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This government deploys Army to sell vegetables and asks people to find their own protection – ‘We are Sri Lankans’

The present government gets the Army to sell vegetables on the streets and asks people to find their own security says convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Udul Premaratne. He said this speaking at a media conference convened by ‘Api Srilankikayo’ (We are Sri Lankans) held at Social and Cultural Centre at Maradana yesterday evening to apprise the media regarding how people in the North have been made insecure and the irresponsible ways of the government.
He said ‘We are Sri Lankans’ totally rejects claims by the government that Tamils in Sri Lanka do not have problems and that all their issues have been solved adding that the government is using the state media to repress the problems Tamil people have.
Speaking further Mr. Premaratne said, “There have been many instances of rape, abductions, plunder and disappearances in the North. There hasn’t been any reduction to these atrocities. All these acts occur directly according to the political agenda of the government. A few days ago gunmen who came in motorcycles murdered Mr. Markandu Sivalingam, a 52 year old Zonal Director of Education for Walikamam, in his residence. The assailants had also attempted to rape his daughter. At a tsunami memorial ceremony held on the 26th December Mr. Sivalingam had talked against singing the national anthem only in Sinhalese. On the same night, in his residence, in front of his daughter and with the blessings of the government of Sri Lanka Mr. Markandu Sivalingam was shot dead.
Thavarasa K. Diswaran, a 27 year old postal employee at Point Pedro had published in his ‘Facebook’ page photographs of illegal sand mining that takes place in Wadamarachchi area. He had also charged that the illegal acts were being carried out by members of EPDP. An armed group that came to his house on the 31st night had ordered him to open the ‘Facebook’ page in his computer and shot him dead by shooting on his head.
It is clear that these atrocities are being carried out by members of political parties with the assistance of security forces. Minister Dougles Devananda recently said in Parliament to punish those guilty of such acts. However, there is direct involvement of the EPDP and security forces in these acts.
Recently, the police distributed a leaflet in Vavuniya. The gist of the leaflet is to ‘find your own protection.’ The present government deploys the Army to sell vegetables on the streets and asks people to find their own protection.
The convener of the IUSF emphasized that national unity cannot be developed by murdering, abducting and terrorizing the people in the North. He said as ‘We are Sri Lankans’ they demand the government to immediately stop all atrocities against the people in the North.
Mr. Nuwan Bopage, convener of ‘Students for Human Rights’ and Mr. Thanuke Madhawa also participated at the press conference.