Tuesday, October 05, 2004
No support for NCPR: JHU
The Jatika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday said it would not support the President's attempts to revive peace negotiations through National Council on Peace and Reconciliation (NCPR) since the talks would be based on the ISGA.
Speaking at a media conference JHU leader, Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thera said the only advise they could give the President was for her to annul the 'ceasefire agreement' and act according to Sri Lankan law.
The JHU would be functioning only as a monitory group, the Ven. Thera said, adding that they had no intention of taking part in the the NCPR as they saw the move as a betrayal of the nation.
Ven. Medhananda Thera said the LTTE should abide by a list of conditions before resuming any form of dialogue.
"The LTTE has to recognize the territorial integrity of the country and its judiciary. It should give up arms and pledge that it would return to the permanent democratic stream," he said.
The LTTE should also end the use of suicide cadres and recruiting child soldiers and should immediately stop killing or attacking its political rivals and innocent civilians in the North and East. Giving in to LTTE terrorism and the ISGA demands would mean encouraging terrorism and thuggery, added the Thera.
The Ven. Thera accused the government of giving in to the terrorism unleashed by the LTTE on civilians in the North, the East and also Colombo, without taking necessary action under the criminal and civil law of the country.
Meanwhile the JHU at their Central Committee meeting held late yesterday decided to pressurise the government to take stern action against the Tiger's acts of violence.
The JHU also said the government should take immediate steps to rescue the home guards from the grip of the LTTE. - DH
Speaking at a media conference JHU leader, Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thera said the only advise they could give the President was for her to annul the 'ceasefire agreement' and act according to Sri Lankan law.
The JHU would be functioning only as a monitory group, the Ven. Thera said, adding that they had no intention of taking part in the the NCPR as they saw the move as a betrayal of the nation.
Ven. Medhananda Thera said the LTTE should abide by a list of conditions before resuming any form of dialogue.
"The LTTE has to recognize the territorial integrity of the country and its judiciary. It should give up arms and pledge that it would return to the permanent democratic stream," he said.
The LTTE should also end the use of suicide cadres and recruiting child soldiers and should immediately stop killing or attacking its political rivals and innocent civilians in the North and East. Giving in to LTTE terrorism and the ISGA demands would mean encouraging terrorism and thuggery, added the Thera.
The Ven. Thera accused the government of giving in to the terrorism unleashed by the LTTE on civilians in the North, the East and also Colombo, without taking necessary action under the criminal and civil law of the country.
Meanwhile the JHU at their Central Committee meeting held late yesterday decided to pressurise the government to take stern action against the Tiger's acts of violence.
The JHU also said the government should take immediate steps to rescue the home guards from the grip of the LTTE. - DH
