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EX-JVP LEADER SOMAWANSA DECLARED IN 2015 – DELAY MEANS DEATH TO JVP, INCLUDING ME Translated & reproduced in English – By Dr Tilak S Fernando   The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is now known as ‘National People’s Power (Jathika Jana Balawegaya). The writer came across an interview with the former JVP leader, Somawansa Amarasinghe, the International Secretary of the party, who died at the age of 73, was interviewed by Ramesh Waralegama, in a Sinhala paper in June 2015, which has been translated into English for the Daily News. After being a member of the JVP for 46 years, Somawansa Amarasinghe left the party as the Leader of the JVP in 2015. A journalist interviewed him in a Sunday newspaper during the same week he decided to quit as e the party leader.  “There is nothing about crying or laughing in politics. My decision does not make anyone exclaim or chuckle, ...