13 வது சட்டதிருத்தம்: ராஜபக்சேவிடம் மோடி வலியுறுத்தல்!

Posted Date : 16:19 (27/05/2014)

புதுடெல்லி: இலங்கை அதிபர் ராஜபக்சேவை பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி சந்தித்து பேசியபோது,  தமிழர் பிரச்னை குறித்து  விவாதிக்கப்பட்டதாகவும், இலங்கை வருமாறு ராஜபக்சே விடுத்த அழைப்பை மோடி ஏற்றுக்கொண்டுள்ளதாகவும் இந்திய வெளியுறவுத் துறை அமைச்சகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. 

 

இதுகுறித்து, இந்திய வெளியுறவுத்துறை செயலாளர் சுஜதா சிங் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் கூறுகையில், ''சார்க் நாடுகள் இடையிலான ஒத்துழைப்பு குறித்து சார்க் நாடுகளின் தலைவர்களிடம் பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி ஆலோசனை நடத்தினார். இருதரப்பு உறவுகள், வர்த்தகம், உள்ளிட்டவை குறித்தும் பிரதமர் விவாதித்தார்.

 

பாகிஸ்தான் பிரதமர் நவாஸ் செரீப்புடன், பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி சந்தித்து பேசியபோது, தீவிரவாதம் குறித்து விவாதித்தார். மேலும், தீவிரவாத ஊடுருவல் குறித்து நவாஸிடம் பிரதமர் மோடி கவலை தெரிவித்தார். தீவிரவாதத்தை பாகிஸ்தான் ஊக்குவிக்க கூடாது என்றும் அவரிடம் மோடி வலியுறுத்தினார்.

 

தமிழர் பிரச்னை

 

இதேபோல், இலங்கை அதிபர் ராஜபக்சேவையும், பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி சந்தித்து இருநாட்டு உறவுகள் குறித்து ஆலோசனை நடத்தினார். அப்போது, தமிழர் பிரச்னை குறித்தும் விவாதிக்கப்பட்டது. மேலும், 13வது சட்ட திருத்தத்தையும் அமல்படுத்துமாறு ராஜபக்சேவை கேட்டுக்கொண்டார்.

 

மேலும் தமிழர் பகுதிகளில் மறுவாழ்வு பணிகளை துரிதப்படுத்துமாறு ராஜபக்சேவை மோடி கேட்டுக்கொண்டதாகவும்,  தமிழர்களுக்கு அதிகாரம் அளிக்கும் 13 வது சட்டதிருத்த பிரிவை அமல்படுத்துமாறு வலியுறுத்தியதாகவும் சுஜதா சிங் தெரிவித்தார்.

 

அதே சமயம் இலங்கை உடன் அனைத்து துறைகளிலும் இந்தியாவின் ஒத்துழைப்பு தொடரும் என்றும் மோடி உறுதியளித்தார்.

 

மேலும் இந்த சந்திப்பின்போது, பிரதமர் மோடியை இலங்கை வருமாறு ராஜபக்சே அழைப்பு விடுத்தார். அதை ஏற்று இலங்கை வர பிரதமர் மோடி சம்மதம் தெரிவித்ததாகவும் சுஜதா சிங் தெரிவித்தார்.

Why India Needs To Have Strategic Relations With Sri Lanka For A Regional Stronghold

By Akshara Damle: -May 26, 2014

May 16th was a remarkable day for India. The election results brought an end to the era of coalition government. As we have seen in the history of Indian politics, coalition governments cannot take decisions easily as every decision has to get the assent of different political parties with different ideologies. Regional parties exerted pressure and influenced the previous coalition governments on both domestic issues and foreign policies. As a result many decisions were withdrawn or kept pending. The new central government will not face such hurdles. However, it is the responsibility of the government to heed to other parties’ views and seek consensus.

Over 40 Mn Children Are Not Born In Safe Healthcare Facilities, Here’s How Mangamma Broke The Tradition And Led The Way

By Save The Children:May 27, 2014

It was a day of celebration for the small tribal community at Chalamanna Nagar in Mulakalapalli mandal of Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. A baby’s first birthday is reason to celebrate anywhere but the mother of the child – Karam Mangamma had particular reason to rejoice. Her baby girl was the first in her family and her village to be delivered in a health care facility, ever.

Why India Needs to Have Strategic Relations With Sri Lanka for a Regional Stronghold by nelvely

Child Labour In India

| by Ali Sukhanver

( May 27, 2014, Islamabad, Sri Lanka Guardian) This highly civilized, educated and marvelously scientific world of today says that child labour is simply a severe violation of basic human rights; but in spite of this realization, 

Child Labour in India by nelvely

Sworn in as India's leader, Modi speaks of a 'glorious future'

1 OF 21. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) signs a register after taking his oath at the presidential palace in New Delhi, in this May 26, 2014 handout provided by India's Presidential 

BY SANJEEV MIGLANI AND SHYAMANTHA ASOKAN

 Mon May 26, 2014

(Reuters) - Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister in an elaborate ceremony at New Delhi's presidential palace on Monday, after a sweeping election victory that ended two terms of rule by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Sworn in as India's Leader, Modi Speaks of a 'Glorious Future' by nelvely

Modi to rule India with 25-member Cabinet 

BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent-May 26, 2014

Newly sworn Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy Narendra Modi is expected to appoint 25-member Cabinet and 20 State Ministers.

Sri Lankan jumbo Cabinet expanded

R. K. RADHAKRISHNAN-COLOMBO, January 28, 2013

The Sri Lankan Cabinet, one of the biggest in a democratic nation - with 93 Ministers - has been expanded to reward a few more who have exceeded the expectations of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Cabinet of Ministers is now 67 strong, including the executive president, Prime Minister D.M.Jayaratne, and 10 senior Ministers. Another 28 are Deputy Ministers, and, two have been named under a new category, ‘Project Ministers.’ This takes the total number of Ministers in the 225-member Parliament to 97. There are also a slew of young Members of Parliament, named ‘Monitoring MPs,’ who have an open ended job of monitoring specified Ministries.

In the 2010 elections, the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance had received enough votes to win 144 seats. With members from the opposition United National Party crossing over, and with unquestioning support from the Ceylon Workers Congress and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, the UPFA, soon garnered a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Modi to Rule India With 25-Member Cabinet by nelvely

Modi prods Pakistan on terror on first day as PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif smile before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014.

BY SANJEEV MIGLANI AND SHYAMANTHA ASOKAN

Despite the directness of his message, both sides said Modi's meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New Delhi was cordial and they agreed to push for a restart of peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals.(Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a blunt warning to traditional neighbouring foe Pakistan on his first day in the job on Tuesday that it must prevent militants on its territory from attacking India.

Modi Prods Pakistan on Terror on First Day as PM by nelvely

Two Thai reporters summoned for asking “aggressive” questions of Army Chief

The Nation:By Bangkok Pundit May 27, 2014

Army secretary Maj Gen Polphat Wannaphak Tuesday summoned two reporters to warn them not to try to corner National Council for Peace and Order Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha with questions in press conferences.

Polphat summoned Suparirk Thongchairit of Thai Rath and Wassana Nanuam of Bangkok Post to meet him at the Army headquarters at 2 pm.

Polphat informed the two of message from Prayuth, saying the NCPO chief felt uneasy about the two raising questions in a way to try to corner him during the press conference on Monday.

“Prayuth asked me to tell you that he is not only the Army chief but he is also the lead of the country’s administration for both executive and legislative affairs. So, when you ask questions that will be made public, please think about the questions carefully as it’s not time to answer those questions yet,” Polphat told the two reporters.

Khao Sod:

In a press conference yesterday, Mr. Supparerk and Ms. Wassana asked Gen. Prayuth whether he planned to appoint himself as the new Prime Minister, and when he expects a new election to be held.

Gen. Prayuth refused to answer either question.

“Do you want to be Prime Minister? Do you?” Gen. Prayuth taunted Mr. Supparerk in response.

“I do! I do!” the Thai Rath reporter shouted back, provoking laughter from other journalists.

Today, army secretary Lt.Gen. Pollapot called Mr. Supparerk and Ms. Wassana’s behavior unacceptable.

“Now it is not the time for [Gen. Prayuth] to answer these questions, especially about the appointment of new Prime Minister,” Lt. Gen. Pollapot said. “Furthermore, asking questions in such an aggressive manner is not appropriate. Therefore, we ask for their cooperation not to do that again in the future.”

The army secretary added that Gen. Prayuth has expressed concern that “aggressive” questions from the media may affect the public’s confidence in his ability to lead the country.

BP: Well just review the above questions and see if you view they are mild or tough.. How does one know when it it the time to ask some questions?

Ukraine says it controls Donetsk airport after fighting leaves dozens dead

Putin calls on Ukraine to end 'punitive' operation as rebel says at least 30 fighters' bodies have been delivered to hospital

Rebels moved to seize Donetsk airport on Monday and were repelled by government forces. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Alec Luhn in Kiev and Shaun Walker in Donetsk-Tuesday 27 May 2014

Ukraine has said it has regained control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk after a day of air strikes and fierce fighting with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen left dozens of people dead.

Ukraine Says It Controls Donetsk Airport After Fighting Leaves Dozens Dead by nelvely

Payback time for the UK and Europe?

Payback time for the UK and Europe?

Tuesday 27 May 2014

So is it payback time, payback for the worst financial crisis in living memory? If so, who was to blame?

Not you, not me, but them. Them bankers, them regulators, them politicians, they all had a hand in it. And now the crisis is said, repeatedly, to be over.

But it is not. The vast majority of incomes have contracted; the vast majority have become more insecure, and they have done so whilst the richer sector has apparently, and factually, got richer.

(Above: an anti-austerity protest in Rome on 17 May)

For us in Europe, the euro was at the heart of the crisis. It gave Europe (especially to those who never understood a trading community) an even worse name.

For us in Britain, the same men and women who got us into the mess remained unpunished, many of them reverting to the very roles they held before the crisis.

Neither in Europe nor in the UK has there been any particularly radical house cleaning. The ordinary citizen feels estranged from such a situation. Only last week was the man who fiddled the gold rate finally punished, a fine and no sentence, and his bank, Barclays, fined £26m or so.

More analysis: European elections 2014 – everything you need to know

Who would vote for any of them in Europe or in any kind of domestic power, local or otherwise? 66 per cent didn’t vote at all. 27 per cent of those who did staged a full-blown rebellion in the UK by voting Ukip.

(Above: an anti-austerity protest in Marseille on 15 May)

Europe failed, Britain failed and most other European nations for them, and the “recovery” has not assuaged their anger.

It is anger expressed in a yes vote in Scotland and a Ukip vote across the country. Centralised Westminster appears unable to reach the parts of the country bleeding from the misdeeds of those who bankrupted the country.

Continental-wide, Brussels appears to have done no better.

No-one doubts that it can happen all over again. All the pieces are in place to facilitate it. Time is short, solutions long. These are historically dangerous times, mere voting will not stem the dismay.

Taliban releases Afghan police it abducted in attack in northeastern province

By Sayed Salahuddin, Tuesday, May 27

KABUL — The Taliban has freed 23 local police officers it kidnapped during an assault in northeastern Afghanistan last week, a rare move by the insurgents who have long been known — and maligned — for killing prisoners.

The Taliban launched a large-scale attack on May 20, overrunning the district headquarters of Yamgan in Badakhshan province. The insurgents killed eight policemen and abducted 27 others, including three senior local officers.

In a statement e-mailed to news media late Monday, the Taliban said it released 23 of the captives through the mediation of local elders and as a gesture of “mercy” based on Islamic teachings.

The statement added that the prisoners pledged not to rejoin the government as a condition for their release.

The governor of Badakhshan, Shah Waliullah Adeeb, confirmed the releases and said influential elders were still trying to free the remaining prisoners.

“There was no ransom or any deal,” Adeeb said Tuesday by telephone. “In the past, the Taliban had killed a number of captives while releasing some, but this time they have killed none.”

The Taliban typically operates in small groups, attempting to undercut Afghan security forces even though its fighters are vastly outmanned countrywide.

The militants have been accused of killing prisoners of war, often in grotesque fashion, since being toppled from power in late 2001.

The release of the police officers comes amid rising anger over the alleged Taliban killings. There also has been a growing outcry among Afghans against the Taliban for deadly attacks on civilian targets and for killing scores of Afghan security forces each month as NATO and the United States continue to reduce their military presence.

The Taliban earlier this month announced its new annual spring offensive, vowing to target Afghan security forces, government officials and local contractors, as well as translators working for foreign troops.

Last week’s attack in Badakhshan, involving more than 200 fighters, appeared to be the largest Taliban assault since the declaration of the spring offensive.

A Taliban spokesman said the group’s struggle will continue as long as foreign troops remain in Afghanistan.

Nigeria locates hideout of Boko Haram militants

 
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Nigeria's military says the hideout of Boko Haram Takfiri militants who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls last month has been located.

“The good news for the parents is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you,” Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh said on Monday.

“We can’t kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,” Badeh added.

On April 14, Boko Haram abducted 276 students from their secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok, later threatening to “sell” the girls.

According to security forces, 53 of the girls managed to escape but 223 are still being held.

The Nigerian government has been under intense pressure by many people around the globe especially the girls’ families to secure their release.

Meanwhile, suspected Boko Haram militants have stormed a village in northeastern Nigeria, killing 20 residents.

On Sunday, the heavily armed militants also set fire to several houses during the attack on the village of Waga in the state of Adamawa.

Officials said another attack by the group on a nearby village was repelled by army soldiers.

The states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe have been under emergency law since a string of deadly Boko Haram attacks in May 2013.

One of the incidents, in the village of Kumuta in Borno, left 24 people dead.

Boko Haram -- whose name means “Western education is forbidden” -- says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government.

It has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly gun and bomb attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009.

Over the past four years, violence in the north of Africa’s most populous country has claimed the lives of more than 3,600 people.

யாழ்.குடாநாட்டில் தொடரும் நில ஆக்கிரமிப்பு பற்றி தனக்கு ஏதும் தெரியாதென்கிறார் அரச அதிபர் :

குளோபல்தமிழ்ச்செய்தியாளர்-26 மே 2014

உலக தமிழ்ச் செய்திகள்

யாழ்.குடாநாட்டில் தொடரும் நில ஆக்கிரமிப்பு பற்றி தனக்கு ஏதும் தெரியாதென அரசாங்க அதிபர் சுந்தரம் அருமை நாயகம் சாதிக்க தனக்கு அறிக்கை சமர்ப்பிக்க கோரியுள்ளார் அமைச்சர் டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா.மாவட்ட ஒருங்கிணைப்புக்குழுக்கூட்டத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற காரசாரமான விவாதத்தின் போதே அரசாங்க அதிபர் தெரியாதென தெரிவிக்க  அமைச்சரோ இப்போது தான் கேள்விப்பட்ட விடயம் போல அறிக்கை கோரியுள்ளார்.

யாழ். மாவட்ட செயலகத்தில்  இன்று காலை 9.3௦0 மணியளவில் மாவட்ட  ஒருங்கிணைப்புகுழு கூட்டத்தொடர் ஆரம்பமாகியிருந்தது. வடமாகாண முதலமைச்சர் சி.வி. விக்னேஸ்வரன் மற்றும் டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா இணைத்தலைமையில் இக் கூட்டம் இடம்பெற்றிருந்தது. இதன்போது யாழ் மாவட்டத்தின் செயற்பாடுகள் பற்றி காரசாரமான விவாதங்கள் இடம்பெற்றன.

வலி.வடக்கு நில சுவீகரிப்பிற்கு மேலதிகமாக சேந்தான்குளம் கச்சாயென பல பகுதிகளில் கடற்படை நிலங்களை கையகப்படுத்த அறிவிப்புக்களை விடுத்துள்ளது. ஏற்கனவே இடம்பெற்ற நில சுவிகரிப்புக்களிற்கு எதிராக வழக்குகள் தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டு நிலுவையில் உள்ள நிலையில் தற்போது மேலும் மேலும் நிலச்சுவீகரிப்பு இடம்பெறுவதாக கூட்டமைப்பு தரப்பு குற்றஞ்சாட்டியது.

அவ்வேளையில் குறிக்க அமைச்சர் புதிதாக சுவீகரிக்கப்படும் நில பகுதிகள் பற்றி அரச அதிபரிடம் விளக்கம் கேட்க அரச அதிபரோ தமக்கு இது பற்றி தெரியாதென்றார்.அனைத்து சுவீகரிப்பு அறிவித்தல்களிலும் பிரதேச செயலர்கள் ஒப்பமிட்டுள்ளனர். அவ்வாறாயின் அவர்கள் தங்களின் கீழில்லையாவென கேள்வி எழுப்பினர்  பிரதிநிதிகள்.அவ்வேளையிலேயே நில சுவீகரிப்பு பற்றி அறிக்கை சமர்ப்பிக்க கோரிக்கை விடுத்தார் அமைச்சர் டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா.

Australia Will Push Lanka On LLRC 

Monday, May 26, 2014

The Australian Government has said it will push Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and to engage with domestic and international stakeholders to advance an effective and transparent reconciliation agenda.

Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Australia, in a letter to the Australian Tamil Congress, said that Australia will also continue to urge Sri Lanka to ensure that all allegations of serious international crimes committed by both sides to the conflict are investigated and prosecuted in a transparent and independent manner.

Mason was responding to queries raised by the Australian Tamil Congress on Australia’s policy on engagement with Sri Lanka.

The Australian Senator said that the recent listing by Sri Lanka of some Tamil Diaspora organisations does not constrain the freedom those groups have in Australia to operate in accordance with Australian law.

He noted that Australia strongly supports the right to freedom of expression and do not consider the targeting of Tamil Diaspora organizations and individuals conducive to reconciliation in Sri Lanka. (ER)

Meeting India’s Concerns To Sustain New Relationship

By Jehan Perera -May 26, 2014 

Jehan Perera

The Sri Lankan government sees in the Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi a new opportunity to win India over to its side. President Rajapaksa has made sure that he will be off to a flying start with his decision to be present at the swearing in of the new Indian Prime Minister, who had tweeted that it was a great pleasure to talk to the Sri Lankan President when he made his congratulatory call.  It is clear that the Sri Lankan government leadership senses, or believes there is, a resonance with the new Indian leadership.  Indeed, the change of government in India has opened up the possibility of a new dimension of personal warmth to enter into the relationship between the two leaders of Sri Lanka and India.  There is every possibility of the personal charisma of President Rajapaksa, and his closeness to the ethos of the masses of people, to find resonance in the new Indian Prime Minister.

However, there is a danger of reading too much into the personal relations between leaders.  Politicians and the general public have a tendency to prioritise the role of individuals in history. When Russia annexed Crimea, much of the debate in the international media revolved around the personal motivations of President Putin. In reality, however, individual leaders have a limited ability to affect international relations, which are primarily driven by geopolitical and socio-cultural forces. President Putin is important no doubt, but only insofar as he reflects the values and goals of his inner circle, a broader coalition of the elites that back him, and, no less importantly, the general population.  All parties represented in the Duma (Russian Parliament) were behind the annexation. In the Duma vote, 445 votes were for the annexation with only one against.  Not only did President Putin’s party, United Russia, support him, the other three parties, Just Russia, the Liberal Democrats and even the Communists, were also behind him.

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