Threats against the missing persons organizations are also threats to our government :Mano Ganeshan (audio)

This is not Rajapakse govt.

(Lanka-e-News -01.April.2016, 8.30PM) Treat the threats posed to the organizations of those who went missing as a threat to the present government too , said minister of national co existence , dialogue   and state language ,Mano Ganeshan when addressing a conference tiltled ‘causing disappearance of persons must be caused to disappear’ on the 30th at the auditorium of the Town Hall , Akkaraipattu . This conference was organized by the families of those who went missing.

Mano Ganeshan went on to comment as follows :

''A group of  mothers of those who disappeared visited my ministry and lodged a complaint.Thye complaimned to me  , when the UN Human Rights  Commissioner Al Hussain  came to SL , protests were staged pertaining to the issue of the disappeared persons in order to draw his attention .Some individuals who identified themselves as of the intelligence division of that district  , claiming that they were working with the forces and the police at that time , met these protestors and threatened them.

I took a phone call to the DIG East from my ministry and requested him to put a stop to this.Now that the government has changed, I told him in future if such a situation arises he must take full responsibility .I told the Thirukkovil police OIC too about it. Take steps against those groups. Do not further harass those protestors.It is with  their participation the country must move forward. I told them , because these victims were not provided with a proper answer that when we go to Geneva we have to be crestfallen.

What happened during the period of Mahinda Rajapkse cannot be repeated now.Dont put innocent mothers and fathers into trouble. Even now they are in deep sorrow after losing their relatives, brothers , sisters , mothers and fathers.

If such incidents are still happening , I consider those as not only directed  against the organizations concerning disappearances but also against our government. As a government we know what ought to be done. We shall do that.

Now there is no racism in this country. No extremism , no divisions. Only those who ready to work within as a single country are there .We are blessed wth a government that is treading a middle path. Please therefore join with us and work.  It is our government including president Maithripala Sirisena and prime minister that is having the people’s mandate. Hence do not obstruct that,''  the minister concluded.

Special guests including Minister of foreign affairs Mangala Samaraweera  and TNA M.P. Sumenthiran were present on the occasion.

The voice tape of Mano Ganeshan can be heard by clicking here.

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