If Ranil remove the Army from the North, I will shake hand with him, Says CM, Wigneswaran
Ranil Wickremesinghe came here to build up his party. It was a pure political journey. Hence the accusation that I had not taken part in the meetings of Ranil Wickremesinghe is meaningless. If he can assure me that he will take away the excess army stage by stage, I shall shake hands with him, said the CM, NPC, C.V.Wigneswaran.
He stated this while addressing the gathering after participating in the Opening ceremony of the Surgical ward and the Blood Bank in the Mullaitheevu District Hospital, in which he was a co-chief guest.
I came here because Dr.Rajitha Senaratne is coming here. He is a man who took great pains in operating a diseased part of his party and gave us a new rule. He is a man, who understands to a certain extent, our problems and raise his voice on behalf of us. A wise man will pre-empt problems. Else they will hurt us. I am always ready to go back home and rest. But I can’t forgo the responsibilities vested in me.
I received an Invitation card for a Ranil Wickremesinghe’s functions. But it was not an official invitation from the Prime Minister’s Office. Ranil came here on the invitation of one of his party men. I was invited by another party man. Overall, what is the meaning of this? He came here to establish his party here. ….To open his party’s offices here. That was a purely political visit. It is very clear that, he is taking all the pains to establish his party here. It is also clear he is excluding the TNA, who were elected by popular votes and carry out his activities through his party men. I know that, in the next stage he will start saying “I will give this”… “ I will not give this” and he will be the one who is going to create problems. He will try to make clear to us ‘if you join us we will give this or that …if you don’t join us then you should be ready to face the consequences’
The conflict started when one minister said the not a single Army Camp will be removed from the North. Let Ranil assure me that he will remove army camps baring few strategic camps, then I will shake hands with him. How can I shake hands with him when he has not removed a single army camp…. released only 400 acre of the promised 1000 acre of the people’s land and trying reap political advantages.
My dear people! They are giving us a few out of the several crores due to us as compensation. Our lands are not released. The needs of us who are devastated by war, had not been fulfilled. We are not allowed to practice our traditional livelihood. Colonization with people from the south, by the Army had not ceased. Disseisin by the army and its cohorts had not stopped. Hence my dear people, don’t forget that you need people in the Centre and Provincial Council, who know our problems and who can voice them, he said.
