There is however an obvious “just and equitable” solution and both parties should be made to state how and why their possitions differ from the “Just and Equitable” solution.

In such a solution we should first recognise that.

1. The country belongs to all its citizens equally regardless of when or where they originated from. It follows that each citizen is therefore entitled to about 0.8 of an acre of land.

2. If a viable portion of the population therefore decides to secede from the union they must inevitably have the right to do so and take their 0.8 acre and move to their state of choice.

The choice is therefore not between “Unitary” and “Federal” but “Fair” and “Unfair”. I believe we should first logically devide the country into 3 states. One in the North devided from the rest of the country by a horizontal line with a given latitude (to pre-empt future border disputes). One in the east with Batticaloa as it’s centre and separated from the rest of the country by horizontal and vertical lines. There should then be a referrandum to find out who wants to belong to which state. The Diaspora should also be given a vote as many of them may want to return once peace returns. Once the numbers are established the borders can be drawn so that the land mass of each state is proportional to it’s population.

Afterwards the three states can hold elections and co-operate as and how they wish. If the co-operation is full and open all Sri Lankans will stand to benefit. For example there should be a disarmament treaty to ensure there is no arms race and that respective govts spend their budgets on public services rather than on foreign arms.
There should be free trade treaty, and an open borders treaty like that between the Schengen states.

If it is at all possible for our local bufoons to see that this will go further to achieving some kind of unity and harmony than their entrenched positions of

Tamils: Who cant see why the Sinhalese and Moslems cant crowd into the lower 2/3 of the country and leave the remaining 1/3 to just 12% of the population.

Sinhalese: Who believe that Sri Lanka should always be a unitary state dominated by Sinhala Buddhists. The only place in the world where the shining triple gem survives till eternity!

If this could ever be achieved people will realise that all that has changed from the “Unitary model” is that the President of the neighbouring land is of a different ethnicity. Everything else remains the same. People travel between the states without need for a visa or even crossing a border post. One can conduct business anywhere in the country. And resources can be spent on improving people’s lives rather than for hugely wasteful “Defence”.

The only difference it makes to a Sinhalese is that Mahinda Rajapakse’s writ will no longer be currency in the North and the East. And I dont rue that.

Am I being subversive and unpatriotic? Can some one please explain how?