The Hon Navin Dissanayake, MP
Minister of Plantation Industries
11th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Stage
II
Battaramulla
Navindisa69@gmail.com
Dear Mr Dissanayake,
Tamil
Political Grouping in the UK
First of all, congratulations to the UNP
which as per my insight has earned the opportunity to form Government due to
the divisions within the SLFP which to my mind, became the medium of dividing
influences more strongly than usual, during the
recent Local Government Elections. One needs deep insight to identify with
the opportunity.
To my mind, the above outcomes are
connected through the system of Natural Justice, to the manifestations that
happened recently in London also. To my mind, it is important that the UNP does
not play the SLFP role if it is to successfully lead Sri Lankans into genuine
Democracy.
I now refer to your letter dated 08
February 2018, regarding the
withdrawal of diplomatic status of Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, to the Hon
Joan Ryan, MP and
the Hon Siobhain McDonagh, MP of the UK Parliament - both
members of All-Party Parliamentary
Group for Tamils. I append my letter to the Hon Amber Rudd, MP
Home Secretary and the Hon Boris Johnson,
MP, Secretary of State for
Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs – both
of UK Government - which letter was sent out on 11 February 2018.
I learnt today that you are the son of the Hon Gamini Dissanayake, who taught
us Law at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. I recall with
respect, that teacher. I however doubt that my teacher of law would have
identified with the following claim of yours to the above members of UK
Parliament:
‘Hon. Gamini Dissanayake,
presidential candidate and deputy leader of the United National Party who was
assassinated by the terrorist organization LTTE, the political wing which both
of you surreptitiously support.’
Since you present yourself as an ‘Attorney
at law (Sri Lanka)’ and member of the Inns of Court (Middle Temple), one is entitled to expect you
to appreciate the Doctrine of Separation of Powers between Independent Bodies –
for example the Sri Lankan Government and the British Government. On that basis
as per my interpretation, one group is NOT entitled to express on behalf of the
other.
I
note that the Hon
Ranil Jayawardena MP, House of Commons (UK), is listed as the Chair &
Registered Contact for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka - the country
parallel of the above group for the Tamil community in the UK. To my mind, in
which is included the essence of teachings of your father, any belief-based
expression made in respect of the above ladies ought to have been expressed
through the Hon Ranil Jayawardena MP, in order to uphold the fundamentals of
the Doctrine of Separation of Powers. As a Political representative of the Sri
Lankan Government it is important that you confirm the Belief based connections
available through those who are Common to you and the UK Tamil Group leaders.
As per my belief such Due Processes based on Belief - confirm the Energies of
those who developed those relationships and structural protections.
You state about the LTTE ‘The
said organization has been banned in your country and has been designated as a
terrorist organization by many countries including yours and the United States’.
As
per my knowledge of the Evidence available to the Public - those who demonstrated
outside were LTTE supporters and not members of the LTTE which is proscribed in
the UK. Under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000, UK, the following is classified as a proscription
offence:
‘wear
clothing or carry or display articles in public in such a way or in such
circumstances as arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or
supporter of the proscribed organization’
If the UK Government did have such
‘reasonable suspicion’ it was the DUTY of that Government and therefore the Hon Ranil Jayawardena MP, to initiate proceedings against such
offenders. It would have been your responsibility to do likewise in Sri Lanka –
as per the Sri Lankan Law and your belief as to whether or not you feel beyond
reasonable doubt that a person is acting in breach of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1978,
implemented under your party’s then leader the Hon J R Jayawardene.
As you
may already know, a Tamil asylum seeker – Mr Shantaruban has recently been
issued with the notice of intention to be deported from Australia back to Sri
Lanka. Many of us would have diverse feelings and/or thoughts on this. Since I
do not know the person personally nor have participated in that aspect of the
Tamil problem – I concluded as an Australian – that the reason was Mr Shantaruban’s
lack of courage to declare that he was a member of the LTTE in Sri Lanka.
As
per my experience based discovery, when we have the courage to express our
belief, Natural Forces support us actively. If Mr Shantaruban did believe that he
was a ‘freedom fighter’ but did not have enough belief in the Australian
Authorities to make the appropriate declaration of belief – (the parallel of Vaddukoddai Resolution 1976) – then
Australian Natural Forces would not actively work for him. Belief alone is
enough for our inner purposes. One needs courage to harness Natural Forces to
manifest the consolidated value of that belief – as per our need at that time,
at that place.
If
the London demonstrators did believe that they were expressing their belief, Natural
Forces would support them. Likewise, Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, on behalf of the Sri Lankan
Government if he does believe in the
government. Genuine belief would be clean of returns at lower levels – such as
money and position rewards. The latter is strongly indicated by overseas
postings being awarded to those who were in the Sri Lankan Armed Forces during
the war against the LTTE. This is a factor that the British Government needs to
take into account when making its decision on whether or not to deport Brigadier
Priyanka Fernando.
You
state in your letter:
[On the day in question 4th of February which
marks the national day of independence for
our country a day of joy and celebration to all Sri Lankans, the front
organizations of the LTTE which the both of you support gathered a few hundred
supporters to protest outside our Embassy in the UK. What is most disturbing
and offensive to us Sri Lankans was the carrying of the LTTE flag and the
abusive and vituperative comments made by the protesters. Brigadier Fernando
was within the premises of the SL mission and his acts cannot be questioned as
diplomatically and legally he is “within Sri Lanka” and he enjoys full diplomatic
immunity for acts done within the embassy compound. This tradition is accepted
practice in diplomatic regulations and the tradition is followed in all
countries. ]
The
claim that ‘4th of February marks the national day
of independence for your country a day of
joy and celebration to all Sri Lankans’ effectively confirms that you
celebrate separation from the British. If this were true, then Tamils who
separated themselves from Sri Lanka under Sinhalese rule would mourn, as some
Indigenous Australians do on 26 January. This naturally would bring the British
whose net contributions to Sri Lanka directly or indirectly, are NOT negative
in values – especially the part that is ‘home’ to those Sri Lankans celebrating independence on 04 February, to
group themselves with the Tamils to whom Sri Lanka is no longer home due to
Government Policies and Actions. The common value is the ‘investment lost’
which is invoked by active celebration by a section of Sri Lankans. Tamils as a
community have, through Vaddukoddai Resolution
1976, effectively confirmed that
they do not believe in the Sinhalese Governments that tookover power after
1948. Hence I conclude that your claim above is proven false.
There
is also the question of British
educational titles that you have accredited yourself with. Only those of us who
have paid our respects to the British as our elders – are entitled to carry such
credits anywhere anytime. Those who celebrate the separation disconnect with
this deeper value of the British education system and are limited to their own ‘local’
system.
You
state to these ladies ‘Both of you have been carrying a deeply
hateful, vindictive and offensive campaign against Sri Lanka. At a time when
brutal terrorism has been eradicated and all communities are building bridges
to live as one nation your continued support to front organizations of the LTTE
is self-serving and pathetic. Tell your contacts in these front organizations
to contribute to their own brethren in the north and east without continuing to
fuel the flames of hatred and ethnic division. Sri Lanka needs a real sense of reconciliation
without individuals like you trying your utmost to break the real achievements
that are being done on the ground. In any event we stand with Brig. Fernando
steadfastly and he will continue as our defence attaché in UK’
As indicated
during a recent meeting of Sri Lankans (http://austms.blogspot.com.au/)
, I do not ‘believe’ that the LTTE are Terrorists – any more than I believe
that the Sri Lankan Armed forces nor the JVP are Terrorists. In a court of law
we need to use the Belief of the Judiciary to express through language of the
law and / or our own conscience as direct participants. Good and Just decisions
are ultimately based on the Belief of the Judiciary. We are all part of that
Judiciary when we express on the basis of our investment in the law.
On
that basis, British Public and their representatives are entitled to judge for
their own purposes – the behavior of both sides as per their own investments in
Global standards and not Sri Lankan standards that as per my assessment, fall well
short of Global standards in this issue.
Mr Dissanayake, to my mind, the right to vote is based on our belief. Our
Belief however is not limited to voting time. Each time we manifest our
belief directly as individuals and/or as
groups, a vote has been effectively cast.
The Australian parallel of Vaddukoddai Resolution 1976 by Tamils, is
the Roach case in 2007 in our Australian Courts.
Vaddukoddai
Resolution 1976 was followed by the defeat of the
SLFP in the 1977 Sri Lankan National Elections. Mrs Vicki Roach successfully brought
action against the Commonwealth Government headed then by the Hon John Howard to
lawfully invalidate the Electoral and
Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006 (Cth). This
legislation required the removal of prisoners serving any custodial sentence
from the electoral roll for the term of their imprisonment. The injustice of
this was highlighted by the Indigenous Community which was reported to be about
2.5% of the Population making up more than 25% of the national prison
population. This confirmed that the laws were such as to disadvantage the
indigenous population who did not understand those laws and a majority of whom
did not believe in the official law makers of Australia. The authority to
Administer is earned through the system of Belief. If therefore punishments are
excessive, the punishing group is punished by reverse karma. Given that Indigenous
Australians believed in the Land – when their latent ownership power is
surfaced, the effects are exponential.
In the case of Mr Howard and his government
I had already taken action through my case S51 of 2001 in the High Court of
Australia on the basis of my belief that the Howard’s Administration
effectively breached the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975. To the extent I had actually practiced Commonness and
believed that the Howard Administration had erred, that Belief would have accumulated
against such Government after I had done my best but failed to have a just
outcome in Courts – my powers would have been part of the powers that
influenced the outcomes in Roach case followed by Mr Howard’s defeat in the
2007 Elections.
Hence if the Sri Lankan Government acts to
deny the earned rights of minorities and/or punished them beyond the levels of authority
earned through belief, the Government formed by majority that so punishes would
weaken its own powers to govern. This will be manifested when the minorities
leave it to the system of Natural Justice / Karma – after following Due
Processes that they have knowledge of. In the Roach matter – Mrs Roach’s team
was made up by many mainstream personalities led in Court by Mr Ron Merkel QC, former judge of the Federal Court of Australia. In the case of
Sri Lankan Tamils the support came from global investors in Equal Opportunity
Laws.
If you read the Sri Lankan Constitution at
Belief level – Article 9, followed by Articles 10 and Articles 14 (1)( e)
divide the nation on the basis of religious rights. Article 9 makes Buddhism
foremost a fundamental right. Articles 10 and 14 (1)( e) on the other hand are
based on Equal footing for all religions. Those who follow the latter would
naturally merge with wider world – including Australia where State religion is expressly
prohibited by Section 116 of the Constitution. Tamils & other religious minorities
of Sri Lankan origin, establishing themselves in their new Nations where
religious Equality is a fundamental right
- would form a distinct nation by naturally connecting to Sri Lankan
Tamils & other religious minorities currently living in Sri Lanka empowering
each other on the basis of need. This is a global force that is very difficult to
suppress by a single coutry where government uses religion as a political power.
We Hindus strengthen our mind on this
auspicious day of Maha Shivaraathri – dedicated to the Lord of the Mind – Lord Shiva.
The power of the Hindu community is
strong during this period to defeat those in opposition driven by body consciousness.
If your support for Brigadier Priyanka Fernando is belief based, the process would have stopped within your
boundaries, paving the way for the system of Natural Justice to takeover. If
not, it is highly likely to weaken Sri Lankan Government’s investment in
globalization.
Yours sincerely
Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam
The Right Hon Amber Rudd, MP
Home Secretary
House of Commons - London
The
Right Hon. Boris Johnson, MP
Secretary of State for
Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
House of Commons – London
The Right Honourable Joan Ryan, MP
The
Right HonourableSiobhain McDonagh
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils
Mr Ranil Jayawardena
MP,
Chair
& Registered Contact for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka
House of Commons – London
Letter
to members of the UK Government
The Right Hon Amber Rudd, MP
Home Secretary
House of Commons - London
The Right
Hon. Boris Johnson, MP
Secretary of State for
Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
House of Commons - London
Dear Members of the Government of the
United Kingdom,
Escalation
of the Conflict Between LTTE supporters and Sri Lankan Armed Forces in the
Territory Governed by the British
I write in my role as a leading member of
the Tamil Diaspora.
I refer to the communication dated 09
February 2018, addressed to you, from the following Tamil Diaspora organizations:
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