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Sri Lanka monks' party opposed to Geneva as talks venue
[ Reuters ] [ 06:03 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks party said Saturday it is opposed to Geneva being chosen as the venue for next month's talks between the Tamil Tigers and the government. Champika Ranawaka, policy strategist of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) or the Heritage Party, said that by going to Europe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was attempting to hoodwink a European travel ban on the rebels. 'For us going to Geneva will be like going to Oslo or any other European capital,' Ranawaka said, reiterating his party's stand that the talks must only be held in Sri Lanka. He added that the LTTE is bent on an attempt to confer legitimacy in the eyes of the international community by opting for talks in Europe. The government and the LTTE on Wednesday agreed to have talks in Geneva ending several months of wrangling over the venue.
Demonstration against US role in Sri Lanka
[ NewInd Press ] [ 06:04 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
The supporters of Tamil Ealem Liberation staged a demonstration in Thanjavur on Saturday condemning the intervention of US in the affairs of Sri Lanka. The demonstrators led by Tamil Desa Pothuvudaimai Party's General Secretary P Maniarasan urged the US not to extend military support in any form to the Singhalese who were allegedly killing innocent Tamils. The demonstrators also demanded that fishermen of Tamil Nadu be given arms to defend themselves from the attacks by the Sri Lankan navy and urged the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu from the clutches of Sri Lanka.
'Last chance to solve the ethnic problem'
[ The Sunday Leader ] [ 13:05 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
Jaffna District TNA Parliamentarian, Gajen Ponnambalam warns this is the last chance the Tamil people will give the Sinhalese leadership to solve the ethnic crisis. He says it is up to the Sinhalese leadership to seize this opportunity and go ahead with the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement. He said successive governments were only merely interested in creating a cessation of hostilities but never bothered to focus on the very aspects of the ceasefire agreement. "This is the last chance. No more arm twisting, no more buying time. We mean it," he warned.Unfortunately the last four years have very clearly demonstrated that successive governments were merely interested in creating a cessation of hostilities between the armed forces and the LTTE but were not at all interested in addressing the other aspects of the CFA, namely the question of normalcy and humanitarian issues as well as dealing with a paramilitary force. It is these issues that have not been dealt with which has led to the deterioration of the CFA and the confidence the people have in the CFA.
[ Reuters ] [ 06:03 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks party said Saturday it is opposed to Geneva being chosen as the venue for next month's talks between the Tamil Tigers and the government. Champika Ranawaka, policy strategist of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) or the Heritage Party, said that by going to Europe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was attempting to hoodwink a European travel ban on the rebels. 'For us going to Geneva will be like going to Oslo or any other European capital,' Ranawaka said, reiterating his party's stand that the talks must only be held in Sri Lanka. He added that the LTTE is bent on an attempt to confer legitimacy in the eyes of the international community by opting for talks in Europe. The government and the LTTE on Wednesday agreed to have talks in Geneva ending several months of wrangling over the venue.
Demonstration against US role in Sri Lanka
[ NewInd Press ] [ 06:04 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
The supporters of Tamil Ealem Liberation staged a demonstration in Thanjavur on Saturday condemning the intervention of US in the affairs of Sri Lanka. The demonstrators led by Tamil Desa Pothuvudaimai Party's General Secretary P Maniarasan urged the US not to extend military support in any form to the Singhalese who were allegedly killing innocent Tamils. The demonstrators also demanded that fishermen of Tamil Nadu be given arms to defend themselves from the attacks by the Sri Lankan navy and urged the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu from the clutches of Sri Lanka.
'Last chance to solve the ethnic problem'
[ The Sunday Leader ] [ 13:05 GMT, Jan. 29, 2006 ]
Jaffna District TNA Parliamentarian, Gajen Ponnambalam warns this is the last chance the Tamil people will give the Sinhalese leadership to solve the ethnic crisis. He says it is up to the Sinhalese leadership to seize this opportunity and go ahead with the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement. He said successive governments were only merely interested in creating a cessation of hostilities but never bothered to focus on the very aspects of the ceasefire agreement. "This is the last chance. No more arm twisting, no more buying time. We mean it," he warned.Unfortunately the last four years have very clearly demonstrated that successive governments were merely interested in creating a cessation of hostilities between the armed forces and the LTTE but were not at all interested in addressing the other aspects of the CFA, namely the question of normalcy and humanitarian issues as well as dealing with a paramilitary force. It is these issues that have not been dealt with which has led to the deterioration of the CFA and the confidence the people have in the CFA.