French voters elected 78 MEPs for EU Parliament including 14 each from the Green Party and the Socialists, but outright rejected the LTTE backed Tamil candidates who fielded under independent group for Ile de France district that includes Paris. EPP topped the list with 30 seats while the Liberals came fourth with 6 seats after the Greens and the Socialists.
The Tamil origin French voters from Sri Lanka, Mauritius, East Africa and India cast their votes in favour of socialist and left parties. The Tamil group backed by the front organizations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was routed in the election.
The Independent group headed by Jean Marie Julia from Pondicherry could not even get the votes of the French citizens of Pondicherry origin because the list included 18 Sri Lankan Tamils backed by the LTTE. "Julia had a chance of getting elected if he had contested from a socialist party," Joe Samuels, a Pondicherry Tamil in Paris said. "But our people rejected his list because it contained names of several LTTE supporters. Our people detest violence and they don’t want anybody who believes in violent politics".
Meanwhile, Janani Jananayagam, know as Janani to the LTTE diaspora in London, had to bite the dust, in spite of heavy backing by the LTTE supporters. She was subsequently backed by one MIA, a rap artist who thought that the younger generation of rap fans would rally round her call and vote for Janani who thought she would make it into the EU Parliament. Even a couple of musical events which were supposedly organized by this rapper failed to draw crowds as anticipated and also votes at the elections.
Jananayagam received 50,014 votes as opposed to the last elected member of the UKEP which was 188,440 votes. This was a dismal performance by the much hyped Jananayagam who hoped to be carried into the EU Parliament by the Tamil Diaspora.
"It is a very poor showing," said Jacob Vasan, a Tamil youth leader from Luton. "Jaani, lost more Tamil votes than she could win over because of a her 'I am the greatest' attitude. She snubbed many Indians and people from friendly countries like Malaysia and Mauritius".
No of Votes MEPs
Conservertives 497,037 3
Labour 372,590 2
Liberal Democrats 240,156 1
Green 190,589 1
UKip 188,440 1
BNP 86,420 0
Christian Party 51,336 0
Ind. Jananayagam 50, 014 0
Jan Jananayagam is an independent British candidate in the forthcoming European Parliament elections, which will take place on June 4-7. Jananayagam has been lobbying the British government to help stop the war in Sri Lanka—an issue that M.I.A. has been very vocal about in the past.
Her support for Jananayagam looks set to be immortalized in a song, which will be available to Londoners who vote for the candidate. It’s not yet clear what the song is called or how it will be distributed to voters, but it will inevitably leak online once M.I.A. has made it available.
The losses faced by LTTE supporting politicians such as Jayalalitha, Vaiko, The Independent Candidates who contested for a berth in the European Parliament in Paris, and the latest loser Jani Jananayagam brings out a strong message to the effect that all Tamils are not and never were with the LTTE, the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world.
Tamil Writers Guild is delighted to fully endorse Independent (Tamil) MEP Candidate Ms. Jan Jananayagam - Your Vote Counts!
On behalf of the Tamil Writers Guild, we seek your immediate support to help elect Ms. Jan Jananayagam, who is standing as an Independent candidate in the forthcoming European Parliamentary Election for the London constituency on Thursday 4th June. This message is particularly relevant to those of you who are on the electoral list for the London region and also, for those of you who have family, friends and colleagues who live in that region and are entitled to vote.
Please remember she needs only 150,000 votes to be elected – every vote you can help to deliver is one more towards that winning goal!
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