தனி ஈழம் ஒன்றை நிறுவுவது தொடர்பில் இலங்கை தமிழரசு கட்சியின் தேசிய மாநாட்டில் எந்த ஒரு தீர்மானமும் நிறைவேற்றப்படவில்லை என அதன் தலைவர் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் ஆர்.சம்பந்தன் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை மட்டக்களப்பில் இடம்பெற்ற இலங்கை தமிழரசு கட்சியின் மாநாட்டின் போது 10 தீர்மானங்கள் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டிருந்தன.

இதன் போது இலங்கையில் தமிழர்களுக்கான தனி ராஜயம் ஒன்றை அமைப்பது தொடர்பிலும் தீர்மானம் ஒன்று நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டதாக, சில ஊடகங்கள் செய்தி வெளியிட்டிருந்தன.

இதுகுறித்து வானொலியொன்று கருத்து கேட்டபோதே, நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் இரா.சம்பந்தன் இதனைத் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

ஒரே இலங்கையில் சமஉரிமையுடன் தமிழர்களும், சிங்களவர்களும் வாழக்கூடிய தீர்வு ஒன்று முன்வைக்கப்பட வேண்டும் என்பதையே தாம் விரும்புவதாகவும் சம்பந்தன் தெரிவித்தார்.

http://thaaitamil.com/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%88%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF/

(Even Dyan Jayatileka understood what Mr Sampanthan's speaks, but we cannot understand!!

Read on how Dyan get his people to attack on TNA's strategy here: http://groundviews.org/2012/05/29/itaks-plan-of-attack-the-breakout-strategy/

Full text of Mr Sampanthan's speech is here: http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/6661#more-6661

Text of Presidential Address by Rajavarothayam Sampanthan at 14th National Convention of ITAK in Batticaloa

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Mr. Sampanthan's Disturbing Discourse - by Dayan Jayatilleka

The keynote speech by Mr. R Sampanthan, the leader of the main Tamil

parliamentary party at the recent congress of that organization is in many

respects a landmark event. It sheds light on a number of key strategic

issues and should make clear to the international community that the matter

of political dialogue leading to ethnic reconciliation is, has become or is

becoming rather more complex and fraught than is customarily thought.

"The symbol of our party chosen for us by our founder - the House - also

symbolizes this. This House is the Home of our community; our community's

historical habitat; our community's sovereignty. Our fundamental objective

is to regain our community's Home, its historical habitat and its

sovereignty. The symbol of the House symbolizes this unshakeable aim..."

The senior political leader of the Tamil community in the island's

strategically sensitive Northern Province reconfirms the political aim and

goal of his party. Perhaps more importantly he clarifies the international

strategy that is being, and is to be, adopted in furtherance of that

political project, as well as the interconnection between the international

strategy and domestic tactics in support of the project.

"My respected friends. The current practices of the international community

may give us an opportunity to achieve, without the loss of life, the soaring

aspirations we were unable to achieve by armed force. Because of this, we

must be patient."

Mr. Sampanthan's speech not only states clearly that the political project

lies outside the parameters of both the 13th amendment as well as the

structural form of a unitary state, it also provides considerable evidence

that the goal of a sovereign state of and for the Tamils, one in which they

enjoy absolute authority rather than shared or devolved authority, remains

the goal. The terms 'devolution' and 'power-sharing' do not appear in the

speech.

"Our expectation for a solution to the ethnic problem of the sovereignty of

the Tamil people is based on a political structure outside that of a unitary

government, in a united Sri Lanka in which Tamil people have all the powers

of government needed to live with self-respect and self-sufficiency.

... Powers must be allocated under this structure based on the

understanding that meaningful devolution should go beyond the 13th Amendment

to the Constitution passed in 1987. This position has been accepted by our

party. Our acceptance of this position does not mean that we consider the

13th Amendment to be an acceptable solution, nor that, in the event our

right to internal self-determination is continuously denied, we will not

claim our right under international law to external self-determination. It

only means that this is the only realistic solution today."

Perhaps the key segment of Mr. Sampanthan's speech is that the strategic

perspective is to prove to the international community, most especially

India and the USA, that a solution for the Tamil people is not possible

within a united Sri Lanka. The repeated use of the term 'united' rather than

'unitary' reveals that the strategy is not merely to convince the

international community that a solution cannot be found within the unitary

form and framework, but rather within a united Sri Lanka itself, i.e. Sri

Lanka as a single, united country. Despite several references to a 'united

Sri Lanka' elsewhere in the text, this strategic perspective reveals a

latent commitment to a secessionist goal by other means.

"In other words - we must prove to the international community that we will

never be able to realize our rights within a united Sri Lanka. We must be

patient until the international community realizes for itself that the

effort we are involved in is doomed to fail. To put it more strongly, the

international community must realize through its own experience, without us

having to tell them, that the racist Sri Lankan government will never come

forward and give political power to the Tamil people in a united Sri Lanka."

This interpretation is confirmed by a passage in which it is stated that the

softening of the political stand of the main Tamil party is merely tactical,

does not indicate a shift of political goal and is intended to dovetail with

ongoing and emerging international trends and leveraging those international

trends and factors in favour of the stated political goal.

This speech provides a glimpse of future tactics inasmuch as it speaks of a

non-violent campaign which it fears will be met with violence, at which

point the international community should act decisively.

"...Our patience however, will not be everlasting. Our patience too, has

its limits. Once we have reached that limit, we will move onto the stage of

our effort. We will not hesitate to gather our people together and with the

support of progressive forces in our country, and the international

community, even engage in a non-violent struggle. We will decide on specific

deadlines and when the time comes for such action, we will act..."

The stances of the party until then can be understood as setting the stage

and positioning itself for such an endgame.

Edited May 30, 201213 yr by Queen