Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith blessed by War Crime accused President Dr Mahendra Rajapakse
(April 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) It was reported in the government pampered ‘The Island’ newspaper datelined April 19, 2011 quoting Albert Malcolm Ranjith, the Cardinal Patabendige Don. Archbishop of Colombo that ‘a controversial report by a three-member UN Panel on accountability issues in Sri Lanka is part of a conspiracy against the country’.
His comments published in the controversial anti-Tamil rabid newspaper have invited the wrath of the Tamil community that he has lost his religious senses to make his ill thought political statement to redeem the image of the war crime President Mahinda Rajapakse. The Tamil radio stations and televisions stations in the United Kingdom reflected the anger of the Tamil people in their news bulletin and discussion programmes.
Cardinal Ranjith in his interview had further said that ‘the country was being harassed by those who couldn’t stomach Sri Lanka’s victory over terrorism. Sri Lanka should be wary of those hostile elements trying to destabilize post-war recovery’. The Cardinal had further said ‘now that the war was over, the country should be given an opportunity to progress’.
Our source in Colombo confirmed that the Cardinal’s comments was timed to encourage support for the mass May Day rally called by the War Crime President Dr (Lumumba) Mahendra Percy Rajapakse against the UN panel report on Sri Lanka.
When Sri Lanka Guardian contacted Ivan Pedropillai a leading Tamil Catholic citizen of standing, he said: ‘If this report in the Sri Lankan 'Island' newspaper is correct, this political Cardinal should have no place in the episcopate of our holy Catholic Church. He does not seem to care about innocent people being killed en masse by the Sri Lankan government merely because they were defenceless Tamils in the wrong place. We should not remain silent in the face of such evil even if the man wore scarlet red. He has prostituted his moral conscience to the evil Machiavellian President Rajapakse’.
‘Paraphrasing Cardinal Wolsley in Tudor England, it might be also said of our own repugnant Cardinal " Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my President (king), he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies". Cardinal Malcolm Patabendige Ranjith has brought the Holy Catholic Church into disrepute and should be recalled to the Vatican and sent into a monastery of prayer for repentance.
‘Can we start a petition stating that this scurrilous assault by him on a report by an eminent panel of UN experts on war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka shows a lack of moral scruples and Christian standards on his part, and appeal to the Holy Father to hold an inquiry and to defrock him if the charge is proven. This is not the first time that this rogue Cardinal has involved himself in the dirty racist politics of the Sri Lankan government’.
Another pious Anton Soosaithasan was very angry and said: ‘I cannot believe a top Catholic clergy can be so insensitive and selfish. He has now confirmed that he is the Cardinal for the extremist Sinhalese and definitely not the minorities. He has reflected his real extremist Sinhala mindset and I have no hesitation in asking him to join racist JHU, Wimal Weerawanse groups or even he could make his sermons to the war criminals Rajapakse family’.
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