The 100th day of continues protests by the families of enforced disappeared Tamils was marked at Ki'linochchi on Tuesday with more than 1,000 people attending the protest. The protesters were blocking the A9 Highway demanding SL President Maithiripala Sirisena to come and meet them in person with a time-bound answer on the whereabouts of their kith and kin, who were handed over to the occupying Sinhala military of genocidal Sri Lanka at the final days of the onslaught in May 2009. The SL Establishment caught in shock has asked for 2 weeks of time for a meeting through SL Governor Reginald Cooray in North. But, the hidden agenda of Colombo was again exposed as Mr Cooray went on record at a press conference stating there will be no response other than the offer of ‘certificate of missing person’ and monetary assistance to the families. “What can President Maithiripala say to [the families of enforced disappeared] regardless of the timeframe ultimatums given to him, be it one hour, two hour or 24 hour? He has only one and the same answer: There will be a committee appointed to issue certificates to the missing persons. If the families are prepared to receive such certificates, they would qualify for assistance. [...] There is no answer to un-answerable questions on tracing the whereabouts of the missing,” said the Governor of Northern Province Reginald Cooray. He was addressing journalists in Jaffna after attending a phone call from the SL President Maithiripala Sirisena on Tuesday in response to the big protest that has shaken the SL police establishment in Vanni.
