(October 22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) According to a reliable source close to the Government of Sri Lanka, the President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the government backing Tamil quisling groups to hold a massive hartal in the government controlled areas to protest against India for its involvement in Sri Lanka.
Minster Devananda has been instructed personally by the President to liaise with other Tamil groups supporting the government. Douglas Devananda has spoken to V Anandasangaree (TULF), V Siththarthan (PLOTE), V Muralitharan alias Karuna (TMVP) and Sritharan (EPRLF) and given the instructions of the President to fully engage in the day long hartal tomorrow October 23, 2008. According to information verified, all these party leaders have subscribed to the President’s pressure.
Douglas Devananda is said have printed large quantity of leaflets and banners expressing anti-Indian sentiments for the event. It is claimed that the President has also told Douglas Devananda to give instructions to shut down all the Tamil shops in Jaffna, Vavuniya and in the East. It is unclear whether this order has extended to the plantation areas in the central Sri Lanka.
It is further confirmed that the President has ordered the police, army, navy and the air force to fully back the demonstration and moves are underway for the government to engage these forces to put up a big show. In addition to the Tamil groups the extremist JHU and the Weerawanse group of the JVP has been asked by the president to fully engage in the hartal. - Sri Lanka Guardian
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