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JVP Slams 'Main' Parties For Lack Of Policy Discussion

August 07, 2015
JVP Politburo Member and former MP Sunil Handunnetti slammed both ‘main’ parties, saying that both the UNP and the UPFA do not discuss policy through their manifestos.
 
Speaking at a press conference today in Colombo, Handunnetti said that both the UNP and the UPFA has once again given a set of promises. He pointed out that this had been the political culture of the country over the past decades.
 
What the country needs is a discussion on policies to be adopted in the next five years, Handunnetti argued. Commenting on the UPFA manifesto he said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has given promises which he could not deliver as the President of the country for 9 years.
 
Handunnetti also criticized the UNP manifesto, adding that if the economic policy suggested by the UNP is adopted, the local industries would be ruined.
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Anura Dissanayake Claims To Have 92 Files On Corruption Of Rajapaksa Government

August 07, 2015

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday joined the growing list of politicians who claimed to have 'files' in their possession, when he declared that he has 92 files regarding the corruption of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government.

Speaking at a rally in Ratnapura, Dissanayake said that he will take action against the corruption by the government of former President Rajapaksa once the new parliament in elected.

There was enough material to launch investigations to various allegations, he added.

The claims of having 'files' in possession entered the local political scene during the last presidential election when the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa claimed to have 'files' on the wrongdoings of people who had defected to the opposition. However, this comment had a huge negative impact on his campaign as he was accused of deliberately hiding facts on alleged wrongdoings of certain people.

Later in the campaign, Jathika Hela Urumaya General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka famously claimed that "we also have files."

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Certain JVP National List Candidates Openly Support UNP, Says Jayagoda

August 07, 2015
Frontline Socialist Party (FLSP) Propaganda Secretary Pubudu Jayagoda on Thursday hit out at the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), saying that several JVP national list candidates are supporting United National Party (UNP) openly.
 
Addressing a media briefing on Thursday, Jayagoda revealed that former Auditor General Sarath Chandra Mayadunne had attended election meetings with UNP candidate Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
 
Moreover, another JVP national list candidate, Upul Kumarapperuma, has acted as one of coordinators of a recent event organized by UNP candidate Upul Shantha Sannasgala, Jayagoda stated.
 
“JVP leaders like Lalkantha say that they are different from main two parties. They say their candidates will never support any other party after the election. But after seeing their national list candidates working with UNP, how can we believe it?” he questioned.
 
People like Ranil Wickremasinghe, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Rauff Hakeem, Anura Dissanayake are in the same boat, Jayagoda told. They do not want to introduce proper solutions for the problems of this social system, he added.
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Rajapaksa's Sons Will Be Found Guilty Of Thajudeen's Death: Anura Dissanayake

August 04, 2015
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that former President Mahinda Rajaaksa’s sons will be found guilty of the murder of Wasim Thajudeen’s death.
 
Speaking at a meeting in Galle recently, Dissanayake said that the former government interfered with the investigations into Thajudeen’s death which happened in 2012. The JVP leader also said that former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake made a report claiming that the death was due to an accident.
 
However, since the truth is now being revealed, the Rajapaksa sons will not be able to escape justice, Dissanayake said. The former President returned to politics to suppress the investigations so that he could save his sons from being sent to jail, Dissanayake also claimed.
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