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Ranawaka frowns on amnesty to 12,000 Tiger cadres, endorses C4 allegations

By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 11, 2023Sri Lanka Republican Front leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, MP, has questioned the circumstances under which the Rajapaksas granted amnesty to 12,600 LTTE cadres following the successful conclusion of the war in May 2009. However, some of them were released during the Yahapalana administration (2015-2019) in which Ranawaka served as a Cabinet Minister. Ranawaka has also sought an explanation from former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers, Gotabaya…