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NPP issues clarification on allegations against itself and JVP

07 Jul 2022

In a statement issued today (07), the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (NPP) clarified recent allegations made against itself and its partner organisation, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Accordingly, the NPP stated that during the last several days, attacks on the JVP, a key partner of the NPP have stepped up in unprecedented ways. These are said to include: 1) a letter from the IGP to the Defence Secretary which among other things insinuates that the JVP (along with other opposition political groups) is planning attacks on local members of the ruling party, the SLPP.  2) A video purporting to be from a member of the JVP, supposedly acting on the instructions of the JVP leadership, providing instructions on how to make petrol bombs  3) Social media messages stating that the JVP and the FSP are planning to capture power on the 9th of July and describing the economic strategies that will be implemented when the JVP and the FSP form a joint government. It must be noted that the FSP is a breakaway group from the JVP and is a separate political entity and is not a part of the NPP or the JVP any longer.  To this effect, the NPP categorically stated that it or the JVP does not have anything to gain from political violence and have consistently resisted all provocations towards violence, even when they have been at the receiving end from many quarters. “It is no secret that the JVP currently provides the strongest, most coherent and consistent critique of the present regime. Historically and particularly in recent times, the JVP has provided the ideological platform as well as mobilisation of the masses that led to regime change in Sri Lanka. However, this influence that the JVP wields politically has not necessarily been reflected in electoral success for the party,” the statement detailed. It was further mentioned that this time around, there is a definite shift – people are beginning to talk about, imagine and welcome a JVP/NPP rule.  “The leader of the JVP and the NPP, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is being talked about as a potential leader for the country; there are numerous appeals to him from various parties to take over the leadership of the country. It is also no secret, that the JVP/NPP remains the one political movement that is strongly united behind its leader, efficient in terms of grassroots mobilisation and consistent with regard to its strategies and policies at this current moment. Inside and outside parliament they have been leading the charge against this regime,” the NPP said. According to the NPP, it is clear now that there is a very real possibility of a JVP/NPP government shaking the very foundations of the establishment – particularly the establishment which has driven the country to its knees through “years of greed, corruption and nepotism”.  “The establishment’s greatest fear is that under the JVP/NPP government, that they will be held accountable for their sins against the people of this country. Thus, their focus at this moment, rather than addressing the huge crisis the country is facing and providing relief for the much beleaguered people of this country, is to use every weapon in their power including violence, propaganda and lies to damage those demanding change, particularly the JVP. Efforts to sow dissent within the ranks of the JVP/NPP (their favoured strategy for weakening opposition political formations) they know will be difficult. Hence, they resort to the most blatant and obvious propagation of lies, hoping to scare people away from the JVP and the NPP,” the statement read.


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