Political News
Rukaman praises army victories
UNP Assistant Leader Rukman Senanayake yesterday expressed his confidence of an outright army victory over the LTTE.
Senanayake said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government should be praised for boldly meeting the enemy challenge and successfully carrying out the war. The leadership given by the President and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had been very good the MP added.
He declared that the recent territorial gains on the Vanni front had made the remaining LTTE strongholds shaky.
He dismissed the view that the UNP was attempting to throw a lifeline to the LTTE.
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe recently accused the air force of failing to evacuate soldiers wounded on the Vanni front for want of fixed wing aircraft.
The Defence Secretary told that fixed wing aircraft couldn’t touch down in the Vanni as there weren’t any airstrips. All personnel wounded both east and west of the A9 had to be evacuated by helicopters or road.
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that the Opposition had mixed up the Jaffna theatre with Vanni. He declared that the administration had struggled hard to provide every possible facility to the fighting soldier. He rejected the perception that all soldiers wounded in the northern and eastern provinces were evacuated by air to Colombo.
Courtesy: Lankapuvath
Ranil charges Mihin given more money than funds to purchase weapons
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged in Matara today that the government has allocated only Rs. 5.61 billion as capital expenditure for the army to purchase weapons and strengthen the forces while Rs. 6 billion has been allocated to relaunch Mihin Lanka.
Courtesy: Dailymirror
“LTTE does not wish for a genuine ceasefire” - MP Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan
Parliamentarian Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan says that the LTTE does not genuinely want to enter a ceasefire.
He says that he knows that the LTTE would never enter a ceasefire with a genuine intention and that he knows how they acted on previous occasions.
He further states that the LTTE is weakened at the moment. At a time like this the best way for them to be secure is by going into a ceasefire, Mr. Muralitharan added.
He said that the LTTE is trying to make use of the opportunity, to arm itself.
If the LTTE truly wants a ceasefire they should lay down their arms and to win the rights of the Tamil people LTTE should be defeated, he further noted.
Courtesy: Lankapuvath
JVP is being dragged towards unpatriotic forces –Wimal Weerawansa
National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa said JVP joined with Tamil National Alliance and UNP, when the security forces were about to gain the victory of Pooneryn , and they committed the same thing when the second reading of the budget .
A party which provided examples to the nation that the war can be done, has now become the hands of Tilvin and Anura .
He further added that the present situation of the party is heart rending.
Further speaking he said that JVP is being dragged by Anura and Tilvin towards unpatriotic forces.
Courtesy: Lankapuvath
Eleven including Wimal sacked from JVP
The JVP has announced that it has sacked 10 of its members, who contested the general election in 2004 under the UPFA and were elected to Parliament and another, who was appointed to Parliament through the national list, for violating party discipline.
The members who have been sacked from the JVP are; Wimal Weerawansa MP, Premawansa Jayasinghe MP, Pathma Udayashanthe MP, Samansiri Herath MP, Priyankara Weerakumara Dissanayake MP, Deepal Gunasekera MP, Achala Suranga Jagoda MP, Mohommed Mussammil MP, Jayanthe Samaraweera MP, Piyasiri Wijenayake MP and Anjan Umma MP.
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