If India obstructs 13 abolition; severe danger warns Minister Sampika

We did not  oppose only to hold the northern provincial council election, but our objective is to completely abolish the 13th amendment.

 

If India intervene to obstruct this, it has to face severe consequences was the warning given by Minister Sampika.

 

He queried if two lacks and 36 thousand Tamil people could live in Colombo, why Sinhala people cannot live in north.

 

He said in the past 21 thousand Sinhala people lived in Jaffna. But now only 674 persons are living.  Sinhala and Muslim people were expelled from the northern region, and do they not have the authority to register?

 

Tamil National Alliance office was inaugurated in Bambalapitiya, and did we pelt stones? However why stones are pelted when Sinhala colonization’s are done? He said, if Sambanthan says don’t live with Sinhala people, all get settled in Jaffna, it will sound normal. 

Sunday , 02 June 2013

Government is firm in land confiscation. Land Minister Janaka Bandara says no changes

To erect a defense central center in Jaffna, six thousand 381 acres of private lands will be confiscated has planned. There will not be any reason for alternative opinion, explicitly said Land and Land Development Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

 

Against this land confiscation, the land owners have filed petitions at the Court of Appeal and if necessity arises against the confiscation, interim injunction could be obtained was said by the Court of Appeal, in this situation, Land Minister made the above statement.

 

If lands are required for national security or development activities, it cannot be considered whether it is north or south. Wherever necessity crops up, it would be confiscated said Land Minister.

 

Minister said, government for the above requirements, had even confiscated ancestry properties. Lands identified to construct military camps will be taken over for the requirement, and the balance will be given to the owners, Minister said.

 

He said measures are taken to grant compensation to the owners whose lands get confiscated. Meanwhile opposing to government’s land confiscation, on behalf of 2176 land owners, petitions were filed at the Court of Appeal.  Court informed the petitioners have the right to obtain interim injunction. 

Sunday , 02 June 2013