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| Sunday, 22 January 2006 |
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Chaos in the House by Thava Sajitharan Despite an appeal by President Rajapakse to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians asking them not to disrupt the proceedings of the House, the uproar launched by the TNA MPs continued in the parliament for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Proceedings were postponed to February 1. At a press briefing last Thursday government spokesperson Nimal Siripala de Silva told the journalists that President Rajapakse held a meeting with the TNA parliamentarians on the prior day. President had requested the MPs at the meeting to make use of the opportunity at the Emergency debate and present their grievances, said the Minister. Minister Silva also said the President brought to the notice of the MPs that the LTTE itself had made pronouncements that 'certain acts of violence were being perpetrated by civilians for which it (the LTTE) could not hold responsibility'. Hence the President had told the TNA members who oppose the search operations carried out in various parts of the country and criticise the government for harassing and killing Tamil people that it was necessary to probe into such acts of violence and bring them to an end. When the Sunday Observer contacted TNA Parliamentary group leader R. Sambanthan and asked as to what the TNA's response was to the justification, he said a letter explaining their stance was to be sent to the President in this regard. Meanwhile the Tamil daily 'Virakesari' yesterday reported that a letter jointly signed by the leaders of TNA, Ceylon Workers Congress, Upcountry People's Front and Western Province People's Front was sent to the President urging him to take due measures to curb the violence unleashed on North-East Tamils and investigate the killing of innocent Tamils including TNA parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham. |
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