SRF rejects the resolution of Bar Association against UN report
May 07, Colombo: The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has today unanimously passed a resolution against the report by the Panel of Experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sri Lanka.
The BASL has told the media that preparing the Darusman Report was in breach of the country's Constitution and the United Nations Charter.
The Seitawake Rajasingha Foundation rejects the resolution of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. The war against Tamil Tigers which ended up in May 2009 can not be interpreted and concluded within the legal framework of Sri Lanka's Constitution or/and the United Nations Charter. This war was carried out to success solely within the political and legal framework of Traditional Sri Lankan Monarchs. For your easy understanding in simple words "this war was something like the famous Battle of Mulleriya in 1562 AD against the Portuguese invasion". Thus, the legal approach with regard to this matter must be totally traditional. The Seitawake Rajasingha Foundation closely cooperates with the UNO and the international community in order to achieve this target and finally bring out the justice as a result.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has released the report of the Expert Panel he appointed to advise him on human rights issues in relation to the last face of Sri Lanka's war which ended on May 19, 2009. The report accuses the government of shelling hospitals within three consecutive No Fire Zones and also denying humanitarian assistance to victims of the fighting. The Seitawake Rajasingha Foundation had warned and made the government and public aware of this kind of postwar activity on April 28, 2009.
The Official Media Announcement of the Seitawake Rajasingha Foundation
To whom Prabhakeran should surrender
28 April 2009
No doubt everyone who's suffered due to cruel terrorist acts salutes the SL troops for it's
victory over LTTE. As per the SL Government resources already the war against LTTE
is over and currently the final phase of freeing of so called hostages being conducted.
Although it is not very clear how the trapped civilians in the war-affected areas could be
considered as hostages, both the local and international communities really bother about
the assessments of their numbers. Because as it was well noticed the actual numbers of
the trapped civilians were always far higher than the assessments of the SL Government
and we believe still there is a considerable amount of civilians trapped in the no-fire
zone. Under these circumstances the LTTE has declared an unilateral ceasefire as a
quick first stage response to the request made by the UNO.
As far as the Seitawake Rajasingha Foundation is concerned the proposal made by the
UNO is highly appreciated. In accordance with the UNO's vision, leaving arms the
LTTE must surrender to a third party. The Rajasingha Foundation was the first
organization in Sri Lanka which undoubtedly confirmed that the LTTE could be
militarily defeated, by publishing the book “The Territorial Disintegration of
Czechoslovakia and Tamil Eelam” in the year 2002. The SL army forces are fully
capable of completely destroying the unauthorized armed groups anywhere of the
Island, although unfortunately it has not ever been achieved up to an acceptable level
even outside the war-affected regions.
Irrespective of that this foundation supports the above UN proposal owing to two major
facts which can not be underestimated due to any circumstances. The first issue is a
human and/or policy factor. As far as everyone is well aware of the LTTE leaders of the
Eastern Province willingly agreed to cooperate with the Colombo Government. The
Governments changed but still it works. The current government has proudly accepted
the fact that by using the former LTTE leaders in the government (and even in higher
positions of the ruling political party), it is capable of controlling the Eastern Province
in a much comfortable manner. But with regard to the LTTE leader this issue seems to
be more complicated. Prabhakeran shows nor corporation neither surrender to the
current government. Out of the two available options he can select either to die on the
battle ground or escape and live in a hide-out.
As a country situated in South Asia Sri Lanka has obtained plenty of previous
experience in similar situations throughout the history. Among them the stories of the
King Dutugemunu and the King Parakum the Sixth are well known. On one hand
Dutugemunu has been over praised by ancient Buddhist writers. Meanwhile, on the
other hand, his successor was disqualified for the throne by chief Monks pointing out a
famous love affair of the king's son with a low-cast beauty. This is contradictory. The
king killed the Tamil ruler Elara on battle field in order to establish the Buddhism which
denies the Hindu cast system. One can argue, had the King Dutugemunu been aware of
such an unfortunate future, he would have been thinking twice before killing Elara.
The founder of the Kotte Kingdom launched a long-term warfare against the Tamil ruler
of Jaffna on revenge of one of his ancestors. The historians confirm the escape of the
Tamil King and record nearly one decade reign of Kotte Kings in Jaffna. This is the
second issue that must be taken into higher recognition. Nor the death of Tamil ruler
neither his escape from the Island have assured the long-lasting peace in the country.
There are many examples of the past long-term conflicts which had occurred in
surrounding regions between Buddhists and Hindus. At some occasions it can be clearly
seen the fall of both of these cultures leaving a new arrival successful. Whether we like
it or not the History repeats and the Universe evolves. As the intelligent people of the
21st century, we are not supposed to do the same mistakes again and again. Therefore
this situation must be considered as highly critical and all the necessary steps must be
taken in order to achieve the final target of the both local and international communities,
the long-lasting peace.
Finally the question of to whom Prabhakeran should surrender remains unsolved. When
we take into account the fact that has been strongly impressed by the current sri lankan
president with his recent official visits to Iran and Libya, it is certainly very hard to
guess the countries, he is ready to agree with. Unless the president's choice would not be
North Korea or Venezuela, we would like to propose the former Czechoslovakia
(currently the Czech Republic and Slovakia) to deal with in this regard. After all
Czechoslovakia had been contributing a lot to this warfare by forming a leader through
education and also by providing armed tanks and other military equipments for the SL
troops. Although the LTTE too had been using aircrafts made in Czechoslovakia for the
bombardment, the attitude of the LTTE is yet uncertain towards this issue. Despite of
these facts we strongly recommend that Prabhakeran must surrender in the name of
Rajasingha the first, the last legal King of Sri Lanka, and the Government must exert it's
maximum efforts to achieve this target.
Terrorist Aircraft made in Czechoslovakia
Prabhakeran's daughter
His son and himself
