சுனாமி-பின்-செயல்பாட்டுக் கட்டமைப்பு (P-TOMS)Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS, 2005)

The 2005 joint mechanism between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to coordinate tsunami reconstruction aid in the North-East. Struck down within weeks by the Supreme Court on the application of the JVP.

P-TOMS is the case file's clearest demonstration that even a humanitarian, non-political joint mechanism — designed only to distribute reconstruction money equitably to tsunami victims of all communities — could not survive Sinhala-majority constitutional politics in the unitary state. The narrowing here is not a Tamil withdrawal; it is a Sinhala-majority constitutional veto on power-sharing of any kind, however limited.

§1What P-TOMS was, and what happened

After the 26 December 2004 tsunami devastated coastal districts, the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed a joint operational structure (P-TOMS) to channel international reconstruction funding into the North-East. The JVP, a coalition partner, filed a Supreme Court challenge. The Court suspended key provisions in July 2005. The mechanism never operated.

Sources

◇ICG — coverage of the P-TOMS collapse and its political consequences. Resolve

What this article is not

This article does not assign blame to tsunami victims or affected communities.

This article does not glorify or endorse the LTTE as a party to the agreement; the agreement is recorded because the case file is about what was attempted and what failed.

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