Is The Noose Tightening On The Regime And What Is Awaiting Sri Lanka?Is The Noose Tightening On The Regime And What Is Awaiting Sri Lanka?
By GK Nathan -March 6, 2014
Dr. GK Nathan
Military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was achieved in May 2009 with direct and indirect military and political support from many countries and the military victory was celebrated led by President Rajapaksa, without any remorse for many thousands innocent people killed in the conflict, which has become the point of contention in the international arena. After the end of military a golden opportunity was lost and President Mahinda Rajapaksa miserably failed to usher peace between the Sinhala and Tamil Nations, but acts such as: militarization, sinhalization and Buddhistization have widen the ethnic, religious and linguistic gaps between groups. Infrastructure bridges, roads and railways development initiated with aid and loan from China and India and use of foreign labour have failed to benefit the ordinary people, but a handful of people who made money. After five years, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) readying to face the consequences of inaction and discarding the initial goodwill shown in the world arena. Immediately after the end of military conflict, the first UNHRC resolution critical of Sri Lanka for military omissions in the war was introduced, but was changed to a congratulatory message spearheaded by India, in the hope there will be peace in the region. Today, current Government of India stands disillusioned and facing many challenges in their own backyard, after facing the second betrayal by GSL; the first one was after the unfulfilled Indo-Lanka accord of 1987 to devolve power and to find a solution to the long standing Sinhala - Tamil conflict, started at the time of Independence in 1948. Failures by Met
, clearly demonstrate successive regimes dominated by Sinhala Buddhist majority of Sri Lanka will not find a Peaceful resolution Based On the International Bill of Human Rights . Seventy five million Tamils most of them living in Tamil Nadu, India and their uprising in support of their brethren in the neighbouring Sri Lanka is posing many challenges, particularly to the Government of India. India as a key regional power has supported Tamil insurgency and promoted diplomatic initiatives, but failed to promote a political solution in the immediate neighbour Sri Lanka due to lack of gutsy leadership, as shown by Indira Gandhi before she was murdered in 1984. Three years after passing of the first UNHRC resolution in 2009, India joined in with other countries and passed two more UNHRC resolutions in March 2012 and in March 2013, calling on Rajapaksa regime to implement the Report of Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) which was appointed by President Rajapaksa, himself, as agreed with United Nation Secretary General in March 2009. Almost five years since the end of military conflict, expectations of many countries that there will be a political resolution has failed, but with tacit approval of members of GSL retrograde steps have been taken by attacks on Christians and Muslims religious minorities and places of worship. On the contrary to expectation of Western democratic countries, Rajapaksa regime has ignored all international calls and moving towards the establishment of an authoritarian Sinhala Buddhist regime.
Dr. GK Nathan
Military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was achieved in May 2009 with direct and indirect military and political support from many countries and the military victory was celebrated led by President Rajapaksa, without any remorse for many thousands innocent people killed in the conflict, which has become the point of contention in the international arena. After the end of military a golden opportunity was lost and President Mahinda Rajapaksa miserably failed to usher peace between the Sinhala and Tamil Nations, but acts such as: militarization, sinhalization and Buddhistization have widen the ethnic, religious and linguistic gaps between groups. Infrastructure bridges, roads and railways development initiated with aid and loan from China and India and use of foreign labour have failed to benefit the ordinary people, but a handful of people who made money. After five years, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) readying to face the consequences of inaction and discarding the initial goodwill shown in the world arena. Immediately after the end of military conflict, the first UNHRC resolution critical of Sri Lanka for military omissions in the war was introduced, but was changed to a congratulatory message spearheaded by India, in the hope there will be peace in the region. Today, current Government of India stands disillusioned and facing many challenges in their own backyard, after facing the second betrayal by GSL; the first one was after the unfulfilled Indo-Lanka accord of 1987 to devolve power and to find a solution to the long standing Sinhala - Tamil conflict, started at the time of Independence in 1948. Failures by Met , clearly demonstrate successive regimes dominated by Sinhala Buddhist majority of Sri Lanka will not find a Peaceful resolution Based On the International Bill of Human Rights . Seventy five million Tamils most of them living in Tamil Nadu, India and their uprising in support of their brethren in the neighbouring Sri Lanka is posing many challenges, particularly to the Government of India. India as a key regional power has supported Tamil insurgency and promoted diplomatic initiatives, but failed to promote a political solution in the immediate neighbour Sri Lanka due to lack of gutsy leadership, as shown by Indira Gandhi before she was murdered in 1984. Three years after passing of the first UNHRC resolution in 2009, India joined in with other countries and passed two more UNHRC resolutions in March 2012 and in March 2013, calling on Rajapaksa regime to implement the Report of Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) which was appointed by President Rajapaksa, himself, as agreed with United Nation Secretary General in March 2009. Almost five years since the end of military conflict, expectations of many countries that there will be a political resolution has failed, but with tacit approval of members of GSL retrograde steps have been taken by attacks on Christians and Muslims religious minorities and places of worship. On the contrary to expectation of Western democratic countries, Rajapaksa regime has ignored all international calls and moving towards the establishment of an authoritarian Sinhala Buddhist regime.