LTTE Leader Pirapaharan, in his address on the Heroes’ Day, described how the Tamil people were let down by the successive Sinhala governments during the last 6 years of peace negotiations. He pointed out that the regime of the present President Rajapakse, in pursuit of military offensives acted with greater zeal than the others.

He also pointed out that Rajapakse came to power on a mandate that within three months of his election to office, he would arrive at a consensus with the other political parties to resolve the national conflict.

But no progress has been made although one year has rolled by.

As Pirapaharan has pointed out, while continuing the oppression against the Tamils, President Rajapakse talks about peace and portrays himself as a dove of peace. The talk about an all party conference is a clever masquerade to hoodwink the international community.

On his latest visit to India, President Rajapakse has referred to a political solution within a unitary state, a concept that had been rejected by the Tamils long, long ago. It is quite clear that the south is still influenced by the Sinhala Buddhist hard-line doctrine.

It is unfortunate that the international community is unaware of this reality.

An English translation of the Editorial in Uthayn, a Tamil daily, based in Jaffna

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