Reconciliation To Play A Key Role At Polls
- Maithri-Ranil government addressed some issues, but more to be done…
By Easwaran Rutnam-Monday, July 13, 2015
Tamils used their ballot on January 8 to punish Mahinda Rajapaksa
As the Government closes shop and prepares to face what is likely to be a hard fought battle at the Parliament election, the Tamils in the North will be looking back at the past six months to see what President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have done for them before deciding on their vote on August 17.
The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe coalition Government had promised to improve the lives of the people who had suffered in the North during a 30-year-war and even later. Reconciliation was the key word used at the election campaign ahead of the January 8th Presidential election in the attempt to gather the support of the Tamils in the North who have often rejected Colombo based Sinhalese politicians and simply voted for the Tamil National Alliance.
