{
  "id": 16824204,
  "title": "Absence of political consensus 20 years after LTTE’s eradication: Whom to blame!",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/absence-of-political-consensus-20-years-after-lttes-eradication-whom",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T00:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/absence-of-political-consensus-20-years-after-lttes-eradication-whom-to-blame/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The absence of political consensus, 20 years after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were eradicated, has raised questions about whom to blame. Last week's article, \"Nobel Peace Prize for Pillay draws global attention to Eelam War,\" prompted reflections on whether Sri Lanka achieved genuine reconciliation and economic progress since the conflict's end. Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa's amnesty and rehabilitation efforts for LTTE cadres, which saw the participation of various stakeholders, including the All Ceylon Hindu Congress, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) refused to cooperate. The TNA's refusal to acknowledge the rehabilitation project and demand a trial for war crimes undermined the reconciliation process. International support for Sri Lanka's post-war rehabilitation efforts was evident, with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission, Richard Danziger, emphasizing the importance of reintegrating ex-LTTE cadres into society. However, as the TNA consistently opposed the reconciliation process, it hindered the formation of a real consensus and genuine progress.",
  "summary": "By Shamindra Ferdinando Last week’s Midweek piece, headlined ‘Nobel Peace Prize for Pillay draws global attention to Eelam War,’ prompted one of the writer’s ex-colleagues, now serving a foreign media group, to raise the failure on the part of Sri Lanka to achieve genuine post-war reconciliation and real development…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}