Is the "Right Reverend" Rayappu Joseph a citizen of Sri Lanka or that of the mythical Tamil Eelam? This question has been prompted by a meeting he had last week with the LTTE political head and former Tiger 'police' chief B. Nadesan – successor to 'Brigadier' S.P. Thamilselvan, the so-called peace dove.
Rev. Rayappu Joseph, Bishop of Mannaar Diocese, met B. Nadesan, the terrorist LTTEs political head
The meeting, according to the LTTE terrorist websites , was on humanitarian issues pertaining to people displaced allegedly by the anti-Tiger operations of the Sri Lankan Security Forces. It appears that Rayappu Joseph considers LTTE a legally constituted body and therefore Nadesan has official powers to make decisions on these matters.
This is akin to a clergyman going to meet a bandit chief to discuss the issue of bystanders who may have got injured when the police fired on a gang of bandits.
We do not think that the "Right Reverend" has to be reminded that the problems of a country's citizens have to be discussed not with international proscribed terrorist outfit but with the legally constituted government of the country in question.
Rev. Rayappu Joseph, Bishop of Mannaar Diocese, met B. Nadesan, the terrorist LTTEs political head
The meeting, according to the LTTE terrorist websites , was on humanitarian issues pertaining to people displaced allegedly by the anti-Tiger operations of the Sri Lankan Security Forces. It appears that Rayappu Joseph considers LTTE a legally constituted body and therefore Nadesan has official powers to make decisions on these matters.
This is akin to a clergyman going to meet a bandit chief to discuss the issue of bystanders who may have got injured when the police fired on a gang of bandits.
We do not think that the "Right Reverend" has to be reminded that the problems of a country's citizens have to be discussed not with international proscribed terrorist outfit but with the legally constituted government of the country in question.
