Punish those who celebrated Mahavir – JHU

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Punish those who celebrated Mahavir – JHU

Published on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 20:06

Ruling UPFA affiliate Jathika Hela Urumaya demands the government enforces the law and punishes those who had celebrated the LTTE heroes day and formulates new laws if the existing ones are inadequate to mete out the punishment.

In a statement, JHU leader Ven. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera says TNA MP S. Sridharan had made a nearly ½ hour speech in parliament in which he had referred to the birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran and the LTTE heroes day, describing the slain LTTE chief as a national hero and a liberator.

Also, lamps were lit and red and yellow flowers offered at Karaveddi Pradeshiya Sabha in Jaffna to remember dead LTTE cadres, attended by TNA members.

The statement says that from time to time since the defeat of the Tamil separatist Tiger terrorism in 2009, the TNA and pro-LTTE groups had tried to hold such remembrances.

By now, the TNA, which serves as the LTTE’s front, has been bold enough to extend such acts to parliament.

Also north chief minister Vigneswaran had compared Prabhakaran to freedom fighter Keppetipola, while Suresh Premachandran called for a taking up of arms once again, says the Thera.

The military has been saying over and over again that it is illegal to hold LTTE heroes days and remembrances, while the police spokesman said the law would be enforced against those who hold such events.

The law should be enforced now to prevent a recurrence before it is too late, and the government has a responsibility to nip those attempts in the bud, the JHU leader adds.