How did 13th amendment become part of Indo-Lanka Accord & India’s role in it
The Letter sent by TULF to PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 provides clue to how 13A evolved. The history of the events should awaken Sri Lanka’s advisors promoting the theory that ‘we cannot anger India’ ‘we have to comply with India’ to also accept Sri Lanka’s eventual fate that would leave Sri Lanka without Sri Lanka and politicians without power. The letter by TULF leaders to Indian PM and the references in it reveals that the 13thAmendment & Provincial Council System with merger of North & East was birthed by India and not by Sri Lanka’s Tamil leadership or LTTE.
- Sampanthan, M. Sivasithamparam and A. Amirthalingam
TULF President Sivasithamparam, TULF Secretary General Amirthalingam, TULF Vice President Sampanthan wrote a letter to the Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 on 2 Bills – the 13thAmendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution & the Provincial Councils Bill. What they wrote to India is poignant in today’s contest of 13a and India’s role.
These are the key points that the 3 TULF leaders raised in their letter to the Indian PM
- The 13A Bill and the Provincial Council Bill DO NOT MEET the ASPIRATIONS of the Tamil People.
- Since 1983 TULF negotiated with the GOSL through Govt of India to arrive at a comprehensive DEVOLUTION
- TULF had requested Indian PM in July 1987 before arriving in Sri Lanka to sign Indo-Lanka Accord to have a team of Indian experts work with Sri Lanka to draft necessary legislation. However, Indian experts had not been involved in drafting of 13a or PC Bill (as per TULF letter) A draft legislation copy was not made available to India as per TULF.
- TULF Leaders met President J R Jayawardena on 29 September 1987 to request him to show draft to India
- However, 13A Bill and PC Bill was gazette without being made available to India. TULF says this is a breach of 2.15 of Indo-Lanka Accord “residual matters shall be resolved between India & Sri Lanka”.
- TULF confirms that India had to exert great pressure for President JR to agree to 1 administrative unit for North & Eastern Provinces (One Provincial Council – One Governor, One Chief Minister & One Board of Ministers) The continuance of this was to be subject to a referendum in Eastern province by 31 December 1988 which President JR could postpone. TULF had objected to a referendum.
- TULF claims both Bills are a farce to the Tamils as the single administrative unit is to be set up by Executive Act of President which he can revoke.
- TULF says Section 154 of 13thA is dubious and can be interpreted to mean a perpetual power is vested in Parliament to legislate and that a single administrative unit for North & Eastern Province is only an impermanent arrangement.
- TULF claims that powers to be devolved to the Provincial Councils should be the same as those enjoyed by the States in India.
- Discussions between GoSL & TULF in July/August 1986 agreed that legislative power of province in respect of provincial subjects would be near absolute & governor would be ceremonial head. (there was no provincial councils in 1986 – this means discussions did exist before Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987 – on whose initiation is the question that needs to be answered)
- TULF says the 13thA Bill and PC Bill retain power of Parliament to amend or repeal chapter pertaining to PCs, the lists of subjects & power of Parliament to legislate even on subjects transferred to PCs by a 2/3 majority and approved by People at a referendum.
- TULF says the 13thA and PCs retain Executive power of President via Governor appointed by Article 4(b) and 154(f)(2)
- TULF says that during the 1986 discussions GoSL indicated that the number of ministers of the province would not exceed 1/3 total members. NE Province would have 71 members. TULF proposed that members should not exceed 1/5 of total members. TULF says that the number of Ministers reduced to 4 is with ulterior motive to promote discord and diminish the importance of PC
- TULF says List of Subjects was to conform to Indian pattern, Concurrent List is heavily loaded and Provincial List is starved.
- TULF complains that – Fisheries other than beyond Territorial Waters, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Industries, Redemarcation including creation of Districts, Assistant Government Agents divisions, and Grama Sevaka Divisions, restoration, reconstruction of destroyed towns, villages, properties, compensation or relief to persons who have sustained loss or damage, palmyrah plantation and palmyrah industry, coconut plantation and industry related thereto, the ownership, management and control of state-owned industrial enterprises within the province dependant wholly or mainly on raw materials found in the province (recommended by the Political Parties Conference), Co-operative Banks, Prisons, Provincial Public Service, Provincial Public Services Commission, Local Government Service, Inquiries, Surveys and Statistics for any of the purposes in the Provincial List are not included in the Provincial List (as per discussions that agreed to follow an Indian format)
- TULF says that subject of Land & Land Settlement in Appendix-II of the Bill is worse than the Appendix attached to proposals on 23 September 1986
- TULF says that TULF cannot accept
- Inclusion of State Land in Reserved List
- State Land continuing to be vested in the State & power of disposition by President
- Denial of Right to Province, though land is a devolved subject ipso facto use of State Land for devolved subjects
- Restriction of right of province to administer & control only land made available to it
- Stipulation that alienation & disposition of State Land within Province to any citizen or organization is by President.
- Wide definition given to Inter Provincial Irrigation & Land Development Projects, principle of National Ethnic Ratio in such projects, right given to GOSL to determine selection of allottees for usch lands
- Failure to formulate principle of Cumulative Entitlement of Tamil speaking people in schemes under Mahaweli Project in Eastern Province & failure to incorporate with Appendix-II the Annexure on settlement in Eastern Province under Mahaweli Project.
- TULF says PC’s have been reduced to a nonentity – State Land though is a devolved subject yet enables Central Government to have a dominant power over State Land.
- TULF says subject of Ports is included in Reserved List. Trincomalee will come under Central control – Annexure C. TULF says that in 1984 after finalizing Annexure C, 5150 acres of land around Trincomalee Port was vested to the Port Authority.
- TULF says that contrary to the GoSL’s draft proposals to amend constitution of 23 September 1986 stating that ‘Provisions regarding Provincial Public Service to be included” resulted in Provincial Public Service and Provincial Public Service Commission not being included to Provincial Councils Bill.
- TULF says that its proposals were disregarded and the appointment, transfer, dismissal, disciplinary control of Provincial Public Servants was vested in the governor
- TULF says that the credible autonomy to the PCs that was expected are denied as both Bills enable Parliament & Executive to curb powers of the PCs.
- TULF says that Clause 2 of 13A making Tamil also an Official Language is nullified in paragraph (f) – “Parliament shall by law provide for the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter”
- TULF ends letter to Indian PM by appealing to India to ask President Jayawardena not to proceed with the 2 Bills in Parliament in its present form
There are a series of questions that arise from this letter.
Does the Indo Lanka Accord refer to 13a & PCs – No
How did 13a and PC system come about?
Then there is reference to Annexure C – what is this?
Following 1983 Indian PM Indira Gandhi sent her representative G. Parthasarathy to Sri Lanka. Proposals from discussions in Aug/Nov 1983 were known as Annexure C. These proposals were not presented during the December 1983 All Party Conference which ended in December 1984.
Parathasarathy had no role in Rajiv Gandhi’s administration & thus the incoherence in the Indo-Lanka Accord with the Provincial Council & 13A both of which were signed after he resigned in March 1986.
November 1984– LTTE kills innocent villages in Kent & Dollar Farms
In December 1984President Jayawardena presented draft 10thamendment & draft District & Provincial Councils Development Bill. It was a form of decentralization at District level to the Provincial level. TULF rejected the proposals.
In June 1985President JR visited India (weeks before Prabakaran was in Pondicherry meeting senior RAW officials) and a ceasefire was agreed & India was to help direct negotiations. A Sri Lankan team of legal/constitutional experts visited India.
In July-August1985 Thimpu talks commenced. Sri Lanka agreed to form separate Provincial Councils with limited powers but Tamil militant groups wanted right to self-determination & a homeland merging North & East.
India decided to directly hold talks with LTTE & GOSL separately. These talks ended on 30 August 1985. Sri Lanka presented a Draft Framework of Accord & Understanding https://tamilnation.org/conflictresolution/tamileelam/85workingpaper.htm
– this draft included creation of Provincial Councils (Separate Provincial Councils for the North & East) amending Sri Lanka’s constitution with limited devolution. LTTE rejected these proposals.
6 advisers to the Sri Lanka delegation. They were – Mr. G.V.P.Samarasinghe, Secretary to the Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers; Mr.Bernard Tillekeratne, Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India; Mr.C.Mahendran, Director General, Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Tissa Jayakody, Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Madras, Mr.S.M.L. Marikar, Additional Secretary to the Sri Lanka President; and Mr. Nalin Abeysekera, Legal Draftsman. The Secretary to the Sri Lanka Delegation was Mr.E.F. Dias Abeysinghe.
In December 1985TULF forwarded its proposals combining North & East into a single Tamil linguistic state but within the framework of a United Sri Lanka (not Unitary) with nod of approval by India.
Notice how UNITED Sri Lanka replacing UNITARY is being attempted since 1980s.
In January 1986 Sri Lanka rejected the TULF proposals on the grounds of it abandoning UNITARY status. India’s role was suspended for 6 months. India recommenced assisting Sri Lanka with a delegation led by Minister P Chidambaram.
May/June 1986new proposals were handed by GoSL to India who forwarded same to TULF. GoSL agreed to
- Devolution of power to PCs within framework of unitary Sri Lanka – retention of existing provinces as a unit of devolution but no merger.
- Establishment of PCs and devolution of powers & its functioning
- Specific proposals regarding devolution of Law & Order & Land Settlement
September 1986– Draft Constitutional Amendments, draft Provincial Councils Bills, Schedules setting out Reserved, Concurrent & Provincial Lists, detailed memoranda dealing with Law & Order, Land & Land Settlement & Education discussed.
October/November 1986– Tamil Nadu Government & Sri Lanka Tamil militant groups discuss Sri Lanka proposal. The Tamil militant groups claimed they were dissatisfied with the law & order, land settlement aspect.
November 1986 –SAARC Summit – President JR and PM Rajiv hold discussions. President Jayawardena suggests Easter Province be divided into 3 provinces based on ethnicity. Correspondence between Indian PM and Sri Lanka President reconfirms Sri Lanka’s commitments & India’s position – http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUIntLawNews/1986/38.pdf
What is clear is that the solution of devolving powers to Provinces evolved from discussions from CHOGM Nov 1983 – 1986 and was a pre-cursor to the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987. It was as if India was manipulating both LTTE/Tamil Political Parties & GoSL to make them believe they were creating a solution that was invariably to India’s favor/advantage, Indira Gandhi’s close associate G Parathasarathy playing a lead role proposing Annexure C that demanded the merging of North & Eastern Provinces.
1980 – the Development Councils Act
1984 – Parthasarathy Proposals and Annexure “C” (1984
1987 – Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement and the Thirteenth Amendment (1987),
1992 – Interim Report of the Mangala Moonesinghe Parliamentary Select Committee
1995 – Devolution Proposals (August 1995 and January 1996),
2000 – Draft Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka Bill (2000).
Bernard Tilakaratne in “Sri Lanka Government & Peace Efforts up to the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord: Lessons & Experiences” (Feb1998) explains how Parathasarathy pressured President Jayawardena to accept proposals merger of North & East part of India’s proposals called “Annex C”.
Wake up Sri Lanka’s leaders. You are foolishly weakening Sri Lanka & making Sri Lanka vulnerable. The need for transparency in the discussions is important as the secrecies of the past has resulted in weakening Sri Lanka with advisors not seeing the dangers in store. The general public and patriotic voices are better advisors to protect Sri Lanka than all of the advisors Sri Lanka has had in the past. The outcome of the PCs and the discussions that proposed the tweaking of Sri Lanka’s constitution shows that Sri Lanka’s advisors cannot be trusted to protect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty & territorial integrity.
Shenali D Waduge
"Kama ilivyoelezwa katika barua ya TULF kwa Rais Rajiv Gandhi tarehe 28 Oktoba 1987, ""Kama ilivyoelezwa katika barua ya TULF kwa Rais Rajiv Gandhi tarehe 28 Oktoba 1987, ""Kama ilivyoelezwa katika barua ya TULF kwa Rais Rajiv Gandhi tarehe 28 Oktoba 1987,"" ""Kama ilivyoelezwa katika barua ya TULF kwa Rais Rajiv Gandhi tarehe 28 Oktoba 1987." "Historia ya matukio hayo inapaswa kuwaamsha washauri wa Sri Lanka wanaotangaza nadharia ya ""hatuna uwezo wa kuikasirisha India, lazima tutii India"" kukubali hatima ya Sri Lanka ambayo itaiacha Sri Lanka bila Sri Lanka na wanasiasa bila nguvu." Barua ya viongozi wa TULF kwa Waziri Mkuu wa India na marejeo ndani yake yanafunua kwamba Marekebisho ya 13 na Mfumo wa Halmashauri ya Mkoa na muungano wa Kaskazini na Mashariki ulizaliwa na India na sio na uongozi wa Tamil wa Sri Lanka au LTTE. "Mwanamke huyo, ambaye pia ni Mkurugenzi wa TULF, Amritsar Singh, na Makamu wa Rais wa TULF, Amritsar Singh, aliandika barua kwa Waziri Mkuu wa India Rajiv Gandhi tarehe 28 Oktoba 1987 kuhusu ""mapendekezo mawili ya sheria"" - Marekebisho ya 13 ya Katiba ya Sri Lanka na Muswada wa Halmashauri za Mkoa." "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika taarifa ya India, ""mwisho wa siku hii ni wa kuvutia katika mashindano ya 13a na jukumu la India.""" "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika barua ya viongozi watatu wa TULF kwa Waziri Mkuu wa India, ""Sheria ya 13A na Sera ya Halmashauri ya Mkoa hazifanyi kazi kwa matarajio ya watu wa Tamil.""" Tangu mwaka 1983 TULF ilifanya mazungumzo na GOSL kupitia Serikali ya India ili kufikia DEVOLUTION kamili - TULF ilimwomba Waziri Mkuu wa India mnamo Julai 1987 kabla ya kufika Sri Lanka kusaini Mkataba wa Indo-Lanka kuwa na timu ya wataalam wa India kufanya kazi na Sri Lanka kuunda sheria muhimu. Hata hivyo, wataalamu wa India hawakujihusisha na kuandaa rasimu ya 13a au PC Bill (kama ilivyo katika barua ya TULF) nakala ya rasimu ya sheria haikutolewa kwa India kama ilivyo katika TULF. Rais J.R.Jayawardena alitoa wito kwa viongozi wa TULF kuwakaribisha waandishi wa sheria wa India na India, lakini sheria ya 13A na PC Bill zilikuwa hazikuwasilishwa kwa India. "TULF inasema hii ni ukiukaji wa kifungu cha 2.15 cha Mkataba wa Indo-Lanka "" Masuala ya mabaki yatatuliwa kati ya India na Sri Lanka. """ "TULF ilisema kuwa India ililazimika ""kufanya shinikizo kubwa kwa Rais JR kukubaliana na kitengo kimoja cha utawala kwa Mikoa ya Kaskazini na Mashariki (Baraza moja la Mkoa, Gavana mmoja, Waziri Mkuu mmoja na Bodi moja ya Mawaziri) "" na kuendelea kwa hii ilikuwa chini ya kura ya maoni katika Mkoa wa Mashariki ifikapo Desemba 31, 1988 ambayo Rais JR angeweza kuahirisha." TULF ilikuwa imepinga kura ya maoni. TULF inadai Bills zote mbili ni farce kwa Tamils kama kitengo kimoja cha utawala ni kuanzishwa na Sheria ya Utekelezaji wa Rais ambayo anaweza kufuta. "TULF inasema kifungu cha 154 cha 13A ni cha kutiliwa shaka na kinaweza kutafsiriwa kuwa kina maana ya ""mamlaka ya kudumu ya Bunge la kuunda sheria"" na kwamba ""kiungo kimoja cha utawala kwa Mkoa wa Kaskazini na Mashariki ni mpangilio wa muda mfupi tu.""" TULF inadai kwamba mamlaka ya kuhamishwa kwa Halmashauri za Mkoa inapaswa kuwa sawa na zile zinazofurahi na Majimbo nchini India. Mjadala kati ya Serikali ya Sri Lanka na TULF mnamo Julai na Agosti 1986 ulikubaliana kwamba mamlaka ya sheria ya mkoa kuhusiana na mada za mkoa itakuwa karibu kabisa na gavana atakuwa mkuu wa sherehe. "Kama vile ilivyotangazwa na Bunge la Jimbo la India na Sri Lanka mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la Jimbo la India na Sri Lanka mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la Jimbo la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la Jimbo la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la India mnamo mwaka 1987 na Bunge la India mnamo mwaka 1987.""" "TULF inasema ""13A na PCs kuhifadhi nguvu ya Utekelezaji wa Rais kupitia Gavana walioteuliwa na kifungu cha 4 (b) na 154 (f) (2) "" - TULF anasema kwamba wakati wa majadiliano ya 1986 GoSL ilionyesha kwamba idadi ya mawaziri wa mkoa haingezidi asilimia 1 ya jumla ya wanachama." Mkoa wa Kaskazini Mashariki utakuwa na wanachama 71. TULF ilipendekeza kwamba wanachama hawapaswi kuzidi 1 5 ya jumla ya wanachama. "TULF inasema idadi ya mawaziri iliyopunguzwa hadi 4 ni kwa nia ya nyuma ya kukuza ugomvi na kupunguza umuhimu wa PC: ""Orodha ya Vitu ilikuwa kufuata muundo wa India, orodha ya mfululizo ni nzito na orodha ya mkoa ni njaa.""" "TULF inalalamika kwamba ""Uvuvi wa nje ya maji ya eneo, kilimo, ufugaji wa wanyama, viwanda, marekebisho ya mipaka, ikiwa ni pamoja na uundaji wa wilaya, mgawanyiko wa wakala wa serikali, na mgawanyiko wa Grama Sevaka, ukarabati, ujenzi wa miji iliyoharibiwa, vijiji, mali, fidia au misaada kwa watu ambao wamepitia hasara au uharibifu, kilimo cha mtende na viwanda vya mtende, kilimo cha kokoni na majadiliano yanayohusiana na viwanda, umiliki, usimamizi na udhibiti wa viwanda vya serikali ndani ya mkoa unaotegemea kabisa au hasa kwenye malighafi zinazopatikana katika mkoa (iliyotolewa na Mkutano wa Vyama wa Vyama), benki, magereza, huduma za umma, huduma za serikali za mitaa, na takwimu.""" "Mafunzo ya ""mwisho"" kwa miradi ya maji na maendeleo ya ardhi ya kati ya mikoa, kanuni ya uwiano wa kikabila katika miradi kama hiyo, haki iliyopewa GOSL kuamua uteuzi wa watoaji wa ardhi ya ushirika, kutofaulu kutunga kanuni ya haki ya jumla ya watu wanaozungumza Kitamil katika mipango chini ya Mradi wa Mahaweli katika Mkoa wa Mashariki na kutofaulu kuingiza na kiambatisho cha pili cha Mkataba wa Mkataba wa Mahaweli." - TULF inasema PCs zimepunguzwa kuwa kitu  Ardhi ya Jimbo ingawa ni somo lililopitishwa bado inawezesha Serikali ya Kati kuwa na nguvu kubwa juu ya Ardhi ya Jimbo. - TULF anasema somo la Bandari ni pamoja na katika Orodha ya Hifadhi. Trincomalee itakuwa chini ya udhibiti wa serikali kuu. - Annex C. TULF inasema kwamba mnamo 1984 baada ya kumaliza Annex C, ekari 5150 za ardhi karibu na Bandari ya Trincomalee zilipewa Mamlaka ya Bandari. "TULF inasema kwamba kinyume na rasimu ya mapendekezo ya Serikali ya Sri Lanka ya kurekebisha katiba ya Septemba 23, 1986, ambayo inasema ""Mipango kuhusu Huduma ya Umma ya Mkoa inapaswa kuingizwa,"" ilisababisha Huduma ya Umma ya Mkoa na Tume ya Huduma ya Umma ya Mkoa isijumuishwe katika Muswada wa Halmashauri za Mkoa." "TULF inasema kwamba mapendekezo yake yalipuuzwa na uteuzi, uhamisho, kufukuzwa, udhibiti wa nidhamu wa watumishi wa umma wa mkoa ulipewa gavana. ""Utawala wa kuaminika kwa PCs ambao ulitarajiwa unakataliwa kwani muswada wote unawezesha Bunge na Mtendaji kuzuia nguvu za PCs. """ "TULF inasema kwamba kifungu cha 2 cha 13A cha kufanya Tamil pia lugha rasmi ni nulled katika kifungu cha f. ""Bunge lazima kwa sheria kutoa kwa ajili ya utekelezaji wa masharti ya sura hii.""TULF inaishia barua kwa Waziri Mkuu wa India kwa kuomba India kumwuliza Rais Jayawardena si kuendelea na Bills mbili katika Bunge katika fomu yake ya sasa." "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika mkataba wa Indo-Lanka, ""13A na PC"" ni sheria za nchi za Asia na Ulaya." Kisha kuna rejea ya Annex C <unk> nini hii? Mwaka 1983 Waziri Mkuu wa India Indira Gandhi alimtuma mwakilishi wake G. Parthasarathy nchini Sri Lanka. Mapendekezo ya mazungumzo ya Agosti-Novemba 1983 yalijulikana kama Nyongeza C. Mapendekezo haya hayakuwasilishwa wakati wa Mkutano wa Vyama vyote wa Desemba 1983 ambao ulimalizika Desemba 1984. Parathasarthi alikuwa na jukumu katika utawala wa Rajiv Gandhi na hivyo kutoelewana katika Mkataba wa Indo-Lanka na Baraza la Mkoa na 13A, zote mbili zilizosainiwa baada ya kujiuzulu kwake mnamo Machi 1986. LTTE iliua watu wasio na hatia katika vijiji vya Kent na Dollar Farms mnamo Desemba 1984 Rais Jayawardena aliwasilisha rasimu ya marekebisho ya 10 na rasimu ya Muswada wa Maendeleo ya Halmashauri za Wilaya na Mikoa. Ilikuwa aina ya decentralization katika ngazi ya Wilaya kwa ngazi ya Mkoa. TULF ilikataa mapendekezo hayo. Mwaka 1985 Rais J.R. Modi alitembelea India (mwisho wa wiki chache kabla ya Prabhakaran kufika Pondicherry kukutana na maafisa wakuu wa RAW) na makubaliano ya kusitisha mapigano yalifikiwa na India ili kusaidia mazungumzo ya moja kwa moja. Timu ya Sri Lankan ya wataalamu wa kisheria/katiba ilitembelea India. Mwezi Julai na Agosti mwaka 1985 mazungumzo ya Thimphu yalianza. Sri Lanka ilikubali kuunda halmashauri tofauti za mikoa na mamlaka ndogo lakini vikundi vya wapiganaji wa Tamil vilitaka haki ya kujitawala na nchi ya asili kuunganisha Kaskazini na Mashariki. India imeamua kufanya mazungumzo moja kwa moja na LTTE na GOSL kando. Mazungumzo hayo yaliisha tarehe 30 Agosti 1985. Sri Lanka ilitoa rasimu ya Mfumo wa Makubaliano na Uelewevu (Draft Framework of Accord & Understanding) ambayo ilijumuisha kuundwa kwa Halmashauri za Mikoa (Separate Provincial Councils for the North & East) na marekebisho ya katiba ya Sri Lanka. LTTE ilikataa mapendekezo hayo. Maafisa sita wa serikali ya Sri Lanka "Wanafunzi hao ni G.V.P. Samarasinghe, Katibu wa Baraza la Mawaziri la Sri Lanka, Bernard Tillekarathne, Kamishna Mkuu wa Sri Lanka nchini India, C. Mahendran, Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje ya Sri Lanka, Tissa Jayakudi, Kamishna Mkuu wa Sri Lanka huko Madras, na S.M.L. Rajendra.""" Marikar, Katibu Mwingine wa Rais wa Sri Lanka; na Mheshimiwa Nalin Abeysekera, Mhariri wa Sheria. Katibu wa Ujumbe wa Sri Lanka alikuwa Mheshimiwa E.F. Dias Abeysinghe. Mnamo Desemba 1985, TULF ilitoa mapendekezo yake ya kuunganisha Kaskazini na Mashariki katika jimbo moja la lugha ya Kitamil lakini ndani ya mfumo wa Sri Lanka ya Umoja (si ya Umoja) na idhini ya India. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Ushindi wa Sri Lanka"" ni hatua ya kwanza ya kuunda nchi ya Umoja wa Afrika tangu miaka ya 1980." Sri Lanka ilikataa pendekezo la TULF mnamo Januari 1986 kwa sababu ya kuacha hadhi ya UNITARY. India ilisimamishwa kwa miezi sita. India ilianza tena kusaidia Sri Lanka na ujumbe ulioongozwa na Waziri P Chidambaram. Mnamo Mei 1986, Serikali ya Sri Lanka ilitoa mapendekezo mapya kwa India, ambayo iliwasilisha kwa TULF. Serikali ya Sri Lanka ilikubali - Uhamisho wa nguvu kwa PCs ndani ya mfumo wa Sri Lanka ya umoja <unk> kuhifadhi mikoa iliyopo kama kitengo cha uhamisho lakini hakuna muungano. - Kuanzishwa kwa CPCs na kuhamishwa kwa mamlaka na utendaji wake - Mapendekezo maalum kuhusu kuhamishwa kwa Sheria na Amri na Makazi ya Ardhi Septemba 1986 <unk> Rasimu za Marekebisho ya Katiba, Rasimu za Mipango ya Halmashauri za Mikoa, Mipango ya Kuhifadhiwa, Mipango ya Mikoa, Memoranda ya kina inayohusiana na Sheria na Amri, Ardhi na Makazi ya Ardhi na Elimu. Oktoba 1986 - Serikali ya Tamil Nadu na Sri Lanka, vikundi vya wapiganaji wa Tamil, vinajadili pendekezo la Sri Lanka. Vikundi vya wapiganaji wa Tamil vilidai kwamba haviridhiki na sheria na utaratibu, sehemu ya makazi ya ardhi. Novemba 1986 <unk>Mkutano wa SAARC <unk> Rais JR na Waziri Mkuu Rajiv kufanya mazungumzo. Rais Jayawardena amependekeza jimbo la Easter kugawanywa katika mikoa mitatu kulingana na makabila. "Mapendekezo ya Rais wa Sri Lanka na Rais wa India, Rais wa India, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka, Rais wa Sri Lanka.""" India ilichangia LTTE na GoSL kuunda suluhisho ambalo lilikuwa la manufaa kwa India, G Parathasarthi, mshirika wa karibu wa Indira Gandhi, akicheza jukumu kuu la kupendekeza kiambatisho cha C ambacho kilitaka kuunganishwa kwa Mikoa ya Kaskazini na Mashariki. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika Sheria ya Baraza la Maendeleo ya 1984 (C-84), Mapendekezo ya Parthasarathy na Mkataba wa India na Sri Lanka na Marekebisho ya kumi na tatu (1987), Ripoti ya Kati ya Kamati ya Bunge ya Mangala Moonsinghe ya 1995 (Mapendekezo ya Uhamisho (Agosti 1995 na Januari 1996), Muswada wa Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Sri Lanka (Mkataba wa 2000) na ""Mkataba wa 1980.""" "Bernard Tilakaratne, katika kitabu chake ""Sri Lanka Government & Peace Efforts Up to the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord: Lessons & Experiences"" (Feb 1998) anaeleza jinsi Parathasarathi alivyomshinikiza Rais Jayawardena kukubali mapendekezo ya kuunganisha sehemu ya Kaskazini na Mashariki ya India iliyoitwa ""Annex C.""" Waamke viongozi wa Sri Lanka. Wewe ni upumbavu kudhoofisha Sri Lanka na kufanya Sri Lanka dhaifu. """Hitaji la uwazi katika majadiliano ni muhimu kwani siri za zamani zimesababisha udhaifu wa Sri Lanka na washauri hawaoni hatari zilizopo." """Watu wa umma na sauti za uzalendo ni washauri bora wa kulinda Sri Lanka kuliko washauri wote Sri Lanka imekuwa nayo zamani." Matokeo ya mkutano huo na majadiliano yaliyopendekeza marekebisho ya katiba ya Sri Lanka yanaonyesha kuwa washauri wa Sri Lanka hawawezi kuaminika kulinda uhuru na uadilifu wa eneo la Sri Lanka. Shenali D Waduge