{"id":34291,"date":"2014-10-20T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T23:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=34291"},"modified":"2014-10-20T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T23:51:09","slug":"govt-charge-that-ranil-wickremesinghe-met-ltte-diaspora-representatives-isan-outright-lie-states-unp-leadership-council-chairman-karu-jayasuriya-m-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=34291","title":{"rendered":"Govt charge that Ranil Wickremesinghe met LTTE Diaspora Representatives is”an Outright Lie” states UNP Leadership council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya M.P."},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/p>\n

Dharisha Bastians<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United National Party has hit out against allegations by the Government that the main opposition party had been involved in a recent court ruling lifting sanctions against the LTTE in the European Union, calling it petty politicking for the forthcoming election season.<\/p>\n

UNP Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya said in a statement issued yesterday that the European Court of Justice ruling relaxing the terror controls on the LTTE was a failure of the Government, which should appeal the ruling legally by making submissions to the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UNP has never held a soft position towards the LTTE. Even the simplest minds will understand that if that were true, the LTTE had no reason to enforce a boycott to ensure the defeat of an UNP candidate at the 2005 presidential election,\u201d Jayasuriya said in a media statement.<\/p>\n

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Government representatives and the State media claimed that the European Court ruling had come just days after UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe allegedly held meetings with LTTE diaspora organisations during a recent visit to London. \u201cThat is an outright lie,\u201d Jayasuriya said.<\/p>\n

Jayasuriya called the allegations a propaganda war by the Government in light of elections that are expected to be called in early 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the current Government that has a great affection for and nourishes the LTTE and its foremost members,\u201d the senior politician charged.<\/p>\n

He said that Vellupillai Prabhakaran\u2019s second in command within the terrorist organisation and the brutal commander responsible for the execution of 600 Sri Lankan Police personnel and the attack on the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, was now garbed in \u2018patriotic\u2019 clothes and holding ministerial positions within the Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man who became the leader of the LTTE after Prabhakaran\u2019s death, \u2018KP\u2019 is also in alliance with the Government,\u201d Jayasuriya asserted in his statement.<\/p>\n

The Leadership Council Chairman said that the Government\u2019s hypocrisy was showing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile assigning Tiger labels to other political parties and civil groups, it is the Government that is actively engaged in politics with brutal terrorists,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

The UNP had always believed the LTTE to be a brutal terrorist organisation, Jayasuriya said. \u201cIt is no secret that it was the UNP that changed Sri Lanka\u2019s armed forces from being a ceremonial army to a fighting force capable of combating brutal terror,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the current President had already commenced his election campaign for the presidency by violating election laws left and right. Jayasuriya\u2019s statement said that President Rajapaksa was compounding \u2018lies upon lies\u2019 and turning his official residence into election headquarters. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:DaiyFT<\/em><\/p>\n

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