{"id":19347,"date":"2022-08-30T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=19347"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:42:44","slug":"intimidation-is-a-decades-old-tactic-of-failed-rulers-anura-dissanayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=19347","title":{"rendered":"Intimidation is a decades-old tactic of failed rulers &#8211; Anura Dissanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National People&#8217;s Power and JVP leader Anura Dissanayake pointed out that scaring the society is a decades-old tactic of failed rulers, but it cannot be done today, and the people&#8217;s uprising caused by the emerging economic instability in the country cannot be prevented by such intimidation.<br \/>He said this while participating in the &#8220;Solution to the Crisis&#8221; political discourse organized by the National People&#8217;s Power in Bandarawela Constituency on the 28th.<br \/>Civil organization activists, professionals, National Executive Member of National People&#8217;s Power, Badulla District Executive Member Samantha Vidyaratne and many others were present.<br \/>Anura Dissanayake, speaking further, said, &#8220;Unsuccessful rulers who want to rule the country are trying to scare the society. They are trying to create a social phobia. It&#8217;s a trick. Now they publish a photograph of our Comrade Eranga and ask who he is. Don&#8217;t they know our Comrade Eranga? Don&#8217;t the police know him? They know. But they publish a photograph saying that they are looking for him.<br \/>Why is that? All this is done to scare society. Society does not come forward when it is scared. People don&#8217;t talk to each other\u2014no phone to phone calls. Don&#8217;t talk at a junction. They think they would be arrested at any time. Therefore, this plan is there to scare society.<br \/>Therefore, I think the governments controlled people by intimidation and repressive laws have done so decades ago. Those tactics are decades old. That&#8217;s why they can&#8217;t be applied to our society now.<br \/>There is a possibility of political instability surfacing. Economic instability has already emerged. 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