A mix of paramilitary groups and marginalised politicians are being put forward as the actors through which the project of democratizing the Northeast ought to proceed.
Whilst the Tamil National Alliance, reflecting popular discontent with Sinhala political leaders, is staying neutral in the Presidential elections, the EPDP is throwing its weight behind the Premier
Tamils and Muslims from all over Trincomalee district gathered Saturday in the latest of a series of major demonstrations to demand Sri Lankan troops vacate the Northeast
The Liberation Tigers have warned that the Premier’s vow to alter the ceasefire agreement if he is elected President next month could lead to the truce’s collapse
Outgoing President Chandrika Kumaratunga this week held sudden talks with the leader of the opposition, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, on forging a common front between their two parties on the ethnic question.
The Liberation Tigers made it clear this week that they do not favour any particular candidate over another and would stand aside to let Sri Lanka’s Tamils make up their own mind.
Sri Lanka’s failure to account for tsunami-related expenditures has compelled the World Bank to withhold funding earmarked for the government’s Task Force for Rehabilitation of the Nation
