{"id":51065,"date":"2017-01-26T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=51065"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:42:31","slug":"cv-wigneswaran-wants-govt-to-remove-ban-on-all-proscribed-tamil-diaspora-organizations-with-suspected-ltte-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=51065","title":{"rendered":"CV Wigneswaran Wants Govt to Remove Ban on All  Proscribed Tamil Diaspora Organizations With Suspected LTTE Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By P.K.Balachandran  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The chief minister of Sri Lanka\u2019s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has appealed to the government to de-proscribe all the Tamil Diaspora organisations and stringently scrutinize only select individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Wigneswaran was speaking at a function in Jaffna on Thursday to inaugurate a consular section of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry there.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me suggest not to embark on selective de-proscription but to de-proscribe all organizations and have a process of very stringent vetting of individuals coming over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving been a lawyer for over 50 years and half that period as a Judge, I am quite conscious of the security concerns of the State. But we must stop looking at our people through a terrorist mindset. We must wean the diaspora to help our government which is cash strapped, grant them dual citizenship, and make use of their talents and wealth for our betterment,\u201d the chief minister added.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera and deputy foreign minister Dr.Harsha de Silva were present at the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the selective de-proscription of persons and organisations, on the advice of certain interest groups, Wigneswaran said: \u201cIt would have been better if an independent official investigation had been conducted with prior criteria in place. Many feel that some of the proscribed persons and organisations still unreleased are victims of political bias and prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wigneswaran further said that during his recent visits to the UK, US and recently Canada, he met the Tamil Diaspora and found that they were all keen to involve themselves in capacity development, investment promotion and cultural exchanges in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them wish to do so within the integrity of the island. But they are reluctant to embark on a visit to Sri Lanka on account of  the lingering concerns the government and its officials have regarding the Tamil Diaspora,\u201d the chief minister pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy: New Indian Express<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton51065\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D51065&amp;text=CV%20Wigneswaran%20Wants%20Govt%20to%20Remove%20Ban%20on%20All%20%20Proscribed%20Tamil%20Diaspora%20Organizations%20With%20Suspected%20LTTE%20Links&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By P.K.Balachandran The chief minister of Sri Lanka\u2019s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has appealed to the government to de-proscribe all the Tamil Diaspora organisations and stringently scrutinize only select individuals. Wigneswaran was speaking at a function in Jaffna on Thursday to inaugurate a consular section of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry there. \u201cLet me suggest &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=51065\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;CV Wigneswaran Wants Govt to Remove Ban on All  Proscribed Tamil Diaspora Organizations With Suspected LTTE Links&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51066,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065\/revisions\/51066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}