JHU demands LTTE remove barriers.

Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero , leader of the JHU Parliamentary group has demanded that the LTTE forthwith removes all barriers it has placed in the North and East to make it possible for foreign aid workers to carry out Tsunami reconstruction work, so that the LTTE's bonafides can be established. Phoo-phooing the "terrorist" group , he demanded that donor countries and NGO's financing Sri Lanka's tsunami reconstruction programs, to pressure LTTE to dismantle its air strip and power, and end recruitment of child soldiers rather than pressuring the Sri Lankan government for a joint mechanism.