Don't Cut off Our Fuel Subsidy which we got with giving our life-Negombo Fishermen

The Fisheries Organizations unity lead by Catholic priests organized a protest today. Lenie Fernando, our fisheries comrade who broke away leader from the fisheries trade union met us and sought out support yesterday once we sat for the organizing 15th February protest at Chilaw. Hundreds of thousands of fishermen in boats as well as in the land got together the protest. There were more than 15 priests lead the protest at Kothalawala bridge at Negombo. Interestingly Minister Rajitha Senaratne speaking to media accused NGOs again, "There are NGOs questioned the fuel price and instigate the fishermen on fuel price. Even last time also they created such havoc and lost the life of innocent fisherman at Chilaw. They are doing the same again this time too." These allegations we reject outright as we were not organized those protests even today and in 2012 February. Fishermen came to the streets spontaneously and agitated 10 days and got the fuel subsidy. Now Government is trying to cut down the subsidy giving some materials worth on 100,000 LKR one time for ever. Deputy Minister Sarath Gunaratne was also there at watching first and joining the protest. He had agreed [again] he would arrange a meeting with the President to discuss these issues with him. But, my question to those authorities are follows; 1. Is Minister Rajitha Senarathne know, his deputy minister joined the fishermen's agitation against fuel subsidy cut off? 2. Why Deputy Minister Sarath Gunarathne joined this agitation of this is organized by NGO? 3. When the Deputy Minister Sarath Gunarathne joined to NGOs to agitate against the Government? Or against fisheries Minister? When fisher people agitate against them, Minister Fisheries accuses NGOs to prevent the blame from the society. Some photographs of today protest is seen as below. Herman