Sinhalese racist Wimal Weerawansa attacks General Fonseka

(December 01, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Leader of the Sinhalses racist political party so called the National Freedom Front, Wimal Weerawansa yesterday described common Presidential candidate General Fonseka’s first ever press conference as one of baseless and contradictory statements.

Weerawansa speaking to the media, at the party’s Battaramulla office yesterday, disputed General Fonseka’s claim that he was the common candidate and said he is a candidate of the United National Front(UNF). "He first said that he would abolish the executive Presidency and thereafter his statements were contradictory to his claim of abolishing the executive presidency", Weerawansa said.

The JVP, Weerawansa said, was opposed to imperialism but indirectly embraced it by supporting the UNP’s reactionary policies. He said General Fonseka was claiming credit for defeating the LTTE but any Army Commander could have defeated the LTTE if Ranil Wickremesinghe had given firing orders to the Army instead of agreeing to a ceasefire. He said his party would urge the Government to replace the proportional representation system of election.

On General Fonseka’s candidature, Weerawansa said he was the representative of foreign imperialist forces.

By accepting the UNP’s economic policies and General Fonseka’s candidacy the JVP had abandoned its progressive policies, Weerawansa charged. He finally said the NFF would support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential election.

-Sri Lanka Guardian