Colombo, 21 June, (Asiantribune.com): The Post Tsunami Operational Structure (P-TOMS) is to change the landscape of Sri Lanka once it is put to operation no sooner after the signing between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

The so called relief mechanism structure is now imposed on the people and the Government of Sri Lanka by the donors and the international community on an unholy maneuverings by Norway.
“Asian Tribune” learns that signing of this instrument meant to be used for reconstruction and rehabilitation will take effect very shortly and the country would be taken by surprise at the speed by which P-TOMS comes into operation without any fanfare and advance notices.

Though P-TOMS look innocuous as Jayantha Dhanapala, Secretary General of the Government Peace Secretariat and S.Paramu Tamilselvan, the political head of the Tamil rebels’ organization have explained.

Both of them explained that P-TOMS is only a mechanism aimed at planning to share US $3.0 billion aid given by the foreign donors’ with the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lanka Government to work out ways and means to rehabilitate and resettle millions in the country who are affected by the tsunami.
Earlier, the same interpretation was given when Ranil Wickremasinghe and V.Prabaharan when they signed the cessation of hostilities agreement in other words the Ceasefire Agreement.
Now it becomes clear that though CFA was signed, though the sophisticated weapons remain silence except for the pistols, but it has virtually divided the nation into two separate states and the clauses in the agreement has gradually put the cleared areas such as Jaffna peninsula, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa almost under the control of the Tamil rebels.

Though Government claims that Jaffna is a cleared area and under the control of the Sri Lankan armed forces, but CFA has surrendered Jaffna to clutches of the LTTE and nothing can move without the permission of the so called LTTE political Viceroy who is in charge of the political office in Jaffna.

Even Sri Lankan Government Ministers were unable to enter Jaffna district despite of all those Sri Lanka Armed Forces providing security shield and the of those sophisticated weapons they carry.
Recently when the Government Ministers visited Jaffna they were pelted with stones and splashed with water mixed with feces.

Tamil rebels who were unable to recapture the Jaffna Peninsula were able to take over the district through their Norway connection and with their superior diplomatic maneuverings.
Similarly it is learnt that the PTOMS would provide them with a legitimate opportunity to take part in the rehabilitation and reconstruction activities within 200 meters coastal belt of the tsunami affected North and Eastern province thus giving the necessary foothold they needed and to be in control of the coastal belt which is nearly two third portion of Sri Lanka thus giving them the most sought opportunity to challenge the Sri Lankan Navy as well as Sri Lanka’s suzerainty over territorial waters of the country.

Providing an opportunity to set their feet in the 200 meter coastal belt of Sri Lanka, especially in the North and East, it might grow into a major threat in the days to come even to the security of Sri Lanka’s neighboring country - India, especially Tamil Nadu where already separatist forces are at work in a small scale, but expected to grow when the control of the Sri Lankam international waters falls into the hands of the Tigers.

Though P-TOMS is a wanted and a necessary mechanism to restore and rebuild the tsunami affected regions with aid money provided by the foreign donors, but it is time that Government has to take a fresh look at its proposal to see whether they have the necessary precautionary inbuilt clauses in their mechanism and must also consult with Indian counterparts before coming forward with a mechanism where threats and challenges undoubtedly lurks.

- Asian Tribune -