28.02.2008
The Tamil United Liberation Front Leader V. Anandasangaree
expressed shock and concern over the decision by the JHU
and MEP for withdrawing from the All Party Representative
Committee for not including TMVP in the Committee.
Anandasangaree
said in a statement, “I am perturbed over the decision
of the APRC to postpone the meeting of the APRC due to
the objections raised by the representatives of some political
parties demanding the inclusion of the T.M.V.P. at its
deliberations. I understand that the T.M.V.P. has claimed
that they are the real representatives of the Eastern
People and that no deliberations can take place without
their participation. “
He
categorically said that first and foremost the claim of
anybody that they are the real representatives of the
East should not be entertained. He pointed out that such
a claim is almost similar to the claim of the L.T.T.E.
that they are the sole representatives of the Tamil People.
He
underlined that the rival claims of both the L.T.T.E.
and the TMVP should be rejected because the 22 T.N.A.
Members of Parliament were fraudulently elected to Parliament
as correctly pointed out by various Election Monitoring
Teams. He added “They demanded annulling of the
Elections held in the North and the East and recommended
a re-poll in these two Provinces.”
Anandasangaree
pointed out, “The TMVP is only contesting a few
local bodies and to qualify for representation in the
APRC the said party must have representation in Parliament.”
He
further said, “The threat to withdraw from the APRC
by the representatives of both and J.H.U. and the MEP
is shocking. The reason given for their withdrawing from
the APRC is more shocking. Representatives of both these
parties who have attended more than 64 meetings should
have gained much experience and should not encourage anybody
claiming sole representation or real representation of
any ethnic group or of any part of the country. Furthermore
the APRC is constituted with representatives of parties
that have representation in Parliament. The main constituent
partner of the Alliance should have taken the initiative
to inform the TMVP to wait till they gain a few seats
in Parliament to find representation in the APRC. Everyone
should look in to the general interest of the country
as a whole.
“I
needless say that the country is bleeding profusely. We
must stop it and the only way to do it is to find a solution
as quickly as possible and leave it to the International
Community to deal with the LTTE. Innocent people are dying
every day. Young men from poor families are dying at the
battle front. I foresee a disastrous end to the APRC and
sincerely appeal to everybody to see that the APRC continues
its task uninterruptedly. If the parties that have no
representation in Parliament also should be accommodated
in the APRC, it can be done by opening the doors for each
and every party to send a representative to the APRC.
I see no harm in doing so, except that the APRC’s
deliberations will get further delayed. All must get together
irrespective of any party affiliation to save the APRC
from any effort by anybody to sabotage its activities.
That is what wanted at the present juncture.
Courtesy - Asian
Tribune