Monday, 2 March 2015 00:04
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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday declined the open invitation made to the party to enter into a debate with Minister of Justice and Labour Relations Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and owner of Avant-Garde Security Services Nissanka Senadhipathi on the controversy relating to the latter’s passport.
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva during a press conference yesterday said that it had nothing to discuss with either Minister Rajapakshe or Senadhipathi and that if they haven’t done anything illegal, then either of those two individuals didn’t have any reason to fear the investigations.
“Regardless of whoever may be involved in crimes and fraud, the JVP will always talk about it and push for investigations. It is only those people who are afraid of such investigations who will insist on things such as debates. Therefore if Nissanka Senadhipathi hasn’t done anything illegal, then he has no reason to worry or fear the investigations. However we only mentioned Rajapakshe because we received information declaring that he was behind getting Senadhipathi’s passport released from the authorities. Nevertheless we have better things to do with our time rather debating with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe,” Silva said.
Speaking further, he added that Senadhipathi tried to approach their party leader through various means before and since none of those plans worked out Senadhipathi had hired people to stage protests outside the JVP head office now.
“However, they cannot stop our struggle with their protests. Most probably they will turn to physical torture next, because they are people who are capable of such things. However, whatever measures they adopt, they won’t be able to stop us,” Silva said. Commenting on the political situation of the country, Silva went on to criticise the behaviour of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), saying that the SLFP was deliberately trying to sabotage the 100-day program of the Government and prevent it from conducting the elections in April to protect the thieves who are sheltering under their party.
“It is pointless to change the electoral system without changing the political culture of this country. During the presidential election the main slogan was to abolish the executive presidency, not to change the electoral system. Now the SLFP is opposing the abolishment of the executive presidency, saying that they will not support it unless it comes with the electoral reforms for Parliamentary selection. Therefore, we request the Government to bring the Constitutional amendments and to dissolve Parliament on 23 April as promised. However, if they cannot pass the Constitutional amendments, then the Government should establish a Parliament after April where they can obtain the majority and make these necessary changes in the country instead of going for a national government where criminals can become ministers,” Silva explained.
