Gen. Fonseka agrees to TNA demands
http://srilankawatch.com/index.php?o...d=548&Itemid=1
R. Sambandhan MP, Mavai Senathirajah MP and Suresh Premachandran MP all from the TNA had met the leader of opposition Ranil Wickramasinghe and the common opposition candidate General Fonseka and had discussed the problems Tamil community are facing and on the solution to the ethnic problem last night (22nd).
The TNA members have also had an hour long discussion with SLMC leader Party leader Rauf Hakeem about the problems that Tamil and Muslim community have.
Sri Lanka Watch learns from sources close to UNF that at the end of the meeting common candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka has agreed to most of the demands tabled by the Tamil National Alliance, including the removal of all high security zones on the north and east, reduce the number of defence camps in the north and east, release over 12,000 Tiger suspects held in detention under a common amnesty etc. etc.
The following were the demands of the TNA.
1. Release 12,000 Tiger suspects held in detention under a common amnesty.
2. Remove all high security zones in the northeast.
3. Reduce the number of army camps in the north and east.
4. Find a political solution to the ethnic crisis.
5. Resettle the displaced quickly.
6. Provide them with all necessary facilities.
7. Construct houses they need.
8. End all planned resettlement that is being done in the east.
Prior to the meeting with Fonseka, Sambantha had called for a meeting of all 22 members, but only 12 members showed up for the meeting. According to MP Ariyanethiran, the TNA is yet to meet President Rajapakse. The TNA parliamentarians will be meeting again among themselves on the 4th of Jan. 2010.
For those who can not remember ~ Here is an article from 2004
TNA delegation meets LTTE leadership in Kilinochchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9023
Party leaders of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Liberation Tigers began deliberations on drafting the election manifesto of the TNA in Kilinochchi Tuesday. The meeting was adjourned in the afternoon for lunch. LTTE and TNA leaders said that the deliberation would continue later in the day and on Thursday.
Mr. S. P Thamilchelvan, Mr. E Pararajasingham, head of the LTTE’s legal division, Mr. S. Thilak, head of the LTTE’s political division in Trincomalee and Mr. S. Ilamparithy, head of the LTTE’s political division in Jaffna took part in the Friday’s deliberations with the TNA leaders.
Mr. Rajavarothayam Sampanthan, Mr. Mavai Senathirajah (Tamil United Liberation Front) Mr. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (All Ceylon Tamil Congress), Mr. Suresh Premachandran (Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front), Mr. N. Sri Kantha (Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation) and Mr. N. Gajendran (former president of the Jaffna University Students’ Union) represented the TNA.
