JVP pledged to support Rajapaksa presidency in 2005

"The government should take responsibility if people dissapear in Sri Lanka and dead bodies found in different places," JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said.

However, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not interested in averting undue pressure by Western countries on Sri Lanka, Silva told BBC Sandeshaya.

Western powers

JVP is of the opinion that western powers which violate human rights in many other countries are exploiting Sri Lanka's problems to intevene in internal affairs.

The government should take responsibility if people dissapear in Sri Lanka and dead bodies found in different places Tilvin Silva

When asked whether the international community had the same agenda in late 80s, Tilvin Silva said it might have been the case.

Government forces are accused of killing tens of thousands of Sinhala youths in late 80s. Many of them were supporters of the JVP.

JVP uprising

JVP leader, Somawansa Amerasinghe, accepted that the party is responsible for nearly 6000 deaths.

"It is immaterial that when these external forces try to intervene in Sri Lankan affairs. They might have had the same agenda even in late 80s," Tilvin Silva told bbcsinhala.com.

	JVP says 'western agenda' has always been to undermine Sri Lanka's sovereignty

Rajapaksa, then an opposition MP, was instrumental in inviting international human rights monitors to Sri Lanka.

Tilvin Silva stressed that the JVP has 'raised voice' against curent human rights violations.

"We have raised it (human rights) as we feel it. But we are not going to mix up human rights with separatist terrorism".

The JVP General Secretary added that the Tamil peoples issues could not be resolved only by war. But it is imperative to establish democracy in the north and east before finding a political solution.