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Northeners freed from LTTE taxes - Minister Felix Perera
Friday, 9 January 2009 - 4:04 AM SL Time
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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Felix Perera said yesterday in Parliament that the Government had redeemed the people of the North from paying taxes through extortion by the defeat of the LTTE.
Speaking on the Nation Building Tax in Parliament yesterday the Minister said the LTTE collected Rs. 5 million from illegal taxes each month from the people who used the A-9 Road.
He said today we are discussing the Nation Building Tax Bill proposed by the 2009 budget. A large number of infrastructure facilities in the North and East have been destroyed due to the LTTE terrorist activities. Therefore, this is a very timely Bill moved to develop those infrastructure facilities. The LTTE charged huge taxes from the people.
A country cannot be run without taxes. At present the UNP talks about fuel prices. The Government has given the benefits of the reduction of the world oil prices to the consumers. Today the Government has freed the people of Jaffna from taxes. If we want to develop the country, steps should be taken to develop its infrastructure facilities. Once the Eastern Province was liberated from the clutches of the LTTE, the Government introduced an accelerated programme to the East. The Government will introduce this same programme to the North as well. Under the leadership of the President, the Government has achieved a great victory in Kilinochchi. Now we are in the process of building the economy. Steps should be taken to eradicate terrorism from the country.
The Government has been compelled to impose various taxes to cover up its unnecessary expenses, UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake said in Parliament yesterday.
He said it was unable to fulfill even a single pledge made to the people in 2008. The politicising of economic affairs have let down the country. Finally, all these burdens will be shouldered by the ordinary people of this country.
Ranaweera Pathirana (JVP): The Government has moved this Bill to create the necessary legal framework to impose this tax. The Government is totally dependent on tax income.
Ultimately, the consumers have to shoulder all these taxes with the introduction of this tax, the prices of the imported items will be increased by one per cent. It will also lead to an increase in the prices of the local goods as well. The Government intends to recover Rs. 15,000 million through the imposition of this one per cent tax. The Nation Building Ministry looks like a rest house. If any Opposition MP crosses over to the Government, he will be offered this Nation Building Ministry portfolio.
When the heroic Armed Forces liberated Kilinochchi, the President said this is a victory achieved by the entire nation. We are a people friendly Government. We have done a lot of work for the welfare of the people. The UNP is trying to obstruct the affairs of the Government to tarnish the image of the Government.
The Nation Building Tax Bill was passed with amendments.
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elephanthouse
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 9 Jan 2009 05:41:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Good move. Now the guys know the difference between GOSL and Velus tax collectors. |
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 9 Jan 2009 21:50:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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Minister said the LTTE collected Rs. 5 million
Nothing compared to what people give voluntarily to confirm their ownership in Tamil Homeland. |
Joseph
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 10 Jan 2009 14:43:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Well the tamils are already reaping the benefits of freedom !
News item- Pottu Amman has surendered !
Well it if is true, can any one imagine a bigger coward that this in the history!
For 30 yrs he sent hundrerds of tamils to blow them selves in the south....
Forced any LTTE er captured to bite cyanide if captured.....
Ordered kidnapping of tens of thousands of kids who were sent to be killed........
Killed many thousands of tamils for not obeying their orders....
Told SLA is the ultimate enemy and it is better to have cyanide....
Sent their kids abroad while getting poor tamil kids slaughtered...
Now this coward appears to have surrendered rather than taking cyanide which he ordered for tens of thousands of tamils !!!
More than the SLA, tamil people should punish them publically for being supremely selfish!
I bet even VP will not bite cyanide but will try to surrender ! |
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10 Jan 2009 14:59:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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Quote-(Nothing compared to what people give voluntarily to confirm their ownership in Tamil Homeland0
It is absolutely pathetic to see such statments as every penny given to LTTE has gone to..
--- give more misery to tamils
--- to get more and more tamils killed
----- to threaten and intimidate every tamil
------To destroy every thing tamils had
--------To not to give even a panadol or a grain of rice to long suffering tamils
------ to send the kids of all leaders to have posh education abroad
-------enabled LTTE more and more to allow tamils to open mouth only to eat
---------to maximise barbarism on its own people
----------- Having collected all that money was DISPICABLE ENOUGH EVEN TO STEAL TSUNAMI MONEY from tamils who lst every thing
----------To build more cemeteries for young tamils..
It is not only VP and the LTTE who is responsible but also all utter foolish expats who blindly gave a ( in)human who had said TAMILS HAVE TO SUFFER FOR LTTE.
Just imagine if they used this money for investment, industry, jobs, roads, hospitals, schools etc etc- may be North East whould have been top of Asia!
SHAME TO YOU ALL EXPAT LTTErs- TIME TO BURY YOUR HEAD IN SAND !
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