KP with Government

Wednesday, 04 Dec 2013
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader, R. Sampathan, alleged that Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, was now with the government and not with the TNA. "Where is KP now? Isn't he with you? He is not with us. We have no connections with the LTTE. He is the one who helped you to win the war since 2005," Sampanthan said in Parliament yesterday.


"Where is KP now? Isn't he with you? He is not with us. We have no connections with the LTTE. He is the one who helped you to win the war since 2005," Sampanthan said in Parliament yesterday.


He also said that the presence of the Army in the areas where civilians reside in the North could raise problems for the people. The Army is engaged in agriculture and fisheries in the North, but the government should ensure that women and girls should not be subject to sexual abuse.


Sampanthan said the election monitors had also proposed that the role of the Elections Commissioner should have been fortified, and that the independent Elections Commission should also have been set up by now.

TNA to discuss Tamil issues with India

Tuesday, 03 December 2013 

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader, R. Sampanthan has said that the party is to seek a meeting with the Indian government to discuss Tamil issues.

Sampanthan has told the Jaffna based Uthayan newspaper that the TNA had noted comments made by the Indian government on Sri Lanka recently.

Some of the comments included India’s stand on the 13th Amendment to the constitution and investigations into human rights abuses committed during the final stages of the war.

India’s Union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Jaffna and hold talks with Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran.

Sampanthan has pointed out that Chidambaram has clearly spoken of India’s position on Sri Lanka so the TNA will seek a meeting with the Indian government to discuss its position on Sri Lanka.