Ceylon Radio
The leader of the JVP Mr Anura Kumara Dissanayaka left London to return home after completing a successful tour of the United Kingdom, where he participated in a recorded number of well attended lectures, seminars and pocket meetings which are organised by the JVP committee in UK, with a cumulative audience of about a thousand mainly Sri Lankan expats.
The inaugural seminar was held in London on the day of his arrival in the country in a packed auditorium in Wembley. This was followed by a series of seminars at various locations including the Liverpool Hope University, Birmingham and others in South Eastern England. He also participated in discussions with various Sri Lankan media organizations operating in the UK including the BBC’s Sinhala Sandheshaya program.
Mr Dissanayaka’s message was that the actions of the rulers of Sri Lanka since independence has culminated in a 30 year war which took Sri Lanka back years with a catastrophic loss of lives and resources. He said that even five years after the end of the war, there still is a huge democratic deficit in the country as well as a multi pronged crisis in the economy, a break down in the social fabric and the rule of law and order. He said even after years of living together, we as a society, were still only talking about national unity. He spoke of a number of issues affecting the country such as external debt, the breakdown of the moral fabric of the society and the high levels of corruption. He appealed to his audience to place their trust in the JVP to deliver Sri Lanka from her current predicament.
The seminar participants consisted of a cross section of the Sri Lankan community belonging to all ethnicities and political persuasions resident in UK. Mr Dissanayaka who recently became the leader of the JVP was congratulated by the expatriate community living here on his new appointment. His 10 day tour ended on the 3rd of June.
