The brutality of the Govt. clear – Gayantha
The insensitivity of the government was clearly visible during the Weliweriya incident, the UNP alleged today. Speaking at a press briefing UNP MP Gayantha Karunathileke stated that during the clash the army did not care whether it was old people or pregnant mothers they were assaulting.
He claimed that during the pension scheme issue the same insensitive government killed Roshen Chanaka in Katunayaka and that the government’s answer to peoples’ problems was in the form of bullets and water cannon attacks.
The people in Rathupaswala took to the streets only to ask for drinking water and when a murder is committed the government is blaming it on a third-party. This clearly shows the brutality of the current regime, Karunathileke added.
(Courtesy: Ada Derana)
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100 % correct.
Does anyone remember the 1986-87 JVP riots during the UNP government?
Dear Manjula,
Atleast I do.There were killings everyday by the JVP and also by a para military group (unknown to many but known to the authorities to whom it mattered) known as PRRA. PRRA committed murder day in and day out as a punishment to the JVP. They even had the audacity to exhibit their killings on lamp posts as a warning to the JVP.And there were ‘gonibillas’ assisting the Police force by seemingly identifying their own cadres by ‘captured’ JVP insurgents.This was a frequent sight at the Matara bus stand where I myself had the scare of my life being screened by a captured JVP (hiding inside a sack with only two openings for his eyes) who had to appease the cannibalistic desires of his tormentors by a nod at those parading in front of him at the Matara bus stand.
O No! Manjula, Let us forget those dark days.