{"id":13784,"date":"2021-04-22T11:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=13784"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:49:18","slug":"we-shall-hold-may-day-jvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=13784","title":{"rendered":"We shall hold May Day \u2013 JVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leader of the JVP Anura Dissanayake states that the party will celebrate May Day. He said this at a media briefing held at the JVP Head Office in Pelawatta yesterday (21st).<br \/>\u201cThe police had even reserved places for May Day celebrations. After that, the national Action Committee had a discussion to discuss the health recommendations for holding May Day on the morning of the 20th. The representative of our party who participated in it presented the issues regarding the preparations for May Day in accordance with the health quarantine standards. But in the end, May Day was postponed.<br \/>By May 1st last year, none of us had a proper understanding of the covid situation. So we came to an agreement last year to stop May Day. But this year the covid situation has returned to normal. Passengers on public transport are moving as usual. During the New Year many shops were crowded and hundreds of thousands of people went to Kataragama. The President stands at a meter\u2019s distance but gets the people to stand not even an inch apart and talks to the village. Meanwhile, suddenly a covid alarm is raised to attempt to ban the May Day. It is a fraudulent act of the government to conceal the crisis within it but not something carried out regarding the covid situation.<br \/>This is not a health issue. We think it is a political issue. Today many conflicts have developed between government organizations. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party stated that May Day will be celebrated separately. Others are afraid to climb on to Pohottu May Day stage due to being hooted down. The disunity among the government factions would be displayed if they decide to celebrate May Day. We see that the Army Commander and covid are being used to prevent the crises in the government from coming to the fore. Our country has a history of banning May Day. In that history too the working people of our country celebrated May Day. We do not agree with the government&#8217;s deceitful decision to stop the May Day celebrations. We will definitely celebrate May Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-13784' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=13784&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-13784' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-13784' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-13784' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-13784'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-13784' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-13784 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leader of the JVP Anura Dissanayake states that the party will celebrate May Day. 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