While strongly condemning the gruesome murder of the 22year old undergraduate of the University of Jaffna Mr. Sahadevan Nilakson, I express my deepest sympathies to the grieving parents and relatives. Let his soul rest in peace.
This is not the first time a University student is killed in this manner in the North and may not be the last one too. The failure to condemn by all, this type of killings, be it in North or in the South, and whether the victim is a Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim or one of the any other ethnic group, has given encouragement to the assailants to repeat their cruel acts at regular intervals without being tracked. There is no meaning in going round the world complaining about Human Rights Violations in the country, in the North and the East in particular, pointing an accusing finger in one direction, when in fact it should be pointed at different directions as well, because the killings are not by one particular group alone. Planting a claymore mine targeting the Army, Navy, Air Force and Police personnel and causing the death of a few innocent civilians including children is the worst form of violation of human rights, denying the right of free movement of the civilian population. Unless and until the entire media and all concerned parties condemn these incidents with one voice, without glorifying any one group or the other for their atrocious activities, this menance cannot be got rid of from the Sri Lankan society.
I take this opportunity to advise the students of both the Universities and the secondary schools, not to get involved in any student organisation on the advice of some self seekers and to fulfil the ambitions of their parents by concentrating on their studies. The students will have to keep away from student organisations till normalcy returns and democracy restored. I give this advise being fully aware of how a handful of students deriving their authority from an armed group notorious for it’s un democratic and atrocious activities , trying to lead thousands of University students and hundreds of thousands of secondary school children, endangering their lives. Although my advice may taste bitter to some, everyone should understand the reality and act accordingly. The parents owe a duty to their children to give them the proper advice and the students have a duty to fulfil the ambitions of their parents without being a prey in the hands of the self seekers who will misuse them for their personal gains.
I plead with the students to give-up all student union activities and concentrate on their studies and the parents to advice their children accordingly. Any problems the students want to solve could be taken up through the administrative channel until normalcy is restored.
V. Anandasangaree
President – TULF
This is not the first time a University student is killed in this manner in the North and may not be the last one too. The failure to condemn by all, this type of killings, be it in North or in the South, and whether the victim is a Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim or one of the any other ethnic group, has given encouragement to the assailants to repeat their cruel acts at regular intervals without being tracked. There is no meaning in going round the world complaining about Human Rights Violations in the country, in the North and the East in particular, pointing an accusing finger in one direction, when in fact it should be pointed at different directions as well, because the killings are not by one particular group alone. Planting a claymore mine targeting the Army, Navy, Air Force and Police personnel and causing the death of a few innocent civilians including children is the worst form of violation of human rights, denying the right of free movement of the civilian population. Unless and until the entire media and all concerned parties condemn these incidents with one voice, without glorifying any one group or the other for their atrocious activities, this menance cannot be got rid of from the Sri Lankan society.
I take this opportunity to advise the students of both the Universities and the secondary schools, not to get involved in any student organisation on the advice of some self seekers and to fulfil the ambitions of their parents by concentrating on their studies. The students will have to keep away from student organisations till normalcy returns and democracy restored. I give this advise being fully aware of how a handful of students deriving their authority from an armed group notorious for it’s un democratic and atrocious activities , trying to lead thousands of University students and hundreds of thousands of secondary school children, endangering their lives. Although my advice may taste bitter to some, everyone should understand the reality and act accordingly. The parents owe a duty to their children to give them the proper advice and the students have a duty to fulfil the ambitions of their parents without being a prey in the hands of the self seekers who will misuse them for their personal gains.
I plead with the students to give-up all student union activities and concentrate on their studies and the parents to advice their children accordingly. Any problems the students want to solve could be taken up through the administrative channel until normalcy is restored.
V. Anandasangaree
President – TULF
