issue as one that of genocide and national question, writes TamilNet political commentator in Colombo.
Instead of addressing the crux of the matter, the ICE, especially Washington and New Delhi, have provided the LLRC implementation smokescreen for the Sri Lankan state to conveniently camouflage and twist the genocide into a ‘nation building’ process and to constantly ask for ‘time and space’.
“We are working for a new Sri Lanka. We are working for a united Sri Lanka. We, more than anyone else, are concerned about achieving comprehensive reconciliation […] so that Sri Lanka would never ever have to face the 30-years of conflict that we had to face […] Sri Lanka is a multicultural, multilingual and multireligious community. And what we are geared towards doing and what we are positive about doing is to ensure that this diversity is protected and nurtured so that […] we would be able to cultivate a true Sri Lankan identity,” Mahinda Samarasinghe was able to sanctify the genocide in the island in rosy words due to the premises provided by the ICE. Full story >>
“What we ask our friends in the international community is to acknowledge the progress that has been made and at the same time give us the time and space to work towards further progress,” said Rajapaksa regime’s minister Mahinda Samarasinghe in his concluding remarks at the UPR session in Geneva on Thursday. The progress that has been made by Colombo in militarisation, colonisation, genocide, structural genocide and annihilation of the identity of the nation of Eezham Tamils in the island is explicit in the last few years. The regime’s audacity in asking for more time and space to complete the process stems from the continued failure of the International Community of Establishments (ICE) in addressing the issue as one that of genocide and national question, writes TamilNet political commentator in Colombo.
Instead of addressing the crux of the matter, the ICE, especially Washington and New Delhi, have provided the LLRC implementation smokescreen for the Sri Lankan state to conveniently camouflage and twist the genocide into a ‘nation building’ process and to constantly ask for ‘time and space’.
“We are working for a new Sri Lanka. We are working for a united Sri Lanka. We, more than anyone else, are concerned about achieving comprehensive reconciliation […] so that Sri Lanka would never ever have to face the 30-years of conflict that we had to face […] Sri Lanka is a multicultural, multilingual and multireligious community. And what we are geared towards doing and what we are positive about doing is to ensure that this diversity is protected and nurtured so that […] we would be able to cultivate a true Sri Lankan identity,” Mahinda Samarasinghe was able to sanctify the genocide in the island in rosy words due to the premises provided by the ICE. Full story >>
