Times OnLine: New Tamil group People’s Liberation Army vows to start a fresh war
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was founded in eastern Sri Lanka four months ago and has vowed to launch attacks against government and military targets unless its demands for a separate Tamil homeland are met.
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“This war isn’t over yet,” Commander Kones, head of the PLA’s Eastern District military command, told The Times during a night meeting in a safe house in the east of the country last week.
Daily Mirror: Government aware of PLA presence in the East- Minister
Speaking to Daily Mirror, Minister Rambukwella said that he is aware of the existence of the group and that this sort of situation arises anywhere in the world. He added that since the country was in a reconciliation process after the defeat of the LTTE the government would deal with the issue politically.
Details of the emerging terrorists group called "PLA" and the leader "Kones" are sketchy at the moment. However minute the threat is, we shall never take it light. Minister Rambukwella indicates that the government would be dealing with the threat as a political issue rather than a terrorist issue. In late 70s we miserably failed in dealing with Eelam problem politically and caught unguarded for 33 years. Given the fact that we have an elite military machine second to none in dealing with terrorism and an astute political leadership with grass root level support in the East, it is likely that we can solve this problem before it gets worse. However, napping militarily or politically shall not be considered an option in dealing with this kind of threats even during an election.
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First, I would like to thanks our prominent bloggers for starting this timely forum as DW has vacated his post leaving patriots out in the cold.
Regarding PLA and its threat to unity of Sri Lanka: I think this is a ploy by somebody in the SLG either to create fear psychosis to stay in power as the best team to do the needful or by opposition to promote SF as the best man to handle this new threat.
On the other hand only a person/s with death wish will try to start another struggle soon after the decimation of LTTE.
Bugger! Time take that axe out and give it a good polish.
Cheers!
Prof. G. L. Pieris holds forth on SF's candidacy, identifying the consequences of SF's very unlikely election to the Presidency.
I happen to agree with him, although the comments at Transcurrents by separatist and opposition activists are not very complimentary to him.
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Gen. Fonseka as President will result in political chaos and instability
By Prof Gamini Lakshman Peiris
(Excerpted from an interview with Prof. G. L. Peiris, Minister Enterprise Development, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion.)
The public must have an awareness of what it is that General Sarath Fonseka is offering. What kind of society, what kind of future, and what kind of government is he going to give us? We don’t believe for a moment that General Fonseka is going to become president, but let us examine, hypothetically, what the results will be if he is elected.
To start with, General Fonseka proposes to abolish the executive presidency and has given a time frame to achieve this purpose. This simply cannot be done. The constitution can be changed or amended only by having recourse to procedures spelt out in the constitution in itself. Any amendment, to be lawful, must be formulated and pursued within the framework of the constitution. Anything else will be a violation of the basic law of the land.
Any legislative measure to abolish the executive presidency must satisfy two conditions – it must be supported by a two-third majority in parliament and endorsed by the people at a referendum. Consequently, the abolition of the executive presidency will not be within General Fonseka’s legal competence even if he is elected and if he thereafter manifests a genuine desire to do away with the institution. The viability of his effort to do so will depend entirely on factors outside his control.
Therefore it follows that the executive presidency system will survive. General Fonseka, if he is elected, will remain executive president for the next six years unless he resigns from that office. It is important that the public should reflect the consequences of this for our country and in particular for the kind of government that the nation can expect under these circumstances.
Gen. Fonseka as President will result in political chaos and instability
By Prof Gamini Lakshman Peiris
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The executive presidency is no doubt a powerful institution with a variety of powers and functions attributed to it. But the effective exercise of these powers depends on the close link between the president and parliament. The president leads parliament. He cannot govern the country without parliament. He requires the support of parliament to pass legislation embodying the policy of his government and most of all he needs parliament to provide him with the financial recourses necessary to carry on the work of his administration from day to day.
This is accomplished by parliament’s acceptance of the budget and other significant financial measures. The president then, in order to govern effectively, needs to be in control of parliament. This is achieved in our constitution, and indeed in all other constitutions resembling it in fundamental respects, by one critical lever. This is the party system.
The executive president is the leader or very senior member of a political party. That political party either by itself or in combination with other political formations enjoys control of parliament. Within the culture of representative democracy, it is the party system that enables the president to run an effective administration with the support of parliament.
The unique factor in General Fonseka’s case is that he has no political party.
He has therefore, if elected, to control parliament through other political parties. None of these are parties with which he has any organic links. This in itself is necessarily a source of political instability in a very high degree. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that the parties supporting him have repeatedly and emphatically insisted that they are extending their support to him not jointly or collectively but separately. Even during the presidential election campaign, they will campaign for him as separate entities and on a distinct and separate basis.
Issues of governance arise after election to office. General Fonseka professedly intends to form his administration on the basis of agreement on four cardinal issues.
However, the government has to be run for six years. It has to respond to issues on a daily basis. It has to formulate and implement policies in crucial sectors such as the economy, foreign policy, social services and development of infrastructure. How can this be done with even a minimum coherence in the political scenario in which General Fonseka aspires to form and continue his administration?
Take the issue of the national budget which will have to be presented to parliament in the early months of 2010. What would constitute the substance and conceptual underpinnings of that budget?
Gen. Fonseka as President will result in political chaos and instability
By Prof Gamini Lakshman Peiris
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General Fonseka has reportedly stated at a press conference which he gave a few days ago that he would implement to a great extent the policy of the UNP. The economic policy of that party is substantially contained in the Regaining Sri Lanka document and other material.
Even the basic element of that policy as expounded in these documents is diametrically at variance with the core policies articulated over the years by the JVP. The differences do not pertain to matters of mere detail or refinement. They go to the very heart of the fundamentals of economic policy.
It is quite clear that the differences are irreconcilable even at a basic level. The question then is not whether the substantive policies of such an administration are good or bad or beneficial or harmful to the country. The problem is far deeper.
Given this political context, coherent or consistent policies even in respect of core issues cannot be formulated at all. The inevitable result is a bizarre disconnect between the president and parliament. The president will be on an independent orbit and not in any realistic sense linked to parliament. Our constitutional system depends for its strength and vitality on certain assumptions.
These are the indispensable values entrenched in the structure of the constitution. What we would unavoidably see in the situation envisaged above is a disintegration of the cement which binds together vital components of the constitution.
A cabinet of ministers which performs executive functions works on the basis of collective responsibility. It would be virtually impossible for this principle to be applied with any degree of credibility in the situation envisaged. In our constitutional system the executive presidency is nourished by the lifeblood flowing into it from several sources. Chief among these are parliament, cabinet and the party system.
What would happen, however, is a severance of the essential nexus among these institutions so that the veins which bring the lifeblood into the executive presidency will be ruptured. The result will be much more than some element of risk that there would be disorder or instability. There are nuances and degrees of political instability. What we are contemplating goes far beyond this. It is nothing short of the virtual certainty of anarchy.
This is clearly and unforgivable disservice to our nation. We stand today on the threshold of unparalleled opportunities which the country was deprived of for the last 20 years because of terrorism. Now that we have rid ourselves of this scourge, the scope for progress with regard to investment, trade and tourism is almost unlimited.
The prime requisite to benefit from this unique opportunity is political stability. It would therefore seem ironical if we, through our own deliberate exercise of judgment, were to deny ourselves that opportunity by plunging the nation in a state of deep constitutional and political chaos.
COURTESY: SUNDAY ISLAND
Lankatruth said ...
[Thanks for creating the new blog. This would have been done a long time ago.
Who were the DW folks? Any speculations?
I wish you guys replaced the word 'Defence' by something like 'Development' since that word is no longer needed.
May be you wanted to keep the continuity.
I wonder the space here can be rented in the future for commercials and if there is enough money, that can be pumped to small projects in Sri Lanka.
I am interested in Ananda's project and will contact him soon about it.]
Lankatruth, brother,
Yes, we wanted to keep the continuity from DW intact. In addition, our concerns regarding national defence and security are far from over. For examle there was an announcement of a new Tamil "People's Liberation Army" that I will post today.
Your suggestion regarding including Development is a good one. I will add it to the Blog description below the Blog title, and formally open the door to those discussions as well.
We should seriously consider deriving income from advertisement and directing it to either small projects or support of disabled veterans, as you have proposed. Let us discuss how it can be done transparently, so that none of us will be accused of profiting from it personally.
I am glad you responded to my Alternative Energy call; can you identify the real person behind your handle as well? I will send you information on who I am, because where investments are involved we have to deal with real people.
Hey,
This is not fair.
Didn't you guys invite monkeys?
Ananda,
I too responded to your request. But never got a reply. Maybe the email was lost. Please confirm.
All right guys,
At first sight,
This Tamil People Liberation Army (PLA) seems to be a bunch of separatists who were pushed out the Eelam struggle by VP, now wanting to get back in now that he is no more, thinking that it is safe now. They have no notion that the Sinhala Modayas are now much fiercer enemies to confront than VP. Clearly, buttresed by their ignorance, they have acquired an INSATIABLE DEATH WISH to join the Sun God in Virtual Eelam.
This shows why it is necessary to maintain a strong 500,000+ man SLDF for the foreseeable future, especially to maintain a heavy prescence in all jungle areas and the coastline. There must be no SAFE HAVENS ANYWHERE in the country for them, to germinate and grow again.
On the Other Hand,
Driven by our collective paranoia after 30 years of torture by the LTTE, we could ask who could benefit from this, who could be inciting this?
That leads me to the the speculation that this PLA announcement could also be an ELECTION GUNDU by ONE or MORE of several parties. For example:
1. The TNA and Tamil Separatists .. merely to influence devolution and 13+ by threatening a renewed guerilla war,
2. The Opposition including SF to refute the completeness of the War Victory and MR-GOSL claims,
3. India, trying again to bring SL to heel and give more to the Tamils, in spite of being overrun by Maoists in their own country. WE KNOW, from bitter experience, that their failure to address their own problems and mistakes never dissuades them from advising others!
4. The West, humiliated by Sri Lanka ignoring their self-serving advice to let VP and team go, even as they flail about dreaming of inflicting a like defeat on Osama bin Laden and his elusive allies, are trying to get us to devolve more power to the Tamils as their UNIVERSAL SOLUTION in other people's countries though not in their own,
5. The MR-GOSL itself, in order to make the point that the security threats to the nation have not ended, and only they know how to protect the country. They can make a GOOD CASE for that argument, given that ALL PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS ABJECTLY FAILED to do so.
6. Lastly, the die-hard Marxist Tamil International groups, including Sinhala Marxists at the lunatic fringe, trying make themselves relevant in the vacuum created by LTTE's demise! These theoreticians, like the other Tamil separatists who fled the LTTE unable to cope with LTTE violence, have no notion of the fate awaiting them, if they attempt this NONSENSE again in Sri Lanka! They had best remain outside Sri Lanka, and orchestrate their "human rights" agitations that Western Nations are becoming weary of as these countries confront increasing terrorist threats to their own security from similar groups.
These are my two-cents worth of PARANOID DELUSIONS!
You are welcome to add your own to the list!
tata said ...
[Ananda,
I too responded to your request. But never got a reply. Maybe the email was lost. Please confirm.]
tata,
Got it. Thank you. I will respond to you, and others who responded, ASAP.
I have been busy working with others to get the SriLankaDefenceForum Blog up.
Now it is done; and I will return to the other matter! Thanks again! :)
tata said ...
[Hey,
This is not fair.
Didn't you guys invite monkeys?]
Didn't have their emails, to issue direct invitations.
We have advertised the new site at EllanForce.blogspot.com and a few other fora.
Our policy is to welcome any and all Sri Lankans .. monkeys or not!
Hmmm….. commander Kones said this and that…… the name ‘Kones” sounded like a Scandinavian name. The so called commander of PLA may be an ex tiger who was active in Norway during the last phase of war against terror.
Well, SLG should be vigilant about Norwegians or Norway residents who will visit SL in next few years. Tamil Diaspora still has enough money and foreign backing to start something just like PLA. Eric Soleheim also may not keep his silence by bitten bullet but try to prove he is correct after all. There are so many other western MFs who would like to have another go with SL.
Latest Lanka News Web News from TOSSIE and PUSSIE,
According to the LTTE intel who runs Lanka News Web, Ministers’ and MPs’ phones are tapped. To some inexplicable reason TOSSIE personnel are getting this information from SIS.
General has reached another low point by appointing Mangala Samaraweera as a co-media spokesmen. This is the same Mangala Samaraweera said that General Fonseka is not suitable at least for Salvation Army.
MOD has issued orders to deal with Kones. Lets see how this one goes. This may be a good exercise for our SF units to keep their skills sharpened.
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