Denmark Radio 1 's television programme broadcast Sunday evening 12.03.2006, featuring the fund raising activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Denmark, deserves to be commented on. Before getting into the details, it would be useful to have in mind the following relevant facts.

• At the end of the Norwegian facilitated Geneva Talks in February between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the LTTE, the GoSL pledged to disarm the Tamil paramilitary groups of its Armed forces and to expel them from the LTTE controlled areas in Sri Lanka.

The University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) (UTHR(J)) was formed in 1988 at the University of Jaffna, as part of the national organisation University Teachers for Human Rights. The UTHR(J) is not at present functioning in the University of Jaffna in the manner it did in its early life for reasons well understood. European Inteligent Leader for ENDLF and Karuna Group Terrorist (Strong support given by Sri Lankan Government and Indian RAW Inteligent network).

The demand from some civic groups to reconstitute the ‘Constitutional Council’ (CC) would give the impression that it would make a substantial contribution to good governance which this country so desperately needs. There is no doubt that the objectives of the 17th Amendment which creates the CC are most relevant particularly in regard to depoliticizing appointments to key institutions of government.

The breakaway Terrorist faction leader Karuna too (Mathi Kumarathurai and Vathanan Kumarathurai) is engaged in fund raising campaigns in Denmark. A Sri Lankan residing in Denmark has provided details to Media that the Karuna faction Terrorist is raising funds in Denmark, He further disclosed that collected funds are credited to an account of a radio channel but added such a radio channel is not in operation in that country.

A former member of the Sri Lankan state terror machine, Sri Lanka Army (SLA) stabbed an old couple to death in the city of Melbourne in Australia, sources said. Reports said that the old couple, who were in fact the parents in law of the ex-soldier were on a visit to the city to see their daughter and grandchildren. Reports also said that he incident occurred on Thursday night following an argument between the couple and the ex-soldier.

Every time a new Sri Lankan president is elected, it is customary to promise “a new approach� will be undertaken to solve all political and social evils. When Mahinda Rajapakse narrowly won the election in November, he pledged to immediately implement his grand plan—Mahinda Chinthana or Mahinda’s Vision. More than 100 days into Rajapakse’s rule, however, the situation in Sri Lanka has taken a drastic turn for the worse.

The events that are taking place after the Peace Talks were held in Geneva on the 22nd and the 23rd of February are casting a dark shadow on the possibility of the second round of the Talks that is expected to commence on the 21st of April 2006. There are several obstacles that have to be overcome if the Peace Talks are to be a reality.

The disturbing elements are: