Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Sunday, April 20, 2014

LLRC a failure, LTTE not regrouping – M.A. Sumanthiran




April 20, 2014
On the invitation of the South African Government, a four-member Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation led by R. Sampanthan visited the country recently. South African President, Jacob Zuma, has appointed African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, as a special envoy to deal with the Sri Lankan issue. TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran, who was part of the TNA delegation, along with his colleagues Suresh Premachandran and Selvam Adaikalanathan, shares his views with Ceylon Today on the new initiative sprouted by the rainbow nation.


Following are excerpts:


By Ananth Palakidnar- April 20, 2014 
 Q:
What was the purpose behind the TNA's visit to South Africa last week?