பேச்சு வார்த்தை ஊடாகவும் ஜனநாயக வழிமுறைகள் ஊடாகவும் நாங்கள் மேற்கொள்ளும் சகல முயற்சிகளும் பயனளிக்காவிட்டால், இலங்கை அரசாங்கம் ஒரு அரசியல் தீர்வை வழங்காவிட்டால், குறிப்பாக நாங்கள் தற்போது முகம்கொடுக்கும் நிலம், இராணுவ மயமாக்கல் போன்ற பல்வேறு பிரச்சினைகளைத் தீர்க்காவிட்டால், உரிய நேரத்தில் அமைதியான வன்முறையற்ற போராட்டத்தில் நாங்கள் ஈட்படுவோம் என்று தமிழ் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் தலைவரும் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினருமாகிய இரா. சம்பந்தன் இன்று ஏசியல் ட்ரிபியூன் இணையத்தளத்திற்கு அளித்த செவ்வியில் தெரித்துள்ளார்.
நாங்கள் உண்ணா நோன்பிருப்போம், எங்களை வருத்திக் கொள்வோம் மகாத்மா காந்தியின் போதனைகளுக்கேற்ப, 1961 ல் நடாத்திய அதே மாதிரியான சத்தியாகிரகம் ஒன்றை மேற்கொள்வோம் என் அவர் மேலும் குறிப்பிட்டு பிரபாகரன் அராஜகத்தை கடைப்பிடித்தார் என்பதனை கோடிட்டு காட்டியுள்ளார் சம்பந்தன்.
மேலும் அவர் குறித்து செவ்வியில், ஐக்கிய இலங்கை என்று தான் குறிப்பிடுவது பிரிக்கப்படாத இலங்கை, ஓரே இலங்கை ஆள்புல அடிப்படையில் ஒன்றிணைந்த ஒரு நாடு என்றும், அந்த நாட்டில் மத்திய அரசுக்கும் மாநில அரசுகளுக்கும் இடையில் இயலக் கூடிய உச்ச மட்ட அதிகாரப் பகிர்வு அளிக்கப்பட்டிருத்தல் வேண்டும் என்றே தாங்கள் கோருவதாவும் குறிப்பிட்டு புலம் பெயர் புலிகளினதும் கருணாநிதியினதும் தமிழீழக் கனவுக்கு இலங்கைத் தமிழ் மக்கள் கோருவது அல்ல என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்தியுள்ளார்.
கிழக்கு மாகாண சபைத் தேர்தல் பற்றிக் குறிப்பிடுகையில், இது தொடர்பாக நீதி மனறத்தில் வழக்குகள் இருக்கின்றன, அவற்றன் முடிவை எதிர்பார்த்திருப்பதாகவும் கூறிய அவர் வடக்கு மாகாண தேர்தலை ஒரு ஆண்டுக்கு மேல் தள்ளி வைத்திருப்பது தவறென்றும், போர் முடிந் மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் ஆகிவிட்டன, அங்கு ஜனாதிபதி, பாராளுமன்றம் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி மன்றத் தேர்தல்கள் நடை பெற்றிருக்கின்றன. இந்த நிலையில் மாகாண சபைத் தேர்தலை மட்டும் நடத்தாது காலம் தாழ்த்துவதை எந்த வகையிலும் நியாயப்படுத்த முடியாது என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டார்.
சுதந்திரமான பொலிஸ் ஆணைக்குழு, சுதந்திரமான தேர்தல் ஆணைக்குழு, சுதந்திமான பொதுச்சேவை ஆணைணகுழு இல்லாத நிலையில் நடாத்தப்படும் தேர்தல்கள் எந்த வகையிலும் நேர்மையானதாக இருக்க முடியாது என்னும் குறிப்பிட்ட சம்பந்தன், மக்களின் அரசியல் அபிவிருத்திக்கு ஒரு மாற்றீடாக உட்கட்டமைப்பு அபிவிருத்திகள் அமையமாட்டா என்றும் தமது பங்களிப்பில்லாத அரசாங்கத்தின் செயற்றிட்டங்களில் மக்களுக்கு அக்கறையில்லை என்றும் கூறினார்.
இந்திய பாதுகாப்ப்புச் செயராளர் சிவசங்கர் மேன்னுடனான சந்திப்பு பற்றிக் குறிப்பிட்ட அவர், அது காத்திரமான தென்றும் ஒன்றுபட்ட இலங்கைக்குள் நியாயபூர்வமான அரசியல் தீர்வை வழங்குதல் மற்றும் அரசாங்கம் தனது வாக்குறுதியைக் காத்தல் என்பவற்றுக்கு அழுத்தம் கொடுப்பதற்கே அவர் வந்திருந்தார் என்றும் சம்பந்தன் ஆசியன் ட்ரிபியூனுக்குத் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
By K.T.Rajasingham
Colombo, 30 June, (Asiantribune.com):
Only after the dialogue, and actions taken through democratic means exhaust, the Tamil National Alliance will resort to satyagraha campaign. It will be a peaceful nonviolent struggle based on the principles ahimsa.
“ If the Sri Lankan Government does not deliver a political solution and does not resolve the problems we are presently confronted with, particularly on the questions of lands, militarization, so on and so forth, then we will at the appropriate stage after having made all efforts to resolve it through dialogue and through democratic means exposed, then we will engage in a peaceful non-violent struggle, said R. Sampanthan Leader of the Tamil National Alliance.
He further said, “We will fast, we will inflict pain upon ourselves, we will gather together and we will pray and we will carry on the nonviolent satyagraha campaign according to the teaching of Mahathma Gandhi, something similar in line with our 1961 satyagraha.
When Asian Tribune asked whether TNA has given any time frame for staging the Satyagraha Campaign, Sampanthan said, No .. No we have not give any time frame and in the course of my speech in Batticaloa, I have said that the Satyagraha will come about only after all our efforts are exhausted. But in case if we don’t succeed that will be inevitable and will take place.
Asian Tribune also asked the TNA leader that, Sampanthan using the terminology –“United Sri Lanka”. Asked him for the meaning of this terminology?
Sampanthan said “Undivided Sri Lanka. That means one Sri Lanka ... Single Sri Lanka. A territorially united country.
When responding to another question of what form of government you expect under a United and undivided Sri Lanka?
Sampanthan said “We are thinking of a government that will contemplate maximum possible devolution in keeping a devolution sharing of power on the basis of a shared sovereignty within the central Government and the regional Governments.
Given Below the excerpts the interview Asian Tribune had with R. Sampanthan M.P. and the leader of the Tamil National Alliance:
Asian Tribune: There are two cases in the courts pending for and against the dissolution of the Eastern Provincial Council. But suddenly the Government has dissolved the East Provincial Council and making arrangements to conduct the elections. At this backdrop will the TNA participate in the Eastern Provincial Council Election?
R. Sampanthan M.P.: No, we will wait until the decision of the court. It is because; the fact of the matter is the Provincial Council itself has adopted a unanimous resolution against the dissolution some weeks prior to the dissolution. When the Provincial Council itself has adopted a unanimous resolution against the dissolution, I don’t see how the Chief Minister could have advised the Governor to dissolve the Council.
Asian Tribune: We learnt that one of the two cases was filed by the Chief Minister himself seeking the dissolution of the Council?
R. Sampanthan M.P.: Here I don’t see how the Chief Minister could have advised the Governor to take the step of dissolution, when the Provincial Council has unanimously adopted a resolution against dissolution and he himself supported that resolution.
Asian Tribune: How can the Government dissolve the Council when the cases are pending in the courts?
R. Sampanthan M.P.: That is the other issue which the courts may consider looking at. The matter has been taken to courts before the dissolution.
Asian Tribune : In the meantime, yesterday we carried a news item that Government has decided to hold the Northern Provincial Council Elections by September 2013.
R. Sampanthan M.P.: Why so late. More than one year later. Why are they announcing it now?
Asian Tribune: Because they are waiting to complete so many other things, such as they need some more time to complete the demining in the Northern Province, resettle the entire internally displaced persons, also to settle them in the newly constructed houses by the government, as well as in the 50,000 houses that are being constructed on the Indian Government aid. Furthermore it seems the government needs time to prepare a new voters list based on the recent census?
R. Sampanthan M.P.: They have advanced the date for holding three provincial Council Elections. In the case of Northern Province they have already held the Presidents Election, Parliament General Elections and the local authority’s elections. But for the Provincial Council elections, they put off by more than a year when the war was concluded three years ago.
I wish to say that there is no justification to tell that the Northern Provincial Council Election will be held after more than one year, when the Presidential election, Parliamentary election and the local authority election had been already held. There is no reason for the Provincial Council Election has to be postponed in this way, unless the Government has some ulterior motives, ulterior objectives and we are deeply suspicious of the Government’s plans.
In any event, we do not think that any fair and free elections could be held in this country in the absence of an independent election commission, in the absence of an independent public service commission, and in the absence of an independent police service commission and which have all been removed and now where henchmen of the government are appointed.
There can’t be any free and fair elections in this country and any elections held would be a distortion of democracy.
Asian Tribune: One of those who opposed to the holding the Northern Provincial Elections is said to be Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, President of the National Patriotic Movement. He has said that in case the Northern Provincial Council election is held and if Tamil National Alliance wins, then it will lead to the creation of a Tamil Eelam?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: How can that lead to the creation of Eelam? Its is nonsense.
Asian Tribune: Tell us what happened at your meeting with India’s National Security Advisor Shivasankara Menon ?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: That was a good meeting, a constructive meeting. He has come here to impress upon the Sri Lankan Government of India’s concern about the dissolution of reasonable and acceptable political solution within the framework of a united, undivided Sri Lanka and he impressed upon the Sri Lankan Government keeping with India’s commitments.
Asian Tribune: You use the terminology – United Sri Lanka. What is the meaning of this terminology?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: Undivided Sri Lanka. That means one Sri Lanka ... Single Sri Lanka. A territorially united country.
Asian Tribune: OK but what is the form of government you expect under a United and undivided Sri Lanka?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: We are thinking of a government that will contemplate maximum possible devolution in keeping a devolution sharing of power on the basis of a shared sovereignty within the central Government and the regional Governments.
Asian Tribune: ’ Regional’ means what do you mean by regional government?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: It can be a province, it can be three provinces, or it can be five provinces. It can be anything.
Asian Tribune: The government is involved in lot of development works in the North.
R.Sampanthan M.P.: The important thing is people must be developed. We don’t see any development of the people. People economically, socially, politically, culturally they must be able to part take in development that is beneficial to them.
Infrastructural developments cannot be substitute to political development in keeping with the wishes of the people. The people are not interested in these developments, as they are not part of the development projects of the government.
Asian Tribune: Finally one more question – in your presidential address at the 14th National Convention of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchchi held in Batticaloa, you have said that you will be resorting to Satyagraha. What is the meaning of that?
R.Sampanthan M.P.: If the Sri Lankan Government does not deliver on a political solution and does not resolve the problems we are presently confronted with, particularly on t6he questions of lands, militarization, so on and so forth, then we will at the appropriate stage after having made all efforts to resolve it through dialogue and through democratic means exposed, then we will engage in a peaceful non-violent struggle.
We will fast, we will inflict pain upon ourselves, we will gather together and we will pray and we will carry on nonviolent satyagraha campaign according to the teaching of Mahathma Gandhi, something similar in line with our 1961 satyagraha campaign.
Asian Tribune: Have you given any time frame for launching this satyagraha campaign?
R. Sampanthan M.P.: No .. no we have not give any time frame and in the course of my speech in Batticaloa I have said that the Satyagraha will come about only after all our efforts are exhausted. But in case if we don’t succeed, that will be inevitable and will take place.
- Asian Tribune –
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