21.3.2008
COLOMBO:
LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has ordered Tiger proxy
TNA not to contest the upcoming Provincial Council elections
in the Eastern Province. He issued this order when TNA
Parliamentarians were attending the funeral of slain colleague
Sivanesan.
According
to reports from the Wanni, LTTE political wing leader
Nadesan had reiterated to the TNA MPs the LTTE unwavering
commitment to a Tamil homeland in the North and East and
that their objective will be achieved in the near future.
He
had also ordered the TNA MPs to agitate diplomatic missions
in Colombo and complain that the Government was violating
human rights and also to speak against the ongoing conflict.
The
fact that elections are to be held in a demerged East
and its implication on the Tamil homeland concept encompassing
the Eastern Province had also weighed heavily in the LTTE's
decision to order the TNA out of the poll.
Another
reason is the realisation that the TNA had lost its vote
base in the East. According to Wanni sources Prabhakaran
is also fearing that any electoral debacle while removing
from the Tamil psyche the homeland concept would also
reinforce the claim of most democratic political parties
that the present overblown Parliamentary strength of the
TNA was a result of the blatant vote grabbing exercise
carried out by the LTTE with the help of the UNP.
Therefore
standing for such an election would be a threat to his
(Prabhakaran's) existence on many fronts.
It
is also being revealed that the LTTE leader had been harbouring
the idea having the election called off through Government
intervention by pretending to re-enter peace talks.
Be
that as it may, the TNA has decided not to contest the
election fearing the fate of Sivanesan visiting rest of
their members.
Meanwhile,
reports circulating in the Wanni say that Sivanesan's
killing was ordered by Prabhakaran himself on the advice
of his second tier command.
Earlier
Sivam who was the LTTE official photographer and close
aid of Prabhakaran also suffered a similar fate. This
was based on suspicion that he had let out the secret
of the LTTE leader's leg being amputated.
It
was reported that once the news of Prabhakaran's disability
came to be known there was a marked demoralisation among
the LTTE's rank and file while it also saw the people
of Wanni getting more and more emboldened to stand up
against the outfit. It was also reported that if the situation
gets out of hand it will be difficult to retain fighting
cadres in the fold.
Considering
the gravity of the situation and acting on the advice
of the second trie leadership, Prabhakaran took steps
to be appear in person at an event to shore up the morale
of his cadres.
However
the problem lay in the fact that hitherto LTTE leader
had shown himself up only on special occassions.
Therefore
he had been advised if he appeared in person at a normal
event this would be considered as a stage managed ruse.
Hence he was advised by LTTE sympathisers abroad including
lawyers that he make himself present at a funeral of a
leading members of the outfit so as to make his appearance
normal and deflect suspicion.
According
to inside sources Sivanesan was the sacrifice to facilitate
this process which was worked out by Nadesan and Pottu
Amman.
Courtesy
The Daily News