Association of Disabled Ex-Service Personnel

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	Dr. Jehan Perera
	Director - Media National Peace Council of Sri Lanka.

The launch of Web-site is another forward step in the building up of ADEP as the foremost organization standing for the rights of disabled former service personnel and for the formation of a strong peace movement in the country. On behalf of the National Peace Council I wish to congratulate ADEP and its president Mr. H.K.A. Dayaratna. We are happy that an organization we have worked with in participation is going from strength to strength. Recently we were able to read in the newspapers about ADEP's visits to the LTTE controlled Wanni. The cordial relationships that former combatants were able to enjoy demonstrate a truth we need to keep in mind. The ethnic conflict in our country is less about cultural differences than it is about the sharing of political power. As an influential civil society organization, ADEP has an important role to play in the country today. It needs to put pressure on the political leaders to honors the people's mandate for peace and for justice to all victims of the war. We are glad to have ADEP as an ally in this endeavor which calls for bipartisanship and not power struggles between the major political parties. The members of ADEP did their duty by their country as soldiers and paid a heavy price. Today they are doing more than their duty as a peace organization. We honor ADEP's president Mr. Dayaratna for his leadership role. He has made former soldiers an important part of the country's peace movement and sought to ensure justice for them and for other victims of the war. We give ADEP our best wishes on this occasion and wish it more successes in the years to come.


Jehan Perera
Director - Media National Peace Council of Sri Lanka.
25/10/2002

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