Rajiva Wijesinha

“ So, when the pontificators claim to be sorry for the people of Sri Lanka that the SLMM is leaving, it is clear they care not an iota for the CFA, which had been violated with almost total impunity by the LTTE over five long years. They ignore also the fact that the LTTE had thrown out monitors from three of the five countries constituting the Mission, which led the SLMM in May last year to stop making deliberations. Neither when the Monitors were decimated, nor when the SLMM stopped delivering deliberations, did our sanctimonious pontificators raise objects as vociferously as they do today. ”

“ Unless the pontificators, at least those in the international community whose goodwill is genuine, do not understand the whole reality, they will not be able to assist the peace process in any meaningful fashion. ”

“ The abrogation of the CFA should lead the international community, and in particular the Facilitator and the Co-Chairs, to treat them more seriously and support their efforts to evoke a political solution that will uphold democratic and pluralistic values. ”