JVP launches new front to defeat LTTE, stop foreign intervention

[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 September 2006, 09:34 GMT]
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Sinhala national Marxist political party Wednesday launched a new organization "Joint Front to Protect the Nation" (JFPN) to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and to work for the abrogation of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) signed with the LTTE in the year 2002

12 Trade Unions and Student Organizations including the Inter Sri Lankan Trade Unions Federation, Sri Lankan Estate Workers Union, National Bhikku Front, University Students Organization, National University Teachers Association and Multi Sector Employees Union joined the new front. The other objective of the new front is to save the country from foreign intervention.

The formation of the new front was officially announced at press briefing held Wednesday morning at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute located near the Independent Square in Colombo.

JVP parliamentarians Anura Kumara Dissanayake, K.D.Lalkantha and S.K.Subasinghe and representatives of student organizations and trade unions participated in the briefing.