Join hands to defeat conspiracy

Wimal Weerawansa urges masses in special statement:

Uditha Kumarasinghe Irangika Range and Sandasen Marasinghe

KOTTE: Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Parliamentary Leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday said in Parliament that Sri Lanka was faced with a grave situation and no political party can play with that situation.

He would not be neutral politically though he was expelled from the party. He would do every possible thing to serve his people. He urged the people to rise to overcome various conspiracies hatched by external forces with local support.

He also said the voice of the members of the JVP at the grassroots level was not heard and he should serve them without being suppressed by the conspiracy within the party.

"I will not bow down before this conspiracy. I will not remain inactive. I will work for the people and for this country undaunted."

Weerawansa made this observation making a special statement with regard to various news items in the media. He also said that there were many conspiracies manipulated by foreign bodies who are pleased with his expulsion from the party. He questioned as to who benefited from this situation.

Weerawansa said he learnt the Central Committee of the Party had passed a resolution to expel him on May 10 after the election in the Eastern Province. Although he was the Propaganda Secretary he now knew nothing about the propaganda conducted by the party.

Weerawansa also said that he joined the JVP 20 years ago despite his father's protest after his A/Ls. He made a great sacrifice for the Party. He had two narrow escapes during 1988 and 1989 period.

He said many enemies wanted to end his political career, but this made him even more determined to follow the noble policies of the party to serve the people.

"This conspiracy really took shape after the 2005 Presidential Election. It was a relentless effort. They made various allegations against me personally. It was a campaign of vilification, defamation. It did not take too long for me to realise that there was support within the party for this campaign directed by external forces."

He alleged that some JVPers who had close links with the UNP made allegations go the effect that he was engaging in an image-building exercise at the expense of the party.

He told the House all his life, his main mission was serving the people. He raised the voiced of the helpless and the downtrodden in Parliament. But some did not like this and created a wrong impression in the minds of the public.

He asserted that he was not an yesman in the party. He openly expressed his ideas.

"I tried to show the wrong decision taken by the party after 2005. I struggled to correct them. But they painted a different picture."

He said it was very painful for him to hear of the allegations made by those within his party, as against those outside the party. "I love this country.

I believe the party should work for the country and not vice versa.

Various external forces are seeking to silence patriots by either defaming their character or physically eliminating them through the LTTE." He said he had spent the better part of his life for the party and the people and that commitment would not change. He gave his best for the party.

He urged all JVPers to protect the party without falling into the trap laid by conspirators.