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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 9.13 GMT |
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Prabhakaran spurned chances for pardon –
President |
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The LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has
spurned the possibility of pardon by us. In
doing so, by not giving up arms and
surrendering as required, he must now face
the consequences of his acts, said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today –
April 22.
In keeping with the traditions of Buddhism,
the government was ready to pardon those
ready to change their ways to a better path.
It has shown such clemency to Karuna Amman
and Pillaiyan, who had been rehabilitated in
democracy, and were now a minister and chief
minister respectively. Such clemency would
have been possible for Prabhakaran if he had
surrendered, given up arms and abandoned
violence, as called for on several
occasions, and not caused so much suffering
to the people, the President said.
He added that the Security Forces had now
advanced further into LTTE held area,
confining them to just 8 sq. km. More Tami
civilians were coming to the safety of
government held areas. It was clear the LTTE
could not hold out for much longer.
The President was addressing a group of
nearly 3000 persons from the Kalutara
District who have changed allegiance to the
UPFA from the UNP.
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