JVP Commemorates Wijeweera !
Posted on November 11th, 2011
P.A.Samaraweera, Australia
JVP dissidents had said that they would commemorate the 22nd death anniversary of Wijeweera (RW)ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ on 13th Nov. andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ return to rebuild the leftist movement from zero. They have said that RW had at the brink of his defeat asked his followers to restart the struggle for a socialist revolution. So they waited for 4 decades to make a decision to breakaway.
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Then on the other side,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ JVP Gen SecyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tilvin Siva had said that his party is committed to the policies of the founder leader RW and the party would always follow his footsteps. And said, that it is a misconception that the JVP is in a crisis. If there is no crisis how is that RW’s death anniversary is commemorated separately by a dissident group ?
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Further, because of this breakup,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tilvin’s group is to launch a book supposed to have been written by RW, on ‘Dangers of factionalism’, while he was in jail during 1971-72. So for nearly 40 years, it had been in the cold storage. The internal battle for leadership had led to open clashes between the 2 groups andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ some had ended either in hospital or the police.
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They took their ‘battle’ to the people in 1971 and 1989 usingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ terror tactics. Their reign of terror, mass murder, destruction to public property, harassment of public servants & others who were trying to make a day to day livingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and so on are still in the minds of the people. Their anger on the govt was shown by attacking the poor and not the affluent. School childrenƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ had to sacrifice their studies.
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People will not forget their brutality and they did not spare even the dead. The dead were humiliated by giving specific instructions to the family as to how theyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ should be disposed ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ eg funeral to be heldƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the same day,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ only family membersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ attend,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ coffin to be carried at knee level, wailing prohibited,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ decorations &ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ speeches bannedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and so on. Ridiculing the deadƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ was nothing but barbarism. If so, why should people join toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ commemorate the death of a man who looked down upon the dead?
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Then on the other side,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ JVP Gen SecyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tilvin Siva had said that his party is committed to the policies of the founder leader RW and the party would always follow his footsteps. And said, that it is a misconception that the JVP is in a crisis. If there is no crisis how is that RW’s death anniversary is commemorated separately by a dissident group ?
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Further, because of this breakup,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Tilvin’s group is to launch a book supposed to have been written by RW, on ‘Dangers of factionalism’, while he was in jail during 1971-72. So for nearly 40 years, it had been in the cold storage. The internal battle for leadership had led to open clashes between the 2 groups andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ some had ended either in hospital or the police.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
They took their ‘battle’ to the people in 1971 and 1989 usingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ terror tactics. Their reign of terror, mass murder, destruction to public property, harassment of public servants & others who were trying to make a day to day livingƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and so on are still in the minds of the people. Their anger on the govt was shown by attacking the poor and not the affluent. School childrenƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ had to sacrifice their studies.
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People will not forget their brutality and they did not spare even the dead. The dead were humiliated by giving specific instructions to the family as to how theyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ should be disposed ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ eg funeral to be heldƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ the same day,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ only family membersƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ attend,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ coffin to be carried at knee level, wailing prohibited,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ decorations &ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ speeches bannedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and so on. Ridiculing the deadƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ was nothing but barbarism. If so, why should people join toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ commemorate the death of a man who looked down upon the dead?
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The commemoration ofƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ a man who made thousands of young to sacrifice their lives will not make any difference to boost theƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ JVP, whose parliamentary strength had tumbled from 39 to 4.