The year 2009 has dawned, Israel continued its sixth day of bombing vital position of Hamas. The death toll rises above 400 and the wounded above 2000. Do they really count the dead and the wounded ?
In Sri Lanka the “war” against the terrorists seem to be taking effect. Nadesan the terrorts political”leader” says the terrorists are prepared for peace negotiations. Thought his call is really for the International Community, the object is for a short interval before they smuggle arms and ammunition to the next phase of the “war”….we know that from our experience before.
In the wake of the terrorists losing ground other forms of terrorism begin to hit the Sri Lanka scene. The internet not excluded. The Lankaweb, with more un-blinkered writers, contributing for the unity and peace in Sri Lanka, with an end to terrorism , seems to have closed its doors to contributions from its readers, and narrowed its reports to news items copied from websites, and on-line journals. It seems to be the after math of critical posts on the judicial decision of the Chief Justice, that appeared in its website.
Sri Lanka Guardian website reports its new stance for the new year “….Beginning today, Sri Lanka Guardian will publish political features that are positive in content seeking a just solution to the ethnic problem. We will certainly encourage writers to share the pros and cons of any controversy but will not tolerate features that will claim supremacy of one community over another and also contentions being made from dubious sources on racial and religious matters that are offensive….” Some say its journalists had been contacted by the Judicial Department to express its opposition to “ articles critical of the judiciary”. That is saying good bye to freedom of expression.
But anti government, and pro terrorist articles are welcome. The just solution to the ethnic problem, is for the Sinhahala Community to sacrifice for the well being of the other communities.
Tamilweek website is agog with anit-government and anti-SLSecurity Forces propaganda, filling any space left unfilled by the TamilNet terrorist website. In the meantime, LankaeNews and Mawbimab peddle articles of doubtful value. More often their news items are being denied by those concerned. An Interview with Prabhakaran published by Mawbima was shot down by the terrorist spokesman Nadesan as false, asserting that Prabhkaran gave no interview to any one, least of all to Mawbima !
In the mean time Ranil Wickramasinghe follows closely the news items to find out how he could profit to bash the President, or make the government “fall”. He jumped on the judicial decision on petrol prices to call for a vote of no confidence of the government, and accuse the government for contempt of court. He appears to be in search of light in the darkness that surrounds him in his own words. That may take him a long time. The Lankadissent is the UNP’s mouth piece. Its news items are not second to those dished out by Mawbima.
Dew Gunasekara has awakened to the fact that 90% of the public servants do not speak Tamil. It is time he takes some action instead of keep on saying that every now and then.
Anura Dissanayake of JVP is following the footsteps of Ranil, and seeks to call for a manifestation against the high price of petrol. It would be better for Anura Dissanayake to join the UNP, things would be far more easier.
Latest from terrorist “political leader” Nadesan is that the terrorists are ready for peace negotiations. That is certainly to attract attention of the International Community, to say that they are ready for peace talks (without surrendering arms). Janaka BandaraTennakoon’s brother has changed his political camp to join the UNP . He takes good news to Ranil, that UPFA is collecting money from traders and businessmen in Dambulla. Ranil may profit from that for another manifestation against the government.
A word to the Sri Lanka Army- it is certain that victory against the terrorists is not far away. But it is far better to go on slowly and steadily without precipitating to keep victory within a time frame.
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