Updated 14 Dec 2013 07.30 GMT

The Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial council, C.V Wigneswaran, whilst highlighting that the Northern-Provincial council would not provide a solution for the Tamil people, outlined that the international involvement was needed to ensure the well-being of the Tamil people in the North-East.

Addressing the Northern Province, in Tamil, C.V Wigeswaran, in his budget speech stated,

“It is essential that an international strategy is innovated to quickly ascertain the views of the Tamil speaking people presently still occupying their traditional homelands. If the international community shows laxity, lethargy and indifference to the plight of the Tamil speaking people, it would be an irreversible act.”

“Consecutive governments of whichever hue were only interested in foisting more and more hardships and calumny on our people. Thereby turning to the international community appears to be the only alternative to us.”

“Unless there is immense pressure from the international community, our government will not grant any form of power sharing to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East. The international community should ensure that all aid given reaches us."

“They must realise that it was after driving away violently the Tamil speaking people from the Southern seven Provinces between 1958 and 1983 that the colonisation of the Northern Province with the help of the military is being undertaken now. Do not theses brothers who ask such questions know that the activities of successive Governments in this country have bordered on genocide.”

Outlining the unabated Sinhala-military colonisation and militarisation of the North-East he said,

“With everything that’s happening if there is no political solution soon, there will be more Sinhalese people in the North-East than Tamils."

“I would say well planned activities are in progress to completely detract the world from identifying the Northern and Eastern Provinces as traditionally and historically Tamil speaking. It is essential that an International strategy is innovated quickly to ascertain the views of the Tamil speaking people presently still occupying their traditional home lands.  If the international community shows laxity, lethargy and indifference the plight of the Tamil speaking people would become irreversible.”

Speaking on aid, he added,

“Projects undertaken at the provincial level grind to a halt prematurely since aid money gets stagnated at Central Government level”

“It is also essential that our officers receive technical assistance to draft appropriate Statutes and development projects and plans. We have very little human resources in these directions. There seems to has been a deliberate attempt at subversion of innovation so far.”