rapa
12-22-2006, 02:19 PM
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday charged that the JVP and certain Marxist groups were trying to create a chaotic situation in the plantation sector by insisting on a Rs.300 daily wage for estate workers.
"The plantation management has signed two collective agreements with the unions providing for a daily wage of Rs.250 and Rs. 260 respectively. Yet the JVP and the other Marxist groups continue to incite workers. We cannot condone their action. This is part of a conspiracy to undermine the operations by the security forces in Vakarai and Serunuwara," the JHU said in a media release yesterday.
The JHU said the JVP and other groups were bent on destabilizing the hill country in a bid to provide a safe haven there for terrorist groups fleeing the war theatre in the East.
"None of these parties have done anything for the Sinhalese people displaced from the upcountry to get back even an inch of land. Some elements are trying to stage a revolution using students and workers as cat's paws under the smokescreen of patriotism," the JHU statement said.
The party also requested the Government to safeguard the collective agreements signed, protect the workers and ensure national security.
"The plantation management has signed two collective agreements with the unions providing for a daily wage of Rs.250 and Rs. 260 respectively. Yet the JVP and the other Marxist groups continue to incite workers. We cannot condone their action. This is part of a conspiracy to undermine the operations by the security forces in Vakarai and Serunuwara," the JHU said in a media release yesterday.
The JHU said the JVP and other groups were bent on destabilizing the hill country in a bid to provide a safe haven there for terrorist groups fleeing the war theatre in the East.
"None of these parties have done anything for the Sinhalese people displaced from the upcountry to get back even an inch of land. Some elements are trying to stage a revolution using students and workers as cat's paws under the smokescreen of patriotism," the JHU statement said.
The party also requested the Government to safeguard the collective agreements signed, protect the workers and ensure national security.