MEP disagrees with P-TOMS

The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP)in a media release yesterday categorically announced their disagreement with the Post Tsunami Operational Management Structure entered into between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

The LTTE is a terrorist organization banned in many international communities like the USA and India. Even after adopting a Ceasefire Agreement with the Government, the LTTE ignored all international democratic norms and proceeded with their own strategy of killing political opponents, civilians, army personnel specially belonging to the intelligence unit, child conscriptions, improvement of military infrastructure facilities and declared itself as the sole representative of the Tamil Community. All these are acts which were outright violations of the Ceasefire Agreement not less than 2800 instances, the media release recounted.

"The recently signed P-TOMS treats the two provinces of North and East as one entity, while ignoring the large number of residents who belong to the Muslim and Sinhala communities that form the majority. These citizens are subjugated to the LTTE rule against their will. This situation is clearly to usurp their democratic human rights. Moreover, the basic function of Financial Control of the Special Fund is vested entirely with the Regional Committee which has to be construed as an abdication of Government responsibilities in favour of the LTTE. Under these circumstances the MEP, as a constituent party to the United People's Freedom Alliance which pledged the unity, security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country cannot agree to implement the P-TOMS and urge all concerned to unite to formulate an alternative reiterated the MEP media announcement.