Gothapaya Rajapaksa's sweeping remarks against Jayalalithaa were either the result of his deliberate attempt to barter the freedom and welfare of Tamils in exchange for his own exoneration or a well conceited, arrogant, racist distortion of the ground reality. From his half baked comments, it is clear that he insists that the security of the Tamils depends on the goodwill of the Sinhalese community. Gothapaya has consistently denied UN’s credible allegations of war crimes and also resisted calls for an international probe.
The Sri Lankan government which clearly has the responsibility to look after the Tamils under their absolute military control, has deliberately blocked the international humanitarian organisations as well as Tamil Diaspora through its poor record of reaching out to Tamils. Only in this context, the Tamilnadu assembly passed the resolution recently on the plight of Tamils living in the Island Nation. Gothapaya Rajapakse said that if the Tamil Nadu government is interested in the welfare of the Tamils, it is useless calling for international investigation.
Gothapaya’s blatant lies to hoodwink the international community underscore the fears felt by Tamils that they have no voice and continue to be marginalized by the Sinhalese-dominated government. Racists like Gotabaya need to face the international justice system. By remaining a silent spectator and denying justice to Tamils, India should not set a precedence of impunity, for other war criminals around the world to replicate what the Sri Lankan regime has done to the Tamils.
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