Those who now criticize party decisions supported them then, says Sri Lanka Marxist central committee member

Sri Lanka Marxist People's Liberation Front (JVP) central committee member and former MP Bimal Rathnayaka said that the persons now accusing them on certain party decisions were also supporting those decisions then.

Rathnayaka explained that the decisions to make alliances with the capitalist parties were supported by the rebels who now charge the JVP leadership for taking such decisions. The JVP rebels say that the party collapsed due to coalition politics with the capitalist parties.

Bimal Rathnayaka made these comments addressing a November hero commemoration held in Paris organized by the party committee in France, party sources said.

JVP central committee members Bimal Tathnayaka and Nalinda Jayatissa addressed the commemoration.

JVP factions are in a battle of showing strength through the November hero commemorations locally as well as internationally. Rallies of both factions were held in Colombo yesterday with the participation of massive crowds.