[b]Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained and armed by LTTE - S.L.Gunasekara, leading lawyer [/b]
S. L. Gunasekera, a leading lawyer who participated in the Thimpu talks along with H. L. de Silva, has dismissed the Norwegian and the LTTE argument to include Col. Karuna's group as "paramilitaries" as irrelevant. There is mounting pressure internationally too on Erik Solheim to get off the one-track agenda of focusing on Col Karuna as it does not help the peace process. Political observers say that it helps only the LTTE to survive.
S. L. Gunasekera argues: "Before the Geneva Talks the LTTE was vociferous in their demand that the Government should disarm the Karuna Group. They based their demand upon the premise that Clause 1.8 of the Ceasefire Agreement [CFA] required the Government to disarm the Karuna Group. They were even more vociferous in that demand after the first round of the Geneva Talks and added a second premise as a basis for that demand, namely, that the Government had undertaken to disarm the Karuna Group by the Joint Statement issued after that round of talks.
Both said premises are entirely false.
Clause 1.8 of the CFA reads as follows:-
"Tamil paramilitary groups shall be disarmed by the GOSL by D-Day + 30 days at the very latest. The GOSL shall offer to integrate individuals in these units under the command and disciplinary structure of the GOSL armed forces for service away from the Northern and Eastern Provinces"
The "paramilitary groups" referred to in that clause were indisputably those members of parties such as the EPDP and PLOTE who were armed by the Government to enable them to protect themselves against the LTTE.
Presumably, the rationale on which the then Prime Minister Wickremesinghe agreed to this outrageous clause by which he agreed to disarm our friends while the common enemy of them and us, the LTTE remained armed to the teeth, was a childish belief that the LTTE would honour its undertaking to cease assassinations etc. [Clause 1.2(a) and 2.1] which made it unnecessary for such persons to carry arms for their protection!!!
http://www.asiantribune.com/show_news.php?id=17592
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
News report....
Local journalist Mangalanath Liyanaarachchi said he saw the second blast.
"The blast was a few metres away from me and I saw some people on the ground," said Liyanaarachchi. "Then some boys started to run riot, stopping Tamils and attacking them."
He did not say Ltte, but Tamils ( includes karuna supporters).
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Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
[quote="Puloliyan"]It is not the question on definition of "paramilitary". A para military force is one which is not the mainstream one but a subsidiary one.
As per CFA, In the Government controlled areas, the Government must not allow any groups to carry arms or fight. That is why LTTE has to send their cadres unarmed into Government territory. These unarmed cadres and civilians are being the targets to the Government's susidiary force (Karuna group).
The discussin is what is happening today. What needs to be done to stop the bleeding. Who is working with who today. Karuna was part of LTTE (mainstream force). After the split his group has become the subsidiary to the SL force (Mainstream). The CFA and Peace talks are between the parties who have controll over the mainstream forces.
"Ellalan Padai", Makkal Padai", "Sangilian Force" can be considered as LTTE's paramilitaries.[/quote]
One little change in that....they are to call PARA-TERRORISTS.. nor paramilitary...heheheeeee :roll:
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
children, please take him to next round in geneva. more lawyers are good for argument. if "gowravam" sivaji is still alive, take him too :lol: :idea: :wink: :oops:
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
[quote="sellam"]Mr. Gunasekara is one hundred percent correct.
Why did the Government agree to disarn Kartuna without the argument placed by Gunasekera.
Sellam[/quote]
They tried it at Geneva. The Harward tutored team failed to mosquito infested Vanni team. Didn't you read what happened at Geneva tables? All the SL team (harward tutored that is!!) did was crowing their 'smartness' after comming to Colombo!!!
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
It is not the question on definition of "paramilitary". A para military force is one which is not the mainstream one but a subsidiary one.
As per CFA, In the Government controlled areas, the Government must not allow any groups to carry arms or fight. That is why LTTE has to send their cadres unarmed into Government territory. These unarmed cadres and civilians are being the targets to the Government's susidiary force (Karuna group).
The discussin is what is happening today. What needs to be done to stop the bleeding. Who is working with who today. Karuna was part of LTTE (mainstream force). After the split his group has become the subsidiary to the SL force (Mainstream). The CFA and Peace talks are between the parties who have controll over the mainstream forces.
"Ellalan Padai", Makkal Padai", "Sangilian Force" can be considered as LTTE's paramilitaries.
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
Mr. Gunasekara is one hundred percent correct.
Why did the Government agree to disarn Kartuna without the argument placed by Gunasekera.
Sellam
PEACE OR NO PEACE???
Are they fighting for Freedom (the long expected result by all communities) or CFA? Why they do not ask the GoSL to disarm Douglass Dewananda(heheheeeeee) ....he also has arms and he is a tamil politician and have political activities in NE....whome LTTE consider as one of their enemies.... :oops:
Karuna not a "paramilitary" because he was trained
Well the lawyer might be right when he says that Karuna is not part of the paramilitary. But will that be a big problem for the LTTE then? The next round they will just bluntly say the Government has to disarm Karuna.. (Last time they refered to him when they talked about Tamil paramilitaries, now they just call him by his name)
There are no rules, laws in these meetings. Both parties do what they will like to do, and say what they like to say. More than often they do the opposite of what they say.
But as long as the Tigers have a wide support of the Tamil diaspora, and as long as the powerful, money hungry, greedy, egoistic people will keep influencing the political top and as long as the international community can't decide which side to chose the game will go on for ever. And this game won't be played by the rules.