‘South Africa Abstained In Sri Lanka Voting To Remain Neutral To Be A Potential Facilitator’ Says GTF
March 28, 2014
Global Tamil Forum (GTF) praises the adoption of the latest UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka and says it is a significant and historic step towards achieving truth, accountability and justice for the victims of the armed conflict on Sri Lanka and the International community must make it absolutely clear to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government what the consequences will be if they do not co-operate and/or wilfully obstruct the investigation. 
Suren Surendiran -Spokesperson GTF
Issuing a statement today the GTF said; “GTF will fully support in any way possible the endeavours of the OHCHR as it undertakes this important task.
“Since inception GTF has consistently called for an independent international investigation of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides to the armed conflict, which ended in May 2009.
“As an independent international investigative mechanism, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been authorised to conduct a comprehensive inquiry in Sri Lanka, which will investigate the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces in the last years of the civil war. Read More
The JVP, as we had averred earlier, by its avaricious attempt to seize power by methods tempered neither by humanity nor morality, destroyed the spirit of the Left and eroded the remaining healthier traditions in society. Its unbridled violence reinforced the forces of obscurantism and killed off the will of the people at the grassroots, to organise and assert themselves.
The JVP’s Malignant Legacy
By Rajan Hoole -March 28, 2014 |
Rajan Hoole
1989: The Eclipse of the JVP and the Perplexity of the Left – Part 7
The JVP, as we had averred earlier, by its avaricious attempt to seize power by methods tempered neither by humanity nor morality, destroyed the spirit of the Left and eroded the remaining healthier traditions in society. Its unbridled violence reinforced the forces of obscurantism and killed off the will of the people at the grassroots, to organise and assert themselves.
After all the murder and mayhem they unleashed, the JVP has simply covered up its crimes without any sign of repentance. The JVP leaders do not in the least feel responsible for the deaths of large numbers of youth in this country, including members of their own cadre, caused directly and indirectly by their intemperate actions. It is remarkable that the whole world has rained indignation on the Sri Lankan State for the deaths of tens of thousands of alleged JVPers, and called for a full inquiry, but not a hum from the JVP leadership. Getting over that devastating experience was the gravest problem confronting the ordinary people. Yet the JVP had nothing to say. That is an indication of what little good it can offer in politics.
The JVP survives in politics merely by putting on virtuous airs and tapping the cynicism the people feel towards the major parties. It will form any alliance to score a point, even with the UNP led by Ranil Wickremasinghe, to talk about fake democracy. That is a measure of how little it feels for its members and supporters killed in its unscrupulous dash for power. Read More
