Shame on Ananadasangaree and Douglas that when the GOSL is committing war crimes against Tamils, you have said nothing but contnue to support the GOSL for petty benefits and selffish purposes.

History tells that these evil and disgraceful people will pay the price for their part in wrong doing.

What we are witnessing is the rape of the Tamil homeland by bifurcation, with bribed Tamil onlookers. Karuna/Pillaiyan & Co and the other Tamil groups shall answer history for their shortsightedness driven by short terms gains if not self-serving approaches.

No political party contesting the election has so far made the merger an issue. TMVP obviously cannot while it is aligned with the govt. That is the fate of the other Tamil parties too, some of who were at Thimpu. They surely fear repercussions if they take that stance. [A good soul like dingiri #2 should know that de-merger is what the govt is pursuing. It will be the last to hold a referendum for fear of loosing. That is why none of the Tamil parties (who are puppets depending on the govt for their existence) don’t raise that issue].

On the ‘free and fair’ elections… Fair? Yes, if there is no violence. Free? Definitely not, with the terror stranglehold on a traumatised population, coerced to yield the predetermined outcome. Otherwise the merger would be the central issue of the election!

Does anyone know any party’s political manifesto? Why are they quiet? What are the people supposed to voting on? Is who the CM will be, the main issue? Laughable indeed! Politically, who is Pillaiyan? According to the BBC, a political party of the LTTE, the PFLT, is contesting. Is the cat amongst the pigeons? Let us wait a few more days to see how things will unravel.

As far as I can see this election is to establish the govt’s writ in the de-merged east using the TMVP. Thereafter what awaits the TMVP is anybody’s guess and for sure will not be left entirely in their hands. An election in the east where the merger is not even an issue is a farcical election. Fair & free? My foot! Shame on the east!

You said it very well.

A.Sangaree does not represent any section of Tamils. He is a lone TULF member cum leader, who goes around the world and misrepresent Tamils. Fortunately, except our neighbor, no one pays attention to his nonsense.

What else can be expected from a person like Sangaree who defected from the LSSP in the 1970’s and went on to the Tamil Congress along with Motilal Nehru who defected from the CP. Sangaree after jettisoning from the Tamil Congress then became an MP under the TULF label and firted with JR for sometime, to have Kilinochchi designated as separate from the the NP. Now again he is in the process of shedding his skin.

He is used to the comforts of power and influence and will always ensure how to survive as long as it takes just to make his presence felt with one or two monthly press releases, TV and radio interviews to keep himself dying of boredom and to ensure that MR and his cohorts are pleased, that’s all he can do.

The Government needs to use whatever influence it has with the TMVP to point out to them that for the TMVP’s own political survival they need to evolve into a Political force that works for the people’s betterment rather than fighting endless turf wars with their rivals.

In fact the best thing the government can do is to devide the country up proportionately between Northern Tamil, Eastern Tamil, Moslem and Sinhalese states and cut them adrift completely to manage their own affairs. Only then will the governing bodies of these states be held accountable by their peoples. With accountability will come responsiblility and eventually decent government. The Sinhalese state will benefit too. Currently its all too easy for governments to blame the war for all their shorcommings.