JHU helps Government's humanitarian programme

Chamikara Weerasinghe

COLOMBO: The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday said that they will support the Government as long as it continues its humanitarian programme to liberate the country from terrorism while upholding the country's sovereignty.

Propaganda Secretary of Jathika Hela Urumaya, Nishantha Warnasinghe said that they support the Government on the ground that has already proved its commitment towards defeating terrorism with unprecedented success by liberating the Eastern Province from the grip of the LTTE.

"The present Government has been able to minimize unnecessary pressures being exerted upon us by international community," he said. "The main reason for extending our unequivocal support to the Government is that it has proved that it is capable of defeating LTTE terrorism, a fact that one could not say for the former UNP regime," he said.

Commenting on the country's current economic situation, Warnasinghe said that the prices of several essential items have gone up owing to various reasons, but one must realize that this is not the main issue that the country has to deal with at this juncture.

"The situation can get worse with a UNP Government, which would put the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity at stake for petty political gains by dancing to the tune of the LTTE terrorists and the international community," he pointed out.

"The people have economic difficulties, but not to the extent that people die on the streets. Our request to the Government is to minimise corruption and take legal steps against the culprits responsible for such corruption," he said.

"No one in the Government can meddle with the "unitary State" because the people have given them a mandate to preserve the country's unitary State," he added.

"Moreover, we do not think that by toppling the government, a solution could be found to the country's burning problems," he said. "We believe that a UNP Government could not provide solutions to the problems and it will complicate things," he said.