Patriotic forces thwart sinister move

by Anura Maitipe

The government obtained a comfortable majority of 114 votes in favour of the Budget by defeating a concerted effort by the UNP led opposition to defeat the budget to destabilise the government and its efforts to liberate the people in the North from the clutches of the LTTE, the PA General Secretary D. M. Jayaratne told the 'Sunday Observer'.

Minister Jayaratne said, more than a vote on the budget it was a struggle between traitors and patriotic forces in the House and once again it has proved that patriotic forces will not allow traitors and foreign conspirators to achieve their sinister political objectives.

He added, on behalf of the government I extend sincere thanks to the JVP which stood with us at this crucial moment to thwart the effort made by the UNP and some other parties sponsored by the LTTE with the help of foreign conspirators to topple the government.

The LTTE is desperate as they can not face the ongoing liberation operations by the Army in the North. In this context the LTTE decided to spend some money on the UNP and topple the government.

That was why the LTTE offered money to the UNP through its foreign conspirators to thwart on-going liberation operations by the armed forces in the North.

This is a great victory for the people of this country and the government because the aim of this budget is to give prominence to locally produced goods by discouraging dependence on foreign products and eliminating terrorism from the country.