12 March 2021
The more I listen to Mrs Ambikai
Selvarkumar who has undertaken to fast unto death for Eelam, the more I
appreciate my own family challenges resolved through separation due to lack of
Common culture. The question I keep asking myself is ‘If I were current Sri Lankan
government what would I do? Those who are promoting the Separate State of Tamil
Eelam need to ask their own government. Given that Mrs Ambikai Selvarkumar is
following in the footsteps of LTTE one is entitled to confirm that she is referring
to Eelam as a separate state and not part of Sri Lanka. The UN has specifically
included the LTTE as Perpetrators of the suffering of Tamil civilians during the 2009 battle. Hence all those who
are expecting the Sri Lankan government to be answerable through the UN need to
expect all those who claim to be LTTE followers, including through celebration
of Maaweerar / Great Heroes Day also to
be answerable on Equal footing as the Sri Lankan government. If the UN fails to
insist on this – it is blindsiding itself. If LTTE is proscribed in a country,
then it is morally forbidden to vote in such a way that the effect would contradict
the proscription. If they do – they are effectively damaging the UN structure.
On that basis - India, USA, UK, EU Nations, Canada &
Malaysia have the responsibility to vote against the LTTE which would be to
vote in favour of the Sri Lankan Government that is currently representing Sri
Lanka on the anti-terrorism mandate. A vote against Sri Lanka would effectively
be taken as a vote in favour of LTTE supporters.
Now due to Covid - when we go to our
medical clinics we are asked the question whether we have a cough or fever ?
The parallel of UN participants in the Sri Lankan ethnic issue is whether we
are Eelam Tamils or Sri Lankan Tamils? If former then we need to separate them
as being ineligible to represent civilian Tamils. If latter the victim must
come direct to the UN. No one has the proxy.
The simple test is which came first – the
unbearable pain or the opportunity to elevate one’s status with LTTE supporters?
To my mind, if Mrs Selvakumar accepts me as an elder – and respects the work I
have done thus far – she is not mature enough to lead the Tamil community as a
whole. If not we belong to two different irreconcilable cultures – with me
being an heir of Gandhi and Mrs Selvakumar being an heir of LTTE. The two
cannot and should not meet.
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