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Ambalangoda special correspondent

The mock funeral ceremony conducted recently in the Parliament premises was done in accordance with the funeral rites advocated by the JVP leaders of the past. The coffin was not raised above the knees when it was brought to the Parliament, said the Galle district MP and UNP Media Spokesman, Gayantha Karunathilake addressing a public rally following the ceremonial commissioning of a rural electrification scheme at Kotawelabedda in Karandeniya electorate.

The Parliament of a country was considered as the august assembly of the representatives of the people and irrespective of party politics people's representatives should behave in a responsible manner he said.

The coffin brought to the Parliament symbolised the bitter memories of the era of JVP terror experienced by the people of this country.

JVP which preached on the rights of the working class and democracy during the past massacred the innocent people living in every district of the country except those who lived in the North, he further said. Government servants were gunned down on their way to offices and hundreds of intellectuals including the Buddhist monks were among those who were brutally murdered by JVP gunmen, he said.

During the era of JVP brutality, a mere chit could close down the shops and business centres of the country and the present day JVP politicians mistakenly believed that the people of Sri Lanka had already forgotten the atrocities of JVP he said. PA sympathisers tried to forget the situation of the country before UNF government came to power he said.

Under PA government the economy was shattered and nowhere in the country was safe and the city of Colombo was regarded as the unsafest place in the country, amidst barricades and bunkers bombs blasted almost daily in Colombo and its suburbs, he said. As consequences of faulty method of handling the ethnic conflict all the previous attempts of PA failed in seeking a lasting solution to it.

During the past almost daily sealed coffins reached the South but fortunately for one and half years under UNF government, due to ongoing successful ceasefire the situation had changed he said.

MP for Galle district, Jayantha Jayaweera said that in comparison to the development projects of other parliamentarians of the country, he had to shoulder a bigger responsibility of rebuilding the infrastructure destroyed by the JVP. During JVP insurrection, all the government buildings of Karandeniya were destroyed he said.

Under the able guidance of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the government could bring the country back to normalcy in every sphere he said. The International Community had kept confidence on the government and an unprecedented aid package was granted to Sri Lanka during the Tokyo Aid Consortium, he said.

Within the course of this year numerous development projects would be launched in the Karandeniya electorate he said.

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