‘Live and Let live’message delivered by Tamil people -Mano Ganesan

Wednesday 27 of July 2011
 
(Lanka-e-News -25.July.2011, 8.00PM) Live and let live is the message delivered by Tamil people in the north and east to the government says Democratic Peoples Front leader Mano Ganesan in a statement issued by DPF media office. DPF supported TNA at the recently concluded elections. Ganesan who personally took part in TNA election campaign in Jaffna and Kilinochchi districts in the north says further in the statement,

Government played the development slogan explicitly in its campaign in the north. Minister Weerawansa went to east and openly said that they wanted Tamil people on their side to face the international community. TNA has repeatedly said that it is prepared to share power within united Sri Lanka. Tamil people living in the north and east have echoed this position of TNA by rejecting government overtures and positions.

Tamils in the north and east demand the extension of the same and equal civil status enjoyed by the Sinhalese in the south. They need their villages and towns to be developed with bridges, roads, schools and hospitals. But they have rejected the development decisions made in Colombo. The verdict at the elections clearly state that Tamil people needed political power onto their own hands to make their own decisions to develop their own regions.
This verdict of the Tamil people in north and east has to be now respected. We joined hands with TNA to strengthen democracy in the Tamil regions. TNA victory is the victory for democracy in north and east. Government should now stop deliberately mixing up the demands of the LTTE and TNA. Instead we call upon the government to make use of the talks with TNA to arrive at a fair solution to share political power.