In a letter addressed to ‘Thamby’ Prabhakaran, published on October 16 TULF leader V. Anandasangaree had shed light on the myth of implementing LTTE’s ISGA proposals, which call for LTTE’s absolute control in N/E. The ISGA is an attempt to bring the entire North and East under the control and subjugation of LTTE. ‘Do you think any member of Sinhala, Muslim or Tamil community will agree to these proposals?’, the TULF Leader queries.
Following are some of the salient points contained therein:
(i) No government will agree to give majority representation to LTTE in the ISGA. What people want is a democratic rule.
(ii) ISGA proposals have aggravated problems and have diminished the hopes of early settlement. ‘Please cry a halt to all meaningless killings’, the TULF Leader urges the LTTE, on behalf of the Tamil community.
(iii)The LTTE has not been impartial in any field, especially, in administration of law and order. The people living in N/E will not have faith in LTTE police and courts.
(iv) Some proposals in the ISGA are not acceptable even to the Tamil people living in N/E. How can one expect the government to consider them seriously?
(v) No government will survive after conceding absolute control of N/E to LTTE.
(vi) Whatever is demanded, the concerned parties must be in a position to concede. Demand for majority representation in the ISGA for LTTE will be the first step for de-merger of North and East.
(vii) Sinhala and Muslim communities living in the East will never consider Prabhakaran as their ‘sole representative’, let alone, the Tamil community.
(viii) This demand will not only compel any government to dodge the issue, but also deter the international community from interfering in our problem.
(ix) Not a single Muslim will ever agree to come under a self-governing authority dominated by the LTTE. Muslims who have been living for hundreds of years, have been driven out of the Northern Province without their possessions and life-time savings by the LTTE.
Even though the TULF Leader says, "If you are serious in bringing back peace to our people quickly, please consider my suggestions very earnestly", it is most unlikely that a favourable response would be forthcoming, for the LTTE leader has his own ‘peace’ agenda, that of a separate state, the ISGA being the half-way house in achieving that objective. Democracy, pluralism and human rights do not convey any meaning for Prabhakaran, as he cannot survive in a pluralistic society, as amply demonstrated by his killing of hundreds of Tamil leaders and human rights activists. Rajini Thiranagama, young Tamil academic, who dared to challenge the rise of Tamil fascism 15 years ago, had to pay for it with her life, like thousand of others that sacrificed their lives at the altar of Prabhakaran’s dreamland.
<>Hence, it is most likely that the TULF leader’s fatherly advice to his ‘Thamby’, will be yet another cry in the wilderness.
