Colombo, 13 November, (Asiantribune.com): The latest editorial of Eelanatham, the official Tamil language daily of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam published from Kilinochchi , has come down hard on Karuna, the breakaway rebel from the LTTE, and the UNP.
The editorial refutes the UNP claim that it split the LTTE into Karuna and Prabhakaran camps. It states : " Ranil did not split Karuna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, but Karuna fled fearing the disciplinary action and may be UNP would have given him the refuge. "
In an editorial titled “Traitors and Guardians” states :
United National Party (UNP) has begun to make haughty claims that it was Ranil Wickremasinghe who was responsible for Karuna leaving the LTTE . The UNP claims that Karuna left after they took him on tours abroad and showed him the outside world.
The same view has been expressed by one of the leaders of the ruling UPFA. Repeating his previous statements, Mangala Samaraweera confirmed that it was UNP that created Karuna.
It is necessary to state initially that the UNP’s claim and the confirmation by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party were designed to serve their own purposes. The UNP has claimed this to satisfy the Sinhala racial chauvinist and to influence their vote bank.
ON the other hand, SLFPers are happy that they were able to shatter whatever a small degree of trust the Tamils had on Ranil Wickremasinghe. They are attempting to exploit this situation to prevent the minorities, especially the Tamils, from voting in support of Ranil Wickremasinghe.
Nobody has expected that UNP would make such an announcement because there was a healthy climate in the north and the east for the UNP to win the Tamil votes. But now there are doubts as to whether the UNP would be able to get at least a small percentage of the votes of the Tamils. The two UNP claims of breaking up the LTTE and helping Karuna to arrive safely in Colombo have caused the Tamils to turn away from the UNP and the Ranil. It is possible that Ranil is likely to get fewer votes than what he expected.
But it must be emphasized that there is no connection for Karuna’s departure and the UNP, as claimed by these two political parties. The truth is that, as usual, the successive Sri Lanka governments gave support and patronized the anti-social elements and traitors. Similarly they gave support and protection to Karuna. This was done when UNP was in power. The UPFA would have done the same if it was in power.
It is far from truth to claim that Karuna left because he had visited foreign countries or because he had confidence in the Sri Lanka Government. Karuna fled from the Tiger organization because the Tiger leadership was getting ready to take disciplinary action against Karuna. Karuna fled because he was not able to face the charges and the disciplinary action.
However, it cannot be denied that when Karuna was in a difficult situation it was UNP that saved him and brought him to Colombo. When Karuna was trying to flee and was trying to establish contacts with the Sri Lanka Government, it was UNP that provided the necessary contacts.
Therefore, it is meaningless for one section to claim that they weakened the Tigers and for the other side to repeat the same. The truth remains that it was Sri Lanka Government that is providing the necessary protection and the support to one who has been accused of violating the rules of the LTTE was facing disciplinary inquiry.
The reality was that when Tigers took action against Karuna, Sri Lanka rulers thought that they may be able to gain political mileage by supporting Karuna but Karuna failed to live up to their expectation.
If those who anticipated that they would be able to bring an end to the struggle of the Tamils by making use of Karuna, then it is evident that Karuna has disappointed them, states the editorial.
(http://www.asiantribune.com/show_news.php?id=16122)
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