Jaffna University students meet President Rajapaksa
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma
(Pix by: Sudath Silva)
Students from the Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts of Jaffna University enjoyed a very rare opportunity today on 11 April when they visited Colombo for an educational trip. It is the first time in their lifetime these students have visited southern part of Sri Lanka. They met President Mahinda Rajapaksa when they visited Temple Trees this afternoon.
Travel between the North and South had been barred or restricted as the country was engulfed in terrorism for thirty years. After defeating brutal terrorism in May 2009 Sri Lankans have the freedom to travel to every corner of the country and students from the Ramanathan Academy of Jaffna University took the opportunity to visit Colombo.
Happy students praised President Rajapaksa for eradicating terrorism and taking measures to establish lasting peace and harmony in the country providing opportunity for the public, especially in the north and east to live without fear. Students also said that they have been able to continue their studies without any disruption following the end of terrorism.
Pictures are seen here President Rajapaksa is discussing with the students their academic progress and other matters related to their day to day life in the Jaffna peninsula. During the mutual discussion with the students the President also pledged to solve the problems pertaining to the university students in the north and east.
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This is significant breakdown of national defences. Were these guys vetted prior to being granted access to strategic assets including Temple Trees?
They have always wanted to harm Temple Trees and it was not so long time ago that they openly attempted many times to fly low over this asset in their aircraft when they had juice in their testicles.
Were they inspected for hidden recording devices? Were they strip searched for skin-embedded cameras?
If the US can subject innocent airline passengers to the highest of security vetting procedures to prevent terrorist attacks, SL should pick a leaf and go several steps further in dealing with sisters and brothers who grew up in high risk terroristic environments.
Pity to see mature political leaders subjecting southern sinhala people to signinficant terroristic risks in the near (and far) future by treating LTT cultivated tamil societies as equals and inviting them (without extreme vetting and assessment) to our “households”. I am sure as a result of this visit, members of the Academy who visited our strategic assets (1) made notes, sketches of layouts, access and egress (2) made still photos/ videos of key elements of the strategic asssets. These records will be preserved for use not likely in the short term but possibly in an act of terrorism 10-15 years from now.
To enhance security in the first instance, we should minimise dealings and social interraction with the Tamils in Sri Lanka wherever they are in SL.
We should vigourously pursue the TN Relocation Solution as a matter of national interest. I observe support for such an initiative from India’s Congress Party Leader at a recent public address in TN where she expressed “genuine” concerns over the plight of SL’s tamils.
Suggest we commence a process of intense interraction with key Indian leaders (as we did in the lead-up to May 09)to build the TN Relocation Option as solution to the “problems” of SL tamils.
Dear Mr. Guru Sathyadhasa, Your comment is just came out from the racism. people like you only started the country to be misguided. The people cannot find the people what kind it is, they can never forward. You should leave the thought that all the tamils are terrorist or LTTE. from your thought what i can suggest tamil is better to be apart if can as you demanded, because we sri lanka has such thoughtless people also, they will never leave u peace