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Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 10.35 GMT |
Foreign funded weapons killing Tamils
seeking freedom from LTTE
- President |
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“It is with weapons obtained by funds
provided by Tamil people abroad to the LTTE
that the Tamil civilians fleeing for freedom
were attacked. It is with those heavily
armed tanks that the innocent Tamil people
and their children who were escaping terror
were attacked,” said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa addressing the May Day
celebrations by trade unions held at Temple
Trees yesterday.
Therefore, it is necessary to tell the
Tamils abroad who support the LTTE, and the
countries that supported the LTTE, that the
weapons provided by them are being used
against the innocent Tamil people seeking
freedom. Even funds given to assist the
people who suffered from the tsunami in the
north, were used to built palatial homes for
the LTTE and heap suffering on the innocent
people.
Our working people need a single country
that is free. Therefore, the battle that we
waged to free this country of terrorism is a
battle waged for the right to life of the
working people, the President said.
He added that here are many victories to be
gained through the unity of the working
people. Today in the North many lakhs of
people have come to the government
controlled areas having escaped from
terrorism. The whole world has seen how they
came undergoing so much suffering at the
hands of the terrorists.
Yet, the world does not talk about these
people who came to freedom. Today various
countries are calling for ceasefires.
Earlier, they asked for a ceasefire in the
name of the people who were trapped in the
No Fire Zone. Now those people have come to
freedom from the No Fire Zone. But, these
countries do not talk of the people who were
liberated from terror. In fact, the Tamil
people abroad who carry out demonstrations
in front of Sri Lankan embassies, and attack
the High Commissions of India, say nothing
about these lakhs of Tamil people who have
come seeking freedom. The Tamil people must
think carefully of such friends. Today they
do not speak on behalf of you.
Therefore, it is now the time to divert the
assistance given to terrorists to the people
who have escaped the grip of terror.
However, instead of that, what is talked
about are a ceasefire and a political
solution.
It is necessary to keep these people alive
before offering them political solutions.
Today it is the responsibility of our
government and the people of this country to
help these people to be alive. I undertake
responsibility for the people who have
escaped and those who are still held by
force. It is my responsibility to ensure
that they will be freed with no harm to them
and give them the opportunity live in
freedom.
President Rajapaksa stressed that he will
not allow using international monetary
institutions for the benefit of any
political agenda. “I am not ready to give in
to conditions that are not favourable to the
country or to subjugate the economy of the
country in such manner, he said.
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