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The Social Democratic Forum has decided to support the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in the forthcoming general election, said a statement issued by it in Jaffna.

"We welcome the decision taken by the JVP at a time when the reactionary forces represented by under world gangs, black marketeers, money swindlers, vested interests and the capitalist class as a whole tried to thwart the verdict given by the people in the last general election," the statement said.

"Experience of the working class and the oppressed all over the world has time and again proved that strong movement of the left can only prevent the shifting of burden caused by the crisis of Global capitalism on to the developing countries and on to the working class," it further said.

The statement also said: "Globalisation can only be welcomed if it can bring welfare to the people, otherwise mass movement should be developed in order to prevent the trend of propelling puppet regimes, and miniaturization which might grow into fascism, which is the last resort of monopoly capitalism.

"Therefore the Social Democratic Forum feel that the general election in going to be very crucial and decisive. The left and democratic forces have no other alternative except to strengthen the JVP in the new parliament in order to take forward the struggle.

"The alliance of Tamil parties with the UNP is purely on the class interest rather than the interest of the Tamil speaking people. They attempt to capitalise the existing problems of the Tamil speaking people in order to enter parliament hook or by crook and to revive their political domination.

"Therefore we call upon the JVP and all other progressive and patriotic forces to work towards better understanding of the two major communities of Sri Lanka to strengthen the forces of progress."

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