(UTV | COLOMBO) – The JVP has condemned a statement by former State Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage who claimed the group of Sri Lankans who arrived on the 19th of May, were a group that had already contracted the coronavirus that was specifically selected by Kuwait.
The JVP charged that several claims cited by Mahindananda Aluthgamage on the 25th of May were baseless and false.
The JVP noted that the Sri Lanka Ambassador in Kuwait in an interview said the group of 466 were subject to medical inspections and four of them raised concerns and were therefore directed to hospitals adding that only one individual at the time had tested positive for the coronavirus.
The JVP in a statement said the large number of Lankans in Kuwait requested that they be repatriated two months prior and charged that the government’s lack of attention to repatriating the group led to the present situation.
The JVP also condemned various accusations levelled at foreign nations and officials who assisted in sending home the group of Lankans.
While claiming the government should not halt the repatriation programmes, the JVP urged the government to follow stringent quarantine methods when bringing such groups back.