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| Sunday, 26 February 2006 |
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Return from Geneva Punchline by Buffa There is wide acclaim, jubilation and celebration that both sides engaged in the parley at Chateau de Bossey conducted themselves and the deliberations admirably keeping in sight the ultimate goal of averting armed confrontations. That was in fact the mandate given by those that matter across the divide - the people. Encomiums will pour in especially in the aftermath of the hype that the new President elected just over three months ago was a hawk who was in no way able to wriggle out of the clutches of chauvinists and extremists on whose backs he had ridden to power! Now all that is reduced to nothing. The well funded virulent campaign that narrowly missed out in gaining its end in November last year is now exposed in all its nudity. Protestors against war mounted a visible and voluble campaign in the cold, in the very heart of Geneva the country that was the venue. While the people came out on to the streets friendly countries, the giants and the generous, will lay it on thick now that separation is not considered an option, reflecting the view of the majority be they Sinhala, Tamil or Muslim. |
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