Don't Blame me or Fonseka for the demise of LTTE, It is Mahinda who
did it - Ranil Tells LTTE TV
Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Mr. Ranil
Wickramasinghe recently appearing on pro LTTE TV channel GTV (Global
Tamil Vision) sought support of LTTE remnants for UNF-TNA-JVP candidate
Sarath Fonseka at the forthcoming presidential election. Giving an
interview to a programme named "Freedom Struggle", Mr. Wickramasinghe
said neither him nor Fonseka should be held responsible for the military
defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
Asked why Tamil people should support Mr. Fonseka who
was the commander of the Army during war, Mr. Wickramasinghe said that
Fonseka was just carrying out the orders of the government but not
fought on his own accord.
"Break down of the process was a matter between the
Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. When they got the Tamils to
boycott (2005 election), Mr. Prbhakaran have had a different option. If
he didn't have option then you can't blame anyone else, certainly not
the service commanders who had led his services under the instruction of
the government", he said.
Explaining Mr. Fonseka's contribution in the he said
that Mr. Fonseka only carried out the orders given.
"Once the government gave the order, the service
commanders have to go ahead and execute it. So, he was the commander who
had to execute the orders given by the government... and the government
gave the timeframe, and what should be done ... and that's how the war
developed", he said.
Asked whether he had any involvement in engineering
the rift between Karuna Amman and Prabhakaran, Mr. Wickramasinghe said
he had nothing to do with it and he should be not blamed for that.
"I have nothing to do with it, as you see Karuna today
is with the government, I have not even met Karuna... Don't try to cover
up everything by putting the blame on me ...Karuna is today a reality
made by Mahinda Rajapaksa", he said.
Throughout the interview Mr. Wickramasinghe tried to
convince the audience that unless for his defeat at the 2005
presidential election the LTTE could be still in action. Also, he said
that Mr. Fonseka has been tasked only to abolish the executive
presidency and once it is accomplished an executive prime minister will
have the power.
GTV is a London based TV channel promoting tribalism
aiming at instigating racial violence in Sri Lanka. Also, it is one of
the major propaganda arms of the LTTE, carrying out false propaganda
against Sri Lanka and its people.
Political experts are in the view that UNF-TNA-JVP
candidate Sarath Fonseka's campaign is aimed at deceiving both Tamils
and Sinahalese in the country.
"At Sinhala audiences, Fonseka tries to sell him as
the only war hero who won the war singlehandedly...but for the Tamil
communities he wants to show himself as a innocent government servant
who had no other option than to carry out what he was asked to", one
expert told defence.lk. | 
