Military Denies TNA Accusations
By Dinouk Colombage
The military has denied claims made by TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran that people in Jaffna must seek approval from the army to hold funerals.
Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya categorically denied these accusations, saying, “the army plays no role in the day to day running of the north or Jaffna. Civil administration of the region is left to the civil administrators”.
He went on to say that the army simply plays an assisting role in the north, and does not in any way look to govern the people. “We assist the administrators of the region in instances of reconciliation and rehabilitation. There is no case of us telling the populace what to do”.
Wanigasuriya went on to say that such accusations continue to arise regarding the role of the military, but they are incorrect.
Addressing an event in Kandy on Wednesday, Sumanthiran told the audience that for the past three years in Jaffna the local populace have been forced to seek approval from the military before holding a funeral.
TNA and its members has become “Cock & Bull ” story tellers now and every Sri Lankan and other countries are aware of it. Their primary aim in spreading false stories or allegations is to achieve their goals. Afterall, once they were the ardent and faithfull supporters of Tamil Terrorist organization LTTE so what else can anybody except from them. On the other hand why are they addressing audiences in Kandy? Are they trying to convert Singhales in Kandy to Tamils? because they do not need to do that with Muslims, since they do not have their own Mothertounge and can only speak the adopted language, which is Tamil.
All lankans aboad in communication with their friends and relatives back home know the truth.
TNA divulging the truth hurts the regime & its sycophants, the military & police.
u racist,
u cant convert sinhalese into tamils or tamils into sinhalese. wat u trying to say?
ur just jealous of hindus n muslims, coz 60% of business n colombo belong to them.
and tamil is the mother tongue for muslims. its the racist who labeled tamil(language),sinhalese(language) n muslims (religion).
say bhuddist, hindu, muslim or tamil n sinhalese.
Genocide in Yalpanam. LTTE will rise up again.
People living in Keerimalaiin the north are not allowed to conduct their funeral without the permission of the military. The army never admit their excesses including the beating and breaking the meeting TNA convened in preparation for its local government elections. The military personnel insist they must be present in the sports meetings, which is obvious from the pictures taken.
paranoia or facts that should be investigated. functioning of the society in day to day affairs is not government or responsibility of any one other than family and friends community
The idiots among the Sinhalese should understand the following;
LTTE (was) a subset of the Tamil population. The Tamils are not fully equal to LTTE. The JVP is a subset of the Sinhalese population. The Sinhalese are not equal to the JVP. Therefore, every time someone complains from the Tamil community stop bringing the LTTE in there.