03-19-2004, 12:49 AM
Karuna sees Prabha as traitor
By Shakuntala Perera and Sunil Jayasiri
LTTE's Eastern Province renegade leader Karuna has reportedly called on the Tamils in the east to treat LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran as a traitor and remove his portraits and all trappings in his honour from public places in areas under Karuna's command, military intelligence sources claimed yesterday.
They said this appeared to be an obvious tit-for-tat action by Karuna for the LTTE Wanni Leadership's decision to end the amnesty granted to him.
But Karuna's spokesman Varthan said they gave no specific directive to remove Prabakaran's portraits, though he admitted there was "growing anger" towards the LTTE supremo by the people in the East.
"We don't need to tell the people to do anything. If the people like the Wanni leader they will keep his portraits or remove them if they feel otherwise. The people can't be forced either way," he stressed. Meanwhile, Karuna has also announced an amnesty on the LTTE leaders, who fled from east to Wanni since the split, to return to the East promising that there was no threat to their lives to join their families in the East.
The Karuna faction also maintain that their administration under the Leadership of Karuna works smoothly, and the eastern people are rounding up with the new eastern commander.
By Shakuntala Perera and Sunil Jayasiri
LTTE's Eastern Province renegade leader Karuna has reportedly called on the Tamils in the east to treat LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran as a traitor and remove his portraits and all trappings in his honour from public places in areas under Karuna's command, military intelligence sources claimed yesterday.
They said this appeared to be an obvious tit-for-tat action by Karuna for the LTTE Wanni Leadership's decision to end the amnesty granted to him.
But Karuna's spokesman Varthan said they gave no specific directive to remove Prabakaran's portraits, though he admitted there was "growing anger" towards the LTTE supremo by the people in the East.
"We don't need to tell the people to do anything. If the people like the Wanni leader they will keep his portraits or remove them if they feel otherwise. The people can't be forced either way," he stressed. Meanwhile, Karuna has also announced an amnesty on the LTTE leaders, who fled from east to Wanni since the split, to return to the East promising that there was no threat to their lives to join their families in the East.
The Karuna faction also maintain that their administration under the Leadership of Karuna works smoothly, and the eastern people are rounding up with the new eastern commander.
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