2. I do not think there is a poverty of ideas as to what the solutions could be.

3. The devil has always been in the details of implementation.

4. With the country’s democracy strongly based on ethnic rivalry, there is no room for implementaton of any ideas that could even remotely suggest there is an element of compromise in the solution.

5. LTTE’s strategy has always been to destabilise the centers of gravity in the south to the point of implosion of the country.

6. The GoSL (regardless of the leadership) has always been to talk nonsense but act wisely to prevent any form of devolution that could establish a level playing field for the minorities. Earlier, with Tamil moderates, the GoSL thought there would be no consequences if the GoSL chose to abrogate any agreements. But the unforeseen consequences has been militancy which has done so much damage to the country.

So we are in this vicious cycle of violence, each party trying to outsmart the other.

I think 2000 constitution drfat went beyond Mr Narendran’s proposals. It was inadequate. However, with some changes, that draft can be improved. If all the nations living in Sri Lanka take their current positions as crtisizable positions and begin deliberation without power of coercive force, I still believe that a solution can be found.

Good to open a discussion among people living in Sri Lanka as well outside.

Your Tiers 2 & 3 contain meer figureheads to implement decisions reached at Tier 1. How can this solve the problem? The fundamental problem in Sri Lanka is the excessive concentration of power at Tier 1 level.

Though I’m not a constitutional lawyer, I have enough common sense to understand that devolution means that most of the functions you have listed under Tier 1 should be devolved down to Tiers 2 and 3. The more devolution, the better.

For example, your Tier 1 functions include education & resource allocation which have both been deliberately & unashamedly used in decades of Sri Lankan history to marginalise and oppress the Tamil people. Surely anyone with a genuine desire to solve the problems in Sri Lanka would have in the 1st instance, recommended the devolution of the education & resource allocation portfolios right down to Tier 3 where policy can be tailored to fit the local population.

Please try again to produce a relevant political solution with at least a minimum & finite chance of success.

I’m an interesting reader from Christchurch, NZ of your articles after I read your last article where you wrote “LTTE was initially established as a salvation to the tamil but becoming as a monster(to tamils as well as to the whole world community) and soon it will be removed from the tamil people.Your comment was a real accurate one.Some hand whislers(visiladdichchan) may oppose you but your writing was really good and any peace lover will accept those.As you said the so called Ellam is an imaginary and a fake deer.

Saraswathy

Dr.Narendran I presume you are a cricketer. and you always play a fair game.
I am confused. You mean to say :

D.S. Senannayake who had the solid majority & the support of Sanga did not know all what you have written ?

Sir John Kottalaewela ( though did not have the support of the sangha ) did not know all what you have written ?

Oxford blue SWRD Bandaranayke ( converted back to Buddhism) who signed & aborted BC pact & who had the solid majority and the support of the sangha did not know all what you have written ?

Dudley Senanayake who signed a pact with F.P represented by Senator Thiruchelvam and lateraborted it, & who had the support of the Sangha did not know all what you have written ?

Srimavo Bandaranayke who had the solid support of the masses and buddhist clergies , Colvin R de Silva ( Trokyst, Consitutional expert, man who roared one language two nation, two language one nation ) and who made democratic Ceylon to a Srilankan Republic, Bhaduidhin Mohamed the education Minister who represented the Muslims, did not know all what you have written ?

The man who was instrumental in aborting the BC pact, The man who was rejected by Sinhala Buddhists electrorate in Kelaniya and re-elected to Parliament from Colombo South with substantial Tamil support, the man who boasted and commerated with a postal stamp that he had created a Dhammica Samajaya, and who ignored the democratically elected opposition leader and ingnored the Vaddukodai Resolution and who introduced the Presidential system with a solid majority, the man who was behind the the 1983 genocide, The Dhammica Nayakya J.R.. Jeyawardne who could not outfox Indira Ghandhi but outfoxed Rajiv and defended his navy officer who attacked Rajiv, saying he had a sun stroke, did not know all what you have written ?

Premadasa, Cyril Mthew’s team mate, who planned to outfox Rajiv first and Tamils later,did not know all what you have written ?

The French revolution appreciator, Vijay Kumarathunge’s partner Chandrika who came with a solid majority and with peace wagon, U-turned with the agenda of war for Peace, did not know all what you have written ?

Ranil Wickrmasinghe who did not have the solid majority yet had the guts to sign a cease fire agreement with a double face ( the ugly face being the international saftey net and with the help of an Eastern MP made Karuna faction to split from LTTE ) who could implement the CFA and ISGA proposed by the LTTE,did not know all what you have written ?

You mean to say that Laxman Kadirgamar did not know all what you have written, when he was a minister and advisor to Chandrika ?

Mahinda Rajapakse , the man from Ruhunu who claimed that he would bring back the SWRD Banda’s 1956 era again with his Chinthanaya, did not know all what you have written ?

What does all the above episodes reveal ? The bottom line is simple. THE QUALITY OF THE SINHALA BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP. Sinhalese Nation in SriLanka needs a STRONG leader who is honest and capable of implementing just solutions.

For that , Who influence the Sinhalese voters, educated Sinhalese politicians, Buddhist clergies , sinhalese owned & government owned media & so on ? Dr. Narendran do you have the power & control over all these for your ideas to percolate or permeate to the common man so that they elect a strong leader ?

On the other hand are you saying that something wrong only with the Tamil leaders after seeing the acts played by the above said sinhalese leaders in the SAD HISTORY OF SRILANKA you have mentioned.