2 days Ago By Thilina Walpola
Former ministers Patali Champika Ranawaka and retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, over the weekend, said that Sri Lanka shouldn’t under any circumstances enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation with any country. Responding to media queries following a public meeting held at Naula, Matale, in support of LG candidates, Ranawaka said that the MoU could place Sri Lanka at an extremely vulnerable position as the world and regional powers battled for supremacy in the Indian Ocean. Ranawaka pointed out that the JVP had destroyed many lives during its second insurgency in the name of what it described as Indian expansionist policies.
Weerasekera said Sri Lanka had suffered for three decades due to a terror project launched by India. Addressing the media in Colombo, the former Public Security Minister demanded that the NPP government reveal the contents in the MoU on Defence Cooperation. Both Ranawaka and Weerasekera recalled that the JVP, while in the opposition, had fiercely opposed joint projects with India.
Weerasekera said that having gained political power, the JVP had overnight changed its position. (SF).
