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ponder peace talks with Tigers
The JHU is expecting to discuss with the LTTE on how to continue the peace process. It said that it believed that the opinion of the Sinhala masses has not been projected accurately to the LTTE. The JHU earlier said that it believed that the peace talks should be carried forward on the Mandela Model where President Nelson Mandela of South Africa carried on the peace process by involving all relevant parties. The JHU is of the view that the talks should include other Tamil parties from the North and opposition parties from the South as well for a viable peace process and for a permanent settlement to the North-East issue. The JHU rejects the ongoing peace process as it alleges that it will facilitate the division of the country and said that the parties were not sincere with each other. It said that it promoted a process where all parties should sit at the negotiation table and said the negotiations up to now were only between the Government and the LTTE. It said that both the Government and the LTTE issue contradictory statements at various times and the public are left in the dark. The JHU said that in the event of a change of government, the new party has to start from square one and as such the opposition, Mr. Anandasangaree, the EPDP and the Muslims should also be included in the talks. The JHU also said that it had serious doubts about the impartiality of Norway as the facilitator for the negotiations. Nevertheless the JHU believes that the territorial integrity of the country cannot be infringed but is willing to welcome any proposal at the discussion table. It said it believed in the decentralisation of administrative structures and powers within a unitary state, as opposed to devolution. However this decision is reported to have caused a split within the JHU with former General Secretary Tilak Karunaratne stating that he is not happy with some decisions made by the JHU leadership. |
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