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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna benefited from money provided by Non governmental Organisations (NGO), a senior deputy minister of the ruling coalition said. “What about the PNM? PNM is also an NGO” Dilan Perera, deputy minister of Ports and Aviation questioned in an interview with BBC Sandeshaya (BBC Sinhala). Patriotic National Movement (PNM), of which JVP’s propaganda secretary Wimal Weerawansa is a co-chairman, publicly denounced the existence of NGOs in Sri Lanka. "We should spit on NGOs and stop them from walking on our streets," Weerawansa said in a public rally held on o6 April in Maharagama. Rohana Wijeweera Minister Perera recalled an incident where the co-chairman of PNM Elle Gunawansa thero noted the importance of a strong leadership “like late President Premadasa”, while Wimal Weerawansa was also on the stage.
“JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera was killed during the Premadasa regime. Premadasa also crushed the second JVP uprising killing thousands in the process. Can Weerawansa follow Premadasa’s footsteps?” Minister Perera said he and JVP parliamentarian Nihal Galapppatti, with a group of other MPs, attended a conference in Northern Ireland in 1995 organised by International Alert to study federal structures. International Alert Internation Alert (IA), an NGO then headed by Kumar Rupasinghe, was continuously being criticised by Weerawansa and other JVP leaders saying it promotes the division of the country. "By being with IA Galappatti neither did become a member of IA nor did the IA become part of the JVP," Dilan Perera said.
"Kumar Rupasingha is a traitor to the nation. His main job is sending daily intelligence reports about this country to his foreign masters," Weerawansa said in the Maharagama rally organised by the PNM. Asked whether he defends NGOs because he is closely involved with them Dilan Perera did not deny that he too made use of them. He said that many NGOs were useful in bringing much needed foreign currency to Sri Lanka. "We should be clever to make use of them and create a proper mechanism to spend that money." He said, however, he would not abide by all the conditions set by NGOs to get their support. | LOCAL LINKS  Joint mechanism in weeks: Norway17 April, 2005 | Sandeshaya JVP calculations wrong: Dilan11 April, 2005 | Sandeshaya 'No!' for federalism - JVP leader05 April, 2005 | Sandeshaya Tigers will not get vast powers 07 April, 2005 | Sandeshaya NPM attack NGOs, monk and LTTE15 March, 2005 | Sandeshaya Privatisation is not the issue - JVP21 March, 2005 | Sandeshaya EXTERNAL LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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