e enjte, 20 shtator 2007

UNP & JVP alliance ???

Reliable sources speculate that a new opposition alliance is in the formation now. A statement made by the leader of the JVP Somawansa Amarasinghe yesterday (16) discloses preparations for an alliance between the major opposition UNP and the JVP to oppose the anti people actions of the government and to topple it.

Amarasinghe has said that there is a possibility of working together since both parties aim to end the term of the current government. JVP was not totally against the government and could not see any hindrance for working together, said the JVP leader adding that they need not to defend the government whose anti people rule is vehemently denied by the JVP. However, there are problems related to the UNP's stand on ethnic problem and economic policies.

The JVP leader says that the two parties can work together for a common goal if the UNP come to an agreement with the JVP.

Commenting on the issue, UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella said that the two parties cordially work together at rural levels and in the parliament, the two parties joined to defeat the unfair tax bills. He said that the parties could work together for a common goal while maintaining the individual policies.

The JVP MP Lal Kantha recently said that despite whatever the allegations, the Opposition Leader could not be accused of corruption or misappropriation of public property.

In the current context, the JVP had decided to vote against the budget proposals, sources said.

Meanwhile, the President Mahinda Rajapakse addressing a SLFP rally at Kegalle yesterday challenged the opposition to defeat the budget proposals if possible. In an aggressive tone, the President said that his Ministers and MPs could not be bought and the budget would be victorious.