report in Daily Mirror online, Aug 30, 2023 at 06:36 pmWhile emphasizing the government’s resolute dedication to protecting religious shrines and historical sites, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said a committee comprising religious leaders from the respective provinces will be set up aiming at addressing religious matters in the North and East. “I must emphatically state that we remain resolute in preventing external entities from instigating disturbances. To foster harmony and prevent potential conflicts, we are actively…
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By Parameswaran Wigneshwaran in Daily FT, June 6, 2023*Former MP Chandrasegar says JVP aims to ensure unity rather than division while addressing demands for autonomy in North and East **Claims concepts of autonomy and self-determination emerged from Marxist ideologies but have now been exploited by capitalists ***Says new constitution enacted when NPP comes to power will encompass the demands and aspirations of Tamil people The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday expressed the party’s willingness…
report in The Morning online, Jan 13, 2023In the wake of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) announcing that the party will contest separately at the upcoming Local Government (LG) poll, the other two constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) and the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) – had held preliminary discussions with the Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) and two other parties operating…
report in The Morning, Dec 14, 2022All-party conference: Mano Ganesan says 13A must be starting point in reconciliationNotes that ethnic issue not only in North and East Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Opposition MP Mano Ganesan, speaking during the all-party conference on reconciliation held yesterday (13) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, expressed that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the devolution of power…
report in Daily Mirror online, 28 Nov 2022 at 08:25 pmPeople in the North and East tend to leave the country due to the dire economic situation where some have gone to Tamil Nadu, Vietnam and Ukraine in the last six months. He told Parliament that some 302 Tamils have fled to Vietnam and seven to Ukraine. He said 85 of those in Vietnam have agreed to come back and said the Ministry would facilitate…