I don't know whether I should Laugh or should Cry when President Mahinda rajapakse is satisfied with the resettlement process and says on IDPs of Sri Lanka as follows;
"Sri Lanka has done the best job in the world of resettling internally displaced persons (IDPs) and rehabilitating militant youth."
“What we have achieved in terms of rehabilitation of those misled youth, and the resettlement of the IDPs, is far superior to any such exercise anywhere in the world,” Rajapaksa told at a business conference related to the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards.
I am afraid to think what would be the so called resettlers of 275,000 people's destiny once President of SL says like this. What would be the way for their livelihoods? What would be the future of educationof the children? What will be the way for living for more than 50,000 women headed families?
The so called resettled people are still hanging on under the trees, abandoned houses or temporary shelters have considered as the resettlement.
If this is the assessment of the leader of the nation about his fellow citizens, we can not think what would be the future of those people and their destiny.
Herman Kumara,
05.06.10
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