Northerners tell UN:
‘LET US BE’ - THEY DEMAND
Chaminda PERERA
* Massive demo
in Kilinochchi
* US trying to revive separatism
Thousands of people in the Northern Province yesterday voiced anger
over the subtle maneuvers engineered by the international community
including the United Nations Organization to meddle in the internal
affairs of sovereign states such as Sri Lanka with an ulterior motive of
disrupting the peaceful environment in the country.
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Northerners
protesting in Killinochchi yesterday. |
These people representing five districts in the province thronged the
Killinochchi town voluntarily to voice their opposition against the
international community that they say are conspiring to undermine Sri
Lanka’s progress in the aftermath of 30 years of protracted war.
They stressed that all communities got together and fought for the
country’s independence from British colonial rule and there are no
issues which cannot be resolved through discussion with the Sri Lankan
government.
They asked as to why the United States and the Western countries were
attempting to barge into the internal affairs of Sri Lanka at a time
when these countries are aiding and abetting massive crime and human
rights violations in Syria, Afganisthan and Pakistan.
The crowd shouted slogans against the conspiracy being hatched by
some Western countries led by the United States with the help of the
UNO.
A former LTTE cadre who was in the top rank of the terrorist outfit
said that the United States is trying to sow the genesis of separatism
and terrorism on Sri Lankan soil by bringing a resolution against the
country which has started arising from the debris of 30 years conflict.
Addressing the protestors, he said the government led by President
Mahinda Rajapaksa is capable of solving the country’s issues and the
country does not require any international support in this respect. He
said the people in the province are living in peace and harmony and
requested the international community and their local lackeys not to
betray the Tamil people and their grievances to achieve their petty
objectives.
Another person who identified himself as a graduate said that the
government has brought the dividends of development to all parts of the
province. He said he was conscripted to the LTTE when he was schooling.
“I was rehabilitated by the government and now I can stand on my own
feet, ” he said. He stressed that the Tamil people do not want any
support from the international community to solve their problems. “It is
the government which can solve our issues and we believe that the
present government is capable of solving our issues,” he said.
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