Though
this article may not be directly connected with “The mythical
ethnic problem” it has some relevance as many people are of the
opinion that it is the Sri Lankan government, meaning the SLFP led
coalitions that internationalized the so called ethnic problem. This
idea on the internationalization is one of the biggest myths claiming
that the dispersed Tamils living in the western countries have been
influential in convincing those countries that the Sri Lankan
governments have been discriminating against the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
It is sometimes said that the Tamils living abroad unlike our
diplomatic missions have presented their case very well and have won
over the western countries that are very humane and concerned with
human rights. There is also a “school of thought” that does not
think and goes on repeating ad nauseam that the Tamil voters in the
western countries have tilted the balance in the favour of the
Tamils. Then there are others who propagate the myth that the Tamils
have contributed to the election fund of the Democratic Party in USA,
and as a result Hillary Clinton who is considerate with the culture
of Sri Lanka to send messages wishing at least a section of the
population a happy new year just a few days ago, is supporting the
dispersed Tamils against the Sri Lankan government! I do not know how
much the Tamils in USA have contributed to the election funds but it
cannot be a substantial amount compared to the total budget of the
presidential election campaign.
The
west is against the SLFP led governments in general as they are
nationalistic and do not obey the west as the latter wish. The only
SLFP led government that the west supported was the Chandrika
Kumaratunga government that was anti Sinhala Buddhist and followed
the line of Mahajana Pakshaya of Kumartungas rather than that of the
SLFP of Bandaranaikes. The SLFP led governments have been in general
supporting the Muslim countries, a fact that was reflected in the
voting in respect of the Geneva resolution with seven Muslim
countries voting against the USA resolution. The west is in general
against the Muslim countries and their culture, with countries such
as UK, France and Australia openly asking the Muslims living in those
countries to follow the Christian way of life without any
consideration of the human rights of the Muslims. In Sri Lanka though
Muslims have lived for more than a few centuries, in fact they have
been here as permanent settlers before the Tamils were brought to Sri
Lanka by the western countries, but no Buddhist has tried to convert
them to Buddhism as Buddhists do not believe in conversions. It has
to be remembered that in the Eastern province Muslims were settled by
the Sinhala kings when the latter had to face the brutalities of the
Portuguese, before the Tamils were brought to that part of the island
by the English. However, it is the west that accuses the Sinhala
Buddhists of being Chauvinists at various international fora.
Now
the so called Peratugamee Samajavadee Pakshaya (PSP) that was
launched officially on the ninth of April had the support of the
western countries. Now why should the western countries give their
blessings to a breakaway group of the JVP? It is very clear the
western countries are working according to a plan. They want to
topple the Mahinda Rajapakse government and install if possible
Sarath Fonseka as the president. We have been telling this for
sometime but only now, with the Rapp report coming into the picture,
even the Deshahithaisheens have woken up. The plan is simple. The
west have got Fonseka to come out with a bogus white flag story, for
them to accuse the President, the Defence Secretary and some
officers of war crimes, then either try them at so called
international war crime tribunals, or topple the government through
other means. As one of the steps they got the TNA to support Sarath
Fonseka at the last Presidential elections despite the fact the
latter calling this a Sinhala Buddhist country. The west now knows
that they can control Sarath Fonseka unlike the President Rajapakse
even if the TNA is not aware of it. The breakaway JVP group publishes
a weekend newspaper by the name Janarala, nothing to do with the
General, and they are associated with some members of the former X
group. This X group was supported by Mangala Samarweera through his
friend Ferdinands to publish a magazine called Mathota meaning
Mathara propagating so called post modernists views which only
reflect the bankruptcy of western knowledge. Anyhow the X group was
split and one of the sections now work with Ranil group of the UNP,
having formed a party called the Peratugaamee Pakshaya. Another
section is with the Sajith – Rosy group of the UNP while the third
with a high official of the Federation of University Teachers’
Associations (FUTA) supporting the Janarala group. It is clear that
the Peratugamee part of the name of the PSP has been given by the
influx from the X group and as the PSP managed to rally almost all
the ex Inter University Student Force leaders the west may be
thinking of controlling not only the students but the teachers of the
Universities in the forthcoming “struggles”. The “struggles”
are there only to provoke the youth against the police and the armed
forces and to create the background for “human rights cases”. The
west can then interfere to protect “human rights” and set the
stage for an attack as they did in the case of some Muslim countries.
The Peratugamee parties are only Kekaragamee parties without external
support and it is clear that Australia has had a hand in forming the
PSP through one of its citizens, as the Kumar Mahaththaya saga
reveals. The west supports the PSP thinking that they could stage a
few more Katunayake incidents.
The
Sri Lankan government was looking for Kumar Mahaththaya for some time
but the “friendly” Australian government did not divulge any
information, though he had visited this country number of times
during the last two or three years. When his wife came to Sri Lanka
early this year, most probably to meet her husband, the government
officials interrogated her at the Airport. The human rights vendors
made a hue and cry over the incident and the “wife” denied that
Kumar Mahaththaya was either her kumaraya or mahaththaya (husband).
However having gone back to Sydney she made a statement to the effect
that Kumar Mahaththaya was her mahaththaya and that he had changed
his name to Noel Mudalige when he obtained the Australian
citizenship. Obviously this “lady” who was trained to become a
doctor at the University of Peradeniya on public funds has lied to
the Sri Lankan government and this is the type of people who want to
serve the country from abroad. Kumar Mahaththaya who had been
abducted by some group or the PSP itself surfaced at a government
institute connected with controlling crimes without a passport. The
Australian High Commission lost no time in requesting the government
to release Kumar Mahaththaya but the secretary of Defence responded
by saying that no Kumar Mahaththaya had come to Sri Lanka during this
period. In fact the only Kumaraya to visit the country was Avurudu
Kumaraya and certainly Kumar Mahaththaya though he may be a Kangaroo
Kummaraya had not come to Sri Lanka. Then all hell broke loose and
the Australian High Commissioner divulged that Kumar Mahaththaya had
come to Sri Lanka as Noel Mudalige holding an Australian passport.
She was kind enough to give the passport number as well. It was most
interesting to see the High Commission producing the passport of
Muadalige on the morning following the appearance of him so that
Mudalige alias Kumar Mahaththaya could travel back to Sydney without
any problem. We have to thank the Australian High Commission and the
officials of the High Commission for facilitating the departure of
Mudalige by not only producing the passport but also being present at
the airport! Certainly Kumar Mahaththaya had been treated as a Prince
by the Australian High Commission. It is very clear that the High
Commission had known the whereabouts of this Kumaraya from September
but did not feel fit to divulge the information to the Sri Lankan
government though the latter was looking for this Kangaroo Prince. It
is the western dominance that gives Australia to interfere with the
affairs of our country and they boast of protecting human rights,
though Kumar Mahaththaya had not lost any, at the same time violating
the national rights of Sri Lanka if we are to use an idea formulated
by Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero. In any event the PSP that supports
Tamil racism, will have no future it will be reduced to a Kekaragamee
Pakshaya with or without Kumar Mahaththaya, and the Kangaroo plot of
forming a Tamil racist Party with some Sinhalese to stage “struggles”
has failed. However Kumar Mahaththaya should not lose all hopes as he
can agitate with his “wife” and others from Sri Lanka who have
become Australian citizens to give non English languages equal status
as English, and non Anglo Saxon cultures equal status as the Anglo
Saxon Christian culture in Australia. They can also work to protect
the human rights of Sinhala Buddhists, Muslims and other such groups
living in Australia. I am sure that it will make Kangaroo Kumaraya
busy.(12/04/18)
Copyright Prof. Nalin De Silva