Gotabaya promises to rehabilitate remaining Tiger suspects
SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, campaigning in Vavuniya, yesterday, urged the Tamils to repose their faith in him. They should be not be cheated by politicians unlike in the past, he said stressing that he was focusing on doing his utmost for the welfare of the people.
He said he would rehabilitate more than 250 former LTTE cadres still held in custody and reintegrate them into society under his rule.
“There had been around 5,000 Tamil youth at camps even before 2005. By 2015, we rehabilitated all of them except for 274 individuals. They, too, will be rehabilitated,” Rajapaksa told a rally in Vavuniya.
The Former Defence secretary said that the previous government had carried out a very successful programme to rehabilitate former LTTE cadres by even offering employment.
Rajapaksa said that he had always kept his promises and would continue to do so.
The former Defence Secretary urged Tamils to put aside the past and look to the future.
“My policy statement for this election looks at ensuring a prosperous future for the whole country. The proposals we have made are practical proposals.”
(Source: The Island – By Dinasena Rathugamage)
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If Muslims in the West were pining for, and wanting, the release of ISIS terrorists, what would happen to them?
– Most certainly, arrest and detention under terrorist laws, investigations, imprisonment/ rehabilitation process, including teaching them that ISIS is wrong and not acceptable in their society!
In short, there is no tolerance of this type of ideology, even in a democratic western country. This is a wise strategy to minimise future conflict.
If we extrapolate this to the LTTE and their supporters here, do we have similar policies, and what is in place to stop it spreading?
The 274 LTT detainees will be rehabilitated and employed by GR’s Defence Minister in the brand new White Van Brigade 2020.
That is what they are good for !!!
Hard core LTTE are unlikely to have their mindset changed by rehabilitation. Releasing them from prison may be too risky for the nation’s safety. Our limited resources are unlikely to enable monitoring.
Let’s hope that they think carefully beforehand…