Conspirators surfacing again - Governor

Suraj A Bandara

Local and foreign conspirators striving to resurrect LTTE terrorism have begun to surface once again, Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana said.

He was addressing a media conference organized by the Joint Trade Union Alliance (JTUA) at the Public Library Auditorium yesterday.

The Governor said the protest at Heathrow Airport and the cancellation of the Oxford lecture scheduled to be delivered by President Mahinda Rajapaksa are seen as an outcome of this conspiracy of LTTE supporters. The Tamil diaspora together with certain local and international pro-LTTE forces are trying to rejuvenate the defeated terrorists, he said.

There are clear indications that certain political parties in Sri Lanka, which see no possibility of coming into power in the foreseeable future are trying their best by hook or crook to topple the Government. Some politicians from Sri Lanka who participated in these protests proved that they too are participants in this conspiracy, Mowlana said. The JTUA urged the working community to rally round the President to defeat the sinister efforts of local and foreign forces that are hell-bent to disrupt the quick march towards development.

He said the Tamil diaspora will try its best in the future too to prevent development in Sri Lanka to remain in foreign countries enjoying luxuries on the pretext of being refugees.

The JTUA requested Sri Lankan Tamils living overseas to work in the interest of the peace loving Lankan Tamil population and support efforts being made to develop the country.

JTUA Secretary Hemasiri Jayalath said the emergence of patriotic forces after the incident in London signifies the solidarity against the strong colonial powers who went on humiliating Sri Lanka through false allegations.