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Reflections on the Pongu Thamil (Tamil Resurgence) Festival in Toronto: V. Anandasangary

Monday, November 15th, 2004

From the disbanding of EROS 18 years earlier to the breakaway of Karuna’s faction recently, the number of our Tamil brethren killed in internecine strife between armed Tamil groups exceeds those killed by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. Among the victims of internecine strife are educationists, human rights activists, Tamil university students who demanded justice, fellow militants, community and political leaders and ordinary folk. Even amidst the winds of peace, Tamil women are daily stricken to widowhood on their own Tamil soil, not by aliens, but by their Tamil brothers. Even daily encounters with atrocities of infants having their father or mother murdered for their political stand is yet to stir anyone to Boil or Surge Over in protest.

The current paralysis applies not just to humble folk, but more poignantly to great names of Tamil militancy. Addaikalanathan of TELO whose leader Sri Sabaratnam was cut down without remorse, trembles and cringes in silence. Suresh Premachandran who lost his leader Padmanaba and more than a dozen comrades in one fell swoop, is cowed and shrunken in fear. (more…)

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LTTE majority in the ISGA and the Eastern Province: “While Mr. Anandasangaree and the TULF hope to retain a merged unit under a federal arrangement, the LTTE hopes to retain it with the gun. While Mr. Anandasangaree and the TULF hope to retain a merged unit by winning over the Muslims on the pretext of linguistic bonding as Tamil-speaking people”

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

Courtesy: The Island
By Neville Ladduwahetty

Despite warnings of dire consequences being expressed by the JVP, all indications are that the Government of Sri Lanka is gearing itself to resume negotiations on the basis of the LTTE’s proposals for an Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA). Whatever else the LTTE may be prepared to compromise on during negotiations, one can be certain that they would insist on majority representation for themselves in the ISGA. It is the implications of this one aspect that Mr. Anandasangaree, the President of the TULF, warned in his letter to the LTTE (The Island, October 16, 2004). He said, “How can we expect any Government to agree to give majority representation for the LTTE in the Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA). Whatever we demand the concerned parties must be in a position to concede. This demand for majority representation in the ISGA for the LTTE will only be the first step towards the de-merger of the North and East. Don’t forget that the Tamils, Muslims, and the Sinhalese who live in equal numbers in the Eastern Province will tend to oppose it and a demand of this nature will only increase the demand for de-merger of the North-East”(Ibid) (more…)

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