LTTE is banned by the SL Govt: with immediate effect

A public statement by His Excellency the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
WHEREAS an association known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been incessantly engaged in acts of terrorism and others acts of aggression with the main object of unlawfully establishing a divide sovereign State in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka;
AND WHEREAS, such acts of terrorism have built-in engaging in an illegal center armed disagreement with members of the armed forces and the police of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka;
AND WHEREAS, acts of terrorism and other acts of aggression perpetrated by the aforementioned organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been concerned in the murder and attempted murder of persons holding high political office, members of the security forces and the police force, public servants and civilians and of causing injure to property belonging to the State and to confidential property;
AND WHEREAS, the territorial honesty and sovereignty of the Democratic Socialistic Republic of Sri Lanka has been threatened by these incessant acts of terrorism and other acts of aggression perpetrated by the said organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and such as acts have rare the interests of public security, the conservation of public order, and the preservation of supplies and services necessary to the life of the community.
AND WHEREAS despite the spread of the Emergency (Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism and Specified Terrorists Activities) Regulations No.07 of 2006 the association known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has sustained to engaged in terrorism and other acts of violence;
AND WHEREAS, frequent requests made to the aforesaid organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to avoid terrorism and other acts of violence and to lay down arms, surrender and participate in the democratic process for the purpose of resolving disputes and developing and adopting legal and democratic processes and solutions for the decree of the problems faced by the citizens of Sri Lanka, have been unnoticed:
AND WHEREAS , repeated needs made by the Government of Sri Lanka and by segments of the international group of people to the said organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to refrain from holding, keeping or confining civilians living within the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka , by force or other means, or after that to use such civilians as human shields and as a result place the life and liberty of such civilians in danger, and also to stop or obstruct the provide of emergency treatment and help and caring relief to such civilians;
AND WHERES, frequent needs made by the Government of Sri Lanka to the organization known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam to permit civilians attentive or restricted in areas illegally controlled by the said Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to leave such areas and move into areas under the control of the security forces, have been unnoticed;
AND WHEREAS, the said association known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam continues, to unlawfully call up civilians, including women and children, as fighting carders of the said organization and thereby endangers the life and freedom of such civilians:
AND WHERES, acts of terrorism and other acts of aggression perpetrated by the organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its conduct orchestrated for the reason of collecting funds to perpetrate acts of terrorism, and its activities relating to the procurement and smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives, has the potential of unfavorably affecting global and regional peace and security and law and order of other ruler nation;
AND WHEREAS, in order to get rid of the scourge of terrorism from the world, it is essential for all sovereign states to criminalize terrorism and ban without exemption organizations engaged in the perpetration of terrorism;
Now THEREFORE it has become essential to proscribe the said association known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and to provide for the proscribing of other organizations that are connected with or which are on behalf of or drama on behalf of the organization known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and which have therefore become harmful to the wellbeing of public security , the preservation of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services necessary to the life of the community, His Excellency the President intends promulgating system in terms of the Public Security Ordinance(Chapter 40).
Given at Colombo, on this 7th day of January Two Thousand Nine.
By His Excellency's Command, signed by Secretary to the President, Lalith Weeratunga.