Saturday, January 3, 2015

There is no LTTE now, so how can TNA be a proxy - Sampanthan

2015-01-03

DailyMirror
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan told an interview with  that the TNA was prepared to fully cooperate with the Government in resolving the Tamil question within a United, Undivided Sri Lanka. “The TNA is the authentic representative of the Tamil People,” he said. “Our decision is based upon certain fundamental issues pertaining to the country as a whole -- issues pertaining to good governance, democracy, supremacy of Parliament, independent judiciary and civil institutions, free media, free civil society and preventing a dictatorship.”
Mr. Sampanthan said the LTTE has now been destroyed and in such a scenario how can the TNA be its proxy. “The TNA has never been an LTTE proxy,” he said.