Ex-LTTErs to contest Jaffna

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A group of rehabilitated LTTE combatants will contest the August 17th General Elections as an independent group for the Jaffna District.

Initially they had sought nomination from the Tamil National Alliance(TNA). However, the TNA leadership had declined to give them nomination mainly on account of their violent past.

Consequently they had decided to participate in the elections as an independent group. Tamil journalist cum politician S. Vidyatharan who heads this list of candidates said he did not field any candidates to contest other districts in the North and the East due to their multi-ethnic character.(Kelum Bandara)

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Lanka Shantha Tuesday, 14 July 2015 06:12 AM

I bet - no one will have enough votes in this group. All will loose their deposit money too.

giri Tuesday, 14 July 2015 06:21 AM

More the merrier, JVP contesting too :-)

ANTON Tuesday, 14 July 2015 08:29 AM

WHATEVER THE NATIONALITY , MAJORITY OF CONTESTANTS HAVE VIOLENT PAST........ WHAT TO DO THIS IS SREEEEEEEEE LANKA.

ANTON Tuesday, 14 July 2015 08:30 AM

YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MERVIN SAY ...... "ADO ... API KALUDAAAA ???

kamalhot1 Tuesday, 14 July 2015 08:33 AM

Good, let see the peoples verdict.

mnsmart Tuesday, 14 July 2015 08:54 AM

When Rouges, Ethanol Kings, Drug King pings, Rapists can contest, why not terrorists?

Sana Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:30 AM

No surprises there. The best party for them to revive the eelam ideology is the TNA.

Bala Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:34 AM

No problem - they have been rehabilitated by the previous govt. So they are equal to anyone now - still you see vigneswaran harping on tamil genocide.

The God Father Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:35 AM

Yes, you are correct, JVP too had a violent past and now JVP is the first to bring out injustices to the light, lets see.

Ranjith kumarasinghe Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:45 AM

we defeated mr not to give the power to mr ranil but to form a goverment which lovves the people

iPhone User Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:45 AM

Note the word rehabilitated.Are Karuna and Pillayan rehabilitated?

Wesley Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:51 AM

As a Tamil and as one born in Jaffna, I feel it was a good move by the TNA to prevent these persons from joining their party to contest. Persons like these should not be allowed to congregate or concentrate together on political matters. It is too early and the scars are fresh. It would allow easy access for the "tiger diaspora" to make inroads into the governing of the North East and instil their Tamil extremist sentiments even more. This should be stopped at all costs. Wonder why the government is allowing this? I also wonder if MaRa has a hand in this?It would be a good way to disturb the balance and swing some extreme Sinhala votes in his favour. For arguments sake the only tiger person who could have been allowed to enter the political fray was Anton Balasingham. He was an educated, moderate thinking person with a journalistic background. His opinions were respected and considered by the SL government and the west as he was willing for a political solution than a military one.

Yan Tuesday, 14 July 2015 12:31 PM

Anton, nikan baila kiyanna epa.. oyata mole amaaruda??

citizen Tuesday, 14 July 2015 04:20 PM

let them to enjoy the political game as well

BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 14 July 2015 04:31 PM

As much as we must remember the LTTE for the havoc they caused, we also should not forget the carnage committed by a legally elected government on her own citizens.

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