JHU condemns killing of Joseph Pararajasingham

THE Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) in a media release under the signature of its General Secretary Ven.Omalpe Sobhitha Thera yesterday condemned the assassination of TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham while he was engaged in prayers at St. Mary's Church, Batticaloa on Christmas Day.

It conveyed the JHU's condolences to the late MP's wife who was herself wounded in the course of the same incident and other members of the bereaved family.

While condemning the LTTE's low political and military strategy of putting the blame for this brutal act on the Government Military Forces and the Jathika Hela Urumaya, the media release pointed out that this assassination has to be understood by the past history of the LTTE when their ruthless gun was turned against the friend and foe alike as long as the circumstances warranted such targets to achieve their fascist goals.

Tamil Arusu Kachchi MP Joseph Pararajasingham was a TNA ally who efficiently defended LTTE terrorism and its military strategy at an international level.

He justified the LTTE terrorist goal of dividing the country against the will of the Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and other ethnic groups of the island as a liberation struggle.

The Fascist thinking of the LTTE did not recognize the sin of dissolving a worthy friend like Joseph Pararajasingham, as long as that decision helped their Fascist course of separation.

By this assassination LTTE targeted two ambitions. One is to mitigate the international disrepute they earned as a result of the Lakshman Kadirgamar assassination.

The second is the erasing off of international scars caused by their denial of democratic right to the citizens of the North and East at the last Presidential Election.

Similarly the persistent continuation of child conscriptions in the North and East and the callous disregard of the ceasefire agreement in the face of President Mahinda Rajapakse's invitation to resume peace talks are other factors that have blighted the international arena against the LTTE.

When viewed against such a backdrop, it is not difficult to understand the LTTE motive to eliminate their friend MP Pararajasingham.

His name will go down in the LTTE history as a martyr who laid down his life to achieve the LTTE goal, the JHU Media release pointed out.

It warned those who bless the LTTE Fascism both here and abroad, to learn a lesson from the assassination of MP Pararajasingham and join hands ignoring all manner of differences to defeat the LTTE who justify injustice to a nation that aspire for peace and harmony.