"DS Senanayake who won independence did not aspire to be a King"

(June 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Addressing a media conference at the UNP media unit yesterday (29 Jun) , UNP M .P. Vajira Abeywardena , said, it is the duty of a leader to stand by the people for which he is elected , for Late D.S. Senanayake the first Prime Minsiter of SL is revered and held in high esteem even today , and described as the father of the nation fondly because he won the independence for the country in 1948 and wished the people to benefit from it . He did not indulge in self glorification nor did he try subtle methods to induce others to call himself a King. After accomplishing the task he gave the benefits of the independence to be enjoyed by the people for whom it was won instead of seeking monarchy and creating anarchy in the country.

It is easy for a leader of a country to become a self styled and self proclaimed King . But more important than that is to realize that the war victory does not belong to any particular person , party or Govt., rather it is the victory of the people , by the people and for the people who bore every hardship endlessly imposed on them by the Govt. while the Forces made their sacrifices in the field.

It is only now people are beginning to realize that the beginning of the final disastrous end of Prabhakaran and the LTTE was set in motion by Ranil Wickremesinghe . The Ceasefire agreement (CFA) signed by him with the LTTE in 2001 was the first salvo fired against the LTTE which triggered the slow but sure disintegration and devastation of the LTTE . The present EP Chief Minister Pillayan and Karuna broke away with LTTE because of this agreement . Karuna openly stated this. The backbone of the LTTE too was broken due to the Arms suppliers abroad to the LTTE getting arrested and are even now facing life imprisonment . The LTTE missile power was crippled as a result. This was a devastating blow to the LTTE from which it could not recover till the end – as when the subsequent Govt. used missile and aerial attacks on the LTTE , it could not counter them because of their missile incapacity .

It is therefore no wonder that Prabhakaran called UNP leader as a ‘cunning fox’ , because Prabhakaran realized too late that it is the CFA which throttled him and his Organization ,and which marked the beginning of his inevitable end .

-Sri Lanka Guardian