Govt. challenges
Janaka to reveal his stand on the war
Reiterating President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s pledge to defeat
the LTTE militarily, the government yesterday challenged retired Major
General Janaka Perera, the UNP’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the North
Central Province to reveal his stand on the ongoing war against terrorism.SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena and SLFP
Treasurer Dallas Alahapperuma said the retired Army Chief of Staff and UNP
leader Ranil Wickremesinghe were sharply divided over the security
strategy.
Agriculture Development Minister Sirisena said the UNP
leader had repeatedly said the war against the LTTE couldn’t be won.
"We’ll prove him wrong," he said, assuring the government’s commitment to
a negotiated settlement to the conflict.
Minor employees of the National Hospital yesterday
picketed outside the Hospital demanding their salaries be rectified
without delay (Photo-Siripala Halwala)
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