|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||||||
ASIAN TRIBUNE SAYS UNP HAS IMPORTED ELECTION GOONS FROM COLOMBO TO CREATE VIOLENCE IN EASTERN PC ELECTIONSBy Walter JayawardhanaThe popular web newspaper Asian Tribune reported that the opposition
United National Party has imported election goons from Colombo to join
hands with LTTE intelligence operatives remaining in the province to
create elections violence and blame it on the Tamil Makkal Vidusalai
Pulikal (TMVP). “‘Asian Tribune’ learnt that UNP parliamentarians as
well as provincial Council Members have arrived in the East together
with 30 to 40 of goons each from the south to attack the TMVP and Muslim
youths supporting the UPFA and create disturbances in the East on the
eve of the elections and on the polling day”, the website reported.
. Quoting unnamed senior citizen the website said, “The UNP is using
the same strong-arm tactics they used 25 years ago in the District Development
Council elections in Jaffna.” The Asian Tribune quoted Azad Moulana , the spokesperson of the TMVP
as saying, “ UNP goons and the LTTE intelligence group cadres are
jointly roaming the Eastern province armed openly with lethal weapons.
He said these UNP stalwarts who are in the East have instructed their
goons to destroy posters put out by the TMVP to ensure clashes with
the TMVP activists in order to discredit the elections by blaming the
TMVP for clashes” Moulana said Pillaiyan the the TMVP leader has instructed all members
of the TMVP not to be provoked and be restrained. Meanwhile , the LTTE has exploded a bomb, police said at Ampara in
the Eastern Province and political analysts said they wanted to scare
off voters from coming to the polling stations. |
||||||||||||
|
|
Disclaimer: The comments contained
within this website are personal reflection only and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the LankaWeb. LankaWeb.com offers the contents
of this website without charge, but does not necessarily endorse the
views and opinions expressed within. Neither the LankaWeb nor the individual
authors of any material on this Web site accept responsibility for any
loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which
you may directly or indirectly suffer arising out of your use of or
reliance on information contained on or accessed through this Web site.
Copyright
© 1997-2004 www.lankaweb.Com
Newspapers Ltd. All rights reserved. |
|||||||||||
