9.3.2008
The
claymore mine at Kanagarayankulam that killed K. Sivanesan
Member of Parliament for the Jaffna Electoral District
and his Driver Mr. Maheswararajah had really been planted
by the LTTE cadres targeting some of their leaders says
TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree. “For whom it was
targeted one will never know but certainly not targeting
any Member of Parliament. The LTTE and the TNA Members
are trying to bury a big pumpkin in a plate of rice as
a Tamil proverb goes. Obviously the LTTE is trying to
make the International Community believe their story and
the TNA is supporting it, adds Mr. Anandasangaree in a
statement he has issued on the killing of TNA Parliamentarian
K. Sivanesan.
Mr. Anandasangaree states that a section of the Tamil
Print Media irresponsibly carried this news the following
day morning accusing the Government Forces of using their
penetrating unit to target the M.P. with a claymore mine
and even the TNA Members of Parliament in their statement
had recklessly charged that the Government should take
full responsibility for the incident.
He states however, “This incident had taken place
about 2 miles from Mankulam on the A9 road and about 190
miles from Colombo. Of these 190 miles about 170 miles
fall within the Government controlled areas and therefore
under the army’s control. No man with any sense
will say that the penetrating unit went into the LTTE
held areas to a distance of about 20 miles from the defense
line to plant the claymore mine, when they had 170 miles
of the highway under their command. It is by this type
of silly accusations that the LTTE and the TNA Members
had lost their credibility. No one believes their stories
because their political honesty is questionable.”
Mr. Anandasangaree states, “Even now it is not late
for the LTTE to call for a ceasefire, if necessary even
unilaterally, and go for talks with the Government, for
which all including the International Community will give
full backing.”
Full
text of Mr. Anandasangaree’s statement:
very strongly condemn the most brutal manner in which
Mr. K. Sivanesan Member of Parliament for the Jaffna Electoral
District and his Driver Mr. Maheswararajah, were killed.
I express my deepest sympathies to the wives and children
of these unfortunate victims and to their friends and
relations. I am one who always pray that even my worst
enemy should not face death in this manner and I had been
always condemning death by violence. Neither I condone
such killings nor rejoice at it.
This
unfortunate incident had taken place on Thursday afternoon
and a section of the Tamil Print Media irresponsibly carried
this news the following day morning accusing the Government
Forces of using their penetrating unit to target the M.P.
with a claymore mine. Even the TNA Members of Parliament
in their statement had recklessly charged that the Government
should take full responsibility for this incident.
I
do not hold a brief to anybody. But I do not want the
TNA Members of Parliament to fool everybody. They had
fooled the Tamil People long enough and they can’t
continue to do so. The said Member had attended Parliament
on Wednesday the 5th and left for Mallavi in Vanni through
Mankulam.
This
incident had taken place about 2 miles from Mankulam on
the A9 road and about 190 miles from Colombo. Of these
190 miles about 170 miles fall within the Government controlled
areas and therefore under the army’s control. No
man with any sense will say that the penetrating unit
went into the LTTE held areas to a distance of about 20
miles from the defense line to plant the claymore mine,
when they had 170 miles of the highway under their command.
It is by this type of silly accusations that the LTTE
and the TNA Members had lost their credibility. No one
believes their stories because their political honesty
is questionable.
I
am very deeply concerned about the safety of the innocent
civilians in the LTTE held areas. The entire Kilinochchi
Electorate and portions of Mullaitivu Electorate in the
Vanni were represented by me in Parliament. The LTTE and
the TNA Members are trying to bury a big pumpkin in a
plate of rice as a Tamil proverb goes. Obviously the LTTE
is trying to make the International Community believe
their story and the TNA is supporting it. The claymore
mine at Kanagarayankulam had really been planted by the
LTTE cadres itself targeting some of their leaders. For
whom it was targeted one will never know but certainly
not targeting any Member of Parliament.
If
we assume that the penetrating Unit of the Army did it,
then no LTTE leader or any Member of Parliament is safe
in the Vanni, a strong hold of the LTTE. It is very clear
now that the LTTE’s net work of intelligence had
completely broken down and have made their position most
insecure in the areas under their control, leaving the
only option for them to surrender honorably and save the
lives of children without sacrificing more and more innocent
children of poor parents recruited compulsorily and sent
to the battle front with just 2 – 3 weeks training.
The
whole world is weeping for Mr. Sivanesan and condemning
his killing. I too am weeping for Sivanesan and condemning
his killing but not shedding crocodile tears like the
TNA Members who as claimed by many were never elected
at a free and fair election but handpicked by the LTTE
and sent to Parliament through a defunct political party,
the Federal Party, as their proxies. When one of the prospective
candidates was killed just a couple of days before nomination
they kept quiet without condemning the LTTE. Mr. Kingsly
Rajanayagam who was taken under threat by another Member
of Parliament to hand over his resignation from Membership
of Parliament was assassinated by the LTTE soon after.
Then too the TNA kept mum.
Every
day some service personnel along with some civilian get
killed by land mines and claymore mines planted by the
LTTE cadre targeting the Forces. No one weeps for them
or condemn the LTTE for causing the deaths of innocent
civilians. Even yesterday a soldier died in a claymore
mine attack in the South and some more injured. Neither
the TNA nor the Tamil media had condemned it even after
this incident.
I
plead with the LTTE to stop planting claymore mines any
more. The LTTE Leader’s honoring the dead with titles
like “Great-man” or “Mamanithan”
will not give satisfaction to the victim’s kith
and kin because they know that it is real mockery and
will never bring the dead back to life.
At
this stage I want the TNA to tell the world, the country
and the Tamil People in particular, whether they accept
a statement made by one of its Members in Parliament during
the budget debate on 14.11.2007 that, “it is foolish
for any one to think that the ltte, the tamil people and
the TNA are different” denial or acceptance of this
claim is very relevant and appropriate at this juncture
for the people to pass their judgment.
Even
now it is not late for the LTTE to call for a ceasefire,
if necessary even unilaterally, and go for talks with
the Government, for which all including the International
Community will give full backing.
V.
Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
Courtesy - Lanka
Truth