Will muster 200,000 Tamil votes
2014-12-15
As the leader of the Democratic People’s Front (DPF) what is your stance on the common candidate (CC)?
You were someone, who went with Mahinda Rajapaksa to Geneva to complain against the violation of human rights to the Human Rights Council (HRC). This government is one that has a lot of allegations of violating human rights and minority rights. What has made you to stay on with the government? Isn’t it contradictory to your actions before?
I will explain. I am against violence. But I cannot help when there is legitimate violence.
What do you mean by legitimate violence?
2014-12-15
The Democratic People’s Front had already announced its support for the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the January Presidential Election. In a wide ranging interview with the Dailymirror DPF leader Mano Ganesan claimed that the Tamils may not support President Mahinda Rajapaksa as he had failed to change the mindset of the majority community following the end of the war. Excerpts:
As the leader of the Democratic People’s Front (DPF) what is your stance on the common candidate (CC)?
A long standing Leftist leader and now Minister for National Languages and Integration Vasudeva Nanyakkara speaks to the Dailymirror of the forthcoming Presidential Election, the journey with the government and the demands of the Democratic Leftist Front. Following are some of the excerpts.
You were someone, who went with Mahinda Rajapaksa to Geneva to complain against the violation of human rights to the Human Rights Council (HRC). This government is one that has a lot of allegations of violating human rights and minority rights. What has made you to stay on with the government? Isn’t it contradictory to your actions before?I will explain. I am against violence. But I cannot help when there is legitimate violence.
What do you mean by legitimate violence?