Tamil community condemns April 29 Udayan newspaper article
The article carried on page 2 of the Udayan newspaper of April 29,
which is published in the Jaffna district is racist by nature and is
meant to mislead the Tamil community in the region.
The story has been written on the basis of the discussion between
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mannar Archbishop Rayappu
Joseph. The Udayan newspaper has mentioned that the discussion was
attended by family members of missing people in the region, during the
war.
"The article quotes Ranil Wickremesinghe as saying at the discussion
that mass disappearances of people were reported during the tenure of
this government and all who went missing have been allegedly
assassinated, "the news paper reports.
It had further mentioned that Wickremesinghe had reportedly told the
people of Mannar that this government made no attempt to bring about a
solution to the problems of the Northern people.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) Organizer of the Vanni and Killinochchi
district, Geethanjali Naguleswarana pointed out that this was a strong
attempt at fanning the flames of racism in the country.
She reiterated that all Tamil speaking people are now living without
fear and suspicion under the trustworthy leadership of President Mahinda
Rajapaksa. She said though the UNP Leader has conveniently forgotten
about the past when large numbers of Tamils were killed during the dark
era from 1983 to 1989 during UNP rule.
At a time when people in the North and East are expressing their
gratitude to the Security Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice to free
the innocent Tamil people from the clutches of the bloody LTTE
terrorists, it is disgusting to see attempts being made to create hatred
and suspicion among various communities. Naguleshwaran pointed out that
the average Tamil person fears that the publication of such newspaper
articles can push the country towards conflict again.
"The people of the region have condemned the attempt by the Udayan
Newspaper to take the country to another war,".
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