26.8.2008
Sunil C. Perera in Colombo

JVP Leader challenged the NFF to contest future elections to show their political strength and not making allegations against the JVP. He said the NFF wanted to remove him from the party leadership.

Responding NFF allegations Mr.Somawansa Amarasinghe said the JVP follows democratic path and the members of the JVP could remove or appoint their leadership in any moment.

Speaking at a press conference held on Monday in Colombo he said the recent election results show a setback of the JVP. However he said it would not changed political activities and the policies of the party .
"We faced similar setbacks during our party history .We could overcome those setbacks .Politically these election results do not show people’s verdict and it would not represent the whole country, he said.

Responding questions made by the media he said the JVP would not join with the UNP or the UPFA.
"It is not our policy", he explained.

On Saturday provincial council election the JVP obtained only three seats from Anuradhapura, Ratnapura and Kegalle. The party could not obtain a seat from Polonnaruwa which was a JVP supportive district.