When an alleged error in a court petition can put a man’s liberty on the line. The question before the public is what happens when the premise on which an allegation against Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay rests is itself wrong? In the Intervening Petition filed by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith before the Court of Appeal, Clause 18(1) states: “Petitioner-Respondent Suresh Sallay had held the position of Director Military Intelligence during the stage that the Easter Sunday Attacks took place on the 21st April 2019.”

The mastermind behind the decision to arrest Gen. Suresh Sallay may prove easier to identify than the increasingly sporadic efforts being made to connect him to the Easter Sunday attacks. Attempts to link him to Easter Sunday raises more questions than answers. For the President this poses a major issue. More than extending the PTA DO, President must ponder what political, institutional & national-security purpose is served by continuing to keep a retired distinguished officer in custody when even the Govt is aware they have no case against him. The President & Govt must now foresee where a continued detention will head.

Have we actually learnt the lesson of Easter Sunday? A serious allegation has been made about an alleged LTTE-related facility in the Pallai/Akkarayankulam area.

A historical record cannot be rewritten because it does not fit the new narrative.

This rebuttal examines whether the Channel 4 documentary establishes its central allegation of high-level state complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks on the basis of independently verifiable evidence, or whether it relies primarily on delayed testimony, anonymous sourcing, and inferential narrative construction.

Seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, Mullivaikkal continues to be internationally presented almost exclusively through one narrative: that of civilian suffering caused during the final phase of the war. Yet, why does “civilian suffering” need LTTE insignia and LTTE propaganda. Why are only pro-LTTE supporters present. Why are mothers of rival Tamil militant groups excluded as are the families of those LTTE killed. These are unpalatable questions that never receive answers.

Before the LTTE asks the world to mourn its dead, it forced Tamil parents to mourn their living children. This is an ugly truth that LTTE fronts overseas can never excuse.

Calls for reducing or removing Security Forces camps in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province in particular the Jaffna & Wanni security forces, are being promoted as post-conflict normalization, reconciliation, and civilian land release. These developments must be read as part of Sri Lanka’s broader transition from sovereign security control toward system-based dependency systematically instigated across Sri Lanka but visibly seen in the North and East strategic arc.

We are in agreement on one point: on 21 April 2019 Zaharan and a team of suicide bombers targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches causing 269 fatalities.