Minister denounces TNA MP’s statement

by P. Krishnaswamy

Minister of Media and Information and Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella expressed displeasure at TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandren’s recent media statement that they would meet Chinese and Russian ambassadors in Colombo and also visit the two countries to seek their assistance for a political solution and explain ‘other matters’.

The report on Premachandran’s statement appeared in an English-language daily.

Minister Rambukwella said that China and Russia are two countries that promptly expressed their solidarity with the Government in the wake of the UN panel report on purported war crimes and human rights violations and pledged their support to the Government.

The TNA move is certainly detrimental to the national interest but the Government would put up with it for the sake of the democratic rights of every citizen, the Minister said.

Sacrificing their life and limb Sri Lanka’s valiant soldiers restored democracy in the Northern and the Eastern provinces which were ravaged by terrorism for three decades.

Taking advantage of the atmosphere of democracy and freedom, some LTTE cronies, who include sections of the Tamil diaspora, are now taking recourse to activities that are intended at bringing discredit to their own sovereign nation and this is a matter for grave concern, the Minister said.