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Varatharajaperumal the first chief minister of the North - East Provincial council has returned to Sri Lanka to participate in the public meeting to commemorate the 20th Martyrs Day in Jaffna. This year EPRLF has organised public meetings in Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Lodon and Toronto on the 19th of June 2010. This will be followed by commemoration event in Nuremberg, Germany on the 26th of June and Bern, Swizerland on the 27th of June. On his way to Jaffna he spoke to the Daily Mirror journalist Kelum Bandara on the 18th of June2010 in which he said that the “Power devolution cannot be done in one jump. It is an evolutionary process. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has got a near two-third majority today. There is a stable government now. This is a unique opportunity for the government to start with power devolution,”

By Kelum Bandara
Varatharajah Perumal – the first Chief Minister of the North-East Provincial Council established under the Indo-Lanka Accord - yesterday stressed the need to appoint an expert committee to identify lacunas in the 13th Amendment and make recommendations for the ‘proper interpretation and implementation’ of it. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Mr. Perumal said this committee should comprise of officials from the public service and politicians as well. The provincial councils were set up under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Perumal, who is the leader of the EPRLF (Pathmanabha) group, said this piece of legislation had not been properly implemented and interpreted in the country though it had existed in the country for more than 20 years now.
“Power devolution cannot be done in one jump. It is an evolutionary process. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has got a near two-third majority today. There is a stable government now. This is a unique opportunity for the government to start with power devolution,” he said.
“Differences are common in a society. We find differences even among the members of the same family. The government should start with something, and Tamils should respond to it positively,’ he said.
Mr. Perumal, who has returned to the country from India, will participate in the 20th commemoration of his leader K. Pathmanabha who was assassinated by the LTTE in Madras on June 19, 1990. The commemoration ceremony will take place in Jaffna tomorrow. After that, Mr. Perumal said that he would interact with people in the North to gauge their opinion on the present political situation in the country.
Recently, the Indian government also stressed that power should be devolved to Tamils based upon the 13th Amendment.

Varatharajaperumal the first chief minister of the North - East Provincial council has returned to Sri Lanka to participate in the public meeting to commemorate the 20th Martyrs Day in Jaffna. This year EPRLF has organised public meetings in Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Lodon and Toronto on the 19th of June 2010. This will be followed by commemoration event in Nuremberg, Germany on the 26th of June and Bern, Swizerland on the 27th of June. On his way to Jaffna he spoke to the Daily Mirror journalist Kelum Bandara on the 18th of June2010 in which he said that the “Power devolution cannot be done in one jump. It is an evolutionary process. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has got a near two-third majority today. There is a stable government now. This is a unique opportunity for the government to start with power devolution,” Read the rest of this entry »

Twenty years ago, in the afternoon on the 19th of June 1990, EPRLF founder leader com Pathmanabha who was in exile in India was treacherously murdered by the cowardly act of LTTE terrorists.

EPRLF members, supporters and families commemorate this day (June 19th) as the Martyrs Day every year. This year a series of commemoration meetings and events are planned in Sri Lanka and other International capitals.

On the 19th 0f June 2010 commemoration meetings and memorial event will take place in Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Mannar in Sri Lanka and London and Canada. Following this on the 26th of June a memorial event is planned in Nuremberg in Germany and 27th of June an event is planned in Bern in Switzerland.

The leader of Tamil National Alliance Mr. Rajavarothayam Sampanthan in an interview to the Sri Lankan Sunday Observer noted that “We are trying to find a solution within an undivided country. The identity of people’s can be preserved without doing any harm to the country.” Political observers believe that it signals a welcome change and indicates sections within the TNA are moving towards realistic approach rather than rhetoric.
He dismissed the belligerent LTTE lobby overseas and said the so - called Transnational government does not exist in Sri Lanka. He further said that “I don’t think the entire Tamil diaspora is propagating separatism. In my view if there is a reasonable and acceptable political solution, the majority of the Tamil diaspora will be supportive of it.”
The new found realism echoed in the TNA leader’s interview gives hope to the beleaguered Tamil community in Sri Lanka.
The question however is whether the TNA as a political entity is capable of translating Mr. Sampanthan’s wisdom into constructive engagement with the Government? This requires great courage and wisdom in defining the achievable framework for a political solution. The ball is in the TNA’s court. We give below the full text of the interview. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the state visit of the Sri Lankan President Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksha to India a wide range of mutual agreements have been signed. Following is the full text of the Joint Declaration issued on the 9th of June 2010.
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India and Sri Lanka signed a series of aid, economic and diplomatic deals today, the latest move in an increasingly intense struggle between New Delhi and Beijing for influence over the island nation.

The signing took place on the first day of a visit by the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to Delhi, his first since winning his presidential election in January and parliamentary poll in April. The deals range from loans for major infrastructure projects to agreements to share electricity and boost cultural exchanges. Read the rest of this entry »

எமதினிய பாசமிகு யாழ் மாவட்ட பெருமக்களே!
உங்களிடம் எமது அன்பான வேண்டுகோள்!

எமது அன்பின் தோழரும் ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணியின் செயலாளர் நாயகமுமான தோழர் சிறீதரன் அவர்களுக்கு எதிர்வரும் நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலில் உங்கள் அரிய வாக்குகளை அள்ளி வழங்கி அவரை உங்கள் நாடாளுமன்றப் பிரதிநிதியாகத் தெரிவு செய்யுமாறு அன்புடனும் பணிவுடனும் கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறோம்.

ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணியின் மெழுகுதிரி சின்னத்துக்கு நேரே உங்கள் புள்ளடிகளை இடுவதோடு தோழர் சிறிதரன் அவர்களின் இலக்கமான 6 க்கு மேலேயும் உங்கள் புள்ளடிகளை இடுங்கள் என வேண்டிக் கொள்கிறோம்.
தோழர் சிறிதரன்(சுகு) அவர்கள் தமது மாணவபிராயத்திலிருந்தே தமிழர்களின் சுதந்திரத்துக்காகவும் ஜனநாயக உரிமைகளுக்காகவும் உழைத்து வருபவர். இதனால் அவரது உயர்கல்வி வாய்ப்புக்களை இழந்ததுடன், இந்தப் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டதால் நான்கு ஆண்டுகாலமாக இராணுவக் கொத்தளங்களிலும் வெலிக்கடையிலும் சிறைவாசம் அனுபவித்தார். இராணுவத்தின் சித்திரவதைகளுக்கும் சிறைவாசக் கொடூரங்களுக்கும் உள்ளானார்.

தாம் கொண்ட கொள்கையில் உறுதியான தோழர் சிறிதரன் அவர்கள் மரணத்தின் வாயில்களைக் கண்டபோதிலும் தாம் தொடங்கிய இலட்சியப்பாதையில் பேராபத்துக்களின் மத்தியிலும் கடந்த முப்பத்தைந்து ஆண்டு காலமாக மக்களுக்காகத் தொடர்ந்து பணியாற்றி வருகிறார். கட்சித் தோழர்கள் மத்தியில் மட்டுமல்ல ஏனைய அணிகளின் உறுப்பினர்களின் மத்தியிலும் எப்போதும் கண்ணியமாகவும் கனவானாகவும் நடந்து வந்துள்ள பண்பாளர். பணத்துக்காகவோ பதவிகளுக்காகவோ யாரிடத்திலும் எந்தச் சந்தர்ப்பத்திலும் விலைபோகாத உறுதியான நெஞ்சமும் நேர்மையான நடத்தையும் கொண்ட போராளி அவர். Read the rest of this entry »

எமதினிய பாசமிகு யாழ் மாவட்ட பெருமக்களே!
உங்களிடம் எமது அன்பான வேண்டுகோள்!

எமது அன்பின் தோழரும் ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணியின் செயலாளர் நாயகமுமான தோழர் சிறீதரன் அவர்களுக்கு எதிர்வரும் நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலில் உங்கள் அரிய வாக்குகளை அள்ளி வழங்கி அவரை உங்கள் நாடாளுமன்றப் பிரதிநிதியாகத் தெரிவு செய்யுமாறு அன்புடனும் பணிவுடனும் கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறோம். Read the rest of this entry »

Following the visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, it was announced that an office of a Consulate General willbe opened in Jaffna according to a report published in the Indian Daily The Hindu. It further said that “While Sri Lanka has three consulate offices - Chennai, Mumbai and Calcutta - in India, India has only one consulate office located in Kandy. A few weeks ago, Foreign Minister of the island nation, Rohitha Bogollagama, had indicated that his Government would have no reservations if India decided to have consulate offices in other parts of the country.” To read the full report….. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign Secretary David Miliband spoke to members of Diaspora Tamil community at the House of Commons on 24 February 2010.
The British Foreign secretary was unequivocal in comdemning terrorist methods. His remark relating to the calls for the rights violation investigation was, “…. we continue to call as a Government for a process to investigate serious allegations of violation of international humanitarian law by both sides in the conflict. If credible and independent, such efforts could make an important contribution to reconciliation between Sri Lanka’s communities.”
He also said in his speech that, ”For twenty six years all the peoples of Sri Lanka suffered from the effects of civil war, but we know that while all communities were hit, the Tamil communities were the worst hit. We know that during the conflict Tamils were in every day fear for their lives, trapped between Government forces and the LTTE”
“It’s also important to say as Tamils lived in fear, some expelled from their country, that they, you also lived in the shadow of the LTTE, a terrorist organisation which committed countless atrocities itself, which refused to tolerate dissent, which forcibly recruited children as soldiers and which again refused to allow Tamil civilians to escape from the fighting. I think it’s important to say those things as well.” To read the full text of the speech as reported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)…. Read the rest of this entry »