After giving army training to undergrads, Govt. using same Army to obstruct them- Ranil

(Lanka-e-News -17.Jan.2012, 12.30PM) The Govt. is taking into custody University students who are staging rightful protests , but allowing the culprits who wrongfully committed brutal rape on a foreign tourist to get off scot free. After giving Army training to the University students , it is using the same Army to obstruct the students. Opposition leader , Ranil Wickremesinghe made these remarks when addressing a UNP activists meeting. He went on to relate thus :

The Govt. gave army training to students who entered Universities last year disregarding the opposition mounted by the civil Organizations of the University academics and the opposition parties. Now, when these students who obtained this training are staging agitation and protests , the same Govt. is using the Army to obstruct them. This situation is parallel to that in Wanni , for the security forces there are forcibly occupying the Wanni University.

In case there erupts a clash between the students and the Army , what are we going to do ? Is the Govt. planning to get down the UN peace keeping force here ?

Instead of trying to resolve the problems of the University students the Govt. is making a hash of the issue. No matter what suggestions we make to the Govt. , it rejects them saying there are no such issues.The Govt. and the Vice Chancellors are in a quandary

unable to provide solutions to the grave issues of the University students , the private University and the salaries of the academics . Instead of addressing these serious issues , the Govt. is talking about the Z score after monumentally mucking up even the G C E advanced level results . Zorro used a mask and Z as his sign. This Govt. in its sorrow is using Z score to mask all its egregious blunders. If this Govt. goes on this recklessly , not only the future of the students, but even their lives are at stake , Wickremesinghe bemoaned.

When the war is over , why is it beginning a war against the students , the youths who are the country’s future investment ? This ruthless Govt . arrests innocent University students , but fails to arrest those criminals who commit rapes on foreign tourists. These rapists are still at large. If this regime is unable to give answers to these burning problems , the best answer the people can give to the regime is to throw it out lock , stock and barrel by all progressive forces uniting together, the opposition leader asserted.