President’s silence disappoints families ahead of 35th commemoration of the disappeared

Families of the Disappeared (FoD) have expressed deep disappointment over the continued silence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, ahead of the 35th Annual Commemoration of the Disappeared scheduled for October 27 at the Monument for the Disappeared in Raddoluwa, Seeduwa. FoD President Brito Fernando said that despite multiple written invitations sent on October 13 and October 21, the President has not responded — neither confirming participation in the event nor offering a date to meet the families of victims who vanished during the 1989 southern violence and the civil war. “You promised before the election to wipe away the tears…

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