LTTE's use of pregnant bomber crime against Tamils - Hemakumara

Pramod de Silva and Ranil Wijayapala

COLOMBO: UNP MP Hemakumara Nanayakkara yesterday pledged to extend his party's fullest support to the Government to defeat terrorism and bring peace.

Speaking in Parliament, Nanayakkara condemned the LTTE's use of a pregnant suicide bomber to target the Army Commander, questioning as to why women's NGOs and other NGOs were silent on this heinous act. He said this act of the LTTE was a crime against the Tamil people. The Tigers do not believe in peace, he added.

Referring to the protest held earlier in the House by the TNA, where they held a banner that read 'stop state terrorism', Nanayakkara asked as to why they were silent on LTTE terrorism. It was pathetic that the TNA which came to Parliament with the Tamil people's blessing was now dancing to the LTTE's tune out of fear for their lives.

The MP called for enhanced security for Parliament and other vital institutions in view of the LTTE's threats.

National Security should not be compromised, he said.

"We will give all possible support to the Government to bring peace," he remarked.

He recalled that by signing the Ceasefire Agreement, the UNP Government led by then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe genuinely wished to achieve peace in the country.

"The UNP always strove to achieve peace," he said.