JVP accuses the Govt. of trying to propose a devolution package

JVP parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa said Sri Lankan public are not protesting the government's wrongdoings as a result of intensifying conflict against the LTTE.

He warned the government that the public will lose their patience if a devolution package is introduced in November.

'LTTE terrorism'

"Nobody in this country can produce a proposal to suit Velupillai Pirabaharan," Weerawansa who is also the General Secretary of Patriotic National Movement (PNM) told journalists in Colombo.

Nobody in this country can produce a proposal to suit Velupillai Pirabaharan Wimal Weerawansa

He re-iterated of the need to defeat 'LTTE terrorism' in Sri Lanka to solve the national question.

The JVP parliamentarian slammed the United Nations attempts to establish a human rights office in Sri Lanka.

Louise Arbour visit

Commenting on the recent visit by the UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour, he accused the UN of ignoring the plight of the youth in the south during the JVP-led uprising in late 80s.

	UN accused of not exerting pressure on Govt. as JVP uprising was crushed

The UNP-led then government was accused by human rights organisations of brutally crushing the uprising during which over 60,000 people, majority of them Sinhala youths, were killed.

"That was the most brutal era of terror in Sri Lanka's history," Weerawansa whose party was accused of terrorism by the then government said.

He accused the human rights activists who challenge Rajapaksa administration of exaggerating figures on abductions and disappearances.

'JVP terrorism'

Activists say hundreds of civilians, mainly ethnic Tamils, have disappeared since the escalation of violence in August, last year.

	JVP founder and thousands of supporters were killed in late 80s

The government has appointed several commissions to investigate but President Rajapaksa says many of those reported to be missing have either returned or have gone abroad.

Accusing Rajapaksa of secret moves to devolve power, the JVP also supported him in his claim that the human rights abuses are exaggerated.

"There are currently about hundred or two hundred disappearances when you count together with the lies," Wimal Weerawansa said.