{"id":40635,"date":"2015-04-17T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40635"},"modified":"2015-04-17T22:19:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:19:40","slug":"only-countries-without-tamils-in-their-societies-are-suitable-for-mediation-in-sri-lanka-dayan-jayatilleka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40635","title":{"rendered":"Only Countries Without the “Tamil Factor” in their Societies are Suitable for Mediation in Sri Lanka – Dayan Jayatilleka"},"content":{"rendered":"

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P.K.Balachandran<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLOMBO:<\/strong> India is \u201cstructurally unsuited\u201d to be mediator or facilitator in the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict because it is subject to the \u201cemotional and electoral power\u201d of one of its constituent states, namely, Tamil Nadu, argues former Lankan envoy at the UN in Geneva, Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka.<\/p>\n

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Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe and Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka at UNHRC special session on Sri Lanka, in Geneva on May 26, 2009.-pic courtesy: Getty images<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201c The emotional and electoral power of Tamil Nadu is an axiomatic factor in Indian decision making. This was so even during the IPKF operations when the prestige of the Indian state and its armed forces were at stake. Indian soldiers were dying horribly, with some necklaced with burning rubber tyres. Despite such horrific incidents, New Delhi yielded to Chennai\u2019s demands and refrained from going the whole hog against the LTTE,\u201d Jayatilleka told Express. <\/p>\n

Alluding to the Maithripala Sirisena government\u2019s tilt towards India, opening the door again to India\u2019s intervention in solving the ethnic issue, Jayatilleka warned that Lanka\u2019s \u201cstrategic\u201d dependence on India in matters of its destiny will not protect the island nation from \u201cTamil separatism and irredentism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He granted that India is a \u201cgood friend Sri Lanka\u2019s\u201d but that friendship has \u201cstructural limitations\u2019\u2019, namely, New Delhi\u2019s need to pander to Tamil Nadu. The TN factor causes \u201cunreliability and vacillation\u201d on New Delhi\u2019s part, which is seen by the Sinhalese majority in Lanka as a perceived tilt towards the Tamils. The Sinhalese majority does not consider India a \u201cneutral umpire\u201d and so, there is a backlash whenever India takes an active interest in the ethnic issue. <\/p>\n

If Lanka is to seek Third Party help to solve the ethnic question, \u201cit should look for a country which would evenly represent all the belligerent communities, or it should be a regional coalition of countries which collectively neutralizes the profile of unevenness in the composition of any one state.\u201d<\/p>\n

India is not Lanka\u2019s \u201cnatural ally\u201d Jayatilleka asserted. \u201c Lanka\u2019s natural allies must axiomatically be those powers which are not hamstrung by a Tamil nationalist factor within their societies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In this context, Jayatilleka also ruled out the acceptability of certain Western nations which have an electorally important Lankan Tamil immigrant community to cater to. <\/p>\n


\nCourtesy:New Indian Express<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By P.K.Balachandran COLOMBO: India is \u201cstructurally unsuited\u201d to be mediator or facilitator in the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict because it is subject to the \u201cemotional and electoral power\u201d of one of its constituent states, namely, Tamil Nadu, argues former Lankan envoy at the UN in Geneva, Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka. \u201c The emotional and electoral power of …<\/p>\n

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