Charles S Perera goes "ga ga"

Canadian Democratic League with a racist tirade

by Ajanthan Ratnam and Kumar Ariyaratne

(September 29, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Canadian Democratic League has written to the Sri Lanka Guardian website on the 28 September, 2008, condemning a statement made by the Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka. And Charles S Perera with an outburst of extreme racist liturgy says it has got it all wrong.

He says that the Army Commander's observations were not political, he need not withdraw his statement and he has been entrusted to liberate the areas held by the terrorists and also to eliminate them.

He also refers to the Sinhala majority and never as Sri Lankans giving the impression that this land of ours belong more to the majority and less to the also beings, the minorities.

What is this elimination business Charles Perera is talking about? Do we see a petty little Adolf Hitler resurged from the debris of the Second World War?

Mr Perera sees all Tamil Diaspora as terrorists? Equally for nearly fifty years all Sinhalese have been seen as racists by the Tamils. It is simply because tiny minorities from both communities have hijacked the ship of state and are sailing on the ocean of communal discord.

The large majority of Sri Lankans are fed up with what has been happening in the country so long. And they are helpless and scared out of their wits by people like Charles Perera.

What does Mr Perera know about the Canadian Democratic League? Has he tried to find out why it was created and how it has performed against all odds and risks because of its anti-LTTE stand? It is a Sri Lankan Diaspora organization and was the first and indeed the only one to raise alarms about human rights violations by the LTTE.

It is people like Charles Perera who keep the racist fires burning. Lt General Sarath Fonseka made an odious comment about the Tamils.

He is there to fight an anti-terrorist war for the Sri Lankans and not for the Sinhala majority. He is there to save and protect the civilians and liberate them from the terrorists and most of the civilians there are Tamils who have been subjected to terrible ordeals by the LTTE. They were thrown into this den by a visionless and heartless Cease Fire Agreement engineered by the government.

Mr Charles Perera must understand that the armed forces are entrusted to fight a war for the people of Sri Lanka and make their lands and homes safe and not to eliminate them.

He must also not forget that what is sauce for the goose could be the same for the gander too but that is not what we want.

We certainly do not want such simple solutions that rule the minds of such simple people some of whom had become the world’s terrifying bullies and killers. These are historical facts.

Sri Lanka is a land of the people of Sri Lanka. They are Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Malays and Burghers. It does not matter who is in the majority and who are the minorities; they are Sri Lankans. Lt General Sarath Fonseka, hitherto a good officer, has made a comment that cannot be acceptable coming as it does from a man who has been entrusted to liberate the people of Wanni from the LTTE. ENDS - Sri Lanka Guardian