|
|
Wimal Weerawansa moots new front
Sunday, 13 April 2008 - 1:00 PM SL Time
|
|
|
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) dissident faction led by its parliamentary group chief, Wimal Weerawansa, has mooted the formation of a Deshapremi Peramuna (Patriotic Front) and pledged to work under that banner. They have vowed to take this action if their disputes with the party leadership are not amicably settled.
The decision by Mr. Weerawansa and ten dissident MPs to form such a front, with the backing of a number of civil society organisations and trade unions was taken at a meeting the dissident group held on Thursday at the Patriotic National Front office in Borella.
Political observers point out that the fact that like the PNM, the new political group also is being formed with a similar name suggests a link between the two. This development came as the crisis within the JVP worsened. Police have begun investigations into several incidents involving the forcible removal of vehicles belonging to JVP dissident MPs with one JVP MP and another JVP cadre being remanded.
The JVP s Trincomalee district MP Jayantha Wijesekera who had allegedly gone into the Parliament car park along with another man on Wednesday afternoon, and removed two vehicles belonging to two JVP dissident MPs, surrendered to the Police on Friday.
They were produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate and remanded till April 17. Mr. Wijesekera and his accomplice had allegedly manhandled the Police sergeant on duty at the MPs car park and had gone off with the double cab belonging to MP Piyasiri Wijenaike and the van belonging to MP Achala Jagoda.
Both Mr. Wijenaike and Mr. Jagoda had come out in support of Mr. Weerawansa. In a related development, the publication of the JVP-backed Sinhala weekly newspaper, Lanka will be stopped after its issue today. The newspaper functioned under the direct supervision of Mr. Weerawansa since its inception, a party source said.
Instead, a newspaper titled Rivida is to be published by Mr. Weerawansa and his dissident supporters shortly. The move by JVP dissidents came as it became clear Mr. Weerawansa may be sacked from the Party after a disciplinary inquiry. This is after May 10 when a decision by the Central Committee to suspend him takes effect.
Mr. Weerawansa told the dissident MPs that the new front, when formed, would not support either the Government or the opposition parties. However, JVP leader Somawansa Amerasinghe told The Sunday Times in an interview that the Government was helping Mr. Weerawansa and his group and they were in turn helping the Government.
|
Related News Articles:
11-3-2008 DEDICATED TO WIMAL WEERAWANSA,,,,,,,,,,
|
Source(s)
• Sunday Times
|
|
gchula99
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 399
Member Profile
|
 13 Apr 2008 09:02:27 GMT Report for Abuse
|
I know that this will never ever will be a reality.They do many tricks to shake the nation and keep them all the time focusing at them.That is a one of trick done by many dictators before they capture the power and in many occasions it worked.
Never underestimate your opponent my dad said.
|
yasaruwan
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4
Member Profile
|
 13 Apr 2008 10:00:50 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Gchula99, do you say sacking Nandana Gunathilake is also to shake the nation?
Any party which is getting bigger have this kind of problems. You can see that in UNP and SLFP also. The reason JVP hadn't these problems earlier is that they were a small party. |
Don08
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 24
Member Profile
|
 13 Apr 2008 18:01:28 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Earlier there were Karl Marx, Troskey, Che Guevara, Lenin & Bolschewicks and the tons of imported political nut cans with chickpeas 'golden brains'.
But where are these 'DESHAPREMI's coming from? From Which country? What is the race? Do they eat rice or bread? Do they use their mouth to eat? Who is cutting their hair?
Dividing the country with its people into tiny little pieces is the best for the politicians. Be careful friends!
Adios! Andios!
Edited By - Don08 - 13 Apr 2008 18:07:14 GMT |
Vishnu
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1355
Member Profile
|
14 Apr 2008 01:04:24 GMT Report for Abuse
|
imported political nut cans
I like that phrase. That indeed is the problem, those imported nuts, although act briefly as a pest, do not sustain on our land. It's not too late to learn the lesson. |
Magnum357
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 814
Member Profile
|
14 Apr 2008 01:56:05 GMT Report for Abuse
|
Wimal Weerawansa moots new front
It should have been named the JVP (Dhanawadi Peramuna)! (JVP Capitalist Front)!
Edited By - Magnum357 - 14 Apr 2008 02:00:53 GMT |
|
Search All News and Discussions