The ITAK is utterly dismayed by the conduct of the government and public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala for tamely giving into the undue pressures of the majoritarian forces.
Last night when the Police removed the illegally installed statue on the Trincomalee beach on the orders of the Minister, some people actually thought that the government was acting properly without any racist mindset. Alas! That was short-lived as the Minister demonstrated in Parliament that this government’s feet are also made of clay.
All their rhetoric of treating all the peoples equally, fell flat on its face when the Minister unashamedly announced in Parliament that the statue was removed due to security concerns(!!!) and that it will be reinstalled today.
The NPP government stands exposed as a racist, Sinhala Buddhist nationalist force, no different to any other government in the past. All Tamil members of the NPP including Trincomalee MP and deputy minister of Anura Kumara must resign forthwith.