UN can’t force us
The people must trust each other. We have to
build that trust. In Colombo, about 30 years ago, Sinhalese were the
majority. Today, they are a minority, about 27 percent. There are
more Tamils and Muslims now. But I don’t see this as a problem. I
believe in mixed population. Earlier, there was and they had no
problem like this. Only politicians make these issues for their own
ends.
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The UN is dishing out lunacy, idiocy and knee-slapping humour!
I thought it was just Ban Ki-moon and the chief
of the panel he’s appointed recently, one Marzuki Darusman, who
didn’t know if they are coming or going. Ki-moon said it was just a
committee tasked to advice him on things pertaining to Sri Lanka. He
said, through his representative, that there would be no
investigation. Darusman says (magnanimously) that the panel will
‘also’ investigate the LTTE, as though he would be doing us some big
favour. The LTTE is past tense and we don’t need some ill-advised
dabblers to tell us the ‘truth’ about the LTTE. We already know.
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Conditioning of Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Government received a letter
dated June 17, 2010 from the European Commission (EC) stating that
the GSP+ preferences could be extended for a limited additional
period, subject to a clear commitment by Sri Lanka to fulfill all of
15 conditions spelt out in a list attached to the letter. The letter
and its list were considered by the Cabinet at their meeting on June
23. It is the Government view is that the position taken up by the
Commission, involves the imposition of a series of conditions, the
cumulative effect of which is clearly inconsistent with Sri Lanka’s
sovereignty.
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