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Pro-Tiger plot to defeat budget proposals

National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa has alleged that UNP is again plotting a 'headcount game' to defeat the government's 2009 budget proposals.

Helping the UNP in this 'brief case conspiracy' is former Norwegian Ambassador and staunch LTTE supporter Jon Westborg who arrived in Colombo with a sack full of cash to bribe the political 'frogs' in Parliament who are ready to jump into the Ranil-led Opposition if they are assured of monetary gains.

The NFF Leader made this allegation at a meeting held under the theme "Let's build a national economy after totally defeating terrorism by boosting the morale of War Heroes" at the BMICH, Colombo on Friday November 7.

Noting that the 41 MPs of the UNP, 24 of the JVP, 22 of  the TNA, 12 of the JNP (NFF), four of the SLMC and two of the SLFP (M) makes a total of 105 members, Weerawansa said that the UNP will resort to all possible tricks to 'buy' the balance 18 MPs without the JVP. And former Norwegian Ambassador Jon Westborg has already arrived in Colombo to help the UNP in this task.  He is currently staying at the Taj Hotel looking forward to the defeat of the Rajapaksa Government's defence budget proposals.

This is possibly a last ditch attempt to save Prabhakaran and his cohorts who are now cornered in Kilinochchi which would be in Security Forces' hands by Dec. 8, according to the NFF Leader.  He further said that there is no possibility of discussing national development until Prabhakaran is defeated, Separatism should be wiped out as soon as possible, Weerawansa stressed.

Minister Champika Ranawaka said that no national or international federalist forces would be allowed reverse the gains of the Security Forces in this final battle against Tiger terrorism.  He said that regardless of what U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake or Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee says the anti-LTTE war would continue.

He emphasized that 21 MPs of both the National Freedom Front and the JHU were determined to see that the war continues until final victory is achieved - no matter who tried to stop the military campaign.

Meeting held under the theme "Let's build a national economy after totally defeating terrorism by boosting the morale of War Heroes" at the BMICH, Colombo on Friday November 7.

Speech Of MP. Wimal Weerawansha
http://www.sinhala.net/News/Audio/NMAT/20081107/NFF_Leader_Wimal_Weerawansa_NMAT_PNM_JONT_MEETNG_2008_11_07.mp3

Speech Of Miniter Patali Champika Ranawaka
http://www.sinhala.net/News/Audio/NMAT/20081107/Minister_Environment_Natural_Resources_Patali_Champika_Ranawaka_NMAT_PNM_JONT_MEETNG_2008_11_07.mp3

He said that during the LSSP-organized Hartal of 1953 the Left parties had imagined that they could use the working class to cripple elected governments through revolution.  When the Marxist old guard failed in their attempts the JVP twice tried unsuccessfully to achieve the same objective in 1971 and in 1988-89. Their actions had a very unfortunate and negative impact on Sinhala Buddhist society. 

On the earlier occasion the Vidyalankakara and Vidyodaya universities were closed for many months, after large number of young bhikkus were drawn into the insurgency. On the second occasion the same universities – renamed Sri Jayewardenepura and Kelaniya – were closed and around 600 monks were killed.

The Minister said that was about time that that those Sinhala Buddhists - who have been lured by Marxist rhetoric –  selected the right path to develop the country in the current global socio-political and economic context.