A Minister's daughter had a birthday party in USA spending Rs 49 million while spending Rs 1.9 million for birthday cake when an IDP child suffer..!!

JVP asks Govt. to submit list

By Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera

The JVP in Parliament yesterday called on the government to submit a list of Tamil youth in the detention camps together with their details to the House.

JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake who moved an adjournment motion on the IDP issue in the House yesterday said that preparing such a list would make it possible to determine their fate.

He said that 1000 out to the 10,000 detainees have no charges against them and there should be some way for their kith and kin to know their fate. Mr. Dissanayake recalled that the death certificate of his brother who died in a detention camp in 1989 was given to his parents after 14 years.

The JVP MP alleged that the government has not done anything to build unity among the communities.“The government is trying to fulfill its political aspirations using the IDPs,” he charged.

“Its time to repair the damaged relationships among the communities that was brought about as a result of the divide and rule policy of the British during the colonial period and the actions of various governments that ruled the country after independence, “he said.

Turning to history he said the Sinhala Only Act, the Citizenship Act of 1946 Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Standardization of 1973 which prevented the Tamil youth from entering the universities were grave mistakes made by governments in the past.

“The 30 years of destruction was the ultimate result of this and Prabhakaran was also a product of it,” he said.

Referring to the IDP camps he said a certain Minister had held a birthday party for his child in USA spending Rs 49 million while spending Rs 1.9 million for the birthday cake when a child in the IDP camp finds it difficult to get a spoon of milk powder. “Can a Minister spend lavishly in such a manner when the children in the IDP camps are suffering so much?” he asked.

He called on the government to build up a mechanism where all political parties and civil organiations can play a role in helping the IDPs and restore them to their original position.

The JVP MP stressed that such a mechanism should be put into place to ensure smooth resettlement and to ensure that the destruction which the country underwent is not repeated.

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