A surrender to protect both government & Amare – Tilvin Silva
WEDNESDAY, 20 JUNE 2012
This was said at a press conference held at the JVP head office at Pelawatta today (20th). The Member of the Political Bureau of the JVP Parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake too was present.
The General Secretary of the JVP said, “The government doesn’t act in a transparent manner regarding the double murder committed at Katuwana. Two persons were killed when a gang of thugs attacked a meeting held by the JVP on the 15th. There was an outburst in eh society against this act. As such, the government could not avoid the incident. We heard yesterday that Joolampitiye Amare, the main suspect of this incident, surrendered to the court. By this the government expected to say that the person responsible for the incident surrendered and by doing so to avoid the opposition to the government due to the incident and to protect the main suspect from mass condemnation. Hence, we see this surrender as an attempt to save the government as well as the perpetrator. The government is behind this murder. We have confirmed this. Specially, state officials in Hambantota are behind these murders. There is a curious play acting going on since the incident. It is clear that the government, its officials and the police with their instructions have acted in a manner to save the criminal instead of carrying out investigations and to put the responsibility on others.
