Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland which met Zürich City
Councillor Urs Egger has been told that he was shocked that he had been duped
and informed one-sidedly regarding the elections to the Swiss-CET being
initiated and organized by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF).
In a media release, the Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland has stated that Mr. Egger had said
he had been asked to take over the patronage for the elections of a
representation of the Tamils in Switzerland,
the Swiss-CET (Swiss Council of Eelam Tamils) by Tamil employees of his wife
and another person Thayatharan Deivendran.
He had also told the Diaspora that he was shocked that he
had been duped and informed one-sidedly to take on patronage by being duped and
informed one-sidedly.
The media release by the Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland:
Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland meets Zürich City
Councillor
On 18th April 2010, members of Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland met Mr. Urs Egger, member of the
City Council of the City of Zürich,
for an information talk.
Mr. Egger had, like other Swiss politicians, had taken over
the patronage for the elections of a representation of the Tamils in Switzerland,
the Swiss-CET (Swiss Council of Eelam Tamils), on 28.03.2010, which was
published by Tamilelection.ch. According to his own information, Mr. Egger was
not aware of the elections to the Swiss-CET being initiated and organized by
the Global Tamil Forum, a cover organization of the Sri Lankan Terror
Organization. As he had been told, the “here mentioned organization of the
Swiss Tamils has nothing to do with the LTTE. It is being built up by young
Swiss Tamils, which will have their future in Switzerland. It is about their own
organization for a better participation in the public life in Switzerland…”
Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland had then wanted to
begin a dialog with Mr. Egger in order to explain to him the whole facts as
well as the networking of the LTTE and their sub-organizations with the
organizers of Swiss-CET. The Swiss-CET was not only organized by Tamils of the
second generation in Switzerland,
but known representatives of the cover organizations of the LTTE, and were
steering the fate of the organization. They were also not focused primarily on
the public life in Switzerland,
but on the commencement of the fight of the LTTE in Sri Lanka.
During the discussion, Mr. Egger showed himself surprised
about the constitution of the Swiss-CET, which had been brought to his
attention and in which, among others, in article 3, where the “reconstruction
of the independent and sovereign State of Tamil Eelam” is demanded. The present
members of the Sri Lanka Diaspora explained to Mr. Egger the functioning of the
networks of the LTTE in Switzerlandas well as their investment strategies and future plans.
Mr. Egger thanked the representatives of the Sri Lanka
Diaspora Switzerlandfor the information provided to him. He said that he had been asked to take on
patronage for the elections to Swiss-CET by Tamil employees of his wife and
Thayatharan Deivendran of TPAS. He was shocked that he had been duped and
informed one-sidedly. He acknowledged that the founding of the Swiss-CET was a
new trial of the LTTE to find a new stand under a new name or to promote the
financing of the LTTE and to demand Western states to further meddle in the
interior politics of Sri Lanka in the sense of the LTTE.
Mr. Egger promised to evaluate the information provided to
him by Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerlandand to contact Sri Lanka Diaspora Switzerland in case of further
questions. He also promised to avoid contact with the Swiss-CET and other cover
organizations of the LTTE in future. He would in no way promote violence and
terrorism.
