Rehabilitation of displaced Tamils: Rajapaksa ignoring opposition parties, Ranil Wickramasinghe charges
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai
Chennai, 21 July, (Asiantribune.com):
Ranil Wickramasinghe, former prime minister of Sri Lanka has charged that the Island nations President Mahinda Rajapaksa continuously ignoring the opposition parties in the country about the rehabilitation of displaced Tamils or providing any information about the issue.
Answering queries of media persons at the Chennai airport on Tuesday evening, en route to Jammu and Kashmir on a personal visit, Wickramasinghe said.
A time-bound programme for the rehabilitation was a must and that his party would raise the issue in the next Parliament session Ranil said.
On the recurrence of attack on fishermen, he said there were different views on the issue. As both sides accuse each other, the governments (India and Sri Lanka) should jointly find a solution to this problem.
Responding to a query, Wickramasinghe said the legislation in Lanka should be amended for according complete powers to the Prime Minister.
- Asian Tribune -
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Wonder whether Wickremasinghe
Wonder whether Wickremasinghe raised this issue with the President when he met him with smiles and handshakes recently to discuss various other issues. This high profile elevation helped him to fend off the likes of Sajit Premada who was gunning for his downfall. While the plight of IDPs is a concern for all Sri Lankans, it is an internal matter that should be discussed within Sri Lanka. Headline grabbing news conferences in foreign lands is what people who have no real love for Sri Lanka engages in, and it is not worthy of a responsible Opposition Leader, who it appeared, had close contacts with the President and who could have raised it with him.
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