Anandasangaree writes to President too
June 7, 2010 12:53 am
Stating that people were happy with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s current visit to India, Tamil United liberation Front (TULF) leaders V. Anandasangaree says whatever solution found, it should be acceptable to all sections of the people and be a lasting one.
The full text to Mr. Anandasangaree to President Rajapaksa is as follows:
His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa,
President of
Your Excellency,
Solution to the ethnic problem.
I am happy to note that you are taking the initiative to
start negotiations to find a satisfactory solution to the ethnic problem. As a
first step, your impending visit to
Your Excellency is well aware of my views on this matter. I
have been always of the view that a solution under a unitary system will never
help to find a solution and as the only alternative the Indian model may be
adopted, without leaving room for any division of the country, if necessary
with guarantees by
“It is no secret that we had been agitating for a solution
based on the federal concept and also offered to accept the Indian Model as the
only alternative, if the term federal is allergic to anyone. We have not
changed our views on this matter and in the matter of the merger of the North
and the East. We assure everybody that while spurning violence, we will, by
non-violent means and in a friendly way, continue to persuade the citizens of
our country to agree that no permanent solution can be found under a Unitary
System. We will continue to dispel the fears of those who think that the
country will be divided. We will take all steps to erase from the minds of our
people the idea of separation and to strongly support the concept of a united
Annexed please find my response to Mr. Sampanthan’s appeal that the Government and the International Community should accept the verdict given by the people of the North and the East should be accepted. I strongly object to this request since the ITAK (TNA) polled only 65,119 votes which is only 9% of the total voters in the electoral district of Jaffna. Furthermore the IDPs could not cast their votes properly due to various reasons. Hence kindly see that all Tamil parties are consulted whether they have representation in Parliament or not.
Also please find annexed a copy of my speech referred to here, as reported in The Island of 25th January 2008.
Thanking you
Your’s sincerely,