President to present draft of political solution to India in June

The President is scheduled to present a draft of the proposals of the political solution for the national question in Sri Lanka to Indian government in June states a weekend newspaper. According to this newspaper the President will present this draft of the proposal during his visit to Indian in June.

The President is also scheduled to discuss the proposals with Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and Indian President Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. 

According to government internal sources the proposals compiled by the government includes total implementation of the 13th amendment so that provincial councils would be given all the powers including land and police powers. 

In July, 2009 the President speaking to ‘The Hindu’ stated that he was prepared to grant a solution that goes beyond the 13th amendment but it would have to be approved by the people. The President said, “I am waiting but it will be after my re-election as President. I must get the mandate. After that, the political solution comes. Even tomorrow I can give that — but I want to get that from the people.”

Also, during a visit to India the same year by Messrs. Basil Rajapakse, Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Lalith Weeratunga a MoU was signed between Sri Lanka and India and diplomatically it was agreed to implement the political solution through the 13th amendment. 

Meanwhile, the Indian economical mediation in the North and the East has gone up rapidly during the recent past. An Indian Consul office has been established in Jaffna and media had reported that discussions would be held to establish another Indian consul office in Sri Lanka during President Rajapakse’s next visit to India. 

Independent analysts have expressed suspicion that the moves by Rajapakse government and India indicate an attempt to implement agreements reached by both governments before the elections. If it is so, Sri Lanka would be another ‘Miracle in Asia’ that has lost her sovereignty and territorial integrity by becoming another region of India.