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COVER STORY 5 A detailed analysis of the
I Devi" offensive at Kilali including an eye-witness account of its repercussions.
Chancellor, G. L. Pieris discusses the controversies surrounding the four university Centres for Human Rights, Legal Aid, Policy Research & Planning and Regional Development Studies
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"After such knowled A uring the past few monthswehave exposed many of the scams and political scandals that are ravaging this country. We have been critical of corruption and mismanagement by the powers-that-be in civilian as well as military matters. We presented to you our analyses of facts and figures, our accounts that included chapter and verse. Wespecificidentified individuals asculpable and explained why we thought so. We were looking for answers from the authorities because we believed that the people had a right to know and to make their own assessments.
We also felt that the widest possible dissemination of these malpractices and the systematic abuse of power was a considerable deterrent to these crimes against the people. What shame could not achieve fear of retribution might have accomplished. At any rate, we expected some discomfort, even anger, directed towardsourdisclosures. Whatsurprised us, however, was the utterindifferencetopublic censure and moral challenge which was displayed by those who rule this country and by their fawning minions.
In fact, these corrupt **ఖ repeatedly shown their disdain for the truth by adding insult to injury. For instance, our exposeofthe Bank of Ceylon computer deal only appears to have spurred them onto the even bigger Survey Department tender integularities. Similarly, the Lotteries Board hugs along as if no one knew or cared about anything. The Dalada Maligawa shows no sign of changing its feudalways,
Sčito Waruna Karunatilake Editorial Coordinator Ymara de Almeida Layout Charitha Dissanayake Photographers Dexter Cruez
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le what forgiveness?" 1
The military high command has moved from small-scale errors of judgement to a massive blunder with tragic consequence. Noris Counterpoint the only magazine to highlight these issues. The alternative Sinhala press, for instance, also directs its challenges upon deaf ears, or so it seems. The total lack of accountability enjoyed by this regime is frightening. Through our collective silence and apathy inequity, jingoism and fraud rule the day.
Now, even the lives of journalists are being bartered, and partisanship is being extorted under threat of physical harm. Rather than take up this cause, however, many newspapers are burying their heads furtherinthesand, invoking a whole host of alibis for their lack of loyalty and courage. . There is no valueina free press unless and until it can force the state to sit up and take note. Theparticularissueinguestion does not matter as much as the overall commitment to inform the public without fear or favour.
Individual threats can and must b answered by collective and principled defiance. This does not require complete agreement over every issue, but, rather, a broad consensus about the rights and responsibilities of our chosen profession.
Counterpoint will continue to lay bare the workings of this regime, to identify and analyse the alternatives available, and to compare and contrast these with other situations globally. What must be done with this knowledge and awarenessinorder to prevent further abuses of power is a dilemma left to our readers to solve. I
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It is very necessary that we take positive action to solve the North/East conflict on a priority basis. The terrorists have in the recent past eliminated Our political and military leaders in a planned manner. They have a 'thinktank Working and they know what they want both politically andmilitarily, and they Somehow get what they want. What is the planning, both politically and militarily, we have done in the recent past? We are back to Square One, for example: when One retired General leaves another retired General is appointed. When Will this musical chairs end? As a result, without political and military
leadership, discipline in the armed services Supply arms, armed Services is petrol, diesel etcetera to the deteriorating particularly as ememy. It is also an Open the number of deserters have secret that the Joint now reached alarming Operations Command and
proportions. In addition, Our the Service Commanders do
Investigate these corrup
I have now seen three of your issues which places where have carried articles On the blatant abuse of them to lighti power, Corruption and the like. This form of public prevail. exposure is the most effective way to remedy the (Mrs.)P Social is of Our Once--beautiful island in Order to , ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::s; fight against injustice and nepotism in all its devious forms. I wish to bring to your notice that you highlight some of the other organisations guilty of these same Crimes, such as the following: a) The Colombo Municipal Council. Officers of every rank (from the highest to the lowest) are guilty of accepting bribes to approve building plans, unauthorised structures etc. b) the Urban Development Authority where recently the Chairman and the Director General were moved out from their respective positions. c) Ceylon Cold Stores -- where the Chairman recently revealed that the losses reported were due to a percentageincrease in salaries to staff. Even in Parliament this matter was recently brought up, but such things happen undetected regardless of the many complaints thisletterispubl that flow in. tomytelephone d) Lake House - Most staff are disgruntled as areas
increments promotions are withheld due to J. Kulas favouritism. Only the blue-eyed ones benefit. Editors Note: Please be kind enough to look into these Septembersst
very much subject EIBMCC Journal causing You will nod havetobevigi to safeguard the
. ltisimthisCof of undue adver where we ope: should cate topull-out thes Managertobüy that our Genera Since this uit reputation toth
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Letters
A solution to this problem may be, firstly, to appoint a senior Cabinet Minister on a full-time basis similar to the National Security Minister in the earlier Government. Secondly, there should be a full-time think-tank of advisors preferably a mix of active and retired officers from the Combined Services who could act as the advisors to the Minister. Thirdly, the present hierarchy, particularly in the Army, should be reorganised. A new Commander should be appointed not on Seniority, but on performance, integrity, honesty and with a successful record. Even a Colonel or Brigadier with
not see eye-to-eye. The exceptional ability is better recent massacre, due to the than an ineffective General.. negligence of the Army, at Finally, the most important Janakapura Confirms the aspect is to take Out the point. How can We win the tendering functions from the War? Service Commanders and
transfer it to an independent body responsible to the
t b0dies President. If not, this war will
go on and on at what Cost? anomalies are rampant and bring Lives, money and Suffering. horder thatjustice and fairness will George Perera
'. Selvarajah, Pita Kotte Mattakkuliya
THE BANKS POINT OF VIEW
regret to note that my telephone conversation with you on the above innectiona few weeks ago has been misinterpreted and reported in your severe embarrassment to my General Manager and to me personally. oubtappreciate that as the Public relations Officer of the Bank of Ceylon, antoftheexternal environmentand takesteps that aredeemednecessary Bank fromany adversepublicity that may damage the Bank's image and
text that made inquiries fromyou voluntarily inordertoensure avoidance sepublicity to the Bank in view of the present competitive environment LLSSe e eSe See e e eee e S S eeSeS e SS SeS S S S S SS e Seee eS SeSeeS SeS e S SS SeSe e S Se e S S eeS S S eeeeS gorically state that at nostage of our discussion that arequest was made tory or stop its publication, nor was any direction given by the General all magazines, beforeitspublished. Furthermore,itisrelevantomention
fortunate misinterpretation of facts has caused irreparable damage of 2 said personalities and the institution as well, shall be much obliged, if ished inyour next issue and givenequal prominence. This sinpursuance } conversation with you on 7/1093. . . . . . . bying this letter to our General Manager for her information. inghe န္တိဒ္ဓိ :့် ခွဲ ళ్ల Counterpoint stands by its version of the incident as published in the భళ్ల భఖళ్ల ఫ
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The recent assassination in Sri Lanka of two major political figures within the short span of a week, focuses World attention again On this once peaceful island. A lasting solutior to tha problem of Sri Lanka that hastakem 17000 lives in len years can be foundby restoring democracy and civility to a society in which these hawe been eroding steadily since the departure of the British ir 1947.This erosion was accelerated with the election of a nationalist government led by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1956.
In his convictions, Bandaranaike was a liberal democrat, But hê Was a political Weakling who gawe in to the pressure of the extremists of the Sinhala Buddhist majority under Whose banner he was elected to power, That is how he abrogated the agreement he negotiated with the minority Tamil
therTselves, preventing the prospect of a solution. With each new failure to solve the problem, the island was dra Wn closer to violence, culminating in civil war. This inexorable march has beer accompanied by a steady decline in democratic institutions. The
independence of the public sector and he judiciary, lhe freedom of the press, and
Leader S.J.W. the electoral process have Chelwanayagarm in 1957, been severely compromised. and paved the way for the Corruption in government is present crisis. rampant. Both major political The mainingredients of parties are responsible for the Bandaranaike- this abyssTalstate of affairs. Chelyanayagam Pact were In recent experience, (1) a degree of local every newly elected autonomy for the Tamil government has sought to speaking people (2) a use state power to pursue recognition of their linguistic privale and partisan gain. rights and (3) a recognition Governments have assumed of the idea that the totalitarian power and stilled , predominantly Tamil areas of discussion and difference of the island, the north and the opinion. The Opposition, the northeast, are the traditional press and othar sources of homelands of the Tamils. creative dialogue are either Subsequently, there were eliminated or incapacitated. several attempts to Solve the The state monopolizes problem. What is common to control over the radio, all these atlasTipts is lihat television and the press each time, the proposals of which blase outinsuferable hė Bardaranak- propaganda. Chelwanayagam pact The absence of a national reappeared, and each time, purpose is reflected in the thg fọfCes that defalled thā impulsive changes of the Original pactreasserted Constitution. The present
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one, the third insorty swe years, is severely Flawed and encourages dictatorial power. The first task Sri Lanka faces today is to definė å natiðhali consensus and to give it expression and sanctity in
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constitution that is truly democratic, it should, among others, provide for minority rights, freedom of expression, independence of tha judiciary and the public service, secularisT1, and år Sixtensiwe syster of checks and balances. The Only true safeguard of democracy is the people's right to change the gowemment, and in Sfi
of property and iTprisonment. This is a Tatter of the greatest national importance because in Sri Lanka the lack of honesty among politicial Shas reached crisis proportions, and is the greatest obstacle to the building of a peaceful and prosperous society.
A start must benade ForthWith to de Tolish the Tythologies of ethnicity that both the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minoritý hawe recently spun, The startily place for this is educational reform, Through curricular changes, revision of textbooks that perpetuate ethnic stereotypes, and special programmes to eigender appreciation of the Cultures of Dther groups, lhe school should be used to ay the foundation of a truly multiethnic, plural Society.
Every Sri Lankan can help, In particular, those who live in Western democracies, and enjoy the benefit of free speech, can Contribute by Woicing their concert. The major minority group, the Tamils, can help by continuing to press for their legitimate rights, but giving up such claims as those to exclusive territory. They must cultivals
Lanka, where CDsslarl and assert their Sri Lankar vigilance is needed, the Tami identity, rather thana people should not be made pan-Dravidianism, which to wait six years to exercise justifiably frighters the that right. Tenure of Sinhalese. The Sinhala government should nol be majority can and must help more than four years. the Tamil minority in that task.
Politicials should be The international community,
made accountable. At especially the donor countries present they get away with and agencies, Carn help by murder. They should be linking aid to genuine and required to declare their Verifiable restoration of assels, and explainary democracy and civility, increases inforture between
Prof. H. L. Seneviratne Cut. Those Comited II Wirginia, USA corruption should face
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iXIIOnths ago top military brass held a Teeting in Colombo to discuss how to Counter the low ITOrale along the troops and the low standing of the AIDy a Tong the people. Most were of the view that offensive operations in the East were of a too low intensity and the only way to pull the Army out of the morass Was to carry Out a highintensity offensive operation in the rebel heartland in the north,
The Army Commander decided on Kilalias the target. The reason for this was simple. In the Iniddle of 1992 when the late President Ranasinghe Perhadasa harded over to the three
service Commanders responsibility for
the War Oil the Joint Operations Command, the Commanders carried Out a plan t0. ut Off the Jaffna peninsula from the mainland, The
easternsector was sealedoff bylinking
up Wettaikerri With the Elephant Pass Camp. The AIrily Was already in con, ol of most parts of the western sect I up to the Poonary jetty. The then Navy Commander Clancey FeInando promised that the Navy Would block the gap in the Western sector. However, Once the AIEmy completed their job the Navy failed miserably to carry out its task. The IBBSDI fOf this Wä8 that the Navy Commander failed to consult his own Commandes and othe ser WiCe personnel to see the feasibility of his plan. Once it was revealed, both the Navy and the Air Force, which wasto
play a major role, said it was not
feasible. The Tigers quickly set up an efficient, Crossing point across the Jaffna Lagoon. Thée plan to block the peninsula had failed. Facing Criticism from his OWL Dscars, the Army
strict insuctions 1 kept SCTÉt -- Ewe the military which supportfoI such an Daluwatte gave the planning it to the C 7th Brigade group B: Peera. The .
ecoln Ilended that callied Out With battalions - Coml COITIČer 15th Colonel SarathMin Was however moc battalions takingpa DaluWatte appo Wasa.Iltha PeIEra, a commander forth
* Colonë Mumasin
military spokesman Brigāde māld
The Operation w out by the 7th, 6 Infantry, the 7th and
· Ganunu Watch, ba
artillery and engine high Commandin C
kept in the dark before the operat launched. The AUI
Commander went all out to contect briefed the Defen this illus. Group under Del The planning of Operation Ysal Dewi General Hamilton W wasgiventothenorthemCommander targetbutgavepigo Mãjør-GlåTEifal RöhăII DallWättẽ ỦIì Thã CũmmitteE IIlā!
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froIn the rest of had to provide peration. General responsibility of CHEIDELIide Cof the igadier Wasantha
Commander.
the operation be thee infantry maņded by Brigādē grup asinghe. The plan lified to hawa 6 rt, MajoI-GeIneral inted Brigadier LB the task foce
е орегatioп впd -
ghe, One-time Was to be the
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until two weeks tion, Was to be y Commander Ce Coordinating ence Secretaгу arasinghe on the Jerational details. de Lup of the three
ras to be carried th and 3rd Light 1st Sinhaand 6th
service connanders, heads of intelligence units and the IGP, approved the target and gave the Army Commanderful responsibility for the battle plan. The Navy, Air Force and intelligence units were given just two Weeks to provide the necessary inputs. Despite the short notice given, the Navy and the Air FOI Ce Came up with their plans for air cover and operations in the Jaffna lagoon. A detailed intelligence brief Was handed Over With the Tiger Caps in the area pinpointed, Taking it easie foI the Air Force to take clea aerial pictures of rebel caps and defensive positions as Well as the Kilali boat CIOssing point before the орегatioп. The intelligence шnits estinated that the Tigers Were ruling Over 100 civilian boats in the lagoon.
Fourdays before the operation WEs to be launched, the final briefing of the battle plan to the AIIlly Commander took place atElephant Pass. The
OpBIätiOrl WäS pläIlléd in three phases. With the 7th and 6th Light infantry regiments handing the first phase, the 1st and 7th Sinha
regiments handling Phase TWO, and
ēEth atchlight Infantry regiment handling the final push to Killali. Under Phase Cпе the AImy was to push forward 9
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After listening to the battle plan the Army Commander changed the COIm Inlärd änd CODitTol Structie. He bOLlightin Cokonel Shantha Kottegoda to be in charge of Phase. One and Colonel8arath Fonsekatobein charge of Phase Two. Colonel Munasinghe was to cominand the Third Phase of the operation. -
All three Colonels are experienced Commanders. The two Colonels a II ived in Elephant Pass, the launching pad for the operation, 24 hOLLIS later and Were briefed on the pola Il. Both Colonels WeIe Of the wie W that Covering 9 kilometres in One day Was asking too much from the insånt Y. THE Cperation Was II lOdified Once again, The final battle plan Was approved by General Daluwatte 48 hours before the operation Was to be launched. The plan was presented to the Defence Coordinating Committee which aproved it Without much debate. Noons at the timeuestioned the purpose of taking Kilali. The chorus of protest and criticism that surfaced in the newspapers as Well as from within the AI Iny Once the targest was knoWI is a clear indication that the military high command has lost touch. With the
situation.
The airm of the Operation Codenamed Yal Devi was Crystal clear to destroy the boats and the landing points in Kilali, thereby Crippling, if not destroying totally, the Tigers' ability to move in and out of the peninsula at Will. The Army never
COIsidered its opt
did the II InOst SEIS their boats and the Out of Kali and O each. With OVEI a Operation de5LICyin Would hawe only
headachë for thë the Army Could III]
Kilali they Would II Willig B - Ilaj0 ädliwata Illige wis-a-W Jaffa.
After heavy artil up Tiger positions, of September 28th, Kottegoda led thi Elephant Pass with tanks spearheadi
COLIIIIIII, i aild Air gunships giving clo advancing troops. Colomėl Wija:Indra to of the Palali can diversionary tactic not buy it and
. Iėtu Ined later in
facing Inuch resi
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ions if the Tigers ible thing: taking Southard Totors ut of thë Army 's thOuBand boats irn
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in the early hours
Colonel Shantha B beak Ölit fÖrn T-55. Imain battle
Force helicopter Së ai dove to the At thë Sarlle tine, xok his troops out p in Jaffna as a .. The Tigers did Colonel Wijendra the day. Without stance. Colonel
its options if the Tigers did
Kottegoda's troops completed Phase One of the operation by 5pm covering the first Ilire kilometrës and eached Palai Without much fuss. The Tigers were obviously watching the progress carefully to see Whether it was just än Other for Ward OyeIeInt - by the
Elephant Pass troops to dominate
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its forward desĞI Celines. The A.III y Cor Illander who arrived at Palai that evening all'Og With hiš i SlippOrt.gIOup - WEå:S
happy with the cool efficiency with ley had Softerled
which Phase. One was achieved by Colonel Kottegoda. With low Casualties, morale Čf the Soldiers waЕ high. -
Them carne the Over-confidence On the part of one of the brigade conInanders -- Colonel Sarath Fonseka -- and the AIIIy CoIIIlander.
Colonel Fonseka who was to hande
the Second Phase of the operation Was of the view that the Tigers seeing battle tanks spearheading the operation were not interested intaking of the AIIIy. HOW Colonel Fonseka, a battle-hardened COIII hander With years of experience in the northèrn theatre made the disaštrou8. Пlistake of underestinating the Tigers is a mystery. The Army Commander Whose professional ability was not questioned by even his worst enemies, made an equally disastricus misjudgement. General Waidyaratria for no apparent reason changed the battle plan to telescope Phases Two ad TIBerto Ole. In effect, Colonel Fonseka's troops were to spearhead the assault all the Way to Kilaliputting an additional burden on them which Inay have resulted in the fiasco that followed.
Due to the distance that had to be
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travelled, the second day of the Operation began at 7.30 am. In less than one hour the entire plan was in total disaray. Over-confident, Colonel Fonsekamadeaseries of fundamental mistakes. When the troops moved
out there was no air cover in place
and artillery was not used to soften up the approaches despite
forward troops reporting Tiger novellents throughout the previous night. He also maintained only a 600
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Inetre frontage, bunching - in thes
troops once the Tigerslaunched their Well-coordinated attack.
Within one hour the troops came under consistent fife from the Tigers from the Southern flank close to the lagoon. Simultaneously, the Tigers launched another attack on the Northern flank close to the old railway track. The northel Inflank was slightly ahead of the southern flank and this left a gap open. The Tiger attack was back d by heavy IIIortar fire and the advance calle to a halt amidst near total confusion. The Tigers charged the infantry protecting the T-55Tanks Iesulting in heavy fighting. At the same tille, the Tigers isolated the forward platoon from the Iest of the Column in the Iorthern flank. All 26 Soldiers Were killed With IIhosti unting * Out of allIlitico.Ill. The est Of the
troops in the northern flank Withdrew
in a hurry. The Tigers then IIlowed ac:IOSS ' and attacked the .talk formation already under fire from the lagoon from the north as well. Once the infantry were killed the Tigers
With the stadt suffering heavy ca: withdrawing from t their dead and orders by Colonel F li18 ataly Cšt. C0, briefly cut off from With about 30 sold
the entirepla
confidents
S. Fonsekamade a series of fundamentalinistakes. ຂຶther Washi
Sforward troops reportingTiger movements throug
tOlinku
A fill scale disas the grit of SOIney Ol Daya Ratnayake CD Light Infantry fille IIlowing forward a Tigers. His quic courageous action: frOm mðWing tÇOWa Column. The Geri 7th Light Infantry on to the right flar
protecting froII attacks from The bravery sh3
majors, captainsan
destroyed twounprotectedT-55battle in for Special pré tanks and captured Tank Commander shaken military c. Captain Nanayakkara. ability-to motivat By this time, the entire for Wardline the most difficult and the two flanks were in disarray saved the Army fr
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h:Siilha régiments Salties and units
he battlefield with.
wounded despite OISekä tohold the
lonell Fonsekawas the main column iers but Inärlaged
pin the confusion. erwas avoided by ing officers. Major III a Ildigthe 6thl d the vacuum by nd taking on the ck thinking and
debacle. If the Tigers had managed to isolate Sections of the Couri the final casualty figure for the day would have been much higher.
By late afternoon the troops took control of the situation and regrouped. The death toll for the day Was a massive 115 killed including 7 officers, with close to 300 injured. This is by far the highest casualty rate in a single day during an offensive operation in the decade-old war.
The badly beaten troops decided to set up camp for the night. With the orale of the Soldiers at a Very low point, SOIIle of the senior officers Were suggesting that the operation should be called off. However, a W senior officers who were determined to hit back at the Tigers received support from large numbers of youngerofficers who were rating to revenge the loss of their En.
The Army advanced only about 800 InetIČEŠ Om day two of the operation.
Then the plan Was changed once again. Troops that Were to Originally carry out Phase Three took over from
stopped the Tigers the badly depleted troops which had
ds the rear of the
bungled Phase Two, Colonel Sarath
Inu Watch and the Murhasinghe re-grouped his troopst0
grimly held
the main column that directioI. wn by some of the id:ligltelEIECHITE ise by the badly ommanders. Their 3 tilBjr Itlén unde
battle conditions OIII a ITILICIh bigger
c o In plete
Frase TWO. The advance began just after Too Cl:Batilleriya:Ildir. Force planes had softened up the forward areas, and on the fourth day of the operationPhase Three Wasco Ipleted With the capture of the mainlarget of the operation--themain boatlanding place in Kilali.
However, the troops were in for a surprise, Making use of the valuable
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til Ille gairlBd thrOllgh the stalling of the advance on Day Two, the Tigers had IIowed 60 percent of their boats used for civilian Crossings further do WIl the lagXIl Out Of the Leach (f the AIIIy. The Air Force was at that title tied up with the evacuation of the dead and Wounded, allowing the Tigers to Withdraw froIn Kilali without being harassed from the air. Only 10 Outboard IIlotoLS Were recovered, Erially ilpJItaIt, the Inuch-feared Sea Tiger gunboats had also been removed, The AIIIy was left with just 400 completely stripped boats. It took the AI Iny two full days to destroy these 400 boats and reportedly left III hany inta:t because they folurid it inpossible to go after each boat to destroy it. The two: picIS -- one for the Tigers and the theI foi Civilia TS -- and Other facilities for civilians were destroyed. NOIle of these are essertial facilities for the lagoon Crossing and could be rebuilt eventually. The plan to COIlpletely cut off the peninsula for Il the mainland had failed for the Second title ată măssive Costinerțuipment ånd manpOWEI. Once thC TigeIS had achieved their objective of pulling out the major px|tic of their boats frn Kilat, it was not Worth their while to suffic Inure Casualtics to SayetheIPS. This, Only 11 Soldiers were wounded during the Col. Inpletion of Phases TWO and Three of the operation. Colonel F.I.Sekahir Ilself Wasslightly wounded and Was evacuated, to he eplaced by Colonel Chandapala.
The final phase of the opeiation began. On the fifth day around 11 a.m. After tWO days of good work and all 108tzero Casualties, Ilorale among the Boldiers and officers was high Once again. A Sea Tiger base was destroyed as the troops led by Colonel Murasinghe Completed the objective of the operation, The Air Force pilots CarriĖed Out å SeiĖS Öf Still:Cessful få ids Tl Tige.I blåses El Cute, as Well as further outside, TigeI reinforcements were continuously harassed by helicopters and ground attack aircraft, Winning a lot of praise
from the soldieIs the Continuoussup by the Air Force.M fCllsd the Clock te) and injured on the Operation arid of ground support du OI1 theSe'Wenth1d troops began to Wit Pass and complete jouInEy led by Col On the SäIIl8 eVEIiIl Although the r LIleventful there W the Pallal military SEVCE CITIll diIEcting the CoperE
decision Was take tie pctil faili: objectivė, the AI decided once aga battle plan in a bid thät WEIE shiftçd lagoon by the "I OpŽE I å tio I CIe Eat Thiğhıtlığa ge, ald the I the Army Contman thC AIIny's Logi: Colombo. They wel t: Palali ald IIiwe IeqLli met Wase:
they wanted a m
Weeks to Supply the The Army CoIIIIa talking of holding this proposal Was High CCIII and in gIOunds that it W logistical nightmar East IIIOSCO beak also tie up troop offeInsive Operation
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DIl the ground for pot given to them Most pilots worked EWECEtE, thle (dėåd Second day of the feed Continuous ring adwales. ay of the operation hdraw to Elephant d the 18 kilo Eletre lOELel Chandrapala gWithoutincident. etuIIl tIip Was fra 8 high drama åt base Whale the dES WEIE ation before
the :l to pull-out, With Ing to a ChileWS its III y CoIIII la Inder in to change the to get at the boats further dQWIn the igers. Such an 2d a logistical officeI3 persuaded der tO chéck with 3 LiCS experts i të XIIed F.E. 1 ai d by 6. Once the plained to them inimum of three bàsic: necessities. Ilder then began In to to Kilali but rejected by the Colomb) on the WCld also be a With the Northing Ollt årld WOLld S eaIIIlarked for
S. toll for the AIIIy
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was 118 killed and about 300 injured, the Second highest casualty in an offensive operation in the decade old War. 90 percent of it was in one single day, The highest casualty Tate suffered by the AIIIy Was when the late Generals: DÉIlzil Kobbelkadul W3 3Nd WirIalartha lauIlched the higgestsea landing WeI in WettilaikeIIli to lift the Tiger siege on Elephant Pass Calpin 1991. In that operation 160 soldiers were killed and over 250 injured in three Weeks of heavy fighting between the relief Column and the Tigers as well as between the beseiged troops in Elephant Pass and the TigCIS tlying to Wer-flirl the Çä IIIp, Th9 (OpEIation Сgd; lEIIČi "Balla Wega'ya" Carme Tde stig Critiisil by hl pIESEnt A.III y COTlIlia der fi thë heaWy Casualties Šuff ICd Gelli eraill Koblekaduwa's Ieport of hHåvy Tiger Ca5ualtieB Was laughed off as all attellipt to cover-up. HO We Wer, General Kobbekaduwa had the last laugh wh: he Captired a TigeI document a year later which proved lhäl860 hardCOTE Tiger fighters and OVer 300 helpers died in that battle. - the biggest single setback suffered tly the Tigers in the War. In CompariSOI), the rebel Casualties in this Operation were estimated åt about 15 hardcore Cadres and about 60 helpers killed. Howevel, three days after the Military Spokes Ilan had given the final casualty figures, the Defence Coordinating Committee decided to double it without any explanatiot. Ina CoInilunique issued ОП the SGWGIt Of QCtОВЕ ПЕ Coll. Inittee claimed that 350 Tigars had been killed. The fact of the latter is that the TigeIS Susseed less Casualties than that but along the 150 weTe experie Ced Office Is of the Tigers. The large number of officeIS killed Would haWE a SeTipus effect On Tiger morale.
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e heard that the military had launched an offensive, telled Yall Dewi, On September 28th. The Jaffna papers of the 29th were full of varied reports of the fighting. Having obtained official permission only to visit the Madhu Iefugee camp We had SOIIlehDW found our unauthorised Way to Jaffna by then.
YalDevicon notes for most of us the train ser Wica froIII ColoITıbo to Kankesantural and back. With the worsening of the war in the North, the Ioute of the Yal Dewi shrank rapidly ower the years. In September 1987 when I first set out for Jaffna, travelled to Killinochchion the Yal Devi. Exactly six years later, on September 22, 1993, I got off at Wavuniya, which is as far as the train goes IIow.
Now beyond Thankdikulam there are no rail tracks, and Only the Iuins of the old stations stand Witless to this irrevocable change. This being the ground situation even follr IIiles out of Wayuniya, it remained to be seen what the military version of the Yal Devi Would acco Elplish. Of the two possible
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September until IIleans that We use - that We CIOSS8 through Kilali -- before and iTLIIle military offensive. WitIESSaccourfbf
EEWE 53 EElLTE) Success of the O. paling in compari: toll, the loss of . WOrth Of II militar y ė da IImage to Civilian] bę noted. The di ilcluded elsewhe
outes a Wailable to civilianS tIa Welling to Tyd fIOII Jaffna, the çı “ il L&e is Wia lalıd fro. WawuIniyathough Kil:.lCxchchiaThdKuIlchi PaIamthan, fIO I'll the IE by boat from the Kilal pier acIOSS the Jaffna lagoon, disembarking at Nallur and from thEnceto Jaffna, Tobe perfectly hones, this illegal CIOssing which lies betWeeIl title Elephant Pass and
Pooneryna Iny camps was the One We used oil this Occasion. The entire Ioute and particularly the sea-Crossing -- IIlore a deathtrap than anything else -- which is incessantly subjected to attacks by the Inlitary has claimed over 500 lives, but yet continues t be the lifeblood of interaction between the IOthern peninsula and the Test of the COuntry,
We were in Jaffna from the 27th
Counterpoint. Conceptualise whi all this,
The Offers iW destroying about Kilali. The telpor to store goods anc in the vicinity haw estimated that O' were killed during battle. CoIIbata
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CtibėI Eth. ThiS d the Kilali Outeand e-CIOSSed both immediately diately after the Perhaps our eyetil diffETICE CEIl feven the military peration. Though SOD to its llll IIIA Il lillions of rupees quipment and the property must also Etails haWC bêÉIl e in this issue of
saCIificed their lives and the LTTE even appears to have captured SOIme SoldieIs aIld ån officer, FDI tha LTTE the IILost urgent need see Iled to be the IECOWBIy of the 20 bodies in the hands of the Army, as Was evidenced by their repeated attellpts to get the ICRC to mediate in this regard.
We can wouch for the fact that about 300 fibre-glass boats Sans engines were destroyed, as were 10 to 15 Cadian sheds in the area, Was the ammihilation of the little da In-like structure built of sandbags Worth this Ilassive operation? The entire infrastructure such as the piers which covered around 4 acres could easily hlave been put Out of action by One Ca.refLul hKDIIntlI1g mis85siXEn.
Moreover, What effect did thuishaw8 on the LTTE's ability and Willinginess to use Kilali in the Wake of the AIIIy's pyIthic victory? On the night of October 3rd, while the AIITy was still in occupation and control, We Saw the LTTE bring the bodies of 16 of ther methrough the W8yartaal:SS the lagoon to the Nallur pier. On the 6th, despite all the obstacles said to hawe bEEIl iIl plaCÉ,
the LTTE tock 118 across the lag OOD in a urlewell till tWOhur CIUSEing.
It isatruism that the iIst Casualty of War is the t I lltll. Li War OTB2 has to CCIIe EC te:ITIS With a certain IuthlessIlessaIIdanaltogether differt kind Of thinking. Yet, by any tQkån, be it military CI moral, this offensive Lakes no sense, and its justification is a
diEgTCe.
lt Šilai II:S t0 at was achieved by
e Bl CC ed ed i 300 boatsmoGIedat arry structures used the few boutiqles e been torched. It is WeI a 100 civiliaIS this relatively short nts on both sides
If the original Yal Dewi symbolised the COInnon ground and mutual COInInuIlication between the Sinhala and Tamil peoples, the "new"Yall Dewi was a tragic step backwards, It is a telling irony, then, that the politicomilitary vision of Yal Devi is not as a
Imeans of bridging the gulf between
the north and south but as driving a wedge to separate the two for all tinė.
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The future of the press is again at the crossroads in Sri Lanka today, A journalist has been 'Warned to refrain from reporting on the North-East civil War in
general and On the recent
Kilali offensive
in particular. Apparently The Sunday TimeS
Defence
Correspondents
mild CriticiSMS two Weeksago had angered and
embarassed the Tilitary high Command. The
threat WaSas
direct as such threats can be, and even
included
nuisance Calls
which
threatened to
abduct his three-year-old daughter. What is
EWE TOTE dangerous is that when the
Free Media
MOWeinent (FMM) issued a stronglyWOrded
statement prote: SLJCh threatS FOI
mainstream meV it, mor did they ri their columns.
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fireat said to fave been issued by
ifence correspoilent of the Sunday Times, Afriqbal attas, in connection with is article on operation yataetion October 10. 1993,  ̈ Tኽ። Free sedia Movement (ர380 cat on Priter DB. Wijetungatafiosdan immediate and impartial inguiry into this grave violation of the Freedom of £xpression and f: சreedom of
journalists, -- "
... It is regretted that an officer of tfie ran:Kgfifie army commander, afat figoேunt fa protect the
sanka, has seen it fit to issue a
threat of this nature, which is a
violation of a fundamental right 35414 sees this as an attempt to re. Is createrifiedays whenjournaisisfaí to five in fear of the services, the Statemacineryandprogovernitent ரியூர். F" ":
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sting against le Of the
spapers carried aport the threat in the Sunday
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Times and its sister paper Lankadeepa seem to believe that it is not necessary to protest loudly when one of its own journalists has been threatened.
after a Weakkneed editorial
... the following
Week, ända
half page
it interview with
in the Army
Commander to
give his side of
E to an individuat an institution, a political party, or even the security services, the reporting of events and i fair comment on tfierit sfiould noË tead to deats threats or any other tfireat to the journalists responsible for such reports andcomments. - The FMSM has stood up to this
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the story, The
. Sunday
Times CarThe up with a stronger editorial the
Week aftêr --
based on the
FMM
Statement. As
usualit Was
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alternative
press to highlight the imCidt. Counterpoint which as a practice does
not publish
press releases, in
this instance
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CP: When did you join the Air Force, and during which period were yош Air Force Comшапder? HG; I joined in 1951, Ietired in 1981, Exactly 30 years. I finished my career as Air FOIC: chief.
ČP: Włať ChangeS a strategy and tactics da yolu See as haring take place since June 1990 copared to the earlier phase of the War?
HG: I think you a TE COIparing thė difference betWeel Eela Ill WaT 1 åld2. The strategy and the tactics depended In the strengths of the relativese Wies. NW it is 3D.OOO-90,000, in B3 it Was 15,000-20,000. Out hist aircraft at that timne was the cia mark 80. aTrd FLOW WÊ hlwg: the Pucca Ia which bläs å får greate destructive capability. In the Army you haw: the T55 tanks, And the Nawy has the Dhora Craft. lt Was a question of the relativestrengths of the services and equipment which they LSed which could date(IIlling stategy and policy at that time. So the difference between then and now is a question of advanced operations to make use of the numbers available, and equipile:Int that the services had acquired Ower this period of timé.
CP. What about the Offensive as Such?
HIG: You hawa mOIe IIeIl aid y[1] have better equipment now, so the offe iive thrillist5 a Ie gIOCater. EdLlt SiICE August 8th last year, Denzil KobEkadLI'wa's death, Wt:häVer1CtSELI any activity, For some reason Cor Cather best known to the AImy and the politicians. We didn't seemLlch activity ultill låst Week,
CP: Do you see a continuing of that or is this going to be the only орвratioп?
HG:Talking of the Kilali operation. if I can spaId som time Clı it, there wermore questions unaThsweredthal answered. As an Air Force man and a pilot also, they talked of destroying the Imain Tiger pier in Kilali. Now I don't See thıda reason for a larıd Cuperätion at great cost of men. The LTTE has a stong Army that CantakCom the Army on the ground; it had built up its Sea bome capacity but it has no air for Ce. Sothological choice Was to use the Air Force Il that kind of thing because they would be totally Linopposed. What lan trying to get at is that the same
Conferpos Air Vice Marshall
job could hawe bEE Fotce Without a sin thought that ther WIDIng there. Perha] E di With the StatĖ by various Sinhala thält this l8 IOt 31 E thiSisä ti:III3rist OI the Amy WWE Int foT S äT) fl-[III]S & had to die, I will Were Iot aware thi bat shed Which II • Nawy krew where Navy was houndir Sea and in the la KIOWII why did the äTid å land CopËTåti when the Air fuIce If they had not kind accept that it. Wa: One unal SWered unansWeed quest having got there LTTE, I see it as i Withdrew...,
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Harry Gunathilake
'I done by the Air glgloss of life. So I VāS ŠIEtling JsithadS0methiTng Irlentsbbiflg. Iflade people in the South, thnic problem that e, and to prove that ward. Eult 118 IJIET Iount of III that accept this if they at of the Illain Tiger CBITotillWe; the it was because the ng the LTTE in the goon, If they had y have to have asca on to capture Kilali Could have do të it. Wril theIl Cof COLISE I ; Inecessary, that is questioп. Апоthёї lon is the big cle, and eliminated the CIedible that they
CPAs you say, the question of "anitary solution"L opposed to a "political solution, and the can that there is only "a terrorist problem and not an ethnic ргоbleпп"is gaining cштепсуартаiп in the Gorferiment. Mihat do FOLI think of this trand? In your wiew дuust evвгуопе іп thв дtilitary Each freespouse the ideology of a "military solution"? What, for instance, Would such a position então On the ther härad Asida from the empty Clair), tírhat elise . must be done in order to take a political settlement a reality?
HG: If you wallt my homest CopiniCOI), I think this state:IMEIt that Witlåt WÉ are seeing today is a te IOrist problem a['i].id (1OL ail eth Inic probl[3]] is WeIY WIong I don't subscribe to that wi:W, After all if you agree that it is at: Iorist pIoble I and not an ethnic problem, then what causes terrorism? Everybody KIows that this ethnic problem -- the eInd Iesult of that was te IOrisII), So is you accept that telTorism WashD In Out of this ethnic pToblem, then yolu Can't go around saying that it is not an ethnic probleInbuta ter Iorist problem. I do not SubSCIiba to that wiew arld I think we have to address our minds, if it is accepted thatitis all ethnic problem to a political SolutioI. I a III a. military Imanand although I have been a military
- Inan I don't subscribe to military
solutions to political probleIIs. You've got to find political solutions topolitical proble IIs not military solutions. I don't think that there have been any results anywhere in the World in the recent past. Where you found Solutions to political problems through military Solutirls, lt hål - IEWI succeeded and I can't believe that it will succeed here. Soprobably what is Iequired is that on the one hand you got your political package for the Tamil people and om the other you hawe a plan to wipe out te IOrigin and the tWO must go together,
I can say for the present time that SEIvice men, by and large, are loyal, they follow orders, they don't think-the field commanders, the middle level commandels and those Sub-Ordinates under theII particularly on the field, they don't think in terms of a military solution. I think I speak for most of the Il. When I Say...that they are glided
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by the policies deter inted in ColoIIlbo by the military chiefs. If the Inilitary chiefs say go and take Kilali or go and take Mannar, they go out and do it. They don't ask questioIS. It is the OrdCIS fill ClČIb)K) that si: lt So there is no question of the field CO III laInders qrld their SubIdirlatesi II the field thinking in ter IIIs of military Solutions. They just obey Olders.
Thore is IC) Tilitaro SCllutiCIl to thi5. You can probably weaken the LTTE апсi force thСП to the negotiating tablfi, Ti5 Y33 DeT2.il KhbJek{AL1''"'S strategy and in fact Ihädthe privllege of meeting Denzil in Anuradhapura List before he died and Italked about his efforts there and his plans and he told Inc., When I said "Are you trying to defeat the LTTE' Hisaid "No Si, I hävienoiTttirTufcdefeaEing the ITTE. I all trying to Weaken the II and bling the Il to the Illegotiating table. After that Ily job is Wer. I think that philosophy of his was good. Probably itis a little t00 late t0 force theIl to the negotiating table. Now I think you hase to ask theII to the negotiating table. thatis the big differeIcebetween two years ago arid now. In fact this is What Thondama) is saying, a Scrior Tinister of the GowcIIITICInt, his trying to negotiate on behalf of the UNP and ble l'hä8 Bald, "Talking to these (ther PLOTE and Other TELO, EPDP is not good enough. Yol hlla'ye got to talk t] the LTTE." He has a point there. This is Where (although a lot of Sri Lankans diri't like it, til Ståt: dČEŠ't like it,) w: can usi: an inti:Țnational initiative. I III It 5Flying that it has to be the United Nations, can be CoIII IWCalth initiative, it can be a SARC initiative. It is being stated that this is a Sri La Inka Il poblFTI ärld thir is i EE-d for intellational Tigdiation, That is pāItly tIuEe that it is UJI pȚblEIl āId Why should outsiders come to sort out Lur problems? My point is this which I eXplair) åt Stelltārs, That after thệ Thiripu talks, Hai Inced talking in Jaffna 50TL 13:yi::3, 5 EaglQ, ThQL 1dai Llain talkiTagill Jaff, Paris, IldiāI Iep:GEItatives talking, the all Parties Conference, and the Parliaille Italy Select COILITittee - – all that blad failed. So I ly poi Iltis that if all these hawa failed, What is Wrong Withainternationalinitiative? Why are WÈ fighting ­ hCalSe only an international initiative might force the
LTTE to the got CP: The argu d, faby parties that the military COH(opera
nilaterally impli package in the this IIIore tharl WtiIuld threateri | LTTE hegemony Whatis your Wie of this approach
HL: L1 ir t. using the Imilitary
This was Denzil strategy andi privilege of m Anuradhapuraj and Italked abou and his plans and I said "Are you ta LTTE"He said intention of defea trying to weake them to the nego that my j
package OI) the . Tallil parties that 5 percent of the T: the TELO, PLOTE the others, If you that they d'OTht rep Tamil people and TOIT darha Til E3 WS, that you have to 1 'TtoTiaTTāThis righ of yoLIS des Illot t have gott talk to political package, I package on the T. CathCI Tallil pāIti acceptable to the paTdT II: for syil are only acceptat Tallis Who lika th The biggest still KIOW. ECWards a Collit is a the II
East. Nili Wi that. Eise liric for Cweryhoil,
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iating table, irrett has beer by other Tanui overnment with tion of course) can ermentiftspolitical
th-East, ar anything else, the wery basis of ir teses áreas: Wofthe feasibility 7 älkirg irl terms f to foist a political
Kobbekaduwa's n fact had the eting Denzilin Istbesorehedied this efforts there
he told me...When "ying to defeat the "No sir, I have no ting the LTTE, Ian 1 them and bring tiating table. After pbis over'
['aTmils irl ter! Ils of epIESettSleSS thari amil p&2opole. Tbıat. is EPDOP, EPRLF ård accept what Say Iesent the Tlass of if you accept What that it is the LTTE alk to Ti I thilk t, the this question lold a Ely Water, You til LTTE Öll til: O frist til: political Tills thTQugh thCS3 is, Thly Te Colly (Cl0Tb Tallils, ng it but I think they l8 Ex Lhe ElIIb:
EiIlifa iTI CITb3. III bliTg block, you
IESOLtill of this ërger Of the Nürth/ TriSt) btl bttf. startling with the
LTTE, But I Call't see that it can be achliWCd. This is whıEIE inteIII latilal Imediation II night be helpful, BeCallus I think all Sinhalaparties have said no to merger. So in your first step towards ConfiçtICSolution yolu art gollgtı fall I think.
CP: Toyotack folitary factics, what about the increasing use of Earė iš 2 the MOrth?"
HG: BOIIbing is part ad pārcel (of the pIÖ). 80 yÖlü Can't bları8 th8 Services of the Air Force for Thing opTalli T5. NIW if you sä Will thlĖ Glif WäT, the AFI)ericas, they tårgeted L:EItäin äIE:as, you kny thei IL1:l83I Sites ad so farth and dest (yed it aiming for as little dest ution of civiliarl property and civilian lives as possible, That is the kind of Strategy that We have got to adopt, We are living in I[i][ÌÍdé[Il1 tillÉ8, 8[l I WClild thilfik tillsilt this is what thit Air Forte is doing right TCW. But WheIl fu b’OTTb, We don't have those radar to guide us, til guide tlh: bulb, you k IlUW, LC, the &x&Čt SpOrt. So the bPTTb Ilmight fall clSE. tII ä church and destroy it and Ilil (Le larget. The strategy should betx.mbing ok, if bOImbing is IECESSFL y likĘ the mailliger pier at Killali. Now that Was II:Cissary and it had to be destroyed. But ildiSCEiTTiTat boIIIbiIg II Wihlat you call carpat bombing that I don't St. Lb5:ribe C. Thätis julst sélfČIt al 3 TEIa aldjust go and diÇıp yol bol Tibs, Yılı have to identisy Cut taget at das fat a5 POSSible destTDy thattaget OlyOlss, Wat ming people to geta Way from that place, We are going to destroy that. So ifthat has DL?n dort arid pCople stick around th:Il they are asking fortIOublic, I think that is what the AImy and the Air Force is doing right ILOW. As Said th: LTTE Carl do Ilothing ähOtt it because they have II i FaTTIS SI) Walling the Il Can't hurt except if hy have bombs stacked in a place they Çån TTY: it (C) SCT) Other place,
CP: Also the question of revenge attacks and civilian tragedy in gепегаІ...
HG: I doT''t Subscribe tC I'Welg at Lacks, Tin gyryd battl: pilarlining there: is II ICOTT for Tewege attĘcks.
Revenge attacks are dole by antiState Organisations a flywhere in the WOIld. The State is Ilot el titled to regg attacks. They have got to have sould battle planning. So there
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should bc Ino question of revenge attacks in the battle lexiCCI) of the miltäy plaT:s. Jarlakapura Wassacked 48 WCIe killed, but you can't go two days oI the following day later and destroy the villageIOund it. Thatistill accepted ally Toe. If you are asking if it is being done, frankly I don't know. I like to think that it is not being done blut it COld b: happening Tot On a ITass Scale, but it. CCLld the happening at a l'OWEI leWel.
CP: In terTils of the access of Civilians in the penis a to the rest of the country, is if not the case that the military's position that the Kiai Crossing is legal scorbined with the fact that no other alterative is available) is a defacto admission and acceptance of separatism?srcy, if the basic interest of the Tani population is of inportance, whatever the practica and military difficulties, агеgшЈartraffic ofordiпагypeople coIIlling, say, fo Colombo, In List be Catered to?
HC: The rivilentS Of T'ail civiliansfom OELE: endof the pČTinsula, from the Taillard to the peninsula and wice versa. has beetl stopped only because the LTTE has stopped the lmoVent of Tarlils going though Eleplıant Pass böCauşC they Lhı ilk that the AIny WillusC the Ioute and Once tla is established, the Ally will DOWE their troops for an offensive in the perninsula amri in to Jafflä. The LTTE wants to keep the troops tied down in those places for their OWI CIncfit. Having said that, Ilow that is the LTTE's strategy, but the Tamil civilians, Thaybe they are sympathisCIS with the LTTE, Il dikon't know but we haWE LII) as:SuIILE that they art: Thot. You havqe to give the benefit of the doubt to the Talni people and you Inust allow them inclvement, like we hawe: freedom to guto Galle and cone back, why should they be prevented frOImigoing fro Lil Killinochchi to that pe Ilir Sulå färd back? I fel SOrry for them. They are trapped by the LTTE, the LTTE says don't go, the services are saying you don't go through Kilali. So they have to IIowe; their people are around. I don't know for What Icasons, cultivation maybe, you Imust allow ther to go. The UNHCR saw the claims of the Tamil people as a legitimate clai.In to move up and
down. They hawe a hout this IMOVITCrnt i IIIower EIt has bee: that this is WICIlg to of civilian traffic, hij the mainland to the Weisa. That has to
COLlurs, youl Căil hä that kind of thing. Bl is Wrong, that is W Kilali. That is why LII explained thing Čoperation, omĖ Ls wh gC (r1 äT OpEIaLiCl t,
I think that this prevent moveme traffic, human bo
mainland to the p - vice versa. Tha permitted. Of col have searches ant
thing. But to tota
Wrong, that is wil - for Kila
place if you can't hold going to withdra W. S. pIOC) Tlilitary strätig responsible for that
CaTi't bliewe, and I li record, Cain't believe chiocfs. tillät is the Def Ilāde that decisiCOI.
decision to withdraw, taste f[II the Soldie75 thir Thoräle? Ewe Iyt titla tha LTTE łā mowerlent of traffici 118 livi lāV
And Ilot only 118, anol also Sri LankaIn Tamil also died. So that wa This Calculation. I can that the Lilitary hierar to go on this thing ki Ithon SOCI Was gjing
think is probably ont ber:alus you SEE: thil Ilar (OW stretch, it's of
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(wed foodstuffs f p:Euple, CiWillil
halted. I think Wetlict är bodies froIII 2 insula andwice e pe Imitted, CÔf researctics and to totally stop it ly the battle for co aTe a ll of
il lihat Kilali ' the hell diri yolu i Kilali i title first
is wrong to
nt of civilian dies from the eninsula and thas to be irse, you can
that kind of lystopitis y the battle
l . 1 : 11_"=" . . . . . . . . . .ܦ ,
it? Or if you are o that was wery f and Wł10 Was richn't know. I « this to g) col that the SEIVice: :Iñcco CommitteeE? WELC) Tale thă E. which is in prior | ândis bad f(IT }dy knows now stated their the låg(x0T, 80 DSL for Thothing. Le 200, they are: yıth who hawa to IIIE a gCat t agaiT bělitve hy was SC) rhaiwe wing that the Set ill. That I of the excuses Killali is irn a 2Tı terri Loy aid
iruf
Öılce yoll Capture it, to blold it. Sây Supp(Se you Capituit With 1000 INLEIl you. Inight necd 10.COO III to hold it, They don't have the IeSol Ices to hold it. Sf) they Withdrew, So as said if you were going to dest Ioy it and deny the use of Kilali for good to the LTTE, then in a gOOd Koperation, 118 Liwes list, probably bad luck, but WOIth it. But if the LTTE is going to Ie establish, it is justa wasted Operation. The T53 tank is worth millions and millions of Ilupees. in 3 months we have Lost Ower ma Thy ht died millis Iupees. WIth of :quipment. Ja Eläkapura (of 30 Inillion, Doha of 3DO InillioI), the 2 battle talks itself is 1(1) ThillioI), the rotals and the maching guns and What not, a lot oi mny, Our defenclowy of 3 pFTCent will go up to 5 percent possibly, 50 We also have a light to know. Every article We bly WC: pay a defėELCC levy. S) as said l can't believe that the Sewice: chiefs Iade this decision, maybe under political pressure, that I don't knoW. Butthligy owe it to ttlemselwes t coIIe out and say what Ieally Was the reason for withdrawing from Kilali. This brings In to the Ilost important thing which I don't think a lot of people realise and Wtıi(:hII1]eIntic]rh at SeTmirtaE.s. AllseI"Wice ctitefs are good planners, they know their job, they can conduct a War properly. But CXCept for the Navy chief who is a young chap 47-48, the other 2 Service chiefs arid the IGP at C (Il Exter glik)5. NOW I was a SEI WiCe chief mySělí, the moment you are a Sěrvice Chief yol are behold Cn to thé Goverillent to hold your job for as long as you can. When you can't hold your job you are looking fix your next assignment maybe as a Chairman of a COIpXOIảticol, an ambäsSadOI: 80 ås l Said they are go(xd TT but you have to please the politicials, so there is too much of politicians' hold on the service chiefs now because of the fact that they a II: OI 1 ExteflišlCrS.
SO, il fat We il St. divOIC8 tte political pressure from thic Imilitary chiefs Otherwise the proble I will CCIllinue: A goud example, Ls the establıslı III lent of the JOC, knocking it off, then appointment of a national Council, Janakapura, withdräwing fČITI Kilali. I ThÇFATH th0Se äFestupid things to happel. AndhcTe We arefighting a War which is CO&tinga Country 23 CEIntsima rupICO, 80 tly hawe not grot thing8 right,
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S R I. L. A N
THE WARRIORS WI
AND THE PEACE LO
WITHOUT
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
he debate Ower any UN invClWEIT IESolutioIl of the COTifliot II) 1he I est af SI Låskå iš: ä ČLl[i]ČI! IS GIT) instructive One. Curious BgCauSE dogSIı"t. äpp}iear E() b)E:! a[Ly irrım,Èd pØSp:t Of S:t intEIWEIČĪDT a II. iiSCSITriple intenticol. Il til part Organization 1o do SU Sithét; ins C3;: Cf the låI-LIWFISial, hysterical, local Condemnation C 8 WEItuality hCWE'WEI FEIlote, il the Sacred COw Of national 50ve. The debatC Was at Du3Cd iT) på u[(pitis :i:IT:1äo: ad mallmer that did not allgu I Well Viability of thC proposal, unli:33. ltl3 a IgLIT):Illis 1hläl Wł1äl Wä8 | intended was t) excite jingoism Ee'WiierLCe Of imperWi3L15I15eSS to
СОПflict and intВIIlation: More cor at least equally quite simply the intentic been to place the issue international agerida ou
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With rega Id to circum lest It is fogotter), Wo a title CUIl flict is about är till: 3ä51 är Orthl Will ) the scourge by January 1994 respectively. Wha this méans, it EItails. Im deaths desite OLI CsII). abid, by the Spirit of ill C[[]WCritioIls do8gnod tt them and yes, more mil Coffensives alıd Casualitie te:Ir toy talıkel zalıd fırt h "aET)Citieš tOC and yet r) proposal or Solution, Af of Conflict. the SeIlse of still quite strong and Ca dispgled
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EIational :) protect iE2AI W s, and llid, MOIE political CI a de-Cade deja Willis Illot E}
Cover Story
The call for UN good offices to which two Nobel Lč LIEätes le Ell thlei ina IlES. Wä5 perhaps have and clumsy, Opirill should ha Wa DFT canvas:Sal first and receptivity to the popcsa ascertair:d before it was made public -- the Ilhajir COISEuence of the Inanner ald IIIOde Of this pTODOSal s:(Liri Wall le the ITsar LLIrlata One Of detering subsequent proposals Or their ContenplatioI in the futu Ie.
(C) [1 tlhée Othleer haI]d, th3 pxoint is tblat Contemporary inter Ilational politics is als pcoplod by a plčth{xľä of Well-meaľning NGOs who are Ilot especially pubCd by the delicate SgISibilities ofatical SOWEICignty in the face of indclimite
Luffering andi certain Cases, are alSO CpEI to the charge of Imanipulation by Special iT1[[:T[:8t8, CT1ỹ: LäI1 TQ II1[][[: $[]11ặišlà thệ good ïIntellitioThed inteTriational l'IGC Crits loCal Colul Interpart -- both are pärt. Cof the architecçtt IE of a vibralt i ItCTEtiỘTil society and in the local instance, given the clarion calls for a dynamic and independent Civil Society. a CIOInstration of dEIILCCI: y i äit] Ill,
On all these points, the Israeli-Palestinian accord is ill. Inimating, Terrorists and Ilation stålts cið sign ag Fem Filts, SęWT) after decades of activity to eiiiIlāle eact uter āTid thE inspirid pätiert gCCxd si CSI: (If sincere and discrete NGOs can perfor IF a CILl][cisil Illi:tillo III ifil C0[il][ct I880illiltil Il. This Was the Tolsę Cof the Fagbeweggels:TS Forsk. Il TigSistiitlitt (FAFO), the NIWegiãT) tråd Nik)ṁ IPSEåłcił Corgå i 2:atis:Ill Which bIOught the two sides togethe.
Leaving aside the issue of where the Call for intervention COINNES from -- important tha Lugh it is -- there is the COIE: I guestion of th8'inte TlatioIl'alizatiC[]', [10t 80 [Illuch Cith 8 Inortheast Conflict as such, since this has already happelled, but of the "intCIIlatilalizatio' of the Search for a Solalil Oil, Here, Ileedless O say,
3.853 a I a IOSed il 3 W3CuET Id III Out of ignorance than ary special kWledg3, I. fOI OIle do Cpt k I'W When the War Will EHC HLit Cas ha2AId MOI8 thås inspired glleSSWOrk as to hCW, and kIOW for Certain that it must. Accordingly, when it COT33 t0 till: 1338. Of TitBIrlät]]]]älj2ätiII) CEItain pertinent points Ileed to be clarified and InisCOInceptions laid to Iest. There are äftBI all to Illa Ily falSE debates about this COInflict and too few serious ones. Terroris.In ČOI I låtilläl libration, Tid VETy TaTEely hlä5 the latte been totally mutually exclusive of
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the former. Therefore, some observations On the Way Out of either predicallent through exter Inak-a3Sistance are in ÖIdCI,
The following points are submitted ill the hope that they could structure the debate On this issue were it to resurface, Whilst bČing prĖpåIed foI that EWEItuality, let us hope it Will newer arise because WE would have ended this da III in bloody War Curselvitš bDefOľg !t dČí:Š,
Firstly, the excitable concerns about national SOWereignty need to be put in peISpective. With still Ctiral adjustment
Oditionality and aid Constiuil largesse, is Ilot the lacro-ecollic and development policy of this Country, if met rade Outside of it, iple Ilented With 3:Lubst:Tittifaq Lutside 3d39;&targe'? This işST't particularly SC) foi Sri La Inka alOne and in the era of post Cold War interdependence Cuts aCIOSs the traditional developed developing WOIl divil8, NOW if his is the StatlIS of Our SCVEIEigTity in the ECDTIDImic Tealm why thệ gleat big fuss about the political?
Alter Ilatively, if we choose to 'delegate' QUI SDựEEEigIlty DI TE:{[[1BSt'ExtBITĩal assistance in the eCOIlomic realm, Why Ilot likewise With regard to the IOI theast
3)Tifli:t?
The good offices of the UNOI any other bÓdy åIÉ, in årly WÉIlt, Îlot gCoirig to lay dCWI) thletiëIIIs Of a Settle II het but IathBI bring parties together for the tortuous task of identifying those terms. The underlying feaI about this appa IBIntly innoculous role is that Dỵ iTñplitiation it wQullri a[:ç0[[1 thế ter IOIists the for Ilal status of belligerents, aIId also run the risk of at least the implicit recognition of their control of territory, sit he Gower II inent's intention to restore the Status quo antebelluri and how far back should one go to find the acceptable lines of territorial COIntrol? The initial presidential COITI3rd t0 Clear the Dorth Of terIOCiSIm WE:S IIlailEe iII1 19?9.
Secondly, it is Worth pointing out that thic only atterTipt to Confront the political
di IlėIsiJIS Í the Collict that Was p)äI tièally, bQ.t. boy ThC IlteäI]:S SufficieIntly, successful Was that flawed accoId between India and Sri Lanka, Exte Ilal interwention in this fEspĊĊtt WāS ČILCiäl in II laki Ing CouI Gowe III ment recognise a wital component of the COInflict and begin to address it through the Thirteenth AleIdleIt. An LILCOIlfortable fact but a Ilot Intirely
ITSatisfactory COIS&queryCe, Especially for those who still stand by the belleagulfed
ACC.I.
Thirdly lIli8IWEll8 foIII. With La kärl ( duIII SIlilitQus the Chart I tič IG heighter thB Only { IEWEISE: th WicleIlce 1
til IEEll Ild UNSglli COIlscië[]
Спе Пј BCSIlia ar. strategic decisive &
Sial iIIKOItaIl bala[1Ce C interWčili its wer MI Pall Wiolent II.
lidei elusivele Finally, Gover II Cían ele
BSSiStall Ci Inless 5: iť t) do Š: cleaI -- W
llI l WWIIl. tiiCII JII internal a ČnthuŠiáS
WE IE QWII. No gOQd Offic heli Ilets C We hlave ! betWEET
This CO and Ott ål)]: [[:fil
this i:58, 3 Ch
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the UN is Illot going tO in Si Ianka in whatever Cut the Collšent of the SIi Over III:Ilt, There are few ts around that are as
of Ilational Sovereignty as er of the United Nåtit Ills, W EIa of interveTition and d hu Tanitaria Il ConcerIn Ondition that Would lis WC-uld be if the Wäs LC) EXC9Ed til
of tolerance set by the lity Collinicill's Collective
ght add though that as Ld SoIInälja attest to, coilsiderations will be ind on Strategic: grounds,
ig IMOt. Of Stufficiënt Ce to the preWailing if pDWBI tQ, WaII a Tilt OI) withÖllut the CorlSEIt Of 1rtéIL. FurtherIL1Org, the ability Ol aka'Ias tic) 8XCC&d Girl Nidegd ill In-COOperation and sheer bloody 288 Cor Willi th1 tiITS CIES, SS, Ileads ILO elaboration,
and for the record, no Sri Lankan ant, regardless of the iIILLIlinence :tiQT, is going t0 IĊquest UN e and certainly not this cycle -- Ime i dispEISå ble pQWer instructs ü, Thı: (GoveIILI]et"S position i: "e Tesolve Olır terörist probleİı or) Other states can help by Iefusing lifÖIt IId GLICILII. This is arı
fail. The IIlain Opposition agrees, tically, göÖirg (3 hilâwe to ed this OTı ouT aIIOunt of external facilitators,
Čiš åld Cwn the pro Ilise of blue ai SLStitute JT Lllg hard choice O mlakE OLISEelWE5 abIOLlt CX8ilg the desirable and attainable. Inflict is about political grievances BITCIiSIT alaПe, and terITriST
It lil JĖTätä pople. Only Il Ce (ILOW ledged as fuIlda II: lal, as a " CCITIditioI1 fCI PIEaCE, CBI1 e fTOJITI Willätys quältB to II lake
-bel:Orle Televallt, isive peace lobby has to be ihil the territorial Confines of the ic Socialist Republic of Sri LaTka.
will democracy and indeed Si veeal IIeaIing.
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here was Inuch jubilation at the Sinha Kendra. True blooded SinhalEEE WETE 3lIIivilgirl thi iIptedliIIOsijest oläte the great turn of events. Sinha Sudais, II05t of th:T cladir he latest Bombay fashions in Saees, ala Dharmapala, were busy at the entrance giving a Way Small bass souvenir lions to those who came. S&Wral Sinha Yowlu II had already gathered around the bar and Were busy ordering the best brands of Scotch. Coke and Pepsi Were flowing as freely as Club Soda to put the spirits even higher,
The Sinha Kendra Was located in one of the bestareas of Colomb07, faI away fOIn evel a gliIInpse of the Sinhala youth who queue up in progressively less ILLITibers to join the Security forces. It was a house owned by a great patriot who had ented out SeWeall othEBI luxury Col Ilby åIK Suburban Iesidences, Strictly to foreigneIs only. The deCOI Was all weГ ПОđEIП Binhala, dominateri hr mot SC im Spiring paintiIngS Of SoldieIS at the norther I) front. There Was an LICÓ LITTÉKid Ill'Ulu I thät, S) IE (Of these paintings had been done With a dentist's drill. The background IIllsic was entirely Rana Will Gee. There was a lot of glittering brass around, i Cludirlig that of the tip II ilitäry typĒS. The members and gests had beI. invited to participate in a Sp2cial Thastha Sandyawa or Eweling of TEIICť, It Was Oga Tised to CeleboIa te the geal tew di SCOWêry that the War, cor äthe the Critiruling p[Obi-III i Il the North and Ett, Wa: Ital etfii: proble I OT war at all, but a TCic problem of terrorism by so the delit Iately I Tills;guid:d TäTTils. The organises, the Sinha Natum Kavaya had pIOInised re-enactments of Some of the betterkIIOWIIITä53CI:S Carried Out by the Tamil Tigers -- specially thO5E åt fråItala Wå aTiCd Kert ård D:llä Fairms foi eritertai III helt.
Until the stage was set to raise the Curtain On these toTIC Specials, Lho guests were being entertained to the SOLlnd Of WaI dTums. As the dru IIns gIew loudCI, th: drinking all long the Silla YOWIl Elde'We the older hiki Sinhas gigW heavier. On and off,
CEFT P
Lucien Rajak
groups of then Rama Will GBethay dOWIlling the sour. With the sound getting ever lollide the full thirCated si Gae a few membe out to the la WIl tC. developments at
"I think Gапапi the head. It was that good old De born of tIlle Silhä We had any doubt all the SäTE, EX Eecord." säid KE taking a Sip of Whiskey,
"Th1 WE5 til Said about a hea. irrig time", said R. Swirli Ing the CCXJI "Makes it so simp lo alth.03: Wh}3. futuIg."
"Joey lly goglyd."
"I think Gaim
క్షీ = కైకో
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arunanayake
WOuld buIst ist a rä, SÖTetiTÉS EWEIl ld of the Ward LIIIs, Of lije WBI dПШПТЕ II, t[] [[]IIIpatE. With Ilging of Rana Will IS decided to Illove discuss the lates Sinhadeepå. hit the nailIight (OI) great of hill to Say 3 BCE Dublow Was a parents. Not that SabOut ität all, but :ellent just foI the Sara Sakala.Silha, his perTium salt
best to halwe bee Il l. Cf5tate il a Wey bhlia Tha Jaathija TLITna la: Il his balloon, le to apply the test :ek this plaCIg In the
ägs :: di Så i S3):
ani hit the nail
he head. It was him to say that lee. Bee Bublew. of true Sinhala Not that we had about it at all,
same, excellent të rëcord;" said. lasinha, taking premium malt whiskey,
Mahajaathiya taking a large gulp of his applejuice, "Why think only of the future, We Lust apply this Sinhala parentage test to those Who Wel foIt is Well, FCI What I Car See. no one before DBW can pass the SiIlla lā, Ešest." hle Saii qllit emphatically.
"You Ilean all these people Who spoke so much for the Sinhala people had Ilo IBa! Sinhala paellage? ISI't that going å little tCO far, I mea II like What Gamani has said, but how call We apply it so loosely?" asked Tissa Thusthäbhanga bitiginta IEät ball prepared thelata, IIlirisata and kirata all in OIle, to give a realkalawang flavour, which reminded him of his tTL1B SĩIlhala al1C{:št[W. Blit l1ẽ dismissed the thought.
"What's so difficult about that. The Lule is simple. Anyollë Who has said that their little probleIT at the otheI end is due to an ethnicipIoble Il Caillot have true Sinhalapalents," said Kesara Sakalasinha. "I think that is a good rule of thumb to apply ir all Cases."
"It's not just that. I think the rule should be extended. Even those Who say that the Tallils have a real PILblerT), should have hisÖI hEIlir1BagC eXäIIied," Said SäIIš(E Mahajaathiya. "I think the Te is a gCCXd oppOItuIlity hef8fDISOII1e BInterpIisirI1g Siiliä Ygathl to Set ug a geneälygy business. It's time We began asking everyone wheth.I they are of true 8ilialapa LELlt3 CI Qt."
"HOW EXCiti Ilg. SouIdis TäthFệI faIT1ỉli:ịĩ, I. IE:111=Tinh'EI the tiII1g BT thế: fifties when WC used to say that yOli Can't be a Sirahãlese |urllešš yQu EqIC Buddhist. That is when that Taigie fellow', ''; i t a Tild WIDte that IIIQ) Clik ab) Eliegelcy "58 ärld all that and liet. OWI) ttig Whols: Side"53.jd RChatha Jauhja.
"Don't say that about Tarzo, hä. book also included a chapter (El What thJSE da Tan terrorists tip Forth did to Magaid:pa. I Teağdibin “the Diyainali8:4 wī:[:k. ThịB5E IThị85ịI}Tĩary ECI!!!:ặtế:{3 iritFellectas bläd kult tät I:llapotEI secret all these years. He must have hlad TTIE: thāIl a f’W iIKI 3 ČIŤ Sithala blod This: Viš, tt) håW: Writt tillat clapoter. Said ''issa Tasthabhanga. "This OCIS a While IleW area of
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thought," said Walwin Upanhathuru who called for a Chivas Regal, which Wa Sborought to hiIII. by a leSSE I breed of Sinha Sundari clad in tight-fitting Cloth är lid jacket. "Now that it is àCCépèdpolicy that therein rlothing bilitätEIOIËšt proble up the IE in the North, and mot even that in the East we should really Work towards bringing charges in the Iname of the people against those who have been foolinglls all these years saying there is an ethnic problem, and the Tamils have gвпшіпе grievances."
"QLIIlleäläkild of National CrimBits Trillia" asked Sakalasiilha,
"Exactly, I am sure we can get So Ile foLeigIl judges to hear the trial" said Walwin. Its. "You're right. There. Will be Volunteerjudges frQII Le PEIl's party in Fårö, ård fÓTIN thë for her East Germarty, , After the Iecent byclectioIl ir Engla rħid, I think. We can get One. from there too, just foI - the sake of historical Continuity. We CaIl definitČly gE-t judgĖS film Serbia and
illegaland anti-nati that tliele is a Ta' tälthält OtEIEČis East."
"You're talking 1 Čilė Will dybt thlE LILJE Sillällä parell like that" said Sa think thBIE TE E charges to be frarI fild the people wil the Tigers guilty ( the IlatioIll. It Surel to hold talks With basis that there is: When all the Whi
エー
Tesatorgadisinhalaparang DF Hysstrigg frisy Westbscarris de
AIL *eilia, QI is that. Nag Ina-Karabakh? Who the hellcan Len IIlbGI."
"I think it is best tC in wite the Serbian to pÕIËSidČ," Så ROHTā JaathijaIIII.a.
"But what will be the charges?" asked Mahajaathiya. "What if people begin to object about human rights and erospective legislation?"
"That Won't be so easy. We have the Sepala Ekanayake precedent. AI'va, ve a Ie al pQSed 0 interference in third World affairs by human rights activists. We can be Sure of the best support fron BuLIIIa, Malay5ia, SillgäpOIE äfld Chilā. Buk, bigger than that, Who can be bothered about such niceties. When it is the future of the Sinhala people that is at stake?" asked Walwin Upanhathulu sipping his Chivas Regal
"Samson Wanted to kIlow What the charges will be, Said Jaatihdijamma." think the first task will be to declareas
bE8Il a teIIOIist pDIK
"W)lerfull Yol talks at Thimpu, N Hilton to be regE Cir Iles. That Will
"How else Couli President has Sait
poble Il QI tE
UpaIhlathluru.
*Tillät is, Iljt al. rational Wealth that Wäris All Farty ( not question the itself," said Mahaje has been blamingth Cill the War. N0 0IE | quastiCI1 CI1 this C Inational Wealth On think this tribunal C this fuss about Airl other petty deals W only to some millior strength of the Sin
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KOTAålästty StåLEIINEIt Inil problem other II il the North and
ike a real lion. No at you are bOIT COf S When you speak kalasia. "But I ;eveal important led. The first is to 10 held talks With lf a Crifle against y IIl 1st be a Cine
eIrorists. Il the in elhrllC probléIT), le there has only
KeIdra Were getting louder. In another Section of the Kendra a group of Sinha YOVul and Sinha Shobilis had just begu,T) disCO då Cirg, Which Could Incot be dile to the Rana Wiru Gee. The daTicing Was SpxOISOIed by a-fXIeigneI WhO Cassl8 héIE 0 isWest IngärmEnt5 and is 10W buying up land to set up turist gest hOLISES äkong the beach. Representatives of Indian Companies WhOrlQWmärlagetheplantations, WGré Inowing about to ensure that the stocks of drinks Were replenished, and there was no hitch in the a langements for the Thastha Sandhayawa.
"NOW thält the FIÉSidst hlas GottlEd the qLlE3 til Of the 83
* Calked TaIIil probleIIh foi all tille, dot You think. We should als encourage hill to Settle this probleIl of the eCOIO-COIWe Sills as
" asked Sakalasi Iha.
"Why not? I think We
should arrange for a CũTỉfEIET1CB đf thE 8inhala Pa Tapura - you KIOW the childrch of genuinely Sillala
eahared by Gariw.eyasuryata
partisticofiring southern politics. Pater, 9 PP
position papEI DI this problem. I think. We oblaII." should begin by holding every Christian
IIlean all those ew Delhi and the Ided as IlatioIlal Ie Iăilly grČåt."
it be. Whell the i thl EIC is ÖIly a Irorism," said
What about all the : Was Wasted) he onferences? Why Select Collittee athiya, Everybody e Wastage of ImDThey nasewen TaisedOne lossal Wastage of
S0-talled päCE. I *
all put all end to all anka and all thCSe hich really amount 1s, and not the COTe
ällä Thätis."
Iesponsible for this, even if their chu Ihes, clubs, pa Iishes Cor Sylagogues WhateveI you Call them dČIly any ICSpČínSibility ČI not," Said l'panhathuru.
"That will be excellent. At last we t:ãm bf{:āthẹ with SømEIEllef. AlthE8E past few years, I was living in fear that thefe Will be Ilo One CO Illing fOWa Id todcusg the terrille Spiritostolerance that has been the Earle (four people, Now at last We hawe hope. There is a tille SOI of Sinhalese parents at the hebII. We Will SBB Who Will &ät the pa riippu SOOT." säid Säkälä Sil å as thèdrum) rollannounced the begin Ining of the Thrastha Sandhyawa. The disco dancing did not stop. Rana Will Gee Was giving Way to Hindi pops, SIIle CtheES WETEe Singing blålillä. EWI YOILE Wa SgettiIlg iIt) är ål Sinhala ILOKOHi, absolutely Certain of their Sinhala
paientage.
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The facts are si 130 elephants rel Illa II w strip of SC: forest abutting thi ta Ink. The Pelawatt plantatioI) has SW äCTÉS, OflåId hittil animals and has habitual SeaSOIlal froIII, the Yala Nat EBCifi: fEICE: 3It elephants from en sugarcane fields, fails they are shot polisComed. The titlh' they are пow trap support even a fra and encounters W led to disastIOUS ( both sides. I the alone tWO IINeil ha the elephafts. In elephants have fa poi80Il, guT18h0t a last year.
NuIIIBIOUS Orga irliiVidLlBl8 haWe , pllght of thëse aili PIESident PIBIT hadi Cof elephants Windi deficiencies a CCOI EIWiÜIlIIEltällb to the Creation of at HäT)då på mgälla i Corridor throught plantation leading the Yala Natiral the Only Sensible ( Scrapping Pelwatt died. With the PIES there's a SchEIIle: these animals to E This ElephlaInt diriw Sifise that så få Cordlicted i Sri I if it is pe mitted tr
The problem is ITLOIE COIImplex tha itšil. If it Ware. Il tragic, Ole Would Handapa Ingala isl. providês an Cobject strengths and lini environmental act GOLIInt Illy, The enwi by and la IgE, is id in its Outlook. The haIdeI choices the
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imply old. About lainpocketed in à lub and teak e HaIldapangala É SLgåICảre allowed up 30,000 aIto used by these DIE WEIted titler Inigration to and iIlal Park. 2 113êd to deter the itering the and When this Thalled CI y area in Which ped саппоi LCtion of the herd, ith Willages has XOISequêncés: OI past few IOInths We been killed by till II, nearly 1Ó llET) WictiIII C Id SO Oil in the
liSatiOh8 Td Lighlighted ha Ilals, and the late asa -- WhoSa loya Čåld äl hlis Other ding to the by -- had agreed a Naturę RBSerw6 End an Elephant he Pelwatte
to the hawell of Park. This plail . . One shot of e altogether -- ideInt, and ICW foot to drive all Block ITW of Yala. e Will pIobably t äis thl others affika ir the past. » takė påČ, Illich bigge and In Handapangala it so immediately hawe to Say that lsefull because it : lesson of the lations of iWisII in this Con IInental lobby, Balist and Elitist
increasingly Lt have to be
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made between the immediate needs of people and that of animals åIE Ldged.
The unpalatable truth of the Ilatter is that the Wast increase in population, togethe With all its atte:Ildant Ieper CL15Siors such as the opening up of new land for Cultivation, has created a situation in which ideal Solutions and textbook Ilodels of COSEIWatioI are no longe Wiable. Add to this the fact of rampant corruption at every lCVEl Óf political aIld Eadr Illinistrative power and you have Sri Lanka's ecological predicament. The ircIEåŠEd population hlas Illade extra burders on the limited I85OUTCE5 of land. Ilatural Iaw Imaterials, and food. Corruption and the abuse of powe has led to the plul TdET COf firsts so I Wallable til Inber, to pCaching änd even to thČ indis Crir Ihinate hartering away of state land for quick-fix get-rich Sch(IIles and dubious (personal) development projects. Many forest IESETWES and SB Il:till:BriBB EXi:t. today in name only, and even the national parks are poachers and timber merchants (this, by the way, is a SWILOIlyim for politician in pOWer) happy hunting grounds.
This, however sad it may be, is the grOLLIld SituatiOII in Sri Lanka, Pipe drearns of 25% forest Cower in tlle futuIE, DI nostalgia foi păst glory are not Inerely beside the point, they are also counterproductive. What is urgently needed is a strategy to deal with CILJITEt IEEalitiE8 BIC COISträts, The OIdinary people who interact With elephants on a daily basis with Such hČIeridous Consequences
Illust be brought into the dialogue, Which up to ILOW has beef-confined to those to wholl elephants powide aesthetic delight and a WeekeIld escape from the horrors of Ilaking a gCXOd li Willig iI'll the City, There Are, Of course, others who make this exceedingly good living on the backs Of thOSE WÉI y elephants. Nome of this is by itself bad, but taken in its totality, it leaves out one of the two sides of the equation.
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the participation and Support of the people directly affected by the Elephants: thOSe Whose hOIIles, Crops and livelihoods have been destroyed, those who have lost life and lib, as well as those Who Inämåge thė fragile, risky, tentatiwę business of living and letting live. The Crux of the matter, them, is that thé fQCUS Of thèse intelWent:1018 on behalf of the elephants -- and hera it Illust be moted that "elephants" also become metOIlyinic for the entire bric of Conservation -- is not people-Centred, Ilioi does it II love a Way fICIIn thlé pICa,Chy paradigms of the past. Take the recent appeal on behalf of the Handapargala herd spearheaded by Some of the Inost Enterprising and active envirommemtal groups in the country. The by IOW obligatory claim that human beings IInatter TOI than ani II hals riIlgis å little hollow, particularly given the halfpage advertise inents in the InainstreaIn English newspapers with nary a word in the Sinhala and Tarlnil press, This high-handedness is-finessed by m08talgic and IOIIlantic claims to an idyllic past where "măr" (as usual thCSE of LIS Why are It < MET> hawe hėithEBI Woice no stake in all this) lived in har IIICoIny With Eat IE fðI CEIltriĘS before the rapacious foreigners calle along. This business of blaning Coloniali5IIn fOI all'OLIEWils is ar easy alibi Which absolweS 115 Of any Culpability. The un Critical idealisi Ing Of the past -- Der IEIber this is only one version propagated by the then LleIS, and that it is exclulSiO'Ilary åIld SÉlf-åggTä Ildisi Ing -- IIllust be viewed with suspicion, just as should be uIl Clitical adulation of the present by progover IIIlent sycophants,
The bottom line is that the survival of elephants in the Wild depends on the possibility of ħut ma IIS interacting with the3m. TħE "ideal" situation of Ilätillal pärk, COTThecting COrridors, nature
eSe Vesald SalCtillaiES that Can ensure thë undisturbed existen Ce Cf these beasts SeBII is all Wely Well Oil paper, but the stubborn Itality is
that it CdI IEWEI DE The fact that it has implernented is ind despite all clainst is al equally Lu Tipal: NGC-eInWiroIII hentE done precious little status quo. There E reasons for this: thi decisiOIIS are take taken in this COLIt personal gain, barg and wheeler-deals, principle, if they aI decision-making h only by accident, S that the eIViCITThe excluded for itself: middle-g|Qulıd and alie:Ilated fIO I'll thE in the Country. Co enwir On Illental a We Come through the participation of pe
and especially thOE livye. ilı and accould environmentally 8E this SOIIle lear Illing urilea ImiTng has t0 1 both sides in the d the experts and, SË Cultivators. Unless activisill becotles IOverlet With W support, and unles mea Ils are joilltly Blae limitÉd TE50l Bay, elephants arc buffer zones, the E doomed. The focu. Handapangala and coreIage it la3 Ie media Inight emba Go'y6 r[TeIt. i1t sole of its perst the public good, Inight not becall government has 5. OVer again that it accountable to an the outcome of th the Handарапgala präg|IImatic ald pel approach is meede urgently, if WB a IE entire war in whic aid the eWiroTIII SaIIle fate.
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as ECOTE Odillaly people m&Jervation and Ireness can only active aple at all levels, se who have to these Isitive äręES, FOI and 80IIIe ake place on lial0 gille between ay, the chena
EIlwiOIlIIIEItal a people's idespread is Ways and WOIked Olt to Jrces betWBerl,
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POST-PCJUDGEMENT
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king-maker role
ustice they say Illust not only be done but Inlist also appear to be done. On the basis of these twin Literia, the recent judge Ilent of the Appeals Courton the "ilegal and IIIeasonable" appoint Ilent of Chief Ministes by the Gavg|IS of the Southern and North Weste.I. Provinces fits the bill, Not only has it erabled the the Will of the people as ExpIESSEed at thé May "93 Provincial Collic polls to pIEWail, it has also been the first title the judiciary stood upågå St thla lositiltial political IIlani platlOIS peIpetrated by the Iluling UNP Which has допв оп fот many years
W. However, it Would e pfshatill IE tO presume that the issue of gCWEIThäIlCe of 1 0Ļerl and No-Ith
alteInatively g: provincial COUTE theIIlselves for C
flimsy majorities of
WeigtEIIl PrtyWilltg: 3; SoutheII) FIOWinCE pIOWe to difficult,
But it is lot the the pIOWicial Col. Cloti Il the UNIF
WEŠteľT) FľCviesis ver, fOI the COIlfidBICe in the Iespective chief Illinisters is yet to be put to the test in the respective Councils. And evenithat hurdle is leased as is the Case of the Wester IPOWilcial Council, so long as the DUNF remains ambiguous regarding its future COLTS9, each wotein theS3 PC's Will Contille to be touch and go affairs. WhatCould bā CũLIIItäd []This that thlE UNP ựựill trự every stunt possible to win over some IleInbers of the DUNF to its side OI
hypothetically the adwaintage to ti Controlling the pc. in the eventofanis from the UNP's opposition ad Ini Weštěm, North-We Provinces are likel popensity ofExpCE ather thAndėYellO any dynamic fash held up as models led adlinistrator Cori:Trefi
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Cle
et IIIB OLUNF alČIB t absЕПt Illucial Wotes, With ' three ir the North irid Illy be irm the !, this Shild ist
power balla TCe im Il Cills that shall i ' IIIDst. AlthDugh
Politics
Iest of the Country, if Ieturned to power. What seems to be the larger proble to the UNP is the COISCiOLISTESS “that it. ČÓLillid Illot Will
ate into their Wote bark,
The events of the past foll I months håWÉ ShÖYWIl håll the II EC:llä.Ilis II Sput into operation by the UNP aimed at Winni Ing OWEI, II.a Iginlalising COI destroying the DUNF have failed. Not Withstanding Gallili Dissanayake's clumsy attempts at IappIOch II EIt with thë UNP and PlėšičEIt Wijetunga's desiré tČ häWe them bäčk. In thë föld, Winning 0WẹI the DNF Was made impossible dle to Iesistace to such a IIDWe Within the UNF kay groups loyal to Prime Minister Wickremasinghe based on pa Isonal Ia the than party COTS:iiEStill:38, TE SCallatjTOT the part of this section of the UNP Seerils to have beBI two-fold. Firstly, the Appeals Collirt Illing Was Ilot anticipated. Secondly, it Was belie Wed that I legly baiting DissaTa Wake a I d di SCI editing the LUNF Would be Bufficierik for
É UNFP Տëï:սIE enDugh dėstėĊticoš fČI , the DJNF to prop up their
p I O V i Ticial adriinistrations
ft could be SCIIlE he opposition in Jvincial Iachinery lariWidė Elèctil, Joint of View the istrations in the Sternard SOLlth II y to have a greater sing its weakneses, ping these areas in iÒ tha CČuld be of Whiata SLFP-- could do for the
erpoint
in the troubled provinces. This Was Ilot to be and baEICE II kay pIOWE to be a Costly II listake for the UNP in more ways than one. TE SEICLISIČSS, the UNFälttäChat this problem in the Comtext of future electioIS has been IIlade clear by the Secretary-General of the UNP, Minister Sirisena Cooray who in recent CDITESpDIndence with President Wijet Inga has observed that.".....the UNP is out of the race......"
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no doubt the UNP Would Iealize that til Ineis Iu IIning Couta India InęW strategy vis-a-vis the DUNFImust be evolved. What ever that Stategy IIlay be, no doubt the delay in IeSolving this issue may proWe Collite.I productive and costly to the UNP in more ways than опв. Оп thв опе hand Chamini Di88äIlāyāk8, Of WhOII thE pIEViCL15 negotiations Certied is today hardly the DUNF, and WOldha'Wee We less influenced. What the party eventually des. Hawilig blir WLuld be sästy I the UNP, for he has nowhere else to go, but not e Ough beCä LIGE that Will ПОВIаEEthe DUNFasaПildЕрBIdent aCtCo in the Si Lankan political spectur Il -- Which is What the UNP is cOnC8 Lleid about... Fiu Irther TÖre, Ilo longer does the UNP have the advantage of the uncertain situation Where the fate of the provincial adlinistration is locked up in the courts, as it was for several months, Today, the ONF SIES pOWEeIiIlithree () thĖ TOSE politi :ally CIllCialprÖVirlCes and has O Ille of tS TË Libers at the helm of the N I th - Western ProWince. They Would I doubt Ileed WEIy Illil Chl gτι: ξ : ξ Γ iΠ - du C E In a n t tlfIl the UNP las teaIl
The miscalculat this section of the been two-fold, Fi Court rulingwa. Secondly, it was be baiting Dissanayal the DUNF would b NP to Secure es from the DUNF provincial admi troubled:
H6
to the UNP and th chaпgefгопbeing the "Kingmaker", t) bė Well placed tot genuine third pa rathEBI than COILEIINE
Willir llg to Orffe'I
to re-direct their supportoto give up their pivotal role. It must also be remembered that they are LIldeII pressure to do SOI
hurry, b)CCLIS EVI] if they Tema i where they are and go in for the Inext general election, it is unlikely that Faithe tha: UNIP OI the SFP WOLuli ł in a position to folin a government with cut their support, however SIThat Lhat May DE.
FLIT LEF:r, iIOIiC Eas it III y SEII, i the Evert that Dissä rayakỆ is treturn
Iight price at Whi (GiWEIl Sri LäT p) E (p)C}T tiOIlal Te: possibilities befoe is WilliIg ( står Of is:Et tĖSäCİ COLll Jé WtB i8 iTITTLT PC eigt;lits18 tll8 thě weall Wolle)
which hä5 bCCIl Igs IIIiä LiÖi Js thl this country ever
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ion on the part of
UMP Seens to have rstly, the Appeals s not anticipated. :lieved that merely ke and discrediting esufficient for the Lough defections to prop up their nistrations in the provinces.
5H
É UNFS iItEIFStG "the King' to being neparty may indeed ake: On the Cole of a ty With principles, :Iely waiting for the
impeachment', may justifiably clain a high II.OIal ground. Additionally the DUNF also has the Eddwa Itage of beiTng able to claim credit for the broadly accepted economic efoIIs of the UNIP, while distancing itself froIII its eXCeSSES. Its CuIIent alliance With the SLFPITlayalso placeitina position Where it may also Court the Sympathy of the faction-riddled SLFP supporter, as it did in its formative months.
In COIntrast to this COImplex large picture, the recent resignation of Anura Bandaranaike from the "party his father founded"SeeInsperipheral. It is IO Ilore than a here act in a drama which has been unfolding so a while. The youl Ingest Bandararaike Who to his Credit IEI hairs One of the few Sri LaIlkan politicians who acts from the heart, has presently been Out-Witted in a psychological War by Oppoħerts Who are devious and Calculating. It is his soft heatedness
that häŠdrivo hir to thOW in the towel, Ilo doubt all act of desperation, IätheI thaIl a Well Calculated
IWE
Not (Illy Will the SLFP befoolish to let his Il ge), A Milita WOld De &Wel IILCIe So if he Wee to be !urd il jOiIliga Cythe II party. paIticulally the UNP. No doubt
he is aware that
Ich LO be hought. ka's Syste II) of Iesentation, the Stiltilag Cup Which luparldbe COthft(:d Il Låk about 1 C& If IS2. In the recent NF tok 1538 Uf Furthe, the DJNF hg Catalyst in the 3 political ider if ' Si:: th8 'säilgi
all those who are pIeSently singing his praises, do soil Iolove for him, but with the sole intention of gaining propaganda Inileage against the SLFP,
This does not suggest that the feuding Within the party Illust just be dd-- it Ilust bē bIught ti al end. In this COIntextit Would be pudent foT MIS. Bandara laike to Lak, 2 a fi III pCYŠtial of Equi- distanç biçL WICI AN LIIa, a Tyd (ChAT) dTika, aIldbring about a reconcilliation.
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Ligging the 500 IThillion Iupee
BāIlk of Cylch Computer tyd:
-- IBM is at it agai II. This tiIII
they have begaWaded the F50 IIhillion IUPCC Cridér t0 J0wjdé th: computer system for the land-se pola IlIlling pICoject fOI the SuIWey Depart Ilent -- the Single biggest CUII putEI till iI] Si Lärkä, Asid thịESS a Ie 0Illy tille direct bEIl'Efit3, bECause the Spiroff Tlaks it : y"Il III: attractive. Once the projectisin plaCe all utility Services such as Water supply and electricity and many other developilent age is such as the të UEJarl Developmerit Authority will haVeto buy SITlalleI SEI-LIlit8 tOluse the data for their planning. With Whichever COIIpally that WOIn the SlIvCy DepäItilCIIt tČIldČI häving 3 cleaI advantage in Irviding these Sub-units, the final Walue of the Computer System at Stake Car reach five billion Ilupees (8100 Imillion). The Gower IIIlent's decisirl to award the [[:midt:f tø IBM, QW##- fụling th{: recommendation of the Technical EVäluatil (3IIIIiitte8 Whiclt(Kk WO full years to Carry Out their exhallStive evaluatioII. has raised a chills of protest from other computer CO Ipanies, and posed questions as to Who Was paid of Su Illich iIll the Government to blatantly wilate the tender specifications. For the first, The UNP government's "Mister Clean' PIiIE Mi IllistEI Ra Ilil Wickramasinghe's reputation is now under a cloud with questions being Iaised as to Why he did not protest When the Catile gave the project to IBM despite it being not ILCIely the second best offer but also having Witolated the PIim MinistaIt's I Luch
The Tildfil Was fI a II AsiaIT TE funded project
GeogIaphic II for TTl läTyd is)refNation Sy
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database Iabling f
Itrija:Wå () iåtä, Th tb aChie'We if[1pO[C"Wi in the country by fingeI-tip all t.
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government ager planning. The dat: had info Ination
topogIaphy, Soil Cor land use and po suitability as Well
talked about national Standard for OWIleship of the li COInputBI tech I hology, Thlg wall of thil - Counte,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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called in July 1991 welop L1ënt Bark imple IElert a ation SystEIT ICd stêmt (GSIIF). :ystem is for the of ImapAS COWE Iing he syste.It is als) in the in IIIlatioIl a computerised ast processing and hể: ultimatę galis Bd laThd utilisation having at One's big infoIIla tiOIl,
int's decision. :nderto IBM, recommendaTechnical Imittee which 'ears to carry xhaustive Las raiseda est from other Ompanies,
ICies näided föI bäSę Wild häWę about g0g|Iaphy, nposition, existing tërtial land use as details of the and. & EdEI Wäs 15
Lillifi U8 dolla:& (750 million Lupees) äld the firs:Ll läs: Wäs I, B'É Six Tilliol dCLE IS.
13 jc§ WIG }{WHL Wolff 18 tender Cl3ęi iT NOWember 1991.
The bids Were evaluated by a GO-War IIlent-appointed Technical Ewälušalium CCIIII littee (TEC) which illudČ ŠČIlČI XtjVES COf thF Survey Department, the end-liser of the Systei T1, Tble in Importance of th13 tệrdẹf [:ặm (1ệ j11[igệtỉ by the COImposition of this COIL Initte: -- the SL1 TWeyor General the additional SuI WeyOI G8 IleIal, the DigiCtOI. La Ilti [J5{: PlặIIIling PT Q}{:(:t, twQ tQp Clip Lute Specialists fill the University SysteIII, DI. Kewi SCI1g wi Tat Tal I1 DI, Abhaya IdulfuWa.
AstČI tåkinlig å fullyêår 1) valuate LLLLLL LLLLLLLLS LLLe SLLLLLLaLLLL LLLLLLLLLL short-listed five COIIlpa IniE8 in Cictober 1992, to perform the all-importa Ilt EBI ch IIlark test -- basically to pIOWE that the SystBIII thät B:1Ch. Cf thệ companies have offered is capable of doing the job.
Experts from parent Companies SpHETnt a Week pIESerting their Syste II to the TechПical Evaluatio I COIIIlitiske. It includåd 5ottirig Up å model of the system offered and perfor Illing the functioFS expected of a GISLISSysteII ingludig IIlapping, digitising, and building datalàSè8.
TE TĚCl3CCIII littČč tỘk fill months to evaluate the bench Iark aTid shOIt-listed twC CDIIIpanie5 ås having passed the test - IBM and CITTıputErla Tyd. Bottı ÇOIT pärijës were
the prime bidders and had to join-up
With other hardware and software: Collparliest pIOWide the full Iange of Specialised products required for the GIS/LIŠ System.
Aftë evaluating the bids frQIII thë
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tWO COmpa Illes, the Technical EwaluEtið (COITII Ilittee IECCIIIIIIded L) the Thier Bäťd thil å E! thil Computerland bid was the lowest evaluated Iesponsive bid". Erlayne's language that. In eans that CoIIputerland was the cheaper and better of the ty,
TO e veryone's St IIprisë, the TeIldeI Board Over-turned the Technical Committee IECCOmendation and awarded the tellide to IBM on the basis that IBM is financially StroTiger tha I (COImpluterland. By ding this the Telde Board Wijlaëd ClauSE 33.5. Of Section D3, a Cf their OWI) tede document, The Section says "The pLlrchaser will award the Comtract to the Successful bidder WhCSB bid has beEII deter Islished to be the lOWest evaluated IEsposive bid".
The Tender Board also coveriently failed to take into a CCount the reservations expossed by the "l'EchniCal EyäillätiCJI (COIINII LittE ČIl the fila.Ilicial position Cos IBM's key partner in the bid -- GelasyS. In fact, it Would appear inci Tibert On the Technical Evaluation Committee to express their dissa isfaction at the utte disIEgadi Which thley ha WE beef held by the non-specialists who Comprise the TeIdaI Board. At any Iate, What is IEquired is aII official state lent that sets out the position of the Wallation CDIIIImittee in CodeI that the public: CaII ble COIIË Wä IE do the facts of the case. Not Illy is this e IldėI tUÓ Yål å ble t} g() LITChallerged, it i& äl:SC thé FECOld of two such irregularities of the two largest lenders called SO far.
Til TechIiCl (OIII liitte la Specifically expressed Serious Igor Wat iOS about the 8 (oftWI supplier, Ganasys, on the basis that it was a Small Company which was already in financial trouble. The Software is Crucial in this type of ÇOITıpĻIEI SystEIl bECäUISE the IltiIE project is dependent om the efficent functioIlality of the Software package. GEIlasys, an Australian based Corinpany, has only 2 percent market share for GIS software Systeins Worldwide-and has no experience handling a project of this IIhagnitude. CoIIpare this With Intergraph, another
eldCICI, Whilā the global Imarkets. specialised field, til T))WEI ff.) 1992 Irillion US dollars (4. 182SS that'll the the Wi itself! Netprofit for 300 OO) USDlāS
If Gehässy’s Colläpi: of ICaSOIIS (it. pIOb3
It would incumber Technical E Committee their dissai the utter di which they held by t specialists wl the Tende
IBM had not Supp. IBM-supplied comp Endup beingaTOth Title decisi Il is ewe CCl3Sideri Ing that the Eär Tärked t0 per* EOWEVEI, With at stake, money W aIOLIdliberally to ". IBM - past Tästi appear to ha WE WK) game" to perfectiol finally decided on th IBM ha virg the si position, the IE Was time-Const Tling tenders or Lc app EwallatioIl COITII mi' allost missidttle) Wijatunga Carliad ( shuffle. Despite the tellideI Washired Minister of LaInd:
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iIIS IllEarly 60% of hare in this highly
Gelasys' total Wå å af B, 5 29 Inilli-Il rupees), allë (xf the të dër he same year Wa3 15 Illilli Il rupe28). BedfoIarly ILLIlbe bly Would hawe if
appear it on the valuation to express sfaction at sregard in have been he non
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arted it) the entire uter system would e White elephant. F ITOI8 SupIisiTg 2 systics Ilhas b:CT) att for dile:àĊiles. 50 millitur Tupig; as being throWT). fix" the tender and Ers ät, this går hE: IkEd LlEttLE "EIld ... If the tender is le flinsy 8XCL158Of IC1gest final Cial III.) IleEd L0 Cill foT a Third expensiwc oint a Technical ttee. In fact, IBM Iš: whilČPričŮt 3Llt his Cabinet re2 ControWesy, the y approwed by the 3, III igation and
Mahavali De WelopIIeIt, Garmii Ath Luke)Tälla a few days bogfore his ministry was boken up and the multiTillioIl TUPCC projC-It CäIIE LIIdBI thE 18W MinistEICf LaIlds, Paul Peresa. A. Stage happening, Considering the fact thåll Cablet illilis LČŠ å generally Only too Willing to pass the buckwhell a DIntIOWEISyarises. The 1BW IIlifliste 18 I1OW StuCk with a questionable decision taken by the his predeceSSOI.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Teilder Board IECOIT, Ilendationil September this year obviously without army discussion. "The Prime MinistEI Rail Wick IäIIta3ilghe who is 3ls0 Lille Minis LÉI If II LillStrieš SČils:&älld Technology and perhaps the CElly Îlgmllệ: {}f thë (Califặt Cap:3!}lệ QÍ UIllEIsländing a CCImplex C0III.j]Lutër deal kept quiet despite being fully hIlli:[ed DFI thit: tIlitlić facket by CIlc of his IL 5ted fields. Wasile(silise he did not Want to spoil his presidential a IIbiti.OIS COE is the IE a Imlich IINOIe interesling Story tlehind his silence? The Chic befoe the Government IOW is (ith CI to give th: award to the best Offe Or to CaCel tho tooder. ThOSE Who aIE. Calling fOI CaIICE.latin pilt ut that til Ilology hlas
| improved wästly in thẹpā8!28 TT10]]th::.
"l'he pICject ÇOriginally called lor twodirTIBII5iOTlal Visuals and Islanlal digitising. Witt the flewest technology available the Survey Departillert Carl Call for three-dimensional Wisuals as Well as use Satellite spot image Tlapping Syster IIS. This is estimated () sävựe arouId 8 Til illil delläIS āId do the job IIIuch faster a5 Well. III additical. the fact thättWC) yČåTS ha,5 passed since the Original bids were II lärd II läkE: ttle Illed for Ieshi bids - - åt läst "bost id flă offI5" -- al requiIeIlelt agCQIdiIlg L0 ADB StaIlda Iris. The feitl CitiOT) C :XS ts ås Well as the rapid technological advancements in this field may resilt in substantial eductions in Cost for the Gower III ent if this procedure is follo Wei, Yet While IE the II COri8ideIatiCIls thal qlality and COst appear to have ruled the day, making ric effort even to pIOwide a facade of respectability, One Cannot be hopeful of the genesis of a miraclell
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seni-autonomous Centres at the - th university. How W in any are there? エ - CGL.: The IE is the | " h CEIltIE I the Study .1 of HII at Rights, there is a Legal Aid CentIE, the IE is a Centre for Regional Development Studies alıd there is a CeInitIce foI Policy Re:Staith and Plä Illing. ThiêIE: ar{} f(llE.
CIP HILD WIW, WWEATE: Еiley set шp? WWhat WÉS Ehe basis, and where do you get the funding for these Lits?
GL.: They were set up as the Oltreact part of the LiivcIsity, Where. We felt Elhat im additio)) to the teachilg Cofu IndEIgrad åtĖS, which of Course is the primary function of the
Tiversity, the IE WEITE thČI thir tillåt titlĖ Ti'WEISity needed to do foI the Sri LääkäT) (: JITTINN Inity at the pIESEIt tille. So this was what Was thought to be a perceived need. The Centras are for the III)st pårt funded by foreign SOLICes,
CP: Lets take the Legal Centre Where the recent sellinar or displaced peoples Was held. One of the resolutions passed Was for N
ediation in the ethnic Crisis, lots of WOL are LLLLLCCCLLL LLL CC CLGCCCCC LLLLmLLL LL LLLLLLaCaLLC CLLLLLL passed. What is the probleII? First thing, do yoz. CCC C LCLCLCCL CTLC LLLLL GLLLLLLL CCCLL LLLLCCC deating whether UN interWertion or II ediation was necesssary or not?
L: Absolutely lit. Anybody is free to CxpICSS a wig W. Da5S à IBSClutil älä uIlivé Sly IlÉéliflL. Bull will tell you what Was Wrong, What happened...I was told that there was going to be a Seminar Oil the rights of globally displaced pesos aid there Was AllSolutely Il probleII åbut it. Blt dring the COISę Cof the semilar there was a resolution that Was II.OWEd On the SIi La Ilka II EthliC CI isis Ild this questiJIl ÍJN IIIediatioI. SEWTad peopl: "Who WTC: JIÉSÉrt åt till WOrkshop told héII hät ley did flt wäfit t ASSOCiate thêII)SČlyes With that fểsolutio), SOITINĘ POEpole WETE iIl disagreer Ient with the principle. Others had ILO pIøhl:IT1 with thệ pfff1[:ịplệ bụt thūught that that Wä8 Tot the Way to Set about it, But at läst six pÉKŮplě: WhC) were at the Workshop said "We were these, We did IOt
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this was a good idea
liversity it."
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aWäilällE, TELĖ sequence of EWIS is really II (St. III lärkätilě bXSČAll182 the doCullet that wĦS SHIıt tC, te press Wls SigId by Mr. | Clare:ICE Jiäs of ĻELE Lä, W HITyd DevelopTINEIlt
status whatsoewe with Icgaid to the holding of that SEImina and this is how it was done. There Were thIE8 sheets that WIC Seri to the press. The first sheet COIlails the Iesolution (Im globally displaCEd pPISOIls, that is incGuous, There is no displite Or COItIOWeISY about the first sleet. The Second sheet was the sheet that was signed by Clarence Dias or behalf of the participants of the workshop -- But now it Could IIot hawlia been sigrifiad cyn behalf of the particip3Tits Of the Workshop because Tilarly of the paliticipants disagreed åt What Clarer. Ce lias had Sigled. N) W Willåt iS Worst of all is this, the third sheet Contained the list of the participants of the workshop, Amy reasonable [HT8ũT1 WC11ld #88|1II1E that thị: P}[:Q[]l[: WÎ1038 fläTÎlE5 appear on sheet three supported the resolution and were parties to it. Then the Ie is another case. There are people like LUNDP, UNU, UNICEF, OXFAM all their names appear on the third sheet. They say that they had nothing to do with it. Mr. Robert England told me that a large nuIIbe of people whose names appear CIl sheet three were not even in the Workshop at all. They Weie people who were invited but who did not trillp. NOW that in II y IIlind is WeIy WIOIlg, NW that is all attellipt to CIcate an impression that all these people Slipopo Orlead the re5olution and that is Illot the Case, MOW that is the Illy probleIII have With it.
CP: Has that led to you in posing more Control overal the units?
GL: Titlåt iš lot true, NQW take the Huma Il Rights Centre as an example. I don't know if you are awarc of the agreement that was signed with USAID, USAID is the largeist dollo. It is8 repeatedly mentioned in that
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agreement that the Centre is attached to the faculty of la W. The W9 y first provision on the agrcCICInt Says the CeltI8 fI the Study Jf HuIIan Rights atlacheki Lig thg Fa Culty of Law. Tłem ElsewtıEIE in the agTeement there is reference to the CeIntire as being located within the Faculty of Law, Then the sheet signed by Richard Brown on behalf of the USAID specifically uses the phase attached to the Faculty of Law, The DirectOI of the Contic Writing to MI. Richard Casey through the WIČĖ (håT):Feller's offic, ägail IfBIS to the Critě 85 being atttached to the Faculty of Law, So the is no change flow,
CP: Fire but how does if function Iow? Wasn't it run by an independent council of the L7 niversity and non universify people?
GL.: The structure is this...there are two bodies. There is th: CCK Idinating committed Which is responsible for the Wick to Week business. ThCIn there is another body which is called the advisory body which meets twice a year that is (haired by the Wice Chacillo, 'Certain problems arose and my esselial task w33 t schi8WE 3l baläIlčo ttlers between the out cach programs of tha LIliversity and the regular teaching and CXLITiliTg CCITpLEL:
Now Lh Work of the Cente (lwd a (88 del of Elw3 gole tavellei 1he: fCLI tiITEs a year. II. iTnvolves Contact with İmpXIII tårt. IE:UJ'l llibaSS:AdCHIS, , , il gwl:S CE18 a Sen38 0ft Importance.it is intuinsically a high pIOfile, pleasant, stillating, so t of activity. Pe:lle JeTg LLImaI), th:I2 is a
länge I that CTLF: Night do this at the experl3e (if one's regilar indergradiate tCaching, examining which is a humdr. Ell rutine activity. S2:lily, thiIe Wêre
I(bl:IIS like this. Payinglls that are made Say that you will hawe a cent C. e Imploying geople playitig large Salarie; 20,000-15.000 rupFFS. TELEF1 tilhere aIe pople appy Inted to alwis; those pepole and the p-cople who are appointed to äldWISC thO5E pExopale åre solletines palid 500 Iupeas for ät Leriding) a IIIeeting. NOW IT) a university (:CrıExt; this Can giwe riSF EC) :Eertail problems. No I'W stor exampl, a decision had bF2FEn Infade to appoint :CI taim, pCople, Lo pay then 500 Iupees. The letters haci got to out to those people and it was put to the Co-Ordinating committig. Thc Co-ordinatiring COII.Imittea refused to agreee Lil it. tlil the decision had already been made. Lhal is not the only instance, It is a fait accx Tapli with which the CO ordinating Corlfrill Ce was presented. It was not Working. Then there is also the situation where the Celtic directly concluded agreements with foreign governInents. So for all those reasons generally my ConcerIl is this. I felt la lhe centres works foi a useful pulp088 and end of il Was tO e Insulf: lhe COIntinuity (of these Centres, 1 IBalised that if tension is developed to a
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Certain point, then it is the certies that would perish HOt thé fas:1lties QI thl8 uIlivET5ities- But is tät WéC ty happen in Iny wiew that would be a pity because intrinsically valuable Work is being done. So what I WBS I'Wing ts) da Wäs äChiEWE a Certa Il equilibri between the outreach pIQgга Пs aПti the IEgular functioning of the university. This could not be done Without a role being given to the faculties and therefore the Council decided in the light of all these problems that the CEIntres should CCITIE: Tider the i IIIediate SuperVisiÖs Of their sätultjes- I hoIestly fail to s8e how the Centre loses its independence (I autoIOIIy by comingllider a faculty,
CP: Isn't there the proble that when people set this Lup there Were very few people to help. Once it got going and once as you said it became
high profile then everyone else wanted to join the band wagon.
ertain That's where the te715.fo), Sfairfed.
LÓfs of People Will Sif and lét IISTOSE 50IIleone else do it, but they don't d my like if When they become high tial task profile...then everyone wants to join
the band Wagon, they want to achieve a know why We cant get involved. ice there Isn't that part of the probleII in
rinn ing thcg Centres? en the out G.I.: That Cluld be pait of the programs problem, but when you go Out it to a f the Completely new area like we did, it is
|| flČIt alwäys Elsy for BWF:n piššibic: t3 rsity and . aTiticipati: il the kinds of protoler Ins; Lihat regular Il could arise. It's public administration
a.)d W{)Lu tläWe a ge[LeIal WißşiQIn of 'what ling and yolu BI'e II"ying 10 dû and yoll hav: H mining general set of rules but not all these
Olents. pribleTT1s Wete foes?fl - But as
3rpoint SSiS S LSLSqSqSMSSSLLLLLSS S
prollins arise the university has to [35x20 Ind L(x) .ly.sg :Lind tO I mak*
Iragorlo CCOIdiIgly. The () Way of ensuring autonority for universities is through the faculties. It is the faculties that ensure autonomy. Now lake the faculty which consists of a group of indepeident people... it is difficult to see how by witue of the fact that the Centre is asked to work under the faculty, the Centre is in any way stultified.
CP: How does it work out...a lot of these academics do outside work, consultalicies, for instance. Is there any restriction to that or any circular that restricts this work outside the university?
GL: The principle that is adopted in our country as wall as in Cotller countrias, pCople ara enCouraged to do coIIsullancies which air good foi Litic.T, because they at: in tot ich With the Elainstream, They are not foisterd in an ivory tower, that is useful. But he restriction is Lhall they should Tot do il at the experise of their Icgular teaching Work. That is how for exall plea
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teacher of the Faculty of Law in not allowed to practice in the Courts. The eason is that if you allow Someone to practise you can't really control it. The Case may be fixed on any day...but the writing of opinions is allowed.
CP: That is one of the problems. Are these regations being applied a CTCSS the Eable or are therв сегtaiп ways where some people are allowed to get away with it?
G.I. Now that is not correct. Of course, the thing is this, you Can't have absolutti ule aross the board. You can't say for instance three hours will be per Initted a Week outside the university and no more. It depends on the Ileeds of the department. But basically the university ad linistration is glided by advice that it has Ieceived froIn the Head of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty. That is how the Luniversity is II u I. The Head of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty Will hawe ts) äriwisŞE that this is the quantu II of Work WE CaIn all'W a Partij Clår tČāCher to do plutside. It is standard practice. The teacher concelled is givEIl pe III iSSiOI to do his Werk outside, subject to the Conditions that are stipulated in the recommendations that WÉ IECEiwe froIII, the departnerts.
CP: One more question about the Centres: Howard Nicholas allegedly came in as a Consultant to the university through Dutch funding. What is your position on his coming
in or an international grant to work .2 ܗ
in the university and in a sense the count breaking off and setting up a private S0 onal Company based on the same thing i admit that was being done in the ----
uzniwersity?
GL: Now you sée ... per Imission has not bëen requested, has not been granted. What I know is this that there is a private colpally that is doing Consultancy research årld that W D Lakshman and Howard Nicholas are directors of that colpally, We hawe not been infor Ined of any link mor are we aware of any Ilexus between the Dutch project and the Iesearch that is SuppSedt be de by this Impany.
CP. Exactly what was the Dutch project, What was the funding for?
GL: Well, the Dutch project is connected to the whole gallut of post-graduate progra IIIles in the Department of Economics. The MA program in Economics is serviced in part by people coming here from the Institute of Social Studies at the Hague. There are people visiting; they give lectures and some of our probationary lecturers are trained at the ISS. There are quite a few people who have got Mastes Degrees froIII tilf ISS,
(P: What was Howard Nicholas's role, why did
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he corne here, what specific duties did he have? GL: I don't think that he had specific duties in the university. As far as I know, he is the representative of the Dutch project in Colombo.
CP. Wasn't it in part to set up an economic data base in the Liversity?
GL: AB part of the Dutch projët?
P: Yes, GL: Yes, there Wa5 sOme foCus om å data base that is to facilitate Iesearch.
ČP. Isn't the alegration that this wat COFI party is using arost the same database that Was set up. IIIider the Dutch programrite? MIhat they are said to do is to analyse financial news and sell that analysis, And Corne if the alegatio is correct, then there are wery serious ethical
questions. What do you do in a Sittäin ke š?
GL: We ha'we inever granted permissior'ı for anything of the kind. There is a point teyrld Which you Can't know What everybody is doing. It happens all the time, People do Iequest Ollr permissioIl and theil We Set in motion the procedure that I told you about earlier.
CP: But isn't it correct that you raised this question at the Council and Wot couldn't push ft through?
GL: N0 this is Illot tille. I WAS rot told What you just said. But I Was told about the for ITlation of this Company and the Only Ilatter that was being discussed Was that is Work is being doIle in those CirCLInstances theIl peIrrli88ion hadt0 bë Sought and granted. That was the issue that Was di SC:ssed,
P. We Weave a full-low CW итаг, алdhare just core out from a najor Luprising in the South, the WP. Everywhere else the academics and the Intellectrals have played a major role in a crisis situation. They hawe expanded the base of
LLLLLLLLS LLLLLLGC LL LL CCLCC LLLLLLLLL GLLLS the Iniversity acade IIICs played the role similar to those in other countries in this situation? If not, Where have they failed and why?
L#L: Nø, I [jøT't think thẹfẹ has been a sufficient performance of that Iole, which is true of the professions, the private sector in the country and so Orl...all that is admitted. Yet, there is now greater involvement -- we can see obvious indications of that, I think. One can With justification see that the universites are responding. Now see the Centre for Policy Research has published a variety of paperson COI stutitional reforms. We are at the Ionent trying to foLI Inulate Some Iepresentations to be made to the Parliamentary Select CoInitee. That is both with Iegard to the reform of the electoral system and the
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basic future of the Constitution, like the Executive Presidency and 50 OI, We hawe gXpIessed, ŠOIme wiews On that subject. Thel the Centre fo Regional DevelopIIeInt Studis is doing Simė Waluable Work. Om labour division and is running programs for govern Illent servants, So there is a response to some extent by the university, Iain not suggesting that it is sufficient. But We hawe Imade a start and We are pIoceeding.
CP: Let's fake the Centre for Policy Research: a the papers that have cone out of it have been on ways to reforIn the presidency. There are two problems. With ft, one is that the university took on the issue of reforming the presidency, once the Government or the President IIlade a statement saying we shoulf refoпп the presidency, not before that. Secondly, why is the de bate being restricted to
refor IIlling the presidency. Why isn't So there 1 the other aspect of it -- abolishing style of the presidency - not debated with That ist
the sarile Hind of CommitIIIent? Why are you restricting the whole debate to what the Government War Its to date?
GL: No, that is not quite COIrect. We have not ruled out the option at the
Il CIIIeIt. Cur positio Il is Illot a Very Ilgid Orle, We are not saying that We are rol against the abolition of the executive
from c polarisa confrontal on and try something you can go
presidency and attack
You may agree cor you may disagree but . . My approach to II hany of these pICblemis O buti has beer) title IECIgnitīOT thảt there afe m0thingh
situations in which you hawe ts) ir Take a start. Now take the Emergency Regulations as an example. In fact, that is a good example; now what We were trying to a CCOImplish on the ground was a laking down of these cIILEIgency regulations, the rescinding of solle, the modification of others and SC on. You see, now when we began this exercise Tade it clear that we were prepared to spend tire on this. But on one condition -- that high officers of the Government like the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defence, the IGP should be associated with it. Otherwise, what happens is this -- I knoW from expelleIce -- When you produce a Ieport at the eld of it you a IE told that you hawe Smirne good ideas but you hawe reglČCted Certain practical aspČcts, theTesore it is not implementable in its entirety oI even substantially. To avoid that proble. In We Wanted these people asSociated with us from the ground floor as it were so that the pracitical implications were fully taken into account. Now then, at the end of it, you Can Say What was achieved was very little. I was asked to Send the tFCIIIII hendatioIIS a fisi SCIIe Cof the T1 were ad :CEpted. And I think you will agtee hättherg was an
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improvellent in the position. Now I was asked are you Satisfied With What is being doIle. So I said that it is a LISềful beginning but thB pIQ}{Cess hås to be Continued, So there is a certain style of working. That is to get away from Constant polarisation and confrontation and SO on and try to achievesonething, otherwise you can go on talking and attacking and so on but in the eIld nothing happens in actual pratice. NoW recently at a Seminar that Was Organised by the OPA, What I said Was this, Now this thing about the abolition of the executive presidency...there is a school of thought that has found in favour of it, and there is a School of thought that is strongly against it. Now this is being debated, and this matter is being taken up by the Parliamentary Select Committee. Iain not saying that one should be excluded but if both issues are being addressed that IIlight take SOmë tille, Now if you argue about that arid dC) nothing else there is a good chance that
sacertain :
Working. one year from now we will be exactly
get away. where we are. So what seems to me, a oorlis || reasonable proposition is, while that Dnstant debate i3 going CII, is to Concentate on tion and identifying certain features of the
executive presidency that evybody
Ofi and so regards as indefensive. Because there is to achieve really no rational argument to justify
Certain things like the executive president holding portofolios. Also, the extent of thlığı ill.Inity that exists here and Ilwhere else in the World. The wast Imajority of McIIlbers of ParliaItent,
otherwise on talking ing and so
the end SQInctities two thirds of then holding appens in SComF EXEL'utive Coffice im SCIIe shlapę Cof
... ... * lll forra which inakes no sense of the Iole of pratice.
parli: IFITlgelt in relatiCarl to the Executi We. Then als:(3 the ability of the executive president (Ile year after the election to LLSLL aLaaL LLLLL LLLLaaTrSLLLLGLLL LLHa LLLLLLaL LLLLLL judgemfrit that was giver Was ICstricted. Here il is not, so those are issues it regard to which there is OI there is Wery liikly to be a COinSensus, so what I a II Suggesting is that you address tha): arca 5 Initially as å first base not as the last thing that you ci, Aid then, there is no doubt that you will is Ilpowe the Structure for the time being. You will facilitate discussion.There will be a whole range of beneficial consequences that Will emanate from that limited action, leaving open options With regäId to III DIE COTtoQWEIšsial issues...
CP: By not giving equal weightage to the abolition of the presidency, aren't you in a sense helping the Government which Wants to talk only about reforn?
GL: No, IOW, that's lot quite Correct, because Ilow takF the Energency Project again: after you hawe made those changes, it's not as though the pressure stops. In så:!, thCI is qľFäller Tessure to scals diowŷr titler thiing3. SI COLCe yO4 ) $3< in II Coti)) a Certail pȚIOÇESS
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there is a kind of Ino Ilenturn that it gathers oil its
W.
CP: Fire. If your take the same principle a5 reforming the presidency you are going to have the saRII2e probiern. In the serse yoLI are giving Credibility to a systern by getting involved in these things and ther lot being able to even hold then accoutinable to accepting it let alone implemeдtiпg it...
GL.: Now even that is not correct... A CEIl te like that, you see, is not intended to Ieflect One point of WieW. The people Who are active in that Centre ... there are as Ilarly opini IS as there are people. That is the situation. An example: Rohan Edrisinha, in your own Counterpoint, has Written an article Saying that presideIly should be abolished. Now, he is Ille of the people who are vey k : active in the Centre. So, it is not the iIltEIltioI tO IEStIiC:t people to saying uk this is the policy of the CentId ald gWETybody Illst express this point of view. That will be self-defeating. Now, Jayadevä lyäIngoda Will have one view, Rohan Edrisinha will" have a different Wi:3W, SED We Can't say this is the view that we are propagating...
CP: Yot. Seeny point is that Rohan writing in Counterpoint is not the same as an article came from the Centre itself. He WIites as an individual, the Centre itself has much more publicity in the III ainstream newspapers. My point is that by restricting this debate in a sense the people have L0 LL L0 LLTL TLLLLLmLLLC CCLLL LLL TCLL LLLLL LCLLLLLL aired which should be a mainstream topic of débaté...
GL; NoW that's not right ... You see this is a difference of perception, what you are saying is that We should not talk of the IefoIII of the presidency itself. CP. Look at it the other way; look at where your Credibility stands. When the Government says that they want to reform the system and you see the Centre bringing out papers and papers on ways of refoптіпg the systeапп.... The Opposition has been deading the abolition of the presidency for over ten years now. TelTime one paper that came out of the Centre SLupporting or rejecting that argument, Don't you see that your Credibility now that you are taking uppositions that the Government has set up is
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tarnished? You are working within a framework which has been set up by the Gower IIIlent. Why isn't there a Opposition point of view being
di SCL:ssed?
GL: We have Ilot excluded the abolition of the PIESİdEIC: , . . but We hawe grle furtheI. CÓIlle of the points that we have stressed is that even if you abolish the presidency, that will not necessarily be very I hearingfull unless you tie that up. With Certain other
things. NOW thee is insufficient attention given to other aspects, For example поt ппапy people seeпn to Iealise that if you don't do SOElething about the
iIldiiWidlal MP. his autonomy and his independence, if you leave a that intact är li yu g äld abolish the presidency, the Syste. Il is Illot going to be very Si diffeIEIt fIRIT, What WE
FF have today, So we
have focused on that but it is not fair to say that all We have said has been in Some Way the Inessage of the Go Wellent. You Will Come across tots of gi Views that thë
GOVelIIIETIt Will ind ulpalatable. So I don't think that that is a fair GliticisII.
CEP: There has been a Certain kind of agregent that there TLS be changes not reforms but Chāng Es, b'If the debate is Where and how āId LCLTTL LLTLCSLLLL LLLL CGCT CCCLCLCC TLCCLLE LLLLLLL kinds of changes do you think will be Enecessary fosfop the rof, to bring it bäck in to a ricore denocratic society?
GL: I don't think, honestly, I don't think that the IëtëIllio II of the pIesidency itself is an instiparable obstacle, provided that Certain Very fundamental changes a Ie måde. This idea that the presidency qua presidency is the root of all evil. I don't think that is Wey SQUInd. I don't think that it is black and White. It all depends OI) how the presidency is structured. The powers of the president, the interlocking relationships bteween the presidency and other fundarnental illstitutions that are involved in the Constituti).I.S.). honestly, I don't See the eXecutive presidency qua Presidency being SOInething that makes any kind of democratic activity absolutely inpossible. That to my Ilind is not the central problem, But lots of features that aCCOInpany the executive presidency which I think are unjustifiable by any standing IIust be changed.
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hë Jalatha Winukthi Pera- UWP
¥ಕ್ಷ್ egat Po. Po
bвсопіпg "ап
important topicin political Circle.E. Eulogies Written by the JWP spokesperson about its COIect Thess and its perfecteSS
SEEm to åpp är iI'll Ile WSpaperS Ilot occasionally but frequently nOW. In an article SeInt to Raya ya one of those writers CIlde I led the policies of all other pitjes änd declaITEd that the JWP was the only party Which had a correct and strong pIOgram ITë f principles. Another who had Contributed an article to Yakthiya about the hastal of 1953 had boastfully said that the Only political party that inherited the great cgacy ofthehartal Was
JWP. The JTWP"8; IIIuS ha Ital Of 1989 Call not be identified with the hatal of 1953, TE} la Ital 1958 WE8 110t BIl 11priSing that took place On the arbitrary Orders of a milli ta Inti political Organisation. It was a genuine uprising of the people against Several IIneaSLIBS taken by the GWEIIL leIL in a Way
that oppressed the peopleесопопically. It
FFYDLugY WEWAFAHYGGF's WMAP HYsgriff Modified foogy of thing? WAP hasar raf
Wås also It Ea Campaign thät used violence as a Weapon. There was no killingo harassing of those who didn't agree to participate in it. However, the JWP's tradition of hartal Was different. They followed a Ieckless policy of Inurdering eInployees who did not agree with its call to strike, The JVP mercilesslykilled eventhose Who Went to work undeI threat to
their lives from the of 1989 Wee Ili uprisings Of the PEC Was staged by the J" POple COImplied Wii to fear that they ther killed if they failed, i Stål Ç8 CQ LC represented by the With that of the
Courte
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legacy of the JWP represented by their haital Could to some extent be identified With the Inurderolls ligåcies of Pol Pot and FallläkäläIl.
The boast that the JWP, unlike all other [}ārties, had a CDIEEUt
andstong declaration 0ĺ poliČies is Ilot second to the earlier One. Although it is tIuse that all political paties in Sri Lanka a We Ieached a state of bankruptcy so far as their policies are Concernad, thg WP Cannot besaid to hawe been in a strong and COIrect position just because it has an utopiä Fälld hetOical declaration of policy, It IThay alm[XSt be Baid that the declaration of policy put out by the JWP claiming that it Was Capable cssolving all the problems of the [[[ITitPỵ WHE thE TT108t balıkILupt and eIImpty one put forward by any political party in Sri Larika. The ideas put for Ward by it WBIe Very beautiful but they Wee Suited only to a Utopia and Thot to the real World in which We live. Among the tapi I ideas COItainedit WeIEthat everybody Would be
Passir sferroroga u rħas parag
bger afferfively rombated given a real job that if there were any IIIly, The hartals persons who could not be given, one
Jt SpontaIleQUIS ple. Each of ther NPby using forcë. th their calls due TSElWES WOLuld be In Ilone of these the legacy JWP be ideIntified 1953 hatal, The
point
they Would be given a dile, The pIoblem of uneInployment cannot be Wished away simply because a group who Ieally wants to give jobs to all Corles to power. For new jobs to be available, there has to be speedy ECOnomic development and that requires Inew capital investments Commensurate with therequirements.
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This simply means that each new job involves a price depending on the number of jobs planned to be created. I - the healW y Or modell iIdul Strial sector, Creation of One employment opportunity costs about Rs. 1 million at present rates, while in the industrialised. -- ad agricultural sectors it may cost Rs. 2 OI 3 hundIIIE-d thOLSärld. Wher unemployment in the island is reckoned at 2 million persons and the Costofanemploymentopportunity is three hundred thousand, the cost of fulleriiployment Wilbeabout Rs. 600 billion. HOW Would the JWP find the greater annount of money required for full employment?
It maybe that the JVP thinks that it can find the funds by depriving the capitalist class of the Wealth concentrated in their hands. Although the capitalists hawe industries and business establish Inents. Worth hundels of Lillions, they have Ilot saved hundreds of millions. They have
beco Ine Capitalists not by i InęIely.
exploiting surplus value but because they follo W a polity Of rein WÉStirlig their profit after using part of it for consumption. Although it is possible to take over their il dustrial ald biIl Estā biĪlts līde. policy of destabilising the capitalist class, they do not have any great wealth saved by them. Opportunities for BImployment Will not increa5e greatly because the ownership of industrial and business establishments changes. Although it is possible to increase the number of those Who Workin then several fold, the salaries that the workers will ECeliwe Will fall belloW. Sustenance level because the amount allocated for salaries Will have to the divided among a large number of persons. Otherwise the prices of the products of those establishments. Will have to be increased so Inuch that the cost of
living will become unbearably high. If
both these options are nosolutions to the problem, they Will have to seek capital from abroad to Create more jobs. However, the socialist, World
which they could have relied on for
such aid is non-existent today. Even if it had existed the JWP could not
جی ----
-
have expected tha
from that World. A that all connection Bank will be sever assistan Ce fIOITA til
party which is loyal
Cannot get such a . for a SII all Country All policies and p
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Although terroristing c extent be ea a reactio Govern terrorism which shou,
purity and
cannot bej followin, vicious poli
reaction a Governi
[*
9
manifesto are like its polities Canbe world of dreams World of Ieality. T Impty bäst ärld
JWP leader's igno talk of deficracy is also absolutely
right to hold an opinion and the rig in support of thar infringing onlaws accepted pпіпcipl But the JWPdid na adhering even tot to say nothing of Bind m0{ỉBIII GDI considered anybo political WieW8 a followed a polic persons. There is in than the talk of
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FOCS
t. пuch of попеy party which says Ls with the World di CaII 10t expect hat to0. EWEn a to the World Balk big sum of Chey
like Sri Lanka.
roses in the JWP
the JVP's IF sto SOFe plained as in to the ment's a , a party is about its perfectness ustified in g such a y even as a gainst the fert's rism.
9
that. That is to say implemented in a
democracy by such a party.
Although the JVP's teorisIIl Carl to some extent be explained as a reaction to the Government's terrorism, a party which shouts about its purity and perfectress Carnot be justified in following such a vicious policy even as a reaction against the Govement'EteIIOIisIII. Itistille that the JWP has shown extraordinary capability in rallying IOLId itself a specific young Social status. However, it must be said that the party has notat all perfor Inedits duty by those young people who had allied IOLIDd it. The JWP:Inlist be held responsible for causing the death of those young persons of Ienarkable Courage devotion and heroism by drivilgthell Ilga patlfvilē and for Lliming the lives of lage number of others. Ef these Courageous
people häid CymlČirlito the hånds Ofi
enlightened and restrained political m9Werleft"Witha CLKIEntwisiIIIather than into the hands of a Violent II Ovesent-like the JWP, " and am intelligent and sober leader rather than a reckless one like Rohana
Wijeweera, they Would not have
ather than in the is
Only displays the rance. The JVP's and human rights eaningless. The
d propagate any
ht to be organised. topinion without and regulations are
es of democracy. it follow a policy of hat basic principle
subtler, complex lcepts. The JWP dy opposed to its sits enemy and
y of killing such
ogreaternonsense human rights and
succumbed to an untinely death, and their future as well as that of the County Would have böör, Hotter afld more sortunat8. --.
All this does not means that there ismo EOOTInfora political Organisation like the JWP which coininits very serious mistakes to correct itself. A persolloIaninstitution, howeverserious
ne manifesto is an o his of its mistakES máy be, has the
capacity to free himselfoitself of those Inistakes and to follow a correct path if he air it gains an understanding of Ieahty and genuinely repents, But the statements of the JVP spokesperson and their flamboyant declarations do
notindicate that any change has taken
place in them. In fact they have not so far been able toad. It that the Violent and murderous policies followed by them have been wrong. What it means is that no deep transformation has
occurred in their political soul and that
they have no honest intention of breaking away from their violent and murderous policies. In the circums
tances, such aparty is only capable of
causing another massive catastrophe.
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conventional wisdom that politics and morality are distinct spheres, with the latter largely a private concern. What is needed in politics, it is supposed, are mot principles, but in,CIeasingly, technocratic competence. This is the "in-thing" inparted by numerous academics and Schools of managarment catering to the New World Order. Butismorality. in politics that easily dismissed? Take Our OWI case. Together with tens of thousands of prolinising youth, We have also lostin recent years a number of leading personalities. The latter in relation to Ordinary people had at some time wielded enormous powers Over life and death. But their deaths a Iesurrounded with II Oreluncertainity
that those nameless fellow
CountryIIlen, quite often their victins, It appears " to hawe i be Corne embarrassing to try to find Out Ilmore. A President feared and flattered by his Colleagues and former overlords is . killed, and it has suddenly become acceptable for the same persons to tarnish his reputation. A former DIG. Police, wanted by the authorities for allegedly spreading slanderous allegations about officially inspired killings, is broughtback and reinstated as the deputy director of a State body. People were astounded by how fast the legal system could move to clear the nanof his encumbrances, leaving his alleg
t has almost become a part of
Rajan
A nation steeper Cofimmorality Čånn is best in the enci her Ordinary peop. justice to the me sons who died inse Crisisandthe relatet is also a crisis of
When morality is needs to be consta point where it. In tluth is devalued, For intelligence i revitalised only til Seeking after th somnolence aboutit of the national Cu with the best formal
at their worst. Of
Ble was kemi taken
rgrg: Teposite inspicior decide wskutkurto det ke Massariling. The The county is is ty Aping for peace and could I do But smile?'
 
 
 
 
 
 

and ministers defending the country's reputation abroad repeat in paIIot-, like fashion hackneyed and discredited SBť pleCe argumentŠ with little C0FlWICtion. A. part of the anxiety i seeking international mediation to end the ethnic crisis is a nagging fear that this country is bereft of intelligence- a totally. Llyn WBAITanited fear, " 鸭 Once being economical with the Hoole truth is admitted into journalistid practice, it ultimately leads to frivolity iin such a culture and irresponsibility. The same ever channel what newspapers which gawe banner mous potential of headline coverage to the alleged le. No can it do presence of the LTTE theoreticians Tory of her abler, wife in Parliament, also published rvice. The present uncritically the Air Force's claim about military paralysis, bombing successes in Jaffna, such 10ality. journalism makes few infellectual disregarded, truth demands. ntly distorted to a ' The late Mr Lalith Athulathmudall atters not. When redeemed his reputation as a manpf so is intelligence. courage and intelligence when he is exercised and came out of the UNP and led the rough diligently opposition to President Premadasa. Le truth. When But this was not how he was seen ruthbecomespart during his days as National Security lture, even those Minister (1984-87). He was Ofte : education appear overwhelmed by an intense ficials,'diplomats subjectivisin when giving out the ... armed forces' version of events. He ote police station seemed On occasions genuinely Matterfmutine, surprised when his explanations were
found by others to be inconsistent or . ரி00rழ0 | Thus, whether for a air in asked why nation or individual, to be seen at Arg Man replied, their best, the ause Inust be right,
moil. I came fare . སྣ་ parasme. Mai
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A formal training may help individuals to agree On a particula II application Of the laws. Ofdynamle:SOI totum out papers and survive in tha academic World. The more important truths, however, entWined with lifeand-death issues that bitterly divide people, seen impervious to formal training. Of questions like Jathka Chintanaya's historicism, its Tamil Counterpart, Whether the Human Rights Centreat Colombo University could lend itself to- discussing UN Inediation in the ethnic Conflict, whether Dr Nalinde Silva's dismissal was in keeping with the character of a university, OI-if huge irrigation projects with massive dams are in the Country's interests, the COTclusion is often based on group interests and group subjectivisin. The controversy about the Human Rights Cente abowa arose after complaints in the press aboutaninternational Conference with which the centre was associated, spurring the university authorities to Wads in posing greateI control. In tha absence of tradition of a hlgh standard of public debate, liberal sentiments cut little ice. This is the backdrop to the high level of violence in the country and the drift in Our
TiVersities.
The appxactlto tшth beeекшіге8 botಷ್ಠಿ humanity and a moral commitment. It seems to be much easier to find this among ordinary people than among the elite.The following story tells 8 something about a basic decency and responsiveness to honesty that lies hidder in Štrångė plāC&S, depoitéar oppressive culture. It also tells us about are qualities acquired by individuals Who hawe been touched adversely by a particular phase of Our history -- resources. We have largely disregarded. A remarkable young Ian joined the Tamilmilitantstruggle after the July 1983 violetice and received training from the Indiafi Army in Uttar Pradesh. He dropped out of the struggle after the internecine violence of 1986. Herstained withhirLastrong principle that he should always speak the truth, which he had acquired fron his father.
Being rather disillusioned he went
to Katafalgama i Theditate. He was Sinhal8E8 hOI questioned him. H believing hin the Could disTatl dismantle one a these Wäs ä elec if not repaired CO. accident. Whent later they told hi unemployed in
bесаппеhonegua being picked upa Was the take to as a II latter of Inspector who we Whethe to detain
WassIniling. The
The country sint hoping for peace Whatcould I dobi
you," said the offic
The les trouble OL . The following y wепtto5ееafiівпt
Cor
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1990 hoping to
approached by tWO,
neguards who etold them all. Not asked him if they 2 their gun. He Ild told thern that ; in the gun, which
ld cause a serious
Ist was established, m that they were their village and rds in order to avoid SJVP suspects. He the police station utine. The police is trying to decide him asked why he OUIgnan replied, LIHOil. ICamehera Thd WOharass ITB. tge"Off With xar, "you will cavka8 tside than inside". ear the Olug Thail linPottuvil. Finding
terpoint
We
it stage for a Tamil to be going to Pottuvil, an ally officer at the check point between Siyambalandu Waard Pottwil estioned hi gid ket hir pass after advising him to report to the Ally in Pottuvil for his safety.
The CofiiCeathaith WÖLld die
them to expect hit. Just before entering Pottwil he was stopped at the police station. A man questioned hin and aqskedi hiIIm to see tħe C before entering the town. Sincs the OC. Was out at that time, he was asked to wait Infront of the building. He Was told that because many policemen were killed in the region on 11th June 1990, the men may be hostile, He was Wailed not to go behind if called. Later two policemen took hir aside and besat hirm, and promptly left him when the whistle Was blown for parade. The OC who
- came later spoke to him and since it
WAS late, asked hir t0 Sipërid the night and go in the IIDI Ining.
While having dinner in the less, the two policenen Who beat him up came and spoke to him saying that thay did not quite meam it, but had hard feelings about the previous year's il:ident. They filially told hil, "If you one day join the LTTE and encounter us at sole point, do not hold What
' happened earlier in the day against
ട്ട്", *
The young man added, "This is an erwirÖlfsléflt in WhichläW8äTid Illl85 have no meaning. I know from my OWI background that Ten Who join the forces come with enormous personal problems. I try to be mindful of that and attempt to ascertain their feelings and motivations. If they quastion mẽ, I do notlEt thamhaveft all their OWI Way, I too pose Counterquestions about therselves. I could playyanes and tyto be Snat, but I eschew that. It is also a waste. By being open and truthful Withhell, it does the In some good. It also enhances y understanding, Emaking ny trouble Worthwhils".
This young är upholds the truth in its highest sense. It is far from the muffled voice of prejudice and personal insecurity emerging from behind a Dask of academic honours from the
world's renowned seats of learning.
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here are many who continue to believe, despite all the evidence to the COIntrary, that the attempted inpeachinent of the President Ramasinghe Premadašå between the months of August and October 1991 was a struggle of principle in defence of political freedom and COIstitutional reform. There are others who, while conceding that the architects of their peachIhant-particularly its principle PIOtagonist and subsequent 'marty', Lalith Athulathmuldali-were mot by any meanslowers of liberalderinocracy OI COf COmistitutional Feform, beliewe that the hEW politiĊål athÖSphe Of challengetoauthority initiated by the attBIIptEdirnpBaChrllêIst haShalpBd strengthen the liberal democratic pIOCESS of SriLanka. Iarne Imphatically il disågIESIE EIt With both theSe WEWE.
Let us first address the issue of Whether the atterpted in peach Ilent Was a struggle of principle. On What principle Was President Pienadasa sought to be impeached? We Were told on the platforms of the UNP diSSidėñtš WhČ - SubSECUEIl tly COWerted the Iselves-Whell, after the Wedict of the Supreme Court in the case on their expulsion from the UNP, they had no option but to do so, into the DUNF, that the attempted impeach Ilient Was a struggle against dictatorship and repression, that it Was a struggle for democracy, for human Irights, for a free média, for the creation of a clinate free from fear, for the abolition of the executive presidency which We Wee told Was an instrument for authori-tarianisin, If the campaign that Was launched in August 1991 Wasindeed a campaign for the achievement of such laudable objectives I could not have found reason to withhold my support for it. But when wolves piously pass Ie3Olitic.II in favour of VegetăriaIIisil it is just as well for sheep to be very Wa ideed.
The principle protagonists of the attempted inpeachment were those who held high office under the Superauthoritanian, супicalапdopрогtuпівtic government of President J.R Jayewardene. Their troops COElsisted
late
A VIEW OF THE ATEN
Chanaka Air
largely of those Whi the 2/3 majority W artificially extende 1977-1988 had en authoritalian a manipulative legislat history. They Were J. R. Jayewa Ideneg thВgОWEITIПЕПt IEa in inti Iidation, the and Iigging all elect a 3 Qf Pla IllinipulatioIl of the Оп alпnost every impeachers took up the record of the go' leader they had so Was fa I WCISE th President they soug office.
The liberal de I Outside the North particularly after th the JWP uprising, W satisfactory, fast.I.O. the J.R Jayewarde rights abuses had state patronage an legislation such a Prevention of Terr( the Ilational Securit Athulaith rudali. Ti during the J.R. year Lake House and it Wee tightly control SO SEIwile a fashio Ilt Bodinagoda, the C House, used to Jaye Wardeme the principal pages i Il-eWspapers beföre 1
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PIEDIPHMENT and the other in a style of Crude ---- partisanship Which surpassed. The Observer of the Premadasa years, under the "direction of the DUNF propagandist DI. Wickrema Weerasooriya. Meanwhile another impeacher Sarath Antimugana, yet to discover his love for free media, was practising histIade as a Censor. Aggressively criticaltabloids had mot as yet appeared. ... "
As for the Constitution, Mr Lalith AthulathIInudali played a faI greate part in its Creation than "poor Mr. Premadasa ever did and as the maratunga Spokesman of the JRGovernmenton E almost every conceivable issue, was, had been part of apart from the ex-President's own, hich during the the loudest voice in support of not ld Parliament of only the executive presidency but lacted the most even such political obscenities such nd the most as the provision that a Member of tion in SriLanaka's y Parliament (or indeed of any elected at the heart of the body) lost his seatif he resigned from overnment when or was validly expelled from the ched new heights: political party on whose ticket he was : use of violence elected. Power was concentrated, oral contests, the both in constitutional terns and in (ment and the the practical conduct of Government. political process. To this must be added the issue that "the exploitation of CIude racistm, in a in their Crusade, short-sighted failure to address the vernment and the ethnic conflict until external pressure faithfully served made this policy no longer responsible. lan that of the There was too the taking of the civics ht to remove from rights of Mrs. Bandaranaike and the others by the use of the Government's locratic progess majority to set aside a verdict of the and East was, Court of Appeal and to deprive the esuppression of Court's jurisdiction on this issue to hile by no means enable her civic rights to be taken. nger that it wasin Extra-parliamentary shenanigans le years. Human such as handing over the SLFP's head developed with office to a dissident wing of the party d the passage of were not unknown. My list of abuses s the draconian by the J.R. Jayewardene government Prism Act during. -- Could go om for so - long that y regime of Lalith Counterpoint may have to publisha, here was a tine special supplement to contain it S. When both the Thisis however, scarcely necessary. he Times Group All that needs to be understood is that led the One run in while all this was taking place, even hat Mr. Ranäpala the Cofiductofariggedreferendumto hairman of Lake extend the life of Parliament for six show President years, the impeachers demonstrated proofs of the not the slightest concern for political of Lake House freedom. The attempted impeachthey were printed ment was inspire, then, not by
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deIILOCLacy but be hypocrisy
It Car), hCIWeWệr, ble argued that Imorality is primarily Consequential, that whatever the Ilotives of those that act, such acts are good if good Iesults there from. On this couilt, it Imust be Conceded that the breaking Cof th13 UNP IT DOI) Clith WäS i Ilde8ed a gOXd thing. I () I10 t, tlyweWer. agIEE With thЕ СОТПОП WiВW tat the ått IIiptĖid i Illp:Eich II het CIEEated a LOI open attitulda, a climate more COInducive to the gIowth of a healthy Oppositil. CÖIn the Cor. Erary, the att IImptEdimpEach TlEIt dem COISEIaled clearly the appalling depths to which politics has sunk today, it &tivěd hЈw rläkeläITbilityI1. dgwid of any Serious Commitment to an eflightened political progra II Inc, pISOI all hostility boIIle of thwarted àmbitiCJI), åld shÊEr gTFEd for power äid possili) Il a I thil principal TIOtiwa tid II13 Cof QI politics tCxday.
This becrewery clear fronew8Ila brief glance at the pIOCESS of the attempted impeachment. It is undemiable that President PreIIladasa Ian a highly Whil Insical ald peISOhalised gCVerilent a Eld political party and that it Was his deteIIIlined political Is0lation of Lailith. AthlathIIllidaliand GaminiDissanayake Which provided Totivatjor II the iTpeaghes.
The WIY choice of methods by the impeachers showed that they had little COI CeII for honesty, honour and behaviour, that, on the contrally, the Efective destIuction of Fregid:Ilt Preliadasa was their objective, A ITOre de CeIlt COLISe of action Would ha We NÉCE33itated ar OpöIl challenge to the President for the leadership of the UNP, or the IeSigllation of rebel UN Pers fIOIIn the party, ard, should a majority (with SLFP MPs too) hawe been available, the passage of a motion of no-Confidence against the gOWêIIIII helt. The Choice of the Imethod of impeachment necessitated the II laintella ICe Of Close SCreCy. The need to Ilaintain secrecy led to the IIlost dishonest games, where the inInpeachCIShad to lie, often sha Inglessly, about whether OI not they had signed or Supported the atterIpted impeachment. It is this which led Messrs Athulath IIlldali and PreIIla
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ChārldТa t} WÜtić PIESidelt PIETlada: älIEädy sig Illed iII peactilent. It Which led to atter atterTipts, allegatic allegatiÕThis of bTił and influencing O poteTitial sigilatorie Though) ut tht impeachEIS COIntir. iris8àChfléflt is à
passage of a WCte This is not so. . confidence only iiI Critiltiš, Arl impeachmentinwol COTEIllatil.
All the pIOtagon: SLFP BId the Subsequently bec approached the ir the highest degI2E both sides taking action against thCSE of Parliament Who
' to take up the po!
the In, A. degree () Iecognition of prin and I espect fOI CCElsigned the
LlbGIålderICCIät Survive baseds Inde OIl an obsessive ITICINItality, A. IĊ-CISCO, COINSequelC8 of Iais political defeat. Wł alıdlıd acknowled
Counte,
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| ConfideIlce iII sa, when they had the Ition of was such Secrecy pots ad COL"terJIS and COIteJery, iTnti Illidation f sigratories amri
S. Liss process the lued to at as if JOCeSSakill to the
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Cof Indo-Confidel Cė. A Illotion of Iloimplies a political TĚLILITělt Of VESa SerijČIll STML(så
ists, the UMP. the di SS id Its Who oIme tha DUNF, peach II ent with 2 of partisanship, even disciplinary
2 of their MeIIbers.
were mat prepārči sition required of f objectivity, the ciples of fair loss honour. Were ՅIIIE:, iCo pK) litti:ș (CaIlIlOt appEISOhal hatred
Winsle-take all
ciety CarlIlot be the sing the Stakes of hateVEI hig laWS, ge that theie Were
point
Wiewpoint |
Imally, Ranansinge Premadasa was a COI stitutionally elected PIesident of Sri LaTikä. HOWeyCI autogiatic h8 IIlay hawe been in the styr «duct of äffairs Withi hispatyheid peIIIiitplitical СTitici:&m ali thrС was aП СТЈапiged parliamentary OppositiCJIl tät was str), ät läst iIl teIII 5 Of III liber8. lt Was WIong to have placed him in a positill where he had to fight for his political, and perhapseven his physical, life. The notives of those who sought tO ESEECy Enill - CATIE IOt frCTI lOVE Cf freedom but from thwarted ambition Whichar('!*ëri passions SOstIJEgtia, it. Was COIntermplated that President PIETIha II dasa WOLld imporiSONĖeri if he hād begel IEITWEIl froIII Offic. This dX; It BOLJIli ti IC like th: Stuff Cf which libelial dei IICCIatic mowerBIts äT E T liitä, TELE āt tillpti impeachment, far from realising the nation's longing for freedom (which is the fIII that any trLle Campaign for politicaäl änd CCinstitutio Ilal reform 8ľOlli tak8)lxi to ČIlčštČpafteľa Ilother OfmEarls of beirig justisiècl by Elds, It bOTEda ClimateCofpolicyless, perXtăliei and CyTicalpoliticSepitomisedin Lalith Athulath.IIIudalis iIsistence on a Ilirli IlaliSİ II) g Iå EIl II): Ilgailast PIema Ildasa and the executive PlėšičiděCY JĖCä LSE, Fäs hlä told III, he Wished to unite all the forces of the Opposition:
Оп the economy we must carry the Literal Party or reside and the Communist Party o the other. On the eth IIic isSLZe weg must carry the EPRLF on one side aid the MEP on the other.
Out of Such CyInicis II, out of the WillifiCaliff of 01: Ilir, but of the politics of rumour-IIlongering and hat Ied it was inevitable that no trị11IIlph Cf fIE:BdCIT, CI j115tiCE CC1lld
W II.
The spirit of the impeachment was Ilot the spirit of honou I and love of freedol but that which was vividly Summarised in the phrase of DESIICInd Fe Inando PC, President of the Liberal DeTIOCraCy, apIOpOS the impéächers' iI8iStEICF Os 3 scret bällt;
Mot only do they want to stab in the back, they want the lights switched off so that they can stat in the dark.
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he wictory of Boris Yeltsin and Benazir Bhutto over political Copp)ClCInts dra WS atterijo.Il to importaInt questi3.Ins about democIacy and gow(In Ilent in situations in which the former Carl be described as in a 'state of becoming' aid the latter in a State of flux,
C) lil Tnediate parallelis imfixourse the cracial role of the army in Crisis - - thIOWing its Considerabic: Weight behind Yeltsin and thereby giving him the power to crush his Iiwals and in the case of Pakista, bocak Ing the
patte II) Čðf politi lissipated Ciwill inter) &&:ill: 3llid Iampant curruptic billsiles: (if gover Ill the AImy to clai.I WETās the SaWiOL
DEMOCRACY AN
politiCall (İ:3 (il) by iISİSting lpgn clictions, thus giving Benazir the [}[[:f}ILHTity for a p[]liti[:H1 CXIIIIEEäck. Il Ditl CăČ& thig II y las atted to facilitate the political process and in Oth C3 SES it Ielaii:Stille Silility What it','Willid if stabil: gwerIII et dCES 1Ct IEE1llt.
A derTIOCIEacy that has to Constantly TEly uDOT) the arIny is a dollGCaCy that is terminally sick, ifa del CCracy at al. Whether as the indispensable &tIOľg är II I li partial arbitIES ir Russia and Pakistan I espectively, the * tilệ:#F1[[:Tätic CLXIIIIIIịLTĩ1BIIt trf thị: aI(Tled forces and their perception Cf god gwerrarnFelt is ä witäl ÇQIIIp('[leIt of the democratiç p[litical pic:SS. HDW818 r. t. #::hOs Eers)):[äCy i thl a III y's Cill it left to it alone is iIISLI fficientat bestånd rdrywright
dbSud ät, WOISt.
In the post Cold War Afghan War situation and is the face of a Ilä LisestdesiTEia Tong Fakistani: f) :i WilliāIl Iulie, the Fakistä hii a III y has probably alculated that its inter Wension should paw: tt E. Wäy so I de Il Crati C gOWeIIlment rather than take Owei the state as it has done so IIlarly tills in the past. This jis a preTit CalClä til that Willi le-COIIe a laudable Ile too if it leads to the desired
COISEque ICES.
Unfortunately tlhollgh, 1 hig
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Dr. Paik Saravan
l-H- natio y default. if it should come, Will be predicated irėlitig rather tİ aIIbition of the EIC
Thi8 d088 T10t il
mot haWF ä Säy in g Ishāk.:Criti II but tC indiä he i C:tällelge CCITAfrott civiliari political le
 
 
 
 
 

CS hlas been Of ia p} f). Ilis, of
OthBT riwal T is. Il COISuming the TentaIhdallowing 1 that it assumes ] [ Oft:Hlutbil Stätiga Il
ultimate analysis, it is their Stewardship. political maturity and definocratic coIII utilient that is on test. lot the g00d ile:Titio15 of the BImy. In this irišliТСg aПti at this junctuI2, the army has fulfilled the El BCfe:;&5ä Iy C3[1diti}I1 f}r 1.h163 IC Witalization Of de III)ocracy in Pakistan. The burden of sufficiency, SEF 38; thČ Il II jag of Civilliar r ; il With good and stable gover IITiel, T]ÖW I ĉe: ts pri [I]aily In thlee shoulders of Ms BhutEO and the politicians. It is ip) !Q! the II to fashiJOT) a new politi:äl
lannuttu | لاحتك ست *[3Xt tiThe EaIouI]d.
Illy ir Lerwer tjbI 110Ie QIl Covillas) 13 il th: İl:E3 titabl2 Ti iT unifOIII). fear that they will FETTLET I 3. lds of Ms Bhutti), di Inensions of the iflg hær and the !adership. In the
TClatiOrlship thät will läIIsform bitte partisanship and fragile coalition, into durable democIatic governance.
Needless to say the laskisenormos and Compounded too by the low poll (48% Tatill Wid:} id reports of the pCpular SuCC83S Of interiT Prime Miri:të Mjeter ()]Teshi. Pakistan's eTith! :ia Sam fO (1] [2:lhit:Coupleri with the fact that the two main parties IECejved WOt8° frØIT) leSS thåIl a third of the cligible WotCIS, attests; L the electorate's hired II, dissatisfacticIl and eWerl. CyIlicism towards the Bhutto Sharif contest. They have both gOWETI18d EIJd IIOttCO Well,
The Qureshi phenomenon is fasciating beca. Se it highlights the dilemma between the hard chG|ÇE8 that a TE: partandparcelof g(X(d g (F’Werth me1]t äid the PEICeived populistii Tperatives of Clocted leadCIShip,
Wität (isFehli blås do Iledd doing aПti Could only ВЕ done, it is Iglišči, :);å&E: hl WäsI't standing for re-election or seeking electOTäl Wictory. COITISequently, hé ha3 fal8CC fxpectatistis årld SEt al StlIdass ägäill8. WhiCh li8 SII(x:ESSUE WlU BIB politiciaПs i arid ,por Wii:JIIl the fatë of dem OCP a C y siepends, Will be judged. Giving technocracy a good name Wasn't exactly what democracy in Pakistan Ileeded, but that is What has happened. The gllestioI) is as to whether an
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elected parliaIIlent and gover III ent Will ratify the gains of technocracy, Will the CILIIeshi IefCII 115 a Iloil it-5 iITIha :L On politicial Culturgo big ä paSSing ph858 OI a fait 3 CICO Elpli?
()LJI E3 &li"& TÉ: f(b[[T1S ifh{:ll :{idßè devaluation, Cutsil Subsidies and higher prices foIWheat, electricity and petol to reduce the budget deficit Of 7.5% Of GNP and Ellild up SOIely depleted foIeign Curiency reserves. His clean-lip Campaign di IECtly afected the election by Cotifying irregularities in the riters list-deleting some 1'FC), Ü{ÜÜ. HaTile:S aid aiddi Ilg 355,350 Πιατα,
Moerver, strict regulations 5 SlEd thal titl:USE WELC) blädd I1bt repaid Wast. Slims of money ExOIIowed from public b3 Tiks aInd ägěICig5 WéIé 8x}St: 3 Id prevent(xd from seeking office. The Silli rol edirl IImpäljdlığını; allounted to $ 2 billicor) årll 15% of the 5,000 listed as bad debtors intend:ditt stånd for parliaTerlt. Amring those who paid Lup in Inediately and Salvaged their Candidacie; WCI: pft:(minę nt debtDIS like Benazir, her husband, the SpeakEI If the ParliaIIIent and Nawaz Shari's bIOther. Abutā dzĒri irug barons: bulwarks of Pakistan's alternative eCOI10Ily-Were als C. Ieinderfd ineligible for electoral office.
Most importantly, Qureshi struck at the hart of the CCI lor IlliC Wested interests-the Wealthy and powerful zamindă o big landholder clă55-by Clamping a long CWEeIIIdL1e tax om ägI:Culturalquilput. The Iadical Iaturę of this is illustrated by the un Willingress ånd imalility (of previous gOWeIIII lets to tap this Source of
revenue. In Pakistan 15% of the
Cultivable land is owned by 0.1% of the populatioIl amongst, whom are SCOres Of politiciäIls including the Bhutto family. The response of a Bhutto gOWEIINIILEIt to this taxa IId of a Shårif -- ld Opp)CSiti Ill, Willieli Elate the contours of political and socioeCOmO miiCtIa In8fx l3 tlO i th13 Estlrt -- ter III at least. A lot irldeed is riding on Mr. Yeltsin's ability to act tough to toughen deII.OCIacy in Russia and
he[Birli lies the pTColi Yltii's actors
Cha Ige that they dellOCray ratheI Yeltsin Infettled tI(xupis, is ä Yeltsil tills: Shi Luld be ad di Saffertill of di gover TIme Ilt and Yeltsin. This is Sl obserwatiTi f bis supporters onto th past and of his he troops instead. Yelt 0 Lt. Cf la Cai [artisë behaving as thoug them in the great R. in de IOcracy.
El}{:ti{JIls to a [1E å refĒľETydlu II. Il a a IE to be held II I qučšlo iš åIE: b) WhetI either CC giựHII what IThãy held. HoWEWEI, if 1 Yeltsinaid the Wes hiII to the hilt. Will foI dismissing the Il Cobd3te Tid EIIIlat of the FutěIII)O), IllE
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Perspective
blEl.
are yapığı to thl2
" are das LTOying than Sawing it. A. I beholde to his
tu txE fäTei. To ded the growing aly citizens With iIdeed with Mr. Lely å legiti Ilate fallius C to Call his
SIets as if the ei to Call OLit the :SiI is also III Thing IS (f <II lätliwy, til till: 833' :
SSiarh experiTest
2W parlia(Te[ıt ald
Tygwr C[Yr 15 tillticorn leCe Iber. Serious iIg räisĊd ås, t) uld be held and result, should be they are Ilt held, t Who hlä WÉ backed i lSe til fatinäle old parliament as
LIrrepeSEIntatiW totalitäriä II) past. by presidential
ரint
deCIee Will COE tille -- hardly an auspicious stat of affairs,
The problem with elections, the RLSSia Il W Ilt II CotWithSt3 Ilii Ig, S St. Whett8I th) (3 Tegio Thai :{}u 1 cils will cooperate and if they don't, Whether they Will be LIITçCIĞII] Illicously dissolwyd (réäi äthe Crisis. Téäts of this: Ilälu IE häWS älIEäiy bụEET) del WerFS i bypresidential Cofficials and the th: Cou Ilcils hawg indiCated their preferEICE, il the faço []s à fit IT) Yolt&irl T8flJ8äl f} a simultaneous presidential
electi Crl as Well.
Il additioIII, quEStirls är ält:C3 beifig fái3éti aballt the if Lipa Itiality of the electoral IOCSS and the Ieadth of choice available to thCl(to atc, Yeltsin has barner! a numbFI CÍ Civilia II aInd lilita ['y political Crganizations ass(xcated with the Stalinist past, in an obvious ICWe to provent thëIl fr[[TI attracting the Support of Critics and victims of Color TiC If II. a 8 hlas happeéri ir Päll. ÕhServes alsO queTy as to Whether the Te Will be Equal EaCCESS to the II 18dia.
Whilst the Pakistani army may be acting in its capacity as impartial arbiter, its Russian Counterp:LIt has taken sides, at least for the ICILeIt. Boris Yeltsin, has also acted to keep til III SWEt Tid SF f, Thl. IlgĊI thillgh is that Without any obvious oppo8itiOIT -- the lČECEII bleI ellečtiCOINS Could pIOduce a talle parliamentarld ą C3Tatralisig Executive pI25ideny and the army Would eIllege as either ã TëStraining and / CIdisp[CgDItiøIlate influence in gCWEIILILelt. In both cases, the dila: lila appCars to bg tha relative idi;33.file:till ğld âli Berliği tipli Üf the people froII those who aspire to be the key players in the deITOCIatic pľOCESS a IId the Llordu diepgrydeTÇE of that p(CESS upon the goodwill of the'arried fIÇES, IŠČICIătizštiÚIl iš neither quick IOI easy. In the long haul that it is, the Enthusias Il of the pe) plë i sl. * S LustaliIlling the TOČ888 thrillgђ trial aПti tribulatioП. is a Basic Iequire Ilent. Likewise their disffetiIII and y Illicis II are fatal.
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S S 酉二 → - ̄
Love in the fast la
- .. ****_ت=== - - ::تمي" He was the king of forfeit their chances of:
|:track in his day and - representing Sri Lanka for when he married the the sake of their honour. sprint queen of his time. Some of them have had . it appeared the fairytale the last laugh-one girls was complete. . . is now representing
Appointment as is another country after - a National Coachini being shunned by her charge of the fast lanes owns . . . . . came naturally as did. The Coach's sins. his just for the young caught up with him and
girls he trained he was dismissed
The only way to the sometime ago. Sadly, he top for all these is now back in favour and
promising athletes was up to his old tricks. ".
through satisfying the A new tactic he adopts Coach's carnal desires... is his role as "talent -
Most of the girls Scout" and although he
resisted at first but does unearth good soon succumbed to his potential they all have a Tmanipulations. -- Xi string attached. He also : ***
A few chose to opt to plays 'godfather' and :اسي" ""
= ___ "ت" ܠ ܐ ܐܠܒ ܝ , ܒ اسم " : ::م... ܕܬܐ. التي ۔
-
m
. New IOOms SWep Well they -5ay, hll I10tif the "rewness" is of a IBCOditio)ęti 50It. - 3: FILEI Sri LalIka (Cricket
Captain and Iecent manager of the Twixt slip Sri I.akan team Duleep Mendis SS was un CCIEmCofiously
du[Tiped by the local Cricket Board afte! OlT LEra II performled badly against India and South Africa.
The change of Manager È8 a positive deci3ior becauSE MET)dis Was flo great motivator either as captain or as manager and in his latte role he allowed a lot of di SCOI tert a II10Ing the
eam. MÜTale Wås at its lOWBSt With SOme TheIIbers of the side not even talking to each
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: "كلية تقنية 5ة تعني "جيمي -
same hotel. Nothing wrong in that - if he
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stays in his own rooml own "free" will, but 222............. Ask the staff at Polhena - what about the Rest Housewhat pressure she puts on happened during the as her team mates whor Schools Athletic Meet åt si do not want to follow --
Mataга.
. . . . . ................:مجمہ" .......... tis asaddayfoour
a . تعيين
-
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contin
down the track on her way to another great wins
e Соа
- "تاكي "كلبي "" تعني "النيوتر
s' and the crowd is.' ... "Ioaring...but Waita e گئی۔
out of gratitude, of her
is her example? Si ----
round the Comer and ----
- ... the best athletes must The sponsored be selected to Sprint Queen is tearing represent Sri Lanka not
... those whog) the coach
fancies. I .
ch
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as the new manager is
just not on Kehelgamuwa belongs
三 The change of
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Manager is a positive decision because Mendis was no great i motivatoreitheras
is latter role he
allowed a lot of - discontent among
: the team.
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piriť
to a totally different Ia and Cannot be expected to be in touch with the
ga Ine of today.
The IIlanager of the Cricket team must be SOI Theole Who commands the respect of the tearn and Illust be able to motivate the side. There is no shortage of potential Managers who will fit this role perfectly. One can Only hope that the Board has a long-term
flanager already pencilled in and had bIOught irl Kehelga (Tuwa only for the two one day tou IrläTherlts.
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Har Har Mahadeva!"
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