dailytimes.com.pk,  Tue Feb 28 21:55:00 EST 2006

    COLOMBO: A Buddhist monk-led political party in Sri Lanka on Tuesday has threatened to withdraw support for the president’s shaky minority government in parliament over ongoing peace efforts with Tamil rebels.The all-Buddhist monk party known as the JHU said President Mahinda Rajapakse should fulfill a pre-election pledge he made to subdue Tamil Tiger rebels.
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The sooner they leave the govt. the better for the country. We Sinhalese are expected to make a sacrifice and give something to the Tamils. The JHU thinks that negotiations are to get more and give less (maybe giving nothing is better). How do you expect to solve this problem with this attitude? You can’t eat the cake and keep the cake as well.

Many of us show opposition to the LTTE. We also claim that the LTTE is destroying Tamils and show indignation. If we are really genuine in our concern, we have to give the Tamil people an alternative. If we, the Sinhalese, are not willing to compromise, the Tamils are better off with the LTTE and the division of the country, inevitable. Myopic rabble rousing slogan shouters far removed from reality are actually the reason for the LTTE to exist. If we had far sighted leaders before us, we would not have been in ths plight today. There seems to be something wrong in our blood – we tend to sell king and country for short term gain – like coming into power. Just when things begin to look positive, we shoot ourselves in the foot. That is our curse.

This time, JHU has a point. The President came to power with a promise to ammend the CFA. We all know that the CFA is very biased. And, LTTE has violated it 96% of the time. So, even if there was a CFA, it has been reduced to a mere document. Now we need a more pragmatic agreement. But the Govt. delegation went with a great spirit to take up this matter. As usual with Sri Lankan politics, their spirit was limited to an initial anslaught of words and it went in the air like a bottle of Champaign. Finally the big talkers signed an MOU confirming the CFA which is in clrear contradition with the promises given. Now, not only the JHU but also the whole public has a point to move away.

My personal view is, we should certainly negotiate. But we should know with whom we are negotiating. We should remember that LTTE is an organization that has no regard for agreements. They proved it from Thimpu talks. Even this time, they violated it 96% of the time and killed people like Kadiragamar. They have no shame for that. Then, it is upto the Government to go with a clear agenda and arrive at decisions, not popular cards they can throw in the elections. It is the duty of the Government not to sucumb to the thugary of the LTTE and sacrifice the rights of the people in the rest of the democratic society. If there is a need, the country has to use a Military solution with the aim of signalling the LTTE that their weapons can not suppress the democratic rights of the people and that genuine talks is the solution. That does not mean that weapons is the ultimate solution at all.

MR is in power for more than 3 months now. He said at the election that he would solve the problem within 3 months (honurable solution).
If JHU is going to widthrow for this reason, I might be happy. There are monks they live, serve and make the Buddism better in SL. But there are people who wanted to go to parliament use JHUs way as a shortcut, has only a short lifetime.

People of SRI LANKA voted for Mahinda Chinthana and accords between MR and JHU and also between MR and JVP.. So he has obligation to abide by those.. and not to bow to ealamists or UNP'rs or petty NGO's!!!

So Mahinda's hands are tied by JHU & JVP. Poor Mahinda. Ranil would not have faced these problems.

sachin wrote:

So Mahinda's hands are tied by JHU & JVP. Poor Mahinda. Ranil would not have faced these problems.

Ranil was the darling of LTTE.. better be abide by democratic parties than facists terrorists!!

Whatever said....CFA is no good at all. Poor Ranil was in a situation (may be under Gunpoint) to sign that even he knows that CFA is oppsite to SL's constitution.....

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Ranil should be Sooooo STUPID enough to sign that with Rebels.....

in this view....JHU is little bit right......by the way Sachin seems to be a Tamil and LTTE supporter......though he says he is a Sinhalese

Hope they withdraw from the government sooner than later!

After all these are a just a bunch of monks who have no idea how to run a country. It is time they go back to basics, i.e. back to the temple, meditate, understand the values of Buddhism and live according to Lord Buddha. That would be the best thing they could do for their motherland.

XTREME wrote:

Whatever said....CFA is no good at all. Poor Ranil was in a situation (may be under Gunpoint) to sign that even he knows that CFA is oppsite to SL's constitution.....

OR

Ranil should be Sooooo STUPID enough to sign that with Rebels.....

in this view....JHU is little bit right......by the way Sachin seems to be a Tamil and LTTE supporter......though he says he is a Sinhalese

Sachin is definetely a pro LTTE terrorist guy,, He is just pretending to be sinhalese.... We are mature enough to see these jugglers...  coming from different faces..

"Ranil was the darling of LTTE."

If so - Mahinds R IS the darling of LTTE now.

Because - what Ranil W started 4 years ago is being implemented by Mahinda R now, without any change.

lankaputhra wrote:

"Ranil was the darling of LTTE."

If so - Mahinds R IS the darling of LTTE now.

Because - what Ranil W started 4 years ago is being implemented by Mahinda R now, without any change.

Mahinda is a democratic and president,, not a facist or terrorist!!! So he can not change everything overnight,,,
National leaders do things in steps,,,

Ranil ruin this country by even betraying the constitution for petty greed for power,,, He will ammend that sin graduallyy,, He has not done any new sins,, Its all Ranils' sins we are facing yet....

Gamunu Watch wrote:

Ranil ruin this country by even betraying the constitution for petty greed for power,,, He will ammend that sin graduallyy,, He has not done any new sins,, Its all Ranils' sins we are facing yet....

If that is the case Mahinda/JVP team betrayed the country by agreeing for CFA in Geneva. So Mahinda/JVP also betrayers.

JHU better leave politics completely.  Sl is the only country where Buddist Monks are in politics.  Lord Buddha left his kingdom to attain Nirvana.  These monks are running around in Benz cars and leading luxurious lives.  JHU is a disgrace for Buddhism.


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