By D.L. Jayakody in Ceylon Today, June 10, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has told President Ranil Wickremesinghe that if the current Government fails to provide a solution to the ‘ethnic question’ within a certain period, it will take steps to find a solution under the international law of self-determination. The TNA had said, this during the discussion with the Government held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (8). During the discussion, the TNA has…
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report in Daily FT, Apr 25, 2023A hartal protest campaign organised by seven Tamil political parties led by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be launched in the North and Eastern provinces today. According to TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, the hartal will demand solutions to several issues faced by the people of the two districts and also protest against the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. The political parties have announced that the Government sector will also join…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Mar 31, 2023The Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, President’s Counsel (PC) Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday (30) that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proposed by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Reconciliation, Chaired by President and Minister of National Policies Ranil Wickremesinghe, would be a practical institution which can address issues related to the ethnic minorities. Speaking at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Justice,…
by Syed Ali Mujtaba in The Island, Dec 25, 2022President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced his intent to resolve the long-standing North-East Tamil national question. This perhaps he is doing at the behest of India. However, he has ignored the problem of problems of the North East Muslims which are indivisibly intertwined in any solution to the Tamil problem. Muslims are a minority within the Tamil minority. Any attempt to ignore the Muslim problem would belie…