Sri Lanka election: Tamil voters must keep TNA on straight and narrow
A Sri Lankan man reads a newspaper carrying news on this week’s parliamentry election. Pic: AP.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) performed exceptionally well in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election on August 17. But as it prepares to negotiate with the new government on behalf of its Tamil electorate on a political settlement, accountability and demilitarisation, it is up to the Tamil public, civil society and the Tamil diaspora to keep tabs to ensure the TNA remains true to the mandate given by the voters.