Police Spokesman has become the government’s spokesman - JVP

The Police Media Spokesman has turned into the government’s media spokesman, the JVP General Secretary, MP Tilvin Silva stated.

Speaking at a press conference held today (March 17) in Battaramulla, he said that the government was connecting Geneva to everything happening within the country.

MP Silva compared the protest in Thunnane to that of the one in Rathupaswela where residents had on numerous occasions appealed about their grievances upon deaf ears. The situation had boiled over he explained and stated that the police had responded to protests by way of violence.

He accused the Police Spokesman of being a government mouthpiece and claimed that the government was making an effort to link everything unfavourable to them within the country to Geneva.

He also accused the police of assaulting unarmed civilians while warning the police that if they continue to lie what little faith the public has in them will be lost.

Silva said that the JVP will not be frightened of the lies being said by the government and the police department and would fight alongside the people in any of their justifiable causes.