“We’ll create people’s movement that could come to power in 2020”
February 18, 2017
“It is very clear that both these groups cannot administer this country. We have to create a new political movement for 2020. We, as the JVP has taken the initiative for creating such a movement. We would create the people’s movement that could get power in 2020. Give us power. We would take this country on a new direction,” says the Information Secretary of the JVP Vijitha Herath.
He said this participating in a meeting held during the Matara District coordinating week held from the 16th to the 19th of this month.
Speaking further Mr. Herath said, “All economic portfolios were shared in the family. The victory of the nation was made a victory for the family. The sons sold national resources and organized car races around the Temple of the Tooth to destroy our culture. As the war was won the majority of the people initially tolerated the cussed acts. However, people couldn’t endure forever. As such, majority of the people in this country including members of the SLFP, UNP, the Sinhalese, Muslims and Tamils took measures to defeat the despotic regime and formed a new administration.
This is the new administration that began on 8th January, 2015. When this new administration came to power were given a big bag of promises. There were big talks about politics, economics and democracy. Of course, there were small concessions. The dictatorial executive power, according to J.R. Jayawardene that was so powerful that what it couldn’t only do was to change a man to a woman and vice versa, was slightly relaxed. This is the important change we achieved after 8th January, 2015. Despite there were little changes, what started happening later were not how the country was promised.
You remember that the main allegations against Rajapaksa regime were theft, fraud, corruption and waste. What the new administration said was on one hand they would punish the thieves, fraudsters and the corrupt and on the other they would completely stop thieving, frauds, corruption and waste.
People who opposed thieving, frauds, corruption and waste believed the new administration would fulfil their promises. However, what occurred was entirely opposite to people’s expectations. The administration was changed on 8th January and on 28th February the biggest Central Bank bond scam, the biggest in the history of our country, was committed.
Mr. Wickremesinghe’s promise of halting corruption went in smoke. Arjun Mahendran, his best disciple was made the Governor of Central Bank and was involved in the Central Bank bond scam that incurred the country a loss of Rs. 55000 million.
The trust that was in the government broke down completely. Now thieving, fraud and corruption has spread like an infectious disease. There is waste everywhere. A building rented out by the Ministry of Agriculture paying more than Rs.20 million a month has been closed down for months without it being used. However, there is a big building for the Ministry near the parliament. Already Rs.820 million has been paid as rent. At the end of five years the ministry would have paid more than Rs. 2400 million.
Farmers throughout the island are suffering due to the drought. They were not paid a single cent as relief. However, the government wastes public money for unnecessary projects.
This administration cannot be called ‘good governance’ as there are thieves in this administration as well. No thieves were punished but frauds and corruption continues. Youths were promised jobs but nothing has happened.
Both these groups have administered the country and have proved they cannot do anything good for the country. The country cannot progress under them. Hence, we should create a new political movement for 2020. We, as the JVP has taken the initiative for creating such a movement. We would create the people’s movement that could get power in 2020. Give us power. We would take this country on a new direction,” said Mr. Vijitha Herath.
He said this participating in a meeting held during the Matara District coordinating week held from the 16th to the 19th of this month.
Speaking further Mr. Herath said, “All economic portfolios were shared in the family. The victory of the nation was made a victory for the family. The sons sold national resources and organized car races around the Temple of the Tooth to destroy our culture. As the war was won the majority of the people initially tolerated the cussed acts. However, people couldn’t endure forever. As such, majority of the people in this country including members of the SLFP, UNP, the Sinhalese, Muslims and Tamils took measures to defeat the despotic regime and formed a new administration.
This is the new administration that began on 8th January, 2015. When this new administration came to power were given a big bag of promises. There were big talks about politics, economics and democracy. Of course, there were small concessions. The dictatorial executive power, according to J.R. Jayawardene that was so powerful that what it couldn’t only do was to change a man to a woman and vice versa, was slightly relaxed. This is the important change we achieved after 8th January, 2015. Despite there were little changes, what started happening later were not how the country was promised.
You remember that the main allegations against Rajapaksa regime were theft, fraud, corruption and waste. What the new administration said was on one hand they would punish the thieves, fraudsters and the corrupt and on the other they would completely stop thieving, frauds, corruption and waste.
People who opposed thieving, frauds, corruption and waste believed the new administration would fulfil their promises. However, what occurred was entirely opposite to people’s expectations. The administration was changed on 8th January and on 28th February the biggest Central Bank bond scam, the biggest in the history of our country, was committed.
Mr. Wickremesinghe’s promise of halting corruption went in smoke. Arjun Mahendran, his best disciple was made the Governor of Central Bank and was involved in the Central Bank bond scam that incurred the country a loss of Rs. 55000 million.
The trust that was in the government broke down completely. Now thieving, fraud and corruption has spread like an infectious disease. There is waste everywhere. A building rented out by the Ministry of Agriculture paying more than Rs.20 million a month has been closed down for months without it being used. However, there is a big building for the Ministry near the parliament. Already Rs.820 million has been paid as rent. At the end of five years the ministry would have paid more than Rs. 2400 million.
Farmers throughout the island are suffering due to the drought. They were not paid a single cent as relief. However, the government wastes public money for unnecessary projects.
This administration cannot be called ‘good governance’ as there are thieves in this administration as well. No thieves were punished but frauds and corruption continues. Youths were promised jobs but nothing has happened.
Both these groups have administered the country and have proved they cannot do anything good for the country. The country cannot progress under them. Hence, we should create a new political movement for 2020. We, as the JVP has taken the initiative for creating such a movement. We would create the people’s movement that could get power in 2020. Give us power. We would take this country on a new direction,” said Mr. Vijitha Herath.
