LTTE killed Janaka Perera - UNP Chairman

COLOMBO: United National Party Chairman Rukman Senanayake in an interview with the SLBC yesterday said the LTTE was directly involved in the assassination of NCP Opposition Leader, Retired Major General Janaka Perera in Anuradhapura.

He said the LTTE has resorted to carry out such killings willfully to create a conflict among political parties and gain undue advantage in the face of sagging power in the North due to the Security Forces’ action against them in the North.

He assured UNP’s fullest support to the Government’s endeavour to eradicate terrorism.

The Government have a right by the citizens to use force against terrorism when it becomes a threat to the country, Senanayake said.

The International community should necessarily be apprised that this endeavour is not against the Tamil people who have coexisted with the majority Sinhalese for centuries but against a terrorist outfit that has killed thousands of innocent civilians and political leaders, he said.

Referring to numerous interpretations by certain political parties in Tamil Nadu over the North and East issue, Senanayake said a Government has unquestionable and supreme duty of protecting the country and its citizens from any kind of threat and third party involvement or force in that respect can not be entertained under any circumstances.