Weerawansa must be dealt with according to the law: JVP Leader

Referring to the plight of National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna said yesterday if he has committed offenses, the NFF leader has to suffer the consequences.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaking to the media in Colombo said if Weerawansa has done any wrongdoing he should be dealt in accordance with the law like any other citizen in the country.

Speaking about former JVP member Weerawansa who shifted allegiance towards former President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his tenure in office, Dissanayake said the NFF leader should at least understand now that Rajapaksa does not care for him as much as he cares for Rajapaksa.

On the Rajapaksa matter,the JVP leader was responding to a question raised by a journalist who wanted know the opinion of Dissanayake about Rajapaksa not visiting the prison when Weerawansa was engaged in a hunger strike.