Tiger leadership has now fallen into its own grave
Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda,
issuing a Media Release has stated that the Tiger leadership including
Prabhakaran committed suicide a long time ago and have now fallen into
their own graves dug by themselves. He adds that he wishes the defeat of
the LTTE leadership to be a liberation collectively achieved by the
Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities of this country.
The Minister pointed out that the previous Governments when in power
failed to put the Tiger leadership into their rightful place six feet
deep in the soil when they went on a killing spree brutally murdering
Tamil political leaders, members of brother organisations and innocent
Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim civilians.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa could well discern the problems of the
Tamil speaking people and those of the Tigers a part, a situation
emerged where the Tiger leadership had to sink deep into their own
graves dug by themselves.
At every time an opportunity surfaced for peaceful settlement to the
political aspirations of the Tamil People, his insatiable desire for war
unceremoniously kicked out all such attempts, the Minister adds.
The invitation extended for negotiations by President Rajapaksa no
sooner than he became the President was rejected without any
consideration whatsoever by the Tiger leadership and it is from that
day, they started digging their own graves the Minister said.
At the peace talks held in Geneva initiated by the Government of the
President the Tiger leadership left the negotiating tables on flimsy
grounds without paying even an iota of consideration for the importance
of the discussion.
Minister whilst thanking immensely all the stakeholders of the
victory achieved, states that it is the duty of all the people to
support and strengthen the hands of President Rajapaksa who tirelessly
work for winning the hearts and minds of the Tamil speaking people of
our country.
The Minister also says that the way to win the hearts and minds of
the Tamil people is to work hard for winning their political rights, and
that he is with the idea that the President would be taking necessary
steps to cater to this requirement.
He said the President has the ability to defeat the Tigers militarily
as well as to win the Tamil speaking people politically. He also says
that a duty is cast upon all of us to redeem the Tamil speaking people
from their illusion towards the Tigers and to direct them towards a
society of peace and cohabitation where all of us can live in this
country as one nation.
Minister finally states that the fall of the Tigers is the rise of
the people belonging to all the communities and that this is embodied in
the political package of the President. |