Self proclaimed Tamil National Leader Velupillai Pirabakaran and
President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse.
The media reported that the President Mahinda Rajapakse's second son
Yoshitha Rajapakse has decided to join the Sri Lanka Air Force. He
faced a preliminary test at Welisara navy base. "It will be the first in
several tests," a military spokesman said adding, "If successful, he would
be
joining the executive branch of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN)".
Yoshitha Rajapakse
A senior navy spokesman said that this would definitely help the
ongoing recruitment drive to strengthen the SLN. The armed forces are
engaged
in a major effort to attract youth as security forces clash with the LTTE on
several fronts with the focus on a campaign to weaken Sea Tigers.
"We are proud to have a son of President Rajapakse in our ranks," the
officer said, expressing the belief that this would be an example to
other parents and an encouragement to youth.
President with wife and children.
The President is the first leader to break the trend in Sri Lanka's
Southern politics to engage his son in the military service. When the war
was at
its peak six years ago, the Colombo media was critical of the Sinhala
political leadership that their words does not match the deeds when their
children were not encouraged to join the military services whilst children
of
poor families were induced to join.
Reversal has happened with the LTTE since signing the Ceasefire
Agreement in 2001. The ceasefire agreement was used as a respite by the LTTE
leadership to send their children to Western world for safety and better
prospects.
Children of Pirabakaran, Nadesan, Balakumar, Thamilchelvan etc., left
the shores of Sri Lanka to four corners of the world for better prospects
and safety.
LTTE Supremo was singled out by the democratic Tamil political
leadership and the media for sending his children overseas for higher
education
and safety.
Pirabakaran, wife and two children
In fact, LTTE Supremo Pirabakaran's son Chareles Anthony is said to be
interested in taking some role in the LTTE functions. He is said to
have asked his father to make him responsible for the finances of the LTTE.
His preference to engage in the financial affairs of the LTTE is said to be
due to handling of some of the LTTE finances by the mother Mathivathani
Pirabakaran. Pirabakaran had bluntly told his son that he cannot take
on any important positions in the LTTE without facing the battlefront.
At the crucial age when Charles Anthony should have infused into the
LTTE military machinary, he was slipped away from Vanni by the mother with
his sister Duwaraka whilst children of Tamil nation are forced to undergo
military training.
'Blood is thicker than water' said a mother in anonimity who lost her
daughter to the LTTE in their forceful recruitment of children.
President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse.
The media reported that the President Mahinda Rajapakse's second son
Yoshitha Rajapakse has decided to join the Sri Lanka Air Force. He
faced a preliminary test at Welisara navy base. "It will be the first in
several tests," a military spokesman said adding, "If successful, he would
be
joining the executive branch of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN)".
Yoshitha Rajapakse
A senior navy spokesman said that this would definitely help the
ongoing recruitment drive to strengthen the SLN. The armed forces are
engaged
in a major effort to attract youth as security forces clash with the LTTE on
several fronts with the focus on a campaign to weaken Sea Tigers.
"We are proud to have a son of President Rajapakse in our ranks," the
officer said, expressing the belief that this would be an example to
other parents and an encouragement to youth.
President with wife and children.
The President is the first leader to break the trend in Sri Lanka's
Southern politics to engage his son in the military service. When the war
was at
its peak six years ago, the Colombo media was critical of the Sinhala
political leadership that their words does not match the deeds when their
children were not encouraged to join the military services whilst children
of
poor families were induced to join.
Reversal has happened with the LTTE since signing the Ceasefire
Agreement in 2001. The ceasefire agreement was used as a respite by the LTTE
leadership to send their children to Western world for safety and better
prospects.
Children of Pirabakaran, Nadesan, Balakumar, Thamilchelvan etc., left
the shores of Sri Lanka to four corners of the world for better prospects
and safety.
LTTE Supremo was singled out by the democratic Tamil political
leadership and the media for sending his children overseas for higher
education
and safety.
Pirabakaran, wife and two children
In fact, LTTE Supremo Pirabakaran's son Chareles Anthony is said to be
interested in taking some role in the LTTE functions. He is said to
have asked his father to make him responsible for the finances of the LTTE.
His preference to engage in the financial affairs of the LTTE is said to be
due to handling of some of the LTTE finances by the mother Mathivathani
Pirabakaran. Pirabakaran had bluntly told his son that he cannot take
on any important positions in the LTTE without facing the battlefront.
At the crucial age when Charles Anthony should have infused into the
LTTE military machinary, he was slipped away from Vanni by the mother with
his sister Duwaraka whilst children of Tamil nation are forced to undergo
military training.
'Blood is thicker than water' said a mother in anonimity who lost her
daughter to the LTTE in their forceful recruitment of children.
