Anandasangaree requests President’s intervention

It is your duty to give the innocent people proper security to live in peace, President of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) V. Anandasangaree told President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a letter condemning the interference of armed forces in the civil administration of Poonakari, Jaffna.

“I strongly condemn and vehemently protest against the conduct of a political party that faced defeat at the recently held Local Election. In-spite of the fact that the service personnel while obstructing candidates of other parties went all out to distribute leaflets, pasting posters and did house to house campaign for that political party it lost. The voters were prevented in large numbers from casting their votes. Now they are utilizing the services of the Forces to win the election to the MPCS”, the letter stated.

He claimed in the letter that during the Poonakari MPCS elections, the army had imposed unofficial curfew and prevented many from voting and from contesting various offices.

“I always take my hat off for duty conscious Army Personnel for whom some black sheep in the Army bring disgrace. They even bring discredit to the country, the people and to you, because they do everything in your name”, the letter to the President further stated.

Anandasangaree claimed that the villagers of the area lived in fear of the army and alleged that army personnel had even collected a sum of Rs.1 million from each of the MPCS Unions in Jaffna.

He requested the President to intervene in these matters and to ensure that a proper inquiry takes place while the army personnel bringing discredit to the country be dealt with in the proper manner.