Are the security forces enemies of the JVP?

The JVP held its 36th annual mega commemorative rally, “I Viru Samaruva” last November in Colombo to salute their comrades who laid their lives at the hands of their ‘enemies’, when they had valiantly struggled for the supreme objective of creating a socialist society in Sri Lanka in 1971 and in the 1988-’89 period.

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Tilvin Silva, the General Secretary of the JVP, in his speech addressing that well organized event said in Sinhala, “....Our political movement has a clear vision based on optimal policies. Our fallen comrades sacrificed their lives at the hands of our enemies for the supreme cause to safeguard those policies and our vision. Comrade Fidel Castro once had said that any socialist movement globally should function based on strong policies. We too have policies not only to guide our movement and ourselves but also towards our enemies. Our policy towards our enemies is that we shall never forgive them....”.