At party meeting in Gampaha on Wednessday, leader of the JVP Anura Kuamra Dissanayake expressed the following views.

The Leader of the JVP said:

It must be allowed for us to govern this country for five years because you allowed the UNP and the SLFP to govern the country for 67 long years but give us only five.

He further noted:

It must be assumed you were deceived and you were deceived for 67 years –  so 5 years would be nothing compared to that, Yet, we assure you that we will build this country and we will create an economy where the people will be happy, However,  we will require time to investigate and study the situation so we request from you to give us strong power in parliament.

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