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| Sunday, 28 December 2003 |
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President, Premier told : Reconcile differences and work in unison for peace Veteran politician and Colombo District Member of Parliament A. H. M. Fowzie has urged the President and the Prime Minister to work together in unison to establish peace in the country by giving priority to maintain the peace process from a total breakdown . Fowzie was addressing a meeting organised by the A.H.M.Fowzie Foundation in Colombo recently. Fowzie warned that another general election would plunge the country into an economic mess. "Under the present electoral system, no party would get 113 seats. Assuming that the UNF formed a stable govt., the President would still continue to retain the Ministry of Defence and the situation would be back to square-one. The best thing is for the President to proceed with the talks as the Prime Minister is also telling her that he will support her if she continued the talks. This is the best move at present and, if the President can succeed in the negotiation process and then go for an election, she can easily get the two-thirds majority that can help her even to amend the constitution. "Under whatever circumstances none can guarantee that a fresh election would result in establishing peace without talking to the LTTE. The wisest thing therefore, is to continue the talks towards an acceptable and a just solution and save the unnecessary cost of an election and re-direct the human resources towards economic development." "It is vital that we take note of the unchecked violence occurring daily in the North-East of Sri Lanka. These are the spill-over effect of the whole problem. Once the main problem is solved, these incidents will automatically die-down. "I am sure that both the President and the Prime Minister are sincerely committed to solve this problem forever, during their tenure of office. It would not be an impossibility to convince the smaller parties to accept a solution in the larger interest of the country, if only the two of them reconcile their differences. "I am also certain that a large number of parliamentarians are holding the same view on this matter, although, they are not willing to give loud expression to their views. I appeal for rational thinking by all concerned and to save the nation from grave peril," he said. |
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