Comments on: In conversation with M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP

By: walter

walter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:50:17 +0000

Thank you for comments Mr.Sumantiran

By: Punitham

Punitham — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:27:50 +0000

Sanjana

Please let the readers see the very clear, simple and logical argumentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv5HDHyl5Xc
Dr Jayampathy Wickremaratne on LLRC, 8 March 2012

http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/2012-01-30-09-31-03/politics-a-social-issues/2-13th-amendment-is-irredeemable
’13th Amendment is irredeemable’ – Constitutional expert, 17 June 2012

By: Strike One

Strike One — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 08:50:04 +0000

I really like the point that Mr. Sumanthiran makes that now in Sri Lanka words like ‘good governance’ and ‘transparency’ have also become bad words. If we go on like this, who knows, soon words like ‘democracy’, ‘elections’ and ‘parliament’ might also make the list…

By: InSights

InSights — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:09:49 +0000

In reply to Anpu. The people of Germany also were sure that Mr.Hitler was going to do better, by freeing the country from the economic and military restrictions imposed on them after WW1. Those who saw the pitfalls were very few.

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:50:10 +0000

In reply to Dr Dayan Jayatilleka. No problemo buddy. I am looking forward to it anyway. Only that if you avoided repetition of "he didnt condemn ltte! he didnt swear on his mom that he loves united sri lanka! etc" it would be more interesting to read. :)

By: Anpu

Anpu — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:50:26 +0000

In reply to InSights. I am sure TNA is capable of doing better than murderous successive Srilankan govts. War ended 3 years ago. What has MR done? building budhist temples, more killings .... and says 50% of LLRC is completed. Any evidence for this??????

By: Walter

Walter — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:57:00 +0000

Mr.John
You see in the 1930 up to about 50 the Jaffna Tamils did not want to support the Batticaloa Tamils, they had a lot of mistrust between themselves. In Colombo the Batticaloa and Trincomalee Tamils were identified together.
The Jaffna Tamils did not support the Estate Tamils, in their struggles. The Jaffna man was basically a selfish man.
The Ceylon Tamils were classed into “any other” category.
Only recently The Colombo Chetties and The Bharatha’s who are all Tamil speaking were given their own identities.
John you may be more knowledgeable and have time for research but you are certainly not able to De-Code the motivations and the Mentality of the Sinhala Buddhist in whose hands the Custody of Ceylon now Sri Lanka was given because as you say a “Democratic Function”
You see since 1948 there was a simmering concern and dissent by the Sinhala Buddhist Community.
They brought in all sorts of Constitutional reforms to break the arm of the Tamils, of course by Democratic means.
Just two examples (A) Why did they burn the Jaffna Library.
(B) why did JR delay for several days before enforcing “Curfew”
The majority had a fear may be justified I don’t know.
The TNA and other Tamil parties are “Sugar Coating” their opposition they are frightened that they and their people will be Pulvarised by the Sinhala Forces if they turn right instead of left.
This forum is insufficient to lay all my thinking and experience of all what has happened in this Country.
Your interpreting and extracting my sentences seems ok under normal ordinary standards, some adjudicator may say you are right.
Well to me that seems to be the Targets set by The Sinhala Buddhist politicians and now 71 to 80% of this Country seemed to have swallowed this line of thinking Hook, Line and Sinker.
Regretably you are just one those.
I do not blame you because you are following what has been set before you.
Had you the experience and age it might have been different. Thanks

By: cyril

cyril — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:47:18 +0000

Dr Jayatilleka

Mr Sumanthiran is reiterating the International Law in relation to the right of self-determination and it’s the legitimate right of the Tamil people. If, as you say, Sri Lanka is a mature democracy then the people should be given an opportunity to exercise their legitimate right in a referendum and both the TNA and the UPFA government could campaign for what they think is good for the people and the country. This is how a mature democracy should deal with this issue.

By: InSights

InSights — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:03:40 +0000

Self determination is not a dirty word and let’s not be distracted by claims that’accountability’having become one.

Let’s instead ask what sort of government the TNA can provide for the North and East. Can it be ‘effective government’ seeing that its leaders keep contradicting one another as to the party’s goal.

The TNA keeps making demands accompanied by barely veiled threats of foreign interference, civil disobedience and so on. Do the people of the North and East realize that the TNA has not put out a credible economic plan for the Provinces; should they achive their desired goal?

Is the TNA exploiting the vulnerable state in which the people of the North and East find themselves to entice them with wild promises, just as the TULF and LTTE did, to undergo more tribulations?

By: Anpu

Anpu — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:41:06 +0000

In reply to Dr Dayan Jayatilleka.

Dear Dr DJ,

Have you read this http://groundviews.org/2012/07/31/ganesan-nimalaruban-a-damning-murder-funeral-and-silence/ ?
What do you think? You have only time for MAS?
Thanks