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   RAWAYA -  "I went abroad to find a country for Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse to flee after he is defeated at the presidential election but out of the six countries he visited none was prepared to accept him" said Leader of the JVP Somawansa Amarasinghe. He said this answering a question by a journalist at KIA when he returned after being abroad to participate in commemoration ceremonies of ‘November Heroes’ held in several countries.  As soon as Mr. Amarasinghe came out of BIA, journalists surrounded him and asked whether he went abroad after having differences with the JVP as claimed by the media controlled by the state. Answering this question the Leader of the JVP, said with a chuckle, “Of course not. I went to see whether there was any country that Mahinda Rajapakse could go after being defeated. I went to six countries; none of them was prepared to accept him.  

In a more serious note Mr. Amarasinghe said he went abroad to meet Sri Lankans in Italy, France, Britain, Sweden, Germany and Denmark and have discussions with several leaders of those countries and to participate in commemoration ceremonies of ‘November Heroes’ organized by the foreign committees of the JVP in those countries.  Speaking further Mr. Amarasinghe said, “We would make a big change in this country. The corrupt, immoral, anti-democratic and unjustifiable Rajapakse administration should be driven away. More than 25000 soldiers sacrificed their lives to defeat tiger terrorism. Many more were maimed for life. Rajapakse who is unable to make this victory meaningful but plunders it need not be in power anymore. Now the struggle is between Rajapakse who talked about the war and Fonseka who actually did the war.”

   Mr. Amarasinghe said as soon as Gen. Sarath Fonseka wins the presidential election the country would receive the GSP tax relief. He said he had discussions with the leaders of the European countries that he visited regarding the GSP+ tax relief and said, “We asked them to consider the situation in the country to offer the GSP+ tax relief. According to them it’s the President and the government that have rejected eh GSP+. The leaders in those countries said they were prepared to give the relief if the government withdrew the undiplomatic accusations it had made against those countries.  However, we know that the present administration does not have the refinement or tactfulness to do so. Hence, we said there will be a change in the country, democracy would be established and asked them whether they were prepared to release the GSP+ relief to us. They assured that they would.”