A retired Army officer now affiliated to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) has recently stated that they will require a duration of just two Poya days (two months) to eliminate the drug menace.
Retired Major General Aruna Jayasekera has made this observation during a conference of the tri-forces retirees affiliated to the NPP in the Gampaha District.
JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake had presided at the event held in Veyangoda.
NPP MP Vijitha Herath, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha, Rear Admiral (Retd) Fred Seneviratne, actor Rodney Warnakula, and a number of academics had also attended the event.
More than 3,000 retired tri-forces members had participated in the party conference.