Any political solution in the North and East should be in accord with the legitimate needs of the Tamil people, said Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan. He was speaking at a ceremony in which 76 local councillors of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) took their oaths. The event was held in Trincomalee yesterday.
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| Seventy nine members of ITAK who were elected to local bodies in the North and East took their oaths before TNA leader R.Sampanthan at the Trincomalee town hall yesterday. Picture shows the members being brought in a procession for the oath-taking ceremony.
Pic by Amadoru Amarajeewa. |
“What the Tamils demand is a negotiated political solution in keeping with their legitimate needs,” Mr Sampanthan said. “The negotiated political solution cannot depend upon the wishes of the government but on the wishes of the Tamils.”
The 76 ITAK councillors, elected at the last local elections, will be joining 15 local bodies in the North and East. ITAK won seats in 12 local authorities, including two Urban Councils (Trincomalee and Mannar) and 10 Pradeshiya Sabhas.
The newly elected local councillors were taken in a procession from the Kali Kovil to the Trincomalee Town Hall, where the ceremony took place. Accompanying the councillors were TNA leaders, including Mr. Sampanthan, Mavai Senathiraja, Selvam Adaikalanathan, Suresh Premachchandran, PLOTE leader D. Siththarthan, and TNA Parliamentarians. |
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