Wickremanayake rhetoric harmful- NLF

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 01 September 2004, 06:40 GMT]
''Acting Defence Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake's warning to the Liberation Tigers not to push the Government to war and accusing the LTTE of continuing with killings and attacks on anti-LTTE elements in the East and in Colombo in violation of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in place, is not conducive to promoting a climate of peace,'' Mr Thirunavukkarasu, politburo member of the New Left Front (NLF), told TamilNet Tuesday

Mr.Thirunavukarasu said that the Minister can help by directing the security authorities to apprehend the culprits who committed the crimes in Government controlled areas instead of issuing threats to the LTTE.

''Today the masses at large are thirsting for a durable peace and an upliftment of their steadily falling living standards. The Sri Lanka government should address the woes of the general public and instead not try to conceal its incompetence and bankruptcy by harmful rhetoric,'' Thirunavukarasu said.