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Government Proposals. Fors Settlement ............................. 4.
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Repression Insth. Sri Lanka 7
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Sri Lanka Pays A Growing Price in Guerri||a Wa T.................., 11
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CPS L'SP|| For Settet Of Ethnic Conflict...................... 17
Eelam Ideal Ouestionnaire ... 18
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POLITICAL PAF
TULF I
A SIX-MEMBER Tami|| United Liber has arrived in Colo the SCOTd TOL O Politic Pit:5 || C. be held on 15 July, hawe direct negotia Tent leaders or t sented by Presider 25 Jund to the PPC will not participatei TՒ1ց TULF | ga ltr; Sions with the lea militantgroups resi before they arrived has already made i the Tamil side sh Consideration to proposals. The deci go to Colombo wa Lurging from New Di Sources close to groups hawe indic garded the goverrir sals as "inadequate 110t Lake BCCOunt principles put for Thimphu last year: of the right of self-d Tamils; (b) recogr speaking people a: ality; (c) the recogn of the integrity of and (d) the grant of a Tails resident
The TULF is of participation of t groups in anү пеgс ar 1 d a T1 Lust if theri negotiated solution Mr. P. Chidamp: State of the Indian who led the last Ind to Colombo at the "Wa hawe impress that they will hawe search for a polit went along with th COI wiced that the ment is genuine in don't think they a idea of a political that India was apply threats upon them added, "We hawe : the wisdom of S Solution".
 
 

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.EADERS IN COLOMBO
delegation of the ation Front (TULF) mbio On the ewe Of f di SCLSSion Soft e inference (PPC), to Although they will itions with gawersihe proposals preIt Jaya Wardene on , the TULF leaders | 16 PPC. 5 nave ha di di SCLSTs of the Tä Til det i South | Tidia il COCTEC 1i t5 Wish, kiu Will that ould give serious the government's Sion of the TULF to s partly du 8 to the elhi.
the TaTi militat ated that they rement's latest propoand that they did of the basic four ward by the at (a) the recognition eteriation to the lition of the Tamil s 3 distinct nationition and guarantee Tami homelands; citizenship rights to ni Sri Lanka. the wiew that the he Tarni milita Tit itiation iS irnewitable e is to be a lasting
Iram, a Millistar of :entral government, iam Tnediating team | end of April said, of the Tilitats to Co-operate irnl the ical solution. They at, They are not yet Sri Länkär gwerriits proposals, But re, opposed to the Solution", Denying wing any pressure or ilitants, tha Minister siппply вппphasised seeking a political
The Indian Foreign Minister, Mr. Shiw Shankar said that President Jayawardene had earlier hinted that more 'concessions' could be forthcoting during negotiations and therefore he requested him to honour his word.
Unlike the ill-fated All Party Conference of 1984 in which political parties, religious bodies including the powerful Buddhist clergy, and other nondescript groups with wested interests and well known anti-Tamil views participated, only recognised political parties hawe been imwited to the present PPC, They are: Sri Lanka Freedort Party (SLFP), Tamil United Liberatio. Front (TULF), Lanka Sama SarTnaja Party (LLSP), Communist Party (CP), Sri Lanka Mahajara Party (SLMP), Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC, Democratic Workers Congress (DWC), Nawa Sama Sa maja Party (NSSP), Mahajana Eksath PeraTuna (MEP) and the ruling United National Party (UNP),
Besides the TULF, the SLFP led by the of TiTer Pri The Miri Ster, MTS, Barthdaranaike, and the MEP led by Mr. Dinesh Gunawardene boycotted the PPC Om 25 Jung, It Will be recalled that the SLFP boycotted the APC also in 1984. The SLFP's on-participation has corne in for severe criticism from many quarters. It is accused of playing politics with the ethnic issue waiting on the sidelines to attack the ruling UNP of hawing sold out the Sinha lese majority to the Tamils and thus gain electoral adwantage, Addressing a meeting at Darnatagoda in Colombo on 27 June, Mrs. Bandara naike Said, "We are preparead to helpo solve the ethnic problem, but we will not allow the division of the country or let down the Simha lese peopla, ".
Another significant difference between the 1984 APC and the present PPC is that Lulike o the läst occasion, the government has placed its own proposals at the commencement of the Conference for other parties to considĖT.
At a press Conference held on 26 JLune, President Jaya Wardere Said that legislation to give effect to the gow
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POLITICA AND GC
E FIRST round of the Political Parties Conference (PPC) has already takenplace without theparticipation of the Tamil United Liberation Front or any of the Tamil militant groups. The All Ceylon Tamil Congress and the Ceylon Workers Congress took part. As we go to press, we learn that the leaders of the TULF have arrived in Colombo to have discussions with Government leaders although they will not participate in the second round of discussions of the PPC.
The government proposals placed before the PPC have been worked out after discussions between the government of Sri Lanka and senior Indian Ministers and officials. During these prolonged discussions, the Indian negotiators would appear to have put in a great deal of effort to persuade Colombo to come up with substantial proposals which can form the basis for serious negotiations with a view to seeking a long term solution to the ethnic conflict. The Indian view seems to be that the proposals read together with the additional clarifications provided by Colombo, constitute a sufficient basis for negotiations to commence.
A considerable body of Tamil opinion is deeply suspicious of the motives and intentions of the Sri Lankan government. The Tamils doubt its sincerity of purpose. They doubt whether the government will in fact implement any of the proposals even if they are agreed to by the Tamil side. There is every justification for these misgivings.
To say that Tamil people have had a raw deal from this government and its predecessors is an understatement. Every agreement entered into between the Sinhala and Tamil leaderships before and since independence have been unilaterally breached by the Sinhala leaders and the Tamils have very often been betrayed.
Recent experience of the government's conduct does not induce much confidence either. Even as the ill-fated All Party Conference of 1984 was in progress, the government was busy inducting foreign mercenaries and Israeli intelligence personnel to train and equip its armed forces. It was also during the APC that the government introduced trained and armed Sinhala hooligan elements into Tamil areas to terrorise and drive away the Tamils from their homes and farms. Again the government undertook a programme of massive militarisation during and after the Thimphu peace efforts' in 1985. The violence against civilian Tamils assumed genocidal proportions. Thousands of innocent non-combatant Tamils were killed or maimed by the security forces and the so-called Home Guards. Hundreds of villages, - particularly in the eastern province, were destroyed. Farms and homes were set on fire. Tamil women were raped and their children abducted. Tamil areas were subjected to sustained naval and aerial bombardment as if they were enemy territory. Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, the government has virtually declared war against the entire Tamil people.
Given this backdrop of genocidal violence, no one can fault the Tamil people if they regard the latest governmental efforts as a ploy to gain time to further equip and strengthen itself for a military solution.
However, there is an increasing body of opinion within the government and the Sinhalese community which appears to have come to the conclusion that a total military victory is not possible. The latest fiasco of
 

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"Operation Shortshrift', a military offensive to rid the northern Jaffna Peninsula of Tamil militants, has strengthened this growing group. The violence and counter-violence which, up to recently, had been limited to the confines of the northern and eastern provinces have spilled over into other parts of the country, including the capital Colombo, in the form of bomb explosions and the resulting damage and dislocation also have contributed to the realisation of the need for a political solution. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy under the weight of increasing defence expenditure needed for the "war against the Tamils'. All the countries on which Sri Lanka depends for its aid have made it a condition that Colombo should seek a political solution. More importantly, despite the hysterical anti-Indian habitual rhetoric by Sri Lankan politicians, they have come to realise that a complete military subjugation of the Tamils is not a course that India will accept in total silence.
The government's economic and development programmes are in shambles. Increasing economic burdens are being placed on the mass of people. As the mutual slaughter of civilians in the Tamil areas is escalating, movements demanding peace and an end to the "war are gathering momentum. The arrest of several hundred Sinhalese political and human rights activists on the pretext that they are collaborating with 'separatists' has also led to an undercurrent of opposition to the government.
Hence it will be seen that there is a multitude of reasons for the Sri Lankan government's recent moves toward seeking a solution to the ethnic conflict. s
As far as the Tamils are concerned, their leaders including those of the Tamil militant groups have always contended that they too are ready for a political solution. so long as it meets the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil people. That India has a crucial role to play in the pursuit and achievement of such a solution cannot be disputed in the present context. India would appear to regard the proposals presently before the PPC together with the clarifications provided by the Sri Lankan government are worthy of serious consideration. That these proposals do constitute an advance from any earlier proposals put forward by the government is also true. But, that they fall short of the legitimate expectations of the Tamil people is also not in doubt.
The Tamil militant groups have already expressed their disatisfaction for the reason that these proposals do not take account of the four-point charter they presented during the Thimphu peace process'. Any negotiations for a political solution will lack credibility and acceptance if participation by the Tamil militant groups is not ensured. It is absurd for President Jayawardene to threaten that, with or without the agreement of the Tamil groups, he will go ahead with enacting legislation to give effect to the proposals.
However, it is absolutely essential that the Tamil groups do not present an image that they are intransigent and hostile to any negotiating process. Such a response will undoubtedly damage the Tamil cause enormously in the eyes of the international community. The Tamil people have a just and strong case. And that case must be put across without hesitation or equivocation before any forum. The Tamil militant groups and the TULF must forge a united stand in presenting that case.

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RT, REV. DR. B. DEOGUPILLAI, Bishop of Jaffna was the chief guest at St. Patrick's College Prize-giving on 19th June. Excerpts from his address:
Bomb-blasts, rocket-blasts, shell-blasts, machine-gun fire etc. have become everyday occurrences for us. We are being attacked from the land, from the sea and even from the air. Hundreds of peaceful, unarmed Tamil civilians have been killed or wounded during such attacks, carried out during the past few months by the Government Forces in places like Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Mannar,
BISHOP CALLS FOR F ANNIHILATION OF 7
Mullaitivu, Kilino Kayts, Mandaitivi
Many peaceful brutally massacre Murunkan, Chea Akkaraipattu, K and other places. T civilians, who han their traditional ho the Armed Force cared for by the Go livelihood of tho, civilians, has be
THE MANDAT
THE Sri Lanka Broadcasting corporation, in its 6 p.m. news bulletin on 11th June, reported that 22 passengers were killed and 40 injured in Trincomalee the same morning when bombs planted by Tamil militants in two buses, one bound for Colombo and the other for Kantalai, exploded shortly after the vehicles left the bus stand.
Rupavahini gave the figures as 15 killed and 43 injured, while All India Radio said as many as 70 were killed and about 50 injured.
The injured were ferried to Colombo hospitals by Air Force helicopters.
Most of the victims were believed to be Sinhalese. · · ·
All roads out of Trimcomalee were immediately sealed off by the Security Forces and night curfew reimposed as a massive search operation was launched.
However, the state media was not as prompt in reporting the killings off Mandaitivu island two days previously.
The foreign media, usually more prompt in reporting events in Sri Lanka, also 'missed" this story, probably because of this complete
FOR the third time, a Christian clergyman has been killed in Jaffna by the Security Forces.
The first to be shot and killed was Rev. George Jeyarajasingam, a Methodist Minister, on 13 December 1984, by the Sir Lankan security forces.
The second to be gunned down was Fr. Mary Bastian, the Parish Priest of Vankalai. That was on 6th January 1985. Official spokesmen offered various explanations for the deaths, none of which fitted with the facts. One was that the 'terrorists' were responsible for it.
Now we find the same explanation trotted out over the death of Brother M. Wenceslaus of the Tholagatty Monastery, Jaffna on 20th June.
Army kills another
breakdown in tel Jaffna and the ou weeks.
The small fishin Jaffna, was conve house on Tuesday, of the 30 people ki off Mandaitivu isla brought ashore.
Tension ran high news of the br reminiscent of the van in May 1985 — si Vast crowds cor Community Centre kept until funerala
The dead were amudes (in Sinhala loin cloth (in Englis According to th incident in Jaffna supplies to the Arm of the small one d mainland was fired
The Navy men re
t was a case of by the security for Here are excerp given at the in Kathiravetpilai on
, Fr. Mary Josep Tholagatty Ashrar On the day of t Unit came to the fa random. We hid The Soldiers brok came in. They ord and put our hands and explained ou They left. After found Bro. Wence pool of blood in a (
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Tanil civilians have been l by the Armed Forces in dikulam, Iruthayapuram, rikadduvan, Mandaitivu, housands of peaceful Tamil e been forced to flee from mes due to the activities of , are not being properly vernment. Fishing, the only usands of peaceful Tamil 'n totally banned in the
the annihilation of the Tamils living in the
Northern Eastern seas. All these clearly show that under the pretext of fighting the "Marxist Tamil terrorists' the Government is intent on
Northern and Eastern Provinces.
The Citizens' Committees of the Northern and Eastern Provinces have appealed several times to the President of Sri Lanka against these inhuman measures, taken against peaceful defenceless people but with no effect. Since the peaceful Tamil civilians of the Northern and Eastern Provinces have no effective means at their disposal to defend themselves against the unjust attack on their lives and properties, the time has come, I feel, for us to raise our voice and make an appeal to the United Nations Organisation to take effective steps to halt the annihilation of the peaceful, defenceless Tamil civilians of the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
IVUMASSACRE
ecommunications between tside world for over two
g village of Gurunagar, in ited into one vast funeral 10th May, after the bodies lled by the Security Forces nd earlier in the day were
throughout Jaffna as the ital, senseless killings - gory incident at Kurikaddupread like wildfire. nverged at the Gurunagar 2, where the bodies were rangements were made. in their usual fishing kit - ), kovanam (in Tamil) and h). le official version of the , a Navy boat carrying y camp on Mandaitivu, one ozen islands off the Jaffna at by people in two boats. turned the fire. Putt. Putt.
; :
priest
cold-blooded murder CeS. ts from the evidence quest held by Mr. 24th June.
h, a Member of the
he incident, an Army rm and began firing at burselves in a room. 2 open the door and red us to kneel down up. We did as ordered position in English. he soldiers left, we slaus' body lying in a attleshed.
All of them were not fishermen, according to the official version. Among them were some "Tamil Marxist Terrorists' as well, who were posing as fishermen.
In fact, four of them were said to have been captured and they had spilled the beans.
This surely must have been the version put out by the authorities in Colombo, to be lapped up by most of the readers and listeners of the Colombo-based polluted media. (We had no way of making an independent check because the telephone lines between Colombo and Jaffna have been out of order for more than a week).
According to the version given by the sole survivor of the massacre, Simeon Mariadas, at the magisterial inquiry, about 8.30 a.m. on 10th May, he and 34 others had set out early morning to do coastal fishing between Mandaitivu and Allaipiddy areas.
They were knee-deep in water and casting their nets when about 8.30 a.m. he saw blackclad persons coming towards them in plastic boats.
He said all of them were ordered to come up. “We raised our hands and waded towards the boats. As we went near, we were cut, hacked and finally shot. I somehow managed to escape'.
Jaffna mourned the deaths of the 30 people by observing a Hartal on 11th June.
The ages of the persons killed ranged from 12 to 70 years.
Six of them were from one family, four came from another family.
The acting Magistrate of Jaffna, Mr. K.P.S. Varatharajah held the inquests. The District Judge of Jaffna, Mr. Jegasothy was present.
The gory scene at the Community Centre was featured on local television by 6.30 p.m. on the day of the tragedy in bloody colour.
The Editor of the Saturday Review was also "privileged' to see the mangled bodies. It was, however, not a rare sight in these parts.
A concelebrated mass was said at which the Bishop of Jaffna, Rt. Rev. Dr. Deogupillai was present and imparted the last blessings, at St. James Church, Gurunagar, Jaffna at 1.00 p.m. and the bodies buried at St. Mary's Cemetery.
(Courtesy of "Saturday Review'', 14.6.86)

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ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA
Government Propos
THE DRAFT proposals for the settlement of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka Political Parties Conference held on 25th June 1986. The Government do envisage any proposal that may require approval at a referendum. The Pres stated that if the Supreme Court determines that any of its present proposals r a referendum, then such proposals will be dropped. This self-imposed constr Government from examining or bringing forward proposals that are dema
needs arising from the conflict.
: The proposals have to be examined within the framework of the following principles set out by the Government:
i) maintenance of the unity, integrity and overeignty of Sri Lanka; -
ii) the maintenance of the unitary character of the Sri Lanka Constitution,
iii) the principle of devolution of powers upon the Provincial Councils within the framework of the Constitution of Sri Lanka as proposed to be annended.
If the main aim is to preserve national unity and integrity, the question that immediately arises is: should any proposals for the settlement of the conflict be constrained by the aforesaid second and third principles? There is an underlying misconceived assumption that the unity and integrity of Sri Lanka can only be maintained under a unitary form of government.
Besides the fact that there are several countries in the world, USA, USSR, Canada, Switzerland, India etc., which have preserved and indeed fostered and promoted national unity and integrity under non-unitary forms of government, the tragic experience of Sri Lanka since independence is that the very unitary character of the constitution which this government is committed to continue with has brought about national disintegration and an imminent threat to territorial integrity confirming what the late Mr. S.W. R. D. Bandaranaike said in 1926: "There would be trouble if a centralised form of government was introduced into countries with large communal differences. In a Federal Government, each federal unit had complete power over itself. Yet they unite and have one or two assemblies to discuss matters affecting the whole country'.
The devolution of powers sought to be affected by amendments to the present Constitution smacks more of decentralisation of some of the functions of the central government. The two concepts have fundamental differences. The present conflict is a reflection of the failure or refusal to share power as between the different people, as between the distinct nationalities who inhabit the country. It is not a conflict resulting from an excessive centralisation of power, although that may have exacerbated it. The Tamils have already raised the demand for their right to selfdetermination and that they be recognised as a distinct nationality. Then there is also the assertion that the Muslims constitute a distinct national identity. Any real devolution of power should seek to satisfy the legitimate claims of the different nationalities that comprise the "Sri Lankan nation'.
Systems of Government Besides the central government, the proposals provide for the establishment of a Provincial Council in each of the nine provinces, and below them Municipal and Urban Councils in urban areas and Pradeshiya Sabhas at village level. Parliament has the
power to alter the bour authority of a Provincial
The Constitution will majority to enable the ( Councils and devolution Thereafter, Parliament w conferring on the Pro requisite legislative pow be revoked or altered in of Parliament passed b consultation with the concerned.
It is apparent that t concede the demand f northern and eastern pri measure of accommodati prepared to consider the i) Suitable institutional ar. for the Provincial Cou especially in the Northe Eastern Province, to cons act in co-ordination on na and concern.
ii) Suitable legal and insti to ensure that the ethnic gr participate in the Governn
iii) Establishment of unit groups a large measure of under the control of the P. such as:
a) Community oriented A b) Pradeshiya Sabhas in 1 c) Any other unit of local
Under the proposals, th shall be deemed to be northern and eastern pi after the constitutional ar force. In regard to the existing District Councils to constitute a Provincial
Given the remarkable mainstream Sinhala polit and the SLFP, to raise ch view to gaining electoral : account of the fact that th able to manage in the p. majorities, sometimes ov primarily by adopting p the power conferred or provincial boundaries majority vote, and to alte devolved on Provincial majority vote would ap seeds of further conflict i that parliament will alv permanent ethnic Sinhala it possible for whatev proposed to be devolv revoked or altered at any instance, the SLFP has opposition to the presen to obtain a 2/3 majority a will be open to the SLFP or all of the powers devo Councils.
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were placed before the es not contemplate or ident has categorically squired the approval at aint has prevented the inded by the objective
daries of the area of Council.
be amended by 2/3 Creation of Provincial of powers upon them. ill pass an Act directly vincial Councils the ers. Such powers may any manner by an Act y 2/3 majority after Provincial Council
he proposals do not or a merger of the ovinces. However, as on, the government is following:
rangements toprovide ncils in the Island, rn Province and the ult with each other and tters of mutual interest
tutional arrangements oups in each Province nent of the Province.
s to give to the ethnic local self-government rovincial Government
GA Division. he AGA Divisions. self-Government.
le Provincial Councils constituted in the ovinces immediately mendiments come into other provinces, the may at any time opt Counci.
capacity of both the ical parties, the UNP lauvinist issues with a advantage, and taking ese parties have been ast to obtain massive er 2/3, in parliament ro-Sinhala positions, parliament to alter by a mere simple or revoke the powers Councils by a 2/3 pear to contain the n the future. The fact vays have an inbuilt majority would make er powers that are 'ed presently to be time in the future. For already expressed its proposals. If it were t the next elections, it to alter or revoke any |ved on the Provincial
solutely essential that ust possess some veto t territorial mutilation
by boundary manipulation or any effort to whittle down its devolved powers.
Devolved Powers
The proposals provide for the devolution of powers in regard to the following matters:
(1) Internal Law and Order; (2) Land Settlement within the Province, (3) Agriculture and Industry; and
(4) Education and Culture.
It is stated that this list of subjects and functions is not exhaustive and additional
subjects will be finalised later. Subject to the
proposals specifically provided in regard to law and order and land settlement, it is also envisaged to devolve powers and functions contained in List II (State List) and List III (Concurrent List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution. These are powers and functions vested upon the various states comprising the Indian Union and they are fairly substantial and wideranging.
internal Law and Order
The subjects of national defence, national security and the use of armed forces and any other forces under the control of the Sri Lankan government are specifically excluded from th competence of Provincial Councils.
The Police Force shall function under the overall control of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and consist of (a) the National Division (including Special Units) and (b) a Provincial Division for each Province.
The National Division (ND) shall consist of the IGP, DIGs, SSPs, ASPs and other ranks recruited at national level. Recruitment to the ND and promotion of police officers from the Provincial Divisions (PD) to the ND shall be made by a National Police Commission (NPC) composed of the IGP, a nominee of the President and a nominee of the Chief Justice. The NPC shall set standards for recruitment and promotions and be responsible for recruitment, promotion, transfer and disciplinary control of officers of the ND and also for hearing and determining appeal from officers seconded to the PDs.
The Provincial Division (PD) shall consist of the DIG, SSPs, SPS, ASPs and all seconded
from the ND and Provincial ASPs, Chief
Inspectors, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Sergeants and Constables recruited in the Province. Recruitment to the PD within the Province shall be at the level of the ASP and below. Members of the PD are entitled to promotion to the ND. There shall be a Provincial Police Commission (PCC) composed of the DIG of the Province, a nominee of the President and a nominee of the Chief Minister of the Province. The PPC Shall be responsible for transfers, promotions and disciplinary control of officers of the PD except the DIG. The IGP will appoint the DIG of a Province with the concurrence of the Chief Minister. Where there is disagreement between the IGP and the Chief Minister, the President will appoint the DIG of the Province. Recruitment to the PD shall be made by the PPC having regard to the standards and criteria prescribed by the NPC. The DIG shall be responsible to and be under the control of the Chief Minister in respect of the maintenance of public order in the Province. All police officers
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shall function under the direction and control of the DIG of that Province.
The central government shall be responsible for the training of all recruits to and members of all divisions of the police force. The salary scales and prequisites of office enjoyed by members of the PDS shall apply uniformly to all PDS. ܗܝ
The nature, type and quantity of firearms and ammunition and other equipment for the ND shall be determined by the NPC and for the PD by the NPC after consultation with the PPC.
Subject to the relevant powers of the Attorney General, the PDs shall be responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of all offences, except those prescribed, within the Province.
All Gazetted officers of the ND and PDs are required to attain a prescribed standard in Sinhala and Tamil, and ASPs and above are required to attain a prescribed standard in English. All police officers are required to attain proficiency in a second and third language for their first and second promotions respectively. The recognised languages for this purpose are Sinhala, Tamil and English.
There is provision for direct Presidential intervention during times of officially proclaimed state of emergency or where the Province is threatened by grave disturbances setting at nought all devolved powers in regard to law and order. -
When the President declares a state of emergency, he may assume all such powers and responsibilities of the Chief Executive and the Provincial Administration in respect of law and order. In a country where rule by emergency law has become a regular feature - the previous Prime Minister ruled the country for a continuous period of six years under a state of emergency, and under the present government, the country has been under emergency rule since 1982 - the granting of such powers to the President will probably result in the usurpation of the powers of the Chief Executive and the Provincial Administration being vested in the hands of the President and the central government for prolonged periods rendering devolution a mockery.
Even in the absence of an officially proclaimed state of emergency, if the President is of the opinion that the security or public order in a Province is threatened by grave internal disturbance, he may in consultation (not with consent or concurrence) with the Chief Minister by order deploy any unit of the National Division or the Armed Forces in the Province for the purpose of restoring order. Such a Presidential order shall be in force for a period of sixty days unless it is revoked earlier. In the absence of a definition of what grave internal disturbance' means, the exercise of this reserve power depends entirely on the subjective opinion of the President. There is no provision for a judicial challenge of the order of the President. In a country where emergency and executive powers have so often been abused, there is a danger that these reserve powers also can be abused. ۔۔
Land Settlement
A National Land Commission (NLC) will be established and it will have power to formulate policy regarding the use of state land. The NLC will also be responsible for the formulation of policy regarding use of land covered by InterProvincial Irrigation and Land Development Projects. These policies will not be based on political or communal aspects but on technical aspects. The Provincial Councils will be bound to give due regard to the National policy formulated by the NLC in the exercise of the powers devolved upon them.
According to tl land, that is to say tenure, transfer an improvement will Councils. From thi conclusion that a Province, except la become vested in t shall be in contro improvement of themselves provid conclusion.
Lands required Government in devolved on Provir without any restrici respect of lands req for the purpose of s will be obligator schemes for the use with relevant natio or disposition of li any citizen or to an made by the Presi Provincial Councils President is not bol The proposals p criteria for land schemes within th based on ethnic Province.
Inter-Provincial velopment Project: ment Project) will central government the principles and cı allottees for lands However, the act principles, selectio incidental matters w the Provincial Coun The government policy that as far a are concerned, se settlement shall be ethnic proportions. government has w Tamil and Muslim e. li Scheme. In this scl total of 101,483 allo ing to the governme on national ethnic be as follows: Sinhalese: 75,504 al Sri Lanka Tamils: I. Muslims: 7,509 allol Indian Tamils; 5,68
However, it is no that its policy, as f Mahaweli Scheme ( within the Trincom: are concerned, will proportions of thos the time of National
Ag The formulation national policy re. development of th subject and functio Government.
This will include prices, subsidies, in mities, i the ensu Provincial co-ordin national targets, t departmental farm plant quarantine an planting material.
The following p exercised by the Pro (1) The preparatio, agricultural plan é

: government's proposals, rights in or over land, land alienation of land and land devolve upon Provincial one may be tempted to the l land situated within a din private ownership, will e Provincial Council and it of transfer, alienation or uch land. The proposals exceptions to belie such a
for the purpose of the respect of subjects not cial Councils will be utilised ons by the Government. In ired by Provincial Councils bjects devolved on them, it for them to formulate of such land in accordance hal policies. Any alienation nd under such schemes to y other organisation will be dent on the advice of the . It is to be noted that the ind to act on such advice. rovide that the settlement settlement and irrigation e Provincial Councils be proportions within the
Irrigation and Land De(eg. Mahaweli Developpe the responsibility of the which shall also determine iteria regarding selection of covered by such projects. ual application of these n of allottees and other vill fall within the powers of cils.
has already accepted the s Inter-Provincial Projects lection of allottees for on the basis of national It is on this basis that the orked out the Sinhalese, ntitlements in the Mahaweheme, there is an estimated otments available. Accordint's accepted policy based 'atio, the entitlements will
0{r?፲ér፲፫5 2,787 allotments ዘገጌer፲፫5 * allotments
v stated by the government ur as those sections of the systems A, B and D) falling lee and Batticaloa districts be to maintain the ethnic districts that prevailed at Census of 1981.
riculture
and implementation of ating to the agricultural whole Island will be a reserved by the Central
he determination of floor urance premia and indeming of inter District/ |tion and achievement of e administration of the s, agricultural research, l the import and export of
wers shall be generally incial Councils:
and execution of a district suring co-ordination be
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tween different agencies in the Province/District, organisation of supplies and services and marketing of produce. (2) Extension activities including nutritional programme. (3) The exercise of most of the powers set out in the Agrarian Services Act including the supervision of Agrarian Services Committees, the issue of agro-identity cards and the preparation of Agricultural Lands Registers.
(4) The rehabilitation and maintenance of small-scale irrigation works,
(5) The implementation of the extension programme for minor crops, the regulation of private nurseries and the establishment of agro-linked industries.
Industry The formulation and implementation of a national policy of industrial development would be a matter for the Central Government. Subject to this, Provincial Councils would have the power to establish and promote industries within their own areas of authority.
The Central Government would in the interests of uniformity, planned development and proper utilisation of national resources, have the right to impose requirements as the registration of industries, submission of information and data, wage and pricing policies, environmental standards, quality, etc. Ministry appraisal of proposals for new industrial development would continue as at present, where investment involves loans.
It is not contemplated that existing Stateowned industries would be transferred to the Provincial Councils.
In the scheme of devolution envisaged, substantial powers relating to cultural matters and education up to secondary level will be devolved on the Provincial Council. The powers will also include the right of the Provincial authorities to establish and manage private universities without State funds.
Detailed proposals on the extent of devolution of powers relating to education are being worked out and they may be discussed further. The National Education Policy will be nondiscriminatory. -
The promotion and conduct of cultural activities would be assigned to Provincial Councils. The Central Government will exercise supervisory control over the funds if any provided by it. The Provincial Councils will assist the Pradeshiya Sabhas in co-ordinating cultural activities within their respective areas.
The powers of the Provincial Councils would include the development of the arts, drama, music, dance, literature and assisting the observance of festivals,
Subjects Reserved by Government
The following subjects and functions are exclusively reserved by the central govern
et
National Policy on all subjects and functions; Defence, Internal Security, Law and Order and Prevention and Detection of Crime, subject to the extent that some of these powers will be devolved on Provincial Councils and District Councils, Foreign Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Justice in so far as it relates to the Judiciary and the Courts Structure, Finance in relation to National Revenue, Monetary Policy and External Resources, Foreign Trade, Ports and Harbours, Aviation and Airports, National Transport, Rivers and Waterways, Minerals and Mines, Broadcasting, Television, Immigration and Emigration and Citizenship, Customs, Elections - Presidential, Parliamentary, Intermediate and Grass Root Units, Shipping and
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MP. ON UNM ABDUCTIONS AND
The following are extracts from a speech made by Mr. Lakshman Jayakody, MP in the Sri Lankan parliament recently: “NOW, SIR, I would like to get on to another matter. You might recollect, Sir, that last time I mentioned that there is divided security in this country and that it is not good to have divided security. Today we are having divided security. Now we have divided intelligence also. We know that there is an Intelligence Unit at Cambridge Place coming under the police. That is quite correct. There must be an Intelligence Unit there, and we support that. There is another Intelligence Unit at Longden Place. We do not know whose Intelligence Unit that is. This is duplication. I do not known what this is all about. This organisation carries on under a separate command, I do not know whether this has been set up with the concurrence of the IGP. I did not ask him. But definitely I know that there are two units because I saw a person who has come from Browns' Group heading that Intelligence Service in Longden Place, one Mr. Seneviratne. He is a former ASP, true, but he was at Browns. He has started a new Intelligence Service. Now you are going to have divided Intelligence Service.
“Then what happens? That Intelligence Service goes about in unmarked vehicles. That is there to hunt down political opponents. That is one of their jobs. They go about in nongovernment cars or sometimes have the Government emblem but are definitely not police. They must be Corporation cars. They all go and prowl about in the night. Then sometimes you find that people are being removed from workplaces. They are removed from homes. We do not know their whereabouts. This type of thing has taken place. I have a letter here, Sir, where it says that a person has been taken away and no one knows where he is. No one can approach the places where they are kept. Ultimately that man is lost. I would like the Hon. Minister of National Security to check
on what is going on. Ult the wrong track. Sir, wer the threat comes, and t threat is from one place, t people from the South. P every Sinhala person is a take action if there are t but do not think that the are not of that creed. them.
Separate security se Sir, yesterday I saw t working in a housing sch live. These two persons Service had been put the going and who comes to these two persons. I wan did not want to do it bec: there doing a job of work looking after me. They w not mind them followin, they doing? They were where two houses were b my house. This is the typ on, Sir.
Then there is security has a separate Intellige) security for the Prime Mi Intelligence Service. The the Minister of Fisherie should see his security nothing compared to tha Intelligence Service. The the Minister for Rural Inc The Deputy Minister's b. he does not know about. you know. That is good. These are not securi understand if these are se are Intelligence Service here and there and send spy on others. Sir, I do n provided there is one sect be in one pool under the
DSAPPEARANCE OF 'JOE'
Susi George "Joe" Seneviratne, 40, well known trade union activist, former teacher and National Organiser Movement for Inter-Racial Justice and Equality (MIRJE), was taken away from a bus on the 13th of April. Around 10.30 a.m., three unmarked cars surrounded a bus just outside Kochikade, forced it to stop, and men in plain clothes had taken Seneviratne away with them.
Seneviratne has been involved in progressive politics from his student days and a trade union activist and teacher at Carey College. He left Carey at the inception of MIRJE in order to fight racism and bring about ethnic harmony in the country. He was responsible for organising several important campaigns against various aspects of racial intolerance in Sri Lanka. These included: the well known inter-racial friendship festival in December 1980; the Campaign Against the Prevention of Terrorism Act, launched by MIRJE in 1980/82, where in various seminars he warned
that the PTA could be political opponents of south; the campaign Nirma la Nithianandan for the Defence of Movement during against it and its foun deram, who was event prison.
Seneviratine was als finding missions into situation in Jaffna, Ba' niya, while in MIRJE Yulethiya, the MIRJE other trade union pape known in political p union circles since he
MIRJE vork.
He was also the Workers' and Peasa
Kandy. In 1982 he spe at the Tricontinental University of Louvair the well known soc Francoise Houtart.
With the onset of developed a catara varicose veins and ph His friends knew hil humanist.

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ARKED CARS, DISAPPEARANCES
nately you will be on ust know from where en deal with it. The ut we are dealing with ease do not think that JVPer. By all means hreats of that nature, SLFPers are that. We We do not belong to
vices vo persons who were eme close to where I from the Intelligence re to see where I am my house. I spotted ed to trap them, but I use I knew they were or probably they were ere following me. I do me. But what were working as workers ing put up just next to of thing that is going
for the President. He lce Service. There is mister. He has another n there is security for S. My goodness, you
The others are just at. He has a separate in there is security for lustrial Development. oss has also one which - (Interruption). Ah! This is the thing, Sir. ity services. I can 'curity services. These 's carrying messages ing various people to
ot mind having all this
urity pool. Let them all IGP and no one else.
used also against the regime in the or the release of
and Committee
the Gandhyam the crackdown der, Dr. Rajasunally murdered in
a member of fact he human rights ticaloa and VavuHe also edited aper and several rs. He was widely arties and trade o-ordinated most
Secretary of the ntsʼ |nstitute in it several months Centre, Catholic Belgium, under ologist Rev. Fr.
middle age, he it in one eye, egm in his lungs. as a profound
Then, Sir, we have parallel bureaucracies. In this bureaucratic system we find empire building which has taken place. “He is the Prime Minister's man.' "He is the National Security Minister's man'. “He is the President's man, this one's man and that one's man'. Can you run a Government like this? There should be men under the Government. To tell you very frankly, this is what has happened to our country. The division is within the Government itself. You are divided. It is not a division between the SLFP and the UNP(Interruption). You are imagining that. You do not know what is happening in the bureaucracy. If you give me two minutes, I will name certain people which I do not want to do. The fact is, you dare not move them out from that organisation. - (Interruption) - One person You dare not move certain police officers who are in those two groups out. But anyway what I say is, they also become millionaires overnight. I have seen big bureaucrats in this country who have come without a single cent in 1977 of tarring their roads and becoming huge businessmen overnight. I am warning the Hon. Member for Kolonne. Very soon you will see the sale of your paper factory at Embilipitiya. And please stop that. They will keep the paper factory at Valachchenai and try to close the paper factory at Emblipitiya and sell the paper factory at Embilipitiya for a sum of Rs. 50 million or so. But I know that those people also would not buy. There is another party who is going to buy it. You please watch out. It is in your electorate. They are trying to rob your paper factory. A big amount of commission is expected out of it. The Government is getting a part of it only, and therefore ultimately what will happenis, there will be another close down of a factory in that area, because of that factor, they become millionaires overnight, and the best thing is this. Most of those people have green cards to enter America.
The other day - I think sometime ago - we proved to this House that even the Chairman of Air Lanka was not in this country when we had the Presidential Elections. He was in Bangkok, and he had phoned up Colombo to find out who was winning, and when he found that Mr. J.R. Jayawardene was winning he came into this country and went and saw His Excellency. If His Excellency had lost, he would never have come. By that time he had taken the green card. This is the type of bureaucracy that we have. Therefore, look at these people who are trying to bolt off, in case there is a change of Government. This is the type of thing that is happening.
Then you find a parallel army. I want to talk about the parallel army. Now we know the army, navy, air force - they are conventional armed services. But now look at your Government. There is a separate army being created with the UNP. Where the home guards are concerned, there is going to be a separate unit altogether. They would not be non-political. You will have a non-political army and a political army if they come under one person. So, this will be another threat. One home guard army will be a threat to the conventional army or the known army. This is to happen, Sir. And then, Sir, what do they do? They pass information among each other. These are fears that one has, to see one army talk. This is a home guard. They talk out of their turn. They do not know whether they are Continued on page 7

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JULY 1986
REPRESSION IN
THERE were only 450 political prisoners in the Philippines when the dictator Marcos fled the country. Today in Sri Lanka there are 280 political prisoners in the south, not to mention thousands more in the north and east of the country.
Characteristics of the new repression:
O The phenomenon of the disappeared, like in the Philippines and Latin America.
O Attempts to deceive family and friends of those who disappear. Done to prevent them and their lawyers from acting.
O Detention in private places - as in the Philippines.
O Intermeshing of the machinery of the UNP and the National Intelligence Bureau.
O The use of unmarked vehicles at night. Also, the use of government and NGO vehicles, or of vehicles with names of government boards and departments.
O In these matters, the NIB acts autonomously of the local police. Even senior ordinary police officals are unaware of what the NIB is doing. The chain of command is different.
O The repression is co-ordinated and carried out by the NIB Special Operations Unit (SOU) at Longden Place. It does not investigate northern terrorism'. The sole function of this unit is to hunt down left activists in the south. The unit is headed by ASP Upali Seneviratne, formerly the head of the Browns Group Security division, recalled on a special contract to the NIB. Also in the unit are Inspectors Mohan Jayasuriya, Brian Amunugama and Terrence Perera.
O Their activities are supervised by Mossad/ Shin Beth, who trained them in the first place: There are more than a hundred Israelis in Sri Lanka. Many are here on non-Israeli passports, attached to various government ministries and departments as "experts'.
Examples of disappearance:
O Wimalasena, formerly of the JVP, from Ihala Kosgana. Disappeared without a trace on December 19th, 1985 between Slave Island and Maharagama. His wife Dhammika went from
Continued from page 6 coming or going on security. They are not frained properly. They are half trained. They do not know how to shoot properly. They close the wrong eye when they have to shoot. Instead of closing the left eye they close the right eye, and they shoot cockeyed everywhere! Therefore, I would be very grateful to you if you did not have these divided armies. Do not have these separate armies. - (Interruption) - I know those armies are being used to pass information from one VIP to the other. It is real kelam mulla (tale carrying) sort of business that goes on among two VIPs and the kukkul poraya (cockfight) that normally goes on in the Government is that. These people come and give you wrong information. They spy on other people. They come and carry tales to the other crowd. This is what is going on, to tell you frankly. That is why you cannot govern properly. But, anyway, I am telling you, this is happening, and they pass information to each ether and, therefore, it is a haven for some politicians in power. It has become. a haven ultimately for some businessmen in power, and then with these corrupt racketeers that you are talking; this is what is happening.
hospital to hospita January before hi. that he was in cus private house in C
O Caldera, a tra the JVP, from Ka ten thirty in the ni powerful torch in and taken to the N was interrogated
taken to Avissa we Superintendent's b of Avissawela MP he was forced to w he was safe and we letter was a friend.
O Dhanapala K тоtor тechanic, Member of CPS, bearer, Co-opera Maranadaara San of Janakala Arts trophies for cyc, participant. Promi the life and proper July 1983.
After the disap friend of his, and been threatened b, and by henchme, Dhanapala stoppe repair shop. An N man called Upali themselves in the They operated fro This team was late five units operatin another, under the (the man who ki unmarked vehicles
FAMANUJA of a former c disappeared On the Week month after h National Sec ing him und disappearanc March and 1. Ostensibly ca Orso the Mini However, a fe On the 10t National Sect saying they whereabouts, very next da DIG National his parents SOf8OS Vy general desc pseudonym. , did not disclo days previo actually in cu own nanne. T to a friend of by Mr. Ariya and friend of
Mrs Manik turbed by ins her son coul since he ha Sentirnent. H

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tl looking for him. It was mids wife finally got confirmation , tody. He was being held in a olombo. w
velling salesman, formerly of duwela. He was awakened at ght by two men who shone a his face. He was blindfolded IB headquarters in a jeep. He at Longden Place and later la and held captive in an estate ungalow adjacent to property Premaratne. While in custody rite a letter to his wife saying all and that the deliverer of the
aluarachchi, self-employed from Talduva, Avissawela. L, district organiser, Office tive Society and President, gamaya, Talduwa. Founder
Circle. Winner of several ling and Tour de Lanka nent social worker who saved ty of many innocent Tamils in
pearance of Wimalasena, a in view of the fact that he had oth by the Avissawela police n of the ruling party MP, 2d staying at his home and IB team headed by a tall fair
then permanently stationed area in order to abduct him. om the residence of the MP. r increased to 30, divided into g seті-autoпотоиsly ofопе command of Terrence Perera lled Podi Wije). They used (Datsun Pickups, Peugeots)
tioned estate superintendent's.
and private and CTB buses. These were parked at Premaratne's compound and at the aforemenThey were dressed in civvies, carried weapons and even deployed dogs. Dhanapala came to Colombo on the 18th February to meet a friend and was abducted somewhere near the Town Hall. On the 22nd, 23rd and 24th he was taken to his home and adjacent areas chained on to a motor bicycle with an armed NIB agent on the pillion. On the 26th he was forced to telephone his wife and engage in a conversation with her, pretending that he was all right. This was repeated on the 1st of March. He was also coerced into writing to his wife a letter to the same effect. All this was to prevent his wife from filing a habeas corpus application. Dhanapala has four children, aged from 7 to 13, and his feeble and ailing parents were dependent on him.
O Sanath Gamini, a tourist driver, employed at Gulf Lanka Travels. He was abducted from his boarding at Katubedde at 10.00 a.m. on the 22nd of February by persons who told the neighbours they were his friends. The NIB bundled him into a van and took off. Nothing has been heard of him since. 8
O Dayananda, former railway employee, who participated in the railway strike of 1976 and early 1978. He was dismissed by the UNP and later set up a retail store at Nugegoda, near the railway station.
On the 24th February, around 2.00 p.m., Dhanapala was brought to his store on a motorbike with an NIB pillion rider. NIB men were in vehicles stationed in the vicinity. Dhanapala did not dismount but nodded to Dayananda and said something before riding away. Dayananda stepped out of the store, told his employee he was going to the post office to make a phone call. He has not been seen since.
DUCTION OF MANIKKALNGAM
M MANIKKALINGAM, son areer Sri Lankan diplomat, from his Killupitiya home he turned 23. Nearly a le vanished, the Ministry of urity has admitted to haver arrest. Apparently, his e between the 27th of 9th April - the day he was ptured - was voluntary: - stry would have us believe. Iw things do not square up. h of April the Ministry of Irity issued a press release knew nothing about his Strangely enough, the y Mr. Merryk Guneratne, Intelligence Bureau, told that they had in custody ho corresponded to his 'ription but was under a At this meeting his mother se that she had heard two usly that her son was stody - and had given his his information was given the Manikkalingam family Abeysinghe, civil servant DIG Tyrrel Gunatilleke. kalingan was very disinuations in the press that d have been a separatist d never expressed such e had a brilliant record at
Royal College, getting 8 distinctions at his O levels and 4 A's at his A levels. He went from there to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and did a physics degree. He was also a good sportsman.
From the 11th of April till the 22nd the Manikkalingam family was in constant touch with Minister Athulathmudali, who every day led them to believe that they would be given a chance to see this person who resembled their son very soon. The subsequent press release from the Ministry took them by surprise. Fortunately for him, a lot of international interest was expressed on his behalf - and this is what must have propelled the Ministry to finally acknowledge that they'd got him. There is one very easy way for the Ministry to establish the truth of their story - to prove beyond doubt that he was actually arrested on a bus. However, given the mass of lies the Ministry and associated organisations have spun about him it is unlikely that he will be allowed to appear in public and refute them, let alone face charges for the crimes he has allegedly committed.
There is very good reason to believe that he was abducted in Colombo on the 27th of March. By refusing to acknowledge this, the Ministry is only reiterating its determination to copy other Latin American banana republics which have no respect for human rights.

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g"PAMitr TIMES
AWI, SSUE RASED NA
'BOMBING OF TAMIL ARI
SRI LANKA REMINISCENT U.S. BOMBINGS IN VETN
Mr. Hollis has been subjected to a persistent campaign of abuse, intimidation and harassment by some extremist Sinhala elements resident in Australia for his consistent and outspoken stand on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. The following are extracts from his speech:
MR. HOLLIS (Throsby)-Overseas coverage by Australian media over the past few days has, not surprisingly suppose, been concerned with South Africa's illegal and totally unjustified attack on three neighbouring states. But the past few days have seen a further stepping up of the genocide being committed by the Sinhala Government of President Jayawardene in Sri Lanka against the Tamil minority, as the Government of Sri Lanka attempts a military solution to a communal problem in Sri Lanka. Like many Australians I am distressed and disturbed that Sri Lankan armed forces have commenced large scale military operations in the Jaffna Peninsula, including indiscriminate aerial bombing and strafing of Jaffna City itself, resulting in a large number of civilians being killed and hundreds wounded. Two wards of the Jaffna hospital were hit and expect casualties there to be very high. As late as last night the coastal town of Valvettithurai was subject to naval and aerial bombardment. Again, expect casualties will be high. I am awaiting further details of that. Such continued military operations will inevitably lead to a loss of still larger numbers of innocent civilian lives and only prolong the suffering of the people of Sri Lanka.
"How can this massive use of force by the Government of Sri Lanka be justified, especially at a time when Sri Lankan leaders have repeatedly professed their commitment to seeking a peaceful, political solution to the ethnic issue?
'it is particularly deplorable that such operations should have been undertaken at a time when the governments of India and Sri Lanka were engaged in discussions to find a peaceful, political solution to the problem. Such operations frustrate the process of negotiations. . .
'it really follows a pattern of hints over the past months from the President that a military solution would be sought. He is attempting to gain world sympathy for his disastrous policies by blaming these bombing outrages on the Tamils and thus justifying this latest exercise by the President have been more and more extreme and emotive. While threatening military solutions, he talks about the Tamils". attempts to install communist dictatorship - again in an attempt to gain international sympathy, especially, suspect, United States sympathy. −
'The President and his Government have refused to listen to wise counsel, especially from India, which has been attempting to mediate between the Government and the Tamils and find some lasting solution. But the present Government appears not to
want a solution an peaceful solution. Att been a daily occurrenc these have intensifie August 1983 genocid daily harassment by th forces and thugs - rap killings are a daily occ innocent Tamils have armed forces - forcest control. Over 200,000 ri country. Tamils are no throughout the world. sight of what President when he declared that military solution to t Lanka. What he me annihilation of the T. island of Sri Lanka.
'The facts are well c bodies as Amnesty Int the International Comn many others. What, I as can we do? I suggest t when pious statement enough; and we can hands about it. I appe Foreign Affairs (Mr. genocide of the Tar Nations Security Cou asking the United N international fact-find Lanka to establish the Government must be Sri Lanka to stop the support the valiant effc lasting peace to this tro
'I remind members we sit here in Australia regime is conducting a campaign on the Jaffn cent of that United S paign against Vietnar
PETITIO PARLI
The following is th lodged for presenta House of Repre 20.3.86):
Tamils in To the Honoura Members of the Ho in Parliament assem We the undersig cerned that under th Government of S. militarised Tamil resorted to airshi populated areas anc of civilians which is: Foreign Minister tendencies.
Your petitioners

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S R N P V R I VM i 3N
EAS IN
OF AM'
| especially not a cks on Tamils have for many years but d since the Julyat attacks. There is e Sinhalese security , murder, arson and Irrence. Over 10,000
been killed by the hat were often out of fugees have fled the w living in countries We must never lose Jayawardene meant there will only be a ne problems of Sri ans is a complete amil people on the
locumented by such 2rnational, Law Asia, hission of Jurists and ked in this chamber, hat time is long past s can be accepted as not just wring our al to the Minister for layden) to raise the mils at the United ncil. We should be ations to send an ing mission to Sri facts. The Australian putting pressure on genocide. We must rts of India to bring a oubled land. of this House that as now, the Sri Lankan n intensive bombing a Peninsula, reministates bombing camn. We cannot leave
"As we sit here in Australia now, the Sri Lankan regime is conducting an intensive bombing campaign in the Jaffna Peninsula, reminiscent of that United States bombing campaign against Vietnam', stated Mr. Hollis, Member of Parliament, in the Australian House of Representatives on 22 May, 1986.
India alone to do the negotiation for a peaceful solution. We must express our solidarity with the Indian efforts. Express Our Concern and disgust to the Jayawardene Government, and raise the matter in the United Nations. At this stage it should be of concern to Australians that the only thanks India has received for a valiant attempt at negotiations are unwarranted and baseless statements of the Sri Lankan leadership appearing in the Press critical of the Prime Minister of India.
"lt is my view, and also the view of many informed observers, that there can be no military solution to the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka. The current military operations undertaken by the Sri Lankan armed forces will only lead to further worsening of the situation and add to the suffering of the people of Sri Lanka. It is my earnest hope that, rather than take a recourse to the use of force and bloodshed against a significant section of its own people, the Government of Sri Lanka would do wel to seek a resolution of the ethnic issue through a process of dialogue and meaningful pragmatic measures to meet the situation and resolve the problem.
'Since my last speech on the Tamil issue, have been approached by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner, I have received a number of abusive telephone calls - which always get; will probably get more this afternoon - and now a telegram campaign is being directed against me. Many of the letters and telegrams come anonymousy. They are claiming that I am supporting Marxist terrorists, People who know me here in this Chamber will appreciate that this is absolute rubbish. What I am opposed to are the disastrous actions of the present Sri Lankan Government. I am opposed to
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BEFORE AMENT
e text of a resolution tion in the Australian sentatives (Hansard:
Sri Lanka
ble the Speaker and use of Representatives bled. -
ned are deeply cone guise of ceasefire the i Lanka has largely egions and has now ) attacks in highly indiscriminate killings een even by the Indian as having genocidal
humbly pray that the
refuge in Australia and grant them mean
House of Representatives in Parliament assembled will call upon the Government to: ܠ - 1. Intercede with the Government of Sri Lanka to desist from airship attacks and seeking a military solution; 2. To offer refuge under humanitarian and compassionate programmes, to Tamils who are fleeing from the violence. 3. Abandon all direct and indirect forms of repatriation of any Tamil who has sought
ingful assistance to resettle; 4. As a member of the Commonwealth, persuade the Government of Sri Lanka to pursue a political solution which will allow the Tamils to live in peace and dignity. Your petitioners as in duty bound will ever ргаy. t Mrs Darling, Mr Grace, Mr Hollis, Mr Kent, Mr Ruddock, Mr Staples, Mr Baldwin, Mr Hurford, Mr Mather, Mr Price, Mr Darling and Mr Scott.

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SSUKASRPIN
"SRI LANKA — A OF INNOCENT TAI
The following is the text of a speech by Mr Kent, MP, in the Australian House of Representatives on 11 March 1986;
MR. KENT (Hotham) - Tonight, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the persecution of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. have spoken before about that once peaceful island called Ceylon. That island, so well known for its serenity, is now turned into a bloody slaughterhouse of innocent Tamils, who represent a sizeable ethnic minority. Since the Jayawardene Government orchestrated the 1983 racia riots, violence against the Tamils has never ceased. As a matter of fact it is becoming worse as time goes on and has culminated in the use of helicopter gunships against the civilian population in Jaffna. One wonders how much of Australian aid is directed into military purchases and into the acquisition of weapons with which the security forces kill and maim innocent men, women and children, whose only crime is that they are born Tamils.
The Jayawardene Government in Sri Lanka is spending this year nearly 6,000 million rupees on its defence budget. Yet Sri Lanka is not under threat by any external power whatsoever. The weapons that the Government purchases are not used against an enemy, but are used to massacre Tamils. They are used for a "Final solution' of the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. The arms are used for genocide of the Tamils. The state rethoric of 'flushing out' and "mopping up terrorists' are euphemisms for the coldblooded state murder of civilians.
According to the Sri Lankan Finance Minister the state's revenue is 'insufficient to meet current expenditure' and "almost all our capital expenditure has to be met by foreign aid and loans". Yet the Government seems to have plenty of money to buy helicopter gunships and pay mercenaries to fly them and use the same to bomb Tamil populated areas. The Sri Lankan Government is running a 30 billion rupee budget deficit to finance the genocide and is trying to plug the holes with the foreign aid, including the Australian aid given to Sri Lanka. To satisfy its racial hatred, the Government is bankrupting the state, yet its military action against the Tamils and the gross violation of their human rights has achieved so far only the radicalisation of the Tamil youth who are refusing to be led to slaughter.
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the impact that they will have on the Tamil minority. What I am working for, as are many other members in this Chamber, is a peaceful solution - not a military solution but a political solution to this problem, so that the island of Sri Lanka can return to its normal happy state and so that - as is everyone's right - the Tamils there can live in dignity and peace in their homeland. I will continue to pursue that cause in this Parliament and I will continue to speak out for the Tamil cause." (From Hansard, pages
3743 and 3744, 22 May 1986)
As I said bef terrorism agains lians did not ceas Our Foreign Mi expressed his c violence in Sri Which enables t genocide against
call on our immediately bilan dene Governmen through non-gov Tamil areas to hel need and dispo Government's ac Opposition (Mr compared the Sri of South Africa. compare the plig Lanka today with Hitler. The geno ceeded because t silent. Do not let fellow human bei silence and our i
LANK
This is an extrac
MR. HOLLIS this is the week into my hand a l the High Comr Sinhalese in A headed paper a sioner, gives S correct line to f events in Sri L ends up by sayi left to the judgn letter and to th harness. Let us li by this diplomat suggests writin, incidents, toget -members of
members who h this issue - for member for Ho Chipp, myself a Parliament, I do many such lette: am not anti-Sri L are the genocida military action current Jayawa letter goes on to Give facts ab between the riva A lot of corr enclosed for this Write letters a organisations; rights and Amne Australia, who h issue.
What he does these people hav out by the Sri Lar, Canberra. He say
 
 

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re, the State organised the innocent Tamil civiafter the 1983 racial riots. ister (Mr. Hayden) has ncern about the racial inka. However, our aid, e regime to finance its he Tamils, continues. Sovernment to suspend 2ral aid to the Jayawarand channel the money rnment organisations to those people who are in sessed because of the ion. The leader of the dovvard), not long ago Lankan regime with that go a step further and ht of the Tamils in Sri the plight of Jews under çide against Jews suche rest of the world was us assist the killing of ngs in Sri Lanka by our naction. As I have said
before in this House, do not let us be associated with genocide by not speaking up, by not doing something while there is still time. I quote again Pastor Nimoller, who said: ܀
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and 1 did not speak out - because I was not a communist,
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I did not speak out-because I was not a Catholic.
Then they came for me and there was non left to speak out for me.
Let us use all the influence that Australia has in international forums to stop the genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka. Let us take the first step by redirecting our aid from the Jayawardene Government to the longsuffering Tamil areas.
(From Hansard, pages 1108 and 1109, 11 March 1986)
AN AMBASSADOR FLAYED
from proceedings in the Australian House of Representatives on 23 May 1986:
Throsby;) - It seems that for leaks! Today I received etter sent from the office of missioner for Sri Lanka to ustralia. That letter, on nd signed by the Commisinhalese in Australia the ollow in response to recent anka. However, the letter g that the matters are best ent of the recipients of the e resources that they can ook at the Suggestions made accredited to Australia. He letters giving facts of er with paper cuttings to arliament, especially to lve been anti-Sri Lanka on example, the honourable ham (Mr. Kent), Senator d others. As a member of not object to this. We get s. I make the point that I nka. What I am anti about policies culminating in the low taking place by the dene Government. The ay: ut the battle being waged terrorist groups. borative propaganda was urpose. He goes on to say: d send material to church 'niting Church, human ty International bodies in ve been one-sided on this
ot say, of course, is that not swallowed the lies put an High Commissioner in
jun
Write letters and send materials to editors of major newspapers and radio and TV stations and also, if possible, give interviews which they can carry.
The one I really find unacceptable is the following, which II quote in full because it is very important. The letter from the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka said:
Arrange for demonstrations if possible in front of Indian trade/consular offices and in front of Indian Airlines/Air India offices with appropriate placards and slogans.
I find it totally unacceptable that a diplomat in this country should use or abuse his position to incite Australian citizens - many of the Sinhalese in this country are a naturalised Australian citizens - to get involved in activities against a friendly nation, that is, India, in an attempt to disrupt the activities of its official organisations, thus causing unwarranted problems in the relationship between Australia and India and embarrassment to Australia.
The current High Commissioner for Sri Lanka has recently taken up his post, but one should bear in mind that this gentleman, prior to his appointment, was Secretary of the Ministry established to produce and propagate incorrect information and blatant lies to achieve the goals of the Sri Lankan Government; that is, wiping : out the entire Tamil community in Sri Lanka. Perhaps it is time, at the commencement of his tour of duty, that the High Commissioner be reminded of the behaviour expected of a diplomat in this country and that it is totally unacceptable that people should be encouraged to disrupt the legitimate activities of a third friendly
nation. (From Hansard, pages
3915 and 3916, 23 May 1986)

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THE TRAGEDY AT
THE Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India has always identified itself with the just struggles and aspirations of the Tamil Nation. This has been so from the time when chauvinistic and racist policies first reared their ugly heads in the post independence period. More recently the Church has actively involved itself both by word and deed. The considerable amount of work done amongst refugees since 1983 and the various social and developmental programmes bear ample testimony to this. However, on the night of 4th April it became even more closely identified with the sufferings of its people in a manner both unforeseen and tragic.
The Diocese runs a Dairy Development project on a 50 acre plot at Shalom (Murippu) six miles away from Kilinochchi in northern Sri Lanka. This has been in existence since 1983. In addition to a dairy programme, vegetable cultivation and a fruit orchard, a weekly medical clinic and an under fives Day Care Centre are also conducted for the benefit of the local community (who comprise mainly of resettled Tamils). During the dark hours of the night of 4th April this institution became the setting for a tragedy the like of which has become an all too common happening in the Tamil homelands during the post 1983 period.
Women's organisations from both the South and North of Sri Lanka have voiced their protests against the violence and horrors of war, against the excesses of the combatants, against the abduction of children and rape of women, against their sons, fathers
cipants in a destructive conflict which causes increasing bloodshed and wanton destruction on both sides. Now it is time for the women to not only voice their protests against insensate bombings but also to raise their voices against the war and to bring all possible pressure for a solution to this fratricidal conflict.
'Women for Peace' has issued a new leaflet, which was distributed at the major political party rallies on 1st May. Called 'Women Violated', the leaflet seeks to illustrate the threat to als WOrnen in Sri Lanka inherent in the creeping - or rather galoping - militarisation and brutalisation of our society. It relates, on one side the story of a 16 year old Sinhala schoolgirl in Ratnapura, who was sexually assaulted and tortured by two policemen, and on the other, the story of a Tamil mother of 4 children, who was gang-raped by nine Home Guards in Trinconnalee. Both incidents took place in the latter half of 1985.
Several incidents of rape in the North and East, by Security Forces and Home Guards, have been report. ted by the Jaffna Mothers Front and Citizens' Committees. Victims have usually been reluctant to make formal
and brothers being brutalised by parti- ,
On the night in q midnight hour, a group broke into the farm com ate night watcher, a tee His crime is yet unkno employees present on thi Supervisors and a laboure the intruders. Of the th knew of the killing. T unaware of this, were not their chances of survival, induced by the notorious forces have for their civilians, had been furthe brutal slaying nearby o doctor that very evening been cremated alive alleg The physical agony tha quently underwent only s pessimistic view of the pr
The three were dragge through thick jungle scrl received intermittent bl helmets. In the morning continued, only now they youths to share the ago. was taken to the army Despite protesting that th employees of the Diocesi
''End This Destructive M/a
Women For Peace
statements, through social stigma which * victims (not their
reprisals: victims o families have been death, if they were incidents. Where at been rmade the si deputations to the the government, litt action has resufted. rape by Home Gui - been followed by dis - concerned. Howeve dependent on th courage of indivi * charge, there is na procedure for assu even an enquiry - rape. Especially in c Army, the governm - tant to take action effects upon army' ically, upon army 'd The rapes in the l one particularly br War Which the Sta upon the Tamil pc these areas.
The case from th halese girl sexua Sinhalese policeme different form, th become established as the means of resolving power st encing outcomes in violence against wo part of the whole which has pervade
 

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lestion, around the of security personnel bound. The unfortunager, was shot dead. wn. The other three premises, two young r, were dragged off by ee only the labourer he other two, while over optimistic about, This fear, which was reputation the armed dealings with Tamil r strengthened by the f a young ayurvedic The young man had edly by the army men. t these three subserved to increase their obable outcome. d behind their captors b. All the while they ows from rifles and , the same treatment. had a few more Tamil hy. Finally the group camp at Kilinochchi. ey were long standing e's farm and that they
r WOMy'
fear either of the attaches to rape assailants) or of if rape and their : threatened with , to report these tested cases have Ibject of special highest levels of : le or no follow-up in a few cases of ards, enquiry has Ermissal of the men r, this is totally e integrity and dual officers
institutionalised ring justice - or to the victims of ases involving the ent appears reluc, for fear of the morale' and, ironiscipline'l North and East are Ital aspect of the te has unleashed pulation living in
2 South, döf a Sin
in sፋቅ~
ly assaulted by n indicates, in a at violence has , even legitimised, settling disputes, uggles and influgeneral. Increased men is an integral ulture of violence
d our society; for
r
were innocent of any crime it was to little avail.
It was only later in the afternoon after the
intervention of the C.S.I. Pastor at Kilinochchi was their release obtained. Their relief and joy can well be imagined.
The reasons behind the killing and subsequent harassment of the others is still unclear. One possibility was that the army believed that the farm was used as a hideout by Tamil militants. This accusation (if such was made) is quite untrue and seems more an excuse for the forces to indulge in their favourite pastime of terrorising Tamil civilians.
One of the young men was met by this writer a week after the incident. He could walk only with the greatest discomfort. He is grateful to God for his miraculous survival and looks forward to returning to the farm as soon as his aching body will permit him to. ܗ܂
The Diocese's various workers on the mainland work under constant tension and ať great personal risk but continue to do so, unflinchingly and courageously, carrying out their tasks to the satisfaction of all concerned and in the service of their people. This is something that others in the Diocese should be aware of. Let us hope that they are spared such further trials and tribulations optimistic though that may seem. D.C.A
example the attempts to intimidate the judiciary, violence at elections and at cricket matches, and so on. Each instance of the abuse of power and position which the government not only allows to pass unpunished but actually condones and rewards (such as the promotion of the policemen involved in the 'Pavidi Handa''' and Vivienne Goonewardene fundamental rights cases) renders it more difficult to implement punitive action regarding the next one, always supposing that there exists the will to do so. ''Women for Peace', an organisation which unites women from all cornmunities in working towards a just, negotiated settlement of the war, condemns atrocities against women by persons entrusted by the State with the protection of the civilian population.
The events described here are symptomatic of the general culture of violence which has escalated with the intensifying militarisation of our society.
Batticaloa women protest
The Eastern province has recently seen an increase of violence against the civilian population and especially against women. At the end of April, the women of Batticaloa, for the first time marched in procession, protesting against the disappearance of 175 youths who had been taken into custody, The women marchers who were mainly the mothers and wives of these 'disappeared persons' took a petition to the Government Agent asking for the whereabouts of their missing relatives. The memorandun also demanded that the harassment of women and young girls be stopped.

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Sri Lanka pa
grOWing
pric
guerrilla Wai
BY SHELDONE. GORDON
A CIVIL WAR lurks only 150 kilometres away, but Sri Lanka's capital hardly notices. There is an occasional military checkpoint and the five-star hotels are three-quarters empty. But these tell-tale signs apart, the war on Tamil separatists barely makes a ripple beyond the combat ZOICS.
For tourists from Madras, the luxury of Sri Lankan capitalism is a relief from the austerity of Indian socialism. The telephones work. Thirst can be quenched with The Real Thing instead of a CampaCola import substitute. And modern, airconditioned cars provide comfortunavailable in India's 1950 models.
For most Sri Lankans, too, the conflict between the Sinhalese-dominated Government and the Tamil guerrillas is remote. "The war's economic effects have not yet been felt by the Sinhalese middle class in Colombo,” says Neelan Thiruchelvam, a Tamil lawyer and former member of Parliament. "Most of the victims of the conflict are either Tamil civilians (in the combat zones) or rural Sinhalese youth in the armed forces.'
Yet beneath the tropical lushness there is an ominous militarisation. Under the pressure of civil war, Sri Lanka's resources are diverted from economic development to arms procurement and its democratic institutions are in decline.
Military outlays cost the Sri Lankan treasury $1 million a day - 10 times as much as when President J.R. Jayawardene and his United National Party (UNP) took office in 1977. The armed forces have been expanded to 35,000 from 20,000. But most of the defence bills have been for hardware.
An Indian Government report cites purchases of 21 Bell helicopters acquired through Singapore; 12 Italian-made Marchetti warplanes; six Cessna aircraft for surveillance; 150 armoured personnel carriers obtained from Israel, South Africa and Britain; and 30,000 small arms, including mortars, machine guns and semi-automatic rifles, from Pakistan and China.
In the absence of a political settlement - or at least a ceasefire - the weaponry is needed to counter 20,000 Tamil guerrillas who make their own mortars, move freely between India and northern Sri Lanka in armed power boats and boast that they will soon have surface-to-air missiles.
Sri Lanka's arms build-up has blunted its economic development. The free
enterprise devel dene initiated i impressive resul scared away t Government to inflation and ha credit from Ove payments may tions,” says ( respected lawy opposition party Outspoken Fi Mel seems equi warned that if t will be more a the cost of livi. people will fa Some discontent salaried professi recently went inflation.
By Third Wor have considerab fears that politic met by an iron fi system still fu erosion of civil l says Godfrey Gu Marga Foundati tank. “We are (imposed in 19 militancy) and enormous pow parties and deba
Sri Lanka is Society today tha came to office. F tion to postponi and deprive the the Tamil Ur (TULF), of its Terrorism Act courts and the press is under in
But it is the Sinhalese soldie war zone that ha reputation the n lese admit the a tional criticism political schizop T. D. S.A. Diss Ministry’s Harv kesman. Unpun military “threate admits. “How n there been? Nor than that.' But Western press fo Far from fac military brass

s
opment that Mr. Jayawar: 1977 showed early and ts. But lately, the war has ourists and forced the run deficits that fuel 'e to be financed by costly rseas bankers. "Interest, oon reach crisis propor-, olvin R. de Silva, a er who leads a small
mance Minister Ronnie dei illy worried. He recently he war continues, "there' ld more unemployment, ng will increase and the ce immense hardship.” is already evident among onals. Nurses and doctors
on strike because of
lld standards, Sri Lankans, le freedom, but there are al or labour unrest will be st.“The basic democratic inctions, but continued iberties is a real danger.' unatilleke, director of the on, an independent thinkunder emergency rule 80 at a time of labour the Government has ers to restrict political te.” a much less democratic n when Mr. Jayawardene He amended the constitu: parliamentary elections main opposition party, ited Liberation Front seats. The Prevention of restricts access to the English-language daily ormal censorship. ndiscriminate attacks by son Tamil civilians in the ve hurt Sri Lanka's liberal nost. Vesternised Sinhabuses yet resent internaof them. Typical of this hrenia is the attitude of anayake, the Foreign ard-educated press spoished massacres by the n our respectability,” he any court martials have e. We have to do better then he denounces the r unfair coverage. ing court martials, the are acquiring unpre
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cedented influence in national politics. The officer corps used to be ceremonial. It includes men who would be underachievers in the civilian sector. Now, however, they are near the centre of power. “For the first time, officers' wives express views on political decisions at official receptions,' observes Mervyn de Silva, editor of the Lanka Guardiam.
Should the war continue, the military may have a decisive voice in who succeeds President Jayawardene. (Even if the 79year-old leader finishes his current term in 1988, he cannot - under the present constitution - run again). His UNP followers view the war mainly in terms of its likely impact on their political fortunes. The top UNP contenders to succeed Mr. Jayawardene are Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa and National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali. Mr. Premadasa is a shrewd grassroots politician, but suffers from his low caste in status-conscious Colombo. Mr. Athulathmudali, an Oxford-educated technocrat, has no such handicap but lacks a political base - except for the army. He can only make it to the top as a war hero, which means he has a vested interest in a military triumph over the Tamil rebels rather than a political settlement.
Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the matriarch of the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), may do better than either of the UNP hopefuls. The middle-level officers in the armed forces were recruited as SLFP loyalists and are in her debt. Once Mr. Jayawardene is gone, they may try to make Mrs. Bandaranaike the head of a national unity coalition.
Without Mrs. Bandaranaike's at least tacit co-operation, it will be politically risky for Mr. Jayawardene to cut a deal with the Tamils. He could be accused of a sellout if he conceded Tamil demands for autonomy. Mrs. Bandaranaike has appealled to Sinhallese chauvinists previously in her efforts to outflank him.
Her price for a consensus on the war would likely be an immediate election - which observers believe she might indeed win. Mr. Jayawardene is therefore unlikely to comply. Continuation of the war, it seems, coincides with the career ambitions of too many of the political and military elite.
Indeed, several members of the UNP hierarchy are said to have feathered overseas nests for themselves lest the war end early and adversely. Ravi Jayawardene, the President's son and "security adviser', holds an Australian passport and is rumoured to have provided handsomely for possible exile through commissions on arms deals.
Just how far the rot spreads depends on Mr. Jayawardene's zeal for a military victory. In 1977, he warned the TULF in Parliament: “If you want peace, you can have peace. If you want war, you can have war." Since then, Mr. Jayawardene has shown he can wage war. He has yet to show he can make peace.
(Courtesy of the Globe and Mail, Toronto, 3.5.86)

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MARCH27
O In Jaffna, several villages in Viligamam North were subjected to air attacks for the second day. The attacks continued from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. intermittently. The incidents began when soldiers from Palaly army camp emerged from the airport area and through the Palaly Teachers' Training College premises and lay in ambush. Later, over 200 other soldiers emerged on foot, but accompanied by a convoy of vehicles and proceeded towards Kadduvan. At this stage Tamil militants launched an attack on the army convoy leaving some casualties and forcing them to withdraw to camp. The aerial attacks by helicopters began Soon after this incident leaving some civilians injured and some property damaged. O Christian priest Rev. Sahayathasan who was going from Nelliyady to Thikkam along the beach road on his motor cycle narrowly escaped when he was shot at from the army camp. The priest, who was going to church in connection with the Easter celebrations, Sustained injuries on his hands and knees.
O Over 5000 Jaffna residents including women and children joined a 10-mile torch light procession raising slogans against government terrorism. Residents on the procession route volunteered with coconut oil to keep the torch flames alive. O in Kilinochchi, following the reported escape of a Tamil youth from the army camp, residents of Vaddakachchi, Uruthirapuram, Thirunagar and other areas were subjected to surprise checks by government forces. O Residents of Velvettiturai, Thondamannaru areas, Complained that damage is being done to agricultural crops by men of the armed forces who walk through fields and farms from adjoining army camps. Meanwhile at Thondamannaru Selasannathy temple the daily religious rites rei mained suspended for the 8th day.
O in Trincomalee, Citizens' Committee protested over the molesting of four mar3ried women by armed forces in broad
daylight at Kattaiparichchan. O Three farmers were injured and four buffaloes shot dead by armed forces at the 5th division in Eravur in Batticaloa district.
O At Kilinochchi armed 'commandoes' in civilian attire set fire to heaps of paddy in a 10-acre field at the 8th Culvert. O Colombo newspaper 'Sun' reported that the emblem 'Red Army' was engraved on the cylinder which exploded at Ceylon petroleum Corporation filling station in Colombo which killed one person and injured three others. O LTTE guerrilla "Karthik' (Kanthaiah Jeganathan) of Mullaitivu was shot dead at an army patrol in Paranthan.
MARCH 28
O Five soldiers were reported killed and three injured at Kinniya in Trincomalee district in a landmine ambush. Liberation Tigers later issued a statement stating that nine soldiers including a lieutenant were killed and eight others injured in the inci
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dent. The statement sa was going from Vilgam to Trincomalee, 25 of th in armoured cars. One
completely destroyed. ported that practically a area had fled to Jaffr Batticaloa, even before t
O Jaffna doctors went ( following the forcible re narajah's car from his vinthotam. O in Batticaloa memb Task Force went in ov surrounded Karaithivu hours of the morning, e took away nearly 350 y wanchchikudi command
O A retired officer Mr (62) was shot dead by fi Pedro army camp wher married daughter and home which they had e Courts Road.
O At Manipay the hom sister was robbed by men with automatic we belonged to the proprie 6.S. O Three more houses turai army camp and tv Kadduvan were blown forces. O Vavuniya District Co ated opposite the police aged by a bomb.
O Nedunkerni resident Mullaitivu Citizens' Com appearance' of six o' arrested by the armed f other 12 are known t Vavuniya. O The villages of Ilupa piddi in Trincomalee d aerial attack by a plar Details of casualties are
O At Kayts, in Jaffna, m on a helicopter. It is helicopter was damag the civilian population shelling from Kayts an bases. O At Vasavilan a pillior bicycle was shot dead while the driver escape van driver and Seven C when two helicopters area for nearly one hour
O Out of three soldiers fire on Point Pedro ar Cumbed to injuries at A tal.
O Trincomalee Citizen protested over the abs regarding 23 Tamils w| Mutur towards the en told by Brigadier Harsh was not in a position information on that mat O At Omanthai a new
up at the old village C with 150 soldiers und lieutenant named Weer
 
 
 
 
 
 

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d the army party /ihara army camp em by foot and 11 irmoured car was eanwhile it is reTamils in Kinniya
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n sudden 'strike', noval of Dr. Krishesidence at Rasa
rs of the Special r 15 army trucks, illage in the early Intered homes and ouths to the KaluO camp.
A. Ganeshapillai ing from the Point he went with his randchild to their. vacuated earlier at
e of a brother-andgang of masked apons. The houses tor of Mallika Stor
near the Velvettivo more houses in up by government
urts building situstation was dam
's complained to |mittee of the 'disF the 18 persons orces recently. The o be detained at
iikkulam and Siruistrict came under he and helicopter. hot known.
ilitants opened fire believed that the d. Following this, was subjected to i Karainagar nava
driver on a motor by helicopter fire, d. Subsequently a thers were injured ept on stafing the
injured by militant y camp, one suc|uradhapura hospi
' Committee who nce Of information o were arrested in } of January, was
Gunaratne that he to give them any er. . . rmy camp was set Immittee premises r the charge of a singhe.
BY KIND COURTESY OF TAMIL INFORMATION & RESEARCH UNIT, MADRAS, SOUTH INDIA.
O Government sources in Colombo claimed that a naval patrol "intercepted a boat in the Palk Strait killing 11 terrorists and destroying an arms cache they were bringing into the Jaffna peninsula'. The incident they say occurred in the waters of Mathagal.
O 175 Tamils rounded up in a search operation by armed forces at Karaithivu on the 28th were now being questioned by Special Task Force Commandos and National Intelligence Bureau, stated a Defence Ministry official in Colombo.
O At Vantharumoolai in Batticaloa two Tamils were shot dead by government forces and the tractor in which they were travelling was burnt. O Police wireless operator A. Gnanapragasam, who was arrested eight days ago when travelling in a bus, was sent to Vavuniya army camp for an inquiry.
A Senior Customs officer, K. K. Subramaniam, from Colombo, and a Tamil trader in the South, K. Markandu of Kaduwela, were both kidnapped by unknown persons at their home in Karainagar. O Along the north and east coast three ships of unknown origin but reported to be manned by foreigners has been sighted for the past four days according to fishermen. O At Kadduvan, a large rice mill along with Rs. 5 lakhs worth property was burnt down by over 100 army men in civils. 10 houses close to the mill were also burnt down. It is reported that Palaly army authorities are systematically destroying all houses within 1000 metres of the army camp. With heliCopters providing air cover for the destruction, residents in adjoining villages say the entire Kadduvan area appeared to be enveloped in smoke.
MARCH31
O in Batticaloa at Kaluwankerni, two Special Task Force commandos killed another injured and two Tamil militants killed themselves by Swallowing Cyanide in the course of a one-hour confrontation. O Elsewhere in Batticaloa, Commandos searched the house of the Inquirer into Sudden Deaths, Mr. T. Sivanathan, even stripping his house roof looking for hidden weapons, but the search revealed nothing. O in Mannar, nearly 250 Sinhala workers in a government owned grape farm were reported to have been threatened to leave the area by unidentified Tamil militants group. O Ten Tamils living in areas close to Mullaitivu army camp were taken away for questioning in the course of an intensive search. - | O The following official report on Tamils under detention is released from Colombo: 222 Tamils in Welikade jail as on 23rd March 1986; 26 of them convicted under Prevention of Terrorism Act: 44 others detained under the PTA; another 151 served charge sheets under the PTA. 1100 in Boosa detention camp and seven Tamil women in Negombo jail. (Uthayan-Jaffna).

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O One of the mystery ships was sighted off the northern coast seen going up in flames last night. Several residents claimed that they saw planes approaching the area.
O Thousands of residents in the Palaly, Vasavilan, Kadduvan and Mytiddy areas have now moved to Chun nakam as refugees. O Three Tamil civilians including a 19-year-old mentally deranged youth were killed in the course of a search operation by armed forces, at Vavuniya,
O in Colombo, a time bomb weighing 5 kg was defused by the army bomb disposal unit at the Technical College junction. The impact of explosion created a one foot deep four feet wide crater at the spot and shattered window panes of buildings in the vicinity. ジ専
APRIL 1.
O At Palaly black uniformed commandos and hundreds of soldiers who had snaked into ambush positions in farmlands and bushes, fired at civilians killing two and injuring four others. Those killed were Chellappa Rasa (48), a father of five, and Thuraisamy (38), an onion trader. Meanwhile several houses and a prominent shop at Kadduvan junction were damaged by shelling from Palaly camp. O In Point Pedro two soldiers and one militant were believed killed in a direct confrontation. Following the withdrawal to the camp by soldiers the area was shelled from the Point Pedro army camp. Among those injured was V. Sivasubramaniam (50), who was in the act of worshipping at Point Pedro Sivan temple.
O. ln Batticaloa, Sinhalese owner of a eating house "Passara Hotel" R. M. Rajapaksa (42), his son Candrapala (28) and another family member Vijayapala (80) were all killed when unidentified youths on two bicycles hurled hand grenades. In another grenade attack a police sentry at the police station narrowly escaped being killed.
O Tension at Thondamannaru when army men who tried to emerge out of the camp were repulsed by Tamil militants.
O Residents in villages close to Elephant Pass moved for safety to other areas. O Residents of Omanthai are living in fear with the establishment of a new army camp in the area.
O in Colombo, Defence Ministry official claimed that a massive arms consignment worth some two million rupees meant for Tamil militants was intercepted on the ea Stern CO a St.
APRIL 2
O At Kokkavil near Murukandy one armp officer, 2nd Lt. M.A. M.G. Malawarachchi and eight soldiers were killed and over 15 others injured in a landmine explosion and ambush. The incident occurred when an army convoy from the Gajaba regiment was proceeding from Kilinochchi to Vavuniya. Two army vehicles were reported destroyed. It is also believed that three militants were killed in action. Life at Kilinochchi district gets paralysed consequent to these incidents.
O Three Tamil civilians were killed, several others injured, and houses damaged when helicopters strafed lavalai, Senthankulam,
Kalladdy, Karuka areas for nearly f
O At Valvettitura Sea despite a bar armed soldiers v army camp and Catch fish for th later.
O Militants clash vettiturai army c the night. This shelling from t. fleeing of resider O The story wa husband and his travelling by bus were parted bey husband was ta army commando wife continued til passing a Sinha birth pains. Adm she delivered the Another woman who had travelle away for safety. rently does not k wife, continues wife's dead bod child born to him Amarasingham munai.
O Several new armoured vehicl moving northwai
O Complaints w the Palaly area t thrown from h Vinothkumar (22 rushed to Jaff emergency treatr O Two Tamil po and N. Alagaraja police, got sudde Comalee and Colc
O The governm 'search operatic following yester landmine explosi LTTE guerrillas. Anuradhapura w More injured sc have succumbec estimates total a 25, while paying guerrillas who
attack. Governm the 'terrorist plar 100 grenade ex simultaneously, together and ope plan was foiled. LSaladin armourec Convoy were dest also killed in army O In the absen Jaffna Hospita su tions with the hel Machine brought
O Over 50 army
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Impanai, Vilan and other our hours.
ifishermen who set out to on fishing were seized by
who detained them in the ,
later compelled them to em. They were released
led with soldiers from Val
amp in the late hours of was followed by heavy ne army camp and the ts to places of safety.
is told of how a young
expectant wife who were from Jaffna to Batticaloa vond Vavuniya when the aken for questioning by is for no given reason. The he journey but on the way la village she developed itted to the local hospital, baby but died soon after. passenger from Kalmunai d with her took the infant The husband, who appanow what happened to his to be detained, while the y lies elsewhere and the is now in the care of Mrs. of Rest House Road, Kal
f armoured cars and
es were seen at Vavuniya
ds. ere made by residents in hat some kind of acid was elicopters. Two victims, 2) and Rajan (23) were na general hospital for ment. plicemen, A.A. Yogarajah h, both attached to Jaffna en transfer orders to Trin
mbo.
ent launched a massive n' in the Kokkavil area day's army losses in the on and ambush attack by Additional troops from ere inducted into the area. oldiers were reported to i to their injuries. LTTE rmy casualties at around tribute to four of their were also killed in the ent sources claimed that '' was to set off a series of plosions over 600 yards with the grenades strung rated by switches, but the TTE also claimed that one car and two lorries in the troyed. Two civilians were / reprisal. ce of oxygen cylinders, urgeons carried out operap of the Field Anaesthesia from Colombo, men were noticed emergaly army camp and taking ned homes, followed by e from helicopters, causjoining villages. But no
Y OF INCIDENTS
incidents were reported and army men withdrew. O Two Tamils, S. Pathmaseelan and K. Manoharan, who were arrested in Colombo on February 5 on suspicion of possessing false passports, were acquitted by Colombo magistrate when the police informed court that they did not wish to proceed with the case.
O Bomb shells with the marking 17America-1985, M13-G-M.-M were discovered by residents after the aerial bombing of Keerimalai, Senthankulam, lavalai, AlaVeddy areas yesterday.
APRIL 4
O Indiscriminate army firing under helicopter aerial cover in the Palaly area. A helicopter which was fired at by militant rocket launchers swiftly ascended height but not before strafing the area heavily. Residents of Kadduvan, Kurumbaciddy, and Myliddy continued to abandon their homes and flee from the area. More reports of 'acid-throwing' from helicopters which leave large boils on the victims and in some cases have paralysed parts of their bodies.
O Helicopters dropped leaflets calling upon Valvettiturai residents to vacate the area and warning them that if Tamil militants attacked the army camp they would be forced to fire back and civilian lives would be in jeopardy. O Jaffna commercial establishments closed doors and road blocks were laid in protest against the robbery at New Victors at Stanley Road on the 1st. O 13 Tamil families from Triyayai village, 30 miles north of Trincomalee, arrived by foot in Trincomalee town, because of paucity of food and provisions in their area. They were accommodated at the refugee camp at St. Joseph's College.
O Nearly 80 Tamil men, women and children from Trincomalee district who were trying to escape to India by sea, were intercepted by a Navy boat off the Chundikulam coast and taken to the Naval camp,
at Trincomalee. The 'boat people' who
told the Naval authorities that they had lost everything they had and were living in fear of their lives, were assured that they would be looked after in refugee camps. Four of the men, however, were detained for further questioning, and the boats in which they travelled were set on fire and sunk by the navy men.
O Nearly 5,000 poor people in the Thondamanaru area who were depending on the Sellasannathy temple for their daily food are now left starving after the nonfunctioning of the temple administration following the army attack on the temple. This Hindu temple has been traditionally known for its 'Annathanam', where nobody who goes there for food has been known to be turned away.
APPI 5
O LTTE militants and security forces clashed at Arasady chenai in Batticaloa district. Rocket launchers, guns and bombs
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Diary of Incidents
were used in the clash. The battle erupted when convoy of army tried to move from Karadiyanaru commando camp to Karaveddy village to conduct “search and destroy' operation. LTTE said a number of soldiers were killed, a truck and an armoured car were destroyed. LTTE member Puviraj died in the clash.
O Five businessmen from Jaffna were taken into custody by Kalmunai police
commandos and after interrogation released. O Dr. Christopher Noel (26), a
Homeopathy doctor from Mullaitivu who came as a refugee to Kanagapuram at Kilinochchi, was reported to have been burnt alive at Ottankulam along with a Dustan van, by government forces.
O Two persons branded as 'anti-socials' were found shot dead and tied to lamp posts at Kiranjunction in Batticaloa district.
O 19 persons were transferred from army camp Vavuniya to Boosa in the south.
O Kurumbacitty, Palaly, Vasavilan, Myliddy and Kadduvan were subjected to helicopter attack. The attack lasted an hour.
O Parents and relatives of 500 persons arrested by Security forces in Batticaloa complained to Mr. Sam Thambimuttu, Secretary, Citizens' Committee Batticaloa, about their anxiety regarding the fate of those taken into custody.
APRIL 6
O Two soldiers were injured when militants attacked army camp housed in Jaffna Dutch Fort. Government claimed that the attack was repulsed and a number of militants were killed or injured. Jaffa town in tension. Shops and boutiques closed.
O Colombo newspaper "The lsland' reports that "Victor Marshall", LTTE commanding officer of Kilinochchi district, was shot dead by security forces in the course of the Kokkavil attack on the 2nd.
O Lt. Gen. Cyril Ranatunga advised civilians around four security camps in the north, Point Pedro, Valvettiturai, Palay and Thondamannaru to vacate their homes with mortars and rockets. Warning leaflets are air dropped from helicopters.
O Villagers of Neerveli protested against robberies by blocking all approaches to their village after unknown persons entered a house and robbed cash and jewellery and articles worth Rs. 150,000.
O One dead and two injured in a trade union clash in Maha Uva estate managed by Janata Estate Development Board. O Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation in a Press-Release in Madras claimed responsibility for the sea mine which destroyed a Sri Lankan navy gun-boat yesterday. O Fishermen who ventured to fish in the Valvettiturai sea were attacked by the navy and their boats and nets damaged. Murali (25), Tharmu (40), Vinayagamoorthy (50), Periyathamel (36), Somu (32) Puthiraseegamany (28), and Rasu (32) were the victims. O Jaffna town was under attack by bombs and shells. Two persons were killed and 10 injured. Shops, hotels and houses were damaged. When the army tried to come out of the Jaffna fortress, militants attacked them with hand grenades. Army relatives
Continued fro,
Manuel Anthonipillai | children, and Xavier father of a child, were were Winslaus Rajesw four children, Alphons Nagendran Judekumar gar, Cyril Papa (14), Sh Thirunelveli, Pathmar (17) of Ariyalai, A. Sun Francis (26), both of G waran (19) of Jaffna.
O Two soldiers were tants Shelled Jaffna fo injured were flown to C
O Following the robbe Kondavil, the public f Continued to demonstr Point Pedro and Palaly and trees. They said tha trate until the robbed a returned.
O in a confrontation b troops and militants number of casualties wi
O Rs. 24,000 was rob Shed run by the coVavuniya district. Tw dressed in shirt and sai employees and robbe O Food items from
station stores was robb
O Ambalavanar Gna| Karainagar, who was ta questioning by the C was released today b was retained by the pol O Omanthai sub-post sed following the op camp. People desertet hence the closure.
O Karunakaran, who
Batticaloa lagoon, du armed forces at Navat by the latter.
O Tension was repo foroces marched forcibl from Palaly camp to K as protective cover for attack. They were late lan. Helicopter attacks dy and Oorani but no C
O Al Haj M.M.A, Azee: pal of Kathankudi school, was assaulted Guards. He was admit hospital with a fracture
O Gun fire was heal about fifteen minutes f
O The commander of Nainathivu ordered res not to step out of thei and if they did so the The residents were fri order.
O Passengers were s Kachcheri army camp were put into inconve O Kilinochchi area w the bursting of a bom direction of the army C
 

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30), father of four Sahayarusan (26), illed. Those injured ari (26), mother of eus Sahadevi (30), (26), all of Gurunaanmugarasa (16) of athan Suganthan tari (30), Alexander runagar, N. Yoges
injured when milirt army camp. The blombo.
ries at Neerveli and or the second day ate by blocking the
roads with stones it they will demonsrticles and cash are
tween government at Thambiluwela a are reported.
bed from the Petrol operative depot in 'o armed persons 'ong threatened five d the cash. the Jaffna railway ed for second time.
prakasam (38) of ken into custody for }ddusuddan pOliCe, ut his identity car
ice. office has been cloening of an army d the place in fear,
tried to cross the iring a search by culi died of shooting
rted when armed about 150 civilians ankesanthurai camp them from militant released at Vasaviat Myliddy, Thaiyidasualties reported.
(53), Muslim princigovernment mixed by 20 Muslim Home ed to the Batticaloa darm.
d at Batticaloa for om 7 p.m. the armed forces in idents of Nainathivu homes after 8 p.m. y would be shot at. ghtened by the new
Copped at Vavuniya and searched. They hience by this act. as in tension when
was heard from the
Imp.
O About 400 persons marched to the residence of the Junior Minister and M.P. for Sam manthurai and pleaded for protection from the armed forces who were harassing the people under the guise of searching. O A newly recruited soldier tried to shoot himself in an attempt to commit suicide at Kilinochchi army camp but was saved by his colleagues.
APRIL 9
O The decomposed bodies of three farmers arrested by the Home Guards at Pattikudiyiruppu in Batticaloa district were found but the fate of the fourth farmer arrested along with them is not known. The Home Guards and soldiers summoned the villagers while they were participating in a temple festival at Pattikudiyiruppu. These farmers arrived from Kumulamunai with Rs. 7000 to purchase cattle. They were arrested by the Home Guards. O Armed forces from a helicopter shot at youths playing Cricket in a field at Irupalai in Kopay electorate in Jaffna.
O Postal peons travelling in a CTB bus from Mankulam to Jaffna with mail bags were mercilessly assaulted by the armed forces while checking the passengers at Mankulam.
O Inspector Parakrama Perea, Constable Piyasena and a civilian were killed by a landmine while travelling from Talaimannar in a jeep, said a government report. O Co-ordinating officer for Vavuniya proclaimed forests in the Vavuniya district as prohibited zone and movement of persons in these forests are forbidden. Those who violate this order could be arrested by the armed forces. O 250 sovereigns worth of jewels, including 125 sovereigns belonging to Vaddukoddai temple were robbed by unknown persons. O A home-made bomb falling from the waist of a person taken to the police station for inquiry, injured him, a policeman and two others. This incident occurred at the Dematagoda police station, in Colombo. O Five Buddhist priests started a fast to death in front of the Buddha statue at Bambalapitiya, Colombo, protesting at the government attitude towards the nurses' strike. O A helicopter attacked a van at Irupalai. Five houses and two shops were damaged. The van Collided with a tractor.
O Polonarruwa police arrested a group of four armed youths, who according to them are on the rampage in the village of Ellevvewa, in the Maduru Oya settlement. The police claim youths were 'terrorists'.
APRIL 10
O Two soldiers were killed and four injured in a landmine explosion near Sirimapura settlement at Nilaveli in Trincomalee district. The dead soldiers were identified as Corporal H.M. Cyril from Kandy and Lance Corporal Gunasighe of Galewala. O in Colombo, the government claimed that elsewhere, at Kokkilai, three 'terrorists' were killed in encounter with army. O In two army camps in Jaffna Peninsula, at Navatkuli and at Valvettiturai, attempts by army units to emerge and spread out
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JULY 1986
LETTERS
WHO SEPARATES
THE Prime Minister of India, interviewed at the airport on his recent return from his visit to the four front line states in South Africa, remarked that the Sri Lankan Government was moving towards a military solution of its ethnic problem. A BBC commentator remarked that India had been taken for a ride by the Sri Lankan Government.
President Junius Jayawardene likes to think big. He wants to wipe out anything he does not like. Of course he does it in the most polite way. At the beginning of the ethnic struggle he called his trusted Brigadier and told him to wipe out the Tigers by the end of the year. The Brigadier and his men dutifully went and at the end of the year reported back: Your Excellency, there are no more Tigers.
Six years and more later not only are there Tigers but they have developed into "terrorists' and terrorists of the worst sort, 'Marxist terrorists'. If they were Fascist terrorists they would not hurt President Jayawardene so much.
Now he has vowed to wipe out Tamil terrorism by the end of the year. Having dealt with the Tamils in the Eastern Province he is now making, in the words of the BBC, a three-pronged attack on Jaffna - the last remaining Tamil place left - by sea, air and land. Freshly recruited, well armed and well trained (mostly abroad) troops rolling in armoured cars (supplied by South Africa)
arestalled, du to the BBC ac sea and from t
The traged
is problem was a
* international Jayawardene rious foreign Britain into S The Israeli co, to the bandits Asia and also so many of foreign exchar Tamils from lc affairs in areas I wonder if stops to think ethnic proble hoping that on calls 'Marxist Tamil people v his will on the hardly a single East which do precious son, friend. All th innocent Tami forces, while h out with sweetv The Ceylon 1 the Sinhalese til of us who sp. Sinhalese as br be possible agai on us?
MVHITHER FREEDOM7
Even in the midst of a ferocious and cruel struggle, a struggle for survival as an ethnic group, people must not forget why they are fighting, enduring pain, making sacrifices - even of their lives. The struggle is for freedom; the freedom of the community, of the people. But communities and people are made up of individuals and so, in the final analysis, the struggle is also for the freedom of individuals. In the course of the struggle, the oppressed Tamils must not become like the oppressors (the Sinhala government and its racist security forces).
The recent fighting between two liberation. movements is heartbreaking; not to be
endured. Freedom the freedom of in the wider (in thi freedom to havi ideologies; the fr strategies and pi religious faiths . granted; if tolerati Tamils must wond and sacrifice willo by a small group C and merciless Tam
In that case, Animal Farm in r preferable.
Lusaka, Zambia.
DARY OF INCIDENTS
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were foiled by militant fire and grenade attacks. O Seven Buddhist priests who were observing a fast to death in front of a Buddha statue at Bambalapitiya protesting against government indifference to the nurses' strike were abducted by a gang of unknown persons in jeeps and trucks. O The famed Sellasannathy Hindu temple suffered heavy damage by army shelling from the nearby Thondamanaru army camp. The temple tower, the temple belfry and other parts of the temple complex were damaged. O 3,000 estate workers at Talawakelle launched a strike protesting the arrest of a worker, Ramasamy Sinnathamby, of Agrapatana. O A 29-year-old Tamil woman, mother of 2 children, who was allegedly raped by army men at Chenai village in Mutur, was admitted to Trincomalee hospital. Trincomalee Citizens' Committee is to take up the matter with army authorities.
JAPANE SO
DEAR Tamil frie oppression and cha I am very muc monk in Japan, chauvinism of the you Tamil people. have recently visi friendship with Bt are, however, not oppression, killing which shows total the Tamils.
I promise that I inform Japanese B Lanka, using the journalist for a lon can carry out this p international pres Government.
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is that a simple internal owed to bludgeon out into an one inducing President ) introduce early the notoercenaries from Israel and Lanka to fight the Tamils. nection has given a foothold f the Middle East into South ngered Arab countries where ur nationals earn precious e. All this why? To prevent king after their own internal densely occupied by them. President Jayawardene ever low he is going to solve the by military action. Is he e the boys and girls whom he 'errorists' are liquidated the ill rally round him to impose n? Is he aware that there is Tamil family in the North and es not mourn the loss of a daughter, father, mother or e atrocities committed on s by his armed and auxiliary looked on cannot be wiped ords and religious tamashas. amils lived like brothers with lindependence. Today many 2nt our lives working with others, wonder if it ever will n. Isseparatism being forced
R.W. C. Thambiah Jaffna
, ethnic freedom, also means dividuals and groups within s case, Tamil) group; the e different opinions and eedom to choose different iorities; practise different ... If this freedom is not on is not extended, then the ær whether all their suffering nly lead to their being ruled farrogant, self-opinionated ils. bearing George Orwell's hind, Sinhala rule might be
C. P. Shanmugan
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In solidarity, J. Maruyama Buddhist monk, Nichirenshu, * Japan
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Government Proposals For Settleme
Continued from page 5 Navigation, Territorial waters and economic zones, Census and Statistics, Professional Occupations and Training, all subjects and functions not otherwise specifically assigned, Inter Province/District Trade and Commerce, State Lands and Foreshore subject to the extent that certain of these powers will be devolved on Provincial Councils/District Councils, National Archives.
Legislative Powers
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution as amended, Provincial Councils will have powers to enact legislation on subjects devolved upon them. However, if the President is of the opinion that the constitutional validity of any provincial legislation has to be decided by the Supreme Court, he may refer it to the Supreme Court for a decision.
Executive Power
The proposals provide for a Provincial Governor to be appointed by the President. Executive power (including all matters in respect of which Provincial Councils have power of legislation) shall be delegated to the Governor. These powers shall be exercised by him or through officers subordinate to him.
The leader of the party which commands the majority in the Provincial Council shall be: appointed as Chief Minister by the Governor. The Board of Ministers will be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Chief, Minister.
The proposal to vest executive power upon the Governor who is an appointee of the President would appear to be an attempt at retention of Presidential executive power through the Governor. If this is not the intention, one is tempted to raise the question as to why executive power of the Provincial Council should not be vested in the Chief Minister and the Board of Ministers.
Financial Powers The Provincial Councils shall have the power to levy taxes, cess or fees and to mobilise resources through loans, the proceeds of which
will be credited to a Pro that particular Council credited grants, alloca from the Republic. Fina apportioned to the Pro mendations of a represe mission appointed from President.
In respect of loans c loans or grants would r the Government of Sri with national policy. Th levied by the Provincial ( by Parliament by law.
Elections and
K Elections will be hel Province on the propo system on the basis of D for the Constitution of The number of member Provincial Council will l ing to the population an within that Province. Th Provincial Council will that of Parliament.
On the establishme Council, it may, by reso right of audience in the without right to vot Parliament elected from
Dissol Where the President affairs of any Provincial carried on in accordance the Constitution or of a take such measures or may deem fit to ensure t on, including an order fo Council and for takin measures as he may di such order dissolving operative for a period c but not exceeding one however, that Parliam action within two mon order of dissolution.
Torn by fratricidal conflict, by the presence of an army of occupation, bent on genocide, bombed, subjected to outrages of numerous descriptions, Jaffna survives, still unconquerable in spirit. Its hardy citizens to whom living with turmoil has become a fact of daily existence continue to protest against several injustices despite harassment by the State and state-owned armed forces. A case in point is the Tamil protest against the recent bombing of Libya by the US administration.
Thanks to the courage and dedication of her freedom fighters, the heart of the northern peninsula is kept beating strongly despite the array of forces, foreign and otherwise, out to destroy it. But the price the Tamils have to pay for freedom is heavy indeed.
Our young men have no time to think of love or marriage - and as a result our maidens are doomed to spinsterhood for the rest of their lives.
Our nation is growing older. The young Sri Lankan Tamil males in their twenties who should man the various professions, run the industries, provide
'No time for love or marria
the technology, the l agricultural skills sc velopment of the la dom fighters being s) out in battle or comp in foreign countrie thirties who are nov soon be middle-age regarded as elderly contribute much to e on a sound footing.
The young are th country and in them future. It therefore b every young Sri Lan, increase the size of national interest at means of contrace sterilisation. In the ci affluent Western c afford to feed, cloth, offspring, it is impot up their young with a and a reverence fo, traditions and their a Only thus can the ( be sa ved in a time o never been faced in

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t
incial Fund set up for ) which it will also be ions or subventions hcial resources will be sinces on the recomntative Finance Comtime to time by the
r grants, any foreign 'quire the sanction of Lanka in accordance nature of taxes to be ouncils will be defined
Membership
d in respect of each tional representation istrict Administration a Provincial Council. to be elected to each be determined accordd area of each District e term of office of each be co-terminous with
int of a Provincial lution, decide to grant Provincial Council, but e, to Members of the Province.
tion
is satisfied that the Council are not being with the provisions of iny other law, he may pass such orders as he hat they are so carried r the dissolution of the g such consequential eem necessary. Every a Council shall be f six months at a time year in all provided ent approves of such ths of making of the
The government has agreed to further. discuss the circumstances under which the President may dissolve a Provincial Council or remove the Provincial government, and the conditions and limitations under which such powers may be exercised.
The proposals envisage a provincial jugciary with a High Court in each Province. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka will exercise appellate and constitutional jurisdiction.
A Provincial public service is to be established and there is provision for secondment of officers from the Central Government Public Service,
The present proposals do not provide for procedures for recruitment, training, promotion or disciplinary control of judicial or public officers. ۔ ۔ '
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Language Rights
The proposals are silent on the issue of linguistic rights of the people. It should be recognised that the enactment of the Sinhala Only Act in 1956 constituted the beginning of the ethnic conflict in its present form leading to its progressive escalation.
The Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact, the Dudley Senanayake-Chelvanayakam Pact, the Language of the Courts Act, and the 1972 and 1978 Constitutions all recognise and accept the special status of the use of Tamil language in the administration and maintenance of records in the northern and eastern provinces. However, the sum total of the present legal position as far as the status of the Tamil language and the rights of the Tamil speaking people are concerned is that "the whole exercise is merely by translations from the official version. For an equitable solution acceptable to the Tamil speaking people, it is essential that the Tamil language should enjoy the same status at least in the northern and eastern provinces as that of Sinhala in the rest of the country.
To protect the linguistic rights of the minorities throughout the country, constitutional provision should be made for the same linguistic rights for the Sinhala people in the northern and eastern provinces as those provided for the Tamil speaking people in the rest of the country.
age . . ."
abour force and the | vital for the denod are either free'stematically wiped elled to take refuge 5. Those in their / in command will ld and those now will be too old to stablish the nation
e life-blood of the ies our hope for the comes the duty of an Tamil couple to heir families in the d not limit it by ption, abortion or se of those living in puntries who can and educate their ant that they bring sense of patriotism their rich culture, ncient religion. eylon Tamil nation crisis such as has their long history.
The flower of our nation - its young men prepared to sacrifice their lives, their future and their cornfort for the sake of preserving their heritage and their homelands - are decreasing in number with every passing day on the soil of the northern and eastern districts of Sri Lanka, without taking into account those gunned down on the seas while making the perilous sea trip between India and the northern or eastern coast of Sri Lanka. That they have died the death of heroes is small consolation to their bereaved parents and to the Tamil population in general.
Therefore, let us take timely action to avert the imminent decrease in numbers of our Sri Lankan Tamil brethren. The American, Sam Levenson, writes: 'I believe that each new-born child arrives on earth with a message to deliver to mankind. Clenched in his little fist is some particle of yet unrevealed truth, some missing clue, which may solve the enigma of man's destiny. He has a limited annount of time to fulfil his mission and he will never get a second chance - nor will we. He may be our last hope. He must be treated as top-sacred.'
By courtesy of Ceylon Tamil Association Newsletter No. 7 (June 1986)

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CPSL'S PLAN
OF ETHN
This is the text of a statement adopted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka at its meeting on 7 and 8 June, 1986:
UNLESS a concerted effort is made now to reach a negotiated settlement of the problem of inter-nationality relations, which has assumed crisis proportions, there is no way for the people of Sri Lanka to stop the slide towards endless slaughter, escalating tension and insecurity, financial and economic ruin, administrative chaos, the destruction of democracy, a de facto division of the country, and subordination to imperialism's political and military plans in this region.
The present UNP government and its policies are mainly responsible for this dangerous situation. The government has shown not merely its inability to solve this vital problem on its own, but also to fulfil the elementary duty to ensuring the people in all parts of this country the safety and security to which they are entitled. It has besmirched Sri Lanka's reputation abroad, brought it to a position of almost total international isolation, and greatly prejudiced our relations with our immediate neighbour.
Nevertheless, at this critical juncture, the situation cannot be retrieved by merely identifying responsibility for it or assigning blame. Nor will any progress be made in this direction by mere repetition of ultimate solutions by this or that political party or organisation. What is necessary is to bring about a cessation of armed hostilities and terror by both the government and the Tamil armed organisations, and a fresh attempt to reach a reasonable and democratic political agreement through negotiations, using India's good offices as well. - The Communist Party of Sri Lanka has always held that a just and permanent solution to this problem can only be reached in a socialist Society which, in addition to abolishing exploitation and discrimination and guaranteeing equality and brotherhood of all citizens and nationalities, will also permit the most rapid and balanced development of the economy, without which any solution will lack a firm material base. We have proposed, and will continue to advocate, a solution based on the recognition of the right of the Sri Lanka Tamils to self-determination, and regional autonomy for them within a united Sri Lanka, whose territorial integrity will be inviolate and respected by all. The forms through which these basic principles should be expressed can vary and are subject to discussion and agreement.
However, our Party has repeatedly made it clear that, notwithstanding our views on a final solution to this problem, we are ready, in the interests of achieving immediate peace and better relations between nationalities in this country, to contribute towards, and abide by, any democratic agreement reached through negotiations, even though we may not agree with it fully. This remains our position.
Accordingly, we appeal to all concerned to do everything possible to create conditions for a peaceful and fruitful settlement, even an interim one, through the processes of discus. sion and negotiation. All attempts to solve this problem by military means must be rejected.
We renew our appeal to both the government
and the armed Ta to military and terr or private, and a st We call on the g know what exactl which are still si political settlemen We also ask th following steps favourable atmosp ment: (1) Withdraw its illegal exclusion government depar tions; (2) Stop indiscrimi on suspicion of Ta elsewhere; (3) Guarantee tha custody under the and similar Laws w the courts in three m
(4) Repeal the S Constitution, which unity or territorial
only penalises per, arbitrarily prevents discussion ofissues;
O DECLARE T ΤΙΝΟΤ NATI
O RECOGNISE TO SELF-DE
REGIONAL TAMIL AREA
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END DISCR SETTLEMEN
O BRING TO T ALL DETAN
(5) Declare its acd Tamils as a disti inalienable right top language, culture an readiness to devol functions in accordan
(6) Guarantee that land settlement will such a way as to composition of any re. si At the Round Ta our party stated th support interim se maximum devolutio functions to Provin bodies. We are glad such a settlement the a settlement on these
We therefore cal declare its readine Provincial or similar extensive powers in over such subjects a employment, lands ctC.
As to the vexed q merger of the eas

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l organisations for an end istic actions, whether state ble cease fire.
vernment to let the people are its present proposals, ouded in secrecy, for a
government to take the as to create ... a more ere for a political settle
ecent discriminatory and of Tamils from several ents and state corpora
ate arrests and detention nil youth in Colombo and
all persons taken into revention of Terrorism Act ll be either charged before nths or released; xth Amendment to the does nothing to protect the integrity of Sri Lanka but ons for their views and
democratic and peaceful
AMILS AS A DISDNALITY
TAMLS' RIGHT TERMINATION
AUTONOMY FOR
rHAMENDMENT .
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ptance to of Sri Lankan "ct nationality with an otect and foster their own national identity, and its e central powers and e with this, and ate-sponsored schemes of not be implemented in Iter adversely the ethnic on of the country.
e Conference and after, : we were prepared to lement based on the of central powers and al Councils or similar hat many who opposed are now ready to accept ՈՇS. on the government to to provide for such ouncils which will enjoy eir areas of jurisdiction functions as education, lement, law and order,
stion of the compulsory rn with the northern
province in a single unit as pre-condition to any political settlement, our Party urges the TULF leaders and others, who insist on this precondition not to do so. It would not be democratic to compel the racially mixed population of the eastern province to accept a compulsory merger with the north without their specific agreement. It is also our view that, at the present juncture, the substance of the devolution of powers and functions is more important than the form of the unit of devolution.
Our Party welcomes the fact that some of the armed organisations of Tamil youth have indicated a willingness to seek a political settlement of this problem, thereby continuing a process which began at the time of the Thimpu talks. But we strongly condemn the apparent decision of some other groups to pass over from armed struggle against the government's security forces to reckless terrorist violence against civilians, as witnessed in recent bomb explosions and in the brutal execution of the inhabitants of isolated Sinhalese hamlets in the eastern province, including women and children. Such contemptible actions are totally alien to any genuine liberation struggle, which the armed organisations say they are waging. We call on the Tamil militants, many of whom have condemned such actions as wrong and counter-productive to take steps to see that they are stopped.
Our Party calls on the leaders of the SLFP, who up to now have pursued an evasive and essentially racist policy in relation to this vital issue, to cease to do so. We ask them, instead, to make known their party's proposed solution to this problem and to contribute positively towards its settlement through negotiations. If the SLFP leaders, who demand a general election for a new government, are really interested in achieving this, they should surely do everything they can to see that the nationalities problem is settled at least to the extent of allowing the holding of really free and fair elections throughout the whole country.
Our Party also calls on the government and the SLFP leaders to stop provocative attacks on India and its leaders. Such attacks can only prejudice any positive role that India's government can play as a mediator and make a negotiated political settlement more difficult to achieve.
The Communist Party will continue to do all it can to help the creation of the necessary political climate and conditions for a political settlement of the nationalities problem. It urges all other parties to do the same. A special responsibility in this matter rests with parties that represent Left and radical forces in this country. Their united initiative can help greatly to break the present stalemate.
On behalf of the Central Committee. K. P. de Silva, General Secretary
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PRABAKARAN OIW LITTE’S
EELAM IDEAL
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has gained a position of dominance among the Tamil liberation groups striving to achieve a separate state comprising the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. We reproduce, without comment, the text of an interview given to India Today’ (30.6.86) by the leader of the LTTE, Mr. V. Prabakaran, in view of the fact that some of his answers relate to matters of crucial importance to the future of the Tamil people and their rights and freedoms.
Q. What, in your view, will be the next chapter of the Sri Lankan problem?
A. Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayawardenę (JRJ) will come to the negotiating table only if he has been able to gain some military advantage. Till then, he will only be continuing the military option.
Q. Don't you think it is possible for the Sri Lankan Government with all its resources to ultimately militarily crush your movement?
A. JRJ may think he can find a military solution to the ethnic problem. But he can only succeed in bringing about genocide on a large scale. We have with us young boys who are willing to die one after another till we are able to achieve our objective,
Q. How do you estimate LTTE's strength visa-vis the Sri Lankan Army?
A. I cannot reveal any military secrets, but we have the capability to send the army out. I can assure you that LTTE is capable of mobilising enough support to defeat the Sri Lankan army.
Q. Do you have a specific time frame for achieving an independent Tamil state of Eelam?
A. I can't say specifically when we will attain Eelam. But we will certainly attain it. It will also to a certain extent depend on the international situation, the economic pressures that Colombo faces and will face because of our armed struggle. Once his foreign supporters realise that JRJ is not capable of holding the country together they will desert him. His guns, bombs and tanks have not been able to deter us from launching a sustained offensive against his regime.
Q. But don't you think you can negotiate an honourable settlement with the Sri Lankan Government?
A. We have crossed the stage of being able to visualise a solution within the framework of a united Sri Lanka. We have come to a point of no return with regard to the Eelam ideal.
Q. What is the geographical territory you want to liberate as Eelam? A. Eelam was already existing. There was a distinct Tamil homeland. We are now trying only to retrieve that.
ρ. Have you yourself been on the field? A. Yes. I have taken part in a number of military operations. In fact, in our group, all of us have to. ܗܝ
YQ. What was your firs
operation? A. My first major milita
ș1975 when I shot and kille
Jaffna, Alfred Duraiappa taken part in a number of group; I was very much operations, and I led military convoy that ki Tinneveli in 1983.
2. Can yои tel иs hои т personally killed in the struggle?
A. I cannot tell you that, number of our military a everything from a pistol to
Q. What were the reason var om TELO? Don of among the militants car movement?
A. In our struggle we har approach. Any disunity weakness for the entire Ta is precisely this disunity th my opinion, there must o militant group to lead the Tigers who were able to Army's offensives in many dangerous for the Sri Lank a single unified movement Tiger movement now.
2. But couldn't you have
by discussions?
A. How could we discus other groups when the hopelessly disunited withi
O. Is eliminating the ot way to a unified approach? A. We did not wipe out only taught TELO a lesso our LTTE leaders, and i them the Tiger moveme ally ceased to exist. Yot even when we had prob People's Revolutionary
were very patient. Even
though around 100 milit only took into custody ov and seized their arms a only principle was that t wield arms if they canno While our cadres were Lankan Army at bay, th indulging in antisocial people said it was gooc
charge of the liberation in
Q. What do you say to you terrorists?
A. We are not terro representatives of peopl of the clutches of state te
O. What is your rep allegation that you ar. communist countries?
A. If I was getting a countries. I would have in Tamil Eelam.
O. What political set-up Tamil Eelam?
A. It would be a socialis And there would be a
supported by the people

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important military
.
li en COunter WaS n the former mayor of Subsequently I have ilitary actions of our here in the Nilaveli le ambush on the ted 13 soldiers in
any people you have course of military
but I have been in a tions. I can operate a rocket-ranger. "
for your waging a you think disunity only weaken your
e to adopt a unified among us will be a mil movement. But it it was developing. In nly be one dominant struggle. And it is we foil the Sri Lankan cases. And it is very an Army to deal with . It is a single unified
brought about unity
s anything with thể y were themselves n?
her groups the only
然 any movement. We »n. TELO was killing f we had not tackled nt would have graduwill appreciate that lems with the Eelam Liberation Front, we in the case of TELO, ants were killed, we er 400 TELO fighters nd ammunition. The nese people need not fight the real enemy. eally keeping the Sri se other groups were ctivities. And Jaffna for us to take total ovement. * h
Jayawardene calling
rists. We are the who want to get out rorism.
y to Jayawardene’s getting arms from
ns from communist iven you an interview
do you visualise for
state of Tamil Eelam. single political party
I am opposed to the .
imulti-party democracy. It is through the onearty rule that we can develop the Eelam faster. In a socialist set up people's needs are more
simportant.
O. Would you have parliamentary democracy? - A. No, it would be a people's democracy, a model similar to that of Yugoslavia where people elect a single party.
Q. What kind of foreign policy would you like to follow? A. We will definitely like to be closer to the socialist block because these are the ones who are helping us now.
Q. Do you go to Jaffna these days? . . .
A. My movements are a secret. Bứt all my cadres are my trusted lieutenants. They keep in touch with me.
Q. LTTE has the reputation of having a strict code of conduct. . . ? A. We do impose a moral code. For example, we do allow our members to marry, but we wouldn't allow loose morals. We don't allow our members to drink, and they generally don't smoke. We ensure a life within Social norms.
Q. Jayawardene accuses you of launching your military struggle from Indian soil. How do you react to that?
A. Our struggle is taking place in Eelam. We are conducting the war there. And when necessity arises we will go there. We have no desire to fight from here. We are here to carry on an international political campaign and not to launch a military struggle.
Q. Can you name some of the countries which are helping Jayawardene?
A. Racist and authoritarian governments like South Africa, Pakistan, and Israel, and of course the SAS mercenaries,
Q. What is your equation with the Government of India now?
A. The Government of India is sympathetic to our cause. Our being allowed to stay here also shows the magnanimity of the Indian Government. India has been good enough to give refuge to all our exiled political leaders.
Q. What is your response to the Government of India's mediatory efforts? A. We fully support the Government of India's peace initiatives. We support India's role fully.
Q. But India wants a solution within the frame-work of a united Sri Lanka. Whereas you are bent on Eelam. Doesn't that mean you are at cross purposes with India?
A. We are representing the political aspirations of our people. We don't think the Government of India will go against the aspirations of our people. India's support is important to us. But we also have a right to selfdetermination.
O. What will you do if Rajiv asks you to get out because he doesn't take kindly to terrorism?
A. We don't think Rajiv will ask us to pack our bags. But then if we are asked to go we will have to go. Our homeland is always waiting for us with open arms. But we are convinced that he has full sympathies with the Tamil people.

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SENATOR ALAN-r
- A TRIBUTE .
We regret to report the death of Senator Alan Missen, a great Parliamentarian, dogged fighter for human rights and a friend to oppressed people everywhere. We mourn his passing and express thankfulness for his life and work.
At the time of his death, he was Chairman of the Australian Amnesty lnternational Parliamentary Group, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee monitoring the National Crime Authority. Earlier, he had, for many years, led the Select Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs.
It was in connection with his work in Amnesty International that I first came to meet Senator Missen. A. l. had investigated and compiled numerous instances of Human Rights violations in Sri Lanka. I found that the Senator knew in close detail many of these instances.
Matters concerning South Africa, East Timor, Philippines and wherever else, governments, and powers-that-be oppressed minorities - racial, religious, political or whatever - Senator Missen made it his business to inform himself on these matters, He had kindred spirits in various parts of the world who would keep him informed and seek his advice. Occasionally, he telephoned me when some piece of Tamil news had come to him internationally, to check whether our sources also confirmed the news. He would double-check on facts before he accepted them.
When matters seemed to require personal investigation he would travel there himself. He went to South Africa and twice in the last two years to Sri Lanka at his own expense to ascertain for himself the situation. Then he would prepare reports and also speak in the Senate. I know that the Sri Lankan press andsome Sri Lankanshereabused hirm – but he stood by what he knew.
He was Vice-Chairman of the high
powered interna discussing Sri Committee inclu British MP and f Desmond Tutu Andrew Young, to the UN. Sena, ing to attend a n tee in Rome later At the last Se berra, Senator M Tamil affairs. Th had collected, and presented a nue of informati view was given a reading a copy 'What a great sp man".
It is a kind of have travelled a to. lt would have all those dedicate Talking about series of letters Einstein exchang physicist, Max Einstein wrote, '. too few people ili be truly and deep human rights an but it is the fact th such that make Believe mel my Einstein, Alan A great man.
His wife and bes
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with lo
CLD DEPLOREs "BAN ON
THE Council for Liberal Democracy (of Sri
Lanka) deplores the decision of the Government to send Tamil employees of state'.
institutions considered to be sensitive from the point of view of security, on compulsory leave. The CLD strongly asserts that our just outrage at the increasingly bestial acts of violence committed by terrorists should not lead us to
view with suspicion law-abiding citizens of this
country on the basis of race. An attitude of suspicion extended to all our people who happen to be Tamils is offensive to a liberal conception of society and human relation
ships. An attempt to associate in the public
mind, all Tamils with terrorists is fatal to any sensible settlement of the crisis which engulfs
us now. A response based on racism, a blanket
condemnation of people whose only crime is their birth, is the worst possible response at the present time.
It is incumbent upon the Sri Lankan State to demonstrate unequivocally that all its citizens, including Tamils, have equal rights
and freedoms, th in freedom, pe '... demonstration,
point of an effec for Eelam and caused in its nam
It is by asserti the Tamil people place in the life C conflict that rage much as the othe population, and interest of all Sri to an end, that about.
The indiscrin,
Tamil employee, achiev'es the opp Democracy ther ment to abandor tive measure.
Jt. Sec
 

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MISSEN
tional Alert which was ankan problems. This des Dame Judith Hart, primer Minister, Bishop of South Africa and ormer US Ambassador or Missen was prepareeting of this Committhis week. nate meeting in Canissen made a speech on e amount of detail he brilliantly summarised mazed me. Every aveon and every person's fairgo. When I finished of that speech I said, peech and what a good
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NEW MP TELLS GOVERNME
Only your 3 Tamil Ministers and their henchmen are still with you. Yo of the others to the position of the Eelam separatists. Now you even su being a separatist or terrorist and unjustly exclude them from so-calle in the administration for no other reason than they happen to be Tam suspect nearly two million citizens of Sri Lanka in this way, you have no the government of Sri Lanka", said Mr. D.E.W. Gunasekera, MP, in the speech in Parliament on 20 June during the debate on the extens
emergency. Mr. GUNASEKERA, who was nominated by the Communist Party as MP for 1Kalawana following the untimely tragic death of Mr. Sarath Muttetuwegama, established himself as a worthy successor with a powerful and thought-out Speech.
Stating that the situation in Parliament did not reflect the actualities of the situation in the country, where acute and many-sided crisis prevailed, he said that he would oppose the extension of the emergency in the same way that his predecessor had done and as his party directed.
"This emergency', he declared, "is being extended for the 36th time. This means that three years have elapsed since it was first introduced in 1983. My predecessor, Sarath Muttetuwegama, voted against the extension of this emergency 33 times in succession. I will continue to do the same'.
Referring to the speech of the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who introduced the motion to extend the emergency on behalf of the government, D.E.W. Gunasekera said that he had only referred to certain events that had taken place in the month since the last declaration. He demanded that, instead, the Minister should enumerate what had happened in the three years since the continuing emergency was first introduced so that people could form a clear picture of the enormous price that the country was paying in human lives and property for the non-solution of the problem for which the emergency had been declared.
Pointing an accusing finger at the government benches, he asked them to tell the House and the Country(a) How many people in all had been killed in the past three years? (b) How many had been maimed or crippled? (c) How much money had the government spent on its so-called "war against terrorism", what was the effect of this on the economy; and how much foreign exchange had been lost?
Saying that even if these questions could be answered in substantive terms, D.E.W. Gunasekera said that it was impossible to assess the traumatic psychological effects that this senseless slaughter had on the minds of the people, especially the young.
The Finance Minister, he quoted, has said "Even if the ethnic war is stopped immediately it will take at least ten years for the economy to recover from the devastation it has caused so far'.
The Communist Party's MP said that in his opinion this was an 'underestimate'. He quoted a number of figures from government reports including those of the Central Bank to show the actual damage that the so-called ethnic war had caused.
The present crisis that Sri Lanka was experiencing was all-pervading and ran through all spheres of social activity. International factors, the domestic situation and, above all, the government's disastrous
policies had al contribu tion of the crisis. The et supplementary. But unl rest of the Crisis could n He charged the gover to recognise that the problem. Instead it so under the carpet by ra Marxism.
'You did not identify causes, implications You drew conclusions f pn the surface without in-depth analysis of its your approach was unr tific and you could no Solutions' he said.
Accusing some mem ment of approaching th outlook of slave societ With the Outlook of feu that it was little wonder gone wrong both politic
He reminded the UN the Tam iis outside the been deceived by its d
D.E.w. dunasekERA
appointed to fill the va created by the tragic death gama in a motor accident, of Hungama, in Hambani He hails from a peas secondary education at Ra where he first came in Communist Party as a sc, Inland Revenue Departm Acquiring a higher edu he rose to be an Investiga an Assessor in the Inland
While working in the active trade unionist and of the Public Service Tr “He was for many years th
Committee of Trade Revenue Department.
D. E. W. Gunasekera Party of Sri Lanka in 19 several capacities. After Assistant Secretary of District Committee, he w Connittee at the 8th Part later to the Political Bure
in 1977 and had voted them are with yo toda "Only your three their henchmen are sti pushed most of the oth the Eelam separatist suspect every Tamil of terrorist and unjustly e called sensitive positic tion for no other reaso be Tamils.
'if you baselessly million citizens of Sri L have no right to call ment of Sri Lanka."
Three years ago,

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's To Support Separatism AVAV
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have pushed most pect every Tamil of sensitive positions is. If you baselessly ight to call yourself ourse of his maiden on of the state of
ced to the aggrava-A nic issue was onlý ss it was solved the it be tackled.
ment with refusing re was an ethnic ight to sweep this ising the bogey of
the problem and its Ind complications. "om what appeared trying to make any nature. As a result alistic and unscien: find any practical
bers of the governe question with the y and some others da society, he said that its strategy had ally and militarily. P that 90 per cent of north and east had emagogic promises
— , whom the CPSL has
cancy in Parliament of Sarath Muttetuwe
was born in the village Ota. ant family. After his thula College, Matara, to contact with the toolboy, he joined the ኃrጊ{. cation while in service, ting Officer and, later, Revenue Department. lepartment, he was an ioneered the founding de Union Federation. e secretary of the Joint inions in the Inland
pined the Communist 8 where he worked in
first working as an the CPSL Colombo selected to the Central Congress in 1972 and
ld.
for it. How many of w? he asked. ami Ministers and with you. You have ers to the position of s. Now you even being a separatist or clude them from Sons in the administrathan they happen to
suspect nearly two Inka in this way, you ourself the govern
hany people in the
other seven provinces thought that what was happening concerned only the north and east of the country. Now the war has come to their doorstep and bombs and bomb scares are the order of the day. But all. you can do for the people is to advise them to protect themselves as best they can. And you call yourselves a government:
'Today you are not merely isolated from the north and the east. You are isolated from the rest of the people of this country and from the rest of the world. People regard you in the same way as they regard South Africa. Are you happy with this image?”
"Even your so-called capitalist friends are speaking ill of you. A recent issue of TIME Magazine called your President "a wily and unpredictable politican'. This is mild compared with what people here say. The mouth-piece of capitalism, the London ECONOMIST, has recently editorially advised the President that he cannot hope to win this way by the use of guns and told him to abandon such untenable ideas. On behalf of our party my predecessor, Sarath Muttetuwegama, has been telling you time after time since 1981 that you cannot settle ethnic questions with weapons of war. Haven't you yet learnt that lesson? s "Just put yourselves in the position of the Tamils. Suppose the Sinhalese were the minority nationality and had to experience the discriminations and injustices that the Tamils have had to endure. If your basic democratic rights were being attacked and you were treated as inferiors or aliens in a country where you have lived for over two
thousand years, would you also not want to fight back?'
'Some of the members opposite ask how they could accept solutions that are unacceptable to the Sinhalese people. ask them to examine their consciences. Was it not people like you who created this situation which you now try to foster on the Sinhalese people? Since 1977, people like you have been trying to educate the Sinhalese people in a spirit of racist chauvinism, using the schools, the textbooks, the media, religious platforms, cultural activities to create ideas that only the Sinhalese have rights in Sri Lanka and that others are here only on sufferance. Have you stopped even now to think what traumatic effect there will be on our schoolchildren, who are being involved in allegedly anti-Tamil 'security drills'? If some Sinhalese people have such ideas, it is people like you who have put them into their heads
"I would ask members opposite to read their speeches made over the years, especially the last nine years. You will find how you have contributed towards creating the present situation. So if you want to have the Sinhalese people accept a negotiated solution which is fair and just, you should start undoing what you have done so far.
'Many UNP backbenchers have put their dilemma to me in these terms: 'If we criticise what the government is doing, we will be accused of helping the terrorists. If we support the government, we invite terrorism to our doorstep'. I can sympathise with them, but unless they have the courage to break out of this dilemma, they will have to bear full responsibility for the further chaos and killing that will inevitably ensue".
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SITUATION
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The intensification of the virtual civil war in the northern province, esp peninsula, has made it more and more difficult for the people of these
being killed and to eke out an existence.
THE government's military attacks and air operations in the Valvettiturai and Thondamannar areas in the east of Jaffna and in parts of the Jaffna Municipal Council area (which began on June 11th and continued for four days) would have had even more casualties if the people had not evolved their own air raid precautions like digging safety trenches, falling face-down on the ground and learning how to disperse quickly from congested places like schools, markets and offices.
The casualties that occurred were often abandoned by their relatives, who fled to take refuge elsewhere from the helicopter gunships and other aircraft as well as on the coast from naval bombardment. Large numbers of schools are congested with these refugees, who get no help from the government.
KILNOCHCHI The battle at Kilinochchi which resumed on June 9th and has continued for several days, has also left a big toll of death and destruction.
Reports from persons on the spot speak of the corpses of servicemen, militants, and uninvolved civilians strewn throughout the district in an advanced state of putrefaction and unattended for days.
Under cover of the prolonged curfew, the army has been able to collect some of its dead, as well as damaged vehicles, and to bring in reinforcements from other camps and the south.
Face to face battles with LTTE units, some of which seem to have been encircled, have led to much killing on both sides. Irrigation tanks, culverts and bridges have been blown up to. impede the free movement of troops and traffic. −
During the temporary lull on June 7 and 8, an attempt was made by the authorities to allow traffic between Jaffna and Anuradhapura to bypass Kilinochchi through a deviation at Paranthan via Mullativu to Puliankulam but even this was made impossible after these two days. As a result, hardly any non-military vehicles ply between Colombo and Jaffna.
In the course of the Kilinochchi fighting, the telecommunications signal tower was damaged. Both the army and the militants accuse each other of this, although people on the spot hold the army responsible.
But the net effect is that telephone and telegraphic services between north and south have been severely disrupted, indeed almost completely. There are also no mails to or from Jaffna and news is mainly received from radios
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The food and fuel situation in the Jaffna peninsula is now desperate. Fuel for private persons is completely impossible, as even the former illicit supplies at black-market rates have dried up. Sugar and milk food for children are in very short supply and can be located with difficulty.
Jaffna's onion and potato cultivation has
been an almost total fail fight a disease that has have proved ineffective a des etc. are hardly availab As a result of the breakdown of lorry trans south, Jaffna's produce is of rice, ulunthu (oorid), nuts and a host of other unavailable.
The prohibition of lago top of the heavy restrictio sea fishing, has virtually t of the Jaffna folk.
Newspapers published arrive irregularly and of areas in Jaffna are also dark' as the militants, ins connections to several ar camps have also causec suffer.
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The poorest of the pc difficult. They have not e food stamps which were should have become vali lorries transporting them nied by the Jaffna Gove intercepted and burnt whi at Paranthan from the stamps and pension pape himself had a narrow esc without food stamps an their pensions.
However, in the midst ( forces in Jaffna are also a demonstration was take despite the bombings, unt the Joint Committee of T ern Region), the Co-ordi struggle against the opp speaking people, and demanding that the g offensive and its attacks c large should stop, that th difficulties of the Tamil redressed, and that a ce: troops to barracks, and settlement should be reac The peninsula-wide Sarath Muttetuwegama funeral was another exam The situation in the no by the government's di considerable strength i notorious Special Task F section of the police whic terror and throat-cutt mercenaries and Mossa forms" as the local peopl special black uniforms t air-lifted to Jaffna, Vav in strength. They have a special training at Man Jaffna, at Perappakant district and elsewhere.
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outside the peninsula en not at all. Many iterally kept “in the avering the electricity my camps and minicivilian supply to
* HT por find things most ven received the new to be issued. These d on June 15 but the to Jaffna, accomparnment Agent, were en they were bombed air, reducing food 's to ashes. The G.A. pe. But the poor are pensioners without
of all this, progressive ctive. A 6,000 strong in out on June 6th ler the sponsorship of rade Unions (Northnating Committee for ression of the Tamil other organisations vernment's military n the Tamil people at economic and other in north should be se fire, the return of a negotiated political hed. artal in honour of on the day of his ple. h has been worsened cision to deploy its certain areas its orce (STF), a special h has been trained in ig by the S.A.S. . These “Dark Unicall them due to the ey wear, have been niya and Kilinochchi ready practised their ataivu, an island off an in the Mannar
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ernment's proposals will be intro duced in Parliament in mid-August irrespective of whether the Tamil groups agree or not; any amendments which do not reduce the scope of the government's proposals submitted by political parties will be considered; however the ultimate decision whether to accept any amendment or not will be taken by the government and not by the PPC; the proposals were formulated within the framework of the present unitary constitution of Sri Lanka and therefore it would be wrong to refer to them as a 'federal solution"; the proposals would be implemented through constitutional amendments and there would be no referendum; if the courts determined that any of the proposals required approval at a referendum, those would be dropped; the possibility of the repeal of the sixth amendment was there once the conference got going; and if the Tamil militants gave up arms and "terrorism', he was prepared to give them an amnesty.
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