இன, மத ரீதியான மோதல்கள் வேண்டாம் - ஜே.வி.பி. அறிக்கை

இன மற்றும் மத ரீதியான மோதல்களை ஏற்படுத்தக் கூடிய வகையில் செயற்படக் கூடாது என ஜே.வி.பி கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது. நாட்டில் குற்றச் செயல்களின் எண்ணிக்கை உயர்வடைந்துள்ளது பொதுவாக நாட்டில் வாழும் சகல மக்களும் பாரிய சமூகப் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடிகளை எதிர்நோக்கி வருகின்றனர்.

இவ்வாறான ஓர் பின்னணியில் மீண்டும் இன அல்லது மத முரண்பாடுகள் ஏற்படக் கூடிய சாத்தியம் காணப்படுவதாக அக் கட்சி எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது.

இன முரண்பாடுகளை பயன்படுத்தி காலணித்துவ நாடுகளும் ஏனைய வெளிநாட்டு சக்திகளும் இலங்கை விவகாரத்தில் தலையீடு செய்து வருவதாகக் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளது. கடந்த காலங்களிலும் இந்த நிலைமை நீடித்ததாகவும், இந்திய இராணுவத்தினர் இலங்கையில் அமைதி காக்கும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டமைக்கும் பிரிவினைவாதமே காரணம் எனவும் சுட்டிக்காட்டியுள்ளது.

உண்மையான பிரச்சினைகளை மூடி மறைத்து இன அல்லது மத முரண்பாடுகளை தூண்டும் முயற்சிகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருவதாகக் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். ஒரு புறத்தில் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் மறு புறத்தில் சட்டம் ஒழுங்கு நிலைமைகளில் சீர்குலைவு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும்  அத்துடன் நெருக்கடிகளை எதிர்நோக்கி வரும் சகல இன சமூகங்களும் ஒன்றிணைந்து செயற்படுவதன் மூலம் பிரச்சினைகளுக்கு தீர்வு காண முடியும் என வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

இதனை அனைத்து மக்களும் புரிந்து கொண்டு செயற்பட வேண்டியது அவசியமானது என ஜே.வி.பி விடுத்துள்ள ஊடக அறிக்கையில் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது.

Avoid racial or religious conflicts! Develop unity amongst all peoples! – JVP

If anyone acts in a manner that would create clashes and conflicts among communities instead

of recognizing the real issues that are before us and act to defeat them, it would only be

advantageous not to the masses but to the reactionary forces. It would blot out the real issues

and also protect the real offenders states the JVP in a statement issued by the Political Bureau.

The statement in full:

Let’s not allow any room for racial or religious conflicts! Develop unity amongst all peoples!

Our beloved Motherland and all masses including the Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim Burgher and

Malay masses that live in it are confronted with the disastrous consequences of grave social,

economic and political crises. It is the public that is worst affected by the crises that are

continually worsening daily.

On one hand masses are distressed economically as living conditions of people are worsened

due to increase in prices of commodities though salaries are not increased and people’s

earnings dwindle. On the other hand local producers and businesses tumble due to

multi-national companies being allowed to gobble up our economy. Also, attempts are being

made to manipulate the judiciary jeopardizing democracy and thereby allowing imperialist

foreign forces to act against the country making use of human rights issues and internal

conflicts. There is a remarkable increase in crime within the country. Under such an

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environment all masses in our country are distressed and inconvenienced. Meanwhile, a

tendency is surfacing to inflame communalist and religious clashes in the country.

It would be a debacle if differences and clashes are created among masses for whatever

reason or by any group at a time when all masses that are aggrieved should be united to

confront the real crises we are confronted with.

None of us should forget how the path for a separatist war was paved due to stirring up of

Sinhalese – Tamil communalism and also creating communal disturbances on numerous

occasions during the past several decades.

Those who were distressed due to the separatist war that continued for more than 30 years

were not those who sowed communalism for their power hunger but the innocent Sinhalese,

Tamil, Muslim and other masses. Thousands of lives were lost due to the separatist war and the

value of assets destroyed cannot be valued. It is no secret how India and imperialist foreign

forces made use of the separatist war to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internals issues. This was the

cause for an invasion by the Indian army. Even today imperialist forces are making use of

incidents in the separatist war to intervene in affairs of Sri Lanka.

As a Nation that had confronted such a tragedy and had experienced its disastrous nature it is

the responsibility of all of us not to pave room for another such conflict. Emergence of a

communalist or religious conflict before the bitter memories of a separatist war that was created

due to sowing of communalism in the country which have been blotted out would bring in very

disastrous results. This is why all those masses who follow any religion should not allow any

religious extremism. It is the imperialist foreign forces, reactionary forces and ruling gangs that

repress masses that take advantage by creating or allowing religious or any other

contradictions.

The public in our country including the farming community are confronted with a shortage of

lands and land issues. Instead of solving this issue by providing land to the masses the rulers in

the country hand over thousands of acres to multi-national companies.

The local producers and the businessmen are confronted with the problem of continuing their

industries and businesses. However, the government that should provide relief to local

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industries is burdening them with taxes while providing relief to multi-national companies and

allowing them to gobble local industries.

If anyone acts in a manner that would create clashes and conflicts among communities instead

of recognizing the real issues that are before us and act to defeat them, it would only be

advantageous not to the masses but to the reactionary forces. It would blot out the real issues
and also protect the real offenders.
Hence, we should not be a party that gives rise to religious or communalist extremism that
paves the way for religious and communalist conflicts and clashes that creates and leads to
disunity among communities but act to defeat such attempts and build unity amongst all
communities.
We call upon all Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, Burgher, Malay and Buddhist, Hindu, Islam,
Christian, Catholic masses in the country, who have suffered from a more than 30 year old war,
not to be emotional but think intelligently, recognize the true issues confronted by the masses
and come forward to overcome them by building unity among people.

Defeat communalism!
Defeat all religious fanaticism!
Build unity among all masses!
Political Bureau

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.