'Viduthalai Puligal' An official periodical of the LTTE.

Tamil groups and Politics of betrayal of the Tamil Nation's interests

Whenever the Tamil people's liberation struggle has faced military hardship, some Tamil groups have engaged in malevolent attempts to weaken it, in the guise of political activity.

Today, groups like EPDP and PLOTE are engaged in the politics of treachery, working against the Tamil nation's interests, just as the EPRLF did during the period of Indian occupation.

These groups have recently gone to military occupied Jaffna, claiming that they intend to carry out 'political activities' there. The Sinhala government is exploiting this as a political propaganda weapon against our struggle.

The 'political activities' of these groups include supporting the Sinhala government and its military forces, which are engaged in a destructive war against the Tamil people; and committing insidious acts amongst the Tamil people. These are the main reasons for these groups to go into the peninsula.

It should be noted that Chandrika's government is under pressure as the violations of human rights by her forces within the Jaffna peninsula become exposed. The international community is becoming increasingly suspicious of the military administration which is responsible for these human rights violations.

However, the Chandrika government, whose policy is the military approach, intends to maintain the military administration on Tamil land. Hence the despatching of these Tamil groups to Jaffna is a sinister ploy to conceal the military administration there with the mask of a civil one.

As the next phase of this plan against the Tamil people, the Chandrika government intends to stage-manage an election to provide the semblance of democracy.

However, Chandrika's government will fail in this attempt, just as the Indian government failed earlier in a similar attempt. It is also certain that when the time is right, our people who are silently suffering the military occupation will show their defiance, foil the government's sinister plans and strengthen the Tamil nation.

By craftily stage-managing treacherous theatrics such as a 'political solution' and a 'democratic process', she is very keen to gather international support for her military policy. The treacherous politics of these Tamil groups are an integral part of her plan.

A cunning plan which splits Tamil territory and undermines the Tamil nation's spirit is being touted as a political solution. With this plan, Chandrika is trying to pull wool over the international community's eyes. By supporting her efforts and by supporting this plan as a wonderful peace plan, these Tamil groups are supporting Sinhala chauvinism and betraying the Tamil people's political aspirations.

However, sacrificing the Tamil people's national interests for their own personal gain is the norm for these Tamil groups. It is the Tamil people's unfortunate experience that always, some Tamil group will play this 'traditional role'. This time, during this period of difficulties for the Tamil people, the EPDP and its leader Douglas Devananda have taken the lead in this treacherous role.