{"id":72350,"date":"2017-12-02T00:16:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T06:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=72350"},"modified":"2017-12-01T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T23:53:20","slug":"maveerar-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/12\/02\/maveerar-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maveerar day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

P.A.Samaraweera<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

During the Presidents trip to Korea this week, he had paid respect to the Korean martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice during 3 wars with invading forces. At a ceremony, he had placed a wreath and put incense at the Altar. Back at home, our disabled war heroes are protesting on the streets about their pensions. The general feeling among the people is that war heroes here are sidelined by this govt. For instance, while other countries celebrate their war victories, Sri Lanka called off the military parade the year the ‘Yahapalanaya’\u00a0\u00a0came to power, to appease western countries , Human Right Activists,\u00a0LTTE rump,\u00a0NGO’s and so on. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, some monks made representations to the President about the impending arrest of the former Defence Secy who was a key figure in winning the war with the terrorists. The govt is quick to take to task members\u00a0of the opposition but not those involved in scandals such as Bond scams, corruption etc.\u00a0<\/span>On the other side of the fence, former supporters of the LTTE celebrated the Maveerar day and Prabhakaran’s 63rd birthday. According to some, cut outs of Prabhkaran had been displayed at the birthday commemoration. \u00a0Being a ruthless terrorist, he brought misery not only to the Sinhalese but also to the Tamils and the Muslims. Among those who\u00a0had attended the function were TNA leaders. The Sinhalese\u00a0students at the Vavuniya Campus had refused to join the celebrations and they had been threatened with assault. So they had to go to hiding and the campus is closed indefinitely. There are allegations that a TNA MP had released state funds amounting to Rs 4 million to construct a statue of Prabhakaran \u00a0at Kilinochchi\u00a0and to restore a cemetery to commemorate fallen LTTE cadres. As the LTTE is a banned terrorist organisation such actions are illegal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The previous govt strictly prohibited commemoration of terrorists. Then, LTTE sympathisers did things\u00a0behind close doors. With the ‘Yahapalanaya’ the boot is in the other foot. They do things openly. \u00a0Now there is a fear that the former LTTE supporters and their sympathisers here and overseas are trying to revive the LTTE. But the Yahapalanaya govt seems to be deaf to\u00a0this.\u00a0PM Ranil is too busy rounding\u00a0his MP’s criticising the President and the President is\u00a0battling to sort out the split in his party. Even for FM Sarath Fonseka, who nearly got killed by a LTTE suicide bomber, while he was Army Commander and\u00a0who is now a Minister, it is a different ball game. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

P.A.Samaraweera<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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