இது வேண்டுமென்றே சிலரால் பரப்பப்படும் வதந்தியா அல்லது உண்மையிலே இதில் சொல்லப்படும் பிரச்சனைகள் இருக்கின்றனவா

கடந்த சனியன்று எனது நண்பர் தம்பிராஜா அழகேஸ் என்பவர் தனக்கு கிடைத்த கீழ்வரும் ஆங்கில பதிவு ஒன்றை எனக்கு அனுப்பியிருந்தார். இதைப் படித்ததும் எனக்கு ஆச்சரியமாக இருந்தது. இது வேண்டுமென்றே சிலரால் பரப்பப்படும் வதந்தியா அல்லது உண்மையிலே இதில் சொல்லப்படும் பிரச்சனைகள் இருக்கின்றனவா என்று தெரியவில்லை. இது தொடர்பாக யாராவது சம்பந்தப்பட்ட தோழர்கள் விளக்கம் தருவார்களேயானால் மிகவும் பயன் உள்ளதாக இருக்கும் என நினைக்கிறேன்.

பொதுவாகவே ஒரு அமைப்பில் பல பிரச்சனைகள் இருப்பது வழக்கம்தான். அதுவும் இலங்கையில் தமிழ் சிங்கள ஜக்கியத்தை வலியுறுத்தி ஒரு அமைப்பு வேலை செய்யுமாயின் அது நிச்சயம் பல பிரச்சனைகளை எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டியிருக்கும். இலங்கையில் அவ்வாறான ஒரு ஜக்கியத்தை முன்வைத்து பணிபரியும் சோசலிச முன்னனியினர் தம் முன்னால் வைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் இப் பிரச்சனைகள் தொடர்பாக தங்கள் கருத்தை தெரிவிப்பார்கள் என நம்புகிறேன்.

The Central Committee and politburo of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) have been dissolved due to an ideological clash among party leaders and the party’s organization work is currently being carried out by a national operations committee.

It is learnt that several members of the party’s Central Committee and politburo have given up politics. A former politburo member of the JVP, Kularatne has now left the FSP and traveled to London.
His wife holds a senior post in the Sri Lankan administrative service and the Kularatne family has left for London to enable her to pursue further studies.
It is learnt that the various ideological clashes that existed among the FSP leader when forming the party after breaking away from the JVP have now intensified.

A head of the party’s students organization, Nuwan Jayaweera had informed the party that he be assigned to carry out work on international relations since he wanted to travel to London with his lawyer wife Dharani who has received a scholarship. Pubudu Jagoda had made a proposal to the Central Committee to assign Jayaweera to party’s international wing and to provide him with Rs. 700,000 to travel to London. However, Central Committee members Waruna Rajapakse and Ashoka have opposed this proposal. The reason was that Pubudu Jagoda and Kumar Gunaratnam had rejected a proposal made by Waruna Rajapakse and Ashoka to assign the party’s Puttalam District Leader Eraj Krishantha Alwis to manage international relations and to provide him financial assistance to carry out the work.

Waruna and Ashoka have stopped communicating with Kumar Gunaratnam via skype and telephone following this clash. One of the main reasons for the clash in the FSP is the document prepared by Kumar Gunaratnam on the party’s stance on the national issue. The clash had occurred since it was similar to the stance of the JVP on the subject.
The Central Committee has questioned if a new party was formed after moving out of the JVP in order to carry out the policies of the latter.
Comrade Chameera Koswatte was faced with unpleasant situations when he had tried to explain the current crisis in the party to its activists in the Gampaha District. It is learnt that the Gampaha District activists had even pushed Chameera to a room and physically attacked him. Chameera was attacked in this manner by Waruna Rajapakse’s supporters. Waruna has now moved out of the FSP and politics.

The clash within the FSP has even moved towards its office staff. The party’s women’s wing head Dimuthu Attygalle had not participated in the Central Committee meetings for a few months and when the office staff had questioned about it from Opatha, he had informed it to Dimuthu.
Angered by the inquiry, Dimuthu had visited the party office and shouted at the staff. The staff had then walked out of the office in protest.
Party sources also say that FSP’s Polonnaruwa organizer, S.K. Subasinghe is also disgruntled with the current situation. He has said that the situation has got worse due to Kumar’s usual actions.
Several attempts were made to contact Kumar Gunaratnam and Pubudu Jagoda via skype and the telephone. However, they could not be contacted to inquire about the current issues faced by the party. In the event the FSP provides us with the party’s response to the story, we would be glad to publish it in our website.