NOT ONLY TAMILS AND MUSLIMS, EVEN SINHALESE HAVE PROBLEMS – RANIL
August 18, 2013
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe today said that not only the Tamils and Muslims but even the majority Sinhalese people are now facing various problems in Sri Lanka, under the present regime.
“This is why we are running a campaign that we want a national election in 2014,” he told reporters in Chennai.
The Leader of the United National Party (UNP) is currently on a visit to India and is expected to hold talks with several political leaders in New Delhi during the three-day tour.
Asked about the highly anticipated polls in the Northern Province in September, Wickramasinghe said all opposition parties in the Sri Lanka, including the UNP, have insisted that they want a “good election,” however expressed disappointment over the absence of international observers.
“We are disappointed that the election observers have not been called from the very beginning,” he said.
He stressed that all opposition parties had insisted that they wanted foreign election observers called the very day that nominations were handed in for the Provincial Council polls. “That has not happened,” he said.
“This is why we are running a campaign that we want a national election in 2014,” he told reporters in Chennai.
The Leader of the United National Party (UNP) is currently on a visit to India and is expected to hold talks with several political leaders in New Delhi during the three-day tour.
Asked about the highly anticipated polls in the Northern Province in September, Wickramasinghe said all opposition parties in the Sri Lanka, including the UNP, have insisted that they want a “good election,” however expressed disappointment over the absence of international observers.
“We are disappointed that the election observers have not been called from the very beginning,” he said.
He stressed that all opposition parties had insisted that they wanted foreign election observers called the very day that nominations were handed in for the Provincial Council polls. “That has not happened,” he said.
TWO DEAD, CORPORAL CRITICAL IN SLAF RESORT SHOOTING
August 18, 2013
An airman and airwoman of the Air Force have died following the shooting at the reception of the Marble Beach SLAF Resort in Trincomalee today. The Air Force Corporal who had shot himself after carrying out the shooting is in critical condition, SLAF said.
The Corporal had shot dead the airwoman, who is a receptionist and at the resort, and the airman before turning the gun on himself.
The shooting is believed to have been carried out over a love affair, Air Force Media spokesman Air Commodore Andrew Wijesuriya said.
The Air Force Corporal who carried out the shooting and then proceeded to turn the gun on himself is in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Trincomalee Hospital.
