\u201cThe country is at a stage where people die of mosquito bites. The present administration cannot save the people even from mosquito bites. Death is the cheapest in the country. What we need is a country that nurtures life instead of death, happiness instead of sorrow and that consists of determined people who aspire for unity between Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and Malays. The policies to build such a country are with the politics that changes the capitalist society and builds a new society. It is the JVP that could take such a political leadership as it has a clear vision of the future of this country and has dedication for such a task,\u201d said the General Secretary of the JVP Comrade Tilvin Silva.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Convention of \u2018Dhiriya\u2019 Citizens\u2019 Societies Comrade Tilvin Silva said, \u201cToday we have convened leaders and representatives of \u2018Dhiriya\u2019 Citizens\u2019 Societies that our party has built. It is the duty of all of them to make the people in our country aware of the crisis the country is confronted with at the moment and give them strength, determination and leadership at the village level to make a great beginning to end the pathetic situation. The aim of this convention is to guide them for this task.
\nLast year we started forming \u2018Dhiriya Citizens\u2019 Societies. It is necessary to understand why we did so. Today, our country is confronted with severe social, economic, political, cultural, educational, health as well as environmental issues. Some time back such issues existed for the downtrodden masses only. However, today, all others other than the few who owns administrative power who plunder people\u2019s assets and resources have become prey to the crises. All including students, youths, women, fishing folk, farmers, business community, industrialists have become prey to these crises.
\nThe production economy of the country has completely broken down and avenues of other beneficial economic avenues are gradually breaking down. As such, all sectors such as arts and culture as well as mass media are in crisis. Education and health have become a massive burden for the masses. Day by day the environment is speedily getting destroyed and the religion too has become a prey to the crisis. No sector has been spared by the crises the country is confronted with.
\nThe ruling class too is in an unprecedented crisis. As a solution for this they set up a \u2018joint\u2019 government. Now the \u2018joint\u2019 government cannot take decisions and the two factions are in a tug-of-war. The existing capitalist socio-economic system has no solution for this crisis. The class that ruled the country for the last 68 years has dragged the country and the people to this precipice. Today, the whole country has been dumped in this stinking pit. The people will have to decide whether they continue to whirl in the dirty pit where they hve been dumped or come out of it. Bringing another capitalist government into power would make the pit deeper and make it difficult to come out of it. A gang calling themselves \u2018civil society\u2019 is attempting to keep the people in the pit forever. Instead of helping the people to come out of the stinking pit they are widening it and making it difficult for the people to come out of it. They try to prevent people coming out of the pit. We say the people need not stay in the pit to suffer any longer. We have only one solution. We should array new forces to salvage the country. A strong mass organization should be built to change and develop the country. For, this system cannot be repaired or patched up.
\nThe country is at a stage where people die of mosquito bites. The present administration cannot save the people even from mosquito bites. Death is the cheapest in the country. What we need is a country that nurtures life instead of death, happiness instead of sorrow and that consists of determined people who aspire for unity between Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and Malays. The policies to build such a country are with the politics that changes the capitalist society and builds a new society. It is the JVP that could take such a political leadership as it has a clear vision of the future of this country and has dedication for such a task. No other party or organization has the capability of achieving this. A people\u2019s force should be built under the leadership of the JVP. The former \u2018king\u2019 has no solutions for any of the crises confronted by the country. Even the new princes do not have an answer for this. The elite families too don\u2019t have an answer. Also, commanders of armed forces too don\u2019t have any answers. Anyone aspiring to be crowned in this country would never have answers to the crises that are before the country today.
\nSome await Prince Diyasena. However, we have no right to be slaves to such myths. If we decide to come out of the stinking pit the country has been dragged into, we have to build a broad people\u2019s force that has a programme to come out of the pit. It is the citizens, who came forward to build \u2018Dhiriya\u2019 Citizens\u2019 Societies that could build such people\u2019s forces. They should become the vanguard of this task and give leadership at grassroots level. People should be rallied under the theme \u2018A society for the village, leadership for the village\u2019.
\nWe are at a stage that people should build a massive people\u2019s force without allowing the capitalist class to take the leadership again. We need not allow any miscreant to deceive us. The aim of this convention is to give knowledge of escaping from being deceived and to help to give leadership to the people through \u2018Dhiriya\u2019 Citizens\u2019 Societies. It is such people\u2019s forces that could change this country and make it a pleasant place for all to live. All those who pioneered to form \u2018Dhiriya\u2019 Citizens\u2019 Societies are present here today. Also, several renowned artistes including Sooriya Kumar Muththalage, S. Kalawathie, T.M. Jayarathna, Chandrasoma Binduhewa, Prasannajith Abeysuriya, Deppani Silva, Dilhani Ekanayaka have come here to give us strength. There are also university teachers as well as representatives of civil organizations and ministry secretaries.
\nOur initial task is to get the required knowledge necessary to change the country. We take the message to our villages that we would have determination and belief to give leadership to change this country. It is such a people\u2019s force that could change the country and achieve victory for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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