“Prabhakaran could have been PM if he were alive”: Minister
If LTTE leader Prabhakaran had been living today he could have become the Prime Minister of the country, said the State Minister of Child Affairs, Vijayakala Maheswaran.
She said so during a ceremony at the Kilinochchi District Secretariat to grant compensation to the Kilinochchi General Market stall holders whose stalls were gutted in September.
“The Vadamarachchi area was renowned for Education. LTTE leader Prabhakaran, was from Valvettithurai. Compared to all of our presidents none could hold a candle to Prabhakaran’s leadership,” she said.
“If he had been living today, he could have been the Prime Minister or a Parliamentarian. It is our bad luck. Some politicians here say that the destruction started by Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was ended by Mahinda Rajapaksa.
If our talk involves racialism in this manner we may be deprived of what we are entitled to. Instead of talking we must understand what we can get and what we cannot get out of this government of Good Governance and act accordingly,” she said.
“Whether it is in the North or the South if we talk racism, it is our generation that will be affected. In this government of Good Governance only good things are happening,” she said.
(Source: Daily Mirror – By S.N. Nibojan)
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Hon Vijayakala,
What golden words. You are Goddess Saraswathi, reborn.
The history of the persecution of the Tamil people is long. Colonisation of Tamil land by the Sinhalese goes back nearly 200 years. For more than 70 years, there has been systematic denial of other economic, social and cultural rights; and of civil and political rights. Discriminatory legislation disenfranchised Tamils (1948), denied them equal rights in language (1956) and education (1971). The 1972 constitution abolished the right to appeal to Privy council; abolished section 29 of the 1946 constitution which intended to protect numerical minorities; renamed the island Sri Lanka, rather than Ceylon, (favouring Sinhala concepts), and gave Buddhism foremost place over other religions practiced on the island. This last, secured the ability of Buddhist clerics, alongside Sinhalese politicians to maintain Sinhalese control. A distorted version of buddhism, which demonises Tamils (who are mostly hindu, though there are Tamil muslims and christians too) inculcated belief that Sinhala Buddhists are racially superior to the Tamils. This ideology influenced and influences the policies and actions of successive governments of Sri Lanka up to the present day.
I agree 100% with Madam Vijayakal when she says: “The Vadamarachchi area was renowned for Education. LTTE leader Prabhakaran, was from Valvettithurai. Compared to all of our presidents none could hold a candle to Prabhakaran’s leadership,” she said.’. Prabakaran is a brave leader who fought what he believed for (though I do not agree what he believed). See, we have 224 parliamentarians (except the Hon. Speaker). Can one of them open his/her mouth and utter a word against the ongoing disruption of Vilpattu National Park?
Well done Amarakoon, brilliant comment,
Not only do we have a Parliament but 9 Provincial Councils with elected members, more than 200 Ministers and a bulging bureaucracy to support governance.
Despite all these representatives and servants, the top man recently said that more than 50% of Government Tenders are corrupt. Has he done anything about it other than to crow in public?
In Dubai, there’s a top notch Hotel where the photo of a previous ruler (who is the owner) adorns the wall.
A company headed by the son-in-law of a former public servant, earned profits exceeding 50% of the country’s total revenue for the year.
Corruption is rampant and the population, from North to South, East to West, uncared for. Land and important infrastructure are being sold to foreigners (99 Yr lease) and Sri Lankan Airlines running at a loss of over LKR 5m per day with Directors and Families entitled to free tickets overseas, 4 times a year.
To be down to earth, are we being governed (Yahaalana or Ahapalana) or are we the audience in a circus with a pack of red nosed clowns providing entertainment?
Prabhakaran is history and it does not serve any purpose to do any what if analysis. Let us not ignore the fact that P made a name for himself on a trail of blood he was ruthless in that he did not tolerate any opposition and he coveted only those that gratified his blood lust. Histroically there maybe hundreds who would have subscribed to P ideal and then there would be others who would long to trace his track.
And P would be another ~idealist’ who lost his way.
Recent sri Lankan history dates more than 200 years and there is evidence to support it dates back to the Portufuese in 1505, the population then was unknown and most likely it would have been tribal. The last colonist were the britsih and the tamils lobbied the crown to partition Sri Lanka it failed becos 10 percent of whatever did notb mean much for a partition or a federal state and the tamils accepted. The rights of the minorities provided a partial solution but it would have been better had the Pukka Sahibs rejected the minorities and constitution framed accordingly. 65 percent of the Fiji population is indian and they go about their business happily and the UNDP go about as nothing has happened…such is the hypocrisy of the UNDP