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by FRANCES BULATHSINGHALA and R. THURAIRATHNAM The LTTE's civilian organisational activity in the Jaffna Peninsula is
necessary if that movement is to enter the democratic fold, Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe pointed out during his historic visit to Jaffna last
week. Anti-peace groups are "cranks" - Tyronne Fernando Foreign Affairs Minister Tyronne Fernando has lashed out at communal
extremist groups opposed to the current peace process calling them
"cranks" and "total reactionaries". Referring to the
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna as well as the Sihala Urumaya and hardline
Sinhala activists, the Foreign Minister, in a short interview with the
'Sunday Observer' on Wednesday, called on the electorate to vote in this
week's local government elections to reject such anti-peace groups and
endorse the peace process. 6,000 service personnel for polls duty by JAYAMPATHY JAYASINGHE Around 6,000 service personnel will be mobilised throughout the country
during the forthcoming local government elections scheduled for March 20
and they will remain on standby duty to deal with any post- election
violence, until they are called back. In addition, nearly 40,000 policemen
will be deployed for election duty, police sources told the Sunday
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