National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa on Friday (04) stated that the party leader status is not essential to raise his voice against the injustices of the government.

Speaking to Asian Mirror he said that the voices of opposition could not be silenced by the decision of denying party leader status of constituent parties elected to Parliament through different alliances.

Weerawansa said that he did not expect such a decision from a Speaker such as Karu Jayasuriya.  Even when the JVP left the party from UPFA, the parliament granted the party leader status to the JVP. The Speaker could have done the same for the current situation, Weerawansa asserted.

Although the National Government always boasts about a ‘seven star democracy’ and ‘good governance’, its actions show that it has no interest towards protecting democracy in the country, he stressed.