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Media Release : Sunday, 14 August 2005

 

Request from the World Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and Jatika Hela Urumya political parties

 

Sri Lanka is passing through one of the darkest periods of her history facing the intransigent Tamil Tiger Terrorists and the extremely subtle diplomacy of some of the members of the international community led by Norway. To add insult to injury many of the Sri Lankan political leaders are ready to forego the sovereignty and the self-respect of the country for the sake of staying in power at any cost. Under these circumstances, we request the JVP and the JHU to forget the differences in your political philosophy and your long-term objectives and to come together as a joint force. It is time to think about the critical issues facing the country NOW especially when a golden opportunity has arisen to elect an Executive President who will undertake to put the country first.

 

We are of the view that your two parties have no problems in arriving at a negotiated settlement as both parties have clearly stated and exhibited through your political action that you are determined to defeat terrorism and uphold the sovereignty of the country.

 

Both parties should be honest to the people of Sri Lanka rather than to the outsiders who are keen to keep them at each other's throats. Both your parties have an obligation and a duty to stand by the Sri Lankan nation and state in no uncertain terms that:

 

1.      Sri Lanka's sovereignty and territorial integrity will be upheld at any cost

 

2.      LTTE terrorism will be defeated.

 

3.      The interfering international community, the foreign funded organizations and the NGOs will be told to take their hands off Sri Lanka.

 

4.      Every step will be taken to support and build a National Economy.

 

5.      Both parties will stand unitedly to plan for the alleviation of poverty in Sri Lanka.

 

6.      Both parties will give an undertaking to restore law and order

 

7.      Corruption and nepotism will be rooted out.

 

 

Time is running out at an unbelievable pace pushing the country to the brink of disaster. It will be through a joint working program of the JVP and JHU based on the above seven principles that the nationalist forces will be able to give the right leadership and confidence to the Sri Lankans who have been betrayed time and again by treacherous leaders for the last few decades.

 

We hope and pray that the JVP and the JHU will move away from their self-built, secluded corners to build on their strengths and force the main political parties to realise that the period of muzzling the Nation is over. A new generation of politicians have arrived. A new political culture is in the making placing the Nation's interest ahead of party politics, personal gains and dollar commissions. Sri Lanka will be rid of the “Robber Barons” who ruled the country at the whim and fancy of their overlords and masters in the west.

 

Let Mother Lanka take a fresh breath!

Let Mother Lanka gain strength to come out of one of the most unfortunate situations in her history.!

 

We appeal to the Patriots in the JVP and JHU (lend your ears to MOTHER LANKA's piteous wailing and dry her tears- DELETE) to pay heed to the cries of the suffering masses who have waited long for the dawn of a just and fair society in Mother Lanka

 

 

World Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka

 

Dr. D. Jayasuriya

President 

Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights of Sri Lanka (SPUR), Victoria

President - Sri Lanka United National Association (SLUNA) of Canada

President - Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights of Sri Lanka (SPUR),NSW

President - Western Australian Society for Peace Unity and Rehabilitation, (WASPUR)    in Sri Lanka

President - Sri Lankans Against Terrorism- NSW

President - Sinhala Cultural and Community Services F. Vic

President - Apey Shakthi- New Zealand

Coordinator - Hela Muthu Ketaya, New Zealand

President - Canadian Association for United Sri Lanka-Canada

President - Sri Lankan United National Association-Canada

President - Sinhala Centre- U.K

President - The International Campaign for the Liberation of the Sinhala Nation- U.K

President - Sinhala Association of Sri Lankans in the U.K

President - New York Society of United Sri Lankans-U.S.A

President - United Sinhalese Association in Italy- Rome.

President - Pacific Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka, Vic (National Office), Australia

President - Alliance Against Tamil Domination, UK

President - Veera Parakramabahu Foundation (VPF), NSW, Australia

President - First Society of Sri Lankan Professors in American Universities

President - First Society of Sri Lankan Professionals in Japan

President - Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights of Sri Lanka (SPUR), UK

 

 

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