Patriots, terrorists and succour for terror
Thursday 17th September, 2026 The police have been grappling with a chronic manpower shortage, but they have not allowed it to stand in the way of investigating Opposition politicians. They are going to probe an NGO activist’s complaint that the LTTE, a banned organisation, was ‘promoted’ at a recent SLPP rally in Anuradhapura, according to […]
In Sri Lanka, police confront manpower shortage while investigating Opposition politicians. An NGO activist's claim that the LTTE was promoted at an SLPP rally in Anuradhapura has prompted a probe. The SLPP's MP Ramanathan Archchuna admitted to being a Tiger (LTTE member) at the rally held on September 12th. The police should probe Archchuna's statement and allegations that pro-LTTE groups overseas aided the JVP-NPP's election campaigns.
The JVP-NPP government aims to portray the SLPP as rogue and pseudo-patriotic to deter support for Rajapaksa. The JVP/NPP leaders may fail to portray themselves as patriots by taking legal action against Archchuna and the SLPP due to their history of subjugating patriotism to political expediency. The police are currently investigating allegations that the SLPP conspired with the National Thowheed Jamaath to orchestrate the 2019 regime change that led to the Easter Sunday carnage.
The UNP has accused Mahinda Rajapaksa of bribing the LTTE to prevent Tamil voters from supporting Ranil Wickremesinghe in the 2005 presidential election. The JVP faced accusations of shielding Easter Sunday terror suspect Ibrahim and securing support from pro-LTTE groups for elections. Some religious leaders who condemn terrorism have met with LTTE leaders and posed with them, providing succor to terrorism through their hypocrisy.
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