NMAT urges politicians not to hamper victory march against LTTE

Chamikara Weerasinghe

COLOMBO: The National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) yesterday appealed to all political parties and politicians not to cause any action that could harm the government's on going operations to free the country of LTTE terrorism on account of their political differences with President Rajapaksa and his government.

The Movement's Executive Committee member and lecturer at Jayawardenapura University Anuruddha Perera speaking at their national conference yesterday at New Town Hall, Colombo 7, stressed that there was no way that any political party or politician can charge the government that it was not properly dealing with the LTTE problem.

"The government troops are well and truly liberating the country from terrorism in pragmatic terms under President Rajapaksa's government," he said. Referring to criticism levelled against Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa by some MPs, Perera said: "Everybody knows that he is President Rajapaksa's brother.So what ? Can one say he is not doing his job?"

"As the National Movement Against Terrorism , we say he is the best Defence Secretary the country has produced. So why try to hit him for being the President's brother." he asked. "We will extend our full support to the government because of it's genuineness and pragmatic approach to fight the LTTE terrorism on a firm footing,"he said.

He said the way their Movement see it the country is already divided and the dividing line is those who support the LTTE and those who support the cause of wiping it out.

"Our future decisions will be based on that," he said.