Time for Opposition parties to act with responsibility -Wayamba Chief Minister

A. Keerthisinghe Alawwa special correspondent

The Opposition parties instead of acting with a sense of responsibility, went on creating public unrest against the Government at a time its security forces are set to clear the North-East after its successful campaign, said North Western Province Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe at Alawwa.

The Chief Minister was addressing a foundation laying ceremony for the proposed two storeyed building of Ratanalankara Maha Vidyalaya, Alawwa.

Wijesinghe said that this is not the time for the opposition UNP to bring the public into the streets as they did a couple of weeks ago, as this kind of activities could provide the necessary edge for the LTTE to achieve these sinister moves.

Their targets have been civilian for the past time and it is unpatriotic by any political party to take steps that upset the Government at this juncture because it was the greater importance that the public get behind the Government and Security Forces to support them to defeat the LTTE.

North Western PC member and the SLFP organiser for Dambadeniya Shantha Bandara said that besides all these UNP demonstrations were based on increased oil prices and food shortage, which are beyond the control of the Government.

There are two international issues that have afflicted economies of the world.

Alawwa PS Chairman Sumith Rajapaksa also spoke.