Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Courtesy: The Island
TULF leader V. Anandasangaree yesterday called on the forces battling the LTTE in the Vanni to act with restraint and protect civilian lives.
He said in a statement issued to the media:
“I am distressed over the unhappy news reaching from Vanni about the unusually heavy casualties on the War front, from the time the forces set their feet on the Vanni soil. Only two days back the whole of Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, USA and India believed the LTTE canard that over five thousand soldiers had been taken as captives and a large number of them killed. The whole of last morning all telephones were ringing continuously to find out as to what is happening in the Vanni. By noon, the news of the capture of Mullaithivu Town reached all parts of the world and put an end to this mischievous rumour and those who were celebrating the ‘victory’ had to put their heads down in shame. Whether what we hear today is true or another canard of the LTTE, the people expect the forces to act with restraint, because whatever happens to them, they have a moral duty to safeguard the innocent people, who are trapped in the LTTE held area or rather kept by them under compulsion as a human shield, for their own protection. Hence the LTTE should take the blame for every death that occurs in Vanni today.
The LTTE, once acclaimed by some as very brave, have now become cowards. At this desperate hour they will not hesitate to do anything with venomous intentions of putting the blame on the others. We expect the army, that liberated 95 per cent of the area under the LTTE, with minimum casualties, will not do anything in haste to end the war quickly. But the people expect them to act with caution and not to spoil their name that they earned by sacrificing a lot of their comrades. I tell the gallant soldiers that they have already won the war with no hopes for the LTTE to regain any part of the territory. But the civilian lives, they have to protect as a sacred duty cast on them, in defence of the nation.”
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Couetesy: Hindu India
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“There is a large vacuum created in the leadership of the Tamils. A lot of important persons, academics, respectable personalities, political leaders and such others, had been killed or made to flee the country,” Anandasangree
Colombo (PTI): Blaming the LTTE for “a large vacuum” in the Tamil leadership in Sri Lanka, a senior leader of the minority ethnic community has invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to visit the island nation to assess for himself the ground realities as “seeing is believing”.
“The time has now come for you to take over the full responsibility on your head and to visit Sri Lanka, accepting the invitation extended to you, by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa the President. Seeing is believing,” the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V Anandasangree said in a letter addressed to Karunanidhi. (more…)
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Interview with LAKBIMA NEWS
Former parliamentarian and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front V. Anandasangaree in an interview with LAKBIMAnEWS staffer Thava Sajitharan, says he may not contest the northern provincial council polls as he is “thoroughly disgusted with the manner in which the Jaffna people are treated by the government”. Excerpts:
The Sri Lankan military has achieved formidable victories in the battlefields of the north. How do you see the present situation in terms of the political future of the minority communities in general and Tamils in perticular?
I am happy that the army has liberated Kilinochchi and other areas. I hope they will very soon liberate the entire country from the LTTE. But merely liberating the country from the LTTE will not solve the problem that we have been having for the last fifty years. Militants fighting against the government with weapons are a subsequent development.
But we had a problem initially. Various solutions had been suggested. So, while saving the country from a group of terrorists who were not fair by our people - at the earlier stages they were alright, but subsequently they became atrocious - the government or anybody else should not think that the problem is now solved and we can go ahead.
No one can go ahead without finding a political solution to the problem. It will only give room for guerrilla warfare. That will be worse than this. When we are all sleeping, one fine day we might see the Colombo city burning. We can’t wait till something happens. What we should do is to discover out the problem and solve it.
So you do share the fear that the LTTE will resort to guerrilla warfare in the future and that it will be worse? (more…)
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Courtesy: Asian Tribune
Colombo (Asiantribune.com): “There is no question of genocide against the Tamils. I have already explained this to the people of Jaffna, when I was last time there. In a meeting in Jaffna, where more than one thousand people attended and in my address, I told them that the charges of genocide is all rubbish,” said V. Anandasangari, leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. (more…)
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Courtesy: The Nation
Meet The Nation - Interview
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President and Secretary General of the newly established Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) V. Anandasangaree is an advocate of the Indian model as a panacea for the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. He says since the people of Sri Lanka are allergic to the term ‘federal’, the Indian model could be the ideal one to find an ultimate solution. Anangasangaree met the visiting Indian foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Friday and told him that India should mount pressure on the Sri Lankan Government to find a proper political package acceptable to the Tamils soon. He told The Nation in an interview that crushing the LTTE is not the only answer to the ethnic question and that the government must now seriously consider evolving a political package. Anandasangaree is the winner of 2006 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh award for the promotion of tolerance and non violence. He has been in active politics in the country for the past fifty years. He started his political career by contesting against V.A. Sugathadasa at the CMC election in 1959. Prior to this, he was attached to the LSSP. He now leads the new DTNA – an alliance formed by Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) led by D. Sidharthan and the Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by Varadaraja Perumal.
Following are excerpts
Q: How do you view the on-going military conflict?
A: We can’t blame the government. The suffering of the people was so much that the people themselves wanted a break at any cost. So I myself have made several requests from the government to help the people living in the LTTE areas. I appealed to the UN secretary general too, telling him that people of Kilinochchi are willing to receive a friendly army. So people are happy that they are liberated. Of course there has been harassment by the government forces earlier in Chemmani and in some other places. But compared to the good old days, it is nothing now. Take the casualties for instance. I saw a statement from TNA leader Sampanthan saying that at the height of the war, only eight had died within two weeks. Even if we take the entire casualty figure it may be around 200. I am not justifying even this figure, but people must be liberated. So in that respect, I support the present war against the LTTE. (more…)
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Courtesy: The Nation
“Many in the south think that crushing the LTTE is the answer to the ethnic problem. No”. Anandasangaree
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) Leader V. Anandasangaree has said people living in Kilinochchi have felt the real ‘liberation’ that they have yearned for years, after the Sri Lankan troops captured the area last week.
In an interview with The Nation, the former Parliamentarian and Secretary General of the newly established Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) said the people living in Kilinochchi had always desired for a friendly Army.
He said under the rule of the Tigers, their lives had been restricted and controlled.
However, the seasoned politician said that eliminating Tiger terrorism was not the clear answer to the many problems faced by the Tamil minority.
“Many in the south think that crushing the LTTE is the answer to the ethnic problem. No. We need to find a lasting solution through a comprehensive political package that would meet the aspirations of the Tamils of north and east,” he said. (more…)
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Courtesy: neruppu.com
புலிகள்/அரசபடைகள் மீதான மக்களின் அச்சம்
ஜ.நா.மூலம் நிவாரண பொருட்கள் உறுதிப்படுத்தல்
இலங்கை அரசு மீது தீர்வுக்கான முறையான அழுத்தம்
UNP/SLFP யிடையே தீர்வுக்கான இணக்கப்பாடுகாணல்
தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி, புளொட், ஈ.பி.ஆர்.எல்.எவ் (பத்மநாபா) என்பவற்றின் கூட்டணியான ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி தலைவர்கள் இன்றுமாலை 4.30அளவில் இந்திய வெளியுறவுச் செயலர் சிவ்சங்கர் மேனன் உள்ளிட்ட இந்திய உயர்மட்ட தூதுக் குழுவினரை கொழும்பிலுள்ள இந்திய இல்லத்தில் சந்தித்துள்ளனர்.
தற்போதைய அரசியல் நிலைமைகள், யுத்த சூழல் மற்றும் இடம்பெயர்வுகள் தொடர்பில் இதன்போது கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணியின் சார்பில் தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணியின் தலைவர் வீ.ஆனந்தசங்கரி, புளொட் தலைவர் த.சித்தார்த்தன் மற்றும் ஈ.பி.ஆர்.எல்.எவ்(பத்மநாபா) பொதுச்செயலர் தி.சிறிதரன் ஆகியோர் இச்சந்திப்பில் பங்கேற்றிருந்தனர். இந்தியத் தரப்பில் வெளியுறவுச் செயலர் சிவ்சங்கர்மேனன், இலங்கைக்கான இந்திய உயர்ஸ்தானிகர் அலோக் பிரசாத், பிரதி உயர் ஸ்தானிகர் மற்றும் டில்லியிலிருந்து வருகை தந்திருந்த உயர்மட்டக் குழுவினர் பங்கேற்றிருந்தனர். (more…)
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Courtesy: thenee.com
இலங்கை வந்துள்ள இந்திய வெளிவிவகார செயலாளர் சிவசங்கர் மேனனை 17.01.2009) ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணியின் தலைவர்கள் சந்தித்து பேசியுள்ளனர். தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களின் அரசியல் பிரச்சினைக்கான தீர்வு, வன்னியில் அகப்பட்டுள்ள மக்கள் எதிர்நோக்கியுள்ள நெருக்கடிகளிலிருந்து விடுவித்தல் ஆகிய விடயங்களே இன்றைய சந்திப்பின் போது கலந்துரையாடப்பட்ட முக்கிய விடயங்கள் என தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணியின் செயலாளரும் தமிழர் விடுதலை கூட்டணி தலைவருமான திரு.வீ.ஆனந்தசங்கரி, தமிழீழ மக்கள் விடுதலைக் கழகத்தின் (புளொட்) தலைவர் தர்மலிங்கம் சித்தார்த்தன், பத்மநாபா ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி (பத்மநாபா ஈபிஆர்எல்எவ்) பொது செயலாளர் தி. சிறிதரன் (சுகு) ஆகியோரே ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணியின் சார்பில் இச்சந்திப்பில் கலந்துகொண்டனர். (more…)
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Courtesy: Sunday Observer
by Ananth PALAKIDNAR
Tamil United Liberation Front leader Veerasingam Anandasangaree represented Kilinochchi for more than a decade in Parliament since 1970. It was during his period in 1977 Kilinochchi was established as a separate district. He described that LTTE’s `jungle law’ prevailed since 1995 in Kilinochchi with its police and courts until the region was liberated by the Security Forces with the dawn of 2009.
The TULF leader while praising the gallant soldiers liberating Kilinochchi, recollects his days in the region which he calls the `region of reservoirs’. Here the excerpts of the interview with V. Anandasangaree: (more…)
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
I call upon the 22 Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarians to do their duty or to honourably vacate their seats in Parliament. They have fooled enough, the people whom they claim to represent in Parliament, but never championed their cause. Instead they always defended the LTTE at whose mercy they got elected fraudulently to Parliament. They have mis-led the International Community, the people of Tamil Nadu in particular. Tamil Nadu if left alone or properly briefed would have contributed their best towards a workable solution, without earning the dis-pleasure of the people of Sri Lanka and without causing embarrassment to their own Central Government, with un-fair and un-implementable demands. Unfortunately the people of Tamil Nadu got mis-led by the advice given by the TNA Parliamentarians. (more…)
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