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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janka23" data-source="post: 6291751" data-attributes="member: 256540">Please read this article on BBCGeneral offers amnesty for LTTE<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100104_fonseka_tna.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100104_fonseka_tna.shtml</a>The former military commander of Sri Lanka standing for presidency has pledged the main Tamil party to grant a general amnesty for all former militants.Gen Sarath Fonseka has submitted a proposal named “Immediate Relief Measures for war affected persons,” to the leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" />Over 10,000 former Tamil Tiger cadres are currently detained in different detention centres.The proposal released to the media by Gen Fonseka's spokesperson Mangala Samaraweera, MP, also said High Security Zones (HSZs) will be dismantled "in keeping with relocation of the security forces".It said the programme was handed over to TNA parliamentary group leader R Sampanthan by Gen Fonseka after a meeting in Colombo.Emergency regulationsThe document handed over to the TNA leader said all persons in detention, including former LTTE members, will either be charged or released within one month under Fonseka presidency.     Security forces to be stationed st strategic locations only, taking into consideration national security Gen Fonseka's proposal to TNAIt said: “As an overall measure affecting all Sri Lankans, the state of emergency presently in force and the regulations made thereunder to be terminated.”The government insists it is too early to terminate emergency regulations saying the threat of LTTE is still active.Gen Sarath Fonseka has also pledged to disarm all armed groups.“All para-military cadres and armed groups to be dismantled forthwith,” the proposal said but did not name any particular group.The former army commander in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration is contesting against his former commander in chief to be the next executive president in Sri Lanka.20 other candidates are also contesting the elections.Who is TNA? Here is an article from 2004TNA, LTTE begin deliberations on manifesto<a href="http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11312" target="_blank">http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11312</a>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.</blockquote>

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