| A “two-state solution” also will not bring peace either to the Tamil people or to the country as a whole. It’ll merely open a Pandora’s Box of a different form that would bring more war & misery to all communities.
Those who want durable peace in Sri Lanka should turn towards the toxic Centre; and, tackle the real culprit of disharmony – i.e. the state-structures as a whole. All progressive political parties – Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim – should come together to form a united front to take the bull by the horns.
As long as the Centre remains undemocratic, lop-sided & unequal, no amount of regional patchwork is going to work. In other words, regional democracy should be part of a radical transformation of the Centre. In particular, the central structures should be equipped with mechanisms to enable democratic representatives of all major communities to participate effectively – as equal partners – in the economic planning & development of the country.
[There are many other significant aspects of democratization of the centre that have been widely discussed. But, none of them would effectively work unless there’s a fundamental change at the central structures that would physically institutionalize major communities’ central role in governance as equal partners.] |
