The banning of Tamil Diaspora organisations will provide the Rajapaksas with another Sword of Damocles
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| Like Idi Amin (courtesy: Lanka Truth) |
''The proscription will be ineffective in curtailing the activities of the proscribed organisations since they operate outside Sri Lanka (apart from the LTTE which is extinct and the Headquarters Group which does not seem to exist anywhere). Since the UN does not accept the Rajapaksa equation of separatism with terrorism, none of the countries in which these organisations are based will act against them, not even Australia. But the proscription will be extremely useful nationally, to terrorise and persecute Tamils in general and Rajapaksa-opponents particular. Its main function will be to provide the Rajapaksas with another Sword of Damocles. ''
Back to Total War? by Tisaranee Gunasekara
“…soon there will be no one but warriors and brigands.” Jorge Luis Borges (The Garden of Forking Paths)
Last week, the Rajapaksas were put on notice by the international community, the electorate and the SLFP.
