Colonel Karuna on Prabakaran’s duplicity

Colombo, 19 November, (Asiantribune.com): Colonel Karuna alias Venayagamoorthy Muralitharan , the leader of the breakaway group from the LTTE, in an exclusive interview with Asian Tribune, said that Tamil National Force, TamilEela Makal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and the Tamils are ready to work with the President elect Mahinda Rajapakse to search for an acceptable solution along with other like - minded Tamil groups and Tamil leaders.

He said that he wishes to send through ‘Asian Tribune’ his congratulations to the President-elect, Mahinda Rajapakse. He has also conveyed his best wishes on his 60th birthday.

Colonel Karuna said that he expects that during Mahinda Rajapakse’s Presidency the issues connected with the Tamils and Tamil speaking people in this country would be solved and a sustainable peace with honor and dignity would be found once and for all.

Colonel Karuna stressed that the new President should come forward without delay to amend the Ceasefire Agreement which gave immense power to Prabakaran to kill the Tamils and that Tamil group opposes to his self centered politics of violence, terror and mayhem.

He said: "The new Ceasefire Agreement should effectively enforce the decommissioning of arms and ammunitions of Prabakaran and his men, All the so - called political offices in the areas under the control of the Sri Lanka government should be disbanded forthwith and A-9 road has to be brought under the control of the newly formed Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.

"Government of Norway which spent millions of US Dollars to prop-up the candidature of Ranil Wickremasinghe and also keep on pumping millions of dollars on anti - Sri Lankan and anti-Tamil campaigns should be condemned openly, “Karuna pointed out.

Norwegian Embassy in Colombo which functions as the paymaster of monies to all the anti-Tamil, anti-Karuna and anti-Mahinda NGO’s should stop channeling secret funds forthwith. Otherwise we may be compelled to take necessary political actions to stop pumping funds and organizing the smuggling of lethal weapons to kill the Tamils and to disrupt peace and stability in the country, Colonel Karuna warned.

"Also we request that the present toothless Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission led by Norwegian retired Army personnel which is biased and bent only on supporting the LTTE should be disbanded and a new monitoring mission of SAARC countries be formed to monitor any violations of the future amended the Ceasefire Agreement ," he said.

When commenting about the election, he said whatever said and done Prabakaran and Ranil Wickremasinghe combine was unable to stop Mahinda Rajapakse winning the Presidential election.

Colonel Karuna told that the Tamils in the North and East have shattered the myth that LTTE led by Prabakaran is the sole representatives of the Tamils.

This has enraged the LTTE and Prabakaran and he was forced to unleash the unprecedented threat, terror and violence on the Tamil peoples to prevent the Tamils from voting and depriving them the opportunity to express their choice and denying their fundamental democratic rights of exercising their franchise.

If Prabharan was so sure that the Tamils would listen to his words and if they really recognized him as their sole representative and were not willing to participate in the voting according to his Aanai – edict, then there was no need for him apply fear tactics and send his murderous cadres even into a mosque in Akkaraipattu to lob two grenades and kill the innocent Muslim worshippers, with the view to create tension between the Tamils and Muslims in the East and create ethnic clashes in the East.

Furthermore Karuna said, “We are fully aware that two batches of 20 special intelligent cadres in each batch were dispatched to the East from Vanni and they were with Bhanu at Karadiyanaru where they were given the necessary plans and instructions to disrupt the election and they were the ones responsible for the terror and mayhem that were let loose at Prabharan’s behest in the East on the polling day.”

Colonel Karuna pointed out that one more time Prabakaran has amply exhibited to the international community by his acts that he is of course a terrorists and would never change. “I condemn him for his terrorists’ activities and for denying the Tamils their basic rights of exercising their franchise” Karuna admonished.

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