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US Condemns Killing Of Candidate in Sri Lanka- Says LTTE Must Renounce Terrorism
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 7.00 A.M Tuesday 2 March.
The United States has condemned the killing of UNP candidate, Sinnathamby
Sunderaampillai by two unknown gunmen yesterday. Sunderampillai was killed
at the Batticaloa hospital where he wa receving treatement for gun shot
injuries in an attack on Saturday. The State Department Spokesman Richard
Boucher said "Although no one has claimed responsibility for the crime, we
note recent statements by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that were
clearly intended to discourage Tamil candidates of whom they did not
approve. The United States calls on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to
renounce terrorism and cease terrorist acts, including political
assassination, and to comply with the terms of the ceasefire agreement they
signed."
The State Department Spokesman also said " We urge the Tamil Tigers to act
responsibly during and after the election campaign. Violent actions of this
sort raise doubts about their commitment to a political solution and
illustrate why the Tamil Tigers remain on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist
Organizations (FTO). We reiterate the call made by the donor co-chairs of
the Tokyo process during their meeting in Washington on February 17 that
parliamentary elections be conducted in an atmosphere free of political
violence."
Published: Mon Mar 1 20:25:04 EST 2004
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SLMC Leader Hakeem says there is no room for TNA in the UNF
Alladin Hussein in Colombo,
March 1, 2004, 10.52 pm.
A vital Muslim constituent of the former ruling United National Front (UNF) government has sent out warning signals to UNF Leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe threatening to pull out their support if the LTTE represented Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is allowed to support the Wickremesinghe led party.
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Rauff Hakeem which declared his party’s support to the UNF early last week, has told the Prime Minister that neither does his party nor the pro-LTTE Tamil Alliance have anything in common.
“We would not want the UNF to have any tie-up with the TNA to form an administration and we have made that very clear and if such a situation occurs we would not support a future UNF government,” Hakeem reportedly told a leading national newspaper.
“We have nothing in common with them (TNA), they have never agreed to the basic demands of the Muslim community; and they have been hostile to our reasonable political aspirations. Unless they come down and accept the need for self rule for Muslim-dominated areas and to achieve our right to participate as an independent Muslim delegation, we will have no coalition with them,” he said.
Published: Mon Mar 1 11:53:36 EST 2004
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Anandasangaree lashes out at his colleagues
Alladin Hussein in Colombo,
March 1, 2004, 10.51 pm.
Tamil United Liberation Front Leader V. Anandasangaree’s has severely criticised several of his senior colleagues for accepting the LTTE as the sole representatives of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. The TULF is an important stake holder of the Tamil National Alliance.
Anandasangaree has said that certain top members of the TNA/TULF were mere proxies of the LTTE. He has however said that even though some have left room to be intimidated by the LTTE, he would fight for the aspiration of the Tamil community independently without being intimidated by the LTTE.
He has blamed his party’s Vice President Joseph Pararajasinghem, General Secretary R. Sambandan and several other senior TULF members and other members affiliated to the TNA outside the TULF party as being scapegoats of the LTTE
The Tamil National Alliance launched its election manifesto yesterday. The Manifesto stresses that the LTTE should be accepted as the sole representative of the Tamil community in the country, the urgent need for the resumption of the peace process and the need for its continuation, getting the proposed interim administration and the need to achieve permanent peace in the country.
Published: Mon Mar 1 11:52:26 EST 2004
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