Archive for the 'TULF & History' Category
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Courtesy:The Nation
“Anandasangaree maintains his independence:
V. Anandasangaree, who functioned as the leader of the TULF, had called on Thamilchelvam only once. He did not want to pay such customary visits to Vanni, because he did not want to seek instructions from the LTTE. LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham, who felt affronted by Anandasangaree’s refusal to dance attendance on the LTTE leadership, had reportedly said: “It was we who sent the TNA to Parliament. Therefore, they should see us whenever we send for them.” Anandasangaree publicly denounced this LTTE stand. The LTTE did not allow Anandasangaree to participate in the re-opening of the restored Jaffna public library. However, Anandasangaree could not be prevented from reopening the library. He said that the LTTE was recognised only as the representative of Tamils at peace talks, and the TNA represents the Tamil community at all other events and forums. An irate LTTE leadership, using some MPs loyal to them, succeeded in expelling Anandasangaree from the TNA. However, he managed to retain the leadership of the TULF, which is a constituent of the TNA. Even today, Anandasangaree is the leader of the TULF.”
By a Special Correspondent
The decision taken by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to support the candidacy of New Democratic Front candidate General Sarath Fonseka has become a main moot point in the political circles today. (more…)
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Courtesy: Daily News
S. K. Thangavadivel, Kopay
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party - the oldest political party in Sri Lanka celebrates its 74th Anniversary on December 18. The LSSP has a long history in Sri Lanka. It was set up in 1935 as a progressive movement, fighting against Imperialism and to work for the common man.
One of its founders and leader Dr. N. M. Perera was a student of Prof. Harold J. Laski of the London School of Economics. Dr. N. M. Perera studied in England, Germany and France under prominent professors such as Prof. Graham, Prof. Parsley, Prof. Hob House and Prof Paroe. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Courtesy: The bottom Line
T.Sabaratnam
“Indira Gandhi took Amirthalingam the next day, India’s Independence Day, to Red Fort to view the parade, an honour given to visiting heads of state”.
I think the first instance India interfered directly in Sri Lankan affairs in recent history occurred on July 19, 1983. On that afternoon Indian Additional Foreign Secretary Shankar Bajpai conveyed to Sri Lankan High Commissioner Bernard Tilakaratna India’s concern about the emergency regulation it imposed the previous day. (more…)
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Ten years ago on the morning of July 29, an unknown ‘human bomb’ exploded at the Rosemead Place-Kynsey Road junction. The suicide attack resulted in the death of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam was slated to be a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in the fall of 1999. A renowned constitutional lawyer from Sri Lanka, Neelan was better known to me as a leading Tamil human rights activist who had thrown his hat into the political ring. (more…)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
“Power tends to corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” – Lord Acton 1887
- ஜெயசங்கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி
அமிர்தலிங்கம் என்ற ஆற்றல் மிக்க தலைவர் தமிழினத்தில் இருந்து அநியாயமாக பறிக்கப்பட்டு இன்று 20 ஆண்டுகள் ஒடிவிட்டன. தமிழினத்தின் நலனுக்காகவும், அரசியல் விடிவிற்காகவும் வாழவிடப்பட்டிருக்க வேண்டிய தலைவர் புலிகள் இயக்கத்தின் அரசியல் தொலைநோக்கற்ற காரணத்தினாலும், தமிழ் அரசியலில் தமது ஏகபோக அதிகாரத்தை நிலை நிறுத்துவதற்காகவும் புலிகள் இயக்கத்தலைவர் பிரபாகரனின் உத்தரவில் (13.07.1989) கொல்லப்பட்டார். (more…)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Courtesy: Daily Mirror
By T. Sabaratnam
I titled my biography of Appapillai Amirthalingam, former leader of opposition and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), The Murder of a Moderate. In the opening paragraphs of the preface I wrote: Appapillai Amirthalingam, former leader of the moderate political party, Tamil United Liberation Front, was murdered first politically and then physically. The political slaying was by the Sinhala leadership and the physical by Tamil militants. Both murders had common effect- elimination of Tamil moderates as a political factor. (more…)
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Courtesy: Srilankawatch.com
Dr. Rajini Thiranagama
“In 1972 I was at a meeting where S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, the leader of the F.P. was present on the platform. Mr. Kasi Ananthan, a popular platform speaker, who is now a member of the L.T.T.E., told the audience:
Mr. Duraiappa, Mr. Subramaniam, Mr. Arulampalam and Mr. Anandasangeri are enemies of the Tamil nation. They do not deserve a natural death. Nor do they deserve to die in an accident. The Tamil people, especially the youth, must decide how they should die…. (more…)
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Courtesy: National Post; Canada
Posted: May 05, 2009, 12:16 PM by Jonathan Kay
Jonathan Kay, Full Comment
The conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers has deep, tangled roots. But to a rough order of magnitude, the moral stakes can be reduced to a single act of terrorist savagery that took place on July 29, 1999 — the day Neelan Tiruchelvam was blown out the side of his Nissan sedan by a female suicide bomber riding a moped. (more…)
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
Courtesy:transcurrents.com
By Wilson Gnanadass
“The problem here is that leaders are imposed on a community. People are forced to elect someone who they do not have any confidence in. Then problems start. This is what has happened to the LTTE. When Pirabhakaran forced himself to be the leader, the people started to distance themselves further away from him,” - Anandasangaree
The military thrust against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and thereby weakening them, has certainly offered fresh options to the moderate Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka.
The Tamil parties have two options. Either join hands together or work separately but with a view to aiming at a common goal – to achieve a substantial political solution to the Tamil minority.
With the apparent defeat of the LTTE, it is no secret that even the Vaddukodai resolution of 1976 is laid to eternal rest. (more…)
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