22.3.2008
In
weekly media briefing of UNP, Mr. Lakshman Kiriella made
big buzz on governments plan to relocate part of STF troop
from Ampara district to Welioya and Kabithigollawa area.
UNP try to convey a point that this move is due to a demand
from TMVP. We all know that in the recent past, TMVP has
joined hand with the government forces in the fight against
LTTE terrorists. Now LTTE is swept away from entire eastern
province and only a handful of isolated LTTE carders are
carrying coward hide and runaway attacks. Now the real
battle front is in the Wanni jungle where SL security
forces are gradually marching towards the den of LTTE
terrorist leader Piripaharan.
We
all know that UNP under the leadership of Ranil Wickramasingha
has chosen LTTE and its political wing TNA as their trusted
political ally. Despite LTTE betraying Ranil in the last
presidential election for some uncertain reasons (It was
a political mistake by LTTE), UNP continues to support
LTTE. This may be due to pressure on Weak character of
Ranil Wickramasingha from his political masters in the
Western world. When Thoppigala area was captured by our
elite forces Ranil called it a deserted area. Once the
government fully cleared terrorists from Eastern province
and call for local government elections, UNP was busy
criticizing the election and they joined hand with LTTE
and allied NGO agents to boycott it.
Now
government has engaged in the final battle against terrorism
by deploying their strategic military units in the Wanni
area. Relocating part of elite STF force which has good
track record in the fight against terrorists is clearly
a part of the final war. This is pretty obvious move and
one must not be a military analyst to understand this
simple fact.
On
the other hand we all know that Kabithigollawa area has
been under chain of claymore attacks in the recent past
and therefore people in that area demanded for extra security.
If the innocent people in those areas flee in fear of
terrorism, it will be great hindrance to the operations
in the Wanni.
At
the same time, government has clearly stated that only
25% of the STF will be relocated from Ampara to Welioya
region and therefore STF will continue to operate in Ampara
district with additional support from Army. Ampara is
a district with multi ethnicity where Tamils are minority
(combination of Sinhalese and Muslims are the majority)
and therefore Ampara is not a stronghold of TMVP (Batticalo
district is the stronghold of TMVP). Therefore, it is
obvious that this move is not going to help military activities
of TMVP.
When
all these factual realities are crystal clear, why does
UNP accuse government of relocating part of STF from Ampara
to Welioya. The answer is quite clear. It is the voice
of LTTE that is advocate in the mouth of UNP spokesman.
Firstly they want to hit on TMVP which has come to democracy
and vowed to fight against LTTE terrorists in the Wanni.
Secondly the past track record of STF has shaken the helm
of LTTE. Arrival of elite STF forces in the doer step
of Wanni jungle sends red light to LTTE self appointed
supremo Piripaharan who is already in misery due to continues
pounding by SL army in the ground and Air force attacks
on his hideouts.
It
is UNP that is advocating aspirations of LTTE terrorists
and they were quick to make big fuzz against deploying
STF in Welioya. In the last UNP rule, firstly Ranil signed
so called peace accord with Piripaharan under the patronage
of Norway betraying whole North and Eastern provinces
to the rule of terrorists. It was then followed by accord
between SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem and Piripaharan (for which
Hakeem personally visited Wanni jungle). Now all the political
parties other than UNP (Ranil fraction), SLMC and TNA
are directly or indirectly supporting the government.
Although
it is not published to the common people, we have witnessed
signs of consensus in views between UNP, SLMC and TNA
which is the tiger proxy party. It is in this backdrop
that we should analyze the buzz of Laksman Kiriella on
deploying STF of Welioya region bordering Wanni jungle.
We should closely monitor why UNP spokesman coughs when
Piripaharan get cold and UNP MPs shiver when Piripaharan
get high temperature.
Mawbima
Lanka