Bishop Chikera unofficial LTTE spokesman - JHU

(September 05, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) JHU General Secretary, Venerable Omalpe Sobhitha Thero has told Head of Colombo's Anglican Church Bishop Duleep Chikera to have patience till the Security Forces crush the LTTE to make the Wanni truly a Zone of Peace.

In a statement issued in response to the Bishop's call for making the Wanni a peace zone while the battle against the Tigers is raging, the Venerable Sobhitha Thero said that Chikera is echoing the LTTE's earlier 'peace' appeal, which Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa flatly rejected. At a time when the heroic armed services personnel are making tremendous sacrifices to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Bishop is representing the Tigers, the Ven. Sobhitha Thero alleges.

The JHU General Secretary notes that it is only when the terrorists are getting severely beaten the nation's true enemies and traitors are revealed. By appealing to make the Wanni a Zone of Peace Bishop Chikera has exposed his true colours, according to the JHU. And this is not the first time that the Bishop has shown his soft corner for the brutal and blood thirsty LTTE. He has always seen Prabhakaran as a harmless deer.

The Ven. Sobhitha Thero has reminded Chikera that lasting peace will dawn only when the LTTE terrorists lay down their arms and surrender. This is the objective of the armed forces and not the kind the Anglican Bishop is fervently hoping for.
- Sri Lanka Guardian