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Kethishwaran Loganathan, deputy head of the Government Peace Secretariat was shot dead on Saturday, August 12, by suspected LTTE cadres. The President yesterday in a message on Mr. Loganathan’s killing said he “was essentially a man of peace. He was one who while deeply concerned about the demands and aspirations of the Tamil people, believed in negotiation as the means of solving the ethno-centered crisis in Sri Lanka. I strongly condemn his killing as one more severe blow at the search for a negotiated solution to the prevailing crisis in Sri Lanka, and yet another example of the LTTE’s rejection of the path of peace and negotiation.” The SLMM head Ulf Henricsson in a message condemning Logananthan’s brutal killing said, “After having worked with Katesh Loganathan, and last time met him on Friday 11 August 2006, the message of his death came as a shock, not only for SLMM, but also for all people longing for peace. Taking part in his experiences, his well founded arguments and his professionalism has been a pleasure for all people who got to work with him. There are no words strong enough to condemn this viscous and cold blooded murder of yet another statesman living for peace.” Mr. Loganathan joined SCOPP as its Deputy Secretary General in March this year, resigning from his post as Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and Head of its Conflict & Peace Analysis Unit. He had wide experience in research and analysis as well as communications and journalism. According to SCOPP since the appointment of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) in July this year, Mr. Loganathan had played a pivotal role as the Secretary to the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) providing vital secretariat support to the deliberations of this committee. He had a strong belief that the national question must be resolved through negotiations.
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