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The legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Tamil people
Title: The legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Tamil people
Category: History
Details: Words: 1998 | Pages: 8.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Tamil people
Quote "Democracy may mean acceding to the rule of the majority,
but democracy also means governments by discussion and
persuasion. It is the belief that the minority of today may
become the majority of tomorrow that ensures the stability
of a functioning democracy. The practice of democracy in
Sri Lanka within the confines of a unitary state served to
perpetuate the oppressive rule of a permanent Sinhala
majority.
It was a permanent Sinhala majority, which …showed first 75 words of 1998 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1998 total…state terrorism and genocide
against our people, the demand for a separate state
become the only logical expression of the
oppressed Tamil people. Our armed struggle is the
manifestation of that logical expression."
The future of that lawful armed struggle clearly falls to be
determined in the context of the security of the Tamil people and
their right to self determination and these are matters for
resolution across a negotiating table, not in vacuum." Unquote
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