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Moving to the edge of patience

LTTE is outraged by the attacks, last Sunday, in the Uppuveli area in Trincomalee, on its cadres who were carrying out their political duties. This is clearly revealed in the strong letter written to SLMM by the LTTE political wing leader Mr S. P. Tamilchelvan.

“Attacks on our cadres carrying out their political work have increased in recent times. This occurring in the current confused situation is a serious threat to the ceasefire agreement. Tamil people are confused and fearful”.

“It is not possible for us or for the Tamil people to continue to be patient when our cadres and Tamil people are murdered and harassed in the military controlled areas. It appears to us that the government and its forces are trying to break the ceasefire agreement and force a war on our nation. We say this because, even after we have repeatedly pointed out this situation this was ignored and murderous activities against us have continued.”

Tamilchelvan has pointed these out in his letter. South Sri Lanka should not treat these angry comments following the murders of two cadres and two civilians.

This letter must be regarded as the last warning of the LTTE, frustrated by the lack of progress and pushed into a political vacuum after three and a half years of ceasefire.

LTTE leader in his annual Heroes day speech on November 27th explained that LTTE is standing on the edge of patience. However, the tsunami devastation throughout the island forced him to continue to exercise patience. The ongoing events in the Tamil homeland are testing this patience.

Three and a half years have gone since the three decades of war has been given a respite. Tamil nation has been pushed into the darkness of a political vacuum without, a permanent solution or hope for the future. Tamil national cannot continue to be in this situation without an interim solution or a permanent solution or normalcy.

Not only the efforts for peace but even the efforts for tsunami reconstruction have been all in vein and Tamils are extremely frustrated. It is in this context that infuriating games are being played with the lives of LTTE cadres and Tamil civilians. This too against unarmed cadres in the government controlled areas.

The political atmosphere during these incidents, its, timing and location, reveal the hidden motives behind them. If the government is going to assume that these incidents are random occurrences and thus ignore it there will be serious consequences.

If the government fails to fully understand the issues raised by the LTTE political wing leader in his letter to the SLMM it will create the conditions to bring an end to the three and half year respite from war.

If the government continues with its callus approach and fails to rein in on the security forces and its intelligence wing to stop these dangerous activities-

Or if the government endorses these dangerous activities and turns the other way-

LTTE may reach the edge of patience. To try and control the situation after this limit has been reached will be like shutting the door after the horse has run away.

Eastern University Community protests the murder of LTTE cadres

Members of the Eastern University community protested in front of the university condemning the murder of LTTE cadres in Uppuveli in Trincomalee on Tuesday morning. Large number of students, academics and workers of the university took part in the protest.

The protesters also demanded that the P-TOMS agreement be immediately implemented. Protesters carried placards reading slogans like, “Sri Lanka government, stop the inhumane attacks against the Tamils”, and “Sri Lanka military, do not kill unarmed cadres”.

The Batticaloa-Valaichenai road was blocked due to the large number of protesters and transport through this road came to a stand still.

Trincomalee comes to a standstill condemning the murder of LTTE cadres

Trincomalee protested the murder of two LTTE cadres and two civilians on Sunday in government controlled areas with a total close down.

The bodies of the LTTE cadres were kept in the government-controlled area for the people pay their last respect and then taken to LTTE controlled area. Tamil people’s consortium has called for the total shut down to show people’s outrage.

Government offices, non-governmental organizations, banks, courts, and schools were all closed. Shops belonging to all three communities were kept shut. Sinhala fishermen have brought huge quantities of fish to the common market. But there were no customers to buy them.

Streets were void of people or vehicles. There was tension in the areas where all three communities live close to each other.

Anpuvalipuram, 6th Milepost, Kuunithivu, Periyakulam, and Sambaltivu were in very sombre mood. The LTTE cadres and civilians who were murdered are from this area. The areas where Sinhala community is predominant like Anuradhapura junction, Madco junction, town centre, and the out skirts of town, and Jamalia where the Muslim community is predominant were also shut down.

The areas where the Tamil community is predominant like, Muthur east and south, Kinniya, Thampalakamam, and the coastal Tamil villages were completely closed. Even shops selling essential items, fuel stations, and cinema theatres were closed. Outpatient clinics were not functioning in the hospitals. The protests were peaceful, although there were one or two violent incidents.

Police said that at 10.30 a.m. a grenade was thrown at a jeep going on the Thampalakaman road. Although the grenade fell near the jeep it did not go off. AT 11.35 a.m. a soldier who was on duty at the security post in the Anuradhapuram junction was shot at. Police said that the soldier was injured by this shooting.

In the afternoon in the Alasthoddam area tyres were set alight on the road and transport was blocked. Police were involved in clearing the read.

13 July 2005

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