{"id":7818,"date":"2022-08-30T16:22:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jvpsrilanka.com\/english\/?p=7818"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:06:47","slug":"intimidation-is-a-decades-old-tactic-of-failed-rulers-comrade-anura-dissanayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvpsrilanka.com\/english\/intimidation-is-a-decades-old-tactic-of-failed-rulers-comrade-anura-dissanayake\/","title":{"rendered":"Intimidation is a decades-old tactic of failed rulers &#8211; Comrade Anura Dissanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National People&#8217;s Power and JVP leader Comrade Anura Dissanayake pointed out that scaring the society is a decades-old tactic of failed rulers, but it cannot be done today, and the people&#8217;s uprising caused by the emerging economic instability in the country cannot be prevented by such intimidation.<br \/>\nHe said this while participating in the &#8220;Solution to the Crisis&#8221; political discourse organized by the National People&#8217;s Power in Bandarawela Constituency on the 28th.<br \/>\nCivil organization activists, professionals, National Executive Member of National People&#8217;s Power, Badulla District Executive Member Comrade Samantha Vidyaratne and many others were present.<br \/>\nComrade Anura Dissanayake, speaking further, said, &#8220;Unsuccessful rulers who want to rule the country are trying to scare the society. They are trying to create a social phobia. It&#8217;s a trick. Now they publish a photograph of our Comrade Eranga and ask who he is. Don&#8217;t they know our Comrade Eranga? Don&#8217;t the police know him? They know. But they publish a photograph saying that they are looking for him.<br \/>\nWhy is that? All this is done to scare society. Society does not come forward when it is scared. People don&#8217;t talk to each other\u2014no phone to phone calls. Don&#8217;t talk at a junction. They think they would be arrested at any time. Therefore, this plan is there to scare society.<br \/>\nTherefore, I think the governments controlled people by intimidation and repressive laws have done so decades ago. Those tactics are decades old. That&#8217;s why they can&#8217;t be applied to our society now.<br \/>\nThere is a possibility of political instability surfacing. Economic instability has already emerged. 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